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Chapter 139 Champions League Qualification

At 18:45 local time in Portugal, the key match related to the final qualification of the UEFA Champions League in the 09-10 season was launched at the Jose Alvalade Stadium, the home stadium of Sporting Lisbon.

This game is related to Fiorentina's Champions League qualifications and the income of the team's players, so the team is preparing for this game very seriously.

And Mu Jianfeng finally adjusted his physical condition to a relatively good condition, and came to Portugal with his teammates three days in advance to adapt to the venue.

It may be because of the huge sensation caused by Ronaldo's transfer. As his former home team, this Sporting Lisbon home game attracted a considerable number of fans to watch in front of the TV.

Although Fiorentina was the more favored side before the game, the stadium, which can accommodate 52000 fans, was almost filled with fans of the home team who came to cheer.

They cheered and sang as they assembled in front of the stadium, chatted excitedly and lined up to enter the stadium.

The topics that fans talk about are almost inseparable from Lisbon, C Ronaldo, the Champions League, reunion and other words.

It can be seen that C Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid as the No.1 in the world, which brought pride to all the people in this country. They hope that Sporting Lisbon can enter the Champions League and give C Ronaldo a chance to come back here .

Therefore, many media have also paid considerable attention to this game. They look forward to discovering the possible next successor of Ronaldo in this game!

This made Florence, who was playing away, feel that this game is not so easy to win not long after the opening!
……

"Fuck me!"

When Mu Jianfeng did not know how many invalid sprints he made, and saw his teammate's irresponsible long-range shot hastily ended the attack, Mu Jianfeng finally couldn't help the anger in his heart and cursed out loud!
He looked dissatisfied at his teammates with indifferent faces in the distance, yelled loudly and waved his arms, and even wanted to go up and dig out the opponent's eyes to check if they were broken!
In this game, Mu Jianfeng was arranged to partner with Gilardino as a striker, with Gilardino at the top and his position relatively at the back.

And behind him, Mutu, who has "returned from injury", played on the left side of the frontcourt and acted as the core of the frontcourt organizer.On the right is Marchinho, who was exchanged from Juventus this season.

The midfielder is C Zanetti, Montorivo and C Zanetti, one attack and one defense partner in the middle.

What he was staring at at this moment viciously was the former number one star of the team, who turned out to be Gilardino's striker partner Mutu!
The star performed well in the previous series of games against underdogs, so he once again gained the trust of Prandelli and continued to start in place of Jovetic.

However, in the first official game of this new season, this guy played very selfishly, almost playing the role of the team's offensive terminator!

Regardless of whether the position is the best or not, as long as you catch the opportunity, you will try to take a shot.

This also resulted in Mu Jianfeng hardly getting any threatening shots.

At the same time, Mutu played the role of the frontcourt offensive organizer in this field, but when passing the ball, most of the balls he sent to Mu Jianfeng were fast at his feet, and most of the balls were with optional equipment.

This caused Mu Jianfeng to make several mistakes in catching the ball in the first half, but he couldn't use all his energy.

It was another good opportunity just now, but Mutu, who was holding the ball, ignored it at all. After dribbling the ball with his head down, he took a reluctant shot, which was reflected on Gilardino and bounced out of the baseline.

Facing Mu Jianfeng's dissatisfaction, Mu Tu remained expressionless, as if he didn't want to waste half of his energy on this Chinese boy.

The conflict between the two was also seen by the players on the field, which also caused Sporting Lisbon's defensive players to relax their marking of Mu Jianfeng when Mutu held the ball.

In this way, Florence's offense becomes more difficult.

Prandelli on the sidelines looked livid, and he only felt that his patience was about to be exhausted.

As for the performance of the players on the field, he seemed to be able to guess one or two things. In fact, not long after the start of the new season, Mutu's agent approached the club and asked to clarify the status of the players in the new season.

He wants a clear core treatment, otherwise he will seek to leave the team and listen to offers from other teams.

At that time, the team's signings were not good, so in order to appease the players, Prandelli verbally promised to ensure Mutu's team status.

But after this game, Mutu put on a posture of putting personal interests above the team, which really touched Prandelli's bottom line.

Just as Prandelli was considering whether to replace Mutu, the field suddenly changed.

In an attack by Fiorentina, Montorivo initiated the attack. After Marchinho on the right got the ball, he suddenly transferred it with a long pass and sent the ball to the left.

Gilardino, who was originally in the penalty area, just happened to be squeezed by Mutu and ran out of the penalty area. At this time, he was near the ball's landing point.

This sudden transfer of the foot completely broke Sporting Lisbon's defensive formation, so that when Gilardino got the ball, there was not much interference around him.

After receiving the ball, he accelerated past the defender and entered the penalty area, and then he volleyed before the defender could react!
Although Patricio, the goalkeeper of Sporting Lisbon, touched the ball with his fingertips, but the ball was too fast and powerful, which could not be stopped at all, and the ball still crashed into the net.

After the goal, Gilardino himself seemed a little surprised. After he froze for a moment, he ran to the sidelines to celebrate the goal.

Many Fiorentina players also ran up to congratulate Gilardino. Mutu was also very happy and stepped forward to celebrate the goal with his teammates.

This sudden goal also seemed to make the Sporting Lisbon players a little confused, because the situation on the field was still very favorable to them, but with such a sudden kick, they fell behind!

This goal also dispelled Prandelli's plan to make a substitution. After all, the team had just taken the lead and replaced the starting player in the first half. This was a serious blow to morale anyway.

Therefore, he wanted to talk to Mutu in midfield to see if he could change his style of play.

if not……

Thinking of this, he glanced at Jovetic sitting on the bench again.

The Montenegrin boy is somewhat resistant to playing the midfielder or midfielder, so his excitement cannot be compared with when he is playing forward.

However, with the team currently having two powerful forwards, Mu and Alberto, there is no living space for Montenegrin teenagers in the penalty area.

So he still chose to play the more experienced Mutu in this game.

But unexpectedly, this guy relied on the old to sell the old, completely ignoring the tactical arrangements.

If it doesn't work, Jovetic can only replace Mutu on the field!
……

After scoring the goal, the situation on the Fiorentina field has not changed much. The main offensive direction of this personnel arrangement is to penetrate the center.

And Sporting Lisbon seems to have specially studied Fiorentina's game videos, and deliberately strengthened the defense against Fiorentina's offensive players. They are very strict in defense against high-altitude balls, and they are appropriately relaxed on ground balls.

Also benefited from this, Mutu completed five shots in the first half, only one of which was a barely kicked shot in the penalty area and was blocked, and the other four were all long-range shots outside the penalty area to no avail.

Mu Jianfeng and Gilardino, a dangerous team, only had three shots together, and Mu Jianfeng personally only had one shot!
With such dissatisfaction, Mu Jianfeng finished the first half of the game, which also made him look bad all the time when he left the field, without saying a word.

In the locker room, a storm was quietly brewing.

(End of this chapter)