C25 Vienna Game: Alternatives to 2...Nf6 (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4)

This is similar to the King's Gambit as I don't like either opening all that much. I know this particular opponent quite well, he is better at tactics than I am and almost every time we play blitz he usually gets a better position, sometimes he is even up a piece or something but his time usage gives me usually the win...

[Event "Corr game 10.5.2008 - 30.9.2008"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com"] [Date "2008.05.10"] [Round "?"] [White "trallala"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C25"] [WhiteElo "1742"] [BlackElo "2011"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [EventType "corr"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 {C25 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit} exf4 {C25 Vienna Game: Alternatives to 2...Nf6} 4. Bc4 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bc5 {[#]} 6. Qe1 Qxe1+ 7. Kxe1 Nf6 (7... Bxg1 8. Rxg1 Nd4 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. Bd3 Ne6 11. Rf1 Nf6 12. b4 Re8 13. Nxf6 gxf6 14. Bb2 Ke7 15. g3 Rg8 16. gxf4 Rg4 17. e5 fxe5 18. fxe5 b6 19. Bf5 Rh4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rf2 Bb7 22. Ke2 {Vitor,A (2302)-Santos,C (2379) Aveiro 2000 0-1 (32)}) (7... Nd4 8. Kd1 c6 9. Nf3 Nxf3 10. gxf3 b5 11. Bb3 Ne7 12. d3 Ng6 13. h4 h5 14. Ne2 a5 15. a4 Be3 16. Bxe3 fxe3 17. Rg1 Nxh4 18. Rxg7 Nxf3 19. Ng3 d6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bd5 Ra7 22. e5 {Spitzer Isbert,R (2023) -Santamaria Baeza,A (1855) Madrid 2017 0-1}) 8. Nf3 $146 {Black is slightly better.} (8. Na4 Bd6 9. Nf3 Nxe4 10. d3 Nf6 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Bb3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 c6 14. Ne2 Nh5 15. Bd2 Bc7 16. Bc3 d5 17. Rg1 f6 18. Bb4 a5 19. Bc5 a4 { 0-1 (19) Weber,A (1776)-Herold,H (2003) Fürth 2015}) 8... h6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 (10... Ne7 {feels hotter.} 11. Kd1 g5 12. h4 g4 13. Ne5 d6) 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 Be5 13. Kf2 {[#] And now Re1 would win.} Bd6 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. d4 b6 16. a4 a6 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bd2 Bb7 19. b4 a5 {0.16/20} ({Black should play} 19... g5 $15 {-0.38/21}) 20. b5 {-1.28/19} (20. bxa5 $11 {0.16/20} Rxa5 21. c4) 20... Bxd5 $17 21. c4 Bb7 22. Be4 {-1.69/20} (22. Rec1 $17 {-1.21/22 keeps fighting.} ) 22... Bxe4 $19 23. Rxe4 g5 24. Bc3 f6 25. Rae1 {-2.03/22} (25. c5 $17 { -1.48/22} bxc5 26. dxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Bd4 Bxd4+ 28. Rxd4) 25... Kf7 26. Kf3 h5 27. g3 $2 {-4.41/22} (27. c5 {-1.81/22 was called for.} bxc5 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Rd1) 27... g4+ {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 41%.} 0-1