Chapter 1217: Fighting the Ruble Legion (4)
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Lazio's attack was strong, something that Heynckes had long anticipated. After all, with Mancini's ability, with Ronaldinho, Fiore, Deco and Stankovic as good midfielders (Drogba was subtly ignored by Heynckes), it would be unconscionable for the Blue Eagles to be unable to organise a strong enough attack.
However, Lazio, who gave up defending and fought with all their might, actually had such a strong attack, which was really beyond Heynckes's expectations. The German's vision is that Mancini will try to strengthen the attack on the basis of a solid defence, which is in keeping with the Italian manager's tradition of focusing on defence.
There's nothing wrong with Heynckes' thinking, and for the most part, the Italian-born head coach has set up tactics and substitutions with a solid defensive foundation before thinking about anything else. Therefore, in the eyes of the German, Mancini, who had never played outside Italy as a player, and Mancini, who had only been in Italy since becoming a manager, must also be such a manager.
It's just that Heynckes chose the wrong person this time. As a rookie coach with just over two seasons of coaching experience, Mancini certainly has some shortcomings, but he has not yet been fully assimilated by the Italian coaching circle, but he also has a quality that many Italian coaches do not have, that is, the courage to give it a go when the score is behind.
As a result, Lazio was not alone in being replaced by Mancini at half-time, with midfielder Giannikeda who made a big mistake in the game and Argentine bug Claudio López replacing him. Clearly, Mancini intends to strengthen his team's attacking approach rather than continue to seek stability in the face of a two-goal deficit, so he will need Lopez's pace and scoring ability to help Lazio open up the situation in attack, even at the cost of weakening the team's already fragile defence against Fiorentina's attacking firepower.
The Lazio players are not stupid either, and from Mancini's adjustments, they can feel the manager's determination to strengthen the team's attack. Therefore, after the start of the second half, Lazio, as the lagging side, unexpectedly turned against the guest and launched a ferocious attack on the goal guarded by Buffon!
In the face of Lazio's desperate offensive momentum after the start of the second half, the Fiorentina players, who were not much prepared for this, immediately chose to retreat from all sides with their rich game experience, defending from 30 meters from the goal, and limiting Lazio's onslaught by compressing the opponent's attacking space.
However, in this way, Fiorentina, who lost the opportunity, deserved to retreat in their own half, and there was no spare energy to devote to the counterattack. Because they know very well that now is the time when these Lazio players are at their peak, as long as they are a little slack in defence, then the only ending that awaits Fiorentina must be the opponent's goal of their own goal.
Therefore, for Fiorentina, it is not wise to play against the opponent with a two-goal advantage, and it is the best choice to avoid the edge and wait patiently for the right time.
Sure enough, after the 60th minute of the game, the Lazio players began to have fitness problems due to the long-term high-intensity attack, and had to slow down the attack. The Fiorentina players, who found that their opponents were already weak, under the command of Pirlo, were like a spring compressed to the extreme, and at the same time as Lazio's offensive slowed down, they immediately surrounded Deco, who was in possession, and then Ballack broke the ball with one kick!
Immediately afterward, Ballack, who got the ball, did not give the Lazio players time to react, and decisively kicked the ball to the left side of the pitch - where Vincent was running towards the point where the ball landed, and Odo, who was in charge of defending him, was completely inferior in the competition of speed, and he was already a full two positions behind the opponent and could not even put a tackle behind his back.
In this way, Vincent, who received Ballack's pass, once again dribbled into the penalty area to single-handedly challenge Peruzzi, and then used his superior speed and agility to easily shake past the Lazio goalkeeper and send the ball into the gate in front of him, 3-0!
Although Fiorentina were beaten by a messy punch from the visitors in the first fifteen minutes, the score was still 2-0, and the Lazios, who seemed to have the upper hand, did not close or equalize in that time. Therefore, Vincent's goal can be said to be enough to kill the suspense of the game.
After expanding the score to 3-0 and completely sealing the victory, the Fiorentina players did not choose to stay as usual when the overall situation was decided, but continued to press the Lazio midfield ferociously, and launched a counterattack as soon as the ball was successful, without the slightest intention of saving face for the opponent.
As a result, Vincent, who had already scored twice in the game, scored a hat-trick in the following time; And Pirlo also scored in the 85th minute of the game with a penalty made by Giuli to lock the score at 5-0!
At this time, Deco can be said to be extremely regretful, and his original intention was only to provoke the anger of the Fiorentina players through verbal provocations, so that they could not devote all their energy to the game. It would have been even more perfect if Lucio, who was easily excited, could have received a yellow or even red card because of this.
However, judging by the current situation, Deco's plan is only half the battle. Although his pre-match actions did infuriate the Fiorentina players, the opponent's choice of counter-attack was not to resort to force, but to torture Lazio with a flurry of goals and ubiquitous defense, and to destroy their will to resist little by little!
For a team aspiring to win the title, there's nothing more desperate than discovering that a rival is strong enough to crush them.
Man, if you don't die, you won't die. The current Deco is the best example, not only did he not help the team to win a victory, but because of his cheap mouth, Lazio was defeated by Fiorentina on this night.
In the end, Lazio, who failed in the big gamble, was cleaned up by Fiorentina and suffered a 0-5 defeat at the Frankie Stadium!