Chapter 715: Juventus (2)

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When referee Rossetti blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Ancelotti excitedly celebrated on the sidelines and with the Juventus players on the bench, after several consecutive failed attempts against Fiorentina, this time, he finally saw the hope of revenge on Capello!

Capello ignored this and now needs to use the all-important 15-minute half-time break to adjust the physical and mental state of his players to normal levels. In Capello's opinion, Fiorentina's performance in the first half was simply abnormal.

Defensively, Di Livio's appearance on the pitch doesn't look like a 32-year-old veteran at all, and his back-and-forth sprints down the flanks have caused Zambrotta a lot of problems; Zanetti and Claude Makelele combined were unable to keep track of Zidane alone, allowing the French maestro to deliver threatening passes in midfield; And Otero, who had experienced a long period of goal drought before this, actually found the feeling of scoring in this game, and he made Stam and Nesta helpless in the penalty area.

On the offensive side, Ancelotti's three central defenders, Juliano, Montero and Blanke, actually contained the combined impact of Vieri and Ronaldo, making Capello shout "This is not scientific"; The duo of Davies and Deschamps was equally brave, withstanding the onslaught of Effenberg and Redondo, and even had the energy to help Di Livio and Torricelli defend the flanks and contain Zambrotta and Robert Carlos' wide attacks!

In the face of this extremely unfavorable situation, after the crazy scene in the Toyota Cup not long ago, Capello once again showed people his great courage at half-time!

Replacing Zanetti with Filipe Inzaghi and Makelele with Pirlo, in order to reverse the unfavorable situation, Capello decisively changed the formation, turning the opening 442 into a more attack-oriented 433!

Suffice it to say, especially now none of Fiorentina's three midfielders are full-time defensive midfielders, all of them are people with two brushes in attack and organization!

However, while it may seem like a pretty desperate style of play, Capello still has his own ideas in mind.

First of all, the reason why Capello dared to keep only Redondo as a midfielder in front of the defense and let the team press heavily was because he found that Juventus' attacking line lacked one of the most crucial conditions for counter-attacking, which was speed. This disadvantage became even more pronounced after Pierrot's serious injury; As for the others, neither Fonseca, Zinedine Zidane, nor Otero nor Di Livio are good at it. Therefore, moving the defence forward will not only keep the Juventus players away from their own goal, but also give the defenders more leeway to play with the Juventus forwards, rather than being scored by the opponent in the penalty area with the slightest negligence, as was the case in the first half.

Secondly, although Capello doesn't want to admit it, the three-center-back combination used by Ancelotti in this game is indeed quite effective in restraining Fiorentina's current two-striker play, so it is Capello who increases the team's manpower in the forward line and eliminates the numerical advantage of Juventus defenders

Therefore, Capello made such a jaw-dropping substitution at halftime, in order to crack Ancelotti's tactical arrangement in an all-round way!

And immersed in the thrill of revenge, An Fat did not notice the deep meaning of Capello's actions, and when he returned to the field, the young coach was full of thinking about how to humiliate Capello at the post-match press conference, and he forgot about it, and the game would not end until a full forty-five minutes!

As you can imagine, after the start of the second half, Ancelotti quickly paid a terrible price for his carelessness!

Although Fiorentina's lineup on the field does look crazy, it is obviously quite good in terms of effect, the three midfielders composed of Pirlo, Effenberg and Redondo gradually suppressed Juventus' midfield at the offensive end, especially when the fitness of the two veterans of Di Livio and Deschamps began to decline, Fiorentina dominated the midfield in a comprehensive way, constantly threatening Juventus' goal with passes and long-range shots!

On the forward line, after receiving the support of Big Inzaghi, Vieri and Ronaldo were finally able to get out of the situation of playing more with less, forming a three-on-three situation in the frontcourt.

Juventus players struggled to fend off Fiorentina's attacks on the pitch, and while they were quite good at defending, as mentioned before, the lack of speed made it difficult for the Bianconeri to play a dangerous and quick counter-attack in the game, which led them to react passively to the all-out attack of Fiorentina without worries.

Moreover, although Juventus relied on the amazing performance of the whole team to take a two-goal lead in the first half of the game, it also made their physical consumption quite huge, especially since many of these players participated in the Champions League group stage four days ago, Juventus's physical condition at this time can be imagined.

Therefore, as the game progressed, the Juventus players were not as lively as the Fiorentina players who had previously gone to Japan to play a Toyota Cup final.

In addition to the three forwards at the front, as well as three midfielders such as Effenberg, even Carlos and Zambrotta on both sides also ran up to join in the fun, constantly testing Peruzzi's nerves with long-range shots. Especially Robert Carlos, who is a beast, can definitely be regarded as a terrifying man with long-range shooting power, every shot has extremely powerful power and speed, and often with a little weird arc, causing great trouble for Peruzzi's saving work.

In the 58th minute, Carlos cut inside from the left under the cover of Ronaldo and Pirlo, and then before Torricelli and Deschamps formed a pinch attack on him, he directly picked up his left foot and hit the goal with the outside instep!

Carlos's long-range shot reached a very high level of power and speed, and the ball that flew out like a cannonball also drew an arc in mid-air and went straight to the corner of the goal, which made it more difficult for Peruzzi to save!

In the face of such a heavy body, Peruzzi failed to resist Fiorentina's attack this time, and before he even made a save, the ball had already hit the net behind Peruzzi!

“Gooooooooal! Fiorentina pull one back! It was Robert Carlos who scored the goal! Beautiful outside instep volley! Now the score is 3-2! After more than ten minutes of onslaught, Fiorentina finally saw the hope of turning the game around! ”

In the shouts of the commentators, Carlos did not celebrate the goal, but quickly ran towards his own half, and Vieri in the penalty area ran directly to the goal of Juventus, picked up the ball and ran towards the direction of the center circle of the stadium!

With the overall advantage, Fiorentina's players don't want to waste even a little bit of time, even if they want to celebrate, they have to wait for them to overtake the scoreline!

So, now, there's no time to waste!