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"Say, Tony, you're going to poach an assistant coach from Barcelona?" Karin listened to Zhuang Mingge's thoughts, the corners of her mouth couldn't help twitching a little, and said, "What's so good about this Mourinho, deserves that you value him so much?" ”

"Don't underestimate his ability, this Mourinho is not simple, he can go from a mere translator to the chief assistant coach under him in five years with the old Robson, do you think he can be a mediocre talent?"

"Listening to you say that, it seems that this Mourinho is really a good talent." Karin had a twist of her mind and vaguely guessed Zhuang Mingge's plan, "Tony, do you want him to join the coaching staff of Fiorentina and learn from Coach Capello the experience of coaching the team?" ”

"Yes, I did want to bring him to Florence." Zhuang Mingge nodded, confirming Karin's guess, "With Mourinho's learning ability, he will definitely learn enough by Capello's side after coming to Florence; As for the difficulty of poaching...... Barcelona coach Louis van Gaal is not a good person to get along with, and although Mourinho is currently holding the title of assistant coach, he is doing the work of a translator, and I believe he is also quite dissatisfied with Van Gaal. ”

"If that's the case, then as long as we do a good job for Barcelona beforehand, I believe they shouldn't mind us taking away an assistant coach who doesn't have much status in the team."

To tell the truth, for Mourinho, the most showy coach in the future, Zhuang Mingge certainly has the intention to recruit him.

First of all, although Mourinho emphasizes defence, he is not conservative, and he can often be seen playing with opponents when the team is in adversity, which is quite in line with Zhuang Mingge's appetite.

Secondly, Mourinho pursues pragmatism, which is quite in line with Fiorentina's style under the tutelage of Ranieri and Capello. With Mourinho, in case Capello leaves the position of Fiorentina coach in the future, Zhuang Mingge does not have to worry about the choice of head coach!

Therefore, Zhuang Mingge's idea is to first poach Mourinho from Barcelona as Fiorentina's assistant coach, so that he can learn experience and tactical knowledge from Capello's side, and prepare for Capello's position in the future.

As for why Zhuang Mingge is so sure that Capello will definitely leave Fiorentina, the reason is very simple, that is Capello's background in AC Milan!

Although Capello left Milan City in anger because of Berlusconi's open-mouthedness, it is undeniable that it was AC Milan and Berlusconi who gave him enough trust when he was still the coach of the youth team, and let him, who was still unknown at the time, take over the team left by Sacchi. Such a grace of knowledge is enough for Capello to go back to help when Milan is in trouble!

Therefore, recruiting Mourinho in advance, on the one hand, is to let this practical "madman" learn more from Capello, a grandmaster of defensive counterattacks, after all, in terms of tactical knowledge, Italy's heritage is still better than that of other countries, otherwise a coach like Benitez will not be able to go to Italy to study in idleness; On the other hand, it is to familiarize Fiorentina's players with Mourinho's existence in advance, so that once Capello resigns from Fiorentina in the future, the unknown Mourinho can take over from Fiorentina as Capello's assistant coach without causing too much criticism.

It's a common occurrence in the football world for a manager to leave and be replaced by an assistant coach or youth team coach and many people have taken the opportunity to make a mark of their own. For example, Capello who succeeded Sachi, Bosque who took over Toshak, and Liverpool's "boot room" tradition.

Just as Zhuang Mingge was thinking about how to poach Mourinho smoothly without touching Barcelona's resistance, the two teams on the pitch were already inseparable.

Originally, Van Gaal thought that there was a front-court attack line of "Rivaldo-Enrique-Figo" created by himself behind him, but he never expected that Capello's four-back tactics would almost completely block his attacking routine!

With Tomasi's defense, Zambrotta can withstand the combined onslaught of Rivaldo and Baljuan; On the other side of the court, Figo and Ferrer's attacks were also stifled by Carlos and Davis.

Capello has clear instructions on how to defend Barcelona's wide attack: they can let them break through on the flanks as much as they want, but if they want to cut inside to complete the attack, then there is only one sentence, this way does not work!

Capello's move is clearly bullying Barcelona's attacking line for lack of height, even if Figo sends a cross, Barcelona has no one to compete with Nesta or Ferrara in the penalty area. Despite Rivaldo's height of 187cm, the Brazilian was confined to the flanks by Louis van Gaal, who struggled to get into the box in time to scramble for high balls.

In this way, under the extremely targeted defense of Fiorentina players, Barcelona's attack appeared thunderous and rainy. Up front, Sonny Anderson is a second-rate striker who can still make a name for himself in Ligue 1, but when he faces the world's top centre-back duo of Ferrara and Nesta, the Brazilian striker is completely intimidated. With Sonny Anderson invisible on the field and lacking support, Luis Enrique, who was heavily encircled, naturally could not play as effectively as he should in the face of Di Biagio's defense.

With these three full-time defensive midfielders on the field, Redondo's wide-range running ability and excellent team spirit were finally fully displayed in the eyes of the fans, only to see the Argentines in the white away jersey of Fiorentina running all over the field, repeatedly appearing in all corners of the midfield, assisting teammates to resist Barcelona's attack, and even Guardiola, who organized the attack near the center circle, did not escape the fate of being harassed by Redondo.

At the same time, on the offensive end, the Argentine midfielder can also repeatedly send accurate long passes to Vieri and Ronaldo in the front line, leading Fiorentina to play sharp and fast counterattacks.

In this tactic, Vieri's strength and Ronaldo's speed advantage are vividly displayed, leaving the Barcelona backline led by Couto and Nadal scrambling.

One side kept attacking in vain, while the other side was on the defensive most of the time, but every counterattack put a lot of pressure on the opponent's door, and the results were obvious.

When Merck blew the whistle for the end of the first half, Fiorentina, who had only 37% possession, led Barcelona 1-0!