Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 832
Montella did a really good job in Fiorentina. Before he came to Fiorentina, the team was barely relegated in the 11-12 season. Afterwards, he came to Fiorentina and improved steadily. He got tickets to the Europa League for two consecutive seasons. Ranked fourth in both seasons, it is a pity that the fourth in Serie A cannot even participate in the UEFA Champions League play-offs, and can only play in the Europa League.

For many Serie A teams, the UEFA Europa League is not very important. Basically, they cannot hope to be eliminated early, at least not particularly concerned about it. The importance is not as important as that of the league.

Of course, Fiorentina’s success today is also related to Della Valle’s operations in the past two years. Buying players in the football market is like scratching the lottery. You may win a lottery or it may be in vain. At least Fiorentina has scratched in the past two years. The ability of the lottery is not bad.

However, the current situation is not so easy for Fiorentina. The introduction of Mario Gomez from Bayern Munich before the season is a lot of money. It is a rare big investment by the De La Valle brothers. The glass man has been injured since he came to Florence, and he has only played a few games until now.

Then in January, Fiorentina's main striker Rossi was injured again against Livorno.

Rossi is undeniably a good striker, but he is also a striker who is constantly tossed by injuries. Whether it is in Villarreal or Fiorentina, he plays very well when he is injured, but the only bad thing is his injury. Too much sickness.

As soon as he was injured, Fiorentina's reliable striker was actually gone. After the winter break, Fiorentina hurriedly rented Matri from Milan, but Matri's scoring efficiency is really not high, so Fiorentina's current offense is encountered great difficulties.

Secondly, Fiorentina is more tired than Juventus. They are not out of the Coppa Italia, fighting on the third line, and their fatigue is greater than Juventus.

Therefore, the recent situation of Fiorentina is not very good. There have been three rounds without a win in the league, two of which were lost at home, and the away game was only a draw with Parma.

In this context, Fiorentina ushered in an away game against Juventus.

For the game on March 3, the better news for Montella is that Gomez is finally back and can play, but since the Europa League will meet Juventus soon, so whether it is him or Juventus Fortunately, the necessary rotations have been carried out.

Juventus is already thriving in the league. For Zhang Yuan and the others, the significance of this game is only because the opponent is Fiorentina, and the focus is on the Europa League.

As for Fiorentina, they are currently ranked fourth, and Inter Milan, who is fifth, is still four points behind them. Naples, who is third ahead, is seven points higher than them. It is definitely not easy to catch up. , so they definitely hope to double-kill Juventus in the league.

Then there is another factor affecting Fiorentina. Although the Europa League can go as far as it can go, it also depends on the situation. When the opponent is Juventus, then Fiorentina is absolutely 100% willing to take Juventus. Tus kicked out, so Montella will always stay strong for the Europa League in the middle of the week.

Everyone has such a mentality, this league is naturally not very good, it feels like everyone is going for a draw.

Of course, Zhang Yuan replaced Llorente in this game. Tevez is in good condition, but Conte also has to give Llorente a chance.

In the first half, everyone seemed timid and did not dare to let go. In the second half, they played a little more passionately but there were not many opportunities. Finally, in the 68th minute, Zhang Yuan broke the goal of Neto with a free kick from 24 meters away. .

Juventus also used this ball to complete their revenge against Fiorentina, and Zhang Yuan was also elected as the best player of the game.

Montella's tactics in this game were criticized by a lot of media after the game. When they played against Milan last time, Juventus was not like Juventus, and this game is not like Florence.

Montella's team pays more attention to the tactics of controlling the ball, relying on the strong impact of the two wings to create opportunities for the forwards, but today Montella's team likes to use long passes too much, and Gomez is not like this Kick.

How did they know that the long pass has the advantage of a long pass, that is, it does not consume too much physical energy, and the style of play is simple and direct. For Fiorentina, who is not physically dominant, it is definitely not a bad idea to make good use of Gomez, a high center forward. .

After this game, Juventus was not all good news. Zhang Yuan and Carlos Tevez felt uncomfortable during training. Tevez felt discomfort in his ankle ligament, and Zhang Yuan felt discomfort in his thigh muscles.

In the Europa League on the night of March 3, neither of them played but sat on the bench. Today, Juventus' striker partners became Giovinco and Llorente.

Montella's Fiorentina played all the main players in this game. Pizarro and Valero, who did not play in the last game, both appeared, and they also showed their hideous faces in this game.

Juventus got off to an excellent start, scoring an early goal in the 3rd minute. Marchisio made a cross from the left side of the penalty area, Giovinco unloaded the ball with his chest, and Vidal shot through the near corner with his right foot, 1-0.

Such a quick goal was really unexpected. Zhang Yuan and Carlos Tevez clapped each other on the bench, as long as they scored first, it would be much better.

But then the game entered the rhythm of Fiorentina, the usual rhythm of Fiorentina, the combination of Pizarro and Valero is the metronome of the Fiorentina midfielder, Juventus and Fiorentina have played against each other in the past two years, as long as they are present Under the circumstances, the midfielder has no advantage at all, and the advantage of possession changes hands.

In the first half, Fiorentina beat Juventus 4:2 at home. It was a masterpiece of their directors. This game was indeed the same. Juventus scored first and Fiorentina did not panic. In the midfield composed of Pizarro and Valero Next, control the initiative on the court by passing and controlling the ball.

Some good opportunities were created, but Ilysic and Matri did not have a strong ability to grasp the opportunities and failed to grasp them.

More than 70 minutes into the second half, Montella made continuous substitutions and gave it a go. In the 79th minute, Fiorentina equalized the score. Pizarro made a long pass from the backcourt. The ball faced the attacking Buffon and hit a low shot from the far corner, 1-1.

Although Gomez had a lot of injuries, he still had a sense of smell and was very strong. Neither Bonucci nor Obonna could hold him.

Zhang Yuan scolded in a low voice on the bench: "Hey, he can get in like this?!" I was somewhat dissatisfied with Bonucci and Obonna in my heart. The two strong men closed the door like this, not only him but also Conte on the sidelines was yelling at the two central defenders.

And Bonucci accused Obonna on the court, why did he come here? !Can't you just yell? !
In the final analysis, this is due to the lack of cooperation between the two people. Of course, after all, it is only on the court. This is not a major event that affects unity.

1:1 is also the final score of this game. This result is not good for Juventus, because this is a European game, and it is about away goals. Juventus has already lost first.

Zhang Yuan still didn't play against Genoa on the weekend, but Carlos Tevez came back and partnered with Llorente as a striker, but Juventus' fatigue was evident in this game. Genoa's home court has never been a blessed place for Juventus.

In this game, Juventus was also played miserably by Genoa. In the end, they only relied on Pirlo's free kick to win Genoa 1-0. Of course, Buffon was also one of the great heroes. He blocked Genoa's penalty in front of the goal .

Meeting Fiorentina for the third time within half a month, Zhang Yuan finally returned to the starting lineup after a lapse of a week.

Before the start of this game, the club's top management went to the locker room to issue a must-kill order to the Juventus players, and issued a winning prize. It is clear that they want to win the Europa League trophy at the Juventus Arena.

The Juventus players are fighting high, this is a battle of life and death, and there is no retreat for Juventus.

After the opening, Juventus launched a fierce attack on Fiorentina, while Montella seemed a bit conservative in this game, and was more conservative in tactics, hoping to use ball possession to delay Juventus' attack.

(End of this chapter)