Chapter 1427: Lazio's Dilemma
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In Lippi's defensive philosophy, a player's individual defensive ability is never the most important part, but rather a player's ability to run. In other words, Lippi's defensive system is more about compressing the opponent's attacking space and cutting off their passing routes through a large number of runs of his own players, so as to complete the defensive task and give his side the opportunity to counterattack quickly.
It is for this reason that stars such as Roberto Baggio, Ronaldinho and Arjen Robben, who have an average defensive attitude, are so unpopular with Lippi - the Silver Foxes are the most talented and talented players who never want to put a little more effort into defence.
However, after several tragic dismissals due to poor results, Lippi in this life has learned to be more or less obedient. At least this time, after picking up Lazio's coaching whip, Lippi did not deal with Ronaldo and Robben as he did with Baggio, but let the other players share the defensive tasks that should have been their responsibility, in exchange for the duo's full commitment in attack.
Judging from the current results, Lippi's move is quite successful. This season, Lazio were able to get revenge on AC Milan and beat their opponents to reach the Champions League final for the second year in a row.
However, in this Champions League final, Lazio's defence was not as airtight as it was against AC Milan in the semi-final. Whether it's compressing the attacking space or cutting off the passing route, the performance of the Blue Eagles players today can only be described as barely passing. The defensive system that Lippi had spent nearly a year building was completely absent in this Champions League final. As a result, in the first 20 minutes after the start of the game, fans repeatedly saw that the Lazio players were slow to defend because of their slow movements in the bag or defense, and as a result, the Fiorentina players easily used two or three passes to create a picture of one-on-one opportunities with the Blue Eagles defenders.
All in all, the Lazio players' somewhat lackluster performance on the defensive end gave Fiorentina a lot of attacking opportunities. If it weren't for the Fiorentina players who were quite obedient, did not tamper with Mourinho's pre-match tactical set-up, never risked attacking without enough certainty, and preferred to use passes on the periphery to mobilize Lazio's defence, I am afraid that Cech would have been the busiest in the first half.
There's a reason why Lazio will be so passive in this final, and the momentum they had in the Champions League semi-final with AC Milan is completely lost. 'Andre [Pirlo] they still didn't do enough, the Lazio players didn't exert as much energy as I asked for this time." Looking at the situation on the field, Mourinho calmly analyzed in his heart, "It seems that the general attack time will be postponed for a while, otherwise, the rash attack is likely to be played by the Lazio players who still have spare strength to play a quick counterattack." ”
Although Fiorentina are now fully dominant on the pitch, it is impossible for the cautious Mourinho to be too careful against the old fox of Lippi. Therefore, he prefers to be conservative and let the players continue to use the pass to force the Lazio players to run more on the field, and then launch a full-scale attack when they are completely out of running!
After all, Lazio, who have the two big weapons of Robben and Drogba, is quite strong in counterattacking ability. Although Mourinho has a lot of faith in the quality of the players under his command, he intends to let Lazio use more energy to be on the safe side, at least not to make the team have to worry about the defense when attacking aggressively.
Speaking of which, some people may wonder: since Lazio and Fiorentina have both reached this season's UEFA Champions League final, and Fiorentina has also won this season's Serie A title, according to the regulations, even the team that finishes fifth in Serie A can qualify for next season's European Champions Cup, why Lazio, who are already in the top five of the standings, have to fight Parma in the final round, causing them to fall into a fitness crisis in the Champions Cup final?
The reason is simple, don't look at Lazio who were still in fourth place in the table before the start of the final round of the league. In fact, before the league finale, the gap between the Azzurs and AC Milan in front of them and Inter Milan and Roma behind them was very small, with a meagre three points between AC Milan in third place and Roma in sixth place. This means that if Lazio lose in the final round, then the Blue Eagles have a good chance of falling out of the Champions League zone!
Lazio fell to this point mainly because in the middle of the season, two of the team's absolute main players - Didier Drogba and Michael Essien - both responded to the call of the national team to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations in January this year, resulting in Lazio having to face the cruel reality of losing their main center and midfield in the middle of the season.
The absence of Didier Drogba and Essien had a huge impact on Lazio, as the Aerto suffered a winless run in the league during their departure for the Africa Cup of Nations, not only being distanced by Juventus and Fiorentina in the leading group, but also being overtaken by the likes of Milan and Milan until the final round of the league.
This is the main reason why Lazio, who were able to beat AC Milan and reach the final in the Champions League, showed great strength, but had to fight Parma in the final round of the league. Because they haven't been able to field their strongest squad for almost two months this season!
So, if they lose this game to Parma and the other three teams win, then Lazio will drop to sixth place in the table and miss out on Europe!
However, after leading Lazio to defeat Parma, who were fighting for qualification for the UEFA Cup, and secured a ticket to next season's Champions League, Lippi and his Lazio players will face another dilemma - they have been too much of a force to cope with the next Champions League final!
It is precisely because of Lazio's excessive consumption in the league that Fiorentina, who came on as a substitute in the closing game, will have such a big advantage in this Champions Cup final, and according to Mourinho's arrangement, they gave full play to their physical advantages and forced Lazio to the abyss of defeat step by step!
Seeing the physically superior Fiorentina players tearing through the defence with passes and runs, leaving the Lazio players exhausted on the pitch, Lippi was soberly aware that if he couldn't think of a way to get his team out of the predicament in front of him, then they would have to give a complete account for this Champions League final!