Chapter 1121: Before the Winter Break (4)
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Although Fiorentina had the last laugh in this strong dialogue, in the comments of the major sports media on the second day, they gave an evaluation of the strength of the two sides. A number of professional media outlets, led by Sport, believe that Fiorentina and AC Milan have made a win-win deal this past summer: the former has dealt with the instability of a dressing room and also acquired Albertini as a big player, which has greatly strengthened the midfield strength of Redondo and Effenberg after aging; The latter got Shevchenko, a top striker, so that Ancelotti finally did not have to worry about Rebrov's striker partner.
Although Shevchenko's attendance rate this season is quite poor due to injuries and the number of goals scored is not as good as before, judging from the performance of this game, a healthy Sheva is still the Ukrainian nuclear warhead that gives all defenders a headache!
And this point of view of the media naturally caused dissatisfaction among fans on both sides. AC Milan fans claim that Fiorentina's victory was nothing more than a stain on the home side, and that if they play at the San Siro, it will be the Rossoneri; Fiorentina supporters believe that this is just AC Milan fans stubbornly duckling, if it weren't for Vieri's average state in this game, Fiorentina would have sealed the win, so it would have been necessary to wait until the last few minutes to decide the winner?
For a while, fans on both sides set off waves of debate battles in major forums. And the good news media also played a role in fueling it, pushing the topic to a new peak.
Fans on both sides were arguing on the sidelines, but Fiorentina were not involved in a debate that didn't really mean much to them. After all, the game is over, and no amount of argument is just a verbal battle. If you are really not convinced, then it is better to wait until the next encounter, and the two sides will fight again and use the results of the game to speak.
So, after a brief wrap-up meeting, the Fiorentina players began to prepare for the final game before the winter break, which was also the last game of 2002 for the Purple Lily, under the supervision of the coaching staff.
However, before the start of this game, Heynckes had to face the distress of the absence of a number of key players. Due to the exertion in the matchup against AC Milan and the lack of rest in the months since the start of the season, Vieri was ordered to take a break from the physiotherapy centre. The same treatment was given to the two main full-backs of Robert Carlos and Zambrotta, as well as Spanish winger Vincent, as well as Albertini, who was extremely good in the last game.
This, combined with the suspension of Di Natale and Andrea Pirlo, will leave Fiorentina facing Sampdoria in the 15th round of Serie A without the loss of these seven top-notch players. And with the likes of Vieri and Vincent and Di Natale collectively absent, Heynckes has only three forces left to call upon up front, including Filippo Inzaghi, Diego Milito and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Heynckes wasn't very flustered about this. As an experienced manager, he's been in this situation for more than two decades, so he's prepared for it.
However, the roof leak happened to rain overnight. Just as the German pondered how to use the resources at hand to prepare for the upcoming fifteenth round of the league, bad news reached his ears: Diego Milito suffered a chill after training with the team on Wednesday, and the team doctor diagnosed that the Argentine striker would also miss Fiorentina this weekend!
And this means that in the fifteenth round of the league with Sampdoria, Heynckes only has Inzaghi as a genuine striker available! (Note: Although Ronaldo can also be seen as a striker, he is not yet physically mature at this time, and he is more used as a winger, rather than a goalscorer who can attack the city in the front.) )
After learning of this news, Heynckes immediately went to Sparta. For the past three days, the Germans had been letting the team practice the two-striker formation of Milito and Inzaghi, which was a good thing, but with Milito missing the game due to a cold, everything had to start all over again.
To that end, Heynckes approached Thomas Carter on the day he learned that Milito would be missing the weekend, hoping that the other side would see that the team could open the net and release Vieri from the injury list so that he could have enough manpower to cope with the game against Sampdoria.
As a result, as soon as Heynckes said his request, he was bombarded by Carter: "You coaches know how to blindly squeeze the potential of the players, and never pay attention to protecting their health, look at Vieri, they have been trained by you!" To tell you this, if Vieri is to be played in the next game, then you should prepare me mentally for him to miss all the games in the second half of the season! ”
In the face of Carter, who put on a tough attitude, Heynckes, who was sprayed by the opponent with a mouth cannon, naturally had nothing to say, so he had to take such a team that lacked soldiers and major generals to practice the tactics of the weekend game to see if there was any way to solve the dilemma that there was no one available in the forward line at the moment.
After all, in Heynckes' opinion, although Inzaghi is a very good first-class shooter, he is extremely thin and he is not suitable to charge forward alone. Because this will not only infinitely magnify Inzaghi's lack of physical fitness, but also allow the opposing defenders to concentrate the main defensive strength on him, so that he will not be able to play to the advantage of his strange running position and sharp sense of smell in front of goal.
However, what the Germans didn't expect was that just when he was thinking about the team's starting lineup, Inzaghi took the initiative to come to the door and made a request to Heynckes: "Boss, we all know the current situation of the team, so it's better to let me play the lone arrow in this game." ”
In response to Inzaghi's request, Heynckes was unequivocally opposed at first: "How can this be? Not to mention that your body can't dominate against most defenders, and if you're the only one at the front, it's very difficult to run and grab points like you used to - those defenders will definitely prioritize your defense! ”
Heynckes didn't want to see a bad future for Inzaghi in order to protect Vieri's health.
If that's the case, then he might as well pull down his neck and go to Carter again, even if he is scolded by the other party, he will take Vieri to the ** game.