Mourinho will naturally not regard Artetana’s performance as more and more struggling under the pressure of Liverpool, or that the Portuguese immediately lost the last substitution place after Artetana was repeatedly stolen by Liverpool playersArtetana replaced him as Florence’s number one ace in midfield, Andrea Pirlo!
Although Pirlo has successfully helped Florence stabilize its position and greatly reduced the rate of ball mistakes and the chance of being directly countered by opponents, it is still difficult for Liverpool players to become more powerful and more active in grabbing mistakes, which makes Florence’s impregnable defense line unable to appear a crack.
In the 79th minute of the game, Derossi’s ball to Zambrotta was intercepted by Riise in the middle, and in the counterattack, he continuously shifted and pulled the Florence defense line in a wide range, trying to make it difficult for the opponent to find the defensive focus in this way. Then, although luis garcia was blocked by Carlos in the middle, the ball did not bounce off the sideline, but returned to Garcia’s foot. The Spaniard immediately kicked again!
Steven Gerrard jumped high into the penalty area by his body inertia and grabbed a header ten meters in front of Lucio!
Gerrard’s back shot was powerful and sharp, even if it was as strong as Buffon’s, he was able to lift the header, so the ball successfully crossed Buffon’s palm and fell into the far corner of the goal. The score became 12 and Liverpool pulled back a city!
… things are not good. Watching Millie celebrate the goal, he rushed into the goal, picked up the ball and ran to the middle circle of the stadium. Gerrard and his pace were highly consistent. Mourinho, another Liverpool player, looked dignified gradually. It was a mistake. I didn’t expect Liverpool to play such a strong counterattack momentum in this predicament. If I had known this, I should have let daniele (Derossi) and them interrupt Liverpool’s rhythm once or twice to stop them from rising so easily.
Although this kind of thing sounds a little mysterious, it will play a very important role in football fields in many cases. For example, with the rising momentum of Liverpool players and stronger strength, Florence has been forced to make mistakes frequently by the Red Army on the field and has to choose to retreat to avoid the edge.
In Zhuang Ge’s previous life, AC Milan lost its original huge lead in Laco and Liverpool, which was reversed by the opponents. Of course, there was a slippery factor in the players’ threeline battle, but the momentum of these two teams in the game was also the key to their final turnaround.
Once a team has played an imposing manner in the game, but the opponent has no choice to interrupt or suppress it for a while, the side with more imposing manner will often explode beyond the conventional fighting capacity, thus taking the game to a completely unknown road.
As Mourinho feared, Steven Gerrard’s header shot boosted Liverpool’s morale. In the next game, the Red Army played a very high level at both ends of the attack and defense, and even Florence was temporarily suppressed by them!
After Steven Gerrard scored a goal, Liverpool scored six shots in just five minutes, and it took less than one minute to test Buffon’s goalkeeping skills and concentration on the game, which embarrassed the world’s first goalkeeper.
For this extremely passive situation, Starr and Lucio can also show that they have done their best. It can be said that Liverpool’s shooting at this time is really unreasonable and luck is too bad. When they blocked most of the angles, they can still shoot a shot with good angle and speed, so that Starr and others can show their ability when they are not scientific.
However, just when the Liverpool people saw a glimmer of hope, they had scored a goal in the game. Cristiano Ronaldo once again came out and kicked the Red Army back into the abyss of Champions League exit. In the 19th minute of the game, the superstar, who is currently the hottest in European football, took two steps horizontally along the line of the restricted area after receiving a tactical corner from Pirlo in the corner of the restricted area, and then swung his right foot to volley at the far corner of the goal!
The ball turned a wonderful arc with a strong spin, passed Harman and Hencketz successively and went straight to Liverpool goal!
Duddeck, who was in front of the door, was blocked by the dense crowd in the restricted area, so when the Poles found that the ball was flying towards his goal, it was not enough for him to make a save …
The goal! The goal is cristiano ronaldo! The Portuguese teenager kicked a wonderful curveball in the restricted area line to help Florence completely lock the victory!
In this way, with a goal from cristiano ronaldo and a goal from Dinatale, Florence successfully resisted the wave of Liverpool’s counterattack in the final stage, winning the game with a score of 31, and successfully eliminated the Red Army from the quarterfinals and advanced to the semifinals of the Champions League with head held high!
Chapter 1327 After the game
Although I am very reluctant to bid farewell to the Champions League, what is done is done. Liverpool players must accept this cruel result even if they are unwilling to do so.
At this time, Steven Gerrard took the responsibility of captain of the team well. The English midfielder who scored a goal in the game and almost sounded the horn of Liverpool’s counterattack was busy comforting his teammates so that they could get out of the shadow of defeat as soon as possible. After all, Liverpool still needs to fight for the Champions League qualification in the Premier League for one season. There is really no spare time and time to worry about what after a game has ended.
In addition, Steven Gerrard has not forgotten to shake hands with Stahl and Pirlo and other players who have come to show their kindness to Florence. While congratulating them, he can say a few words of courtesy and stay in the league. After all, everyone is in the same circle, and maybe one day they will have the opportunity to play in the same team. It is still quite necessary to do well with each other.
This player named Gerrard is really outstanding, and he is more qualified than former Owen in terms of team captain. Seeing Gerrard’s every move on the scene, Mourinho said with admiration to the cheerleaders around him. To be honest, if we hadn’t already had Andrea (Pirlo) and Michael (Ballack) in midfield, I would definitely suggest the boss to dig the corner of Liverpool this summer.
Sai (Mourinho), I think it’s not difficult to implement your idea. Lala took a look at Gerrard and chatted with Mourinho about this topic. Don’t say that Gerrard is now a flag figure of Liverpool and has great hope of becoming a baresi figure. I don’t think Liverpool executives can sell him to other teams no matter how stupid they are?
Hehe, Chilo (Lala), don’t be so sure. I never thought that loyalty in a team was determined from the beginning like baresi. When I found that Lala didn’t agree with myself, Mourinho immediately retorted, Although it is worthy of our respect to be such a loyal minister, I have to say that the emergence of cases like baresi and Maldini is the result of many factors. I don’t believe how many top players would be willing to never see it in a team. Do you believe that if we make an offer of $50 million to Gerrard now, Liverpool will never put obstacles in the way of this deal?
What Mourinho said is true. In the past, Steven Gerrard would have chosen to stay in Liverpool for five years. The Champions League title played a considerable role. Without this trophy, Steven Gerrard would not have been able to refuse the temptation of Chelsea to wave his peak in Liverpool, a leaking ship.
In this way, just after the game, Mourinho and Lala were arguing over the topic caused by this accident as if they were really discussing whether they could poach Steven Gerrard from Liverpool.
Although Mourinho and Lala are only assuming the possibility of bringing Steven Gerrard from Liverpool to Florence, they really scared the Liverpool players aside by talking about this topicthey don’t want to lose another captain and locker room leader after losing Owen.
After all, Liverpool is not Arsenal’s Red Army, but it is not as powerful as the gunners. It can sell a captain in one year and win a Champions League seat in the top four of the league. Moreover, the sense of honor of Liverpool, the most successful club in English football, makes it impossible for them to do the same thing as Arsenal.
You know, no top team has ever lived by selling its main force, which is the absolute core. If they dare to do so, no player will regard this team as a giant for a long time to come. The typical example is Arsenal after the construction of Emirates Stadium.
So after bidding farewell to the Champions League, I got the news that Liverpool was anxious to renew Steven Gerrard’s contract. The negotiators attacked the team captain emotionally and signed a contract with an annual salary of 5 million pounds!
At the same time, it’s quite complicated to watch Liverpool player Zhuang Ge leave in a gloomy mood. After all, in the original history, Benitez led this Liverpool team to play a miracle night in Istanbul and successfully won the big ear cup. Now, because of Florence, Liverpool, Benitez and Steven Gerrard are doomed to lose this opportunity to make their mark in international football.
Anyway, I was robbed of my glory and aura by myself and Florence, and Liverpool is not the only one. If that’s the case, then Juventus and AC Milan will have to think so, and Zhuang Ge’s heart will be relieved. After all, what he felt sorry for Liverpool just now was more out of nostalgia for the Istanbul night in his previous life, but he didn’t really want to compensate the Red Army.
After defeating Liverpool and successfully advancing to the semifinals of the Champions League, Florence finally stopped winning streak in the 32nd round of Serie A at the weekend. Viola played away at Spigli Stadium, and finally drew 11 with Livorno after 90 minutes of fierce fighting, and got a point from this newly promoted team, while in another field, Juventus beat Lecce in a goal fight and scored three points at home!
In this way, with a draw, Florence won a great championship in the league and the situation became subtle again.
Chapter 132 Mixed feelings
After the news of the draw with Livorno in Florence and Juventus’ home victory over Lecce came out one after another, Viola’s lead in the league table was reduced to two points with this draw, which means that if Florence is not careful in the next league game, Juventus will probably overtake Viola in the standings and drive her away from the leader!
Although it was really depressing that the team capsized in Livorno, Mourinho didn’t blame the players for the unexpected draw after the game, because the Portuguese knew very well that the team’s double match for a week in April really put considerable pressure on the players’ physical fitness. What’s more, apart from the fact that Livorno, the opponent, was a weak team, Florence played two Champions League knockout matches with Liverpool and fought Juventus for 90 minutes in a week, which didn’t get much rest at all.
It’s not easy for Viola to get three wins and one draw in all these highintensity games. Mourinho naturally won’t ask the players to complete any fourgame winning streak. You can tell the difficulty at a glance by off the charts.
For Mourinho, his main task now is to get the players back in shape as soon as possible to meet the coming games and avoid losing points in the league battlefield, instead of feeling sorry for themselves here. After all, although the fourpoint difference has been reduced by Juventus by two points, Florence still holds the title race. It is almost impossible for Juventus to make a comeback if Florence can guarantee its normal performance in the coming league.
Four days later, after a short break as scheduled in the 32nd round of Serie A, Florence beat Messina 20 at Frankie Stadium, which disappointed the Juventus fans who were expecting Viola to lose points, and even more surprised the Juventus fans. The Bianconeri, who were at home in the Italian derby three hours later, were defeated by Inter Milan with a goal!
This sudden defeat made everyone in Juve feel dizzy, which means that there are still six rounds left in Serie A, and the difference between the Bianconeri and the top spot has been widened to more than five points again!
The great temptation to win the Serie A championship is that experienced people like trapattoni should not have made mistakes. Florence was under pressure to win the derby. trapattoni took the initiative to attack in the competition stage, and Inter Milan seized the opportunity that the formation was too tight. In the 12th minute of the competition, a quick counterattack broke the Juventus goal, and finally, with this goal, the Bianconeri took three points away from the Alpi Stadium!
Although there are still six rounds before the end of the league, most people are not very optimistic about Juventus, which has fallen behind the top five points. After all, Florence’s performance in the league battlefield is quite stable. Although there are some fluctuations due to the lack of depth of the bench (compared with before) and the record of multiline battles, on the whole, Viola’s performance is very reassuring, and the probability of being upset is much smaller than that of other teams.
If not, then the team sitting at the top of the standings should be Juventus instead of Florence.