Chapter 1 The Beginning

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During the pre-match handshake, the away team came over to shake hands with the home team. Kulu stood at the very end of the line, so the Chelsea players were the last to shake hands with him.

Kulu didn't recognize nearly half of the current Chelsea team, so he just kept his lips sealed, not saying a word, and simply shook hands with those he didn't know.

But when facing people he used to be familiar with, he still said hello, listening to Zhang Jun's advice.

Ruben shook hands with him. "Hello."

Lampard shook hands with him. "Hello."

Captain Terry shook hands with him, and Kulu said as a matter of routine, "Hello."

Unexpectedly, Terry asked, "How's life in Florence?"

Kulu was taken aback for a moment, then answered casually, "Not bad, not bad..."

"Haha, that's good. I've been following your match reports, but it's still reassuring to hear it from you personally." Terry laughed. "I said, if you're ever unhappy, come back to Chelsea. Haha!" He patted Kulu on the head and ran off.

Kulu watched the captain run away laughing, unsure of what he should say at this moment.

There was no time for Kulu to feel sentimental there. Both sides' players were in their respective formations, and the match was about to begin.

Judging from the formations, both sides were in a 4-4-2, but Chelsea was in a parallel 4-4-2, while Fiorentina was in a diamond 4-4-2. From this point of view, Fiorentina was more attacking than Chelsea. Chelsea, on the other hand, emphasized balance between offense and defense and tended to be more conservative.

Sabato was thinking of using the home advantage to launch a fierce attack on his opponent, first suppressing Chelsea in terms of momentum, and then striving to score early to determine the direction of the match.

He was sure that Mourinho would definitely stick to the tactic of defensive counterattack in this match, using the speed of Ruben and their young player Lawrence to attack Fiorentina's already not-so-solid defense.

If Mourinho's tactics succeeded, then Fiorentina would certainly become the second Barcelona. Therefore, it was imperative for his team to score first, so as to ensure that they firmly grasped the initiative of the match in their hands.

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After the match began, both sides quickly fell into a stalemate. Just as Sabato had expected, Chelsea contracted their defense and insisted on defensive counterattacks. And Fiorentina naturally pressed forward to attack.

There was one thing that Sabato had not expected. If you want to take the initiative at home, if you want to score first, then you must at least ensure that your team does not concede first.

Mascherano's pass in the home field was intercepted by Chelsea midfielder Essien, who immediately counter-attacked but was dodged by Essien. Essien, having dodged Mascherano, immediately made a through pass, and Ruben quickly inserted, receiving the ball.

Instantly, the atmosphere at the Franchi changed, with boos rising from all directions. And the Chelsea fans who had come from afar excitedly shouted Ruben's name.

Ruben was a left winger, and the one defending him was naturally Fiorentina's right back, Lahm. Lahm reacted quickly, rushing over when Essien passed the ball, trying to hold Ruben back.

But Ruben was too fast. Lahm hesitated when facing Ruben's feint, allowing him to break through.

"He broke through! Beautiful feint!" The commentator was cheering for Ruben's breakthrough.

"Damn it! Center! Center defense!" Frey shouted loudly in front of the goal, telling the defenders to defend the opponents in the center, while he moved to the near post to prevent Ruben from suddenly cutting inside and then shooting – this was Ruben's usual trick.

Ruben made a feint at the corner of the penalty area, as if wanting to cut inside and shoot. Frey and Fiorentina's center back Ujfalusi were both fooled, one with his center of gravity sinking down, and the other immediately lunging in, wanting to block the shot.

But Ruben's was just a feint. He pushed the ball to the outside and went straight to the bottom line!

Then, when Frey finally managed to lift his center of gravity again, he crossed directly in with no one marking him.

Lawrence, who had been following up in the center, suddenly broke free from Kehl's close marking and rushed forward, a powerful diving header!

The ball flew into the goal past the unresponsive Frey!

At this time, only four minutes had passed since the start of the match.

"Yes! It's goooooooooooal!!! Wonderful goooooooooal!!!"

"Damn it!" Seeing his goal lost, Zhang Jun habitually cursed in front.

"Chelsea has captured Fiorentina! They scored a goal in just four minutes after the start of the match, this is an exciting and wonderful start! Mourinho's defensive counterattack tactics have worked, and now they have more capital to play defensive counterattacks! This scene reminds me of the scene in the last Champions League round, when Fiorentina challenged Barcelona away from home, retribution comes so quickly..."

After scoring the goal, Lawrence excitedly sprinted towards Ruben, who assisted him, and the two hugged tightly with other teammates.

Arno Lawrence, who is 1.87 meters tall, is Chelsea's biggest discovery this season, and some media even say that he is also the biggest discovery in English football this season. For a long time, the starting front line of the England team has been players with shorter height such as Owen and Rooney, and they do not have much advantage in terms of header. However, the emergence of Lawrence has changed this situation. He is 1.87 meters tall and has a very strong impact in terms of header. At the same time, he also has a surprisingly fast speed. Such a player who combines body and speed perfectly has not appeared in English football for a long time.

Lawrence is now the number one shooter in the Chelsea team. So far, he has scored nineteen goals in various competitions. In the Premier League, he is also ranked third in the scorer list with fourteen goals. The ones in front of him are all famous figures in football today: Owen and Rooney. And he is only eighteen years old this year, and he was only transferred from the Chelsea youth team at the beginning of this season. There is unlimited room for growth.

When Sabato saw Lawrence leaping high in his penalty area, he closed his eyes, unable to bear to look any further. The result was already without suspense. When that big guy took off, Kehl was still half a meter away from him. It can be said that there was no defensive player around him at all. In such a relaxed environment, if he could not score, then he would not be able to become Chelsea's number one shooter this season.

Only Di Livio next to him looked at Sabato with a very special look. Sabato noticed it, and he just shrugged: "What are you looking at me for? The match has only just begun."

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Kulu tilted his head to look at Lawrence, who was still waving to the audience. He had heard of this person before the match, and like him, he was promoted from the youth team to the first team.

However, he didn't seem to have heard of this person's name when he was in the second team. Maybe he did, but he had long forgotten...

In 2006, he was eighteen years old, and in 2010, Lawrence was eighteen years old. And he played in the Chelsea youth team even earlier. He entered the Chelsea youth team at the age of sixteen. How old was Lawrence at that time? Twelve years old, maybe he was still a ball boy, maybe he was in the Chelsea third or fourth team.

Could it be that Perizzalo, that old man, has cultivated another genius? Or did he find him on the street?

When Perizzalo used to joke with Kulu, he would say that he had picked him up from the street.

He hasn't contacted the old man Perizzalo for a long, long time, and he doesn't know how he is doing alone, whether he is still enjoying his twilight years, and has found another companion?

Kulu really wanted to ask him one day when he had the chance to see the old man: "How's life in London?"

Just like Terry asked him today.

Zhang Jun suddenly patted Kulu, waking him up. "Don't be dazed, kick-off!" Zhang Jun pointed to the center circle.

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Lawrence was quite active after scoring the goal. He partnered with the thirty-two-year-old Drogba on the front line, stirring up Fiorentina's defense. Even the commentator gave his praise to this eighteen-year-old striker without hesitation.

The media was looking forward to the grudge between Kulu and his old club, but within ten minutes of the opening, this kid had stolen the show.

As the home team, the Franchi has always been Fiorentina's territory. When would it be the turn of an outsider to be arrogant here? Fiorentina's players refused to accept it. They were not willing to lose to the opponent in terms of momentum. It was certainly a bad start to lose a goal first, but from another point of view, didn't they still have eighty minutes to make up for it?

It's better to be behind by four minutes after the start than to be behind by four minutes before the end of the match.

After being suppressed by the away team for ten minutes, Fiorentina launched their counterattack.

Mascherano, who caused the goal to be conceded due to his own mistake, was quite active in the midfield. He suddenly made a direct pass in the middle, giving it to Kulu in front.

Kulu's possession of the ball caused some boos among the Chelsea fans, but it was quickly drowned out by the screams of the Fiorentina fans.

Facing Essien, who was defending him, Kulu didn't seem to take it to heart. He planned to feint and then break through from the other side, but he felt something was wrong as soon as he made the move. He quickly changed his plan and pulled the ball behind him, while turning around, just blocking Essien, who was squeezing up, behind him.

What a risk! He was almost robbed of the ball by this cunning Ghanaian. His feint just now didn't make the opponent move half a step, but instead, while he was making a feint, he planned to stretch out his foot to forcibly steal the ball.

It seems that it's not easy for someone to gain a firm foothold in Chelsea's main midfield.

Essien didn't seem to expect the other party to be so quick-witted, and instantly saw through his intention. He thought that his foot was still fast enough, but he didn't expect to be escaped by the other party.

Kulu stepped on the ball, his body leaning against Essien. He found that this black man was very strong. He secretly exerted force against the opponent's body, but the other party didn't react at all.

Seeing that there was no chance to break through in a short time, Kulu simply gave up the idea of breaking through and passed the ball back to Mascherano.

The commentator immediately shouted loudly: "Kulu has chosen to back down and escape in the confrontation with Chelsea!"

The Fiorentina fans who watched the TV broadcast really wanted to slap this commentator in the face.

Mascherano's medium and long-distance passes and scheduling are among the top three in Italian football, so even if Kulu is temporarily mute, it doesn't mean that Fiorentina's offense has no way to go. Mascherano faced the ball passed back by Kulu, did not stop, but ran forward, directly rubbed the ball with his left foot, the ball crossed the heads of the Chelsea players and flew to the left. Gasparoni understood and inserted at high speed.

He snatched the ball before Chelsea's right back Paulo Ferreira, and at the same time, he wanted to cut to the inside. Ferreira certainly wouldn't let him get his wish, and immediately blocked his body on the inside line in advance.

Unexpectedly, Gasparoni's body had already turned over, but he suddenly made an emergency stop, and then used his right heel to knock the ball to the outside, and at the same time, he made a change of direction close to Ferreira's body and broke through. At this time, Ferreira had just turned his body to the inside, and it was impossible to defend against Gasparoni's breakthrough.

After the breakthrough, Gasparoni started to cross, and the tall Morientes attracted the attention of almost all Chelsea defenders at the front point, but he just made a feint, jumped high, but deliberately leaked the ball!

Zhang Jun inserted from behind and then made a diving header, the ball flew towards the goal!

As the Premier League's best goalkeeper last season, Cech would definitely not agree to let this ball into the goal. He leaped up in the process of moving back, and then slapped the ball out of the baseline with one hand!

"Too bad! Very good cross from the wing, the middle is surrounded! Unfortunately, Cech's performance is quite outstanding! As the Premier League's best goalkeeper last season, he is thinking of moving towards a world-class goalkeeper!"

"Shit!" Morientes cursed, "Just luck!"

Zhang Jun was amused by Morientes' scolding. He had been in Fiorentina for more than half a season, and he rarely saw Morientes get angry. He was always so gentle, and he only responded with a smile when others joked with him. Sometimes it would make Xiang Tao, who liked to make trouble, feel very boring. Why did he suddenly start scolding in this match?

Could it be because the home team was behind, which made him feel unhappy?

Well, in fact, Zhang Jun is also unhappy now, but he can't show it yet. There is plenty of time, and what they need to do is to patiently look for opportunities.

He smiled at Morientes, who looked aggrieved: "It's nothing, Momo, God is not always on our side, so he won't always be on their side either."

Fiorentina's corner kick was taken by Joaquin. He lobbed the ball into the penalty area, Zhang Jun rushed to run, grabbed the front point, a powerful lion head shake!

Cech reflexively jumped up and raised his hands, but he didn't stop the ball at all, because the distance was too close and the speed was too fast! His action just now was purely unconscious – he didn't want to block the ball.

However, to the regret of all Fiorentina fans, the ball then hit the crossbar and bounced back.

Just as the Chelsea players were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw Kulu, the player who was 1.86 meters tall, not preparing to compete for the top in front of the goal, but always guarding outside the penalty area.

He was waiting for this moment!

Without waiting for the ball to land, Kulu took a step back, created space, and then swung his left leg on the spot, welcoming the flying ball with a powerful shot!

The ball rolled quickly towards the goal close to the ground. Kulu's shot can be said to be extremely insidious. This kind of shot is fast, powerful, and the angle is not tricky, but if someone accidentally touches it in the penalty area, then it will immediately become very, very tricky.

What goalkeepers hate most is this kind of shot.

Cech's head hurt, but he still had to keep a close eye on the ball, and at the same time make a save. The ball was flying to the left, and he could only pounce to the left. He could only pray that no one would touch it during the ball's flight.

He撲向了左边，足球也飞向左边，就在切赫以为自己将抓到足球的时候，却不知道人群当中谁伸出了那么一脚，足球马上有了一个变向，向球门中路滚去！

怕什么来什么！

切赫身高一米九七，他的身高是他成为世界级门将一个重要砝码，这一次就是他的身高救了他和切尔西。虽然扑向了左边，但是切赫只是直接倒地扑球，而不是飞身鱼跃，所以他的脚还拖在原地，非常幸运的，足球撞在了他的鞋面上，然后停住了。跟上来的特里不敢怠慢，直接大脚将足球开出了边界。

“连续三次射门！佛罗伦萨都和进球失之交臂！但是我们看到了佛罗伦萨强大的攻击力！他们在自己的主场肯定不愿意让切尔西占尽优势。现在是佛罗伦萨的反击！”

短短两分钟，三脚射门，都是那种几乎必进的球。现在佛罗伦萨还有一个界外球的机会，形势一下子逆转了，就连刚才还在前场活蹦乱跳的劳伦斯都不得不回防到禁区里面。

佛罗伦萨用这种方式教训了一下切尔西，让他们清楚现在在这里谁才是主人。

界外球掷出来，三传两捣的没有对切尔西球门造成什么威胁，佛罗伦萨的这次进攻高潮就这么过去了。

萨巴托对于球队这几次攻击很满意，虽然一开场丢球打乱了他的计划，不过好在球丢的够早，从现在开始他们还有大把大把的时间挽回一切。中场休息的时候他更是需要重新制定计划了，赛前因为出于种种顾虑，他没办法安排什么特别的战术。但是现在不同了，他们落后，那么相对的想要制定战术也就容易多了，最起码现在有一个明确的目标，知道应该遏制什么，应该朝哪个方向努力。

是的，比赛才刚刚开始。

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项韬在看台上看的直跺脚，他现在一定很后悔当初踹埃托奥的那一下了，如果不是一时冲动，他现在也不会做一个无能的看客了。

他和埃托奥两人对比，他的损失无疑是最大的。巴塞罗那这个赛季的冠军杯已经结束了，要禁赛也是下个赛季的事情，小组赛里面的禁赛怎么能和缺席淘汰赛相比呢？

队友们在下面拼命，他却什么都没法做。

“我日！别让那个白痴突破了！铲翻他！铲翻他……啊哟！”项韬刚刚骂出口，就被身边坐着的悠幽狠狠掐了一下。

“不许骂粗口！”

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鲁本的突破相当犀利，加上穆里尼奥坚持防守反击，让佛罗伦萨的后防线总是处在一种很危险的地步。

鲁本和劳伦斯的突破，德罗巴为他们做球，还有兰帕德的远射，这些都是切尔西的进攻手段。丢了一球的佛罗伦萨不能放弃进攻，自然也就给了对方更多的机会。不过幸好弗雷的表现非常优异，而且佛罗伦萨的中后卫以及两个边后卫都不怎么上去助攻了，没了项韬的佛罗伦萨左路不敢轻易上去，这么看来，项韬的缺席也不是一点好处都没有的。替补项韬出场的年轻左边后卫延森是一个防守方面不错，但是缺乏进攻能力的球员，由于助攻太弱，所以在和项韬的争夺当中，只能作为替补。但是这场比赛萨巴托就是需要这种老老实实在后面防守的后卫，而不是那种动不动就拿球冲到对方禁区里面的后卫。

延森是从荷兰甲级联赛球队阿尔克马尔挖来的左边后卫，今年都才二十三岁，非常年轻。只是由于项韬这种变态从不受伤，体力没有任何问题，状态也很稳定，所以延森来了之后很少有上场的机会。如今便是他证明自己能力的大好机会。

兰帕德把球分给了扯到右路的劳伦斯，由他带球突破。

在和佛罗伦萨交手之前，穆里尼奥一直在对他的球员们说，佛罗伦萨是一支很强大的球队，是一个可怕的对手，让他们不能有任何的轻敌思想。

但是开场仅仅四分钟，劳伦斯就打入一球，这让年轻的劳伦斯颇有些洋洋得意。他从二线队升上一线队之后，很快就成为了英格兰足坛瞩目的明日之星，可谓星途坦荡。很少遇到什么挫折，所以现在的他觉得佛罗伦萨不过如此，没有什么可以拦得住他。

如果那个13号项韬没有被禁赛，他还要害怕一下对方的黑脚。现在面对一个很陌生的左后卫，他觉得自己突破对方简直就会像突破稻草人一样轻松。

是的，资料上关于这个后卫的情况少的可怜，只是说他来自荷甲。在他印象中，荷甲是水平不怎么样的联赛，那么从那种联赛里面走出来的球员水平往往也不怎么样。

他决定以这里为突破口，彻底击溃佛罗伦萨那豆腐渣一样的防线。

上半身一个虚晃，他打算从外侧突破。

可是刚刚把足球拨开，就见对方一个横切，同时转身，把劳伦斯卡在了身后，足球断了下来！

“哗！干净利落的抢断！劳伦斯碰了钉子！”

劳伦斯被延森那么一撞，感觉自己真的撞上了一堵墙，他没有办法前进，足球还丢了。可谓狼狈至极。

延森把足球传给了凯尔，再由凯尔把足球传到了前面。

马斯切拉诺把足球传到了右路，华金拿球，切尔西的左边后卫德尔·霍诺上来防守。华金没有直接突破，而是把足球传给了克鲁，同时自己继续前插。

埃辛对克鲁贴身盯防，他不会让克鲁从容拿球的。

不过克鲁丝毫没有要拿住足球的意思，他背靠埃辛，用左脚外脚背一搓，足球旋转着从两人身边向后飞去。而同时，克鲁也转身从另外一个方向绕了过去。

这球恰好传到了前插的华金脚下，不用带球的华金速度相当快，他瞬间摆脱了霍诺。不过却不敢继续带球，因为现在只要他接球就肯定会降低自己的速度，霍诺也不是吃素的，马上就会贴上跟上来，那个时候他想要突破也好，传中也好，都不容易了。

所以他在刚刚接到足球的同时，又马上把足球传了出去，目标自然是刚才前插的克鲁。

埃辛不会那么轻易的放弃，他也从后面追了上来。

克鲁跑到了位置，足球向他飞来，埃辛打算在克鲁停球的一刹那，贴上去干扰。实在不行就犯规，反正还没进禁区。

可是让他没想到的是克鲁根本没有停球，他跳起来，双腿一分，让足球从他两腿之间漏了过去！

不过他这球漏给谁呢？张俊和莫伦特斯都在对方禁区里面被严防死守。

“马斯切拉诺！”

是的，后插上的马斯切拉诺接到了足球，他左脚将来球停下来，然后抡右腿一脚大力远射！

切赫再次做出了精彩的扑救，将足球牢牢抱在自己怀里。

这次进攻虽然并没有进球，却让弗兰基掌声一片，因为他们看到了佛罗伦萨出神入化的进攻配合，简直随心所欲。

而这一切都是因为有克鲁这个不按常理出牌的人在。

训练的时候，萨巴托就一直在刻意培养球队适应克鲁这种踢球方式，必须做到任何情况下都要能明白克鲁的心思。不过由于克鲁这人太沉默了，不少队友没法了解他内心的想法，所以这种训练效果并不好，在比赛中出现的次数也并不多。

刚才完全就是巧合，华金就是想把球传给克鲁，马斯切拉诺也只是按照战术要求向前插，没打算自己射门，最后那脚射门也完全是条件反射。

克鲁扭头看见了埃辛一脸惊讶的表情，他耸耸肩，随口说道：“组织进攻不是只有传球。”

他很少在比赛的时候说话，但是今天和切尔西的比赛，他话有些多。

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每次佛罗伦萨有了一次漂亮进攻之后，萨巴托都像一个铁杆球迷一样，非常兴奋的期待，然后又双手抱头遗憾的不得了。

他的表现非常精彩，让摄像机都频频光顾他，抢了不少场上球员的风头。和他比起来，切尔西的主教练可就沉稳多了，他一直双手环胸的坐在教练席上，嘴里不停的嚼着口香糖，面对场面上逐渐落了下风的球队，他也没有任何表示。

真是一个让人猜不透的人。

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上半场在佛罗伦萨的狂攻和切尔西的冷箭之下就这样走到了最后，在伤停补时的时候切尔西还险些将比分再次扩大。

当时佛罗伦萨抓住最后的时间几乎全体压上，希望能够在最后时刻扳回一球。没想到再次被切尔西抓住了机会打了一个反击，这次是鲁本带球长驱直入，最后完成射门。不过他的单刀被神勇的弗雷化解，让所有佛罗伦萨人的心都吊起来了。

萨巴托急得在场边大吼大叫的，哨音一响，他转身就走回了更衣室，从表情上来看相当不满意球队最后时刻的表现。

“我得批评你们上半场最后时刻的冒进，也要表扬弗雷的表现……”萨巴托看看一脸不服的队员们，然后改口道，“好吧，我承认上半场的在先丢一球的情况下你们已经表现的很不错了，主要是我这里出了点问题。下半场就不一样了，我已经看透了穆里尼奥的心思，他打算在我们的主场依靠防守反击，首先争取不输球，其次才是赢球。就冲着他这种心态，我们都要给他一点教训看看。穆里尼奥其实不是一个保守的教练，但是他却是一个为了赢球可以把个人面子和名声都抛到一边的流氓，所以这场比赛就算场面再难看，只要结果有利于他，他就会执行下去。因此下半场随着时间的推移，如果我们还没有扳回比分的话，就要有破铁桶阵的心理准备。我要求你们加强远射，同时前锋的跑动再积极一点，把他们的防守扯开。然后最重要的一点：一定要有耐心，要比对方更有耐心。因为现在一球在握的切尔西就打算等着看我们自己急躁起来，出现一些失误，然后让他们抓住机会，那是我绝对不能原谅的。”

“防守方面，四个后卫依然不允许轻易上前助攻，这场比赛，要想挽回败局，首先我们不能再丢球。切记，一定不能再丢球了。”

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另外一边，虽然球队上半场就一球领先了，但是穆里尼奥却丝毫都没有轻松的表情，他依然一脸严肃的看着休息的队员们。

“上半场的领先虽然好，但是我依然要提出批评。你们在随后的比赛中表现出了一些轻敌的情绪，这非常不好。佛罗伦萨的进攻你们也都看到了，亲身体验到了，我想不需要我再说什么了吧？如果下半场你们再保持那样的心态，那么我们丢球是迟早的事情。”

一番话语气不重，却说的所有人都不敢吭声。穆里尼奥已经成功晋阶为“城府颇深的流氓”，在队员们心目中相当恐怖。

“下半场坚持我们的防守反击不变，继续加强防守……不是兵力，而是增加你们在防守时的注意力。这点很重要，四十五分钟很漫长，我要求后卫们在这时间里面别走神，集中精神。这会是很艰难的四十五分钟，我希望你们做好思想准备。”

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中场休息还有一点时间，萨巴托早早就把下半场应该注意的问题说完了，剩下的时间就是球员们的自由活动时间。

张俊坐在克鲁的身边换着干净的球衣，一边和克鲁搭话。

“怎么样，和老东家比赛，感觉如何？”

克鲁扭头看看张俊：“和任何一场比赛一样。”

张俊翻了一个白眼：“你太没趣了！”

“那你觉得我应该怎么回答？”

“你应该说：‘啊，这场比赛感觉很不错，能够和老东家交手一直是我的愿望。我会尽力击败他们的！’这样才有一个球星的风范嘛。”张俊用他自己接受记者采访的口吻说。

克鲁耸耸肩：“那样才无趣呢。我知道你想说什么，你放心，我会尽力击败他们的。”

张俊看着克鲁嘿嘿傻笑。

“切尔西是一个强大的对手。”

“我知道。”

“所以其实我想说的是……你千万别轻敌。”

“……”

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克鲁检查了一下脖子上面挂着的那条细细的项链，自从一次比赛当中被对手将这项链拉断之后，他就一直很在意它的存在。总会不经意的去摸摸自己的脖子，看它是否还好好的挂在那儿。

旁边依然是切尔西的球员们，他已经不会刻意转开自己的眼神了，不过也没有多停留一会儿。

由于上半场领先，切尔西的球员普遍心情不错，所以脸上一个个都笑盈盈的。而佛罗伦萨那边就很不好看了，一个个阴沉着脸，一副要吃了对手的表情。

两者的表情一对比，相当有意思。

下半场的比赛开始之后，切尔西继续坚持他们的防守反击战术，而佛罗伦萨则严格贯彻中场休息时萨巴托对他们讲的那些东西。

进攻是进攻，防守是防守，攻势虽然猛，却并不冒进，四名后卫严守后场，没有给切尔西多少反击的机会。

穆里尼奥也渐渐察觉到了佛罗伦萨的变化，他扭头看看安坐教练席的萨巴托。

脸上没有表情变化，也没有张嘴，但是心里已经给出了一个评价：这个主教练能够搅得意甲风生水起，干净利落的在诺坎普干掉巴塞罗那，果然不是徒有虚名的啊。

切尔西那么早就领先，他就是希望拖的佛罗伦萨逐渐开始急躁，那样自己的机会就更大了。没想到落后一方的萨巴托比他还有耐心，竟然让球队稳固防守，再伺机进攻。这样一来比赛就陷入了僵局。

而且佛罗伦萨的攻击能力现在欧洲足坛是没人不知道的，在佛罗伦萨的主场，让他们这么攻，可不是好玩的事情。

在客场一个球的领先优势简直就不能叫“优势”。

他必须再想想办法。

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克鲁下半场一如既往的活跃，他面对埃辛越来越得心应手了。关于他的表现，espn的解说员是怎么解释的：“克鲁非常活跃，看样子他打算在自己的老东家面前好好表现一番，让他们清楚的认识到当初放走他是多么的愚蠢！”

马上就有看电视转播的佛罗伦萨球迷想抽那个解说员的嘴巴子了。他们认为，克鲁来到佛罗伦萨绝对比继续留在切尔西强，所以根本不存在用这种方式来证明自己的想法。

劳伦斯感受到了来自佛罗伦萨防线的压力，意大利人的链式防守对付一个初出茅庐的英格兰小子还是很管用的，哪怕佛罗伦萨的防守还称不上意大利第一。

鲁本的速度被右边的拉姆和华金联手遏制住了。

德罗巴老了，现在只能在比赛当中给队友做做球，当一个站桩中锋，只要卡尔或者乌伊法鲁西把位置一卡死，他就没有什么机会了。

唯一需要注意的只有兰帕德的远射，他现在是英格兰足坛，乃至世界足坛炙手可热的攻击型前卫，那脚远射令无数球队闻风丧胆。

所以马斯切拉诺被萨巴托指派死死盯防住他。只要兰帕德进入佛罗伦萨半场，马斯切拉诺就贴上去，不让兰帕德轻易拿球出球。

切尔西的攻势本来就不猛，全靠抓住佛罗伦萨的失误打反击，现在他们连反击的空间都被萨巴托大大压缩了，这形势就渐渐不往他们预期的方向发展了。

此消彼长，佛罗伦萨的攻势倒是越来越厉害了。

克鲁再次依靠个人技术晃过了埃辛，然后继续向前突破，他似乎打算从中路强行突破，可惜他带球速度有点慢，被埃辛从身后赶来重新纠缠上了。

克鲁虽然速度慢，不过他的带球和护球却绝对是世界一流的，埃辛无论怎么样，就是没法顺利断下球来。他现在好歹也是英格兰足坛，乃至世界足坛炙手可热的中场球员啊，怎么能容忍这个克鲁一而再再而三的戏耍他？

顿时怒从心头起，恶向胆边生。手上一用力，将克鲁推dao在地。

主裁判的哨音响了，伴随着哨音的自然还有弗兰基巨大的嘘声。

没什么好说的，埃辛吃了一张黄牌。穆里尼奥第一次从替补席上跳了起来，情绪非常非常激动的在场边挥手骂着什么。

球场太嘈杂了，没人听得见。

但是有人已经猜出了内容。

“嘿嘿，积累两张黄牌，下一场比赛自动停赛。”萨巴托坐在教练席上，双手环胸，看着球场，阴森森的笑道。“就算他们赢了我们，这个代价也真大！”

埃辛在推人的时候一定没有想到自己会再得一张黄牌，他连忙向主裁判解释，他的队友们也帮着他向主裁判求情加解释，不过没用，一切都晚了。发出去的黄牌，泼出去的水。

佛罗伦萨的大多数球员不明白为什么对方那么激动，不就是一张黄牌吗？又不是红牌。

挥手驱散了人群，然后高举右手，示意佛罗伦萨的直接任意球。

没有悬念，张俊站在了球前。他用左脚把足球拉过来，然后踩在脚下，就算摆好了足球，接着后退。

穆里尼奥和切尔西的全体球员一定都很清楚张俊的任意球功夫有多厉害，因为他还没有在意甲成名的时候，他的任意球就已经先在欧洲足坛出名了。

一时间，所有人的目光都集中在了这个满脸微笑，似乎不把这绝好机会当回事的佛罗伦萨11号身上。