Chapter 312: Mancini's 433
Blanco had told Mancini that he wanted to buy a few Brazilians, and he didn't want to agree, because there were enough South American players in the squad. But considering that the new season will rely on Ricardo and Adriano, and that signing Brazilian players will help them perform better, Mancini finally nodded his head.
Judging by the training, the two Brazilians who have been signed have satisfied him. McCone is a jewel and an attacking player, exactly the attacking full-back he needs for this style of play.
Rico is very hardworking, and although he is not talented enough to play as a regular regular at the moment, he should be able to bring some good changes to the team.
The main force of the right midfielder is definitely still Figo's, which Mancini has decided. But Figo is old, his physical fitness is not good, and it is impossible to maintain a three-line battle with energy, so a qualified substitute is very important. Now it seems that Rico Bitzer. Maria is more suited to play on the right side of midfield. Marsh. After all, Mary is not young, and her impact is not as good as it was at her peak.
At least judging from the training and this game, Rico and Ricardo have a more tacit cooperation, and can often send good balls to Ricardo.
Adriano, on the other hand, played a bit of a mess. He felt as if he had lost his vision when he got the ball, his eyes could only look ahead, and he kept bursting and bursting, and was cut off by Cannavaro and Zebina several times, giving Juventus the opportunity to counterattack and making Mancini frown.
In the first half of the game, most of the game went quietly in the fierce scramble, and it can be seen that the players on both sides are not very in shape, and most of them have not adjusted physically and mentally in the first game after the holiday.
A few of the people who participated in the Confederations Cup looked a little tired.
In the 41st minute, Adriano broke through with the ball again and was cut off by Zebina. Zebina immediately launched a counterattack with a long pass to find Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic used his strong body to break through Cambiaso's defence and send a straight shot into the Inter penalty area, where Trezeguet cut in and fired a shot through Toldo's 10 fingers.
However, when he turned to celebrate, he found that the linesman had raised the flag and DeSantis had declared the goal invalid.
Trezeguet didn't get too excited, just shook his head and walked away. He thinks it's a good shot. But it's just an inconsequential game, and it's not worth arguing about.
Slow motion shows that he is indeed not offside with this ball.
DeSantis, who has always fought for Juventus' interests, blew off a good ball for Juventus.
Heading into the break, Roberto Mancini made some new set-ups in the dressing room.
Rico came off the bench and Figo came off the bench as the team played the 433 formation he had always envisioned. Ricardo moved to the left winger and Figo played as the right winger.
Stankovic and Veron are the two midfielders, and Cambiaso is a single midfielder.
The responsibilities of the two wingers are different. What Ricardo had to do was use his speed to cross the bottom, or quickly cut inside to disrupt the opponent's defensive formation, waiting for an opportunity to pass the ball to the striker or midfielder in the back row, or shoot himself.
Figo, who is no longer fast and physical, will no longer need to take the ball and take on more responsibility for organising the attack on the wings, using his precise passing to play up front.
Such a formation has only been used in training and has never been tested in friendlies. At the beginning, Inter Milan played very twisted, giving Juventus several opportunities to counter-attack.
In the 50th minute, Juventus handed the ball to Ibrahimovic on the counter-attack, and Ibrahimovic used his strong body and excellent foot skills to burst into the box and fired a low shot that went just wide.
A few minutes later, Juventus counter-attacked again, this time playing the ball to the right, Camoranesi sent in a low cross, Vieira jumped high to head the ball into the goal, Toldo reacted quickly and flicked the ball with his fingertips, and the ball bounced off the post.
Mancini couldn't sit still. He made another substitution, with Chilean Pizarro coming on in place of Veron.
Pizarro, who is only 1.70 meters tall, runs very aggressively on the field, and his coverage is greater than Veron's. Although he is not as delicate as the "wizard" Veron at his peak, he has a delicate pass, but his midfield playmaking skills are also good. And his defensive ability is much stronger than Veron.
After Pizarro came on the pitch, he quickly delivered a through ball, Adriano took the ball and forced Cannavaro, used his body to squeeze out the gap, and shot low with his feet, which was blocked by Abbiati.
Mancini clapped softly from the sidelines. That's what he wants to see. If Veron was on the field, the ball would never go straight to Adriano, but would have hit the side or reorganized the attack with a return pass, delaying the fighter.
However, Materazzi was injured in a scramble with Trezeguet, and Mancini had to use up his last substitution to replace Materazzi with new signing Samoel.
The game then went into a period of stalemate, with both sides relying mainly on long-range shots to threaten the opposing goal.
However, in the 68th minute, the situation on the field changed abruptly, Figo won the ball on the right side, used his skillful little skills to shake off the angle of the cross, and crossed a beautiful curling ball. Neither Adriano nor Juventus defenders grabbed the first point and the ball flew to the back post.
Ricardo lifted the ball lightly with his chest, suddenly picked the ball up when Cannavaro came to steal, passed Cannavaro and caught up with the ball and fired a direct volley.
The angle of the ball was not very tricky, but it was quite fast, and he pressed the ball so well that instead of flying, the ball moved forward against the turf, and there was a rebound before it was close to goal.
Abbiati had been on the bench for too long and had not yet recovered his best form and made a mistake in his judgment as he tried to hold the ball when the ball bounced off the ground and bounced off his chest.
Adriano squeezed Robert away brutally. Kovac, poking the ball and scoring successfully.
The score became 1:0.
Fabio Capello quickly made the change, replacing Camoranesi with Piero and Juventus switching to a 433 formation.
However, this 433 is very different from Inter Milan's 433, with Trezeguet and Ibrahimovic being the two centre-forwards, and Piero playing a nine-and-a-half position.
Piero had a good chance shortly after coming on when Samuel made a fatal mistake and was in danger of breaking the ball with a big kick. Piero immediately got close enough to volley a volley that was too close for him to miss an equaliser.
He knelt on the turf after kicking the ball, unable to believe that he would make such a low-level mistake.
Inter did not retreat to defence and in the last ten minutes of the game, they played attacking football instead.