Chapter 847: Juventus (2)

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At 7 p.m. on December 20, the Stadio Frankie, which can accommodate 47,000 spectators, was packed, and the Fiorentina fans, who had the advantage of numbers, were not deceived by the outside media, and happily sang the Fiorentina team song in the stands in droves, cheering for the Fiorentina players who had just stepped on the pitch!

Here's a look at the starting line-ups for both teams for this game. Fiorentina, after suffering two consecutive draws, Heynckes made changes to the starting lineup for this game: goalkeeper Toldo, Carlos, Stam, Ferrara and Di Livio in the back line-up, obviously Heynckes in the right-back position more trust Di Livio, who has played for Juventus for many years, believes that this veteran can prove that he is still old in front of his old club.

In midfield, in response to the opponent's crazy strangulation of Fiorentina in the midfield in the last two games, Heynckes sent a trio of Redondo, Effenberg and Pirlo in this game, and Gattuso was the only purely defensive midfielder. Claude Makelle was not in the starting line-up and the French midfielder sat on the bench alongside Deco and other team-mates, awaiting a call from Heynckes.

It is clear that Redondo will have a very difficult task in this game, not only will he have to take on some of the organising work, but he will also have to take over all the defensive work of Makelele, because Gattuso is just a tin plaster, and he is unlikely to be in a midfield position with a poor sense of defensive position.

So, so to speak, the Argentine's table will decide the success or failure of Fiorentina's game in a big way!

Up front, it's a combination of Vieri and Inzaghi, with the former's impact and the latter's elusive movement both causing a headache for the Juventus defence.

Looking at Juventus's side again, Ancelotti, who thinks he has found Fiorentina's goal, has put on a very strong starting lineup in this game: the goalkeeper is the Dutch international Van der Sar, the four defenders from left to right are Pesoto, Montero, Iuliano and Torricelli, and the back position is Davies, Tacinadi and Oliseh, the three players start together, and the French forward Zidane is still the core of the Bianconeri's organization on the field. The forward duo is a combination of Prince Pierrot of the Bianconeri and Yugoslav centre-forward Kovacevic.

As for the French star Thierry Henry, who was highly expected by Juventus fans at the beginning of the season, and Ambrosetti, who was once known as the "Italian Giggs", both of them seem to be not very suitable for the Turin side of the country, and after joining the Bianconeri, they did not show the level that suited their value, and were called parallel goods by disappointed Juventus fans, and their position within the team was quite embarrassing.

Incidentally, due to the fact that Zhuang Mingge can meddle in some of Monaco's affairs, director Henry Henry, despite making a name for himself in European football as he has historically made with his outstanding performances in Monaco and the World Cup, his transfer to Juventus came a season later than in history. The change led directly to Arsenal's failure to bring in the future King of Highbury after selling Anelka, which forced Arsene Wenger to rely more heavily on Bergkamp and Nigerian Kanu this season, and Arsenal's attack was much worse than it was in history.

After the start of the game, the Juventus players who took the lead did not hesitate at all, and at the moment of the whistle, according to Ancelotti's pre-match arrangement, launched a fierce attack towards the Fiorentina goal!

However, the Fiorentina players are naturally prepared for this, after all, they have suffered from the two teams of Lazio and Solna AIK in a row, if they don't remember for a long time, it is really a problem with their IQ.

Fiorentina's four midfielders were well defined, with Gattuso dedicated to Zinedine Zidane, Effenberg and Andrea Pirlo combining to form the first line of midfield defence, while Redondo, who was at the back, was in front of the backline and tackling some missed balls from his three team-mates.

Despite seeing that the opponent was already prepared, the Juventus players did not stop attacking, because long before the game, Ancelotti instilled in the Juventus players the method of dealing with Fiorentina, that is, in the defense with ferocious scrambling and a lot of off-ball runs to disrupt their attacking rhythm, in the attack, through the two wings of the attack, after suppressing the two Fiorentina full-backs and dispersing the defensive force in the middle, the central players in front of the goal to grab a point or a long shot to complete the final blow!

Therefore, under Zidane's dispatch, Pesoto and Torricelli repeatedly inserted assists when attacking, and Davies would also pull to the side to play some one-two with the two, helping them to suppress Carlos and Di Livio in this way of attacking instead of defending, so that the opponent was unable to participate in the attack due to excessive consumption on the defensive end.

"Hmph, Ancelotti is really too young, and he dares to say that he wants to take all three points on Fiorentina for this trick?" Seeing the Juventus players on the field playing football that was almost the same as the previous Lazio and Solna, Heynckes snorted coldly and said to Mourinho beside him.

"Well, I think Coach Carlo Ancelotti must have been inspired by those two games and thought that strengthening the attacking forces on the flanks and interceptions in the midfield could effectively restrain our style of play, so he followed the tactics of Lazio and Solna." Mourinho also apparently disliked Ancelotti's imitation of the footsteps of his predecessors and voiced his speculation.

"Oh? Haha, that can only be said that Ancelotti is too inflexible. A large part of the reason for the draw in the first game by Lazio was Nesta's unexpected injury and Cruise's sudden outburst, otherwise we would not be so ashamed even if we did fight against each other; The draw with Solna in the last game was even more of a referee's reason, and if the game had been blown according to the normal scale, the Swedes would have been beaten into a sieve by us. After listening to Mourinho's speculation, Heynckes laughed twice, and then said, "Besides, Ancelotti doesn't think about it carefully, since we have been planted on this twice in a row, he still wants to use the same trick against us, isn't it too underestimating us?" Look, if Juventus continue to play like this, they will definitely be the first to be unlucky! ”

As soon as Heynckes's words fell, the situation on the court changed abruptly: Zidane didn't notice Redondo who came to help defend when he got rid of Gattuso's pressing, and was successfully intercepted by the Argentine defender!

Redondo, who made the tackle, did not give Zidane a chance to counter-attack on the spot, and the Argentine immediately passed the ball to Effenberg, who was in front of him. Then, the German Tiger and Andrea Pirlo and Redondo, who caught up later, played a jaw-dropping short pass in midfield, and used a series of fast passes to break through Ancelotti's carefully arranged back three from the front, and finally Effenberg sent a through ball through Montero and Iulliano's backline!

At this time, Inzaghi shrewdly rushed out from Iuliano and received the Tiger's through ball, forming a single knife, he did not waste this opportunity to score, facing Van der Sar, the tall and arm-long Spirit, the penalty area spirit fox directly kicked the small goal of the Dutch goal!

Van der Sar obviously didn't expect Inzaghi to make such a choice, and he was still speculating whether the opponent would push the near corner or the far corner, but he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the ball flying between his legs, and he had no time to react as he could only watch the ball fly under his crotch and then plunge headlong into the goal behind him!

1-0, just ten minutes into the game, Fiorentina scored first!