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Fiorentina beat Barcelona 4-1 in the UEFA Super Cup final, a result reminiscent of the not-so-distant 1994 Champions League final.

In that final, Barcelona, known as the "dream team" by the Catalan media, was defeated by AC Milan, which was full of injuries, and finally lost 0-4.

Although this Super Cup final is not as popular as the Champions League final in Athens, it can be seen from the starting lineups of the two teams and the live broadcast of the game that the two sides definitely did not release water in the game.

It is precisely for this reason that after this game, Barcelona was once again ridiculed by the Madrid media, and Barcelona president Nunez once again began to carefully consider whether the Tikitaka tactical system created by Cruyff really has a chance to save after this fiasco......

In his post-match press conference, Van Gaal harshly criticized Fiorentina, claiming that their tactics were simply to put a bus in front of the goal, and the style of play was too ugly to deserve the name of the best team in Europe.

"I think Mr. van Gaal should manage his players first and then judge my Fiorentina." Unexpectedly, Capello was not angered by Van Gaal's heated remarks, but quietly began to change the subject, "I believe everyone who watched this game knows very well in their hearts what kind of performance the Barcelona players have on the pitch after we are 2-0 up." ”

Capello's words hit the nail on the head of Louis van Gaal, and the Dutch coach was well aware of the Barca player's disobedience to his orders on the pitch.

Although he was very annoyed by the players' disobedience, Van Gaal did not intend to make this kind of internal problem public, after all, it is taboo to expose the contradictions within the team in front of the media. As a result, the Dutchman had intended to wait for the press conference to secretly launch an internal rectification campaign to establish his authority within the team.

However, what Van Gaal didn't expect was that Capello actually made this matter clear directly at the press conference!

Van Gaal can already predict what kind of articles will appear in the major sports newspapers tomorrow after Capello says this, and what the Barcelona veterans who are dissatisfied with him will make about him in interviews.

I have to say that when it comes to getting along with big stars, Van Gaal is definitely the worst of all the top managers. In his coaching resume, he has had conflicts with many big-name stars, which caused infighting in the team and affected his dismissal. For example, the conflict with Rivaldo and Figo when he coached Barcelona for the first time; the contradiction between the second and Riquelme who entered the palace; In the later period of Bayern's coaching, he was stranger to most stars such as Ribery and Robben, and was finally kicked out of the team by the unbearable Bayern management.

Like the madman Jose Mourinho, although there are many people who don't like him, few of the players he has coached have said bad things about him, except, of course, the gang of pit people at Real Madrid......

Even Capello, who is known as iron-blooded and ruthless, has not been like Van Gaal, who has been driving high and low everywhere and making enemies everywhere in the team.

However, what kind of predicament Van Gaal will face in Barcelona has little to do with Fiorentina. After the UEFA Super Cup, the Fiorentina squad flew back to Italy to prepare for the first league game of the new season, which will be played in a week's time.

A week later, on 31 August, Serie A celebrated the first round of the 1997-98 season, with the Italian Football Federation arranging a match between defending champions Fiorentina and Udinese as the opening match of the new season.

Udinese, who were playing at home, did not make much changes to their starting line-up, with Zaccheroni, an attacking maniac, putting out a very extreme attacking formation of three, four, three.

Among Udinese's starting eleven, the center forward is still German Bierhoff, flanked by Brazilian Amoruso and local striker Poggi; The midfield led by Dane Martin Jorgensen and the Udinese backline of the likes of Tulsi and Hellwig have not changed much this summer.

It is not surprising that Udinese, who have always run a small business, have retained all the main players of the first team this summer, after all, the Football Association's league reform bill passed by Guò under the pressure of the professional leagues has put a lot of pressure on the elder Pozzo, forcing him to fine-tune the club's business strategy to a certain extent.

After the old Pozzo took the initiative to change, although Udinese still tends to find low-quality young people and cultivate them to strengthen the team's bench depth and overall strength, but in order to ensure that the team can maintain enough competitiveness in the increasingly competitive Serie A arena, and in order for the team to enter the European arena in the future, it will not be financially punished by the professional league for the reason of "bad performance", so the old Pozzo did not sell the main team at a high price as in previous seasons.

With Udinese out of the way, let's look at Florence again.

In order to get a start to the team in the new season, Capello unreservedly sent all the main forces in his hands - Fiorentina still has to face a three-line battle this season, if you can't take advantage of the relatively physical stage of the players at the beginning of the season to try to get points to open up the difference between other teams, then in the sprint stage in March and April next year, the purple lily who failed to open the points gap will face a rather passive situation.

Goalkeeper Toldo, the back four from left to right are Robert Carlos, Stam, Nesta and Zambrotta. The reason why Ferrara was not sent is mainly because the high-altitude advantage of the German-made bomber of Udinese is too obvious, if Ferrara, who is only 1.8 meters tall, starts, what will he be bullied by this German center......

In midfield, Rui Costa played up front, Davies and Tomasi, the two guys in the team who were nicknamed by their teammates to run undead, were responsible for protecting behind the Portuguese, and Redondo appeared in a more central position as always, forming a duo with Costa in front of him to control the tempo of the team.

Up front, Argentine god Batistuta finally won a starting spot with his excellent form in training after sitting on the bench for two consecutive games, and his partner was Philippe Inzaghi, last season's Golden Boot of the league.

A strong center forward and an opportunistic master, with a passing master like Costa behind him. It is clear that Capello intends to play Udinese on the counter-attack in the opening league game.

When the players of both sides took their positions on the pitch, the referee looked at his watch, and then blew the whistle in his mouth, announcing that the opening match of the new Serie A season has officially begun!