Chapter 1334: Season in Progress (9)
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Juventus lost to Sampdoria, which means that the Bianconeri, who have been racing for more than half a season under the leadership of Trapattoni, finally can't withstand the strong pressure from the purple lily and began to fall behind in the Serie A title battle with Fiorentina!
You know, since the start of this season's Serie A, both Juventus and Fiorentina have shown far more strength and dominance on the domestic scene than the other eighteen Serie A clubs. In order to overwhelm their opponents as soon as possible, these two teams are crazy to harvest one victory after another in the league, overwhelming the other teams.
And now, with the defeat of Juventus, the situation of the Serie A title race is gradually becoming clearer. Although Juventus may seem to many to have lost a game, the Bianconeri's weaknesses exposed in this game were enough for the tactically knowledgeable Serie A managers to exploit.
The reason why Juventus will be defeated by Sampdoria this time is of course because of Zeman's proper command and the fact that he broke down Juventus' steel defense with a crazy attack. But the main reason is that the two Bianconeri midfielders Nedved and Emerson are both suspended for this game due to accumulated yellow cards, forcing Trapattoni to start Blasi and Pierrot to try to make up for the impact of Nedved and Emerson's absence on the team's strength. As a result, the midfield defence of Blasi and Tacinadi was completely overwhelmed by the Samp players, and did little to protect the defence, forcing Frei to face Sampdoria direct onslaught again and again.
It can be said that after more than half a season of fierce competition, Juventus finally showed a trace of fatigue, and their weakness of lack of bench depth was finally exposed with the absence of several iron men! And this will also become Juventus's Achilles' heel in the second half of the season!
It would have been incredible if the Serie A managers hadn't learned something from this game that could cause problems for Juventus. What's more, the defeat and the fact that they are three points behind are likely to completely dissipate the momentum that the Juventus players have been holding back, thus giving Fiorentina a good chance to further extend their lead.
Therefore, it is foreseeable that if Trapattoni can't figure out how to solve the problem of the large gap between the team's main force and the substitutes, then Juventus is destined to encounter quite a lot of difficulties in the second half of the league.
After learning the news of Juve's defeat away, the Fiorentina players who relied on a goal from Di Natale to get the visiting Palermo were suddenly jubilant. Because the players who have been closely following the Bianconeri movement and the situation in the standings immediately realized that the opportunity they had been waiting for had finally arrived!
So, in the 23rd round of Serie A three days later, Fiorentina played a heart-wrenching battle with Sampdoria at the Ferraris Stadium. The two teams scored a total of eight goals in the game, but in the end it was the strong Fiorentina who came out on top, beating the Eslam 5-3 to take all three points on the road!
Originally, Mourinho was going to play Sampdoria's defensive counter-attack, but in a conversation, Simeone's reminder made the magic bird change his mind: "Jose, your plan does sound good. But even the old guys from Juventus and Trapp couldn't withstand Sampdoria's attack, are you sure you have what it takes to kill all the tricks of that attacking madman from Zeman? ”
"Uh, Diego, you're right." Simeone's words scared Mourinho out of a cold sweat, and he was busy reflecting on the various loopholes and deficiencies in his tactical arrangement, and found that the facts are really as the other party said, and it is really impossible for this Fiorentina team to keep a clean sheet against the opponent, "Although it has not won a decent championship honor, the team coached by Zeman is notoriously crazy." If we do open them up in attack, the game will get out of our control and we will repeat the mistakes of Juventus. ”
In this way, under the persuasion of Simeone, Mourinho decisively adjusted his tactics and decided to let the team compete with Sampdoria for offensive ability, so that the game could be played in a strong and fast-paced environment, and at the same time disrupt the opponent's attacking rhythm as much as possible, so that Sampdoria's players could play in a rhythm they were not accustomed to.
You know, although Veron is an extremely good midfield commander, he is not good at playing fast because he is used to slow-paced games, and he hates physical confrontation with opponents. These are all things that the Fiorentina players and Mourinho can use.
The reason why Sampdoria failed to replicate the feat of beating Juventus in this game was precisely because Veron was limited by Mourinho's arrangement, which led to a great increase in the number of mistakes in the game, giving Fiorentina a lot of opportunities to counterattack quickly.
Although the team won the final victory and the fans were amazed by the team's wonderful goalscoring performance in this game, Gianluigi Buffon, as Fiorentina's main goalkeeper, was not very happy. After the match, the world number one goalkeeper walked into the tunnel with a frown on his face after hugging Mourinho.
It's no wonder that anyone who catches the ball from their own goal in one game after another is not happy about it.
However, Buffon's little emotion soon disappeared with a message as he returned to the dressing room. Because in another Serie A match at the same time, Juventus, who had not recovered from the defeat, were hit again. After Cagliari, the Bianconeri were once again deflated by the island team, taking away only one point from the Barbera Stadium in extreme embarrassment!
Although Nedved and Emerson, who returned from suspension this round, did their best to try to bring a win to the team, this time, their team-mates were held back by the fact that they had not fully recovered their fitness due to two games a week. Combined with Palermo's home bonus, Juventus, who were out of form, ended up drawing 1-1 at the end of 90 minutes.
So, just one round later, Fiorentina extended their advantage in the standings with another gutter capsizing from Juventus, leading the Bianconeri by as much as five points!