Chapter Ninety-Seven: Golden Samp
However, Eriksen is not in a hurry to make adjustments, it is only the first half, and there are many veterans over 30 in the Sampdoria team, such as Gullit, Mancini, Lombardo, Verjoward, Manini and others have played in the Champions League final, and he believes that his players will be able to make adjustments in time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info And now unlike in the past, he has found a weapon for Sampdoria that is specifically designed to deal with dense defenses.
In the 43rd minute of the first half, Mancini, with his superior awareness, finally got rid of the small step of Giuliano, who was staring at him, and received a pass from Gullit. There is a quote that describes Mancini as follows: "If Mancini is a striker, it is definitely the biggest obliteration of his playing career; To say that he is a forward is undoubtedly an insult to the terminator; Perhaps only the number 9 and a half is the best assessment of him. ”
Without Baggio, Mancini would have been Italy's only legend for almost 20 years. It is precisely because of the presence of Baggio that Mancini seems more pathetic and sighing. When it comes to understanding the arc of the penalty area, few in this era have been able to surpass Roberto Mancini, at least in the Italian league after being crowned a mini-World Cup. Every time Mancini controls the ball in the arc of the penalty area, the teaching film begins, players, fans, pay attention, this is the time to pass, this time to shoot, this time to control the ball, this time to ...... It's always the case that Mancini is right.
Iuliano would not have dared to let Mancini play freely at this time, and the defenders who had done so before had all become the backdrop for the top 10 goals in Serie A. However, Mancini was actually out of Giuliano's grip at this point, so after looking at his team-mate's position, Iuliano took the wisest step and brought down Mancini a metre from the arc of the box.
The referee on duty saw everything clearly and immediately awarded a direct free kick. To the surprise of Prato fans, Sampdoria actually put their defender Mihajnovic in front of the penalty spot.
Mihajnovic, who was later called the best master of any goal in history, was obviously not so famous at this time, until that amazing free-kick hat-trick. His free-kicks are the perfect combination of power, tricky angles and strong spin. Unlike most free-kick specialists, Mihajnovic usually uses his calf as much as possible when taking a free-kick, and the swing of his thigh is very small, so he often confuses the thinking of the opposing goalkeeper and makes it impossible for the goalkeeper to judge.
And this time it was the same, someone once commented on Mihajnovic's free kick: "When he takes a free kick, he basically doesn't give the goalkeeper any chance, whether it is the speed, angle or arc, if the ball doesn't go off the post or the goalkeeper makes a gambling amazing save, it will basically spin into the net." ”
Although Toldo cautiously discharged the wall of seven, he still couldn't stop the ball that seemed to be flying out of the sky.
1:0, on the football field, luck is always conserved, he can't always favor a team, just like Sampdoria's two goalposts, this time although Toldo's finger touched the ball, but because the force of the ball was too great, it finally smashed into the goal along the edge of the goal frame.
Sampdoria's goal just before half-time was a big demoralisation blow to Prato and a little bit of Spalletti's plan almost went down the drain. So the world will never revolve around you just because you are the protagonist, everything is determined by strength factors, not by people's wishes.
In the lounge, Spalletti spun around the player's face and finally made a decision.
At the beginning of the second half, Maradona replaced Veron on the field. His position was in the midfield, while Effenberg dropped back to the central midfield position, continuing to form a back three with Dunga and Tomasi.
Maradona was very excited after coming on the field, and as soon as he received the ball, he made a wonderful pass over the top, which as soon as Vieri received it, and turned around with a burst of shots, which scared Pagliuca desperately rushed out. But fortunately, someone is faster than him, the Italian backline in this era is indeed a group of stars, not to mention the Prato team's Materazzi, Juliano, Lazio's Nesta and Parma's Cannavaro, these rising stars, let's say that they are now at the peak of a few people, Baresi's keen judgment of the drop point, Bergomi's old spicy, Ferrara's card position, Maldini's fierce and accurate tackles, all of them are the world's top defenders.
Tall and skeleton-wise, Virjowald is no slouch or the others above, and he can be seen as a model of a "gang" attacking defender. When defending, he plays wide open, taking pleasure in pulling the opponent's striker's jersey, using his two long legs like burning sticks to stalk, tackle and destroy the ball outside the "danger zone". In Sampdoria's defence, which was much weaker than the front line last season, he was often the last solid barrier in front of Pagliuca.
This was no different this time, as he almost kicked the ball out of Vieri with half a foot ahead of him, avoiding a single conceded goal by Sampdoria. But even so, the Sampdoria players were shocked into a cold sweat.
Although the 34-year-old horse's physical function is not as good as before, his excellent football awareness and old passing skills are still there. I had been sitting on the sidelines and observing before, and I could see the characteristics of Prato's players more clearly, so I almost made a contribution as soon as I came on the field.
Sampdoria was also taken aback by the goal, the name of the man, the shadow of the tree, Maradona's seven years in Italy are almost an epic biographical novel. That's really my brother is not in the rivers and lakes, and there are still legends of my brother in the rivers and lakes. Therefore, Sampdoria did not attack with a roar as in the first half, but tried to stabilize the defense first to see what difference was made in Prato with Maradona joining, and it was they who were temporarily leading anyway.
However, Prato's cooperation was a little better than in the first half, but it did not immediately change because of Maradona's addition. Because in that case, Maradona is not the "king of the ball", but the "god of the ball". And after all, the old horse is old, and he used to take drugs, go to nightclubs, and don't care about himself, and the speed and explosiveness of the past five people have gradually faded from him, so after Sampdoria focused on defense, the old horse gradually fell silent.
After more than ten minutes, the Sampdoria players finally saw that the old horse was different from the past, and he no longer had the prestige of single-handedly picking up a team in the past, so he attacked again. After all, 1:0 is not so safe, it is better to put a nail in the coffin.
However, Prato's three-back configuration is indeed very targeted to Sampdoria, not only is there plenty of individual strength, but the defense covers a wide area, which blocks Sampdoria's midfield contact while squeezing most of their movement space, and the three of them have a strong ability to read the game and grasp the rhythm, and can often make up for each other's loopholes, making Prato's defense line like a piece of iron.
And with Mihajnovic's example, the Prato players also paid attention to fouls on the edge of the penalty area, so Sampdoria didn't get too good chances for a while.
This situation lasted until the 66th minute, although Sampdoria did not score another goal, but always controlled the situation on the field, and the possession time did not need to look at the statistical table to know, must be a big lead over Prato, Prato fans and Chinese fans from all over Italy couldn't help but be a little discouraged.
However, it was at this time that the turning point appeared, putting the main energy into the attack Sampdoria ignored Prato's gradual tacit understanding of the offensive cooperation, this time, Zanetti cut off Sampdoria's pass again in the backfield, and went directly with the ball all the way, when Mihajnovic came up to block, he passed to Maradona who ran over to answer, and Maradona, who received Zanetti's pass, did not mean to stop the ball at all, and suddenly slammed with his heel, because Maradona has been facing the direction of the incoming ball, Evani, who defended him, was still waiting to turn around and make a move, but he didn't expect Maradona to have passed the ball. The obedient ball instantly penetrated Sampdoria's backline, and Inzaghi, who had been absent-minded throughout the game, miraculously appeared in that position!