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On May 18, the French Stadium was packed and the atmosphere was extremely lively. Lazio and Florence fans organized the official and folk songs of their respective teams, forming a unique landscape in the stands. Although the fans who did not buy tickets were full of regrets, this did not affect their interest in watching the game. At this time, they also gathered in front of the TV to cheer for the teams they supported!

At the same time, players from both sides have followed the referee team out of the player channel. Nesta and Cech are throwing coins and picking the edges at the referee to determine their respective offensive directions in the first half and the right to take the lead in kickoff.

Now let me introduce the starting lineups of the two teams in this game. On Lazio, although the Blue Eagles fought with Parma at home four days ago in order to save a ticket for next season's Champions League, since this Champions League final is also of great importance, Lippi had to ignore the extremely tired reality of the team after a fierce battle and made the decision to let the main players play continuously.

The goalkeeper is Peter Cech. After joining Lazio, the Czech goalkeeper quickly won people's recognition for his excellent goalkeeping skills and steady performance. Now he is recognized by the media and fans as the goalkeeper with the most hope of hitting Buffon's world's No. 1 goalkeeper. On the defense line, the four starting defenders are Maxville, Dainelli, Mex and Odo. Although except for Mex, the other three Lazio's defense line are not very famous, these people are all powerful players in the Serie A arena. It is easy to suffer a big loss if they underestimate them. Especially this season, after receiving the guidance of Lippi, the famous coach, Lazio has finally built a defensive system, which has greatly improved the defense quality of the Blue Eagles. It is no longer like the Mancini era, and can only rely on blindly accumulating the number of defenders in the backcourt to strengthen defense.

In terms of midfield, as Dutch veteran Edgar Davis began to retreat to the second line this season due to his age, Essin, the Ghana "Buffalo" who transferred from Lyon to Lazio for a sky-high price of 35 million euros last summer, began to become the new midfield iron gate for the Blue Eagles. In front of Essin, there is a combination of Stankovic and Deko. Both are the kind of diligent players who Lippi likes. They are not only diligent in running but also down-to-earth and willing to complete all the tasks assigned by the head coach, but also very good at organizing and scheduling. Therefore, when the Silver Fox took over the stall left by Mancini and picked up Lazio's coaching stick, they immediately established the two as the team's midfield core.

On the forward line, Brazilian king Ronaldinho is on the left, Dutch fly Robben is on the right, and in the middle is Didier Drogba from Côte d'Ivoire. This offensive combination is top-notch in terms of creativity, counterattack ability and offensive ability. The only thing that makes Lippi not very satisfied is that Ronaldinho and Robben don't like to retreat to defense in the game, and their defensive enthusiasm is quite average. On the court, there are often situations where the opponent directly attacks his own defense from the wing. Of course, Robben's sticky attribute is another headache for Lippi, but compared with the two's bad defensive attitudes, this is still tolerant of the Silver Fox.

To be honest, if Ronaldo and Robben were not too outrageous in offensive talent, often performing a single-handed rescue scene, and a center Drogba with a huge defense range wiped their butts, Lippi would probably repeat the story of Robert Baggio in Lazio and kicked the two out of Formero (Lazio training base).

After talking about Lazio's starting lineup, let's take a look at Mourinho's arrangement in this Champions League final. Since almost all the main players were hidden in the league final four days ago, Mourinho's adjustment space in this game is much larger than Lippi.

Goalkeeper Buffon, Zivo, Lucio, Nesta and Zambrota lined up in the defense, Marklele, Pirlo and Barack formed the midfield iron triangle, and the forward trident was a combination of Vincent, Diego Milito and Ronaldo. It is obvious that Mourinho plans to use this strongest lineup to deal with Lazio, who has some people who are struggling and lack of signs, so as to win his first Champions League championship in his head coaching career!

Although he was very eager to win the Big Ear Cup in front of him, Mourinho was not eager to achieve it and ordered the team to launch a fierce attack after the opening. Under the influence of famous coaches such as Robson, Capello and Heinquez who believed in "purpose first", Mourinho has long developed a rigorous and pragmatic style. In addition, the training and growth he received during his two years as the head coach of the first team in Fiorentina, the Portuguese made rapid progress in terms of character. No matter how huge the temptation is, he will put the overall situation first, rather than being complacent if he feels that his side has a great advantage.

Therefore, in the last team meeting before the start of the game, Mourinho once again emphasized to the players his tactical arrangement in this game out of caution: "Everyone must remember that you must play steadily after the game starts, and you must not be eager to achieve success or be eager to make contributions. As long as you maintain a balance of points with your opponent, the longer the game will be, the more beneficial the situation on the field will be to us!"

Although almost all Fiorentine players' ears have been called into pieces by Mourinho's repeated replays countless times, and have memorized all his arrangements about this game, none of them stood up to complain about the Portuguese's nagging. After all, despite not saying it, the players are still very considerate of their coach's mood at this time, and naturally they will not say anything that destroys the atmosphere at this time.

So, after the game began, Fiorentina, who won the first kick-off in the coin guessing session before the game, did not rush to attack Lazio's goal, but instead took steps under the organization of Pirlo and Barack, constantly bypassing the pressing and interception of Lazio players through passing and running, and pressed steadily towards the Blue Eagles' half!
Chapter completed!