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Following Lippi, Juventus stars fled into the player channel in shame amid the booing of home fans with dissatisfaction, while Fiorentina players returned to the away team's locker room amid a small group of away fans cheering.

"Everyone performed very well in the first half, especially Rui and Stefan, which helped the team firmly control the rhythm of the game and allowed us to take the initiative in the away game." As soon as we returned to the locker room, Ranieri praised the players in the room. "Of course, Gabriel and Philip's performance was also very good. You two used goals to give us a two-goal lead at Juventus' home court at the end of the first half... So, in the next forty-five minutes, our task is to maintain this momentum in the first half and not give the opponent any hope of a comeback! Do you have confidence?"

"Yes!" All the Fiorentine players present shouted in unison. When the morale of such a team is booming, whoever comes out to pour cold water is a fool.

"Okay, let me talk about the changes we will take in the second half..." Ranieri naturally could not waste it so easily during the fifteenth minute of the halftime break. He quickly wrote and painted on the tactical board and began to explain to the players the adjustments he planned to make.

The morale in the visiting team's locker room was high and harmonious, and at this time the Juventus locker room was a harsh scene. Head coach Lippi leaned against the door of the locker room and glanced at every player in the locker room with a bad look.

"Raise my head! Why do you guys do it with your head down? Do you guys still remember what I said before the game? Why didn't you play as I arranged it?!" Lippi, who was silent for a while and knew what he should say, finally spoke, and his tone was very angry, "I ask you to play steadily from the beginning of the game and not be led by your opponents, but what about you? From the first minute of the game, he started a battle against the players in Fiorentina. The tragedy of the Olympic Stadium has not been for a month. Are you planning to repeat the same mistake and contribute another crushing defeat in front of our fans?!"

"Laurent (Blank), you have to step forward to participate in the offense when attacking. No problem, I can satisfy you, but as a central defender, should you do your job well first? Tell me, what is the most important task of a central defender!" Seeing that the defender he valued the most kept sitting in his seat, lowering his head and silently, Lippi unceremoniously pointed Blank's name directly.

Blank, who was sitting on the bench, heard Lippi call his name, slowly raised his head, looked at Lippi's eyes, and hesitated to say a word: "Defense."

"Very good! It seems that you are still very sober and know that defense is the first priority." Lippi nodded with satisfaction, and then his expression became serious again, "But look at your performance in the first half! Where were you when Inzaghi shot in the penalty area? Outside the penalty area! Don't tell me what you need your teammates to fill you up. This is Juventus! It's Italy! A defense-oriented league, any player who does not participate in defense will be ruthlessly abandoned by this league!"

Lippi is right. Even a thin striker like Inzaji will never be able to compete for the ball with opponents much stronger than him when the team needs him to participate in the defense. Although the head coach will generally not arrange such scam tasks for him, Inzaji has never been weak in defense.

When Lippi scolded Blank in the locker room, he did not criticize the team's other central defender, Yuliano, because he is very clear about the characteristics of this young man - he can only bravely rob and not take care of himself. This is his characteristic in itself. It is obviously impossible to ask him to do more with his qualifications.

The reason for criticizing Blank is that Lippi knows that the French international can actually do better, not just on the offensive end. With his physical condition and judgment of the ball path, Blank can become an excellent all-round defender, and can make great contributions to the team in terms of man-to-man, backup defense and command line positions, not just like now, who will only fight head-on with the opponent's forwards.

However, Blank's training is a problem that takes a long time to solve, and the problem Lippi is facing now is to find a player who can temporarily replace Paul Sousa's role as soon as possible.

Pierro and Deschamps are obviously neither good. Lippi has allowed these two players to take turns to organize the team's offense in recent games, and the results they have received are not very good. Deschamps is good at defense and can only be said to be fair in terms of organizing offense. There is no threatening pass. Most of the time, they do not seek merit but seek nothing wrong. Pierro's aura and offensive talent are obvious, but his aura is more of an instant explosion rather than a long-term preservation. Such technical characteristics determine that he can only be a classic No. 9 player and not a qualified midfielder.

At this time, Lippi suddenly noticed Yugovic sitting in the corner of the team's locker room and had a plan in his mind.

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"The second half of the game started and the game continued... Oh, Juventus made a substitution adjustment during the break. Lippi replaced Antonio Conte with Jugovic who transferred from Sampdoria this summer. The Yugoslav midfielder's skills are quite good, but he doesn't seem to be very popular in Juventus, but this is his third time in the league this season. It seems that Lippi intends to use Jugovic to temporarily replace Paul Sousa, who is absent. As for the effect, let's wait and see!"

"Oh? Yugovic actually appeared. It seems that Lippi, a rigid guy, has finally figured it out." Seeing Lippi's substitution choice, Zhuang Mingge said in surprise. After all, with Lippi's personality, players he doesn't like often can't even get a chance to play and will be excluded. For example, Baggio and Bergomi when coaching in Inter Milan, Panucci, Ambrocini, Odo, Casano and others when coaching in the Italian national team, without exception. There are very few players like Yugovic who were re-activated after being thrown into the cold palace at the beginning of the season. This also shows that Lippi is indeed forced to be forced by Juventus' predicament, and even the conflict with Yugovic has to be abandoned, allowing Yugoslav midfielder to organize Juventus' offense.
Chapter completed!