Chapter 1163: Sprint (4)
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"Hey, guys, did you all hear that enthusiastic cheer from the fans in the stands?" In the home dressing room, Cooper was making the final pre-match mobilization, "Maybe our record is nowhere near as dazzling as Fiorentina's, and we don't have as much experience as they have in the Champions League (note: at this time, Materazzi winked at Toldo, only to be glared back by Cooper), but please remember that football is not just about who has more experience in the tournament to determine the outcome." If these things alone can decide the winner, then what are we going to do in the game? Isn't it enough to compare which side has more experience? ”
For this game, Cooper can be said to take it very seriously. After all, this is the third time he has led his team to the semi-finals of the Champions League, and he does not want to fall in this place again, lifting the Big Ears Cup, the highest honor of European clubs, and joining the ranks of Europe's top managers, is the ultimate goal of the Argentine. (Note: Due to Fiorentina's connections, Cooper only led the team to the Champions League final once during his time in charge of Valencia, and the other time in the semi-finals.) )
The reason why Cooper quickly disappeared from the ranks of top managers after being sacked by Inter Milan in his previous life was that his coaching style was not so pleasant, and most giants were unwilling to let such a conservative manager harm their team; On the other hand, it was because the experience of missing out on the championship for many years greatly damaged Cooper's confidence and made him lose the motivation to keep going, so he chose to return to Mallorca to coach after leaving Inter Milan and quickly faded out of sight.
And now, after leading Inter Milan to a long-lost league trophy last season, breaking the halo of the "second millennium" hanging over his head, Cooper has new ambitions and goals, as well as the motivation to keep going.
So, in this game, Cooper, who was determined to get a home victory, put on his best 4-4-2 defensive counter-attacking formation. The goalkeeper was Francesco Toldo, the two full-backs were Koko and Córdoba, and Cannavaro and Materazzi were the starting central defenders; In midfield, Di Biagio and Zanetti formed a double midfield, with Turkish international Emre moving to the left and Zanetti being pushed to the right midfield. As for the starting line-up, Cooper did not hesitate to opt for a combination of Crespo and Mutu, while Recoba, who holds the world's No. 1 annual salary, sat on the bench and waited for his call-up.
After talking about Inter Milan's lineup, let's take a look at Fiorentina's starting eleven. Due to the many encounters with Cooper's Valencia and Inter Milan in the past few seasons, Heynckes has a fairly in-depth understanding of Cooper's coaching style and character, so the German coach, who is sure that the opponent will definitely adopt defensive counter-attacking tactics in this game, decisively chose the same style of play as his opponent.
As a result, Heynckes decisively fielded a starting line-up of 11 players, including Buffon, Robert Carlos, Stam, Nesta, Zambrotta, Makelele, Ballack, Pirlo, Vincent, Di Natale and Vieri, ready to have a good patience with Cooper tonight.
Anyone who has watched a football game knows that the most attractive part of the counter-attacking tactics is the moment when the defender successfully breaks the ball and launches a counter-attack, so the game tends to look very good when the opponent is an attacking team. But when both teams are on the pitch and counter-attacking, then you can imagine how dull the game will be......
"Ha~ It's so boring, Antonio." In a high-class VIP box at the Meazza Stadium, little Groz yawned sleepily, not caring about the so-called ladylike image, and muttered very boredly, "If you continue to play at this pace, I'm afraid it's really a 0-0 game." ”
"Hey, I said Rebecca, this is Meazza Stadium, not in our house, so I should pay attention to my image." Looking at Xiao Groz, who didn't care about his image at all, Zhuang Mingge pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "If you let those good things be photographed by the media, they will concoct some news tomorrow." ”
"Hey, hey, I'll pay attention next time." Realizing that the occasion was wrong, Little Groz tilted his head and sold a cute look at Zhuang Mingge, saying, "But, then again, Coach Heynckes doesn't really want to spend the game with Inter Milan until the end of the game, right?" ”
"Well, that's quite possible." Zhuang Mingge nodded, confirming Grosz's guess, "Everyone knows that no matter whether the opponent is strong or weak, Cooper will never change his defensive counterattack tactics. With this confirmed, the first thing coach Heynckes had to make sure was that Inter Milan could not win at home. After all, if Inter Milan win the first leg, then the second leg at the Frankie Stadium must have been an even more brutal defense. ”
"I see." After listening to Zhuang Mingge's explanation, Little Groz nodded clearly, "That's right, Cooper's defense is really annoying." If we do let him win at home, then we will have a tougher game in the second leg. ”
Meanwhile, Cooper, who was standing on the sidelines directing the game, was depressed and wanted to vomit blood. He never expected Heynckes to be like this, to adopt the same tactical arrangement as them in this game - is he so confident to win at home?
On the other side of the field, Heynckes was calm and had no intention of changing the game strategy. As long as Inter Milan can't win this game as he wants, then his goal has been achieved. Winning in Meazza or something, the Germans didn't think about it at all from the start.
Although Heynckes did come to the game with the idea of a draw, the Fiorentina players on the pitch really surprised the Germans. In the 34th minute, Di Biagio's cross pass to Emre was intercepted by Di Natale and transferred to the feet of Vincent on the left side through Pirlo, who flexibly got rid of Córdoba's marking and dribbled the ball into the Inter Milan penalty area, and after attracting the attention of Cannavaro and Toldo, he passed back to the middle, and assisted Vieri, who had been outflanked, to score, 1-0!
If Crespo hadn't saved a chance that wasn't a chance in the last minute and turned a chance that wasn't a chance into a goal, Fiorentina could have walked away with a victory.
In this way, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, Fiorentina managed to get out of the stadium at the Meazza stadium, taking away a draw and an away goal to lay a good foundation for qualifying for the Champions League final.