Chapter 850: Juventus (5)

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After the restart, the Juventus players wanted to take advantage of the opportunity for the Fiorentina players to adjust their fitness and fight back to close the gap or even complete the comeback, and they did put this idea into practice.

In the 32nd minute, Vieri's left-footed volley was saved by Van der Sar, who had recovered from the blow, and then the Dutch international threw the ball to Zidane who was standing in the middle circle of the stadium to launch a quick counterattack!

Van der Sar's long-distance hand-tossed ball is unique in European football, and his excellent attacking awareness and precise control of the opponent's toss allow him to instigate a quick counter-attack from his own penalty area, so his hand-toss has evolved into an attacking tool for the Dutch team and the club he plays for.

The French striker squeezed past Gattuso, who defended him, and received a long-distance toss from Van der Sar, but instead of dribbling himself, he fooled Gattuso with a feint, and then pushed the ball to Pierrot, who was spinning around the top of the box!

After receiving Zidane's pass, Piero first slammed a left-footed dunk and then turned and smashed into the box. However, under the tight interference of Ferrara, the Bianconeri, whose athleticism has weakened a lot after returning from a serious injury, could not open enough space to shoot directly with his feet, and could only choose to pass the ball to the center of the penalty area. Kovacevic, who followed up in the middle, wanted to shoot directly without stopping, but Stam didn't give the Yugoslav center forward a chance to kick the ball out of the penalty area at all!

Kovacevic, who is 1.88 meters tall and weighs 79 kilograms, is indeed a good traditional center forward, and it would definitely be a big killer to put him in La Liga, which does not pay much attention to physical confrontation and basically does not have a complete defensive system, but in Italy his advantage is not very obvious, because which of these defenders in Serie A has not been destroyed by the more perverted Vieri and Barty, the top power-stream center forwards? Not to mention Stam who trains with Vieri's big bug every day......

Therefore, in Stamm's eyes, it is not too easy to defend Vieri in training than to defend Vieri in training. After all, the latter, in addition to its great strength, is not slow at all in terms of speed. When Ronaldo breaks through the flanks with the ball, Vieri can even keep up with these team-mates!

Therefore, having faced a perverted striker like Vieri many times, Kovacevic is nothing.

After missing the chance to close the gap, there was a flurry of boos from the stands, most of which came from the visitors' fan zone – a clear way of expressing their displeasure at Kovacevic for squandering the chance.

After withstanding this wave of Juventus' counterattack, the Fiorentina players who had rested for more than ten minutes resumed their attack and used their technical advantages to beat Juventus back one after another, and could only continue to use foul tactics to resist Fiorentina's attack.

"Jose, if you were the manager of Juventus, what would you do to deal with the current situation?" Seeing that the team regained control of the game, Heynckes began to test Mourinho in the dugout. Like Fabio Capello, the German coach is now very concerned about developing the next generation, especially a newcomer like Jose Mourinho, who has no professional football experience at all, but has quite a lot of achievements in football tactics.

'Well, if I were in Carlo Ancelotti's position, I would have replaced Pierrot with Ambrosetti and Antonio Conte for Olisseh. Knowing that this was Heynckes' test for himself, Mourinho thought about it very carefully for a while before he replied, "The problem with Juventus now is that they can't play as fast as they should when counterattacking, although Pierrot is a good player, he is not qualified in this area and his condition is quite average, but he is not as effective as Ambrosetti; In addition, their midfield configuration is also very problematic, Lazio's Nedved and Stankovic are at least offensive and defensive, while Olisech and Tacchinadi cannot provide enough support for Zidane in attack, so it is a wise choice to remove Oliseh and replace Antonio Conte, at least Conte and Davies are still very threatening. This, coupled with Zidane's organisational scheduling, will make the Bianconeri much more threatening in the counter-attack. ”

"Hehe, you're right, this is indeed a way to deal with it." Heynckes smiled, which was regarded as a tribute and approval of Mourinho's idea, "But there is another way to deal with it, which is to replace Zidane with Henry, and then let Ambrosetti replace Pierrot to play on the right side, and change the formation to play four, three, three!" ”

"What? Do you mean to replace Zinedine Zidane? This is the heart of their organization! Without his organization, Juventus would not have to be in a mess on the field? At this time, Mourinho obviously does not have the decisive temperament of his previous life, although he can ignore Pierrot, a team leader who does not play much role and always drags his feet, but he still does not dare to ignore a top star like Zidane.

'Zinedine Zidane is a top midfield maestro, there's no doubt about that. Heynckes obviously also saw Mourinho's doubts, and explained, "However, if you want him to play this kind of playmaking skill, you must slow down the pace of the whole team to match his rhythm, otherwise it will only be counterproductive - either Zidane can't find a teammate to answer him when he wants to pass the ball, or his teammates find that Zidane's ball has not been passed when they are ready to attack." ”

"So, what you mean is that Zidane's storage has slowed down Juventus' attacking speed in disguise, making what could have been a quick counterattack turned into an offside position for your own players." Mourinho nodded knowingly, and then glanced at Ancelotti not far away, "However, choosing to replace Zidane, the core of the team, on this occasion is probably a very test of the manager's courage." To be honest, I doubt Carlo Ancelotti has the guts. ”

I have to say that Heynckes' judgment is quite accurate, Juventus, which is in a defensive position, is basically in a state of passive beating, and Zidane's storage zĂ i has made the success rate of the Bianconeri's counterattack a big discount.

So, when the game reached the 40th minute, the offensive end could not be opened, and the Bianconeri, who frequently used foul tactics to block Fiorentina's attack on the defensive end, finally suffered retribution: Pirlo was put to the ground by Oliseh 30 meters from the goal, and the referee awarded Fiorentina a free kick in front, and Carlos, who was in charge of the penalty, sent the ball directly into the gate guarded by Van der Sar with his trademark outside volley! Three to zero!