Chapter 22: Ten Consecutive Victories and a Soap Opera (Part II)
Also at the Fraki Stadium, facing the same opponent, Inter Milan lost the same 0:3!
Last time, Mourinho cherished his feathers and watched from the sidelines, losing the Italian Super Cup, and he was not implicated, but this time it was really different.
After the game, I didn't hear the doubts surrounding Mourinho, especially his tactical arrangement in this game, and some media even pointed out that Mourinho's tactics in the second half were completely copying Mancini's old routine.
If you take a closer look, it seems to be the case, especially in the 61st minute of the second half of the game, Mourinho replaced Obiena with Crespo, replaced Mancini Jr. with Vieira, Inter Milan completely gave up the 433 formation and played 4312 instead, Stankovic played the front midfield, Mourinho also shouted at Crespo not to pull the edge, and to the middle close to Ibrahimovic, this arrangement is similar to the formation of the Mancini era.
After that, the Portuguese Quaresma came out, and Mourinho did not let him play as a winger, but as a midfielder, and the arrangement of 4312 remained unchanged.
When Mourinho signed with Inter Milan, Capello said: "Mourinho can only add 1% of tactical new content to Serie A at most." ”
Carlo Ancelotti said, "It should be more than 1 per cent." ”
This summer, Mourinho has repeatedly insisted that the club's recruitment should be based on his 433 formation, and Quaresma is the chosen choice.
But Serie A is not the Premier League, Mourinho is facing a group of technical and tactical experts, whether it is Mazzari and Gasperini who drew with Inter Milan, or Prandelli who won two games against Inter Milan, they are all leaders in technical and tactical arrangements among Italian coaches in the Mesozoic Era.
Basically, a team makes some kind of attempt, and even if it fails, it will give a lot of inspiration to other coaches. Samp's first-round draw with Inter Milan was a case in point, and after the setbacks of Lecce and Catania, Genoa and Fiorentina were able to limit Inter Milan with some confidence.
However, after the game, Mourinho did not agree with such a statement, and when faced with reporters' questions, he kept defending himself, saying: "Fiorentina played in a 442 formation, the defense was very tight, their coach was very good, our whole team worked hard, and we got a few chances to score, although we lost in the end, but in such a game, I can't criticize my players." ”
Mourinho had a series of ridicules at the beginning of the season for his opponents to change their habits of play when they met Inter Milan, and later he realized that fine-tuning techniques and tactics at any time according to the opponent's situation is a characteristic of Serie A teams, which is very different from the style of the Premier League, where the team's overall technical and tactical changes do not change much throughout the season, and Mourinho now has to work hard to adapt to this characteristic of Serie A.
The dilemma Mourinho now faces will be that if Inter Milan continue with the current 433 and make some fine-tuning according to the opponent's situation, a similar situation will still appear, and Mourinho will gradually feel that his team is not always overwhelmingly sure of victory. But if 433 is to be rejected, how will Mourinho respond to the ridicule of his return to the Mancini system?
That's the biggest problem!
Moreover, not only the technical and tactical aspects, but also the use of Mourinho by people is now criticized, such as Quaresma, which has caused more and more controversy.
Everyone knows that Quaresma's agent Mendes is also Mourinho's close friend and agent, and Porto knew that Mourinho would definitely put pressure on Inter Milan to buy Quaresma, and once offered a sky-high price of 40 million euros, until the transfer market was close to closing the price by half, but also took away the young player Pele.
Now Quaresma not only can't prove that he has outstanding ability in the main lineup, but also can't become a super sub, Inter Milan's former head coach Mancini once questioned Mourinho's insistence on Quaresma in public in an interview.
But Mourinho defended himself: "I've known Quaresma for four or five years and now you can say anything to him, he's not playing very well at the moment, but I'm sure you will recognise Quaresma's value. ”
Jose Mourinho could certainly choose to continue to trust Quaresma, but it is an indisputable fact that Mourinho's side are in a goal drought after failing to score in two games, and look at Inter's shooting accuracy against Fiorentina: only two of the 12 shots on goal were on target.
This is a dismal statistic for a team that aims to win the title, but there is one person who has performed at a high level, but it is a pity that this person is indeed a person who has been forced into a "corner" by Mourinho - Crespo.
Crespo came on and had two shots, one from Ibrahimovic's header and one from Inter's two shots in the game.
Crespo had just been on the pitch for just four minutes, and Crespo was in a beautiful offside position and shot on the right side of the penalty area, only to be blocked by Frei, who was in excellent form, with his foot, which was also one of Inter Milan's two most threatening shots of the game.
Crespo can be said to be a hard-working player in Inter Milan, in the Mancini era, although Crespo's goal rate is not low, but he has never been appreciated, and because of this, Crespo once said last season that "the new season has him without me", but Moratti fired Mancini, invited Mourinho, Crespo also stayed at Inter.
However, for the Argentine, this is just a new step into the wolf's den, in fact, in the Chelsea era Crespo was not reused by Mourinho, if it were not for the loan to AC Milan, then Crespo may have left these big teams long ago.
Although Mourinho said: "All I can say about Crespo is praise, he trains very hard, no one even works harder because he is a very professional player. ”
But in fact, for Mourinho, Crespo is a person who doesn't care if he has or not, Mourinho once said when explaining why Crespo can't play: "We have 29 players, the coach has to make a choice based on the characteristics of the players, unfortunately this is our life, I always say, I don't want the team in my hands to be too big, but I have to adapt, now, I can only part with Crespo, sometimes I am also frustrated on the way home, I don't think for me, It's an easy decision to make. ”
Many European media have analyzed Mourinho's selection purpose, the Portuguese are very fond of talented players, and players with strong individual combat ability, the former needless to say, the latter Ibrahimovic is a typical example, can use his ability to create chances, and finally complete the goal, but Crespo is not such a player, he needs other players to pass the ball for him, a typical point-grabbing goalscorer.
In Mourinho's tactical system, he didn't care too much about Crespo's existence, but because of Cruz's recent discord with Mourinho, and Balotelli's previous games also made Mourinho dissatisfied, Adriano was beaten into the cold by Mourinho again, and Crespo got a chance.
But it is precisely this person who was abandoned by Mourinho who became Inter Milan's most dangerous striker on the field in the last 30 minutes, looking at Ibrahimovic, who was not in good form throughout the game, except for the wave shot outside the penalty area, it had no effect at all, maybe Mourinho should reflect on it.
Not only Crespo, but also Cruz had the same experience, just because of a throw-in, Mourinho and this efficient goalscorer turned their faces, maybe Crespo and Cruz, the Argentine fellows, are indeed not important candidates in Mourinho's tactics, but their ability cannot be ignored.
Adriano was sent to the cold, Cruise was stiff, Balotelli had no chance, and now Mourinho thought of Crespo when he couldn't open the situation, but this is exactly the man who is determined to leave.
Crespo has spoken publicly twice about the possibility of a transfer, and now Crespo's possibility has become inevitable, in the Mancini era. Even if he is not reused, Crespo can still get the opportunity to rotate, but Mourinho's era is different, it is difficult for people who have no place in his mouth to get opportunities, and it is precisely because of this that Crespo is determined to go.
Jose Mourinho opted Crespo on the pitch in the hope that he would open the deadlock, but it was Mourinho himself who put Crespo on the path he had to leave.
After the match against Inter Milan, Fiorentina won 2-0 against Udinese in the tenth round of Serie A on Sunday.
In the thirtieth minute of the game, Pascual crossed from the left, Digan deliberately missed the front point, and Mutu easily headed the ball in, 1:0.
In the 75th minute, Luka Modric headed in a corner from the left and Digan hit the crossbar, but Kompany scored the game-winning goal to win seven games in a row.
After the game, although Deegan failed to score again, the ridiculous 90-minute "goal drought" rhetoric did not appear again.
However, the focus of attention is no longer focused on Digan's body, but more attention is paid to Ronaldinho's body, at the beginning of the season, Ronaldinho was only a substitute in AC Milan, at that time there was a lot of talk about Ronaldinho's fall, but in recent games, Ronaldinho's performance has been getting better and better, so far has quietly scored five goals and an assist, these goals and assists are crucial, or final, Or break the deadlock and directly bring Milan five wins, and his front teeth have once again become eye-catching. Who can imagine how the three-time World Footballer of the Year has spent the past year in a state of depression, disappointment and self-abandonment.
In his victory speech, Obama said that change was coming. The same applies to San Siro's Ronaldo.
The environment is changing, after two years of harsh conditions at Camp Nou, whether it is teammates, fans or public opinion, the support and confidence that AC Milan has given to Ronaldinho is unparalleled, and the ability of the Milan laboratory is not comparable to the Barcelona team doctor who made N ligament tear cases in a year.
Responsibilities are changing, in Barcelona, even in the most glorious years, Ronaldinho's shoulders are unbearable, all the focus, all the responsibility is on him, a bowstring stretched to the limit has only two destinies, erupt or break, and either way, it is far from the free pleasure that Samba advocates.
In Milan, he is regaining his sense of freedom, with Maldini in the spiritual leader, Kaka in the tactical core, and Gattuso in a fierce voice, all of which have liberated Ronaldinho mentally.
Before the Milan derby, Carlo Ancelotti gave Ronaldinho enough rest, and it is no coincidence that the football elves who are gradually recovering physically and mentally have scored a goal in an average of 90 minutes.
At the same time, Ronaldinho's mentality is also changing, he said goodbye to the mentality of self-abandonment and confrontation, and the desire to lower his value and give up the transfer share to come to Milan is extremely strong.
For the Brazilian player, this subjective initiative is decisive, he has become as conscientious, good and self-disciplined as when he first debuted, and even the bar will only go to the next day on a vacation when there is no training, and by the way, Adriano, who has been training, has dug into the wall of Inter Milan.
For Ronaldinho, Digan admires it very much, and very much hopes that the former number one player in the world can be rejuvenated, and only in this way will the Serie A league become more interesting.
After playing the league, followed by Fiorentina going to France in midweek, for the Champions League group stage with Lyon, the last leg of the competition between the two teams, Fiorentina at home, easily won a 6:0 victory, this time to the away side, although Lyon has the intention to take revenge at home, but the strength is not good, the only thing they can do is to turn 0:6, into 0:2, that's all.
In the last league game, Digan, who failed to score a goal, broke out in this game, and the two goals made the overlord of Ligue 1 helplessly admit that there is still a huge gap between Ligue 1 and Serie A.
Then on Sunday, Fiorentina welcomed their 11th opponent of the season in Serie A, Digan's old club Atalanta.
The current Atalanta is completely different from the team that won the Serie A and Coppa Italia doubles, and the chairman Riodo finally stepped down amid the scolding of the fans, and the players who won the double at the beginning, except for Natalie, even the old captain Taibi left.
There was no suspense in the game, Digan did not score, but contributed three assists, Ledesma, Modric and Mutu scored one goal each to finally lock the score at 3-0.
Now that Fiorentina has won, no one is paying attention, and no one is changing the way to sing down this invincible team that is actually dominating the league.
Since there is no way to black Digan, it is better to choreograph some soap operas to attract people's attention, the current Serie A, what is more attractive than the contradiction between Mourinho and Adriano?
Just a few days ago, Adriano's agent, who had been beaten into the cold palace by Mourinho, once swore that "Ade and Mourinho have reconciled." ”
But soon new problems arose, and the day before the start of this round, Adriano was again absent from Inter's training sessions, which made Mourinho furious.
According to "Milan Sport" and "Roma Sport", this time Adriano called in sick leave from the club and then did not come to training, but neither the club nor Mourinho believed the reason for Adriano's "cold and fever", and Mourinho was particularly angry about it. In the words of Roma Sport: "Adriano is really in trouble this time. ”
Adriano has not been in Inter's squad since being punished by Jose Mourinho for clubbing, which Mourinho explained as "technically motivated". Adriano's absence from training this time is also a manifestation of resistance.
According to Milan Sport, Adriano did not take a leave of absence in advance, but when the team had already started training, Adriano's call came, and Mourinho was furious when he learned the news.
"Roma Sport" said that if Adriano was banned by Mourinho before and received sympathy from the club, then the club was very disgusted by the performance of this open confrontation, and there is no doubt that Adriano has now been completely isolated at Inter Milan.
For Adriano, "Roma Sport" believes that his prospects at Inter Milan are very pessimistic, and he may even leave this winter, no matter what, the relationship between him and Mourinho may be difficult to repair, the good relationship between Adriano and Mancini in the past lasted two years before it broke down, Mourinho first took office, and Adriano had a good relationship, but who would have expected that the "honeymoon" between the two only lasted for a short period of more than two months.
Of course, if Adriano leaves, there is no one to worry about it, after this incident came out, Roma's vice-captain Panucci said: "Adriano will be welcomed if he comes to Rome, he is a good striker, good players will always be welcome." ”
Fiorentina were also named as Adriano's potential owners, but then Digan said: "Everyone in this team has to be sacrificial and hard working, that guy obviously doesn't have that quality!" ”
Obviously, Adriano wants to come to the purple lily, and Degan is the biggest obstacle, when he was in the Brazilian national team, if it wasn't for the conflict with Adriano, Degan would not have quit the Brazilian national team in anger.
Now, although Brazilians still regard Digan as a traitor, more people regret it, for example, the current head coach of the Brazilian national team, Dunga, has publicly said: "If Digan can play for the Brazilian team, then the World Cup is in the bag of the Brazilian team, but now, if Brazil wants to add a star to its jersey, the biggest obstacle is Belgium!" ”
In an interview, Pele was furious at Pereira's original decision: "He gave up the greatest talent in the history of Brazilian football for a puddle of mud that could not be supported by the wall, which is simply an absurd decision to the extreme." ”
Adriano's life or death, Degan will not care, the same Mourinho will be hit by Adriano's unstingy stroke, Degan doesn't care, he just wants to play well now.
After the match against Atalanta, European football ushered in a national team break, with Deegan and Kompany, and Marouane Fellaini also returning to Belgium for the World Cup qualifiers.
In two games, against Poland and Armenia, neither team was strong, and Digan only played one and a half games, scoring one goal each to help the team win, and is currently in the first place in the group in the World Cup qualifiers.
For Belgian football today, qualifying can no longer be called a goal!
After snatching the European Championships, their ambitions are already on the higher goal of winning the World Cup.
After participating in the national team game, Digan and his party returned to Fiorentina, however, before the twelfth round of Serie A, there was another news implicated with Fiorentina, in order to transform the backline, AC Milan took a fancy to Fiorentina's main central defender Thiago. Silva.
Thiago. Silva's performances for Fiorentina in the last two seasons have been evident, and after an initial period of discomfort, the Brazilian has now become the anchor of Fiorentina's backline with Vincent Kompany, and he has also replaced Juan as Lucio's centre-back partner in the Brazilian national team.
This summer revolves around Thiago. Silva's scandal has not stopped, but the Brazilian is very happy with his current life in Fiorentina and finally announced that he will stay.
Galliani although not confirmed that AC Milan will definitely buy Thiago. Silva, but he confirmed: "Because Maldini will retire next summer, we will definitely bring in reinforcements in the defence. ”
The introduction of a central defender in the summer is already AC Milan's "definitive acquisition", and the suspense is only who this person is, and some media have disclosed in detail the candidates being examined by the AC Milan defense line, of which there are as many as nine main candidates.
AC Milan showed their determination to be younger this time, and the "Maldini successors" they looked at were all players under the age of 25, and among these nine, the first choice was undoubtedly Fiorentina's Thiago. Silva, with two years of experience in Italy, will not need to go through any adaptation to transform Milan's backline if he can make a smooth transfer.
Except for Thiago. In addition to Silva, there is another popular candidate, which is Real Madrid's Sergio. Ramos, the Spanish international, has always been the most wanted player for AC Milan to bring in, and of course the most difficult, because Ramos is seen by Real Madrid as a candidate for Raul's next leader, and they are ready to renew his contract.
In addition, there are also targets for AC Milan in the Bundesliga, and Bayern Munich's 19-year-old defender Breno, who is actually the easiest of the nine targets to come by, is also the closest to AC Milan.
On top of that, Brenaud is favored by Kaka, and in an interview a few days ago, Kaka said: "He's a very good defender. ”
And Breno's coach Lopes once called him: "A talented defender who comes once in 30 years." ”
And compared to the first two, it is much easier for AC Milan to get Brenaud, Bayern Munich seems to be willing to rent out this young man who can't play for the time being, but has great potential, to see his development, for AC Milan, although it can't get Brenaud all at once, but if you can rent him first, and then try to buy him out later, it is also a way.
In the Bundesliga, AC Milan's other target is Bayer Leverkusen's Chilean youngster Vidal, who can play at centre-back and midfield, and has a very well-rounded skill.
In addition, the media also mentioned Miranda, 25, of São Paulo, and Munos, 18, of Boca Juniors, the two defenders that Braida discovered during his trip to South America, are the two oldest and youngest on this list.
The other two mentioned in the media are Liverpool's Danish defender Ager and Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv's Mihalik, although the latter's "job" is to be a primary midfielder, with only occasional cameo roles at centre-back.
Finally, there was also a name mentioned, which was Zampata, who played for Udinese, although Udinese's Pozzo said a few days ago: "Zampata, and D'Agostino are both people we want to keep." ”
But Zampata's agent made a correction yesterday, saying: "Zampata's will definitely not leave in winter, he wants to stay in Udinese, and we will see what happens in the summer." ”
Digan knew that although there are many names mentioned in this list, in fact, there are only two people who were really associated with Milan in their previous lives and ended up playing in Milan shirts, one is Thiago, who Fiorentina will never let go. Silva, and the other is Colombian Zampata.
"Mr. Galliani, now you don't have any illusions, Thiago is very good at Fiorentina, he won't leave here, we will fight together and win more titles!"
Followed by Thiago. Silva also said: "I'm very good in Fiorentina, although I am honored by AC Milan's attention, but now I just want to stay in Fiorentina and fight for more trophies with my brothers!" ”
After Digan dispelled Galliani's wishful thinking, in the twelfth round of Serie A, in the match with Cagliari, Thiago. Silva also showed his loyalty to the club with a goal that left the Purple Lily fans cheering on the Purple Lily fans in the stands at the Vladki Stadium by kissing the crest on his chest after the goal.
However, this game, Fiorentina did not win easily, although just at the beginning, Modric received a cross pass from Digan and took the lead for Fiorentina with a cold shot.
But in the thirtieth minute of the game, Aquafreca fell to the ground in the penalty area, Kompany was judged to be a blocking foul, the Fiorentina players were very angry at the decision, from the slow mirror, Kompany only blocked Aquafresca's chest with his left arm, but in any case, the penalty was irretrievable, Kompany was sent off with a red card, and then Acquafresca hit to equalize the score.
The game continued until the end of the second half, when Fiorentina had a corner kick through a corner by Thiago. Silva once again took the lead and won the game with a hard time.
Winning this game, Fiorentina has won ten consecutive games, in the league, the points reached 27 points, ranking as a helper, in second place is the same 21 points Milan duo, and Juventus has unknowingly opened a lot of distance from the championship group.
In the Champions League group stage, Fiorentina, who has won four consecutive games, has already qualified ahead of schedule, and as long as they win the next game against Bayern Munich, they will be able to lock the top spot in the group.
Although the number of goals scored by Deegan this season is significantly lower than the madness of previous seasons, anyone with a discerning eye can see what is the reason.
In addition to the physical exhaustion caused by the continuous battles throughout the summer, the more important point is that Deegan has now begun to gradually change his style of play, from a simple finisher to a stadium manager.
In an interview, Prandley said: "The previous Deegan was feared, but now the Deegan makes people feel hopeless, he began to move away from the goal, but the whole stadium is under his control, I don't want to discuss with you whether Deegan is the next champion, his performance is in everyone's eyes, I want to say that of all the players I have met, Deegan is the one I never want to be an opponent, fortunately, we are on one side!" It's my luck and it's Florence's luck! ”
With the results getting better and better, Degan's reputation in the city of Fiorentina has reached its peak, and it is believed that the six titles promised to them by the end of the season will be achieved.
There are already initiatives to erect a statue of Digan outside the Fraki Stadium, just like the original Batistuta dida.
In this regard, Digan only smiled helplessly, and did not say anything, even if the statue was erected, once he left here, he would not be treated like Batistuta, people went to tea and cooled, and then they were treated as traitors, and the statue was pushed to the ground.
Deegan did think that he would continue to play here, and he did like the city, but he also knew that it was impossible, and now he and Delawarei were still safe, but from Parkinwa's attitude towards him, it was not difficult to see that Delaware's attitude towards him was not as trusting as he was at the beginning.
In the face of interests, people will always change, as Fiorentina's results get better and better, the value of the players in the team will get higher and higher, when the time comes, no matter how insistent Degan is, Delawa will one day not be able to resist the temptation of money and reach out to the team, when the time comes, what will Degan do?
He didn't want to think about it!
Deegan now just wants to be able to leave something more for this team before leaving!
Fiorentina's rise to the top of the table is no longer big news, but Italian football is still buzzing with excitement because one is coming.
If it was just speculation before, now the news has been confirmed.
David Beckham is really coming to Italy this time!