Chapter 370: UEFA Super Cup (5)
Just as Zhuang Mingge was trying to explain to Francesca that he had absolutely nothing to think of Buffon, the first half of the game was over on the court. Although Fiorentina dominated the pitch with the advantage of their players' jishu and individual ability, Fiorentina failed to score a goal in the past 45 minutes thanks to the excellent performance of teenager Gian Luigi Buffon.
'Looking at the first-half stats, Fiorentina had made as many as 19 shots in the previous 45 minutes, 12 of which were within the target range, and if they had been accurate in normal times, their opponents would have raised the white flag and surrendered. Sadly, the Fiorentina players met a spirit-possessed Gianluigi Buffon today. Taking advantage of the half-time period, the match commentator began to summarize the first half of the game, "In contrast, the performance of the Parma players was lackluster, and apart from Buffon, who was in godlike form, there was hardly another Parma player worth mentioning on the pitch." ”
"Cannavaro and Thuram are really top notch in Serie A, and their playing styles are really complementary, Ancelotti's move looks really good, but he obviously forgot that this line-up would take Parma's defences down a notch."
"Parma's players should be grateful to Gianluigi Buffon, if it weren't for his high and low blocks, the Parma battleship would have been slapped to death by Fiorentina on the beach before it could set sail."
As the commentator poured out his point, the fifteen-minute half-time break had passed, and the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel back onto the pitch to start the second half.
Capello and Ancelotti have not made adjustments to the team through substitutions in the past fifteen minutes, the former did not choose to make substitutions for a very simple reason, after all, Fiorentina dominated the entire first half, in this situation Capello needs to do is to adjust the players' emotions to ensure that they can play normally in the next game instead of thinking about how to make substitutions and adjustments, after all, Fiorentina does not need to make substitutions at the moment; And the latter is a little incomprehensible without substitutions, obviously Sansini's point is about to be blown up by Florence
After the start of the game in the second half, the sharp-eyed Zhuang Mingge immediately found that although An Fatzi did not adjust the team through substitutions, he still made certain tactical changes during the halftime period, that is, to retreat Saint-Sini's position from the midfield to the back line, and changed the formation to five-three-two.
Hehe, An Fatzi's much-criticized substitution adjustment turned out to be a sign from this time, Zhuang Mingge thought in his heart.
On the surface, Ancelotti's change has put Saint-Signi back to the central defender position he is good at, and with the addition of Cannavaro and Thuram, the three centre-backs combined can withstand the attack of Barty and Vieri. At the same time, the configuration of three central defenders can effectively free up the attacking power of the two full-backs, Benarivo and Zemaria, and it seems that this adjustment is indeed killing two birds with one stone.
But as a result, Parma is left with only three players in midfield, and Dino Baggio is the only one in the middle!
Ann has a lot of confidence in Dino Baggio's ability and believes that without the constraints of Sansini, the top three midfielder in Italy should be able to stop Fiorentina's midfield attack. Overall, Ancelotti's thinking did not make any serious mistakes, after all, the single midfielder sweeping tactic is quite popular in football nowadays, such as Manchester United's Roy Keane, Arsenal's Patrick Vieira, Juventus' Didier Deschamps, all of which rely on a top midfielder to protect the defence.
But Carlo Ancelotti forgot that Fiorentina was not a team that fit the trend, in other words, under the guidance of Zhuang Mingge, who was a time-traveler, intentionally or unintentionally, Fiorentina's football philosophy was more than a decade ahead of other teams in the period.
In Zhuang Mingge's view, the protection of the single back for the back line is still too weak, after all, two fists are difficult to beat four hands, once the opponent has multiple players in the middle of the attack, how many people can be seen by a mere back waist?
Ancelotti's half-time changes meant that Dino Baggio would have to face a combination of Effenberg, Rui Costa and Redondo in the second half, making Parma, who were already not dominant in the battle for midfield, even more passive.
In the defense, due to the addition of San Signi, the three-center-back configuration finally resisted Fiorentina's twin tower attack, but this did not make the Parma players breathe a sigh of relief, because they found a more severe reality, that is, the opponent's long-range shots outside the box have increased significantly, Effenberg, Costa, Redondo and even Davies have a very good long-range shot, while Dino Baggio, who is a single midfielder, can only keep an eye on one of them. It only takes a one-two to get an easy shot near the top of the penalty area.
Although Buffon was in very good shape in this game, blocking the multi-footed long-range shots of Fiorentina players in a row, Buffon is also a human being, and he will be tired.
And when attacking, due to Dino Baggio's distraction from defense, Parma can only repeatedly launch attacks through Stanic and others breaking through the wings, but in the absence of central player organization and scheduling, Fiorentina only needs to stare to one side to make Parma's attack empty-handed.
Carlo Ancelotti is walking around the pitch at the moment, knowing that this is his first time in charge of a first-class team, and of course he wants to make a difference at Parma, and the team is now being pressed by Fiorentina on the field, which makes Ancelotti anxious to stabilize the position with a UEFA Super Cup title, but he has no good way to change the situation.
I knew that I was not in such a hurry to send Zola away, if he was there, he should be able to connect the team's attack, but Ancelotti also thought about it in his heart, and what he said was obviously a slap in the face.
In the 63rd minute, Stanic's pass to Zemaria was tackled by Carlos, who sprinted for the full 40 metres after the break and then delivered a diagonal pass to Redondo, who was following in the middle.
In the face of Dino Baggio's defense, the Argentine midfielder did not intend to break through directly, but moved with his left foot, made a xiangyou horizontal dribbling feint to attract the attention of the opponent, and passed the ball to Batistuta standing in the penalty area with the outside of his left foot.
However, instead of shooting directly from the two first-class centre-backs, Barty leaned on Thuram and flicked the ball before Sansini arrived.
The ball rolled past Sansini's feet to the other side of the box, where Vieri and Parma's third-time centre-back, Cannavaro.
Vieri, who is 1.88 meters tall and weighs 82 kilograms, still needs to explain the result against Cannavaro, who is more than 10 centimeters shorter than him? Eat it raw with liliang decisively and you can shoot!
In the face of Vieri's powerful volley less than ten meters from the goal, Buffon, who saved Parma countless times in this game, was also unable to recover, and could only watch the ball fly into the gate guarded by himself.
1 to 0! Fiorentina take the lead!