Chapter 907: Fighting Real Madrid Again (2)

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It's the Champions Cup semi-finals! Is it really okay on such an occasion? This was the first thought that came to the minds of the vast majority of spectators and pundits after Fiorentina's starting list for this game was announced. As for Heynckes' move, these people are naturally also benevolent and wise.

"That's arrogant! Heynckes and Florence are simply too arrogant! Although Fiorentina have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in each of the last four seasons and eventually won three times, the Champions Cup is still the same. As a famous legend of Real Madrid, Putragno naturally expressed strong indignation at this, and said indignantly, "In such a sacred and important game, Fiorentina actually did not send their strongest team to play, which is undoubtedly a contempt and a huge insult to the other side!" Hopefully, the lads at Real Madrid can use this as motivation to give the megalomaniacal Fiorentina a head start tonight! Give them a taste of what our Real Madrid is all about! ”

As a representative figure of Real Madrid's era, Butragueno's opinion is naturally shared by most Real Madrid fans, who also think that Heynckes is too big in this game - it is too naïve to think that we can rest easy if we win the first leg 3-1?

However, there are not without Heynckes' supporters, including Robert Baggio, who was invited by Sky TV to appear on the live broadcast. Don't ask why Baggio appeared as a guest commentator in the live broadcast room before the season ended, because Inter Milan's current head coach Mr. Lippi made it clear early that the Prince of Melancholy will not be in the Nerazzurri's eighteen-man squad for the final league game of the season!

In such a situation, there is no need for Baggio, who has no ball to kick, to continue to stay in this team that makes him feel extremely depressed, to take his hot face and stick to Lippi's cold ass. So, after taking a short break from the club, Baggio went straight to Florence to be a guest commentator for his former club. After all, based on his experience of playing for the Purple Lily twice and even becoming a symbol of the city of Florence, he is indeed qualified to participate in the live broadcast of the game as a representative of Florence.

"It's understandable that Coach Heynckes will rotate for this game, but since March, Fiorentina's performance in the league has been very different from before, and it can be described as bleak." As a player playing in Italy, Baggio is clearly more aware of Fiorentina's difficulties in Serie A at this time, calmly analyzing, "So, with a win in the first leg of the semi-finals and three away goals, Heynckes has enough to capitalise on these advantages and rotate in this game to save for this weekend's league finale and increase their chances of winning the Serie A title this season." ”

Of course, as a supporter of Florence, Baggio did not share some of his concerns. That is, although Heynckes' move is very much in line with the current situation faced by Fiorentina, his move will also make Real Madrid feel that there is an opportunity, because after the rotation, Fiorentina's combat effectiveness is a certain gap compared with the full main lineup.

Even if this gap is not big, it will invisibly give the Real Madrid players a shot in the arm, so that they can rekindle their hope of turning the tables after being severely repaired by Fiorentina in the first leg!

"But, having said that, being able to rotate in a game like this that can decide the fate of the team is enough to show that Heynckes is still very aggressive." Although he was a little worried in his heart, Baggio did not express these uneasiness, but continued to say the previous words, "If it is replaced by Ancelotti or these coaches, I am sure that I will use a set of lineup packages to play the world, unless there are main players who are absent for some reason, other players will not get enough playing time at all!" ”

Just as the commentators and guests of various TV stations were commenting on Heynckes' rotation, referee Graham Bol (the same referee who showed three yellow cards to Simunic at the '06 World Cup in Germany before sending him off) blew the whistle for the start of the game!

Hearing the opening whistle, Shevchenko and Ljungberg, who were standing in the centre circle, quickly kicked the ball away, passed it to Pirlo behind them, and then flew towards Real Madrid's half!

After receiving a pass from Shevchenko, Pirlo did not rush to attack, but after dribbling the ball to attract Raul and Morientes to come forward to wrap up, he turned and knocked the ball to Redondo behind him, attracting the Real Madrid players to continue to press the attack.

Obviously, the Fiorentina players were not confused by Real Madrid's sudden change of formation, and their intention in this game was very obvious, that is, Tongguò's inverted foot in the central midfield forced Real Madrid to put more troops into the attack, so as to gain more space for counterattacks!

Because the Serie A league at this time has a group of the world's best tacticians, the Fiorentina players are actually no strangers to the three-five-two formation, and they are naturally well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of this tactic. Therefore, they are well aware that the two wing-backs of Zieg and Salgado are the key to Bosque's ability to allow the Real Madrid players to execute this tactic, and they are also the two places where they can easily form a breakthrough!

In other words, if you want to suppress Real Madrid, then Fiorentina must do one thing, which is to achieve the suppression of Zig and Salgado, the two wings at both ends of the attack and defense, so as to create a breakthrough in the natural hole of the three central defenders formation - the ribs of the penalty area, so as to win this game!

After all, the advantage of the three-five-two formation (which can also be said to be five-three-two, which is uniformly expressed here as three-five-two) is that the team can invest more troops on the offensive end, and the three central defenders can effectively restrain the configuration of two forwards, and the numerical advantage in the midfield can also provide sufficient protection for the back line when defending. But its shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, this formation is very demanding on two wide players, and the long back-and-forth sprints on the wing often make them unable to take care of the ribs of the penalty area in time when defending, so that this area is directly exposed to the opponent's attack!

In other words, if Zieg and Salgado can't get back in time, then behind them is Fiorentina's best breakthrough in the counter-attack!

You know, the most powerful point of Florence is its super efficiency in the transition between attack and defense!