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In Lippi's defensive philosophy, the player's personal defensive ability has never been the most important part, but has quite high requirements for the player's running ability. In other words, the defensive system created by Lippi is more about compressing the opponent's offensive space and cutting off their passing route through the large number of running of the players on their side, thereby completing the defensive task and giving one's own side the opportunity to counterattack quickly.

It is precisely because of this that the stars such as Robert Baggio, Ronaldinho and Robben, who have an average defensive attitude are so unpopular with Lippi. The most shameful thing about the Silver Fox is this big-name player with super talent and talent but never willing to give more energy to defensively.

However, after several times of being fired due to poor record, Lippi has learned some lessons in this life. At least this time, after picking up Lazio's coaching stick, Lippi did not deal with Ronaldo and Robben like he did when he dealt with Baggio, but instead asked other players to share the defensive tasks that were supposed to be responsible for in exchange for the two to devote themselves to the offensive end.

Judging from the current results, Lippi's move is quite successful. This season, Lazio was able to successfully revenge AC Milan and defeat his opponent to reach the Champions League final for the second consecutive year. This is the best evidence.

However, in this Champions League final, Lazio's defense was not as airtight as when he was against AC Milan in the semi-finals. Whether it was compressing offensive space or cutting off the passing route, the performance of the Blue Eagles players today could only be said to be barely passing. The defensive system Lippi spent nearly a year building was completely gone in this Champions League final. Therefore, in the first twenty minutes after the start of the game, fans repeatedly saw that Lazio players were slow in defending due to double-teaming or repairing defense, which resulted in the Fiorentine players easily passing by two or three kicks to create a one-on-one opportunity with the Blue Eagles defenders.

In short, Lazio players' performance, which is somewhat unrestrained on the defensive end, has given Fiorentina many opportunities to attack. If the Fiorentina players were not quite obedient, did not tamper with Mourinho's tactical arrangement before the game, and would not take risks in attacking without sufficient confidence, and would rather use passes to mobilize Lazio's defense line on the outside, Cech would probably be the busiest one in the first half.

Lazio will become so passive in this final, and there is a reason why the momentum of AC Milan in the semi-finals of the Champions League is completely gone. "Andre (Pirlo) and the others are not doing enough. Lazio players' physical energy consumption during this period has not reached the level I had previously required." Looking at the situation on the court, Mourinho analyzed calmly in his heart, "It seems that the general attack time must be delayed for a while, otherwise, the rash attack will likely be a quick counterattack by the Lazio players who still have enough strength."

Although Fiorentina is now in the field, for the cautious Mourinho, it is not too much to be careful when facing Lippi, the old fox. Therefore, he would rather be more conservative and let the players continue to use passes to force Lazio players to run more on the field, and launch a full-scale attack when they can't run at all!

After all, Lazio, who has two powerful weapons, Robben and Drogba, has a very strong counterattack ability. Although Mourinho trusts the abilities of these players under his command, to be on the safe side, he still plans to let Lazio consume more energy, at least not let the team worry about the defense when attacking a large scale.

Speaking of this, some people may have questions: Since Lazio and Fiorentina have both entered the European Cup final this season, and Fiorentina has won the Serie A championship this season, according to regulations, even the team that has won the fifth place in the Serie A can qualify for the European Cup next season. Why does Lazio, who is already in the top five in the standings, fight against Parma in the last round, causing them to fall into a physical crisis in the Champions League final?

The reason is very simple. Don’t look at Lazio in the fourth place in the standings before the start of the last round of the league. In fact, before the end of the league, the points gap between the Blue Eagles and AC Milan in front of them, and Inter Milan and Roma behind them is very small. The difference between AC Milan in the third place and Roma in the sixth place is only a mere three-pointer. This means that once Lazio loses in the last round of the game, the Blue Eagles are likely to fall outside the Champions League!

The reason why Lazio fell to this point is mainly because when the season went midway, the two absolute main players in the team - Didier Drogba and Michael Essin - both responded to the national team's call to participate in the African Cup in January this year, which led to Lazio having to face the cruel reality of losing the main center and midfield gate in the middle of the season.

The absence of Drogba and Essin had a huge impact on Lazio. During the two left the team to participate in the African Cup, the Blue Eagles encountered a continuous defeat in the league. They were not only separated by Juventus and Fiorentina, which were in the leading group, but also successfully overtaken by the teams such as the Milanese two-member Milan, and were entangled with them until the last round of the league.

This is the main reason why Lazio, who was able to defeat AC Milan and reach the finals in the Champions League, had to fight Parma in the last round in the league. Because they had nearly two months this season and had no way to send the strongest lineup to the game!

So, once they lose to Parma in this game and all the other three teams win, Lazio will fall to the sixth position in the standings and miss the European game!

However, after leading Lazio to defeat Parma, who is struggling to qualify for the League Cup and get a ticket to the next season's Champions League, Lippi and his Lazio players have to face another dilemma - they have consumed too much on Parma and have no more physical strength to deal with the next Champions League final!

It is precisely because of Lazio's excessive consumption in the league that Fiorentina, who came on as a substitute in the final game, has such a great advantage in this Champions League final. According to Mourinho's arrangement, they fully utilized their physical advantages and forced Lazio to the abyss of failure step by step!
Chapter completed!