Just as Zhuang Mingge was thinking wildly, the players on both sides were already standing on the field, waiting for the referee's opening whistle.

Seeing that the referee did not blow the whistle for a long time, the players on both sides who were frozen and stiff on the field were very dissatisfied, and Batistuta and the opposing captain Onopko had to go over to "remind" the referee to pay attention to the expressions of the players on the field.

As a result, the referee sounded the whistle for the start of the game five minutes in advance.

As soon as they heard the opening whistle, the players on either side immediately started running wildly - if they didn't move, they would freeze to death by the damn weather.

The coaches and substitutes on the sidelines of the pitch were not as fortunate as those on the pitch, and the cold and hard bench became the least popular place for the players and coaches. The substitutes prefer to work tirelessly on the sidelines to prepare for the event rather than spend too much time in their seats; As for the members of the coaching staff, in this case, they also used the excuse of "assisting the players to warm up" to move back and forth on the sidelines.

So the substitute players kept doing sports on the side of the pitch to make their bodies warmer, and the fans in the stands who stood together to watch the game were also surprised to find that there were two more Bielsa on the edge of the field (Argentine coach Bielsa always likes to walk around the sidelines).

The current Moscow Spartak, due to the country's political turmoil and economic depression, is far from the essence of the time when it dominated the Soviet League: the two generations of "tsars" cultivated by the team - Shalimov and Mostovoy have successively switched to foreign leagues and worked hard for their careers.

Speaking of Shalimov, I have to feel sorry for him, the player known as the "last emperor" of Soviet football after the defeat in the "Russian Green Mutiny" led by himself more than a year ago, it feels like a different person, although there is no physical problem, but his mental state is plummeting, with him as the core of Inter Milan before Shalimov's form declined, only 2 points behind the leader AC Milan, ranking third in Serie A.

After the mutiny, Inter Milan's record fell all the way, and Zuihou had to fight for relegation.

And so the promising football star fell (the Russian was only 25 years old at the time) - although he was later poached to Duisburg by his mentor Linin (Duisburg chairman Fishdik even proudly said: "Although we paid a considerable transfer fee, it was worth it". We are very proud to have such a star. Captain S. Bigyul envisioned: "With Shalimov, our style of play will be a real work of art." However, due to the team's poor start to the season, head coach Linin was fired, and Shalimov was inevitably "strained", and since then he has disappeared from the football world and become a meteor in a hurry.

Karpin, the attacking core who led Spartak Moscow to the Russian Cup last season, has also been sold to Real Sociedad in La Liga due to the team's financial pressure, and there is only one valuable player left in the team, that is, the team's defensive core and captain Viktor Onopko.

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Spartak's poor field conditions were obviously very detrimental to Fiorentina, who were more dominant on the ground, and the ball would often change the direction of roll because it hit a hidden pit or something else, which made the Fiorentina players have to give up their best passing and cutting when attacking, and use high balls more to attack the opponent's goal.

Fiorentina's attacking style is in the arms of the Russians, under the command of Onopko, Spartak's players built a tall wall in their own half, and all the balls that flew over were pushed out, and several headers were cleared and even passed directly to the feet of Spartak strikers to fight back, if it weren't for the bad wind in this game, it is estimated that Fiorentina would have fallen behind away from home.

As a result, Ranieri, who feared that his team would concede a goal in the game and that Zuihou might not even be able to get a draw, gave an order that seemed extremely stupid to Zhuang Mingge - he told the Fiorentina team to stop pressing the attack and start to shrink the defense.

I'll go for it, Zhuang Mingge wanted to scold Ranieri at that time: If you want to play a defensive counterattack, you have to pick a better venue! Don't you see that this stadium is full of "landmines"?! If Barty or Djokaeff fall while fighting back, it's enough for us to cry!

What the? You ask weishenme that the opponent can play a defensive counterattack? Spartak dared to fight back because they were used to playing on this field, and they knew what kind of "hidden weapon" there was under which turf, and of course they dared to fight like this.

In addition, most of the Spartak players on the pitch are tall and big, and if they were allowed to play long balls and header bombardments, the Fiorentina backline, which is inferior in terms of height, would definitely not be able to resist.

As a result, the next trend of the game was just like Zhuang Mingge's conjecture, Fiorentina, who contracted the defense, not only did not get more opportunities to score, Djokaeff and others repeatedly failed to counterattack due to field factors when attacking with the ball, but were cut off by the opponent, and took advantage of the opportunity of Florence to press the counterattack as a whole to launch an attack, if it weren't for Toldo's quick reaction, Fiorentina's goal would have already fallen.

The most simple and crude tactics of the wide players on the wings of the pitch and the high pitcher's header bombardment had an unexpected effect, and the Fiorentina players were tired of dealing with the high-altitude bombardment of the Russians, and were suppressed in their own half, unable to counterattack, and the morale of the players continued to decline.

Spartak's players, on the other hand, became more and more confident as they played, and in the 53rd minute of the second half, taking advantage of a set-piece opportunity, Onopko pressed Kripa who defended him, jumped high, and headed the ball into the door of Fiorentina, which was also the only goal of the first leg.

Fiorentina were beaten 1-0 at home to Spartak in Moscow, and the Purple Lilies will have to get two or more clean sheets in the second leg a week later if they want to progress to the Cup Winners' Cup.

Ranieri is really, what should I say, in terms of developing players, pre-match tactical arrangement, etc., this brother is indeed a good hand; But the change of tactics on the spot is very criticized, giving the initiative to the other party, what does this guy think......

It seems that if there is a more hode choice in the future, it is better to quit Ranieri, this guy who is conservative at the critical moment is just a "tinkerer", who can integrate a team that is ready to rebuild or scatter into a good fighting force, but cannot lead Fiorentina to become a giant.

After the game, Zhuang Mingge was guided by the Spartak staff to walk out of the stadium through a "VIP tunnel", Chairman Ivanov was waiting for Zhuang Mingge outside the passage with a smile, and an extended Lincoln was parked not far away.

…… What's the point of seeing this secret joint? Delusion? Do I have to wear a head covering when I get on the bus? Before getting in the car, Zhuang Mingge thought evilly.

However, it is obvious that the other party will not treat Zhuang Mingge, the "distinguished guest" named by Berezovsky, at best, he only pasted a layer of reflective film on the window glass, which is only to prevent sunlight......

PS: Chapter 21 of "Add more to complete jihua".