Section 38 Twin Towers
(a)
"Hell! He really played on the side! Rio Rossi couldn't do anything, and in less than ten minutes of the game, Chen Zhuo launched two breakthroughs and crosses from the left wing, and Lucatoni and Ruud van Nistelrooy each completed a header, although neither was on target, but it was not good news for Fiorentina.
It's a bit like defending inside or outside in a basketball defence, with Rio Rossi focusing on defending Chen Zhuo's inside cuts and long-range shots, as well as being careful not to foul the opponent in the 35-metre area of the goal to create a free-kick opportunity, so that when Genoa play the traditional wide break down the bottom cross, the defensive force deployed in the front is useless.
No! This must be a feint, first hit the two wings to pull the breakthrough cross, pull the center of gravity of Fiorentina's defense to the two wings, and then the Chinese then surprised the inside cut and long shot, it must be like this! Having made up his mind, Del Rio Rossi decided to stick to his tactical arrangement and remain unmoved.
Marchioni, who was successfully broken through by Chen Zhuo twice in a row, was a little hung up, this is known as Italy's second right forward in addition to Camoranesi, and actually folded face in front of Chen Zhuo, who rarely plays full-back, which made Marchioni feel very unhappy!
The 30-year-old "Italy's second right midfielder" Marchioni's strength is attack, is the side breakthrough, whether in Parma and Juventus, Marchioni's right side is one of the main points of attack, last season by Prandelli under the command of Marchioni not only continued to assist strongly, but also improved in terms of scoring ability. Marchioni scored six goals last season, the most in 11 seasons since his debut in 1998.
Last season, he was able to make the most of his attacking strengths because Marchioni didn't have to take on too much of the defensive responsibility in Prandelli's two-tiered back three-tiered and two-back system.
(b)
Fiorentina's two-level three-back composition, the two manned central defenders are 1.88 meters Brazilian central defender Felipe and 1.85 meters Italian local defender Silvestri, the Brazilian is 26 years old and stands more on the left side, and Silvestri is 22 years old and stands more on the right side, both of them have good experience and physical fitness. It is also possible to play a resilient defensive system that combines mark-to-man defense and zone defense against average teams.
The trailing centre-back is 31-year-old Danish centre-back Drodroup. Standing at 1.94 meters tall, Prandelli's back three is a good match for height, weight and age, which is also the main defensive system for Fiorentina to enter the Champions League twice.
In this defensive system, the 25-year-old Montolivo, known as "Little Pirlo", plays as an organizational midfielder. For Montolivo. At 1.81 meters tall, with a weight of only 65 kilograms, he looks thin. Fortunately, the 33-year-old Zanetti is a sapper-type midfielder, so that Fiorentina's latch is still relatively stable.
The left wing-back is usually rotated between 27-year-old Peruvian Vargas and 28-year-old Italian native Pascual, who is sometimes used at left wing-back. Let Silvestri play right wing-back and switch to a 4-4-1-1 style of play with both wings.
In the case of a 4-4-1-1 formation, Fiorentina's striker is Gilardino and the shadow striker is "Montenegro Messi" Jovetic, and if it is a retro 3-5-2 formation, Fiorentina's double striker is usually Gilardino and Mutu, and "Montenegrin Messi" Jovetic appears in the shadow striker or forward position.
This is the main squad of Fiorentina who entered the Champions League twice, and now the only lack is the "Romanian Viper" Mutu, after the league against Bari on January 28, 2010, Mutu was tested positive for erythropoietin after the game, and was judged to have taken banned drugs, so he was banned for 10 months, and the ban lasted from the second half of last season to this season, and the decline in Florence's attack power in the second half of last season also has a certain relationship with the absence of the "Romanian Viper".
In this game, Del Rio Rossi remained unchanged with three backs and two backs, the left and right wingbacks were arranged with Pascual and Marchioni respectively, Peruvian Vargas was sent by Del Rio Rossi to partner with Gilardino as a double striker, Jovetic is still a shadow striker, little has changed, the goalkeeper is the same as in the Puridley era, and the French goalkeeper is still the starter.
French goalkeeper Sebastian Frei, who was born in a family of goalkeepers, has twice won the title of "Best Goalkeeper in Serie A", but has not been able to participate in the French national team, in fact, this is not a matter of strength, but because Frei gave up the Cannes Academy to Inter Milan to offend the French Football Association Jishu Committee, in order to warn French professional clubs to protect outstanding young players, and in order to punish Frei, although the 30-year-old Frei won the "Best Goalkeeper in Serie A" twice, But it was still mercilessly "blocked" by the Jishu Committee of the French Football Association.
(c)
Such a two-time Champions League Fiorentina team did not have much personnel loss, and in the hands of Del Rio Rossi, they actually played a bad record of one draw and two losses in the first three rounds, and conceded goals in every game, which made Fiorentina fans and club executives simply incomprehensible!
However, the reason for this is not so incomprehensible in the eyes of Gasperini, this Fiorentina team, Prandelli has been deeply imprinted, and many players like Gilardino, Frei, Marchioni and Jovetic are all running for Prandelli!
Now, with two Serie A fourth-place and Champions League records, and also played the first group stage breakthrough in 10 years, Prandelli went to the national team after becoming famous, and these players have lost their "backbone", young players want to move to giants, older players want a longer contract with higher income, substitute players want to play the main team, each has new plans.
In this case, the new coach Del Rio Rossi did not have a convincing performance compared to his predecessor, and he did not have his own lineage, so the players were in doubt when carrying out his training, if Rio Rossi changed his tactics slightly. Many veteran players will openly call out......
This kind of thing, Gasperini has not encountered it, when Fiorentina changed the coach, Gasperini also received a call, but he refused without serious consideration, this kind of team, not the average coach can go smoothly!
Therefore, Gasperini was not timid when facing the Fiorentina team that had entered the Champions League twice at home, and directly took out this set of "twin tower battle formations" that only lasted three days of training and only 20 minutes of actual combat. The idea of "taking advantage of your illness to kill you" is obvious.
(iv)
17th minute of the first half. Chen Zhuo really cut inward! The double back waist pressed Jihua to implement the "closing door", and Silvestri was ready to insert the "sweep", which is what he did in the simulated confrontation!
Fiorentina were a little tighter in their defence. Even right wing-back Marchioni followed Chen Zhuo closely. A four-on-one encirclement was formed locally!
Chen Zhuo made a big feint. Dangling Zanetti to the point of almost losing his balance, then squeezing away the skinny Montolivo with his body, and slamming open Fiorentina's double back latch!
Chen Zhuo's wonderful performance also won warm applause from the audience. Just like when Chen Zhuo was in Hamburg, the horn of the charge and the shout of "Fire" rang out all over the audience, and compared to Hamburg, in addition to the five-star red flag in the stands, there were also a lot of Bauhinia flags.
Silvestri had sealed the angle, Montolivo had fallen to the ground, but Zanetti had adjusted, and Marchioni's arm had pressed against Chen's back......
If you use difficult maneuvers such as pendulum passes or Marseille slaloms to get rid of the three, it will not be Chen Zhuo but Ronaldo or Zidane, and in the end Chen Zhuo did not choose to break through, but passed the ball to the gap on the bottom line on the left side before being pinched......
After passing the ball out, Chen Zhuo collided with Silvestri under the pinch, and pulled Zanetti to the ground, shouting "foul", "free kick" and even "red card" for Genoa's home fans, the referee was unmoved, and his hands were stretched out to signal the game to continue. But if Chen Zhuo is fouled, it will be a little harsh.
Kaladze cut in from the left flank at high speed and just had his customary left foot close to the baseline to complete the cross!
Lucatoni and Ruud van Nistelrooy completed a cross in the penalty area, and Ruud van Nistelrooy completed a "block" with Lucatoni on the way to the back point, blocking the Brazilian central defender Felipe who was staring at Lucatoni, and Lucatoni grabbed the header before Danish defender Claudrup!
Serie A's best goalkeeper Frei, in the face of the "European Goalscorer King" Lucatoni and the "King of the Small Penalty Area" Van Nistelrooy's shot, he only fully stretched his body to show his good judgment, Toney's accurate header shot flew straight into the net and then hit the ball into the net, Sebastian Frei couldn't reach it!
Del Rio Rossi rushed to the sidelines and yelled at the referee, which means that this ball was obviously a foul in Chen Zhuo's attack, knocking down two or three Fiorentina players in a row, and this ball should be blown for the goal to be invalid!
The referee whistled to the centre circle to signal that the goal was valid, and Del Rio Rossi was persuaded by the fourth official to return to the bench in a look of frustration and kicked the bottle away.
(5)
Lucatoni and Ruud van Nistelrooy hugged each other after the goal, and Kaladze, who assisted the assist, also ran over to celebrate, and the cooperation of the three old guys, who are almost 100 years old, also won a standing ovation from the home fans.
The slow motion on the big screen and the slow motion on the live TV all started with Chen Zhuo's inward breakthrough and then dividing the ball, as the instigator of this goal, Chen Zhuo alone contained the wonderful pass after the opponent's four players, which is also the most exciting part of this offensive tactic.
Gasperini is full of spring breeze, and like the last game against Parma, Genoa has been firmly in control of the situation from the beginning, and Gasperini's tactical design has completely worked, although it is only a short two or three days of simulated confrontation, and the run-in of this "twin tower tactics" obviously makes him very satisfied.
The Hong Kong players in the stands watched the game seriously, unlike the last game as a pure spectator cheering for Genoa and Chen Zhuojiasen, this game Baggio assigned tasks to the players, more than 20 players who participated in the European training camp each held tactical paper and colored pencils, Baggio asked them to draw the tactical formation and specific adjustments of the home and away teams, requiring them not only to watch the excitement, but to see the key points and key people in the attack and defense of the two sides from a tactical point of view.
Not to mention the high demand for the players, Baggio found it difficult to even bring in assistant coaches and goalkeeper coaches! In terms of tactical literacy alone, it is true that the level of Hong Kong footballers is very poor, but it is also Baggio's job to help them improve their tactical literacy as soon as possible.
The noise on the scene was very loud, not the time to explain the tactics to them, in this game Baggio specially arranged an assistant coach to shoot a video, specifically to shoot Chen Zhuo's running, where Chen Zhuo runs, the camera will chase where, after the game Baggio will combine the live TV video of the game to explain in detail, so that the players are familiar with their "core". (To be continued......)