Fiorentina's weak defensive midfield line was once again humiliated by Qin Xiong in the 14th minute of the game.
Qin Xiong ran directly into the middle this time, and then Gerard, who had retreated back to the midfield, passed straight ahead.
Silvestri had stepped forward to block Gerard, and this time he turned back to chase Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong came in front of Montolivo after controlling the ball.
Montolivo was in a terrible mood!
Logically speaking, he should be behind Silvestri, but since Silvestri had rushed up on impulse, he could not move.
He could only comfort himself. The difference between brainless and brainless was that the brainless always had to clean up after the brainless!
Then he faced Qin Xiong with trepidation. Qin Xiong suddenly controlled the ball and stopped in front of him. Then he flicked the ball horizontally to the left. It was a choice that caught Montolivo off guard.
According to the trajectory of Qin Xiong's running position, Qin Xiong should have gone to the right!
But he went to the left, made a sudden stop, and then broke through in the opposite direction, which caught the opponent off guard.
Montolivo saw Qin Xiong pass by him and was about to turn around to chase him, but he was knocked to the ground head-on!
Silvestri, who was desperately chasing back, could not stop in time and collided with Montolivo to the ground!
Montolivo was about to collapse. It was not as simple as cleaning up after him, but brainlessly becoming the opponent's spy!
Torres began to move, leading the movement of the two Fiorentina center backs. Qin Xiong pretended to pass the ball to Torres, and Natali and Krodrup had the tendency to close the door to defend against Torres' movement.
They closed the door? It meant that the defensive distance between Natali and Boratti increased.
Qin Xiong's feet paused, and his action of passing the ball came to an abrupt halt. Instead, he strode into the penalty area!
Just between Natali and Boratti!
Qin Xiong, who formed a semi-single blade, violently volleyed with his left foot!
The football flew straight to the top of the near corner of the goal. The goalkeeper, Frey, had not yet come to the near post to save him. He could only watch the football roll back and forth in the goal.
The enthusiasm in the stands of Franchi Stadium was suddenly doused with cold water!
The Fiorentina fans had to face the reality that the team was trailing 0: 1 to Liverpool at home.
After Qin Xiong broke through the goal, he rushed straight to the side of the field and raised his fists in a slightly arrogant manner.
Torres rushed over from behind, grabbed his shoulder and joked, "Didn't you say you would give me at least three chances?"
Qin Xiong turned his head and said, "Haha, I'll give you even more!"
Torres smiled when he heard that. Together with Qin Xiong, they waved their fists in the direction of the stands where the visiting fans were.
"Liverpool is the first to break through! Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong, of course it was Qin Xiong! He humiliated Fiorentina's defensive line!
What were Montolivo and Silvestri doing? They actually collided with their teammates and fell to the ground. There was also Natali and Boratti. What were they afraid of? Or were they deceived by Qin Xiong's pretending to pass the ball?
Please, in the face of Qin Xiong, is there anyone who doesn't wake up and be alert to his cunning side?
Don't be confused by his feints again. Otherwise, Fiorentina won't just lose at home! "
The Fiorentina players were also helpless, especially the attacking players.
They barely played and the team fell behind!
They could not do anything as they watched the fire in the backfield from the front field.
After the game restarted, Fiorentina quickly made adjustments. Marchionni participated in the midfield defense and retreated deeper. His purpose was naturally to contain Qin Xiong.
It was absolutely impossible to stop Liverpool's attack by relying on Montolivo and Silvestri.
As a result, Fiorentina's attack on the right was declared paralyzed.
Fortunately, their attack on the left was still able to pose a certain threat.
In the 23rd minute of the game, Vargas dribbled the ball and rushed forward on the left side. He took advantage of Johnson's weakness in being unable to return to defense immediately because he was good at assisting. He dribbled the ball from half of the field to a position close to the end line in the front field in one breath. Then he sent the ball out with a pass. Gilardino cut diagonally to Carragher's side to head the ball in front. Unfortunately, his angle was too small and he headed the ball out of the end line.
Fiorentina's youth team was a little big, but they were still a little immature in terms of seasoned and mature players. They really lacked the sharpening of important games.
In the 27th minute of the game, Qin Xiong was pincered by Marchionni, Montolivo, and Boratti on the left side of the front field.
He was blocked in the sideline position. Montolivo was full of confidence this time. He believed that he would force Qin Xiong into a desperate situation and that he would personally intercept the ball under Qin Xiong's feet.
Just as the encirclement of the three men was getting smaller and smaller, it looked like Qin Xiong had no way to escape.
Qin Xiong suddenly flicked the ball up on the spot and flicked it behind Boratti's back!
A man dashed forward from the sideline behind Qin Xiong. It was Liverpool's left back, Aurelio!
When Fiorentina's offense on the right flank was declared paralyzed, Liverpool could invest more in their offense on the left flank!
Aurelio was not under pressure to defend, so he naturally put his energy into the offense.
He rushed forward from the sideline, then rushed into the field, controlled the football from Qin Xiong, and then cut into the penalty area to complete a half-high pass.
Torres was unable to play in the middle when he was sandwiched by two center backs. Kuyt had a chance to successfully outflank him at the back of the penalty area!
All of Fiorentina's defenders in the vicinity rushed towards Kuyt, and there were even players who went to block the shooting angle of the goal.
But no one thought that Kuyt would actually choose to return the pass at this time!
He received the ball and did not shoot directly. Instead, he used the arch of his foot to kick the ball back to the top of the penalty area arc!
At this time, most of the players in front of Fiorentina's goal were concentrated in the right half of the goal.
The left half of the goal was completely open.
Gerard, who was at the top of the penalty area arc, did not stop the ball and directly pushed the shot. The football rolled cleanly into the goal!
The expressions of the Purple Lily fans in the stands of Stadio Franchi had already changed!
Liverpool's offense was too strong!
Especially Qin Xiong's attacking role from one point to the whole area. Just by looking at it, one could see how great the threat was.
In the context of Fiorentina's lack of intensive defense, Qin Xiong's containment of one more defender in the front field gave the other teammates a better attacking environment!
And when he contained three defenders, the huge space in the back half of the field allowed the other Liverpool teammates to attack. It was as easy as a training game!
Gerard laughed and ran to celebrate after the goal. The Fiorentina goalkeeper, Frei, angrily threw the ball to the midfield.
"Fiorentina conceded another goal! Their defense in the middle of the backfield is really not complimentary. We can understand Fiorentina's difficulties in needing to attack, but the problem with their defense is too obvious.
The problem is that they can't contain Qin Xiong!
This time, Qin Xiong created an opportunity for Aurelio. Aurelio actually had a chance to shoot by himself, but he chose to cross. Kuyt selflessly assisted Gerard at the back of the goal.
The Liverpool captain scored the goal too easily. He just had to control his footwork and did not have to consider too tricky an angle to succeed!
0:2
Liverpool is leading by two goals in the away game! "
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