Chapter 150
Chapter 150
Chapter 150
Lyon's home stadium Gerland is a glorious stadium that was built in 1913, took 13 years, and has been in use for more than 80 years.
It is located on the banks of the Rhone River in the south of Lyon, next to Port de Lyon Edouard Herriot (Port de Lyon Edouard Herriot).
It is one of the famous stadiums in France, and it is the brainchild of famous architect Tony Garnier.
It once hosted 1998 matches of the 6 World Cup in France, and the stadium can accommodate 42000 people.
When Mu Jianfeng stepped onto the turf of the Gerland Stadium with his teammates, he felt excited for no reason.
After all, this is the first Champions League game in his life.
After the winter break last season, the team did not appear in the group stage, and finally returned home after only playing two Europa League games.
Although the opponent in that game, Ajax, was also a frequent visitor to the Champions League, I still felt a little different in my heart.
"What? Nervous?"
Frey, who finally walked out of the player tunnel, glanced at Mu Jianfeng who was standing there in a daze, and made a joke with a smile.
"Oh? Oh! No, it's just a bit of a sigh. The time has changed so much in a year, and I can even play in the Champions League!"
Mu Jianfeng shook his head upon hearing this, then turned to look at Frey with a smile and said.
Hearing what Mu Jianfeng said, Frey was taken aback for a moment. This kid's sophistication was almost ignored by everyone. He just accepted the fact that he had been training football for less than a year.
What a monster!
Frey sighed in his heart, patted Mu Jianfeng on the shoulder, and walked quickly towards his own goal.
Seeing this, Mu Jianfeng trotted a few steps towards the middle circle, then smiled and signaled to Jovetic that he was fine.
Then, they stretch their legs and wait for the kickoff.
Although Lyon lost their head striker Benzema this season, this dominant team, which has achieved seven consecutive Ligue 2400 titles, spent [-] million euros to buy Argentine striker Lopez from Portuguese Super League Porto.
At the same time, they also have Bosnia and Herzegovina's powerful rising star Pjanic, French defender Tulalang and France's first goalkeeper Lloris.
The strength on the card is not worse than last season.
Therefore, before the game, all parties believed that this would be a difficult game for both sides.
At the same time, this game will also be a battle of revenge for Florence.
The two teams have been in the same group for two consecutive seasons, and in the Champions League group stage last season, it was Lyon who finally eliminated Fiorentina and advanced to the knockout round.
Therefore, for the fans, winning or losing this game has an extra layer of special meaning.
Standing opposite Mu Jianfeng at this time is another high center forward they just joined this season, No. 18 Gomis.
The black striker with dreadlocks was also looking at Mu Jianfeng, because Mu Jianfeng's tall figure and muscles full of strength made him want to compare.
At this time, the referee looked at his watch, put the whistle to his mouth, and blew the whistle for the start of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 0910 season!
"beep!"
As the referee's whistle sounded, the Fiorentina players quickly pressed towards Lyon's home court!
Yes, although Lyon, the overlord of Ligue [-], is still strong and eliminated Fiorentina last season, the task Prandelli entrusted to his disciples is just one!
Attack, attack, attack!
They want to use offense to break all shackles and strive to win every game!
Instead, Lyon, who played at home, played a defensive counterattack on their home court!
They formed a four-four-two formation in this game. The central defender partnered with Tulalang was the Brazilian No. 3 Chris. The four midfielders lined up, and the two players in the middle were defensive.
The Montenegrin rising star Pjanic and another winger No. 6 Karlstrom paid more attention to the side defense.
In the front, there is a combination of two forwards, one high and one fast, but since both of them are transferred this season, they are not very compatible in terms of tacit understanding.
Therefore, although Fiorentina worked hard to attack in the first 10 minutes of the game, Lyon had no choice but to pay more attention to defense.
Although Mu Jianfeng and Gilardino are at the top, there are not many opportunities to receive the pass. The head coach of the Lyon team seems to have learned the lesson of the two headers scored by Gilardino last season. , especially strengthened the defense of high-altitude balls.
When the wide players play the ball, the defensive players focus on high-altitude defense, and sometimes even deliberately let Fiorentina's low pass!
However, Gilardino and Mu Jianfeng are not the kind of forwards who can break through with the skills at their feet, while the other skilled forward Jovetic is more strictly guarded, and it is difficult to get close to the penalty area.
In addition, he has participated in many consecutive games, and his physical reserves are insufficient, and it is difficult to win physical confrontations, so he struggled a bit.
This made Prandelli frown on the sidelines, but he didn't have much way to adjust for a while. After all, the team's support for him this summer is really limited.
At this time, Prandelli suddenly missed Mutu, who had already left Milan, and regretted that Vargas was not the starting full-back. Gobi's support to the left in the attack was really limited.
Just as Prandelli was sitting on the coach's bench thinking, the Lyon team suddenly made an effort on the field!
It turned out that Lyon's coach Pierre, after noticing that the physical strength of the Fiorentina players had declined, walked quickly to the sidelines and made an offensive gesture that had been discussed earlier!
Lyon's right-back Revière froze Jovetic very well in the first 10 minutes. Seeing the coach's gesture at this time, he shouted loudly to Pjanic in front of him.
Pjanic was called by Reviere, and he also noticed the gesture of the coach on the sidelines, so he nodded to Reviere, and then quickly ran towards the frontcourt.
At this time, an attack by Fiorentina was terminated by Lyon's players. Their midfielder No. 7 Bastos took the ball and sent it directly to the feet of Revier who came in front of the wing.
In this counterattack, Levier did not stay firmly in his position as before, but suddenly dribbled forward with the ball.
This surprised Jovetic, who was originally close to the center to help defend, and suddenly turned around and rushed towards Leviere!
Revier quickly dribbled forward, but he also noticed Jovetic who was pressing towards him. This time he made a fake move to break through with the ball, but instead of greedy for credit, he went towards Jovetic. passed behind.
There was Bastos who had just been marked by Jovetic!
Seeing this, Donadell in the middle released a flying shovel at Bastos!
But I didn't want Bastos to pull the ball back deftly, avoiding Donadell's tackle, and then sent the ball to his front right!
There, it was the unmarked Pjanic!
After Pjanic got the ball in the middle circle, there was almost no defense around him, so he decisively dribbled the ball forward!
After Pjanic dribbled the ball forward for more than ten meters at high speed, Fiorentina's left center back Dainelli suddenly rushed towards the Bosnians who were running wildly.
At this time, Montolivo, who was supplementing the defense, also succeeded in chasing back. He and Dainelli rushed towards Pjanic together!
But at this time, Pjanic's speed suddenly stopped, and then his right foot went straight, and the ball rolled along Dainelli's side towards Florence's penalty area!
There is Lyon's tall center Gomis!
Although Gomis is with Gamberini, Gamberini's body is relatively disadvantaged, so he can only entangle with the opponent while guarding.
At this time, seeing the ball coming, Gamberini suddenly fell to the ground and wanted to block this pass.
But he didn't expect the ball to have an obvious arc, barely bypassing his outstretched legs, and rolling towards Gomis!
And Gomis was feeling happy when he saw this, adjusted his steps and was about to kick up, but he didn't want a figure from the side to suddenly appear under his feet.
The figure hugged the football sideways on the ground, and Gomis jumped up subconsciously. When he landed, he turned around and found that it was Florence's goalkeeper Frey who scored the ball in time!
"Hey……"
The home fans sighed in unison, and then the originally quiet home fans became active again.
And Frey, who was holding the ball, didn't think too much, he observed the situation on the court, and kicked the ball flying with a big foot!
"boom!"
(End of this chapter)
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