Chapter 68: Capello's Calculations
AC Milan at home, coach Capello unexpectedly presented the main lineup in his mind, "blue-collar striker" Massaro at the front to attract the attention of the opponent, and behind him, lurking Dejan Savicevic and Marco Simeone, two top killers; The midfield is still the golden defense line that has been used in Europe over the years, in addition to replacing the aging Tasotti with the young player Panucci, Maldini, Baresi, Costacuta, Desailly, Albertini, Donadoni and others are all well-known national players.
Zhuang Mingge, who was sitting in the box watching the game, also had to admit that although the average age of Milan is not small, most of the players in the team are still at the peak of their careers, the whole team is balanced in attack and defense, calm and sophisticated, and there are stars such as Gullit and Elaño on the bench. It seems that Fiorentina, which is dominated by young players, will have to work harder if they want to win this game......
Looking at Fiorentina's side, coach Ranieri also sent what he thinks is the strongest main player: whether it is the height and impact of Batistuta, or Philippe Inzaghi's point-grabbing shot, they can cause problems for the Milan defence; Djokaeff, Effenberg, Kripa, and Di Biagio's midfield quartet debuted, and from the perspective of individual strength alone, Fiorentina's midfield is not at all behind; At the back, from left to right, are Lanna, Ferrara, Filicano and Billindeli. Ferrara and his former team-mates have been searching for a rapport with his centre-back partner Filicano since joining Fiorentina, and their performances in this game will determine Fiorentina's fate.
Once the game started, Milan who had been awarded the kick-off quickly opened the ball and after a series of quick inversions in midfield, Albertini took advantage of the lack of concentration of the Fiorentina players at the beginning of the game and passed the ball into the box. At this time, Marco Simeone appeared behind Filicano like a ghost, receiving the ball and pushing it directly into the far corner......
In this game, Fiorentina's starting goalkeeper is still Toldo, the goalkeeper who grew up in the Milan youth team looked very excited in the face of his old boss this time, and in the face of Simeone's shot, Toldo, who is tall and armed, decisively fell to the ground and pressed the ball firmly under him with both hands.
Seeing that the team's sneak attack at the beginning did not yield, Milan coach Capello, who was standing on the sidelines, waved his hand, and all the Milan players quickly returned to defense and retreated to their own half.
"It seems that Milan's players are very affected by the Shijie Cup in the United States." Karin said to Zhuang Mingge, who nodded approvingly.
If Fiorentina is facing the Milan team of last season at this time, I am afraid that Massaro, Simeone and others will interfere from Toldo, and start to press in the Fiorentina half to disrupt the opponent's rhythm of the game, and if the counter-attack is successful, it will immediately form a single knife.
But the current Milan team did not do this, and Zhuang Mingge did not think that the current Fiorentina would be strong enough for Capello to choose to defend to the extent, considering that due to Sacchi's "preference", most of the players who started Milan in this game, such as Maldini, Baresi and others, all went to participate in the American Shijie Cup this summer.
Based on the above considerations, a conclusion has been drawn: these players in Milan have not fully recovered their physical fitness, so head coach Capello decisively gave up the frontcourt pressing that Milan has used to dominate Europe over the years, and instead used a half-court defense that can save players' physical energy.
And the sneak attack at the beginning was just to make Fiorentina's players not dare to press too much in the following time, of course, if they can score a goal, it will be more perfect for Capello and Milan.
Because then Capello will be able to use his 1:0 tactics without restraint.
"Coach Capello is really calculating." Zhuang Mingge, who figured out this joint, couldn't help but sigh.
"Hey, Tony, it's better not to do anything that is too ambitious for others to destroy their own prestige." Karin secretly poked Zhuang Mingge with her elbow, and the latter immediately understood and immediately stopped the topic.
After all, now it's on the territory of other people's Milan, if he says something here that he is dissatisfied with the team, it is estimated that the undisciplined bald man next to him who is also watching the game will immediately broadcast his words to disturb the morale of the army.
The thinking just now was just a matter of a moment, Zhuang Mingge refocused his attention on the live broadcast screen, and just saw Toldo kick the ball to Ferrara, who was closest to him.
Ferrara, who had apparently undergone a lot of training from the coaching staff in the nearly two months since joining Fiorentina, did not dribble too much and quickly distributed the ball to Lanna on the left side of the pitch.
Lanna had been pressing assists a lot when he was at Sampdoria, so he was quick to integrate into Fiorentina's system. When Ranieri was arranging the tactics before the game, he specifically told Lanna to use the attack to suppress Panucci who was opposite him, so after receiving the ball, Lanna immediately accelerated and sprinted forward while there were no Milan players around him.
It has to be said that Maldini's presence has suppressed a large number of equally good Italian left-backs, such as Pesotho, who has left Fiorentina, such as Benarivo, who now plays for Parma, and Lanna, who is now playing on the field (of course, the most important is Coco children's shoes in the same club as Maldini).
Although Lanna has been absent from the national team for a long time because of Maldini's existence, his strength is still first-class in Europe, otherwise he would not have been able to play for so long in Sampdoria as the main player.
The Milan player didn't rush up until Lanna crossed the halfway line with the ball that Massaro, who was closest to him, rushed up to press, but where did Lanna, who had already rushed, be so easily cut off by the opponent? A simple acceleration left the veteran Massaro in the dust.
Desailly and Albertini saw that the situation was not right, and immediately acted according to the arrangement, with the Frenchman with excellent physical fitness continuing to defend in the middle, and Albertini, who has a wide range of activities and a well-rounded jishu, went with Panucci to steal Lanna's ball.
Lanna saw that two people were surrounding him, and he didn't continue to rush forward, stopped the ball, and immediately passed it back to Effenberg, who stepped forward to pick him up.
And Effenberg took two steps, and without waiting for the Milan players to come up and scramble him, he passed the ball to Krippa......
If one looks down on the pitch from the stands, it is clear that when a Fiorentina player gets the ball, he will be surrounded by at least three or more teammates who can pass the ball, and this frequent off-ball run is one of the results of the training of Fiorentina's young people over the past year! This kind of passing and cutting cooperation is one of the magic weapons for Fiorentina to lead Shijie football in the future!