Chapter 395: Meet Parma Again (Part I)
PS: I'm really sorry.,A little dizzy during the Spring Festival.,I didn't notice such a big bug in the last chapter.,We're here to say sorry to you.,I'll try my best to ensure that this kind of oolong doesn't appear in the future......
After returning from Munich, the Fiorentina players flew straight to Parma, where they would face Carlo Ancelotti's Milk Army in three days.
On November 3, the Stadio Tardini welcomed the eighth round of the 96-97 Serie A season between Fiorentina and Parma.
Carlo Ancelotti's starting line-up is still so lacking in novelty, it is easy to guess: goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, three central defenders lined up, namely Cannavaro, San Signi and Thuram, two full-backs Benarivo and Zemaria are responsible for Parma's wide attack and defense; Veteran captain Minoti has been moved to midfield to partner homegrown star Dino Baggio, who will share Parma's midfield defence, with Croatian midfielder Stanic taking on the role of midfield commander.
The young Argentine centre-forward finally began to adapt to the style of Serie A after a few months of adaptation, and the constant goals surprised Parma fans and made Francesca who advocated the introduction of Crespo smile; Chiesa, on the other hand, has maintained his good form from last season at Sampdoria and has quickly integrated into the team after a short run-in, and he has now become Parma's top scorer with five goals in seven league games.
Compared with Parma, who are the main players, Fiorentina has to consider the impact of two matches a week on the players, after all, it can be seen from the group stage with Bayern, although Di Biagio they passed Fiorentina's internal physical, but in fact, their competitive state in that game still fluctuated greatly, making Fiorentina passive from the beginning of the game.
As a result, Capello fielded a mix of main and substitute starters for this game: up front were the duo of Vieri and Inzaghi, with the former's impact and the latter's ability to take chances enough to give Parma's backline a drink; Behind them, the Frenchman Djokaeff got the chance to start, but he could only play as the second playmaker, and the responsibility of the chief playmaker was handed over by Capello to Andrea Pirlo, who has been honed by Gufren for almost two years, and the 17-year-old will take over the mantle of Effenberg and Costa in this game and become the playmaker of the Fiorentina team.
As for Djokaeau, his task is no different from that in the French national team, which is to assist Pirlo in his attacking work, while also attracting defensive pressure from opposing players for him and ensuring that Pirlo is not easily targeted by opposing defenders.
As for the defensive work in midfield, Davies, who has been resting for a full week, and Zanetti, a youngster who has been transferred from the youth team, are in charge. After all, the main players such as Redondo and Di Biagio have consumed a lot in the recent consecutive battles and are not suitable to start this game, and Tomasi, who was originally the main force in the rotation, was also banned from playing by Carter and Nelson because of overwork in the game against Bayern.
At the back, Robert Carlos and Zambrotta split on the left and right to fend off or even suppress Parma's Liliang; At the same time, Ferrara was found to have suffered a slight muscle strain after the match against Bayern Munich, so Dutch centre-back Stam was given another chance to start, and he will form a new central iron gate with Nesta...... As for the starting goalkeeper, it is still Toldo, after all, the ability of Guadalben and Toldo on the bench is too different, and if you change the goalkeeper rashly, you will only concede more goals.
Twenty-five-year-old Toldo, twenty-four-year-old Stam, twenty-three-year-old Carlos, Nesta in the weak crown, and Zambrotta, who is only nineteen...... This young backline, in Zhuang Mingge's eyes, these young players represent the limitless future of Fiorentina.
After the start of the game, neither team had too much entanglement in the midfield, after all, both sides knew very well that their midfielders did not have that jishu content to control the pace of the game...... Needless to say, on the side of Fiorentina, Davies and Zanetti are both players who focus on defense and do not have much organizational ability, Pirlo is only seventeen years old and a little immature, and he still needs to be strengthened in the use of jishu and the grasp of details, so Capello also gave up the plan to control the midfield in this game, and deliberately emphasized it in the pre-game tactical arrangement, so that the players can speed up the pace of the game, Let Parma's defence be more porous and break down the opponent's goal.
Since the introduction of the three-point system in Serie A, those teams who aspire to the league title are no longer satisfied with a draw that can only get one point, and the desire to win has greatly increased the number of goals scored in the game, after all, it is impossible to win a win by defending alone, and only scoring more goals than their opponents can get three points.
Even if you are a one-to-zero player, don't you have to rely on offense to get a one-goal lead before you dare to play the iron bucket formation? If those guys are allowed to ignore the offense and concentrate on defending every game, I am afraid that in a few games, the jobs in the hands of these people will be smashed to pieces by their bosses.
As the pace of the game increased, the mistakes on the pitch began to increase, which also allowed the likes of Vieri and Crespo to have more shots on goal.
The abundance of shots from both sides made the goalkeepers of both teams, Toldo and Gianluigi Buffon, the busiest men of the game, with both men making some spectacular saves in the game.
It is precisely because of this that the two goalkeepers in this game unexpectedly became the focus of attention on the field.
In the eighteenth minute, Djokaef crossed from the left and handed the ball to Vieri in the box, who was stunned to carry the two players of Cannavaro and Thuram to complete the turn and shoot with his left foot, Buffon reacted quickly and poked the ball out of the goal range the moment the ball crossed the goal line;
In the 23rd minute, Pirlo was stealed by Dino Baggio with the ball, Parma took the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack, Stanic split the ball in the middle, Chiesa cut the rib of the penalty area and pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal, Toldo was in a good position, took a step to take the ball into his arms, Parma's attack was ultimately fruitless;
In the 35th minute, Fiorentina won a free kick in front of the goal 22 meters from the goal, Pirlo, who took the free kick, kicked a standard defoliated ball, the ball drew a beautiful arc straight to the Parma goal, but Buffon appeared in the flight path of the ball at this critical moment and destroyed the shot that could become the best goal in Serie A this round;
In the 44th minute, Parma had the most chance to open the scoring in the entire first half, Benarivo's cross went just over the head of Stam and fell to Crespo's feet, but the Argentine's clever shot from seven meters in front of goal was poked out of the bottom line by the tall and arm-long Toldo with the tip of his finger, stubbornly ensuring that his side did not lose the goal.
After Crespo missed the chance to score, the first half came to an end, and after Inzaghi's goalmouth rush was blocked by Buffon, the referee did not give Fiorentina a chance to take a corner, and blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
At this moment, the score on the field is still 0-0!