Chapter 68 Capello's Calculations
At AC Milan, who plays at home, head coach Capello made his mind's main lineup without any surprise. "Blue-collar forward" Massaro was at the forefront to attract the opponent's attention. Behind him, there were two top killers, Dejan Savicevic and Marco Simeone; the midfield and backcourt are still the golden defense line that has been used in recent years. In addition to replacing the aging Tasotti with young player Panucci, Maldini, Baresi, Costakuta, Deselli, Albertini, Donadoni and others are all well-known national players.
Zhuang Mingge, who was sitting in the box watching the football, had to admit that although the average age of Milan is not young, most of the players in the team are still at the peak of their careers. The entire team is balanced offensively and sophisticated, and stars such as Gulit and Ellaño are still sitting on the bench. It seems that in this game, Fiorentina, which is mostly young players, needs to make more efforts to win...
Looking at Fiorentina, coach Ranieli also sent out the strongest main players he thought were the strongest: whether it is Batistuta's height and impact power, or Philip Inzagi's shot at the point, it can cause trouble to Milan's defense line; Djokaf, Effenberg, Kripa, and Dibiagio's starting four-man midfielder. Just from personal strength, Fiorentina's midfielder is not at all inferior; in terms of defense line, from left to right are Lanna, Ferrara, Felicano and Billindeli. After joining Fiorentina, Felicara and his former teammates have been looking for tacit understanding with his central defender Felicano. Their performance in this game will determine the fate of Fiorentina.
After the game started, Milan, who had the kick-off, quickly took the ball. After a series of quick downs in the midfield, he took advantage of the opportunity that the Fiorentine players had just not focused enough at the beginning of the game, and Albertini passed the ball to the penalty area. At this time, Marco Simone appeared behind Filicano like a ghost, and after receiving the ball, he pushed the ball directly to the far corner of the goal...
In this game, Fiorentina's starting goalkeeper was still Toldo. The goalkeeper who grew up from the Milan youth team seemed very excited to face the old owner. Faced with Simeone's shot, Toldo, who was tall and long, decisively fell to the ground and pressed the ball firmly under his body with both hands.
Seeing that the team had no gains in the sneak attack at the beginning, Milan coach Capello, who was standing on the sidelines, waved his hand, and all Milan players quickly returned to defense and retreated to their own half.
"It seems that Milan's players are greatly affected by the US World Cup." Karin said to Zhuang Mingge, who nodded in agreement.
If Fiorentina is facing the Milan team from last season at this time, I'm afraid that Mazaro, Simeone and others will interfere from Tordo, and start pressing in Fiorentina's half to disrupt the opponent's game rhythm. If the counter-attack is successful, a single shot will be immediately formed.
But Milan has not done this now, and Zhuang Mingge does not think that Fiorentina will be so strong that Capello chooses to defend. Considering that due to Sachi's "preference", most of the players who started in Milan in this game, such as Martini, Baresi and others, all participated in the US World Cup this summer.
Based on the above considerations, we came to a conclusion: the physical fitness of these Milan players has not yet fully recovered, so head coach Capello decisively gave up the frontcourt pressing that Milan has used to dominate Europe over the years, and instead used half-court defense that can save players' physical fitness.
The sneak attack at the opening just now was just to make Fiorentine players dare not put too much in the attack in the future. Of course, if they could score a goal, it would be even more perfect for Capello and Milan.
Because in that case, Capello can use his unique skills without any moral integrity - 1:0 tactics.
"Coach Capello is really scheming." Zhuang Mingge, who figured out this link, couldn't help but sigh.
"Hey, Tony, it's better not to do something that will make others more ambitious and destroy your own might." Karin secretly poked Zhuang Mingge with her elbow, and the latter immediately understood and immediately stopped the topic.
After all, now he is on Milan's territory. If he says something he is dissatisfied with the team here, the unconventional bald man around him who is also watching the game will immediately broadcast his words to disrupt the morale of the army.
The thought just now was only a moment. Zhuang Mingge turned his attention to the live broadcast screen again and happened to see Toldo kick the ball out and kick it to Ferrara, who was closest to him.
Ferrara has obviously been training with the coaching staff for nearly two months since joining Fiorentina. Instead of dribbling too much, he quickly distributed the ball to Lanna on the left side of the stadium.
Lanna often pushed assists when he was in Sampdoria, so he integrated into the Fiorentine tactical system very quickly. When Ranieri was setting up the tactical system before the game, he specifically told Lanna that he must use offense to suppress Panucci, who was facing him. Therefore, after Lanna received the ball, he immediately accelerated and rushed forward while there were no Milan players around him.
It has to be said that Maldini's existence suppressed a large number of equally excellent Italian left-backs, such as Pesotto, who has left Fiorentina, Benarivo, who is now playing for Parma, and Lanna, who is playing on the court (of course, the most chessy person is Koco Children's Shoes who are in the same club as Maldini).
Although Lanna missed the national team for a long time because of Maldini's existence, his strength is still first-class in Europe, otherwise he would not have been able to play in Sampdoria as the main player for so long.
The Milan player did not rush forward until Lanna dribbled the ball across the center line, and Massaro, who was closest to him, rushed forward to press, but Lanna, who had already rushed forward, was so easily intercepted by the opponent? A simple acceleration allowed veteran Massaro to be eaten behind him.
When Deselli and Albertini saw that the situation was wrong, they immediately followed the arranged division of labor action. The Frenchman with first-class physical fitness continued to defend the middle lane, while Albertini, who had a large range of activities and comprehensive skills, went with Panucci to steal Lanna's ball.
When Lanna saw two people surrounding him, she stopped rushing forward. She stopped the ball and immediately passed it back to Effenberg who came forward to meet him.
After Effenberg took two steps, he passed the ball to Kripa without waiting for the Milan players to come up to grab him...
If someone looks down at the entire stadium from the stands, it can be clearly seen that when the Fiorentine player gets the ball, there will be at least three teammates around him to pass the ball. This frequent running without the ball is one of the achievements of the young people in Florence in the past year! This way of passing and cutting is one of the magic weapons that Florentine will lead the world football world in the future!
Chapter completed!