Chapter 1276: The Aftermath After the Race (Part I)
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AC Milan and Fiorentina both exited the Champions League, and the result was a surprise to many. In people's pre-match predictions, Monaco and Chelsea, although the two teams are good and have some stars in the team, are far from the level where they can wrestle with the Rossoneri and the Purple Lily, and it is the limit of their ability to cause some problems in the semi-finals, and it would be foolish to win the semi-finals and advance to the final.
However, reality shattered everyone's glasses. Because it was these two teams who eliminated the stronger AC Milan and Fiorentina in the semi-finals of the Champions League and successfully reached the final!
It is for this reason that after the results of the Champions League semi-finals were announced, Chelsea and Monaco immediately became the focus of research by all managers!
In particular, the head coaches of those giants have tried their best to get the video of Fiorentina's game in the semi-finals of the Champions League through various channels, trying to summarize the weaknesses of the purple lily and the methods of restraining their opponents, so that they can have a good idea when they meet Fiorentina in the future. No longer have to pray in their hearts that the other person is not in good shape every time they meet Florence......
However, Ranieri's trick is obviously not something that everyone can imitate and learn. The most typical are Real Madrid and Barcelona, two Spanish giants who are extremely obsessed with attacking and flashy football, and they simply hate the tactics of going against the trend of football (Spanish media slang), and it is naturally impossible to follow Ranieri's approach.
"This year's Champions Cup semi-finals are very valuable......" While people were discussing the news that AC Milan and Fiorentina were out of the Champions Cup, and Chelsea and Monaco both upset in the final, Rehhagel got a lot of inspiration from these two games, and also figured out a lot of questions he has been struggling with, "If the tactics are used properly, and at the same time strengthen the players' running and overall defensive awareness, maybe in a few months at the European Championships, I can take Greece a little further. ”
Don't look at Rehhagel's current coach of Greece, a national team that can only be regarded as a second-rate level in European football, I think that this once led Kaiserslautern, who had just been promoted to the Bundesliga, created the famous Kaiser miracle, and Rehhagel, who was named "Otto the Great" by fans, has now become an ordinary and unenterprising old man. In fact, at the age of sixty-five, Rehhagel has not lost his ambition because of his age, and he is still the ambitious Otto the Great.
Therefore, although Greece were in the same group as Portugal, Spain and Russia at this summer's European Championships, Rehhagel did not think that his Greece had no hope of qualifying, but continued to look for and verify all ways to enhance the team's combat effectiveness, and carefully analyzed and summarized the weaknesses of the other three teams in the same group.
And now, in the semi-finals of this edition's Champions League, Chelsea and Monaco have once again strengthened Rehhagel's confidence. Because he's seen in the last few games, his insistence on overall defense and his emphasis on the team's tactical discipline are working. As long as the tactics are properly laid out and the players can follow through in the game, then it is not impossible to win even if the strength is worse than the opponent.
Thinking of this, Rehhagel immediately devoted himself to his work again, completely ignoring his age and body that were no longer suitable for such high-intensity work.
To be clear, while Fiorentina has long proven the importance of playing as a team as a team, rather than relying on just a few superstars, Fiorentina's formidable strength and dazzling luxury squad are enough to make many fans and media unconsciously ignore this when making their analysis. Therefore, it was not until Fiorentina and AC Milan were eliminated by Chelsea and Monaco that people realized for the first time that the difference in strength on the books could not completely determine the outcome of the game, and there were many other things to consider.
For example, in this Champions League semi-final, Chelsea's overall defence is a good example. Fiorentina clearly had the upper hand when comparing the players from both sides individually, but it turned out that Chelsea relied on a tenacious overall defence and a standard Italian counter-attack to beat the superior Purple Lilies to reach the final. Although there is an element of luck in this, it can also be seen that team football plays a huge role in this game.
As a digression, let's talk about it for the time being, and let's get down to business. Following Chelsea's shock defeat in the Champions Cup, both Heynckes and Carlo Ancelotti were heavily criticised and blamed by the Italian media and fans. In the eyes of these people, being eliminated by an opponent with absolute superiority in strength is absolutely intolerable to them!
As a result, all of a sudden, criticism of these two managers can be said to be endless. Countless media outlets were at this point, chanting slogans for the duo to leave class, as if this was the only way to save Fiorentina and AC Milan.
Faced with this situation, Fiorentina and AC Milan have responded in different ways. Fiorentina issued a statement in support of Heynckes at the first time, and firmly refuted those voices who questioned the German coach's ability to coach.
"Coach Heynckes has proven his quality and it would be unfair to deny him all the honours he has won for Fiorentina over the past few years just because of one defeat!" At the press conference, Antonioni said categorically, "What's more, there is never a winning general on the football field, no matter how strong the team is, there will be a day when it loses." It's just that we were unlucky this time, just in time for a more important Champions League semi-final. ”
At the same time, Zhuang Mingge also comforted Heynckes in private, telling him that the club would never be dissatisfied with him because of this defeat, and would not limit his power because of this. After all, the Germans have done a good job of fulfilling Zhuang Mingge's requirements, and Zhuang Mingge naturally has to abide by their previous agreement, and will not blame Heynckes for the team's unexpected exit in the Champions Cup.
What's more, Zhuang Mingge also understands in his heart that this season's European football in history has been very evil, and those teams that usually play the role of accompanying the prince to study have all kinds of upsets this time. Therefore, in this case, it is true that Heynckes cannot be blamed for not giving strength.