Chapter 582: Smooth February (1)

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The elimination of Udinese to reach the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia did not excite the Fiorentina players, as most of them have won at least one league title and one Champions League, and veterans such as Effenberg and Barty even have a soft spot for the title.

Therefore, the Fiorentina players really don't care too much about the Italian Cup, and the reason why they don't put water on this chicken rib event is because of the quality of professional players and Capello's requirements make it impossible for them to give up every game easily; On the other hand, because the title of Triple Crown is still quite tempting for them, although Ronaldo and they have completed this great feat in the 95-96 season under the leadership of Ranieri, but the Triple Crown, I am afraid that no one will not be happy to win such an honor as a few more times.

It is for this reason that although the Coppa Italia is indeed a real competition in the eyes of the Fiorentina players, they still take every game very seriously.

Just when Fiorentina players were struggling to win the treble again, Zhuang Mingge completed Fiorentina's last player deal in this winter transfer period, a whistle-blowing reinforcement.

When the Italian media reported that Fiorentina had spent $1 million to buy Zalcado, who played for their youth team, from Bologna, the clock officially entered February 1998.

Fiorentina face the 18th round of Serie A at the Stadio Frankie on the first day of February, this time against Udinese, whom they had beaten just four days earlier.

Facing Fiorentina, who had just knocked them out of the Coppa Italia, the Udinese players were also emotionally entangled, and Fiorentina's defensive difficulties and overall strength had left a deep impression on them. Therefore, when they found out that they were going to challenge the Serie A giants away from home a few days after the last meeting, the frustration in the hearts of Udinese people can be imagined.

In this regard, Fiorentina also felt very helpless, saying that how did the Football Association arrange the schedule, and how could they always meet the same opponent in a row within a week?

The Italian Football Federation was also speechless about the complaints from Fiorentina and Udinese, how could they have predicted that Fiorentina would meet Udinese twice in a week when arranging the fixtures before the start of the season?

Complaining is complaining, and it is impossible to change the schedule when the schedule has been decided. As a result, Udinese's players had to face the harsh reality of two games against Fiorentina in four days.

Facing Udinese, the black-bellied Capello did not send a substitute squad to deal with this league this time, but sent all the main players. With Fiorentina's next game in a week's time, that amount of time is enough time for the players to regain the fitness they spent in this game. With the UEFA Champions League set to resume next month, Capello will need to get Fiorentina as many points as possible in the league ahead of the trophy to cement their dominant position in the table.

Toldo, Robert Carlos, Nesta, Stam, Ferrara, Zambrotta, Redondo, Davies, Zanetti, Vieri and Big Inzaghi – that's Fiorentina's starting line-up for this game.

In this game, Capello sent a five-three-two formation, and the two fullbacks, Carlos and Zambrotta, have considerable freedom and can change their positions at any time according to the situation on the field: when attacking, they can press as a full-back or even a winger, pull more space for their teammates in the middle, and add more offensive routines to the team; Defensively, they returned to full-back to strengthen Fiorentina's defensive strength on the wings.

Fiorentina had only one Ferrara as the starter in two consecutive games compared to the game four days earlier, and that depth of the bench made the Purple Lilies look comfortable in the face of a two-game schedule.

Compared with Fiorentina, who can play a big rotation card, Udinese, who is short of player resources, obviously does not have many options in the starting lineup, and the situation that coach Zaccheroni does not want to give up this competition with Fiorentina easily, which greatly magnifies this weakness of Udinese.

Many Udinese players, including Bierhoff, Amoruso, Jorgensen, Hellwig and other absolute mainstays, except for the reasons for red and yellow card suspensions or injuries, these players are basically starting the rhythm of the game under Zaccheroni's account, which naturally greatly increases the physical burden of these players.

Originally, if he had played two games in a row against a big club like Fiorentina in just a few days, Zaccheroni's best option would have been to strategically abandon one of the games, retain the stamina of his players, and concentrate on the other.

However, Zaccheroni chose the stupidest way possible: he actually sent the same starting line-up to deal with these two tough battles against Fiorentina!

It is not easy for Udinese players to concentrate on playing a good game against an opponent of Fiorentina's level, and it would be a fool's dream to keep them playing at a high level for two consecutive games without their own tactics being thoroughly understood by their opponents.

As a result, Zaccheroni's stupid choice deteriorated the fitness of the Udinese players to the extreme, causing Helwig and others to experience varying degrees of cramps during the game, and many people played standing on the pitch - because they really didn't have the strength to keep running.

In the face of the Udinese players, who seemed a little exhausted, Fiorentina, who were already quite familiar with the tactical play and coordination routines of the black chicken, did not hesitate to launch a massacre!

Due to Bierhoff's presence, Udinese's attacking routine is mainly to find this high point directly from the wide cross, and then the German center forward will either pass or shoot according to the situation on the field to score goals.

Therefore, Capello's five-three-two formation is a good restraint on Udinese's tactics. Fiorentina's three central defenders surrounded Bierhoff, not giving him a chance to receive the ball easily, and directly blocked the most important link in Zaccheroni's tactical system; At the same time, this formation also strengthened the defensive strength of the wings, making it difficult for Udinese to achieve a smooth play on both wings, forcing them to constantly shoot from outside the box in search of chances.

Udinese's attack couldn't be opened, but Fiorentina's counter-attack was impressive - Vieri's cover and Redondo's precise long ball helped Inzaghi to successfully counter offside in succession in the game, and a succession of one-on-one shots would make Tulsi's goal falter.

Before full-time, Inzaghi scored three goals to complete another hat-trick; And his good friend Vieri also scored in the game.

In the end, Fiorentina defeated Udinese 4-0 at the Stadio Frankie to earn three valuable points.

A week later, Fiorentina, who had been given a period of recuperation, beat Bari 2-0 away with goals from Ronaldo and Inzaghi to make it three wins in a row in the league!