super sharp

Chapter 162 Green Leaf
Two days after finishing the sixth round of Serie A with Livorno, Fiorentina once again ushered in the second game of this season's Champions League group stage.

They are facing the top seeded team in this group, the once red king-Liverpool.

So far this season, the "Red Army" Liverpool has maintained a six-game winning streak in the race.

In contrast, Fiorentina has not won in the Champions League for nine and a half years.

Although Fiorentina has performed very well since the beginning of the season, critics from all walks of life before the game are still more optimistic that Liverpool will win this game.

On the other hand, Prandelli has always held high the banner of the offensive, which runs counter to Benitez's one-to-zero doctrine. This competition between the strongest spear and the strongest shield is also a point of hype in the media.

Unlike the hot discussion among fans, the head coaches of both sides unanimously chose to deal with it in a low-key manner before the game.

Liverpool lost midfielder Mascherano, so Benitez is actually very cautious about this game.

And Prandelli wants to reduce the pressure on the team as much as possible, so that the team can deal with this wave of consecutive games with a more relaxed attitude.

At a press conference, Prandelli joked to Shi:

"The gap between us and Liverpool is mainly in personnel, we have one more person than them."

Just when the media speculated that Prandelli was alluding to Mascherano's injury, Prandelli continued to smile and said:
"I mean our fans.

The support they give us at home is equivalent to our No.12 players, and we are equivalent to one more player than Liverpool.

So I don't think we're the underdog. "

Prandelli's words ignited the enthusiasm of Fiorentina fans, especially the diehard fans of the North and South Stands. They began to put a lot of energy into creating a home atmosphere before the game.

They besieged Liverpool's bus and terrified players in the player tunnel.

Even almost had a fight with British fans from afar!
In the midst of all the commotion, Fiorentina ushered in the evening of September 29th, a key match with Liverpool that can be said to be related to qualifying!

This and Liverpool's Champions League group stage, due to the suspension of Gilardino, Prandelli unexpectedly changed into a four-five formation.

Mu Jianfeng was at the forefront, Jovetic was behind him, and the two flanks were Marchionne and Vargas.

Liverpool's formation is also four-five-one, with Spain's "golden boy" Torres as the single arrow, and behind him is captain Gerrard.

The other four midfielders are No. 21 Lucas, No. 12 Aurelio, and No. 18 Kurit and No. 15 Benayoun on both sides.

There are two full-back defenders Insua and Glenn Johnson on the back line, and Carragher and Skrtel are the center back.

The gate is still guarded by Reina.

Compared with Fiorentina's lineup, Liverpool's lineup is obviously lacking in creativity, and the offensive support in the midfield is relatively weak.

In terms of defense, despite the lack of Mascherano, Liverpool's defensive hardness is still trustworthy.

Therefore, fans are looking forward to a wonderful "contradictory battle".

Unexpectedly, after the opening, both sides actually played a defensive counterattack at the same time!
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In the first 10 minutes of the game, Mu Jianfeng ran hard on the field, and at the same time created a lot of pressure on Liverpool's defense.

But the pressure he received was not small, and his physical strength declined very quickly.

Because Liverpool's two central defenders, Carragher and Skrtel, are both "tough guys" players, even if they are not as good as Mu Jianfeng in physical confrontation, they still dare to actively seek confrontation.

At the same time, although Mu Jianfeng did not appear in the last Serie A match, his mental fatigue still made him not very excited in this match.

If you barely resist the offensive task of this game, it may affect the final result of the game.

So he took the opportunity of a sideline ball, took the initiative to find Jovetic next to him, covered his mouth with his hand, and exhorted:

"Stefan, I don't think I'm in a good state in this game, so you try to move forward as much as possible, and I will cooperate with you."

Hearing that, Jovetic was taken aback for a moment, because it happened that he was in good form in this game, and he was eager to play brilliantly in the game against a team like Liverpool.

So after he confirmed that Mu Jianfeng's words were correct, he nodded quickly and secretly:
"No problem, leave it to me!"

Seeing that Jovetic happily agreed, Mu Jianfeng suddenly felt a little bit reluctant, because he was also eager to score goals in this game and be noticed by more people.

But my own state is indeed a bit weak. At this stage, the team's performance should be the first consideration!
Mu Jianfeng comforted himself in this way, and then rushed towards Liverpool's backcourt players again.

As the team's midfield commander, Montorivo quickly discovered the shift between Mu Jianfeng and Jovetic with his excellent game reading ability.

But he didn't think much about it, thinking it was the head coach's tactical arrangement.

Off the field, Prandelli had already noticed that Mu Jianfeng's state was not good. When he was preparing to adjust his tactics, he found that the players on the field were actively seeking changes.

This made him a little surprised by Mu Jianfeng's self-regulation ability, and then he didn't pay attention to the frontcourt, and his focus was on the backcourt.

There, he studied Liverpool's game video for a long time, and specially arranged defensive tactics against Torres.

The world says that Prandelli is an admirer of offensive football, but they don't know that he is also good at defensive arrangements!
After Mu Jianfeng and Jovetic began to change positions frequently, under the attack of two forwards with very different styles, Liverpool's defense finally began to have holes! !
In the 25th minute of the first half, under the interference of Mu Jianfeng, Carragher and Sktel made consecutive header clearance mistakes at the front of their penalty area. During the defense, he quickly hit the goal from a small angle, but unfortunately he did not hold the ball and flew out of the crossbar.

This attack seemed to blow the whistle of Fiorentina's offense. In the following time, Fiorentina players launched a tsunami-like attack on Liverpool's defense!

As the saying goes, if you keep it for a long time, you will lose it!

Three minutes later, Liverpool midfielder Lucas was too sticky to the ball in the middle, and was successfully intercepted by Marchionne astutely.

After successfully stealing the ball, Marchionne immediately instigated a quick counterattack, and he passed the ball to Zanetti in the middle.

After receiving the ball in the middle, Zanetti took advantage of the confusion of Liverpool's defense and directly kicked the ball forward with a through ball.

At this moment, Mu Jianfeng seemed to be about to jump in at high speed, but Liverpool's experienced defense did not rush back to chase, but took a quick step forward to create an offside!
It's a pity that Mu Jianfeng's advance this time was itself a feint, and his real purpose was to cover Jovetic's movement!

At this time, Liverpool's defenders pressed forward, although Mu Jianfeng was in an offside position, but he also exposed his weakest link.

At this time, a purple figure suddenly jumped out from a group of red figures again!
It is Jovetic who has been lurking for a long time!
"not good!"

"Offside!"

Liverpool's defense was terrified when they saw Jovetic suddenly jumping out, and they all raised their hands to signal that Jovetic was offside!

But the linesman saw very clearly that although Mu Jianfeng, who started early, was undoubtedly in an offside position, when he retreated, Liverpool's left back Insua was indeed one step behind!
This step also happened to lead to Jovetic not being offside when he started later!

The German referee Bridge glanced at the linesman and saw that his partner did not raise the flag, so he quickly followed Jovetic to the penalty area!

Seeing this, Liverpool's defender quickly chased back without complaining!

At this time, Jovetic had already dribbled the ball into Liverpool's penalty area. He was very decisive in the face of Reina, who tried his best to spread his body to increase the defensive area.

Jovetic made a false shot and shook Reina's
After the center of gravity, followed by a quick swing of the calf, the ball quickly sprinted against the turf to the lower left corner of the goal!
At this time, Reina had no choice but to turn his head and watch helplessly as the ball slid past him, and then sprinted into the net against the goal post!
One to zero!

In the No.209 minute of the first half, Fiorentina took the lead in breaking through Liverpool's gate and took the lead!

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