Chapter 1384: The League Kicks Off (Part II)
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Sampdoria's attack is very ferocious, although the Fiorentina players can rely on a perfect defensive system and personal ability to resist the opponent's first wave of attack, but often before they can get hold of the ball, they will be entangled by the nearest Sampdoria player, and by the time they finally get rid of the opponent's entanglement, the best opportunity to launch a counterattack has been lost.
The offensive side invested a lot of troops, even to the extent that only the central defenders and goalkeepers remained in their own half, so that the opponent had to increase the investment in defensive forces; At the same time, the use of attack strengthens the pressing of the front court, forcing the opposing players to organize a counterattack flawlessly, thereby reducing the pressure on their own backline. This is the premise for Zeman to dare to let the players play the game with offense instead of defense. If these requirements are not met, then Zeman's attacking and defensive style of play will only lead to a miserable death in the game for his team.
In other words, although Zeman's rather extreme tactical play can allow Sampdoria to repeatedly achieve unexpected results in matches against strong teams, but in the same way, once the players who implement this set of tactics cannot grasp the essence of it, or do not have enough physical strength to carry it out to the end, then Sampdoria's end will definitely be a fiasco.
It is precisely because of the extremely high physical and tactical requirements of the players that the team coached by Zeman has repeatedly experienced ups and downs in performance - the lack of bench depth in Roma's management made it difficult for the Czechs to ensure that the players had enough physical fitness to execute this tactic in every game in a two-line or even three-line situation; In Sampdoria, although most of the time only need to take care of Serie A, the depth of the squad is obviously not as good as that of Roma and Lazio, which also leads to Sampdoria's results in the league are also very unstable, and it is common to win and lose one game.
Although Zeman's tactical thinking is a double-edged sword, if he can't create enough damage for the opponent, he will injure himself, but today is Sampdoria's first game of the new season, and the players will certainly not have any problems with their physical reserves. So, tonight, the pressure on Fiorentina players who choose to play big against their opponents in the game can be said to be considerable.
After all, Fiorentina have played against their opponents only a handful of times. Boasting one of the best backlines in Europe and a midfield maestro Andrea Pirlo, Fiorentina have rarely opted for this risky approach to winning their games, and most of the time they have only to take advantage of the opposition's attacking blockage or leaky defence. And now, the purple lily has to play a game with Sampdoria, which makes the players feel more or less uncomfortable.
Of course, not all Fiorentina players are uncomfortable with this. Players such as Lucio, Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery are very excited about this, because in this open attacking environment, they can get more opportunities to perform in the game!
All in all, Ronaldo can be explained in one sentence, that is, the game must be won, and the limelight must be ......
However, to everyone's surprise, it was not the attacking players of the two teams who made a big splash in the offensive battle staged at the Frankie Stadium on the night of August 28, but Buffon, the first goalkeeper in Italian football and the world's first goalkeeper!
As the world's number one goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon was the key figure in determining the outcome of the game. In this game, Buffon's performance was superb. The goalkeeper blocked at least four of Sampdoria's most dangerous shots and made no less than 10 great saves!
Buffon's godlike play in this game directly led to Sampdoria, who created a lot of scoring chances in the game, successfully scored only once for Fiorentina, and the Sampdoria goalkeeper had to fish the ball from behind him five times.
It is precisely for this reason that after the game, Zeman was very unconvinced in an interview with reporters on the spot, saying that the reason why Fiorentina was able to win this game was not because they did better than Sampdoria on the offensive end, but because the purple lily had a world-class Buffon!
"As long as Buffon is still in the back of the net for Fiorentina, Fiorentina can pick up at least fifteen more points in the league every season." Zeman summed up the importance of Buffon to Fiorentina with this sentence: "If it weren't for him in front of goal, it would have been possible for us to beat Fiorentina." ”
In response to Zeman's remarks, Mourinho naturally immediately hit back - Fiorentina is indeed lucky to have such an excellent top goalkeeper as Buffon, but why can't Sampdoria come up with such a goalkeeper?
"From Toldo to Buffon, from Abbiati to Frei, Italian football has always had a tradition of producing great goalkeepers, but Sampdoria has never had a first-class goalkeeper since Pagliuca left. Shouldn't Coach Zeman look for the reason for this phenomenon in himself? You know, before Buffon joined the Purple Lily, Fiorentina's first goalkeeper was Toldo, who we cultivated ourselves. At the post-match press conference, Mourinho chose to leave the pitch after saying this with a smile, leaving Zeman, who was so angry that he couldn't find a rebuttal for a while, that the Czechs were alone in front of a large group of reporters on the scene.
Hmph, if you want to throw the pot to others, you must have the consciousness of being thrown back by someone! Walking away from the Frankie Stadium, Mourinho thought triumphantly.
After beating Sampdoria 5-1 in the opening game of the league, the Champions League group stage group stage ceremony for the new season also followed. In this group draw ceremony, Fiorentina had good luck and were not placed in a group of death by UEFA, facing the terrible reality of having to give it their all in the group stage. Moreover, among the three teams in the same group as Fiorentina, except for Bayern Munich in the second tier, who has the strength to cause trouble for the purple lily, the remaining Rapid Vienna and Club Brugge do not have the ability to challenge Fiorentina.
So, if nothing else, Fiorentina will have no difficulty qualifying from the group. The only question is whether Fiorentina can beat Bayern Munich and advance to the round of 16 as group winners.