Volume 1 Chapter 370 A Proper Match
(The belated third update)
Fiorentina's promotion to the last 16 of the Coppa Italia is a process and no one thinks Cesena will be able to create any difficulties for them.
However, it has become difficult for them to go further in the Coppa Italia as he faces Juventus in the quarter-finals.
It's too early for the quarter-finals to be played at the end of LL, and Fiorentina now have to think about the Super Cup in three days' time.
The Italian Super Cup is an annual football tournament between the Italian Serie A winners and the Coppa Italia winners. If a team wins both the league and the Coppa Italia, the Coppa Italia runners-up team qualify.
The Italian Super Cup is the opening match of each season, and the match is played in a tiebreaker, usually at home by the league winners, or at a neutral venue abroad, with a draw going extra time and then a penalty kick to decide the winner
Fiorentina's opponents in the Super Cup are league champions Juventus.
Fiorentina and Juventus are rivals in the transfer market and league this year, and Fiorentina and Juventus will play five games this season if they are included in the Coppa Italia and the league, and if Fiorentina and Juventus can also meet in the Champions League, the two teams may even play seven games.
The Italian Super Cup is the opening of the league, and the winner of the Super Cup only plays one game, and the gold content is very low, far from being compared with the league champion and cup champion. No matter how much you emphasize your importance before the game, the big teams often use the Super Cup as a warm-up game to test the results of their summer training.
But in any case, the Super Cup is also a championship and a trophy is awarded, and even a big family like Juventus cannot casually give the Super Cup to others, especially not their opponent Fiorentina.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Capello said: "The Super Cup is an important tournament and we have won four previous titles, just one less than AC Milan, and this time it is played on our home turf and I hope to catch up with Milan. Fiorentina are a strong team, they have a lot of fighting and it's going to be a tough game for sure, but we're going to give it our all. ”
Chen Yu is an unavoidable topic in the game with Fiorentina, and Capello said: "There is no doubt that Chen Yu is the sharpest knife of Fiorentina, his speed is fast, his skills are comprehensive, and he plays very smart, how to defend him, determines the outcome of our game." But we're ready for that and we're not going to let last season's league play again. ”
Prandelli is also very serious about the Super Cup, he wants to win the Super Cup, and he believes that the match against Juventus is the best test of Fiorentina's summer training.
'It's an honour to be in a cup like this, it's an opportunity that the players have worked hard for all season and we have to cherish it and try to bring it back to Fiorentina from Turin.
Juventus are the strongest team in Italy, they have world-class stars in every position, and they have a lot of experience in finals, being able to play against such a team is a big help for the team to improve, in the new season, we have a lot of players leaving, we have brought in a lot of players, the team has increased compared to last season, but our players have been running together for a short time, and they may not be able to play at their full level. ”
Chen Yu, who participated in the press conference with Prandley, expressed a stronger confidence and ambition to win the championship than head coach Prandley, "The Super Cup is the first championship of this season, and I hope to be able to win this championship, because I have never won the Super Cup, many people may think that this is a chicken rib, but I am a person who likes to collect championship trophies, even if it is a chicken rib championship, as long as I have the opportunity to get it, I must get it." It doesn't matter if it's Juventus or Milan in front of us. ”
Chen Yu's words made Prandelli a little surprised, because Prandelli's idea of the Super Cup is dispensable, it is of course better to be able to get it, and there is nothing if you can't get it, Fiorentina's strength is a little worse than Juventus, and there will never be fans who accuse him of not beating Juventus to win the championship, but Prandelli heard the belief that he must win the championship from Chen Yu's tone.
The Super Cup match was played at 1 p.m. local time in Italy.
Juventus often boast that they are the club with the most fans in the world, but Juventus is also one of the teams with the worst home attendance in Serie A, and this time it will be even fewer fans if it is not against the big rival Fiorentina.
This is the 18th edition of the Italian Super Cup, after Juventus won four times and Fiorentina only once. In this game, Prandelli lined up a formation of 44, with the goalkeeper Frei, the back four: Maggio, Ujfarusi, Dainelli and Pasquier, the four midfielders: Donadale, Brocki, Montolivo and Fiore, and the two forwards Di Natale and Chen Yu.
Fiorentina's line-up has changed in two ways compared to the third round of Champions League qualification, with Pasquier replacing veteran Pancaro and midfielder Montolivo replacing Rigano.
Prandelli's bold use of these two new signings is to test these two important positions in this rather important game and see what kind of performance they can have.
However, Bodinov, who spent 13 million, sat on the bench, much to the anger of the Bulgarian genius, who wore headphones and lowered his head, ignoring no one and not watching the game, as if he was riding the subway instead of participating in a Super Cup title match.
Seeing this scene, head coach Prandley couldn't help but shake his head secretly, his heart full of disappointment. He is very good at cultivating young people, and he doesn't let Bodinov play, just to frustrate the arrogance of this kid, in fact, Prandley still gave Bodinov a chance to come on as a substitute, but Bodinov is too patient with you.
Juventus are also in a formation of 44, - Chimenti Zebina, P. Cannavaro, Kovac, 19 - Zambrotta, 16 - Camoranesi, 4 Vieira, 8 Emerson, L1 Nedved, 17 - Trezeguet, Ibrahimovic.
Kovac played at centre-back because the main centre-back Thuram suffered a thigh injury in the midweek match for France, Capello had to try to use a combination of Cannavaro and Robert Kovac, and Italian international Gianluigi Buffon was also injured, but Capello used Chimenti, and the newly introduced Abbiati was on the bench. Patrick Vieira and Emerson both suffered minor muscle injuries, but in order to keep the Fiorentina captain and all-round killer Chen Yu in mind, they both insisted on playing in a double midfield, with left-back Zambrotta as the captain.
In the summer, Juventus reclaimed three Fiorentina players, Micoli, Maresca and Chiellini, but it is now clear that Juventus' goal is to hit Fiorentina rather than to take them back for their own use, as Miccoli was loaned to Benfica and Maresca was sold to Sevilla, leaving only one Zambrotta as a substitute.
While the two teams posed for a group photo before the game, China's Huang Jian thought: "...... Juventus did a bit absolutely this summer, Micoli, Maresca and Chiellini are the absolute main force in Fiorentina, if they continue to play this season, they may have a bright future, but now they are all gone, playing substitutes and playing substitutes, I don't know when it will be a day to come out, Moggi does not leave a little back road and morality, he is a blow to Fiorentina, so that his rivals are still buying strikers and midfield commanders, but Juventus spent money in vain and has not benefited, and the three players are also full of resentment, so continue to do so, Moji's future is worrying, he is too unscrupulous......"
After the group photo, Chen Yu and Zambrotta were arranged by referee DeSantis for the pre-match exchange and edge picking ceremony.
Because Chen Yu's position in the front court is very flexible, and there are many times when he plays wingers, Zambrotta and Chen Yu are also completely opposed, and when exchanging team flags and team emblems, Zambrotta began to threaten Chen Yu, "Boy, don't try to break through from me, I won't let you break through." ”
Chen Yu said coldly: "Don't threaten me, I don't accept any threats." ”
"Chiellini has told me about your weaknesses, and I won't give you a chance." Zambrotta sneered, but in fact what Chiellini told him was that Chen Yu had no weaknesses and that everything was balanced.
"You can try to see it." Chen Yu is not worried at all, with infinite changes, he doesn't have to worry about weakness at all, he can be tied at any time! Set a new player consciousness. But today, he is still fighting naked, and he does not have the consciousness of binding any star.
This should be Chen Yu's last chance to try to break through the bottleneck, because it is rare to find a strong opponent like Juventus, and it is even more rare to find a game like the Italian Super Cup that is important and important, and it is not important or important, both sides will not give up easily in this game, and they will definitely not pay too much price for such a championship trophy, and this is the moment when Chen Yu tests himself, he wants to see if he can compete with the Serie A giants Juventus with his own strength, Can you force yourself to play extraordinarily, play all your potential, and break through the bottleneck that has stuck you for more than half a year.