Chapter 1340: Equalizer
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After a fifteen-minute break, the Fiorentina players who returned to the pitch continued their attacking momentum well before the end of the first half. As soon as Ibrahimovic and Trezeguet drove the ball out of the centre circle, the likes of Gattuso and De Rossi rushed through the half, aggressively pressing Juventus' ball players, leaving only Makelele alone to protect the backline and avoid being seized by the opponent to play a quick counter-attack.
Although the Juventus players expected Fiorentina's move to increase their pressing after the break, they obviously did not expect that Mourinho did not make substitution adjustments while letting the players strengthen the pressing of Juve's midfield, but let De Rossi and Gattuso press heavily in this way to disrupt their backfield!
Facing the menacing Fiorentina players, Juventus is naturally not to be outdone. Led by Emerson, Tacchinadi and others, the two teams once again engaged in fierce confrontation on the field. This time, though, the battle between the two sides was mainly focused on Juventus' half, rather than the first half, where the two teams fought in the middle of the pitch.
"Mourinho is still too young and vigorous, and he can't hold his breath so soon." Trapattoni put his hands on his chest and posed as if he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, commenting on Mourinho's move, "Pressing the formation so high forward, the pressure on the back line is very high. If someone in the middle makes some mistakes, then a counterattack is enough to send them into a situation from which they will never recover. ”
However, it is clear that Trapattoni has forgotten a very important point. That is, the main purpose of Fiorentina's overall pressure is not to strengthen their own attack, but to increase the possibility of their own successful tackle in the opponent's half by pressing Juventus' midfield and backfield, so that they cannot comfortably fall in the backfield.
In other words, Mourinho did not allow his players to increase the time of possession, but generously handed over the ball to Juventus, only to strengthen the pressing of Juve's backfield by significantly presedentizing the defensive area, rather than defending in his own half like the traditional Italian team.
You know, in order to lure Fiorentina to press the formation and empty their originally heavily defended backfield, most of the Juventus players retreated to their own half, leaving only Trezeguet and Ibrahimovic to roam up front, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack. This means that the success of Juventus' counter-attacking tactics depends largely on the performance of Ibrahimovic and Trezeguet up front.
In this regard, although Mourinho is a little worried, but the situation is compelling, and he can't care about so much at this time. After all, if you don't choose to press because you are worried about Juventus' quick counterattack, then with the degree of undisciplined training of Trapattoni and the Bianconeri, it is very likely that Juventus players will not attack in the half.
What's more, although Ibrahimovic, who is tall and tall, has skills and footwork that are completely inconsistent with his size, speed is clearly not the Swede's strong suit. Therefore, in the counter-attack, Ibrahimovic is more of a tactical fulcrum for Juventus in the front, responding and passing the ball to his teammates. Similarly, Trezeguet's strengths lie in his spot-grabbing and nose in front of goal, while his dribbling and sprinting ability is relatively average. Therefore, as long as Nesta and Lucio can grasp the proportions, even if Juventus passes directly behind them, it will not hurt, because with the speed of Ibrahimovic and Trezeguet, by the time they rush to the Fiorentina penalty area with the ball, the Fiorentina players with more speed will have already returned to the defense.
Moreover, don't look at Juventus's defensive line, which claims to be the strongest in all Serie A, but in fact, the Bianconeri's back line also has a lot of hidden dangers. Needless to say, Zebina's nerve knife is almost the same number of times he has made meritorious contributions and cheated fathers. Grosso's ability to be considered mid-range at left-back, and his height of 190 centimetres puts him at a disadvantage against some of the quickest and most technical players. While Galla has the best physicality among defenders and his defensive skills and judgment are very much in line with the standards of a top centre-back, the Frenchman's problem is that he doesn't have a lot of concentration in the game, often taking the ball and losing his position. And this, for a central defender, is a very fatal flaw.
That's why Galla repeatedly asked to play centre-back rather than left-back at Chelsea, but Jose Mourinho, who was the Blues boss at the time, refused to say yes, preferring to give youngster Hut a chance rather than let him play centre-back.
Although Galla still has a teammate like Thuram who is good at filling in the gaps, it largely makes up for this shortcoming, and the complementary style of the two makes Juventus' backline quite solid. But even Thuram can't be able to fill in for Galla in time every time.
In Zhuang Mingge's previous life, the central defensive combination of Cannavaro and Thuram was also not perfect, but at that time, they also had the presence of the world's No. 1 goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who could make this defensive line perfect to the maximum. And now, although Frey's level is also good, compared with a demon like Buffon, the French door god is still slightly inferior. It is precisely for this reason that Juve's central defense has always had hidden dangers, but few teams have been able to identify and grasp these opportunities.
No, in the fifty-third minute of the game, Galla made a serious mistake when receiving Emerson's return pass, and stopped the ball directly at the feet of Milito, who stepped forward to force him, who did not give Galla a chance to make up for the loss after winning the ball, and changed direction and directly dribbled into the Juventus penalty area!
Seeing Milito rush into his own penalty area, Gala, who was going to immediately steal with his feet, couldn't help but hesitate at this time. Because Milito had already run in front of him by this time, what would happen if he dared to stretch his feet from behind.
Gala knew very well that once he made a tackle from behind and made physical contact with Milito in front of him, then the latter was likely to fall into the penalty area and cheat a penalty directly, and he would also be sent off the field directly by the referee with a red card because of the back tackle.
As soon as Galla hesitated, he lost the last chance to stop Milito, and the latter faced Frei, who abandoned the goal, first pulled the ball horizontally, and then directly stabbed the ball with his right foot into the near corner of the goal!
The ball flew under Frey's outstretched arms and swooped headlong into the door behind the Frenchman!
One-to-one! Taking advantage of a low-level mistake by Gala, Fiorentina managed to equalize and regain the initiative in this title race!