Chapter 373: A Perfect Start (Part I)
After snatching back the team's fifth trophy of the year, the outside media's assessment of Fiorentina has further increased.
The 39 shots on goal and 60% of the possession time in 90 minutes of regular time surprised many fans, knowing that although Parma is not a big team, the Milk Army has been very good in the past two years, and being able to play this kind of data is enough to prove the strength of Fiorentina in another aspect.
At the same time, Parma's starting goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon's wonderful performance in this game has also attracted a lot of attention, although the gate he was responsible for guarding in this final was attacked by Fiorentina three times, but it is undeniable that without Buffon, Fiorentina may have settled the battle in the opening 20 minutes, where will it drag on until the end of the game?
In the original history, Buffon should have made a name for himself in the Serie A against AC Milan last season, but I don't know if it was because this Shijie Fiorentina was too strong, which made Toldo suppress the shine of many young goalkeepers, and Buffon was naturally one of them.
But gold will shine sooner or later, and the talented Buffon finally made a name for himself in the final of the UEFA Super Cup, attracting the attention of countless teams.
Naturally, Gianluigi Buffon is looking at teams that have struggled with goalkeeper incompetence, such as La Liga giants Real Madrid, whose main goalkeeper Buyo is now 38 years old, and his form is far from being comparable to his prime, and he has made mistakes in the summer warm-up games. As a result, Buffon's emergence made Ranieri start to play with Parma, who was worried about the goalkeeper position.
Also drooling at Buffon are Juventus' Mo Lao Foxes and Manchester United's Ferguson, Peruzzi, whose obvious weakness is far inferior to Buffon, who is known as a "talented goalkeeper", in terms of comprehensiveness and potential, and the old Scottish man looks at Buffon more to find a reliable successor for the aging Schmeichel in advance.
However, Parma's official statement soon gave the giants who coveted Buffon a slap in the face: "Gianluigi is an indispensable part of Parma, the club has considered offering him a new contract, and his future will remain at Parma. ”
And Buffon, who is very good at people, also made it clear through his agent, announcing that he had renewed a four-year contract with Parma Club with an annual salary of $1 million, which means that the battle for Buffon between the giants has come to an end before it starts.
However, Buffon's high-salary contract extension also means that another goalkeeper in the Parma team, Luka Butch, will say goodbye to the Milk Army after three seasons, after all, Parma is not yet luxurious enough to raise an international-level goalkeeper in the goalkeeper position, and Butch, who is eager to get a chance to play, will not be willing to be a substitute for Buffon.
So, after getting the tacit approval of the club's top management, Butch began to look for a team willing to accept him through his agent, but according to the current situation, there are almost no strong teams willing to take over Butch, whose competitive state has been declining, judging from the news obtained by Zhuang Mingge (Butch's agent is also affiliated with GM Company), Perugia and other middle and lower league teams have great interest in the top three goalkeepers of the national team.
Parma are paving the way for the Rockets' rise to prominence, while Fiorentina's players have proved that the Treble title is not for nothing, and the purple lily is not a short-lived variety, and its future is worth looking forward to.
On September 8, Fiorentina ushered in the first round of the Serie A season in the 96-97 season, with Fiorentina facing Vicenza, who had recruited heavily this summer, at the Stadio Franchi.
Facing Guidorin, nicknamed "Little Zhuge ", the well-known Capello's tactical arrangement and on-the-spot command in this game made the other party understand what it means to be scheming.
Facing the Vicenza line, consisting of Ambrosetti, Luca Tonei and Otero, Capello deployed a defensive duo of Zambrotta, Stam, Nesta and Roberto Carlos. The strong Stam was on hand for the tall Toney, the versatile Nesta was responsible for defending the point-grabbing striker Otero, and the breakthrough Ambrosetti was up against the physical Zambrotta defence.
As for the midfield team composed of Zauri, Ambrosini and Okocha, Capello sent Davis and Tomasi, two undead animals, to take charge of the defense, and also added Argentine Redondo as a defense line in front of the back line, combing the team's midfield to control the pace of the game while also bringing Davies to life
In the case that your own tactics are fully restrained by the opponent, the result of the game can be imagined.
At the beginning of the first half, Batistuta received a cross from the left of Carlos and headed the goal, and Fiorentina led 1-0! However, to the disappointment of Fiorentina fans, at the end of the first half, Luca Toney, a centre-forward on loan from youth to Vicenza, took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to push the ball from Okocha into the door guarded by Toldo, and the score was tied at 1-1!
However, this was clearly not the end of the game, as Inzaghi, who came on as substitute for Ronaldo in the 60th minute of the game, took full advantage of the holes in the Vicenza defence and scored a hat-trick in less than half an hour to lead the Purple Lilies to a 4-1 league start!
The 4-1 win made many Fiorentina fans go home happy to celebrate, but when they woke up the next day, they were depressed to find that the team they supported did not dominate because of this big win - Sacchi led the Rossoneri to a 4-1 victory in the first round, and this stubborn old man intends to prove that his coaching level has not regressed, and he is still one of the best managers in Italy!
Inzaghi's hat-trick in the opening round of the league clearly stimulated the rest of Fiorentina's strikers, so Ronaldo, who started the game in the second round against Atalanta in the Italian Super Cup, was thrilled to start the game, first scoring in the 14th minute after receiving a through ball from Costa and beating two defenders in succession, before setting up Barty's header in the 34th minute to give the Purple Lilies a two-goal lead at half-time.
Previously, having met Fiorentina four times in a row and lost all four games in less than a year, the young Atalanta players simply had a psychological shadow when they faced Fiorentina for the fifth time, and the results of all four losses still had a great impact on these young people, and it was already very good that they did not completely collapse.
So, in the second half against the scrappy Atalanta, Ronaldo became more and more courageous, and the alien made another pass and shot in the second half, using his excellent form to help the Purple Lily take away a 4-0 score away from home.
In this way, with just two rounds of the league, Fiorentina won both games, scored eight goals and conceded one, and topped the standings with a goal difference of seven!