Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Six

The local media in Florence also paid great attention to this game.

Because this UEFA Cup is Florence's first European war opportunity after returning to Italy.

Before the 0506 season, Florence was eligible to participate in the Champions League, but that summer, the Italian phone door scandal that shocked the world was exposed. Florence was suspected of game manipulation, unfair competition and sports fraud during the 0405 relegation battle. Implicated in it. The final result was that Fiorentina was penalized 15 points at the beginning of the 0607 season, which was the most severe of the three penalized teams that were not relegated. At the same time, they were also deprived of their hard work in the Champions League last season.

Ironically, when the results of the investigation came out, Borrell, the deputy director of the Italian Football Coordination Office, also made it clear that in the Italian football scandal, Juventus and AC Milan need to bear the main responsibility, while Lazio and Fiorentina are responsible. Relatively light.

As a result, Juventus was ordered to be downgraded because the guilt was too heavy to be eliminated. Lazio was only deducted three points, and AC Milan, who was once thought to be relegated, also deducted only eight points. It is that Fiorentina, who is considered the least responsible, was deducted fifteen points... At the beginning of the league, they were negative fifteen points in the standings, and for a long time they were the last one.

This is the disadvantage of no one in the court...

Because of this incident, the time for Florence to return to the European arena has been postponed.

But the Fiorentinas are tenacious. After 15 points were deducted at the beginning of the season, they ranked fifth after the end of the 0607 season, with 58 points, and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Although it was a year late and the grades were lowered, it was always back to Europe.

The Fiorentinas value the UEFA Cup this season very much, and this is an opportunity for their re-emergence.

And Zenit St. Petersburg is by far the biggest dark horse in this UEFA Cup.

This is a team from Russia, which has not been taken care of by everyone. The level of Russian football has long since declined, although CSKA Moscow won a UEFA Cup in 2005. But everyone thought it was just an accident. If you really say anything about the favorites to win the championship, you will definitely not be able to send Zenit.

Let's look at their poor performance in the group stage. If it weren't for the last group match that narrowly defeated Everton, I am afraid that they would not even be able to make the group stage.

But Zenit St. Petersburg, who has entered the knockout stage, is like a collective change of teams.

They first defeated the Spanish powerhouse Villarreal 2:0 at their home game. Although they lost 1:2 after going to the away game, they still eliminated the yellow submarine with a total score of 3:2.

If this game is not enough to attract everyone's attention, then the next match against the traditional French giants Marseille will be a stunning blow for Zenit.

At the Marseille home, they were once in desperation and were beaten 0:3. At the last moment, Chen Yingxiong stood up, and his golden away goal reserved hope for his team.

Then back to his home court, Zenit showed amazing energy, and they cleanly cut the proud Frenchman 2:0. Chen Yingxiong scored two goals and was the best player in that game.

Was the failure of Marseille an accident?

Many people really think so, after all, Marseille was a little proud and underestimated the enemy before the game. But Prandelli would not think so.

He thinks that Zenit is a strong team. It is necessary to show the determination and fighting spirit to deal with Bayern Munich to deal with Zenit in order to ensure that there will be no accidents.

So on the day before the game, the most repeated sentence he said to the players was: "Don't underestimate the enemy, even if it is on our home court!"

Dario Dainelli, with the captain's armband, can assure God that he really did not underestimate the enemy, and his teammates definitely did not underestimate the enemy. The entire Fiorentina team has no contempt for the opponent in front of them.

But the opponent in front of him is celebrating the goal.

The person who celebrated the goal was Arshavin, and the person who gave him the assist was Chen Yingxiong.

When the goal happened just now, he and Chen Yingxiong were still entangled with each other, and they strictly abide by the task assigned to him by the head coach before the game-to guard against Chen Yingxiong.

He did it without letting Chen Yingxiong turn around.

But who knows that Chen Yingxiong didn't turn around at all. He directly assigned the football to Arshavin who suddenly inserted, and then Arshavin made a breakthrough but suddenly kicked a long shot. The football rushed into the goal right from a distance of 18 meters from the goal. In the lower corner, goalkeeper Frey had no time to react and was caught off guard. The football rushed into the goal.

In the nineteenth minute of the first half, Fiorentina, who played at home, fell behind!

This made the Fiorentina fans feel astonished, a little bit "unreasonable" in it...

Zenit’s previous offense did not show any signs of threat, but Fiorentina relied on their home-court advantage, and the fans’ cheers were higher than the waves. It makes people feel heartbroken, as if a goal could happen at any time.

The goal really appeared at any time, but it was not Fiorentina that everyone loved to score the goal, but...Zenit St. Petersburg.

They really don't underestimate the enemy...

Florence's team Dainelli cried out in his heart.

They are just a little uncomfortable with Zenit’s play style and Chen Yingxiong’s playing style...

Just now the two people collided violently as soon as they came up. Chen Yingxiong took the initiative to find Dainelli, which in itself surprised Dainelli-shouldn't ordinary forwards avoid defenders? They were afraid of being caught up by the guards, and wished the guards as far away as possible.

Why did this person come the other way?

He doesn't know. If there is no guard at all to defend Chen Yingxiong, he still doesn't know how to play.

Now he plays football to make full use of his physical advantages, so naturally he has to actively seek physical contact.

Anyway, he is not dribbling well, and he has poor control of the ball. He wants to use the technique of his feet to move the defender away.

Dainelli never thought that someone would play this way, and he was not used to this way of playing.

Although Prandelli told them what are the characteristics of Zenit and what are the characteristics of Chen Yingxiong, how much can he understand by just watching the video? Football is something that requires personal contact to have a deeper impression.

Now Dainelli came into contact with him personally, and found that the 99 in front of him was far more impactful, stronger, and...barbaric than he thought!

Regardless of how you are behind, whether you underestimate the enemy or you don't adapt, Fiorentina is now one goal behind on his home court anyway.

The situation is very unfavorable for them, they have to tie the score as soon as possible. If the opponent gets an away goal, don't think about it. If you want to break your head, you won't let the away goal disappear. What Fiorentina has to do now is not to let the opponents only score goals, and at the same time to score goals by themselves...

After all, there is a home court advantage. After a brief panic after losing the ball, Fiorentina quickly recovered.

They began to organize their own offense.

Their football bears the obvious stigma of Latin football, pays attention to the technique of the foot, and advances with the ground. It is very different from Zenit St. Petersburg, who has only Chen Yingxiong now.

Zenit has become a bit bolder because of the hero Chen, and he pays attention to physical confrontation, and he feels like he will drop ten times.

Using their home court advantage, Fiorentina leveled the score before the end of the first half. The scorer was their number ten Adrian Mutu (adrian Mutu).

After Mutu scored, the Frankie Stadium finally rang out with cheers.

The Fiorentina players were very happy to celebrate, but Zenit's people did not feel disappointed or frustrated because they lost the ball. They have already scored an away goal, which is already half of the task successfully completed.

In this game, Edvard Carter was more cautious in asking the team to draw the opponent away. It would be better if he could draw an away goal while tying the opponent.

Now that an away goal is scored, the score is also a tie. If this continues until the end of the game, it would be perfect.

But Chen Yingxiong didn't think so.

If we can win the game, why not? Seeking a draw in the away game, what if you lose the ball? Like the last round of Marseille, losing 1:3 away, and then expecting to return to the home court to pray for a miracle?

Although he was the key figure in the miracle, even he himself felt it was too unreliable. One major reversal is okay, two major reversals are okay, three, four and five times...Are you not afraid of aesthetic fatigue?

And... too much reversal hurts character!

What should I do at the critical moment when I lose my character at such a time?

Chen Yingxiong thought so, and did so.

At the beginning of the second half, he was constantly looking for opportunities to score goals.

Dainelli feels a little uncomfortable, because this guy takes the initiative to come to him to play physical confrontation every time.

In terms of body alone, I am definitely inferior to him... But I have skills and experience, why should I play body with you!

He reacted.

So when Chen Yingxiong wanted to use his body to fight Dainelli the next time he attacked, the opponent took a step back. Chen Yingxiong leaned back, his body lost his center of gravity, and the ball under his feet was lost like this!

There was a burst of laughter from the stands at Frankie Stadium.

Chen Yingxiong lost a lot of face, but he didn't become angry or blushed or embarrassed. He just got up from the ground, patted his butt, shook his head, turned and ran back.

"Good job, Dario!" Dainelli's partner Gamberini clapped at the captain.

Dainelli gave him a thumbs back. He felt that he had found a way to deal with Chen Yingxiong.