Chapter 336: Immature Montella
Matri's recent form has shown signs of improvement, in January, he has scored two goals in a limited time, which is a good sign, the winter break transfer is over, Juventus has not made any major additions, especially in the forward line, Matri can find a little form in time, which is exactly what Conte wants to see. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Juventus didn't play particularly well in the win over Chievo, and Conte didn't criticize after the game, praising the team's performance in his post-match press conference, but he was still angry about being scored by Chievo.
Juventus' defensive problems are big at the moment, with only two games since the winter break without conceding a goal, which speaks volumes, and Conte now misses Chiellini and Asamoah immensely.
After Chievo, his life is going to be a little better again, Asamoah is back, and he hopes that Asamoah's return will be positive for Juventus.
Napoli were still biting Juventus' tail behind them, and Juventus won and they won too, keeping the difference between the two at five points throughout.
On the afternoon of February 9, Juventus welcomed their archrivals Fiorentina at their home stadium, and Montella took over at Fiorentina this season and led the team to quite good results.
Montella's ability has been proven in Catania, where he is a fledgling, although the Roma team did not give Montella more time to prove himself, but Catania did.
Montella is a guy who is quick to get into a team, and he's also very smart and smart, and he is the kind of coach who watches the food and not the one who eats the food, and that's the case in Catania, it's the same in Fiorentina, and it's impossible for either club to give him a lot of money to buy people.
Montella was quick to get started at Fiorentina, and according to the characteristics of Fiorentina's players, they quickly developed a pass-and-control style of play, and they used to play Juventus with little temper at their home stadium, and it was Juventus who drew with Fiorentina in that game.
This time back to Juventus' home stadium, now Juventus's situation is completely different, Conte is very concerned about this game, because he can't ignore it at all, and Napoli behind him is eyeing it.
Juventus is also a more powerful player in possession of the ball, but when encountering Fiorentina, who has skills and momentum, they may not be able to gain the upper hand, and Conte's arrangement for the team before the game is to fight for midfield, slowly retreat, and play on the spot to counterattack.
Montella is very good, but there is also a childish side, compared to Conte, Montella sometimes makes mistakes, for example, this game, seems to taste the sweetness of the first leg, Montella continues to stick to the tactical style of play in that game.
In the preparation he fell behind, after the start of the game Fiorentina momentum aggressive, Montella's idea is not without a little basis, Juventus in the middle of the week to play the Champions League game, Juventus is likely to be in the opening of the attack, early settlement of the battle, and Montella's tactics can be regarded as the way of others to return the body, with pressure to force Juventus into a midfield battle.
But he was wrong, Juventus played tepidly, the two teams were competing in the midfield, Fiorentina even had the upper hand, Juventus tied their fence very tightly, Fiorentina was not too easy to threaten Juventus' door.
Montella as a coach is also different from Conte, Conte is always passionate on the sidelines, while Montella seems mature and steady, not good, which is quite appropriate to his handsome image, Conte is not as handsome as Montella.
Fiorentina's formation is pressed very high, they are very bold in the backline, and frequently use offside tactics, Juventus used long passes to play behind more today, and there were three long passes in the opening ten minutes, but coincidentally, they were successful after playing, but Vucinic was offside once, Zhang Yuan was offside twice, and all of them did not form a substantial threat.
This form was a wake-up call for Fiorentina, but unfortunately Montella remained indifferent, perhaps believing that it was not a threat, or perhaps he thought he had to do so in order to maintain the team's attacking power.
He quickly suffered from thinking like this, in the 20th minute, Juventus once again broke the ball in the backfield, Pirlo played a long pass, Zhang Yuan successfully competed for the top, and successfully grabbed the first point in the battle with Savic, he rubbed the ball to the side, Vucinic was not offside this time, Vucinic started to accelerate and caught up with the ball, but Vucinic did not completely get rid of Rodriguez, but he still forced the ball forward, and he was really absolutely confident in himself.
He hit into the box, faked a shot, lured Rodriguez into a sliding tackle, and then shot again, Viviano really couldn't save his team this time, and Juventus led 1-0 at their home stadium.
Zhang Yuan, who is not good at heading, gave a header assist, and Vucinic staged a long time without necessarily going to the meeting alone, the attack was concise, and the ball scored beautifully.
Conte clenched his fists on the sidelines, he was very proud, Montella was obviously inferior in the opening game, allowing himself to seize the opportunity, while Montella on the other side did not realize his mistake.
Vucinic is very happy and excited, he has not scored such a wonderful goal for a long time, Zhang Yuan's arrival is completely sad for these forwards, the role has been weakened, the goal efficiency has also decreased a lot, and the second striker position is fiercely competitive.
As the so-called joy begets sadness, only 2 minutes later, Vucinic was unlucky, or Rodriguez, who kicked and injured Vucinic in the scramble, Vucinic couldn't keep playing and was forced to leave the game.
Conte replaced Vucinic with Matri, who has been in good form recently, Vucinic can cross with Zhang Yuan, he is also a technical flow forward, Matri plays, Zhang Yuan's opportunities to retreat need more, Matri is a point-grabbing striker from a comprehensive point of view, and his ability to do the ball is insufficient, not to mention his organizational ability.
After Conte scored a goal, the instructions to the players were more clear, he hoped that the players could work hard to control the tempo, now they can't grasp the initiative, and the defense is very passive.
Zhang Yuan is equivalent to playing the role of a forward midfielder, and the investment of this role has given Juventuston an advantage in midfield control, Fiorentina is a technical style of play, but compared to Juventus, they are more impatient, and they are a little aggressive in passing, but they fall behind.
Juventus not only did not have Chiellini or Bonucci on the defence today, but Barzagli led Marrone and Peruso at the back, but this line was not tested much today.
And Juventus's style of play is also simple, try to control the ball, steal and counterattack, the picture is a fast word.
In the 40th minute, Juventus scored again, but still had a counterattack opportunity on the spot, seized the gap of Fiorentina, Zhang Yuan ran all the way with the ball, passed Roncalia and Savic in succession, and there was no greed in the penalty area, and the ball was passed to the unguarded Matri, who scored an empty goal and scored again.
As soon as this goal was scored, no matter how good Montella's temper was, he waved his arm angrily, and under the dense defense of Juventus, Fiorentina's pass success rate was not high, which was where Montella was angry.
Zhang Yuan and Matri hugged each other tightly, Zhang Yuan obviously had a chance to shoot, but he still gave Matri selflessly, how could Matri not understand the friendship in this, he hoped that Zhang Yuan's selflessness could bring him good luck, and the second half of the season would not be as unlucky as the first half of the season, which was injured and in a sluggish state.
In the 65th minute of the second half, Zhang Yuan was replaced by Giovinco, Conte was satisfied with Zhang Yuan's handshake, although he failed to score, but Zhang Yuan's role was too obvious, both goals were assisted by him, there is a Champions Cup in midweek, Conte also has to save his strength in advance, today has a great probability of winning the game, but Vucinic has been injured, it seems that the Champions Cup in midweek is afraid that it will be difficult to play, Fiorentina in the second half of the fight is much stronger, Conte is afraid of his own pillar again, then this victory is not worth the loss, he would rather not。
The more ferocious Fiorentina attacked, the more Juventus played out of defense, the whole game ended, without conceding a goal, which is really too rare to see after the winter break, Conte expressed satisfaction with everyone, conceding is not a good habit, getting used to the players will have a bad impact in their hearts, maybe they will think that conceding a goal is nothing, as long as they can win.
Once this kind of thinking is generated, it goes without saying that it is very fatal, and Conte hopes that the whole team will establish the concept that conceding a goal is a shame, and stifle all dangers in the cradle.