spnThe referee from Spain blew the whistle and the game officially started.
Fiorentina wears purple home jersey and Everton wears white field jersey.
As soon as the game started, the young people of the home team showed strong fighting spirit. In this game, Moyes arranged a conservative single forward lineup. It is very likely that he had foreseen the attitude of the home team Fiorentina and wanted to safely survive the game.
The one who comes up is passive, and then waits for an opportunity to counterattack.
The Fiorentina youngster's ferocious kicking really made the Everton players a little nervous at first. Their movements were a little slow, but the opponent's defensive actions were already in place. As soon as the game started, the home team had an overall advantage.
Li Yu can connect well with the team in offense. When it comes to defense, he really hasn't made much progress so far. Moyes puts him on the front line alone, so he has no intention of letting him play for the ball in defense.
What the team does is just to constrain the Fiorentina defenders. Sometimes Li Yu comes back to defend and adds chaos. People can only see him appearing near the penalty area when defending corner kicks. The rest of the time, he usually
Loitering in the midfield, or looking for opportunities in the opponent's frontcourt.[
He also understands his own weakness. There is really no way to do it. Defense and offense are different. Li Yu doesn't have the time or points to train now, especially since he is not a passive person. He just helps the team when it is passive.
It's not too busy, which is a bit embarrassing. In fact, he was able to stop at least two Fiorentina players without doing anything. This is enough.
The team needs his offense, and now that there is no chance, Li Yu has the opportunity to observe Florence's defensive players.
Gambellini is the Fiorentina player who needs to take care of Li Yu in today's game. In terms of height, the two of them are really not much different. The Italian is 185 and Li Yu is 183. Li Yu suffers a bit in terms of height, but he has
Confidence uses his excellent physical fitness to make up for this gap.
In a scramble just now, Li Yu took advantage, blocked his opponent with his body, and steadily unloaded the ball. Unfortunately, the ball was intercepted by his opponent, otherwise it would have been a good counterattack opportunity.
"The physical strength is not bad, and there are a lot of small moves in defense!" Li Yu was also mentally evaluating the opponent in the game. Gamberini, who was obviously suffering from physical disadvantages, made several moves behind Li Yu.
Immediately in the stadium, the home fans could hear sighs of regret.
Li Yu's mistake was taken by the opponent. Fiorentina left-back Pascual, who was very active after the start, passed the ball directly behind him. Vieri, who was always strong, outflanked him and shot hard, but it missed the door frame.
Vieri, who had gained serious weight, covered his face with his hands. He was obviously very upset. Perhaps two years ago, this ball would have been scored.
When I saw Neville falling to the ground to block the block, I was anxious and started to take off hastily. In the past, the heavy tank-like Italian striker would have been forced to take off hastily by such an action. His speed and explosive power were all greatly reduced. In addition,
Vieri's body has gained weight and he has no choice but to shoot. In other positions in football, experience can be used to make up for the erosion of time. But on the forward line, experience is still secondary, so to speak.
It's fair to say that forward players are generally the ones with the highest wages in the team, and their transfer prices are more expensive than other positions. However, when it comes to sports life, they are the shortest among all positions. Forwards are more likely to be injured, and those on the other end of the court are.
Goalkeepers are just the opposite. They have a low chance of injury, a long sports life, and a low value and salary.
Seeing that a superstar who once dominated the court has fallen into the current situation, Li Yu was really emotional.
"Lee, focus!"
Moyes noticed that Li Yu was distracted and immediately called out a warning.
Li Yu shrank his neck angrily. The Scotsman showed mercy. Fiorentina's threatening shot just now was caused by his mistake. Fortunately, he didn't curse. He didn't dare to sigh casually anymore.
In the 13th minute, Fiorentina got a set kick 35 yards from the front court, but Vieri kicked the ball into the stands again. Everton fans responded with some mocking laughter. The home team fans immediately counterattacked. Li Yu
When he got the ball, he was greeted by huge boos from the home team.
"Who am I provoking?" Li Yu felt a little baffled, but there was nothing he could do about it. We were the forwards of the visiting team. We were not popular to begin with, but now we have become the main target.
Li Yu's feet were unambiguous at all. Anyway, he had long been accustomed to hearing this sound. A series of beautiful dribblings were completely done amidst the boos from the sky, as if he was using his own performance to fight back against the fans. Beautiful
Marseille turned around, passed the first defensive player, and rushed forward along the middle.
"Block him!" Fiorentina coach Prandelli certainly knew the power of the No. 22 player in front of him, and he shouted on the sidelines to remind his players.
As soon as Prandelli's voice fell, Li Yu was brought down by a tackle from Kuzmanovic. The boos of the fans were immediately replaced by applause.
"You don't seem to be very popular!" Cahill ran over immediately and cast a concerned look. When he saw Li Yu shaking his head, he started joking and pulled Li Yu up casually.[
"Hell, I don't even know what's going on. I must be sick!" Li Yuke didn't dare to say loudly, for fear that his opponent would hear him and do something wrong again.
"Then you treat me!" Pienaar suddenly said, startling Li Yu.
"I'm not trying to scare anyone, Xiaopian'er, this free kick is mine!" Li Yu turned around and found that the South African was standing in front of the ball and quickly claimed the right to take the penalty.
"The boss asked you to grab points in the penalty area, don't even think about this ball!"
Pienaar did not seem unhappy about being called a nickname, but he moved out the head coach Moyes.
Hearing this, Li Yu had no choice but to run honestly into the penalty area, preparing to grab points.
Pienaar took the set kick and accurately found Li Yu, but the latter committed a foul before shooting. Foul?
It was Gambellini again, an Italian whose body was clearly unable to stand up to Li Yu. After the two of them had been in contact for a while, they noticed that the referee was looking at him and immediately fell to the ground with an exaggerated movement.
"It's nothing! Is this person made of paper?" Li Yu turned around and glanced at the Italian who was still performing, and understood what was going on.
"Lee, fuck him!" Lescott ran over to comfort him, saying that Li Yu taught everyone the Mandarin.
Accompanied by boos from the home fans, Li Yu walked up to Gamberini and stretched out his hand to make a surprising move.
"Li Yu's professional ethics is very admirable. His opponent was obviously diving just now, and he behaved like a gentleman!" Tang Meng praised him fiercely. It is estimated that if he heard what Li Yu said, he would not be able to say it no matter what.
These words.
"My uncle, are you okay?" The first half of the sentence is in Mandarin, and the second half is in English.
The scene was noisy, and Gamberini vaguely sounded like he was asking himself if something was wrong. He was still muttering in his mind, "Is this kid really stupid or pretending to be stupid?" He didn't know at all, so he asked someone to greet the elders, "Thank you!
"Italians have to say thank you when they come.
Li Yu, who was taking advantage, suppressed his smile and walked away quickly. On the surface, the dispute was settled. In fact, both of them knew that the confrontation between the two would not end until the game was over. This was just a game.
On the surface, in the next confrontation, the two of them will still use their own moves, and no one will be polite to the other.
On the contrary, the Fiorentina fans in the stands were a little embarrassed to boo Li Yu anymore. This guy looks pretty good, so let’s replace him!
The unlucky Australian became the second target!
In the 23rd minute, Fiorentina made a comeback. Pascual passed the ball from the left. Jorgensen got in position in the penalty area and started to shoot, but he lacked the strength and was easily confiscated by Everton goalkeeper Howard.
Fiorentina's attacks from the left frequently threatened Everton, which was also related to Everton's defensive position. Lescott, who was standing on the right back, suffered a bit in terms of speed. Pasquier really took advantage of it.
This often creates threats.
Moyes also has his own ideas for this arrangement. He wants to use Lescott's header and assists in the offense to create some unexpected threats to the opponent.
In the 26th minute, Lescott made a pass from the right. Li Yu, who was outflanked from behind, almost succeeded with a header. Fortunately, Fiorentina player Pasquier made up for it in front of the goal line and made a big-footed clearance.
, no goal was scored.
Half an hour into the game, the home team clearly had the advantage, but Moyes' team relied on airtight defense to hold on to the score, and Li Yu could create some threats from time to time.[
In the 34th minute, veteran Vieri, who was active in the field, almost received the overhead ball and created a chance. Under Yabo's defense, this somewhat chubby striker was a little unstable in the lower plate and failed to control the ball immediately.
, Jorgensen, who was resolved by Jagielka and blocked the ball, immediately cooperated smoothly with Pasquier, and finally the latter took a long shot, but the fact further proved that he is a defender, which is very consistent with the shooting technique.
He kicked the ball towards the stands.
In the 43rd minute, Fiorentina had an inevitable chance to score. Vieri received Osvaldo's penetrating through ball and shot the ball to the left corner of the goal without stopping. However, Howard, who was focused, subconsciously hit the ball with his right hand.
He touched the ball and blocked the baseline to resolve the crisis, shocking the Everton defense into a cold sweat.
At the end of the first half, the two teams ended 0-0.
Moyes should be lucky that he met today's Vieri. If it had been the Vieri of previous years, the score on the field would have been rewritten long ago. All Fiorentina's threatening shots in the first half came from Vieri.
Here, Vieri is standing in the European competition. Although he works hard, time is not forgiving and he has shown a better state than in the league, but he still cannot score.
Li Yu didn't get too many chances in the first half. The only chance he got was that Li Yu almost scored a goal with one attack. If Everton still plays like this in the second half, they will have to score if they want to.
We can only rely on Li Yu's personal performance. There was too little support for the strikers from the midfield in the first half. To hold on to a draw and then return to home to defeat the opponent may be Moyes' plan for this game.
