Not long after the game started, Crystal Palace actually took the lead, and the media reporters at the scene were all surprised.
This is different from what they expected.
Montella was also slightly startled, and turned to look at Tong Yi, a little surprised.
Could it be that Crystal Palace was going to fight Fiorentina to the death in this game? Just give up on the FA Cup semi-finals two days later?
Tong Yi sat quietly on the bench, seemingly not surprised at all, and just applauded lightly.
What a great cup!
Montella curled his lips slightly, then immediately came to the sidelines and signaled the Florentines not to be so passive, be bolder, press out, and show off your offensive capabilities.
The game restarted, and Fiorentina obviously played more boldly and attacked.
Florence's offense is still concentrated on the two wings, especially Joaquin and Diamanti. These two people are Florence's support in the frontcourt. Of course, the two full-backs are also a big support for their offense.
Otherwise, why would Joaquin and Diamanti be positioned closer to the center?
Joaquin is older, so he doesn't rely on speed to earn a living.
Joaquin will also join the offensive organization, but of course he will stay wide more often. Diamanti, on the other hand, relies more on the center, leaving the wings to the full-backs.
To be honest, there are still a lot of changes in Florence's lineup.
This is why Tong Yi reminded the Crystal Palace players to pay attention to Fiorentina. They are indeed very capable. This guy Montella is also a very thoughtful head coach, very powerful.
Of course, Florence's offense relies heavily on Gomez on the striker. If Gomez is targeted more often, Crystal Palace's defensive pressure will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, at this time, Laporte often pulled out to mark Gomez.
And Gomez did not underestimate Laporte. They had studied the Crystal Palace lineup and players. Gomez also knew that Laporte was a very good guy, so he did not go to do it with Laporte.
Too much entanglement. He retreated directly and went up to meet Joaquin and Diamanti.
Even at this time, Gomez's retreating position was somewhat deep.
This gave the Crystal Palace players a feeling that they would view Gomez as more of an attacking midfielder, while Joaquin and Diamanti were pushed up front.
This has a huge impact on Crystal Palace's defense.
This made Laporte and Ferdinand's defense a little uncomfortable, and Florence's offense gradually threatened Crystal Palace's defense.
With a bang, Fiorentina made a long pass directly from the backcourt, overcoming the high pressure of the Crystal Palace people.
The football flew quickly towards the frontcourt. Gomez easily took off and hit the football above Kimmich's head.
The football flew diagonally behind him quickly!
This goal really annoyed the Crystal Palace defense.
It's hot. Gomez's position is a bit deep, and they don't dare to follow him rashly. But if they don't follow up, it will be difficult for Gomez to be guarded by anyone. What's more important is that Gomez is the goalkeeper.
This guy is a picker of weaklings, and often comes to Kimmich's side. If you let Kimmich and Gomez compete for high balls, aren't you making things difficult for Kimmich?
But at this time, the Florentines were seizing this point to attack.
Tong Yi stood on the sidelines, frowning slightly.
To be honest, this Montella is really very methodical and very good.
At this time, the football flew directly to Joaquin's feet. As soon as Joaquin caught the ball, Ferdinand was about to come forward. Joaquin suddenly used his speed to change direction, opened up the space, and then quickly broke through with the ball and entered the Crystal Palace.
restricted area.
With a bang, after taking two steps into the penalty area, Joaquin shot directly with his legs.
The football shot out quickly, the ball was very fast!
However, Edward reacted faster and immediately jumped out and saved the football from the bottom line.
Corner kick, Fiorentina got a corner kick opportunity.
To be honest, Florence's offensive threat this time is very great. It seems that they have found a way to break down the Crystal Palace defense. They will definitely continue to play like this in the future, if Tong Yi cannot solve this problem as soon as possible.
, the Crystal Palace goal will be very dangerous.
Corner kick, Fiorentina got a corner kick opportunity.
Diamanti came to the corner kick area, and then drove the football into the penalty area of Crystal Palace with a precise arc. Gomez in the penalty area immediately jumped up, trying to push the ball over the top. Who knew that the football was preempted by Laporte?
He was pushed out.
The football flew to Kimmich's feet. Kimmich seemed to have eyes in the back of his head and saw Joaquin rushing up behind him. He did not hold the ball at all, but quickly pushed the football directly to the other side.
Paulinho.
Paulinho did not stop the ball, and made a diagonal pass directly to Salah who was advancing from the wing.
Salah's speed was very fast, and he instantly hit the opponent's midfielder Aquilani who was rushing towards him!
Because at this time, Aquilani stood in the full-back position, and the original full-back Richards went directly to the Crystal Palace penalty area to fight for a header. Aquilani took Richards' position.
He didn't have any advantage in terms of speed, so he was blown away by Saleh in an instant.
Salah instantly took the ball and ran towards Florence's penalty area.
Fiorentina's center back Rodriguez immediately moved over to intercept Salah.
Salah took advantage of the situation and made a lateral cut inside to break through, and instantly passed Rodriguez. He saw that Neto's position was a little close to the corner, and Salah directly shot an arc from his leg pocket, and the football spun rapidly.
Then it circled towards the upper corner of the far end of the goal.
The speed of the ball was so fast that the people in Florence were speechless in horror.
Neto in front of the goal quickly jumped out, but still didn't touch the football!
The football missed the outside of the far post and flew out of the baseline.
hiss!
The Florentines survived the disaster!
This goal really scared them to death. It was so dangerous that they almost scored.
Montella's heart jumped into his throat and almost jumped out of his chest.
It was so suspenseful. Montella reached out and touched his chest. He was really almost scared to death just now!
This Crystal Palace is indeed very powerful, and the next defense must be more secure. However, they will not give up the offense. If they give up the offense, won't the game be completely over?
If one survives, there will be future fortunes!
Moreover, the Florentine people have now found the weakness of the Crystal Palace people. In this game, Florence will definitely win. Therefore, even so, the Florentine people are still full of confidence and they are full of expectations for this game.
After passing the ball continuously, Florence also found a space to pass the ball under the strong high pressure of the Crystal Palace people. Aquilani, who was behind, directly passed the ball diagonally and passed the ball to Gomez in the frontcourt.
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Gomez was next to Kimmich again, directly overpowering Kimmich and swung the ball to Diamanti.
Diamanti had just received the ball and found that no one was jumping towards him. He immediately took a shot from a position thirty-two meters away from the goal. Yes, Diamanti suddenly took a long shot, which surprised everyone.
Anticipate.
Only Tong Yi on the sidelines was very dissatisfied. He immediately rushed out and roared into the stadium, "Didn't I remind you? Be careful not to let this guy Diamanti take a long shot?"
Yes, Tong Yi reminded the Crystal Palace players many times before the game that Diamanti likes long shots very much and has a very beautiful long shot. More importantly, this guy is often in unexpected positions.
When taking a long shot, the defensive players of Crystal Palace must not give Diamanti space. If they are not used to his position, they should not give him space.
However, as the game progresses, the Crystal Palace players seem to have forgotten a little bit.
This is not to blame the Crystal Palace players, but Diamanti has been relatively quiet at this stage of the game, with almost no performance. This made the Crystal Palace players ignore this guy, and then gave Diamanti
Such an opportunity.
Very dangerous!
Diamanti's long-range shot roared out of the ball and went directly to the upper right corner of the goal.
The ball was very fast, and when he saw it, it was about to hit the Crystal Palace goal. Edward immediately jumped out and covered the sky with his hands.
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It's a pity that Edward didn't cover it this time, and the football flew past his hand quickly, then slightly higher than the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.
Phew, the Crystal Palace fans also breathed a sigh of relief. It was really dangerous just now!
It can also be seen from this that Fiorentina can reach the quarter-finals of the Europa League and their strength is not weak. Crystal Palace may not be able to defeat their opponents. Montella still has something to offer. The current problem of Crystal Palace is
It was caught by Florence of Montera.
If this game continues like this, Crystal Palace will be in danger.
With a bang, Edward kicked the football away with a big kick. The football flew quickly towards the front court. Torres stood up high and got ahead of the opponent's short center back Rodriguez. He jumped up and hit the football.
The ferry was passed to Sane on the side.
Sane did not go down, but suddenly cut inside. Fiorentina's full-back Tomovic was not fooled. He did not leave the space on the wing to Crystal Palace full-back Aurier.
But at this moment, Sane continued to cut inside laterally, with no intention of passing it back to Aurier who was advancing forward. He held the ball and cut laterally inside looking for an opportunity to take a long shot.
Danger, Florentines were aware of the danger.
Valero quickly moved forward and blocked Sane's long-range shot.
Valero's reaction was very quick, and he directly crossed the path of Sane's shot. Unexpectedly, Sane still had no intention of taking a kick. He still dribbled the ball horizontally and directly crossed Valero to continue.
Break through horizontally to the left.
Valero and others were a little shocked. What on earth is Sane going to do? Is he going to cut in directly from one wing to the other?
Aren't you funny?
However, Montella immediately roared loudly on the sidelines, reminding Florence's defenders to pay attention to Sane's through ball. Unfortunately, it was too late at this time. Sane just caught the Florence defenders.
When he was slightly relaxed, he suddenly made a direct pass in the opposite direction and directly pushed the football into the middle of Florence's penalty area.
Yes, he pushed towards the center of the penalty area, not the rib of the penalty area where Salah moved forward.
Sane made a reverse cross and passed the ball diagonally past Valero, then rolled it into the penalty area diagonally behind Valero's body.
At this time, Sane, who had crossed to the ribs on the left side of the penalty area, directly inserted the football diagonally into the ribs on the right side of the penalty area!
Fiorentina's defensive players turned around one after another, and they saw that Torres, who had stepped in from behind, had already come to the football and volleyed with his legs. The football was close to the turf and rushed to the near post of the goal. The ball was very fast, and the goalkeeper was inside.
Toto's lightning-fast reaction still did not pounce on the football, and the football rolled directly into the goal against the inside of the near post.
Two to zero.
This chapter has been completed!