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Facts have proved that Mourinho's defensive strategy against Villarreal can be said to be quite effective. Faced with Fiorentina's approach of strictly preventing the two sides from being empty in the middle, Riquelme had to spend a lot of energy to get rid of the harassment and pressing by Marklele and others, and naturally the energy spent on organization and dispatch was much less. In addition, Fiorentina's heavy troops were deployed in the middle, Riquelme more divided the ball to the two wings with relatively empty defensive power in the game, trying to mobilize the defensive attention of Fiorentina players, thereby giving more room for play to the teammates in the middle.

However, like the difficulties encountered by Arsenal, Villarreal also lacks a commanding height that can restrain Florence's mid-lane air defense. Most of the crosses sent by Solin and others were Nesta and others who used their height and prediction advantages in the penalty area to clear the ball in advance, and did not give Fran, the new European Golden Boot, the chance to hit the goal!

As the winner of the La Liga Golden Boot and European Golden Boot Awards last season (with Milito), Diego Fran's strength is naturally unquestionable. Of course, many people also said that the reason why Fran was able to turn around after leaving Manchester United and transform from a parallel to a well-known shooter tied with Ronaldo, Milito and others was mainly because a midfielder like Riquelme was behind him to continuously deliver shells.

I can do it too! This sentence really expresses what many people think of Fran at this time.

In fact, this statement is a bit biased. You should know that when Manchester United played football, top midfielders such as Beckham, Peron, and Giggs were also passing the ball to him, but the Uruguayan did not show the expected powerful power on the offensive end. Instead, because of frequent waste of opportunities and low goal efficiency, they have become a sub-production in the fans' mouths, and they have no style of playing football in Villarreal now.

The reason for this very different phenomenon is mainly because Fran was not very adaptable to the football atmosphere of the Premier League at that time, which is the so-called discomfort. Therefore, when Fran, who was highly anticipated by fans when joining the Red Devils (at that time, Fran transferred to Manchester United for $12 million), could not produce performance that suited his value, it would be inevitable that the fans would be scolded as a parallel product.

In such a slightly harsh environment and public opinion atmosphere, it is easy to cause problems in the players' self-confidence. For a player, self-confidence is very important. If he loses confidence, then even if the player is talented, it will be difficult for him to play his due strength. After coming to Villarreal, Pellegrini's careful guidance, Spain's familiar language environment, and the general style of La Liga teams' game that focuses on offense and defensiveness, has rebuilt Fran's confidence that he has been ruined and his career has returned to the right path.

However, in this game, Fran, who also performed well this season, did not show his style as a new European Golden Boot. Under Fiorentina's strict defensive system, it is difficult for the Uruguayan to get the ball from his teammates, and there is no outstanding performance, which really disappoints many home team fans who come to watch the game on site.

"Fran is a player who is running erratic on the court, has a huge range of running, has abundant physical fitness, and has no obvious weaknesses in shooting skills. These are his advantages." Mourinho, who looks firmly on the bench, was observing the game on the court, while saying to Dilivio beside him, "It's a pity that what we Fiorentina fear the most is this kind of striker who is comprehensive but has no top strength. If Alessandro (Nesta) and the others are dealing with the Ivorians in Lazio, or Henry, Sheva and Ronaldo, I might be worried. Fran, at least he does not have this level of strength yet."

Thinking of this, Mourinho felt quite glad that Fiorentina met an Arsenal who was no longer at the peak in the quarterfinals. If Fiorentina met the Gunners who had reached 49 consecutive games in the Premier League this time, Mourinho would have to give up one of the two fronts, the league or the Champions League. Because Henry at Arsenal at that time was also an insolvent existence, and although Henry is still the king of Highbury in the Arsenal fans, the 29-year-old Frenchman obviously cannot compare with two years ago in terms of speed. At least any central defender defense line composed of Nesta and Lucio was enough to deal with his impact.

Villarreal obviously does not have a player who can create enough threat to Fiorentina's defense line on the offensive end. In other words, although Riquelme has this ability, his rhythm and speed on the court are too slow. By the time he adjusts the rhythm and prepares to attack by himself, Fiorentina has already arranged layers of defense lines, waiting for him to fall into the trap.

Therefore, when the offensive end cannot put enough pressure on Fiorentina, Villarreal's defense naturally has to withstand the increasingly sharp and fast counterattack from the visiting team.

Although Zhuang Mingge changed Senna's career trajectory to a certain extent, the Brazilian still came to the Love Song Stadium and formed a midfield barrier for the yellow submarine with Tacinadi. In this game, Senna and Tacinadi worked together to build a high airtight wall in front of the defense line, blocking most of Florence's counterattacks. The missed balls were successfully cleared by Pena, Alvarez and others, and there was no chance to use the Florence Trident led by Milito.

Thanks to the strong sweep and active interception of the pair of midfielders Senna and Tacinadi in front of the defense line, Villarreal did not collapse by Fiorentina with a quick counterattack without opening the attack, which kept the score on the field at zero to zero.

Mourinho was also helpless about this situation. Senna and Tacinadi suddenly burst out such amazing energy on the defensive end in this game, which was unexpected for him, and the Portuguese did not expect that Riquelme's restraint on the offensive end would be so strong. Although the Argentinian's rhythm and speed on the court were so slow, in order to block his pass and breakthrough route, Pirlo's position initiating an offensive position was much lower than usual, and Barack didn't even dare to easily invest in the counterattack!

It was precisely because Riquelme had restrained a lot of energy from Fiorentine players on the offensive end, and Senna and Tacinadi's outstanding performance in this game that Villarreal barely maintained the balance of the score and did not allow Fiorentina to win a big victory in the first leg.
Chapter completed!