Chapter 1376 Italian Super Cup (1)
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Although Mourinho's words may sound a bit unreasonable, in the eyes of the Portuguese, there is indeed no better opponent than Juventus to test the results of Fiorentina's summer training camp!
You must know that among the top giants in the same grade as Fiorentina, Manchester United and Bayern Munich have not yet completed the replacement, and the departure and aging of the main players have caused their strength to decline sharply, and they have temporarily withdrawn from this ranks in a short period of time; Real Madrid, on the other hand, is because of the completely unbalanced midfield after the arrival of Xiaobei, coupled with the aging of superstars such as Zidane and Figo, this galaxy battleship is now in the dark, unable to compete with Fiorentina, which has completed the blood exchange; As for Barcelona, due to the relationship between Ronaldo and Deco were both cut off by Lazio, although the Catalan giants have walked out of the shadow of the Gaspat era under the leadership of the "black swan" Rijkaard, compared with the previous life, Barcelona, which lacks the two big players Ronaldo and Deco, still has a long way to go to regain dominance in Europe without finding a suitable replacement.
In addition, clubs such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Inter Milan also have similar problems at this time, so it is difficult for these teams to form a sufficient threat to Fiorentina under normal circumstances. As a result, the only people who can wrestle their wrists with Fiorentina in a head-to-head battle are Juventus, AC Milan and Lazio, who have just invited the famous coach Lippi to coach.
What's more, Trapattoni's Juventus team is indeed very strong, not only have top stars in the front, middle and back lines, but after a season of running-in, the Bianconeri have now become quite solid at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. Galla, who has the physical qualities of a top defender but no corresponding mental qualities, has been relegated to the third central defender, and he has been replaced by the talented rising star Vincent Kompany from Belgium!
Although Fiorentina have a satellite club in Belgium, Anderlecht, which they use to recruit promising young stars with outstanding talent, when Juventus wrote a good enough cheque for Kompany, and Fiorentina could not offer Kompany the same treatment due to the saturation of the team, the Purple Lilies could not do anything about Kompany's move to the Bianconeri.
Although the 19-year-old Kompany still needs to be polished and polished in many aspects, the Belgian youngster's seriousness in training and the courage to take responsibility have been appreciated and recognized by Juventus coach Trapattoni. In this way, without playing a single competitive game for Juventus, Kompany managed to squeeze out Galla and become the starting central defender of the Bianconeri.
Galla, who thinks he is at the top of his game, has a lot of complaints about his situation as the team's third central defender, and also expresses his dissatisfaction, but the Frenchman seems to have forgotten that he is now facing a gold medal coach like Trapattoni who has won numerous honors, and he is not qualified to play in front of Trapattoni without fully proving his ability.
However, there is a fly in the ointment that although the old foxes are negotiating with Arsenal to bring in Patrick Vieira this summer, and there is a great hope of successfully bringing the Gunners captain to the Alp Stadium, judging from the current situation that Moggi is still arguing with Wenger over the amount of transfer fees, even if the deal is finally completed, Vieira will definitely not be able to catch up with the Italian Super Cup final this time.
Of course, Mourinho also admits in his heart that Di Livio's words do make a lot of sense. If Fiorentina lose too badly in the Italian Super Cup final, the good atmosphere that the players have built up in the summer training camp will be lost, and it will have a very negative impact on the team's performance at the start of the season.
However, the risks and benefits are often proportional. If Fiorentina emerges victorious in this head-to-head match, then the negatively affected team will become Juventus. In this way, Fiorentina may have less obstacles in the way of defending their league title and have more energy to cope with the Champions League.
So, as Mourinho has said before, it would obviously be nice for Fiorentina to play Juventus in the Italian Super Cup before the start of the new season. In the eyes of the Portuguese, although the current Juventus team is capable of challenging Fiorentina, the Bianconeri's shortcomings in the central midfield position and Kompany's lack of experience in the game are enough to be the fatal reason for their death.
Of course, when Moggi brings Vieira to Vinovo [Juventus training base], Fiorentina will not be as easy as they are now if they want to win against a much-grown Bianconeri.
In this way, after the Fiorentina players completed a series of publicity and commercial promotion activities according to the arrangements of the organizers, the time finally arrived at 6 pm on August 8. This means that the 2005-06 Italian Super Cup final will officially start at the Tokyo National Stadium just one hour away!
Now here's a look at the starting line-ups for this match. As for Juventus, because Vieira's transfer has not yet been completed, compared with the main squad last season, Trapattoni only replaced Galla's starting position with Kompany, and replaced Tacchinadi, who chose to move freely this summer, with Blasi.
Frei, Zebina, Thuram, Kompany, Grosso, Emerson, Blasi, Camoranesi, Nedved, Ibrahimovic and Trezeguet, these are the starting eleven for Juventus.
Looking at Fiorentina, Mourinho did not make any changes to last season's main line-up. Gianluigi Buffon was still in the starting line-up, with Zivo, Lucio, Nesta and Zambrotta lined up at the back, while the midfield trio of Claude Makelele, Ballack and Andrea Pirlo, as well as Vincent, Diego Milito and Cristiano Ronaldo, formed the attacking trident.
After all, Fiorentina's main squad can be said to be the best in Europe at full strength, not only is it extremely balanced at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but also has a combination of skill, speed and strength, which is enough to make any opponent feel a headache.
In the absence of other competitions and injuries, Mourinho would be foolish if he didn't send out this strongest squad.