Volume 1 Chapter 368 Finding the Gun and Finding the Waist
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After five years of defeat, humiliation, disappointment, relegation and financial crisis, Fiorentina returned to Champions League action and got off to a flying start.
Sought after by the media, praised by opponents and envied by enemies, Fiorentina fans and players finally raised their eyebrows.
However, the Fiorentina coaching staff was not satisfied, in Prandelli's view, this victory belongs to the fans, to the players, to Chen Yu and Frei, and even to Mondonico, but not entirely to him, because this victory was achieved on the basis of the original Fiorentina players, the original Fiorentina tactics, not the style of play that Prandelli wanted, and the scene was not good.
Tactical assistant coach Caserato believes through the analysis of the game video that in this game, in addition to scoring goals, Sporting Lisbon is better than Fiorentina in almost every aspect, even in defense, Fiorentina only looks better than Sporting Lisbon, the actual data, the success rate of tackles, the save of key balls, and the number of red and yellow cards are also better than Sporting Lisbon.
And the reason why Fiorentina was able to win was mainly because the Portuguese striker was too bad, while the Fiorentina striker was a little more capable of seizing opportunities.
Caselatto believes that the root cause of Fiorentina's passive play is that their midfield control is not enough, and Chen Yu later retreated behind the two strikers a little better, but soon Chen Yu could not play a role because of the opponent's heavy pressure.
After discussing with his coaching staff, Prandelli believes that Fiorentina now need to speed up the introduction of a strong striker, so as to free up Chen Yu and make Chen Yu more flexible up front, able to help both the midfield and the striker.
In addition, if Fiorentina wants to play a little better, it also needs to introduce another technical midfielder, and it is a bit difficult to rely on Fiore and Jorgensen alone, because the backs Brocki and Donaderle are pure sapper players, not world-class midfielders like Vieira, Emerson, and Cambiaso, and their skills are delicate and defensive are also strong, and they can control the rhythm of attacking and defensive conversions.
The strong striker already has a target, Tony, and the recent progress has been rapid, as the conflict between Tony and Palermo president Zamparini deepens, and the possibility of Fiorentina fishermen making a profit is increasing.
And the technical back is too difficult to find, Pillosidorf in Milan, Cambiaso and Stankovic in Inter, Vieira and Emerson in Juventus, once again a grade of Collini's knife is not old, but Fiorentina is now poaching their leading striker Toni from Palermo, if you still want the main back, Zamparini is definitely not there, maybe angry, Toni will not sell.
Ledesma is Lazio's main midfielder, Lazio still relies on him to get results, and there is a lack of replacements, so it will definitely not be sold, unless Fiorentina offers a transfer fee that cannot be refused.
And De Rossi is the defender of Fiorentina's rival Roma, and Roma is very optimistic about De Rossi, even if he doesn't need it, he will definitely not sell it to Fiorentina.
Di Livio, the deputy director of scouting and technical skills, recommended Lecce's Muntari to Prandelli, but Muntari is too young and needs to be trained, but what Fiorentina needs now is a midfielder who can play tough battles right away, because Fiorentina is different from Parma coached by Prandelli, Parma was a bad team at that time, and now Fiorentina is third in the league and the winner of the Italian Cup, it is impossible to let Prandelli train new talents, and it is better to train Montolivo than to buy Muntari to train.
And looking outside of Italy, of course, there are good backs, but the price is ridiculously high, Lampard Makelele is at Chelsea, Deco and Xavi are at Barcelona, Gerrard is at Liverpool, Hargreaves is at Bayern, it can be said that the playing years are very expensive, the young ones are not better than Montolivo, and the others are too mediocre.
After consulting with Fiorentina manager Lu Caisi, Prandelli can only make two preparations, go all out to buy Tony, if Tony can't buy it, he will poach Palermo's Collini and Lazio's Ledesma, if Palermo's Corini and Lazio's Ledesma can't be poached, they can only take Pachenza, play three defensive backs, and slowly cultivate Montolivo.
There are two weeks between the two Champions League qualifiers, but there is a Coppa Italia third round tie and a Super Cup tie against Juventus in those weeks.
The opponent of the Italian Cup is Cesena of Serie B, and the strength is not enough to pose a threat to Fiorentina, although the Super Cup is a championship competition, but the nature is similar to the warm-up match, Fiorentina just used them to run in the formation, adjust Montolivo, Pacini, Bodinov and other young people.
In the Champions League match against Sporting Lisbon, the three youngsters did not play a minute.
Montolivo and Pacini had a good idea, but Bodinov was very dissatisfied, and his face was full of displeasure during the game, and he told reporters after the game that if he played, the score would definitely not be L:0 Di Natale's one-handed goal, and he would not miss it.
Bodinov was followed by Gabriel. Ping criticized it, but it didn't have any effect, a genius like this kind of young and ambitious person would not recognize reality and himself without experiencing setbacks.
The Super Cup is a championship with Juventus, the Coppa Italia is also an official competition, and Fiorentina also has a glorious tradition in the Coppa Italia, allowing a few young people to play a dozen cup games and vent their energy, which is much better than suppression.
In the following time, Fiorentina is racing against time to prepare for the upcoming Coppa Italia, Super Cup and Champions League second leg of the do-or-die match, while the club has also stepped up the recruitment and elimination of players who cannot be substituted at Fiorentina.
Striker Abbiati was loaned to Atalanta on sale of Montolivo and Pacini to Fiorentina, while left midfielder Savini went to Napoli and he was no longer playing. Serie B midfielder Piangirelli went to Brescia, this is the player's own choice, in Fiorentina, Piangirelli has no place, it is better to go to Serie B as a main force. Former Greek international Frizas has conflicts with captains Chen Yu and Ricano, and now the team is vigorously bringing in Tony, Tony can't come and Rigano, and Pacini, Frizas has no need to exist, so he sold it to the Southern Bulls Torino team.
Fiorentina didn't just sell people and didn't buy people, sending away four players in one go, but ushering in more players.
Striker Songsin and two defenders, Di Loreto and Barzis, returned on loan, bought midfielder Fanelli from Catania, and the more important transfer was central defender Gambellini, who spent 3 million euros to buy from Bologna. Bought the old left-back Pasquier from Serie B Arezzo.
Gamberini and Pasquier are both young but have a lot of potential, and they are unlikely to be a regular this season, mainly as substitutes, but with Prandelli, who is good at training new players, they are likely to become Fiorentina's stalwart in the future.
Sold four and bought six, Florence was considered a reinforcement, but Tony, Ledesma and Pacinza were the ones that Florence needed the most, but they were delayed again and again and could not be done.
If it is replaced by Moratti, I am afraid that he will wave the money and force it to buy, but De La Valle will not do this, because once you pay more money for a player than he is worth, other teams will only raise the price of the player higher, Moratti was played by Moggi in this way, the very rational De La Valle is not wronged, he has Chen Yu such an all-round master under him, he is not panicked, in Prandelli's words after a training with Chen Yu as a back, "This guy is amazing, He's a genius who doesn't need to learn anything from me, he really can't, and I can let Chen Yu play the back, although it's a bit outrageous. ”
Chen Yu is a genius, so versatile that he can even play in the back, and it is estimated that there is no problem in playing defenders, but there is only one such genius, and if he is placed in this position, he cannot play another position, so Prandelli can only joke about it, and the recruitment work must be negotiated resolutely and patiently.
The outside world and Florence's pursuit of Chen Yu has reached a new height, but Chen Yu is not as beautiful as the outside world sees, and he is in a state of depression.
The new season is about to begin, or it has begun, the Champions League qualifying round from August 10 is as important as the league, the third round of the Italian Cup on August 17 is a winner, and if you lose, you can't play the next game, the Super Cup in August is more than chicken ribs, Fiorentina also hopes to get, and then the second leg of the third round of the Champions League qualifying round, after playing the qualifying round, three days later is the first leg of the league to play Sampdoria.
In between, Fiorentina play almost every four days, and there is no difference between the start of the season
The new season has begun, but Chen Yu has been bottlenecked again, he is still at the level of binding top stars in the star consciousness system, and in the second half of last season, he has reached this level, and various data have also reached the verge of breakthrough, but now half a year has passed, but he has never broken through.
If Chen Yu is only twenty-two or three years old this year, he will not be in a hurry at all, he has a lot of time, but the age of the year is completely different from the age of twenty-two or three, at the age of Montolivo, if he breaks a season, everyone will think that he is still young and can wait slowly, but at the age of a bad game, there may be people who say that he is going downhill, this is the difference.
After three magical years, Chen Yu has made the outside world have higher expectations for him, always hoping that he can continue to perform magic, last season Chen Yu felt the pressure brought to him by this expectation, once he scored fewer goals, or the team lost, doubts came to his face, what Chen Yu was thoroughly studied, Chen Yu had problems in his private life, Chen Yu wanted to transfer, etc., it can be said that rumors are spreading.
This season is Chen Yu's second year of playing Serie A, there is a sophomore phenomenon in the five major leagues, new players often perform well in the first year, but the second year is much more mediocre, in addition to their defenders are more familiar with them, but also because most newcomers are eager to prove themselves, so they have to work hard, and the overloaded state is difficult to last, the second season can not be as good as the first season, success brings laxity and complacency, so the second season is mediocre.
Chen Yu didn't want to enter this strange circle, so he had to improve his strength and make himself more competitive, but now, his superstar level was close to him, but it seemed to be out of reach.
Before Bingfa Cesena played the third round of the Italian Cup, head coach Prandelli found Chen Yu and asked him if he wanted to participate in this game, because the schedule was too tight and the opponent was a weak Serie B team like Cesena.
Prandelli thought that Chen Yu would choose to rest, but he didn't expect Chen Yu to go to Cesena to play, and asked to start, which made Prandelli very surprised, he thought that Chen Yu was eager to play for the club after taking a sky-high annual salary, and persuaded Chen Yu to use his energy on the blade, but Chen Yu insisted on going, so that Prandelli could only nod and agree.