Chapter 1103: The Battle of Revenge (Part I)

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On the occasion of the national team break, here is a brief introduction to the changes that have taken place in the Italian national team since the World Cup.

After a dark scene at the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Dino Zoff, who made most players resentful, held a press conference the day after Italy were eliminated by South Korea in the quarter-finals, and used this as an excuse to publicly announce his resignation as head coach of the Italian national team.

The Italian Football Federation also confirmed the news later, claiming that the two sides broke up peacefully this time, and the Football Association announced soon after that it hired Trapattoni, who is known as the gold medal coach, as the new national team coach.

However, despite leaving his position as national team manager, Dino Zoff is clearly unhappy with his end, and he does not think that he is responsible for supporting Pierrot and ousting the likes of Inzaghi and Montella, let alone Italy's difficulties in the group stage of the World Cup.

Not only insisted on putting Totti on the forward line and letting Pierrot be in charge of the midfield organization, but also believed that Pierro, who could only rely on penalties to score goals if he was not in good shape, was better than Inzaghi and Montella...... Therefore, Zoff's layoff is really not unjust at all, even if he does not take the initiative to resign, I am afraid that he will be ousted by many international players in a joint letter.

After taking over the coaching whip left by Zoff, Trapattoni did not follow the tactical style of play that his predecessor had always adhered to, but reformed the national team according to the current situation. And judging from the results of the last few games, Trapattoni's reform measures are still very effective.

At least, after Trapattoni readjusted the team's formation to a back four from the old Maldini era, and corrected Totti's main position, abandoning Pierrot, the zebra prince who was unpopular with the national team because of his "head-grabbing", and the Roman prince and Pirlo were in charge of the team's midfield organization, the atmosphere in the dressing room in Italy has been greatly improved, and the results have also risen, and the feeling of fear in the Zoff era has been lost.

Up to now, under the concept of building a team with the Fiorentina gang as the main body, supplemented by excellent players from other Serie A clubs such as Totti, Camoranesi and Grosso, the rejuvenated Italian national team has performed quite well in this European Championship qualifiers, winning all three games in the group stage, whether it is Wales led by Ryan Giggs or Serbia and Montenegro led by Stankovic, there is no way to cause much trouble for this strong and morale-strong Apennine army. They have become the ghosts of Italy.

After the international break, the Italy internationals, who had picked up six points from Serbia and Montenegro and Wales, returned to play for their respective clubs.

On October 20, in the sixth round of Serie A, the Fiorentina team arrived at the Romeo Monti Stadium, and the Purple Lily's opponent was the Vicenza team that had created countless deep memories for them.

Although Vicenza lost key players such as Diego Milito, Di Natale and Ballack in the past summer, with Fiorentina's scouting system to rely on and the know-how of little Zhuge Guidorin, Vicenza still has a good performance on all fronts this season. After the first five rounds of the league, this small club, which was judged by countless experts to be inactive this season, played a very strong performance under the leadership of Robert Baggio, a veteran, giving a report card of three wins, one draw and one loss, and beat Juventus, Parma and other strong teams in the league standings.

For the opponent of Vicenza, the Fiorentina players can be said to be impressed. In particular, last season's defeat in the final round of the league at the hands of the opponent and the loss of the upcoming trophy, and the club's worst league record since returning to Serie A in '94, made Vieri and Inzaghi unforgettable.

However, players such as Ballack and Milito, who played in Vicenza last season, are in an awkward position at this time. After all, Fiorentina lost the league title last season to their part, but now they have to represent Fiorentina against their old club, and they are somewhat uncomfortable mentally.

Although it feels very awkward, Milito and they are all very qualified professional players, and they are no longer rookies, so they will naturally not affect their competitive state because of this matter.

With a Champions League group game against Bayern Munich in the middle of next week, and the impact of the international break, Heynckes fielded a mix of main and substitute starting line-ups.

The goalkeeper is still the thunderous Buffon, on the back line, Zivo and Sun Jihai serve as left and right wing-backs, and Lucio replaces the veteran Stam and Nesta as central defenders; Appearing in the midfield position is the combination of veteran Albertini and Redondo, with the energetic and ferocious Gattuso providing the necessary protection at their side, and once the two are tackled, Gattuso's presence can minimize the possibility of direct impact from the opponent at the back; In front of them, Vincent, Diego Milito and Di Natale formed an attacking trident.

Looking at Vicenza, they sold a lot of their main players in the summer, but with Fiorentina as their backing, they also brought in a lot of reinforcements. For example, Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o, who has never been reused by Real Madrid and has been sent back and forth as a trade additive; Heinze, who is brave defensively and can play both left-back and centre-back, and has dual Italian and Argentine citizenship, have all been the trophies of Vicenza this summer.

However, Roberto Baggio's Vicenza have performed well on all fronts, but the veteran-led team has a rather serious problem, which is that almost all of their attacks revolve around Baggio. Without the command of the Melancholy Prince, Vicenza tends to be a mess in attack, especially after Ballack's departure.

When the players of both sides took their positions in their respective halves, with the whistle of the famous whistle Collina, the revenge battle between Fiorentina and Vicenza was officially announced!