The Era of Emerald

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At nine o'clock in the evening on April 4, Fiorentina fans left the Frankie Stadium disappointed.Because in the first round of the Champions League semi-final that just ended, Viola failed to easily win Chelsea, which was plagued by financial crisis, as people expected, but played against the Blues led by Ranieri. It was a zero-to-zero tie in nine 21 minutes of game time!

For this result, Heynckes was quite helpless.Although before the game he had imagined that Chelsea would focus on defensive counterattacks in this game, and he also designed a corresponding solution to this, but he did not expect that Ranieri would be so shameless and directly put the counterattack as the main goal. The word was given up, and the bus was placed in front of the goal from the very beginning of the game, and a tie was taken away at the Frankie Stadium with an iron bucket formation!

Although Fiorentina does not lack weapons that break the iron barrel, such as Pirlo's set ball, Ballack and De Rossi's long shots, and Vieri's powerful destructive power to the opponent's defense, these can help Viola effectively Bus tactics against Chelsea.But it is a pity that Fiorentina's luck is really bad today. Most of their set kicks and long-range shots either missed the goal range or were destroyed by Chelsea players in the middle. It is difficult to form an effective threat to the Blues' goal.

The most important thing is that the Fiorentina players were very unlucky to meet a Cudicini who was in excellent condition in this game.The goalkeeper who did not play much in Italy soon became Chelsea's main goalkeeper after coming to the island of Great Britain across the English Channel. His outstanding performance even forced away De Houer, who was the No. .In this Champions League semi-final, Cudicini's performance became the key to Chelsea's escape from the away game.The Italian goalkeeper not only showed his commanding style on the court, making the team's defense more airtight, but also blocked all the balls missed by his teammates.

Even Inzaghi's shot in front of the goal was blocked by him with one hand. It is conceivable how excellent Cudicini's state is today.

Of course, if you want to select the biggest contributor to Chelsea's away draw with Fiorentina, it is naturally none other than Chelsea coach Ranieri.If Tinker hadn't formulated a whole set of highly targeted defensive system before the game, which contained Fiorentina's offensive very well, it would be absolutely impossible for Chelsea players to withstand Viola's fierceness with their individual performance. Very offensive.

While this game made people recognize Cudicini and Ranieri again, it also made many people recognize the fact that Vieri, the ace of Fiorentina's striker, has begun to slip from the peak. It no longer has the terrifying dominance it used to have.

If this is not the case, then when Fiorentina cannot open the situation with set-pieces and long-range shooting tactics, Viola can also use Vieri's personal ability to handle opponents.After all, Vieri's destructive power to the defense at his peak is terrifying. Almost no defender can successfully defend this Italian tank in a one-on-one situation. Even two or three defenders with lower levels can't stop it. hold him.

And now, Chelsea only rely on the young Terry and the old Desailly to successfully defend Vieri. This situation is enough to explain many things.

It is foreseeable that how to solve the lack of Fiorentina's offensive ability after Vieri's old age will become a difficult problem that Heynckes must solve this summer.

However, before that, the first thing Heynckes has to solve is Chelsea, a stumbling block for Fiorentina on the road to defending the Champions League.

Half a month later, the second round of the match between the two sides started on time at Chelsea's home stadium, Stamford Bridge.The Fiorentina players who came from afar are gearing up, ready to teach the home team a lesson here and let them know that the last draw was just an accident.

Due to the goalless draw with Chelsea in the first round, if Fiorentina wants to advance to the Champions League final, they must score first in this game so that they can take the initiative on the road to the final.

At this time, Fiorentina has won the Serie A championship this season ahead of schedule, and there is no need to be distracted by the league battlefield.Therefore, the purpose of Heynckes sending all the main players in this game is very clear, that is to let the team reach the final again and win the fourth Champions League championship in his coaching career!

In the eyes of most people, there is no suspense about the winner of this game.After all, compared with the powerful and star-studded Fiorentina, the Chelsea team led by Ranieri does look a bit shabby.You know, the most famous stars in the Blues at this time are the two veterans, Zola and Desailly, who have entered the twilight of their careers, and then Hasselbaink, Lampard and Terry. up.It can be said that the current Blue Army is old and young, and it is still a group of glass people who are playing right now.So no matter how you look at it, Fiorentina has a much greater chance of winning than Chelsea.

Sure enough, after the start of the game, Fiorentina quickly took the initiative on the field by virtue of their superior strength and technical advantages. It looks like he's about to lose the ball at any time.

However, just when people thought that it was only a matter of time before Fiorentina broke through Chelsea's goal, the situation changed suddenly on the court: in the 205th minute of the game, Zambrotta's cross was cleared by Terry to Lan, who retreated and defended. Pade, the latter immediately gave the ball to Glenshall on the right after getting the ball. The Danish Flying Wing dribbled the ball through Florence's left defense at the fastest speed and sent a cross!

Hasselbaink, who followed up in the middle, blocked a shot ten meters in front of the goal, but Buffon bravely blocked it. However, the world's number one goalkeeper was powerless to stop Zola's follow-up shot and could only watch the ball fly into him. Behind the door!

One to zero!Chelsea used a very standard quick counterattack to break through Fiorentina's goal, gaining the upper hand in this semi-final contest for the first time!

Although after the game restarted, the Fiorentina players who were behind in the score launched an extremely violent offensive, suppressing the home team in the half court, but facing Ranieri's well-designed bus tactics, Viola's offensive was always only blooming No result, many scoring opportunities were created, but they just couldn't get the goals they wanted.

In the end, the defending champion Fiorentina met Waterloo at Stamford Bridge, and was hit back by Chelsea led by Ranieri. With great regret, they bid farewell to the Champions League stage and broke the biggest upset in the Champions League this season!