Therefore, in order to avoid physical contact with Stam, Ibrahimovic had to retreat to a place far away from the restricted area in Florence to organize the attack. This change greatly reduced the pressure on Florence’s defense line. With the weakening of Ajax’s offensive, Florence’s rapid counterattack power gradually emerged. Pirlo’s precise ball and Barak’s proper scheduling always enabled Viola to find the weakest place in Ajax’s defense, and the strong impact of Vincent and vieri made Galasecks miserable.
In the 63rd minute, pienaar’s ball was intercepted by Makelele, and Florence launched a quick counterattack. Trabelsi failed to stop Vincent, who ran 40 meters with the ball and then went back to the middle to outflank him. vieri volleyed the goal with his left foot near the corner.
However, just as Florence was about to take away a victory in Amsterdam, the Ajax youth army was overwhelmedin the 15th minute of the game, Van der Mede relied on speed to overtake the right and then made a lowlevel ball. Ibrahimovic flanked the middle of the road along the direction of the ball’s flight, and a slight knock on his right heel made the ball slip away from Makelele’s feet and flew to Van der Vaart’s front. Van der Vaart certainly wouldn’t miss this scoring opportunity. A precise rightfoot volley helped Ajax tie the game to a oneone!
Finally, when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Florence shook hands with the home team Ajax in the first leg of the Champions League and ended the game with a draw and an away goal.
Chapter 1136 Act
Although I didn’t win a victory in the first leg, I was able to draw with Ajax in the away game and get a precious away goal, which made up for Heinx’s regret a little. After all, this result was quite beneficial for Florence, and I failed to defend my home and was scored an away goal by Viola. Ajax players must find a way to smooth this away goal gap in the second leg. If Florence takes the initiative, maybe they will be in the first place. In the second round, Viola scored a goalless draw and was eliminated because of the lack of away goals. You know, after the situation is dominant, people are helpless to defend this advantage with concrete defense, which can be said to be the leader of all Italian teams!
All Ajax are soberly aware that a confrontation with Florence will definitely be a more difficult game, because they have to smooth out the disadvantage of scoring away from home, and at the same time, they can resist the sharp and quick counterattack of Viola to avoid losing more goals than scoring.
Because Ajax must take the initiative to attack in the second round to regain the away goal disadvantage, this gives Heinks, a tactician, a lot of adjustments on whether it is feasible to focus on defensive counterattack or fight against opponents. The German coach can choose one of these tactics to deal with Ajax and save the trouble of guessing that opponents will adopt tactics.
After the first leg against Ajax, Heinz did not return to Florence with his players, but announced his dissolution in place after attending the postmatch press conference. Because of the nightmare of all European giants, a new round of national team competition day has arrived at this juncture!
In the face of the callup orders issued by national team coaches, Florence could not find a reason to refuse, so Roberto Carlos and Lucio went to distant South America together, Ballack went to Germany, Pirlo, vieri, Inzaghi and other native players went to Milan, where they will participate in the new national team training.
Of course, not all Fiorentina firstteam members have been summoned by the national team. For example, Deco and diego milito have played a fairly stable role in the season. This time, they still failed to enter Pereira (the new Brazilian coach) and Belsa to continue to wander outside the national team.
I was deeply disappointed to learn that Pereira would rather hang out with Juninho in Middlesbrough than take him to Samba Corps to experience. Deco finally considered the possibility of naturalization in Italy. He has lived in Apennine for more than four years and will be eligible to apply for Italian citizenship this summer. Diego milito, who has dual Italian and Argentine nationality, is obviously better in action. He directly found Zhuang Ge and expressed his wish to represent the Italian national team in the stadium.
I have to say that Milito’s judgment on the situation is really vicious. He clearly realizes that the Argentine national team now has a lot of talents in the front line, and there are excellent players in the old, middle and young generations. Belsa can’t get involved in it. On the other hand, the Italian national team doesn’t look at the Azzurri’s lack of good strikers, but in fact, there has never been a striker with the same level in Italy after vieri and Montera. Cassano is more like a No.9 and a half striker than a striker, and Tony’s performance in Rome also proves that he is a fairly excellent center and there is still a long way to go.
It’s no surprise where Milito is, if he can wear an Italian shirt and wait until vieri and Inzaghi fade out of the national team, then the Azzurri will definitely have a place for him in the future striker!
Zhuang Ge is naturally very excited about Deco and Milito’s statement. After all, he is very aware that Italian football will fall into a green and yellow situation in the next few years. Although he intervened to make Grosso and Tony grow up and saved the fate of some meteors such as Grandoni and baronio in previous lives, it still seems a drop in the bucket for the whole Italian football to make these changes.
At this time, it is very necessary for Deco and Milito to join us, because these two players are capable of supporting the backbone of the national team with Pirlo after vieri’s players get old, so as to help Italy through the most difficult period and avoid the situation that Pirlo struggled in the national team in his previous life.
And the most important thing is that although Italy has not always welcomed foreigners into the national team in the past, the situation is completely different now. With Camorasi’s successful case, I believe that not many people will make irresponsible remarks about the arrival of Deco and Milito.
Therefore, after Milito and Deco expressed their willingness to be naturalized and represent the Azzurri in international competitions, Zhuang Ge immediately expressed his strong support and promised to settle Deco’s naturalization as soon as possible and recommend them to trapattoni in due course.
Of course, Zhuang Ge also told them bluntly in this conversation that he can’t guarantee that trapattoni will definitely bring them into the national team. Deco and Milito understand this. After all, it is very interesting that this is not their head coach who is willing to help them in this matter. They can’t ask for anything more at this time.
In this way, I got a satisfactory answer. Milito and Deco left the Florence headquarters contentedly, and Zhuang Ge did not delay. When they left, they planned to dial the trapattoni dialect immediately and informed the coach of Milito and Deco’s desire to represent Italy.
Chairman Corleone, thank you very much for your support to the national team. Deco and Milito are both very appreciative. I am lucky that players can have the opportunity to coach them. Unlike former Zoff, trapattoni is not a stubborn and rigid guy who is good at dealing with people. He will never refute Zhuang Ge face to face. In trapattoni’s view, if Milito and Deco, players who have adapted to the Italian football style and have excellent abilities, are not brought back to the Azzurri as soon as possible, Italy will definitely regret it in the future.
So in Zhuangge, this little butterfly pushed Deco and Milito’s fate to be quietly changed in this world, and the wheel of history turned a completely different path.
Chapter 1137 The last glow ()
Time always flies by unconsciously, and in a blink of an eye, it has entered the third year and ended the national team competition in April. Florence players have returned to the team to continue their intense preparations.
Although most international players are quite tired because of the national team competition, except for a few physical monsters such as Carlos, no one complains or simply gives up at this time, because the players know very well that it is the most crucial time of the whole season.
If they can grit their teeth and hold several key games, the players will see that they have worked hard for a season championship trophy in May. And if you relax at this juncture, I’m afraid waiting for Florence will be a fourway ending.
Moreover, although Florence has a huge advantage in points in the league, Juventus and Inter Milan are still theorizing about winning the championship. Maybe if Heinz and his players don’t take care and put their energy into the Champions League prematurely without completely locking the championship, Leverkusen will be their lesson this season.
Having said that, it is still not a problem for Florence, which has already occupied a considerable advantage in the league, to give up one or two games occasionally in the European Games. After all, it is beneficial to keep the players in a good competitive state and avoid their being in a low state due to double matches and running around for a week.
So in order to prepare for the second leg of the Champions League against Ajax, most of the main players were rotated in the 27th round of Serie A three days ago. Florence was defeated by Lazio in the away game by a score of 33, and lost the game cleanly.
Although I suffered a defeat in the league battlefield, there are still seven rounds to go in Serie A, and Juventus, who is second in the standings, has as many as eleven points. Obviously, a mere defeat will not have much negative impact on Florence’s championship situation. After all, it is very unrealistic for Florence to lose a full eleven points lead in the final seven rounds without serious injuries.
It is for this reason that Lippi seems to have given up the idea of chasing after Florence and turned his energy to the Champions League to seek a breakthrough in Europe and keep his job.
It seems that no matter what the result is, Ajax is bound to be transferred to the market this summer, and many big clubs will compete to divide it up. Sitting in the VIP box of Frankie Stadium, Zhuang Ge pondered, It’s enough to prove the strength of Ajax if the team managers don’t make moves this summer.
It is said that the top giants will never give up this piece of fat in front of them just because Ajax has done well in Europe this season. Karin nodded in agreement. The only thing that needs to be guessed now is how long it will take for this Ajax team to be carved up, whether it took four years to lose players like the champion team in 1995 or whether it will be completed in a shorter time?
It’s really the Bosman Act that caused trouble. If it hadn’t been introduced, Ajax wouldn’t have fallen to this point. Zhuang Ge is still very sympathetic to Ajax’s various experiences after the arrival of bosman’s era. Even though Van Prager has always alienated Florence in recent years, he hasn’t thought about how to take the other side. Now let’s enjoy this Ajax’s last performance in Europe. I’m afraid that not many people will stay in this team next season.
What, Tony, don’t you have any thoughts about these Ajax players? At this time, Karin jokingly asked the meaning of Zhuang Ge’s words. In my opinion, van der Vaart and the Swedish striker named Ibrahimovic have great potential. If one of them can be brought to Florence, it will definitely play a very positive role in improving the overall strength of the team.
How can I put it? Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic are very talented young players. No team will gain a bit in their strength. However, they did not agree with Karin’s proposal for Zhuang Ge. But these two are arrogant owners. I am afraid they can’t accept the rotation in Florence. A main position or core treatment is what they really want.
While Zhuang Ge and Karin were discussing Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic, the players of both sides stepped on the lawn of Frankie Stadium under the guidance of the referee.
Tony, look at this. Looking at the sharpeyed players coming out of the tunnel, Karin found a little difference. It seems that Van der Vaart didn’t start in this game and replaced him … it was the player named Sid who wore the No.37 jersey!
What did you say? !” Hearing Karin’s words, Zhuang Ge quickly picked up the telescope and looked at the side of the field. Holy shit, Coleman, this guy is really courageous. He dares to put Van der Vaart on the bench at this key occasion and turn younger!
I am surprised at this. Not only fans from both sides and Zhuang Ge, but even Heinks was shocked by this change of tactics by Coleman. After all, compared with Van der Vaart, who has been famous in Europe for four years, Sid is obviously worse in popularity than the former, and in terms of ability, Sid has just entered the professional league, which is obviously comparable to Van der Vaart, who has more than two years of professional competition experience.
It can be said that it is really something that everyone did not expect that Koeman chose Sid in this lifeanddeath battle instead of continuing to attack the combination along Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic.
In this way, the second round match between Florence and Ajax was officially kicked off with people’s eyes full of surprise and curiosity!
Chapter 113 The Last Afterglow (End)
Although it is undoubtedly a failure for most people to hide Van der Vaart in this key battle and choose inexperienced Stoudemire, it is likely to be a turning point in this quarterfinal, but the actual change of 4231 Ajax withstood the Florence offensive after the game and launched several quick counterattacks at Stoudemire’s instigation, and almost formed a goal, which surprised Florence into a cold sweat.
Hum, as I expected, Sid is more suitable to command this team than Van der Vaart. Seeing Heinx’s dignified appearance on the sidelines, Coleman couldn’t help but feel proud of his decision. Although Van der Vaart is better than Sid in ability, he is more threatening in scoring and impact, and his organizational skills are relatively poor. Although Sid is not as good as Van der Vaart in scoring ability and imagination, he can better control the rhythm of the team and mobilize the whole team more reasonably.
However, although Coleman’s change of tactics caught Florence off guard, not only did his cleverness bring some troubles to Viola at the beginning of the game, but over time, he adapted to the style of playing football in Germany. Florence players showed targeted defense against it, such as strengthening physical confrontation to force him to make mistakes or directly break his ball.
After all, it is only natural that Steud is a young seedling under the age of 19 and his body is not yet mature. It is impossible for him to make mistakes and lose the ball in the face of Makelele and Ballack. What’s more, Florence is much stronger than Ajax in overall strength. It is impossible to make up for this gap by an immature Steud alone.
I really don’t know what this guy Koeman is thinking. Looking at Makelele and Barak and others taking care of him, he had to rely on his foot skills to move around in the encirclement. Steud Zhuang Ge shook his head in his heart and thought, Although Steud is more suitable for the midfield organizer and Ibrahimovic’s linkage effect is better than Van der Vaart, it is not necessary for him to put Van der Vaart on the bench. If Van der Vaart is moved to the side and let him make a guest appearance on the left, then I am afraid that Florence’s defense line will be. Will bear even greater pressure. After all, Maxwell and Pasanen are able to attack and defend well, but they are not as strong as Van der Vaart and their ability to play is quite limited.
But it’s better without Van der Vaart Ajax, there will be one less threat point for Florence, and the possibility of winning this game will be much higher. Zhuang Ge’s face can’t help but be full of expectations. Although Florence has won the big ear cup five times since Zhuang Ge took office, he has never been satisfied with it. He always hopes to see the team reach the top of Europe again.
At this time, another commander of Ajax in the stadium, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, came out to take over the command from Stede and helped the team stabilize its position, which dispelled the intention of the Fiorentina players to fish in troubled waters. However, Ajax’s loss of power in midfield was still a depressed fact, which naturally brought them a lot of trouble.
In the 30th minute of halftime, Carlos cut into the restricted area after Pirlo and Vincent cooperated to break through the defense of Van der Mede and Trabelsi, but he didn’t want to let go of O ‘Brien, who then took the ball from Carlos and shot the net with his left foot!
In the face of the unfavorable situation of falling behind the score, Ajax players did not panic or rush to recover the score, but continued to play according to the tactics arranged before the game under the command of Ibrahimovic and Sid, as if vieri’s goal had never happened just now
Ajax is really lucky to have three talented players, Vanderbilt, Sid and Ibrahimovic. Karin couldn’t help admiring the fact that Ajax players are so calm. Not surprisingly, these three players will become important players in international football in time.
Now it’s not lamenting these times, is it? Finding that there was no onesided trend in the game, Zhuang Ge said with a wry smile that Ajax’s tenacity in this game really surprised him. Come to me, they will lose their positions after losing the ball, which will give us a chance. I didn’t expect these guys to come out of the shadow of losing the ball so quickly at a young age, and they can’t see that this is a young player’s home team in tactical execution.
Sure enough, Ajax equalized the score in an attack shortly after the game entered the halftimeIbrahimovic rocked continuously on the left side of the penalty area to attract Starr and Zambrotta, and then went back to the middle to follow up. Sid raised his right foot and flaunted a shot and cleverly missed the ball to pienaar, who volleyed at the far corner of the goal in the penalty area and succeeded in rewriting the score onetoone!
After pienaar Ajax scored the goal to equalize the score, although both players got some good scoring opportunities in the following days, it is a pity that none of them can grasp these opportunities and turn them into goals.
However, just as Ajax started to prepare for extra time, substitute Inzaghi appeared in diego milito, but a goal instantly plunged the visiting team into the abyssin the first minute of injury time, Barak slammed the door outside the penalty area and was ambushed in the penalty area by Labant’s double boxing. Milito got the opportunity first before Lugano’s big foot was cleared, and stabbed the ball into Ajax’s door with one foot!
In this way, with Milito’s golden goal at home, Florence finally beat Ajax 21 in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal and eliminated the Dutch giant!