The Era of Emerald

ps: Those who continue to ask for recommendation tickets here said that free books do not require everyone to spend money, so it should be no problem to give more recommendation tickets, right?We are here to thank everyone~ "goooooooal! Fiorentina scored a goal! It was Frederick Ljungberg who scored the goal! This is a clever supplementary shot in front of the goal! We can see from the slow-motion replay that in Yongberg Before Bailey's shot, the Arsenal defender's focus was on Ronaldo and Vieri, leaving the Swede unmarked, and it was this oversight that caused their goal to fall again! Now Fiorentina have two goals at Highbury Leading the home team Arsenal! It seems that even Arsenal, who are the Premier League champions, cannot stop Fiorentina's fierce offensive at their home court!"

"The situation Arsenal is facing now has become quite difficult! Not only do they have one less player on the field, but they are also two goals behind Fiorentina in the score! In this case, they even want to equalize the score."

"Maybe Wenger should consider changing his strategy and find a way to keep Arsenal from conceding goals in this game. After all, this is only the first round of the contest. It's okay to lose, as long as the loss is not too bad. Just be passive in the game..." While the commentator was chattering, Wenger looked helplessly at the somewhat rotten situation on the field.But at this time, he is still hesitating, should he fight Florence at this time.The reason why Wenger did not make a decision is because although this game at home is very important, it is indeed not yet a matter of life and death.Just take such a risk and aggressively press the offense. If Fiorentina counterattacks and scores a few more goals if they fail to get back the score, then Arsenal's road to the Champions League this season is really hopeless.

In contrast, Capello does not have so many concerns.After Fiorentina achieved a two-to-zero advantage, he immediately ordered the team to shrink the formation, and at the same time patiently played in the midfield to control the ball. Passing it back and forth is not launching an attack.If the Arsenal players rush up to press, then Fiorentina will play a game of scrambling with them, using the pass to consume the opponent's physical energy, slowly weakening Arsenal, so that they will no longer be able to launch a counterattack.

In this way, under Wenger's hesitation and Capello's command, Fiorentina ended the first half with a score of [-]-[-]!

Anelka walked into the player tunnel angrily. He hardly touched the ball a few times in the first half, and he was walked like a donkey by the opponent with a lot of midfielders. How can the new French star who has a little color in Florence bear it?Seeing Anelka like this, Bergkamp couldn't help but frowned, and then quickly relieved. In his opinion, this was the proper performance of a passionate and arrogant young player-the fledgling player at the beginning of the year Don't you look like this yourself?

However, what the Ice Prince didn't expect was the fact that Arsenal were almost powerless to fight back against Fiorentina in the game. It was the first time that Anelka realized the huge gap in strength between Arsenal and the top giants. It also planted a seed in an unknown place in his heart.

After the start of the second half, Fiorentina still controlled the ball as firmly as before. The Arsenal players who were unwilling to fail had no choice but to face Fiorentina's goal-they couldn't even grab the ball. How could they get back the score? ?

If it weren't for Bergkamp's sudden explosion at the 701st minute of the game, he made a series of jaw-dropping moves like a god descending from the earth, breaking through the barriers of Makelele, Redondo and Stam in succession. After defending, he knocked the ball across to the middle of the penalty area. Anelka, who followed up in time, used his speed to get rid of Nesta and then succeeded in stabbing. Lost everything in this game!

Bergkamp's performance also became the only highlight of the entire second half of the game.In the rest of the time, Arsenal, fighting with one less man, is basically unable to effectively press Fiorentina in the midfield. Most of the time, they are either carefully guarding against the opponent's sudden attack, or they are like a headless chicken. , was teased by the opponent in the palm of his hand.

Fiorentina, on the other hand, mostly used back-and-forth passes from the midfield and backcourt to pass the time. They only launched an attack when they found that their opponents were about to move, allowing Arsenal's players to stay in the half-court honestly again. defense.

However, even so, Fiorentina still created a few good scoring chances in the second half. Unfortunately, the luck of Vieri and others was not very good. The shot was either caught by Seaman who was guarding in front of the goal. The foot kicked on the door frame and bounced out!

Wenger was very helpless with Capello's realistic and almost boring tactical concept, because if Fiorentina intends to continue to use offense to further expand the lead in the second half, he can also let the players retreat and defend to lure Fiorentina. Attack, and then use the speed advantages of Overmars and Anelka to launch a quick counterattack.

However, Capello did not give Wenger a chance to make a comeback at all. This extremely realistic Italian coach would rather give up the chance of a big away victory that can boost the morale of the players, but also secure a victory. .

Of course, Wenger will not admit that the reason why he can't understand Capello's realistic approach is because it does not match his somewhat idealistic tactical concept.

Finally, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Fiorentina defeated Arsenal [-]-[-] in the first round of the contest between the two sides, and won the game calmly. A solid step has been taken on the road to the quarter-finals of the Champions League!

At the post-match press conference, facing a large group of reporters’ questions about the game process, Wenger’s answer was a bit of a loss: “I am very satisfied with the performance of the players in the game tonight. , In the situation where one less player was fighting and one goal fell behind shortly after the start, we still managed to stabilize the situation and were not defeated by the opponent by a big score. This is enough to prove the strength of our Arsenal! I believe that after half a month We will definitely impress Capello and his team at the Frankie Stadium in the second leg!"

"Well, I also believe in this very much." Faced with Wenger's provocation, Capello, who was at the other end of the table, nodded very cooperatively and said, "After half a month, I will be waiting for you at Frankie Stadium. , I hope Arsenal's defense without Keown can have a better performance."

Ignoring the teasing elements in Capello's words, Wenger continued his speech, but this time it made people a little dumbfounded.Because in this passage, Wenger expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee's red card to Keown in a very cryptic manner: "Martin's sending off is a turning point in this game. Martin is an excellent player. Players, he will never make malicious actions to hurt others. The foul on Ronaldo was just his impulse. I think a penalty kick is enough, and adding a red card is a bit too heavy a punishment."