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Since Fiorentina and Villarreal tied to zero in the first round, in this game, both Pellegrini and Mourinho performed extremely cautiously when setting up the team. After all, when the first round draw, no matter which side scored the goal first in this game, they would gain a great advantage in the next time. Therefore, tightening the fence and guarding their own goal, and then considering the offense has become a consensus among the head coaches of both sides.

However, for Villarreal, it is quite difficult for the Yellow Submarine, which has a weak family, to engage in some conspiracies on the starting lineup. Because of their limited financial resources and poor team heritage, their lineup depth cannot be compared with those of top giants like Fiorentina. To be honest, when the team's main defender Gonzalo Rodriguez was reimbursed for the season due to a knee injury, it was a big surprise that Bolivian veteran Pena was able to take over in time. Pellegrini cannot have higher requirements for this configuration.

So, if Pellegrini dares not send out all the main players in this game, Mourinho will be the first to laugh out loud. After all, except for these main players, Pellegrini basically has no good cards available.

Is it Figueroa, who once claimed to be the new hope of Argentina's forward line? Or is it the former Spanish U21 team members Guaire and Fonte? These players may be able to show off their momentum in several games, but if they start, Pellegrini may not dare to make such arrangements...

Goalkeeper Barbosa, from left to right, is Aruabarena, Pena, Kike Alvarez and Venta, Senna and Tacinadi form a double midfielder, Juan Solin on the left, Roman Riquelme is in the middle to command the overall situation, and Jose Mali switches freely between the center and the right winger, responsible for pulling space for his forward partner Diego Fran and Riquelme behind him.

After talking about Villarreal's roster, let's take a look at Fiorentina. After the confrontation and testing of the last game, after gaining a clearer understanding of Riquelme and the advantages and disadvantages of this Villarreal, Mourinho made some fine adjustments to the starting lineup.

Goalkeeper Buffon, Zivo, Lucio, Nesta and Zambrota lined up on the back line, and the iron triangle formed by Marklele, Barack and Pirlo continued to start and take the midfield, while the forward trident became a combination of Vincent, Jorgensen and Diego Milito.

It is arranged for Jorgensen, a veteran over 30, to start instead of letting Cristiano Ronaldo, who has gradually settled in the right winger position of the main player, to enter the starting roster. Although it is somewhat unexpected, Mourinho also has his own considerations. Indeed, after several seasons of training, Ronaldo has grown very quickly and has become a tomorrow superstar that has attracted much attention in the football world. But in general, Ronaldo is still a little young and energetic now. When facing some old fry, he occasionally shows an impetuous and aggressive tendency. Therefore, Mourinho has more experience in this game, and has excellent skills and overall view, replacing Cristiano Ronaldo's starting position in order to make the trident in the frontcourt become an organic whole, rather than three fools who are separated by their opponents and only know how to fight alone in the frontcourt.

Although he is already a veteran who is about to turn 31 and his physical fitness has declined a lot when he was young, after the Lauderup brothers retired, Romedal and Glenshare, who were suppressing their peak periods, became the core of the midfield of the Danish national team. Before he was seriously injured, he even aroused the interest of Real Madrid. Jorgensen relied on more than just technology and speed. His years of experience as the midfield commander of the Denmark national team have cultivated a good team consciousness, which is already quite comprehensive. This is the main reason why Mourinho chose him instead of Ribery or Dinatale.

It has to be said that Ronaldo's football talent, football quotient and his level of hard work are outstanding among professional players. After being excluded from Mourinho's starting list for this game, Ronaldo's first reaction was not to go to the head coach to argue, nor to be discouraged or even self-pity on the bench, but to seriously recall his performance in the first round, trying to find out his shortcomings and improve them.

Just as Ronaldo was thinking about Mourinho's intention and trying to draw nutrients from it that could allow him to grow further, Pirlo on the field was also thinking about how to deal with the unsightly Brazilian midfielder wearing the No. 19 jersey on the other side.

Senna was at the peak of his personal career in the 2005-06 season. The success rate of one-on-one matches, average passes and pass success rate were among the top three in La Liga players this season, and his average turnovers were also controlled by him at a very low level. Therefore, when these data were discovered by the media and made public, Senna, who was not famous, quickly attracted people's attention and regarded him as Villarreal's defensive gate!

If some people say that these are just Senna's personal data, maybe this Brazilian is just a data brush and cannot reflect his true value on the defensive end, then everyone who has watched Villarreal's games this season, at least with Juventus and Fiorentina's Champions League matches, can see that Senna has completely become the most reliable gate for Villarreal in these games. Without his interception and protection in the midfield, the yellow submarine would probably have been sunk by the opponent before it could surface.

However, when the game started, Senna was surprised to find that the offense of Fiorentina in this game became more cunning and flexible. Milito, Vincent and Jorgensen kept crossing and running without the ball in the counterattack. In addition, Barack and Pirlo and others were just right to attack, which made Senna and Tacinadi's double midfielder combination in a hurry, and the alarm in front of the goal was heard frequently.

At this time, Jorgensen's role was reflected. With his connection and organization in the frontcourt, Pirlo could safely choose to hand over the ball to the Danes when instigating a counterattack, allowing him and Milito to become the frontcourt fulcrum for Fiorentina when counterattacking. In this way, Balac and Pirlo could be more relaxed to form the second tier of the counterattack battle, and no longer had to run between the two penalty areas in order to ensure the quality of the offense and defense ends like in the previous game.
Chapter completed!