Legendary godfather of green grass

Today, the starting rosters of the two sides are as follows:

Home team: Fiorentina, head coach: Montella, formation: 4-3-2-1

Goalkeeper: Neto

Back four [from left to right]: Tomovic, Basanta, Rodriguez and Richards

Three midfielders [from left to right]: Badelli, Valero and Aquilani

Double midfield [from left to right]: Joaquin and Diamanti

Solo striker: Gomez

Visiting team: Crystal Palace, head coach: Tong Yi, formation: 4-2-1-3

Goalkeeper: Edward

Back four [from left to right]: Alonso, Rudiger, Carvalho and Aurier

Double midfielders: Paulinho and Kanter

Single midfielder: De Bruyne

Three strikers [from left to right]: Salah, Jimenez and Sane

Seeing this list, Tong Yi nodded slightly. The lineup of Fiorentina Zhe's game was exactly the same as the previous game, without any changes.It seems that this is the strongest lineup that Fiorentina can currently form. After all, it is indeed time for Fiorentina to grab points. If they do not send the strongest lineup, the Fiorentina will regret it.

This should be their last chance to hit the semi-finals of the Europa League.

If this doesn't stop me, Florence is really doomed.

Tong Yi looked at Montella on the other side, and he could see that the opponent was still a little nervous. Since the start of the game, he has not returned to his seat and has been standing on the sidelines.

This game is too important for Fiorentina, and of course it is equally important for Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace just lost to Aston Villa and lost the FA Cup.At this time, victory is urgently needed to hold back the decline and regain confidence.If at this time, the confidence is completely lost, then the next game will be suspended.

In this game, Crystal Palace must win.

With a bang, Fiorentina suddenly took a long shot from the front of the penalty area, and the football roared and flew towards the goal of Crystal Palace, which looked very threatening!

This Diamanti is indeed a guy who likes and is very good at long-range shots. His footwork is very good.

And this guy's idea is somewhat difficult for ordinary people to understand.

He always takes long shots when everyone is unprepared, or when everyone thinks it is impossible, and he can always threaten the opponent's goal.

This guy is actually not easy to deal with.

However, this guy Diamanti is now in his senior year. Although he has a feeling that he is getting more and more demonic as he gets older, his physical function is indeed slowly declining.

Even, a few months ago, Diamanti was still playing in the Chinese Super League.

Yes, in February 2014, Yuezhou Hengtai of the Huaxia Super League spent 2 million euros to introduce Rang, allowing him to play in the Chinese Super League and succeed Konka.However, last season in Huachao, no Yuezhou Hengtai fans were satisfied with him. He played 690 times, but only scored 24 goals and sent 4 assists.

Of course, Diamanti was also uncomfortable in Yuezhou Hengtai. In January this year, he reached an agreement with Yuezhou Evergrande. Diamanti went to Florence for free, but after the end of the season There is a buyout clause of 1 million euros attached.

Now Diamanti is fighting for his new contract.

If he can perform well in Florence, he will officially transfer to Florence in the new season.But if he fails to impress Fiorentina in the past half season, he will return to the Chinese Super League.But he had already fallen out with Yuezhou Hengtai, and even if he returned to Yuezhou Hengtai, he would not be able to escape the fate of being confiscated or sold off again.

So after coming to Florence, Diamanti still played very hard.

But to be honest, his performance in Fiorentina was average.

So far, he has only scored two goals for Fiorentina.

Although Montella is very optimistic about the late blooming Italian active international, and called Diamanti an excellent midfield organizer.However, Montella's days in Florence have already entered the countdown, how could Montella's love be kept by Florence, especially from the concession.

At this time, Diamanti must use his ability to conquer Florence's top management.

However, at present, it is a bit difficult for him to conquer Florence's top management with only two goals.

Therefore, in recent games, Diamanti has been very desperate.

It is said that in the last round of Serie A, Diamanti sent an assist and planned a goal. He can be regarded as a very competent midfield organizer.

Fiorentina fans still have a good impression of him.

However, Diamanti himself is very clear that this is not enough, he has to show better performance.

After all, he was Montella's favorite general.

If he can't come up with results that cannot be refuted and shaken by others, it is impossible for him to impress the top management of Florence and stay in Italy.

Yes, Diamanti no longer wants to go back to Huachao, he wants to stay in Italy.

Because he stayed in Italy and the mainstream European leagues, he was able to secure his place in the Italian national team.

Although he is still a member of the Italian national team now, he is clearly the best until he is gradually marginalized.

This is not because of his strength, but because he is far away from the mainstream European leagues and the vision of the head coach of the Italian national team.Moreover, at the end of last season, the Italian coach Conte found him and showed him that if he wants to stay in the national team and participate in next year's European Cup, he needs to maintain himself in the mainstream European league. His state and competitiveness can also allow Conte to keep abreast of his situation and watch his games at any time.

Otherwise, the Italian national team will not have his place.

This is why Diamanti desperately wants to leave the Huachao and gain a foothold in the mainstream European leagues.

Therefore, Diamanti worked very hard in this game.

If, this time, he led the team to defeat Crystal Palace by himself, counterattacked the opponent, successfully reached the semi-finals of the 2014-2015 Europa League, and even led the team to win the Europa League.He is a meritorious player of Fiorentina. At this time, the top management and fans of Fiorentina must want him to stay, so won't his wish to stay on this excellent platform of Fiorentina be fulfilled?Wouldn't it be able to stabilize the position of the national team and be able to participate in next year's European Cup?

Diamanti was going crazy in this game, running all over the court, looking like he couldn't run to death.

And he used his long shots to frequently threaten the Crystal Palace goal, testing Edouard.

Just now, this long-range shot was really threatening. The football hit the outside edge of the goal post and shot out of the baseline.

A few minutes later, this guy kicked a cross from the wing again, and accurately found Gomez, the passer in the penalty area.

Gomez shook his head and attacked the goal, and Edward made a thrilling side attack, barely keeping the goal.

Today's Diamanti is really very active. It looks good at all. He is already an old man who is almost 32 years old.

This game did cause a lot of trouble for Crystal Palace.

Another 5 minutes later, Diamanti crossed Joaquin's street, then swung his leg and pretended to pass in a feint, shaking away the defensive player Alonso, and then made a cross again.The football draws a wonderful arc and spins directly to the front point.

Gomez rushed out quickly, headed towards the ball and hit the goal.

The football quickly flew towards the goal of Crystal Palace, and with a bang, it hit Rudiger's long legs with a sliding tackle and bounced off the baseline.

Diamanti's footwork is really good, and his crosses and passes are very sharp.

Tong Yi immediately called Alonso to the sidelines and told him how to defend him.Alonso kept nodding while staring at the "old man" Diamanti.

Alonso also made some miscalculations today. He didn't expect the old man to be so active today, and his defense was under a lot of pressure.Moreover, Diamanti and Joaquin often switch positions to attack him, and his defensive pressure is really too great.

Although Joaquin is an old man now, he no longer relies on the speed of his fame to make a living.However, Joaquin's speed was still dissatisfied, and the combination of man and ball was very good. It was difficult for Alonso to easily break the football under Joaquin's feet.Joaquin is also a player who can cut inside and pass, very difficult to defend.

During this period of time, Alonso was really pulled out of military training by these two old men.

Who would have thought that these two veterans would perform so well in this game?Florence's threatening offense in this game almost came from these two veterans.

The media reporters at the scene were also very surprised and a little shocked.

The discriminatory performance of the Crystal Palace here is not bad. Under the attack in turn, Jimenez and Salah also made the Fiorentina fans very nervous and worried.

Just before Fiorentina's attack, Salah broke through with the ball on the wing, tearing Fiorentina's defense apart.Then Salah, who entered the penalty area, pretended to shoot from a small angle, but actually crossed the football into the middle.Jimenez in the middle rushed directly to the bottom with a sliding shovel and sent a very threatening shot.

Even at that time, when many Crystal Palace fans thought that the goal would undoubtedly be scored, the opponent's Brazilian goalkeeper Neto reacted miraculously, staged an incredible save, and directly saved the football to the bottom line.

Neto's save this time really did not insult the title of "Julio Cesar II".

Yes, Neto was also a smashing star when he debuted that year. He was selected for the Brazilian national team at the age of 21, and was called "Cesar II" by countless media and celebrities.

This guy performed very well today, otherwise, at the end of halftime, the score would not have been zero to zero.

To be honest, after this half of the game, both sides had a chance, and the game was very fierce.

The Fiorentina fans at the scene were really envious and excited. They felt that Fiorentina had a chance in this game.Of course, it is also very dangerous.The offensive ability of the Crystal Palace people is indeed very strong, which is very worrying.

After the start of the second half, Fiorentina stepped up their offense.

However, the threatening offense still comes from the two veterans, especially Diamanti.

This guy Diamanti is really a bit explosive today!

Seeing this, Tong Yi raised his eyebrows slightly. Could it be that they, Crystal Palace, are going to lose this game?

Tong Yi got up immediately, came to the sidelines, and loudly reminded the Crystal Palace players to be more active.This game is actually very difficult. At this time, we must take a little risk and try to win this game directly.

At this time, De Bruyne's wonderful oblique ball, which was blocked by Salah, went directly into the penalty area and went to the meeting alone.

Tong Yidu thought he had the ball.

Then I know that Neto, this guy also exploded today, and even directly threw Salah's single-handed ball into his arms.

Both Tong Yi and Salah found it unbelievable.

But there is no way, this is reality!

Tong Yi frowned, and the sense of ominousness in his heart became more and more intense.

He immediately turned around and the substitute players went to warm up and make substitutions!

Tong Yi replaced Mane, Ignacio and Robertson one after another. Crystal Palace is going to go all out at this time.

But at this moment, Fiorentina got a direct free kick in the frontcourt.

Diamanti's amazing curling kick sent the ball into the Crystal Palace goal.