Chapter 1216: Fighting the Ruble Legion (3)

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"Tsk, the worst feared thing really happened." Looking at Vincent and Milito and others celebrating their goals on the sidelines, Roberto Mancini frowned and smacked his lips in dissatisfaction, he didn't expect the team to be scored by Fiorentina in just half of the first half, "It seems that I have to come up with a countermeasure to contain Fiorentina's offensive as soon as possible." Otherwise, I'm afraid that if we don't wait for halftime, this game will be completely out of suspense. ”

Although on the surface, Fiorentina's goal was due to the fact that Pancarlo, who was in charge of defending on the right, did not keep up with the extremely fast Vincent, thus creating a great opportunity for the opponent to score a single goal. But in fact, the main responsibility for Lazio's goal lies with two people, one is naturally Giannikeda who failed to play the ball in time and was successfully tackled by Pirlo and Ballack, and the other is Mihajlovic who failed to prevent Milito in the first time and let the opponent calmly complete a delicate strategy.

As a new generation of managers who are widely favored by the outside world, he can certainly see the problems in Lazio's defense, not to mention anything else, Mihajlovic and Favali's confrontation and athleticism that have fallen more than a step from their peak, which is enough to be blown up by Fiorentina's top attackers.

Originally, Mancini was also able to grow old because of Mihajlovich, and in this game, the small universe broke out to target Milito, the arrowhead of the Fiorentina attack line. And judging from the current situation, his idea is still a little too naïve.

After all, although the 34-year-old Micha still has the consciousness and skills, and the experience has precipitated well over time and turned into a part of his own strength, the good awareness and experience do not mean that when Milito makes a move, he will be able to complete the defensive tasks assigned by Mancini. The decline in physical fitness and slow reaction brought about by age made him always slow down when defending the opponent, and then the defense was not in place, which brought huge hidden dangers to Lazio's defense.

In contrast, Favali has also started to decline, but he is still in good form and can be the main centre-back of a strong team. Of course, if Lazio's goal is to become a top club that can compete with the top three in the north and even Fiorentina, then Favali's ability will not meet the needs of the Blue Eagles.

Therefore, how to solve the defensive holes in Mihajlovic, the Lazio defender line, has become one of the problems that Mancini urgently needs to solve in this game. If he can't come up with a countermeasure soon, then Lazio's defeat in this game is almost a certainty.

Roberto Mancini was aware of this, as could the Fiorentina players and Heynckes. So, for the rest of the first half, the Fiorentina players frantically bombarded this obvious weakness in the Lazio defence, making the 34-year-old Miha's legs tremble and his eyes straight, eager to yell at Mancini on the sidelines, telling him to replace himself quickly and save him from being treated so cruelly again.

Mancini, who had fully learned his lesson from Mihajlovic, unsurprisingly made a substitution at half-time, replacing Mihajlovic, who was almost blown to the ground by Milito, and bringing in the powerful centre-back Dainelli, who was brought in this summer, with the intention of solving the problem in the most direct and simple way.

Although Mancini could also solve this problem by making tactical adjustments to the team, such as Gianni Keda and Stankovic, who are more protective at the back and pay attention to cutting off the link between Milito and Fiorentina midfield, Lazio, who have invested too much in defence, will inevitably lose control of the midfield by investing too much energy in attack.

Everyone knows that once Fiorentina dominates the midfield and takes the initiative in the game, then their opponents will have a lot of room to turn around.

However, Mancini's movements were a little slower, because by the time the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the score on the big screen above the stadium had become 2-0!

Falling behind by two goals and behind by one goal are two completely different concepts, when they are behind by one goal, Lazio may be able to play steadily and wait for the opportunity, but when they are two goals behind, if the Blue Eagles still want to get points in this round of the league, they can only choose to take the initiative.

After all, Fiorentina, who led by two goals, could have contracted the defense in the second half and kept the score until the end of the game, even if something went wrong and caused them to accidentally concede, the purple lily could still take the initiative in the score. Lazio are not, and if they don't take the initiative to attack, then it is conceivable that Fiorentina will be able to suffocate them to death with the defensive counter-attack that all Italian teams do.

One might ask, since Mihajlovic is old and the likes of Dainelli and Odo have proven themselves in Serie A, why did Mancini put them in the starting line-up, and why didn't he choose to replace Mihajlovic after conceding a goal in the first half, which proved to be impossible to defend against Milito?

On the one hand, it is because Mancini fought side by side with Mihajlovic and others at the end of his career and won a league trophy, and last season he was with them as the head coach of Lazio, and won the top four of the League Cup and the fifth place in the league in the case of Lazio in internal and external troubles.

On the other hand, it is because Lazio has just undergone a massive personnel change this past summer, and although the team has grown in strength, it has also planted the seeds of instability. After all, the influx of new signings has made the chemistry between players very inadequate, and the team's tactical system needs to be readjusted according to the characteristics of these newcomers. Therefore, it will take a long time for Mancini to form a single piece of midfield and develop a good understanding, and in this case, it is necessary to ensure consistency at the back.

Roberto Mancini doesn't want to face a mess at the back of Lazio without a good enough understanding in midfield, because while that would have the hope of a win over Fiorentina away from home, it is more likely that such a change would lead to serious problems in the players' coordination, which in turn could have led to a massive collapse in the game, turning what could have been a win into an out-and-out rout.