super sharp

Chapter 85
By the time Mu Jianfeng and his teammates returned to the exit of the player tunnel, the Ajax players had been standing there waiting for a long time.

Seeing the arrival of the Fiorentina players, the Ajax players just glanced at them before continuing to chat with each other.

Their emotions are maintained very well. Firstly, their physical strength is superior in home games. Second, what the head coach said in the midfield encouraged them a lot.

Mu Jianfeng didn't pay too much attention to this. After all, neither team has any big-name stars at this time, and at most they are famous in their respective countries.

And also unfamiliar.

So naturally no one came forward to greet and say hello.

He just adjusted his clothes silently, checking for any discomfort.

Then, at the request of the referee, he showed the sole of the shoe for the opponent to check.

After that, everyone entered the stadium and returned to their respective positions to prepare for the second half of the game.

After the opening of the second half, Fiorentina, as the temporarily leading side, consciously reduced the rhythm of the game, even though the total score was a tie.

But for Florence at this time, it is a better choice to delay for some time to consume the opponent's physical strength.

Although Mu Jianfeng didn't fully remember the head coach's midfield tactical arrangement, he still understood the general meaning - steady.

Seek stability in everything, but seek no faults and no merits. This is the core of Fiorentina's tactics in the opening ten minutes of the second half.

Even if it is a counterattack, if there is no perfect opportunity, he would rather pass back and give up than take the risk of rushing forward.

As expected, Ajax launched wave after wave of offense at the beginning of the second half, but as time passed, their players also began to feel that their physical strength had declined significantly.

In the 60th minute of the game, Prandelli suddenly shouted from the sidelines.

Although he simply yelled, the tactical arrangements had been made during the intermission, so the Fiorentina players knew that they should attack!

So after hearing the head coach's shout, the Fiorentina players on the field suddenly accelerated their attacking rhythm, made forward moves decisively, and passed the ball even more enchantingly!
In the No.601 minute of the game, Montorivo dribbled the ball slowly forward in the midfield. He first dribbled the ball lazily as he did in the previous ten minutes.

However, only two or three of Fiorentina's offensive players participated in the frontcourt attack, which made Ajax's players a little defensive. They thought more about how to organize the offense after the defense was over.

Unexpectedly, this time Montolivo suddenly made a long pass with a clear arc like a thunderbolt on the ground!
The position is to go straight to the middle of the restricted area!

At this time, Mu Jianfeng, who was running a bit lazily, suddenly accelerated his feet and ran quickly towards the direction where the ball landed.

This caused Vertonghen, who was a little absent-minded, to be thrown away by a position without noticing for a moment!
By the time Vertonghen instinctively wanted to reach out and hug Mu Jianfeng, Mu Jianfeng had already pulled away from him quickly!
In desperation, a flash of inspiration came to Vertonghen's mind, his left foot tripped over his right foot, he lost his balance and threw himself towards Mu Jianfeng!
"Wow!"

Amidst the exclamation of nearly [-] Ajax fans in the audience, Mu Jianfeng completed the header.

It's just that the angle was too right, and at the last moment of the head shake, Vertonghen threw himself on him, and he didn't use his strength, and was easily picked off by the goalkeeper who had been concentrating.

At this time, Vertonghen, who fell on the ground, glanced nervously at the direction of the referee, seeing that he had no intention of running towards him, he let out a long breath in his heart, and quickly stood up.

Then, he stretched out his hand to Mu Jianfeng in a very gentlemanly manner. Although he was a little confused in the language, he still groaned hard after Mu Jianfeng stretched out his hand.

And Mu Jianfeng, who got up and stood up, was a little annoyed at the failure of the surprise attack, but after feeling the power in his hand, he instinctively returned some strength.

This made Vertonghen, who was trying to put on a ferocious face, suddenly changed his face, grinning and hissing at the same time, his red face looked like a piece of pig liver turned into essence.

"It's beautiful, it's just a little bit of luck!"

At this time, Gilardino stepped forward to comfort Mu Jianfeng. Seeing this, Mu Jianfeng quickly let go of his iron palm, then tilted his head and said:

"It's a pity that there is such a good opportunity to counterattack. This time, they were caught off guard by the change of rhythm. Next time, with precautions, it will not be easy to encounter such a good opportunity!"

Gilardino just smiled, did not speak, but turned and ran away.

Mu Jianfeng also got up and applauded Montorivo who passed the ball to him.

At this time, Ajax's goalkeeper quickly took the ball, and Ajax launched a counterattack again. ,

The Fiorentina players were no longer lamenting the opportunity, and they all threw themselves into this defense very quickly.

Although it can be seen that they still hope to maintain the rhythm of attacking Fiorentina's defense at a high speed, it may be due to the decline in physical strength that Ajax's offensive organization this time is very hasty.

However, their right back Van der Veer wanted to cooperate with his teammate Suarez when he was attacking, but after the ball was passed out, it seemed that the strength was too small, and it was cut off by Fiorentina's left back Pasquale.

At this time, there is a big space on the right side guarded by Van der Veer!
In desperation, Van de Wewe could only turn around and grab Pasquale, gave Fiorentina a free kick in the backcourt, and then quickly ran towards his position.

Naturally, Pasquale was unwilling to let go of this opportunity to counterattack. He quickly bent over to touch the ball, then kicked the ball towards Donadelle near the middle circle, and at the same time he also quickly advanced.

Pasquale's advance attracted the attention of several Ajax players, who followed him back to defend.

But Donadell did not pass the ball forward, but kicked it laterally to Melo in the middle. Melo didn't stop the ball and pushed directly, kicking the ball to Zauli's feet on the right.

After Zauli took the ball, he lobbed the ball to the frontcourt again with a long pass.

At this time, Ajax's defensive focus has just been added to the right, and the defense on the left is relatively weak at this time.

Gilardino ran up to meet the ball first. He grabbed the ball first in the double-team of Ajax, and headed behind him with his head, and then rushed towards the penalty area again after landing. past.

Mu Jianfeng always had an inexplicable tacit understanding with Gilardino, and the position where he appeared at this time happened to be where Gilardino's header was ferried!
In the astonishment of the Ajax players, Mu Jianfeng blocked the ball from the defensive player behind him, and at this moment, Gilardino ran past him.

Vermaelen, who was defending behind Mu Jianfeng, firmly supported Mu Jianfeng's waist, preventing him from turning around.

In this regard, Mu Jianfeng just tried it briefly, he didn't want to get too entangled with the opponent, so taking advantage of the moment the ball bounced off the ground, he hooked the ball with his right foot and gave it away!
He used a barb-like posture to send the ball behind him, which is the direction Gilardino went forward!

At this time, Vermaelen, who was always paying attention, noticed Mu Jianfeng's intentions. He was shocked and secretly thought that something was wrong, so he quickly turned and chased after Mu Jianfeng.

ball.

Vertonghen at the far end also noticed Gilardino's running position, and immediately chased him diagonally.

Just then, the ball landed not far from Gilardino!

Gilardino felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart when he saw the ball suddenly appearing in front of him. This kind of tacit cooperation made him feel very comfortable.

Because of this, he feels very good at the moment!

He worked hard on his feet, and before the ball hit the ground, he was in the shooting position!

The ball falls!

feet!

"boom!"

There was a muffled sound, and before Vermaelen and Vertonghen double-teamed, Gilardino took the lead and completed the shot!

After a short contact with Gilardino's instep, the ball quickly bounced to the far corner of the goal!

The goalkeeper even subconsciously raised his hand in response, and the ball flew into the goal under the desperate gazes of Vermaelen and Vertonghen, and hung on the net for a long time before slowly falling.

"yeah!!!!"

Fiorentina fans from afar once again occupied the stadium, and they cheered wantonly.

After scoring the goal, Gilardino turned his head and glanced at the linesman instinctively. After finding that the opponent did not raise the flag, he excitedly ran to the advertisement board on the sidelines and cheered for the fans!
"awesome!"

Although Mu Jianfeng was not a goal scorer, he enjoyed the process of scoring a goal, even more comfortable than scoring a goal himself!

At this time, he roared and ran towards Gilardino, and Gilardino also turned his head and jumped directly on Mu Jianfeng's body. The two big men hugged each other fiercely to celebrate the goal.

"Beautiful pass, Mu!"

Gilardino buried his head on Mu Jianfeng's shoulder while shouting in his ear.

"I know! I know! I know!"

Mu Jianfeng only felt his ears hurt from Gilardino's yelling, but he didn't care too much, but he didn't know what to say for a while when he was excited, so he could only shout repeatedly.

It seems that only in this way can people know the excitement in his heart.

At this time, other teammates also stepped forward to celebrate the goal with them.

After a while, the crowd dispersed and slowly ran towards their own half. +
"Pay attention to defense!!"

Prandelli roared loudly on the sidelines, while gesturing to remind his players.

But the excited Fiorentina players were immersed in the joy of leading at this time, and the fans at the scene also reacted at this moment, booing loudly the visiting team players who were celebrating.

Therefore, Prandelli didn't know whether his players had listened to his request, and finally he could only shake his head and sit back on the bench.

After all, our side is still ahead and has two away goals, isn't it?

At this time, the Ajax players were a little frustrated, because for them, it was not just as simple as conceding two goals and making the score behind in this game.

Because in UEFA rules, away goals are weighted. If the scores of both sides are the same, the side with more away goals will advance.

At present, Fiorentina has scored two away goals, which means that in the remaining games, Ajax must score at least two more goals and prevent Fiorentina from scoring in order to advance!

Thinking of this, the gap between the two balls made them a little desperate, and even made them feel exhausted from their bodies.

And there was a person who stared at Mu Jianfeng firmly.

He is Ajax's No. 16, striker Luis Suarez!

The somewhat skinny lad didn't play very well in this game as he played conservatively against the rough fouls of Italian football and he was afraid of injury.

I am even more afraid that this will affect the investigation of him by the wealthy team and delay his joining the wealthy team-Ajax has never been his result.

But at this time, with the score behind, the young lad clenched his fists, he was not willing to be eliminated and returned to the Eredivisie.

Although the Europa League matches are not as highly regarded as the Champions League matches, for him, this is also a platform that cannot be ignored!

Therefore, he secretly made a decision in his heart that he must do his best for the victory of this game!

……

When the game started again, although the lagging Ajax side also tried to set off some counterattacks, the conceded goal just now affected their morale, resulting in a significant increase in their mistakes.

Several attempts to organize the attack were lost in the Italian chain defense because they were too impatient.

And Mu Jianfeng also chose to reduce the pressing in the frontcourt, because his physical strength was really too much.

Seeing this, the head coaches of both sides began to prepare to replace the substitute players.

For Fiorentina, Prandelli replaced Donadale, who had already received a yellow card, with No. 65 player Almiron in the 30th minute. His only request for Almiron was to strengthen the defense, and at all costs!
And then, he replaced Semioli with veteran Jorgensen, whose physical strength was somewhat declining, to strengthen the possession of the midfield.

As for Ajax, the head coach chose to use No. 23 Leonardo to replace Lindgren who had received a yellow card, and at the same time replaced defensive midfielder Gabriel with No. 28 Anita.

In this way, off the court, the head coaches of both sides showed their talents and dispatched their troops, while the players on the court of both sides fought evenly again, which was very exciting!
Ajax's substitution took the lead, and the morale of the Ajax players gradually recovered amid the cheers of the home fans.

They desperately squeezed every ounce of strength in their bodies, launching attacks again and again, like waves hitting the rock of Florence.

And Florence is like a rock, facing the beating of the waves again and again, but it doesn't move!

But how can you not lose for a long time, especially when you are missed by an elegant assassin?
Therefore, when the physical problems of the Fiorentina players were finally exposed as the game progressed, the crisis also followed!

(End of this chapter)