Chapter 1216 Battle against the Ruble Legion (3)
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"Tsk, the thing I worry most is happening." Looking at Vincent, Milito and others celebrating the goal on the sidelines, Robert Mancini frowned and smacked his lips dissatisfied. He did not expect that the team would be broken by Fiorentina in just half of the first half. "It seems that I will come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible to curb Fiorentina's offensive. Otherwise, I'm afraid that this game will be completely lost without waiting for the halftime break."
Although on the surface, Fiorentina's goal was because Pancaro, who was responsible for the right defense, did not keep up with Vincent, who was extremely fast, thus giving the opponent an excellent chance to make a single shot. But in fact, the main responsibility for Lazio's conceding was two people. One was naturally not a timely shot, but Giannikeda, who was successfully intercepted by Pirlo and Barack, and the other was that he failed to defend Milito at the first time, allowing the opponent to calmly complete a subtle response.
As a new generation head coach who is widely favored by the outside world, he can certainly see the problems in Lazio's defense. Not to mention anything else, Mikhailovic and Favalina's confrontational and athletic ability that has declined more than one level from their peak period is enough to be destroyed by the top attackers in Florence.
Originally, because Mihailovic was able to become stronger, Mancini broke out in this game and stared at Milito, an arrowhead figure on the Fiorentine attack line. Judging from the current situation, his thoughts are still a bit too naive.
After all, although Old Miha, who is already 34 years old, has still had consciousness and skills, and his experience has settled down well over time and turned into a part of his own strength, good awareness and experience do not mean that when Milito makes moves, he can complete the defensive tasks assigned by Mancini. The decline in physical fitness and slow reaction caused by ageing make him always slow down when defending the opponent, and then there will be a situation where the defense is not in place, which brings huge hidden dangers to Lazio's defense.
In contrast, although Favalli began to go downhill, his competitive state was still well maintained, enough to serve as the main central defender of a strong team. Of course, if Lazio's goal is to become a top giant who can compete with the three northern top three and even Florence, then Favalli's ability will not meet the needs of the Blue Eagles.
Therefore, how to solve the defensive loophole on Mikhailovic, Lazio's back line, has become one of the problems that Mancini urgently needs to solve in this game. If he cannot come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible, then Lazio's defeat in this game is basically a foregone conclusion.
Mancini was able to realize this, and the Fiorentine players and Heinquez could do the same. So, in the following period of the first half, the Fiorentine players frantically bombarded the obvious weakness on Lazio's defense, making the 34-year-old Miha tremble with his legs and eyes straight. He wanted to yell at Mancini on the sidelines, so that he could quickly replace himself so as to avoid such cruel treatment.
Mancini, who had learned a lesson from Mikhailovic, made a substitution adjustment at the halftime as expected. He replaced Mikhailovic, who was almost blown away by Milito, and sent the powerful central defender Dainelli to be introduced this summer, intending to solve this problem in this most direct and simple way.
Although Mancini can also solve this problem by adjusting the team's tactics, such as allowing Giannikeda and Stankovic to strengthen their protection of the defense and pay attention to cutting off the connection between Milito and Fiorentina's midfield, in this way, Lazio, who has invested too much energy on the defensive end, will inevitably reduce his efforts in the offense and lose control of the midfield.
Everyone knows that once Fiorentina controls the midfield and takes the initiative in the game, their opponents have a very limited room for their opponents to turn over.
However, Mancini's movements were still slower because when the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score displayed on the large screen above the court had become 2-0!
Two goals behind and one goal behind are two completely different concepts. Lazio may be able to play steadily and wait for the opportunity when they are behind, but when they are behind two goals, if the Blue Eagles still want to get points in this round of league, they can only choose to take the initiative to attack.
After all, Fiorentina, which leads two goals, can completely shrink its defense in the second half and keep the score until the end of the game. Even if something goes wrong, it will cause them to lose the ball unexpectedly, Purple Lily can still take the initiative in the score. However, Lazio is not the case. If they do not take the initiative to attack, then it can be imagined that Fiorentina is likely to use the defensive counterattacks that all Italian teams will be able to suffocate them.
Some people may ask, since Mihailovic and others are already old, and Dainelli and Odo have proved themselves in the Serie A, why did Mancini still put them in the starting lineup? Why didn't he choose to replace Mihailovic, who was proven to be unable to defend Milito after conceding the goal in the first half?
On the one hand, it was because Mancini fought side by side with Mihailovic and others at the end of his career and won a league trophy. Last season, he even joined them as the head coach of Lazio. While Lazio was in internal and external troubles, he won the semi-finals of the League Cup and fifth place in the league. They have been sharing the joys and sorrows with each other, and are naturally not comparable to those of Dainelli, who have no foundation in Lazio.
On the other hand, it is because Lazio has just experienced large-scale personnel changes this summer. Although the team's strength has increased greatly, it has also planted unstable seeds. After all, the influx of a large number of new players has made the tacit understanding between players very insufficient, and the team's tactical system also needs to be adjusted according to the characteristics of these new players. Therefore, it takes a long time for Mancini to get the players in the midfield to form a whole and work out enough tacit understanding. In this case, it is very necessary to ensure the stability of the defense line.
Chapter completed!