Chapter 586: Smooth February (5)
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So far, 21 rounds of Serie A have been played this season, and Fiorentina, who are at the top of the standings, are already a full thirteen points ahead of Juventus in second place!
In fact, the league has reached this point, and most people can see that as long as there are no unexpected events, such as a remake of the Supega air disaster (which caused the collapse of the red bull Torino team in the 40s of the last century, and has not recovered to this day) or a wave of consecutive wins, this season's league title can basically be said to be in Fiorentina's pocket.
But a lot of people don't want to admit it at the moment, for the simple reason that they are not Fiorentina fans, but supporters of teams like Inter Milan or Juventus who still have a glimmer of title hope.
So, of course, these fans are not willing to surrender to Fiorentina before even two-thirds of the season is over, but hope for a miracle, just like a few years ago in the British Isles, when Manchester United miraculously reversed leaders Newcastle United after falling behind by more than 10 points.
However, it is clear that such miracles do not happen casually. The Magpies were led by the mediocre Kevin Keegan, and now Fiorentina is managed by Capello, who is known for his stability.
Fabio Capello's side were reversed by their opponents? This probability is so low that even ** companies are unwilling to open a handicap for it!
After a week-long break away at Empoli, the Fiorentina players welcomed their arch-rivals and biggest rivals in the league this season at the Stadio Franqui.
If Fiorentina wins this game, then with 12 rounds left in the league, Fiorentina, which is 16 points ahead, can basically be said to have won the championship trophy; If the Purple Lilies lose and Juventus can concentrate on the league, then the Bianconeri have no chance of reversing with the points difference remaining by 10 points.
However, Juventus coach Lippi did not think so, and in his opinion, instead of competing with Fiorentina in the league, it is better to concentrate on playing well in the Champions League this season.
Because the shrewd Lippi can also see that UEFA is sparing no effort to put a lot of obstacles on the way to Fiorentina's Champions League treble. Otherwise, how could Fiorentina be unlucky enough to enter the group of death in the group stage, and meet the strongest Dortmund in the round of 16 draw?
Since Juventus and Fiorentina were in two completely different halves at the time of the draw, there was no chance of meeting each other unless both teams reached the final at the bottom!
In Lippi's view, this is Juventus' best chance to dominate the Champions League, and when UEFA concentrates a lot of strong team resources on Fiorentina in the top half, Juventus can be said to be the best of the eight teams in the bottom half. Whether it is Dynamo Kyiv, Porto, Monaco, or Ajax Arsenal, which also qualified first in the group, the overall strength is worse than the Bianconeri!
So, as long as the players can play normally in the game, reaching the Champions League final will not be a problem at all!
However, when Lippi told the general manager Moggie about his thoughts, Moggie, who had always been calm and never angry, suddenly broke out!
The old fox who regards the league championship as the foundation of the team will certainly not allow Lippi to take the initiative to give up the league battlefield, and after a roar, the old fox ordered Lippi to do his best in the league, unless Fiorentina has decided to win the championship in advance, otherwise give up the league, don't even think about it!
So, in such a tangled mood, the Silver Fox led the Juventus players to the Frankie Stadium.
However, what Lippi didn't know was that his previous remarks had made Moji, who had always supported his work, have the idea of firing him, and the old fox really wrote this idea into a written report and reported it to the Juventus board of directors this time!
After some detailed discussions, the Juventus management decided to terminate the work contract with Lippi as soon as the season ended, however, considering that the team reached the round of 16 in this year's Champions Cup and is very hopeful of making a breakthrough on this road, and now he is needed to lead the team to play, so the black-bellied Juventus management did not immediately announce the news, but quietly waited for the end of the season.
Of course, Lippi didn't know the news, and he is still doing his best to lead the team to every game.
After referring to the five-three-two formation used by Capello in some games, Lippi felt that this formation was very suitable for the current Juventus, so he decisively used this formation in this game, intending to give the Fiorentina a small "surprise".
The goalkeeper is still Peruzzi, who is more and more like a meat ball, and the three central defenders are Iuliano, Blanc and Montero, of which Iuliano and Montero are responsible for marking, and the experienced Blanc is dragging behind and ready to fill in at any time. Didier Deschamps and Antonio Conte were the two central midfielders who protected the backline, while the two full-backs, Toricelli and Di Livio, were separated from the wings, with French striker Zinedine Zidane at the heart of the team. On the forward line, it is still the combination of Otero and Pierrot.
Looking at Fiorentina's side, Capello seemed to expect Lippi to play as a three-centre-back in this game, so when the starting list was announced, the gold medal coach waved his hand and said quite imposingly: "Boys! In this game, we play four-three-three! ”
Toldo, Carlos, Nesta, Ferrara, Zambrotta, Davies, Redondo, Effenberg, Ze Roberto, Vieri and Ronaldo, these are Fiorentina's starting eleven for this game.
In this game, which almost decided the trend of this season's league championship, no one expected Capello to take the initiative to attack, and Lippi was no exception.
Therefore, when the silver fox saw Fiorentina's starting list, his brain instantly crashed, and then he found a room with excellent sound insulation and scolded Capello for being despicable, cunning, and shameless......
Lippi, who has worked the formation of three central defenders, certainly knows where the goal of this tactic is, so when he sees Capello's three-striker play, he will realize that this style of play has restrained his own tactics!
Although he realized that his side was already at a disadvantage in terms of pre-match tactical arrangements, Lippi had no way to make adjustments to the starting lineup when the starting lineup had already been reported.
In this way, Juventus, which suffered a dark loss, ushered in the match with Fiorentina when its tactics were restrained by the opponent to a certain extent.