Fabio sat in his seat and flipped through the game materials, as long as it was a Brescia game, he was in charge of commenting most of the time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is Sky practice to have a commentator who is more familiar with the team in charge of all of a team's games for a long time. Brescia's game was not watched by a large number of spectators, so in terms of the allocation of commentators, unless it was against a few big teams, Sky TV generally did not assign those famous commentators to the games of this small team. Fabio had done a good job before, so even though Brescia has increased their attention this season, they haven't replaced the hard-working veteran.

Of course, this is also directly related to the fact that China's domestic broadcast rights have been resold to CCTV. If Sky TV were able to broadcast Brescia's game directly in China, with the huge number and enthusiasm of Chinese fans, they would definitely send the most luxurious commentary line-up and commentators.

But now, Fabio found that Brescia, who he was all too familiar with, today fielded a lineup that he had never seen before - a 433 formation with three midfielders.

For European football at the beginning of the century, 433 is not a new formation, although after the 98 World Cup, the relatively more balanced offensive and defensive 442 has become the mainstream of football, but there are still many teams who choose 433 to increase the intensity of the attack when they need to strengthen the attack.

The problem is that in Brescia's 433, the three midfielders are all midfielders.

Generally speaking, the ordinary 433 formation, except for the four defenders in the backfield, the biggest difference compared with the 451 is that the wingers on the wings have become two wingers. Due to the positional premise, the defensive demands on the two wingers will be much lower. This arrangement makes the 433 very powerful in attack, but it can also be full of holes in defense due to the lack of full-backs.

After the absence of two full-backs, in order not to disconnect the front and back courts, the remaining three midfielders should have at least one central midfielder (CM) or forward (AM) as a hub connecting the front and back courts, and there will only be one or two back midfielders (DM), which is completely illogical to put three midfielders like Brescia.

Isn't the choice of 433 just to strengthen the offense? If the midfield is full of midfielders and there are no central midfielders and midfielders, how can football be passed on? Do you just rely on a long pass from the back to send the football to the front court for the center to grab? That's too inefficient, isn't it? And without the organization of the forward line, how can it be possible to tear apart the opponent's defense line with the cooperation of only 3 forwards?

Fabio shook his head, he couldn't understand Mazzoni's intentions.

In Italian football, Mazzoni, who is nearly 70 years old, is known for his tactics, but Fabio does not have a trace of tactical literacy in this lineup.

Maybe Brescia's back three is just because of the importance of Totti? Fabio thought. Totti's strength is well known, and Mazzoni discharged three midfielders, presumably to contain Totti's play. Roma's biggest threat and weakness is the Roman prince Totti, and the match against Roma, as long as he can trap Totti, it will be half the win.

Brescia have had a poor start to the league and are now away to face a mighty Red Wolves, and perhaps holding on for a draw is what they are aiming for.

The more Fabio thought about it, the more it made sense, and he shook his head, as if sorry for Brescia's conservatism.

With players like Zhang and Baggio, but losing the courage to attack after a draw, Mazzoni is getting older and more conservative.

It seems that today's game will not be able to appreciate a back-and-forth attack, Fabio smiled wryly and put Brescia's lineup aside and picked up the next information.

Totti saw the Chinese again in the players' tunnel, and the last time Roma played against Brescia could be said to have lost at the feet of this Chinese.

He walked up to Zhang Shu and looked at each other condescendingly.

"Boy, I was injured last time, and you won't have such good luck this time!" Totti stared at Zhang Shu's eyes and said viciously.

Totti's heart has been unconvinced by last season's defeat at home to Brescia. In that game, he had already helped the team chase the score back to 1:2, but he left the field due to a recurrence of his old injury, which led to the collapse of the team. For the arrogant Totti, even if the injury is not something he can control, he still feels that he has not been able to take on the responsibility of being the team's flag.

Totti had expected Zhang Shu to respond with taunts like the last time, and he was mentally prepared that no matter what Zhang Shu said, he would turn those words into motivation to motivate himself to pursue victory.

But Zhang Shu's reaction was much calmer than he expected.

"Looks like you're in good shape today, aren't you? It's great, and I don't think it's interesting to beat a Rome without you. Zhang Shu smiled and raised an eyebrow at Totti, "I am also full of energy today, and I will not be replaced after halftime." I'm looking forward to fighting you today. ”

Zhang Shu's answer made Totti a little surprised, originally in his heart, this Chinese is a rude and bitter guy, what kind of thing with the opponent can not happen to him. Totti still remembers the last time he was kind to Zhang Shu but was mercilessly ridiculed by Zhang Shu.

Totti couldn't maintain his fierce expression anymore in the face of the smiling Zhang Shu, he pursed his lips, and finally couldn't say more cruel words.

"Hmph, it must be us Rome who will win in the end." Throwing down the non-lethal words, Totti turned and walked in the direction of the player's tunnel. The Roma players have been filmed in a row, waiting to enter. He walked through the group, patting his teammates on the shoulders one by one, and finally stood at the front of the group, looking blankly at the gate of the passage that was reflected in the sunlight.

"I still think it's a bit of a pity... Before he played, it was this thought that came to Totti's mind.

At the end of last season, the 40-year-old announced his retirement with the blessing of more than 60,000 Roma fans, and in honour of the loyal and decorated veteran, the club announced the retirement of his number six shirt.

Therefore, the club that cannot introduce Zhang Shu is actually Roma in addition to Milan. When the reason for the breakdown of the negotiations between Zhang Shu and Milan was reported by the media, many Roma fans also sighed regretfully.

Originally, because of the bad relationship between Zhang Shu and Lazio, many Roma fans actually had a good impression of him. Although the club did not show its intention to buy Zhang Shu, it did not prevent the fans from having a look, who knew that now there is no chance of YY.

Even there are some regretful voices within the Roma club, if Zhang Shu's dedication to the No. 6 jersey had been known, Roma would never have been in such a hurry to retire Aldale's jersey, after all, there is a hope, Zhang Shu will leave Brescia sooner or later, and Rome is not without a chance.

But now, Rome can only sigh and make people.

Totti's regret didn't last long, and soon the referee signaled to the captains of both sides that it was time to enter the pitch.

Led by Baggio and Totti, the Brescia and Roma players lined up in two columns and followed the three referees into the pitch.

Seeing the players come in, Fabio also got to work.

"Audience friends, the players are already in! Today, Roma still wear their traditional red kit, while the blue and white shirt is worn by the visiting team Brescia. ”

Since Brescia's away kit is the same colour as Roma's, Brescia are still wearing their home kit even though they are away from home.

"Today Roma lined up a 352 formation, goalkeeper Pellizzoli, back three Zebina, Samuel and Zivu, in midfield, Emerson and De Rossi in the back, Lima and Mancini Jr., who had just transferred this season, were separated on the left and right, Totti stood in the midfield position, and the two strikers were Montella and Cassano."

Brescia have a new squad of 433 for this game, and the goalkeeper is Castellazzi, who has returned to the team this season, and he conceded a goal due to a mistake in the last game, but Mazzoni still has faith in him.

In the back line, Martinez, Dainelli, Petrucci, Pisano lined up, except for Pisano who replaced Seric who left on loan, the other three players are basically the usual combination of Brescia in recent seasons, and the tacit understanding between them helped Brescia achieve a record of 16 league games unbeaten last season. In the midfield role, Di Biagio, who has moved from Inter Milan this season, made his debut for the team, alongside Pep Guardiola and Matuzaren. With a rare midfielder at the back of three today, it seems that Mazzoni has lost faith in his team's midfield interception ability after the loss of Appia. And at the top are the tridents of Zhang, Tony and Baggio. ”

Finally finished reading the roster, Fabio let out a sigh of relief. He turned off the microphone hanging from his ear and took a sip of water.

Led by the referee, players from both sides shook hands with their opponents after taking a group photo in a row in the center circle, while Baggio and Totti exchanged team flags and guessed sides in the center circle.

Before the game started, Fabio turned on the microphone switch and continued to comment on the lineups of both sides.

"Roma's line-up today is regular, and the transfer of the previously noisy Ziwu has finally settled on Tuesday. Roma were unable to pay the €18 million transfer fee, and Ajax had threatened to repossess Zivu. However, under the mediation of club manager Bardini and lawyer Conte, Ajax agreed to Roma to loan Ziwu for 4 months at a price of 5.5 million euros until the winter break of the Eredivisie, and when Roma can pay 6 million during the winter break, and pay another 6.5 million in July of the following year to buy out Ziwu completely. ”

Zivu is also delighted with his future, with the youngster being seen by Sensi as the club's centre-back option for the next 10 years. It is believed that his addition will keep the Roma backline stable after losing Aldair. Roberto Mancini, who is on a free transfer from Atletico Mineiro, was outstanding in the last round and continued to start this game, where he is already seen as Cafu's successor. There is also youngster De Rossi, a Roma youth talent seen as Roma's hope for the future. ”

"And Brescia's line-up is a bit strange... The race is on! Let's start with the game! ”

Fabio's comments didn't go any further, as both sides were already in position on the pitch and kick-off was about to kick off. So he decided to put aside the question of Mazzoni's line-up for the time being, and explained the game on the pitch first.

Not only was the commentator Fabio questioning Mazzoni's lineup, but on the field, another Fabio also frowned after seeing Brescia's line-up.

Fabio Capello has been in charge of Roma since '99, and has spent four years in the Italian capital. In those four years, he brought Roma the league trophy after an 18-year absence.

Known as the "Iron Commander", Capello is strict in governing the army, and the relationship with the players will always be particularly strained, but he can still lead the team to win the championship many times, relying on his tactical literacy and emphasis on defense, as the originator of the "1:0 doctrine", Capello's tactical attainments are undoubted.

But even a master of defensive tactics like him didn't expect Mazzoni to be frenzied to come out with a three-back formation.

Did the former Roman godfather really give up the attack? But the other side has three more strikers, isn't it a contradiction? Or is he having some other conspiracy?

There are actually many kinds of 433 subdivided, such as 4123 with a single back waist, 4213 with a double back waist, or 433 with 3 orthodox parallel positions in the midfield... However, according to Brescia's entire lineup, they actually played 4303, and this kind of formation that directly takes out a link and traps the team in front and back is really unreasonable.

Capello sat in the dugout, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees, covering his mouth with his palms and staring at the pitch with his eyes. He didn't believe that Mazzoni would make such a low-level mistake, and there must be something in it that he didn't expect.

So I decided to take a closer look and see what was so mysterious about this strange formation in Brescia.

Soon, he saw some clues.

Although Zhang Shu and Baggio are on the field as left and right wingers in the playing list, in fact, both of them retreat to the midfield from time to time to receive the ball after the game, of which Zhang Shu retreats slightly deeper, has a larger range of activities, and is more inclined to connect the team to over-possess the ball, while Baggio is more focused on receiving the organization to complete the last pass.

"That's just it... Capello breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

At present, Brescia is just playing a small trick on the playing list, reporting the positions of Zhang Shu and Baggio, who were originally in the midfield, as wingers, but in fact the two of them are forward midfielders, and Brescia is just playing a regular lineup of 4321.

For a coach like Capello, the most terrifying thing is not the strength of the opponent, but the tactical unknownness of the opponent. Now that he knows that Brescia is playing 4321, then he has nothing to fear.

Speaking of which, the first coach to use the 4321 was Capello himself, who used this formation called the Christmas tree in Milan in the 95-96 season, and eventually led Milan to win the league championship.

Mazzoni playing with the Christmas tree in front of him, isn't this the class door axe?

Although Capello didn't know the idiom "Banmen gets the axe", he still had a big heart.

When I used the Christmas tree, it was because the Milan players at that time were strong, the three back Albertini, Desailly and Lentini may not be much different from the current Brescia three back midfield, and the two forward midfielders Zhang Shu may be stronger than Savicevic back then, but it is also limited. But Brescia's 37-year-old Baggio is not the 28-year-old Baggio in Milan back then.

The most important thing is that Milan's single striker that year was Georges Weah, who won the World Footballer of the Year, the European Footballer of the Year, and the African Footballer of the Year.

Compared with the "Black Pearl" Weah, Tony, who is also a single striker, is not even a scumbag.

No one knows the strengths and weaknesses of the Christmas tree better than Capello, forcing a 4321 when a player lacks individual ability, and Capello doesn't think Brescia's attack can pose much of a threat to his team.

In this way, as long as he finds a way to break down the defense of Brescia's three back midfielders, the victory of this game will be in the pocket of Roma.

Capello leaned back in his chair and smiled profusely. (To be continued.) )