After Fiorentina was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Sampdoria in the first leg, many more Italian media and experts began to claim that they were more optimistic about Sampdoria winning the title:

"Fiorentina, who were held to a draw at home, wanted to win at the Stadio Ferraris (home stadium of Sampdoria) and it was a fantasy."

"This Fiorentina team is still too young, the oldest in the main squad is 29-year-old Kripa, and there are seven players under the age of 25! Facing the old and spicy Sampdoria, these young people of Florence still need to exercise. ”

"Almost all of Sampdoria's players have been through the baptism of the tournament, and these little guys from Fiorentina are still young!"

For a time, Sampdoria's call to win the championship was loud.

After the start of the second leg, the performance of both sides of the game seems to confirm the opinion of the media and many public opinion before the game, the midfield of Sampdoria composed of Lombardo, Gullit, Katanic, Evani and Pratt completely suppressed Fiorentina's opposing players, Mancini ran back and forth in the gaps in Fiorentina's defense, looking for opportunities to launch a fatal blow, and Ranieri seemed to want to use the players' high-intensity scramble to disrupt Sampdoria's rhythm and consume the opponent's physical strength. But judging from the scene, the players were running around the football field like headless flies, and Zhuang Mingge sat in the box, frowning at this chaotic scene.

I have to say that Zhuang Mingge feels that Ranieri's tactical arrangement has gone a lot wrong, and if Fiorentina used this kind of high-tempo confrontation tactics in the last game, he might have won a big victory, because the Serie A league had just ended for 3 days, and Sampdoria's veterans had not recovered from a season's physical consumption.

But now that these Samp players have been well rested for a week, Fiorentina will be able to use this tactic again to face a physically fit opponent, and the effect will be greatly reduced, and the players will be out of position due to excessive tackling......

At this time, the game had reached the 28th minute, Gullit cleverly dodged the top of Cripa and Di Biagio, and then used this gap to pass a through ball, the ball directly penetrated the defense between Iuliano and Pesoto, Lombardo received this pass from the right side at high speed, and went into the penalty area, and after attracting Toldo's attention, he cleverly distributed the ball to the middle, just in time to hit the empty goal in the small penalty area to score, 1-0.

Sampdoria's goal seemed to calm some of the Fiorentina players who only knew how to scramble, and for the rest of the first half, a couple of experienced players such as Kripa, Effenberg and Djokaef were very keen to restrain the young players on the pitch who were eager to fight back and the score was used by the trio to use their skilful jishu to pass the ball to each other without rushing to keep the pace of the game down.

Under the dispatch of several "old" players, Pesoto and others finally got rid of the state of enthusiasm, and honestly stayed in their own half to concentrate on defense, and the Samp players on the field were also because of their age, so they were not very active in pressing the pass in the back field of Fiorentina, and Fiorentina gradually came out of the chaos at the beginning.

As a result, Fiorentina and Sampdoria spent the remaining 20 minutes of the first half in such a stalemate, and as the first half of stoppage time ended, the referee blew the whistle, and the game reached halftime, with the Purple Lilies trailing by one goal into the second half.

Zhuang Mingge, who had been watching the game in the box, couldn't sit still, he wanted to go to the locker room to see the situation, but he didn't expect to be stopped by Karin sitting next to him as soon as he got up.

"Tony, I know you're worried about Fiorentina's performance right now, and to be honest, I'm anxious too." Karin's tone was not as gentle as before, but with a hint of warning, "Maybe Claudio [Ranieri] is not a great manager, but one thing you have to remember is that the team's dressing room is the most taboo for people other than coaches and players to enter. ”

After listening to Karin's words, Zhuang Mingge also felt that his actions just now were a little reckless, so he obediently sat back in his seat and waited for the start of the second half of the game.

*******

At this time, the atmosphere in the Fiorentina dressing room is very depressing, Kripa and other older players are recovering the energy consumed in the first half of the game with the help of the masseur equipped by the team, while the young players such as Inzaghi and Di Biagio are silent, either sipping energy drinks or wearing a towel over their heads and not knowing what they are thinking.

Claudio Ranieri walked into the dressing room at this time, felt the heavy atmosphere in the room, and thought to himself that these players recruited by the boss were really good, and none of them had the idea of negative play when they had been suppressed on the field.

After clapping his hands and focusing the players' attention on himself, Ranieri first made a self-criticism: "What happened in the first half, I admit that my tactical arrangement was wrong, and I didn't take into account that when you let you get too much tackle, the opponent will catch the empty goal and score......"

Where have the Fiorentina players ever seen a manager who would make a self-examination, and they were all stunned for a while, no one interrupted, and they all stayed in place and listened to Ranieri quietly.

“…… I think about it, since the chairman said that he wants to make Fiorentina a top giant, then I think that Fiorentina must have its own consistent technical and tactical style, what will our Fiorentina style look like after rebuilding, who will say? As he spoke, Ranieri's eyes swept over everyone in the locker room.

Effenberg was the first to express his opinion: "Defensively, it is chain defense plus zone marking, players have to fight back immediately after losing the ball, and there is high pressing. ”

"Stefan is right." Ranieri nodded approvingly, then suddenly changed his tone and became stern, "Since you all know the team's tactics, I just emphasized before the game today to strengthen the pressing of opposing players, but how do you do it?" One by one, they only know how to run after the ball! That's what you've been training together for a year? ”

Many people bowed their heads in shame, none of them had the experience of playing against opponents of this level with Sampdoria, coupled with the tension of the final and the strong sense of pressure given to them by the opponent, they unconsciously forgot a lot of things they usually trained, but with Sampdoria this more than one game, they learned a lot and gradually adapted to the rhythm of the game of the Serie A powerhouse, such as Inzaghi, in the first half of Zuihou a few minutes he almost used Pagliuca to stand forward to score a lob shot.

"Our opponents, Sampdoria, are different from Inter Milan who have been in the ' After the troika's departure, there was a lack of domineering and oppressive power, so in the previous game against Sampdoria, in my opinion, your performance is normal, because Sampdoria's team that reached the Champions League final is still there, and the kind of oppression they unconsciously released during the game is enough to make many teams surrender because they can't bear the pressure in the middle of the game, but I am happy that no one in the team has the idea of surrendering early. Ranieri's eyes roamed the dressing room and saw that the players' eyes were beginning to become calm and determined, and they seemed to have basically adjusted to the pressure of playing against the top teams in the previous game and a half, "Let me talk about the set-up of the second half......

*******

At the beginning of the second half, there were no substitutions on either side, and Zhuang Mingge in the box was surprised to find that the Fiorentina players seemed to have completely returned to normal, playing the tactics they were most familiar with.

Effenberg distributed the ball down the left and Pexoto broke through with the ball and passed it to Djokaev before Katanic arrived, instead of just lunging forward like in the first half;

Di Biagio and Cripa temporarily switched positions, taking advantage of the opportunity of Evani to observe Fiorentina's half with the ball and cut the ball, but there was no defensive misalignment;

Billindelly didn't make a reckless tackle like before, but almost stuck to Gullitt, resolutely not allowing him to break through with the ball smoothly;

Roberto Mancini was completely submerged in the crowd of Fiorentina, and as a second striker, he was unable to pick up the ball in a dense crowd.

The situation of the game was gradually turned back by the relentless pressing of the tenacious Fiorentina players, and under the stubborn Fiorentina defense, Gullit and other veterans were already in a state of physical inadequacy, and on one occasion when the ball was dead, Katanic even put his hands on his knees and gasped for air.

"Sampdoria's most loss-making deal was the sale of Vialli, and without Vialli, a high-school striker who attracts firepower, Mancini is almost half gone." Zhuang Mingge said to Karin in the box, and his later experience also verified this, Mancini played the best seasons, and he always had a strong center by his side, "Although it is also a good idea to say that Mancho is alone and changes positions with Lombardo and Gullit to attack, but the lack of positional warfare cannot be compensated for by this level of tactics." ”

Although the score is behind, the momentum of Fiorentina on the pitch has gradually increased, and they are brewing a Jedi counterattack!

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