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"Hello everyone, everyone, the second half of Fiorentina's home match against AC Milan has begun, and the score is still 1-0. The home team Fiorentina led AC Milan with a goal from Philip Inzaghi in the 28th minute." The commentator of Fiorentina was still conscientiously introducing the overview of the game to the audience. "However, in the second half of the first half, the visiting team's young forward Cruyvert performed extremely well, almost turning the Fiorentina's defense downwards with himself. If it weren't for the unsatisfactory footwork today, AC Milan would have probably surpassed the score before the halftime break..."

After the fifteen-minute halftime break, the two sides returned to the court and then fought again. Capello and Ranieri did not make a substitution in these fifteen minutes. The former was because it was unnecessary. After all, the performance of Milan players in the previous forty-five minutes was quite in line with his expectations. Except for Via's mind and a moment of confusion, he had no more to blame. Even Capello could only regretfully say that it was not our army's lack of strength, but the enemy was too cunning...

Ranieli did not substitute because he now feels that everyone in the team performs well. No matter which one is replaced, it may have a negative impact on the team. This risk is something that Ranieli, who has always been conservative, is unwilling to take. In his opinion, one to zero and two to zero are both three-pointers, and there is no need to take such unnecessary risks in this key game.

At the beginning of the second half, Fiorentina, who had the kick-off, immediately passed the ball to Effenberg, and the German midfielder controlled the rhythm on the court. Rui Costa wandered around not far from Effenberg, providing the Tigers with a stable ball-out route. At the same time, the Portuguese is also a core of the team's auxiliary organization, mainly responsible for taking over the team's command when the German is closely defended by the opponent.

Under the dual-core dispatch, Fiorentina firmly established herself in the midfield and launched a real-life positional battle with Milan. Because through observation of the first half, Ranieri found that the current AC Milan obviously has an advantage in open offense. After all, their two forwards, Wei'er and Cruyvit, are not players who can seize the opportunity to shoot in intensive defense. Therefore, Milan is more likely to use frequent passes to open up enough space before handing the ball to the two to complete the shots, thereby improving scoring efficiency.

Therefore, at the break, Ranieri specifically emphasized to the players that he should strengthen his half-time defense in the next game, especially the area 25 meters in front of the goal, and the Milans must not easily hit the goal. The reason why he did not ask for further is mainly because this AC Milan does not have a long-range shot master who can use unreasonable long shots to blow the opponent's chess piece in the deadlock, so a 25-meter dense defense area is enough, unless Savicevic can explode again in character and face Fiorentina's defense to score a lap shot (here refers to the goal of Savicevic in the 1994 Champions League final).

Therefore, under the tight fences of Florence, AC Milan's offense encountered great difficulties. Cruivert still showed his immature side. Although he had enviable football talent and physical fitness, he had insufficient experience and did not have many ways to face such intensive defense - although his skills were excellent, they were not suitable for flashing and moving in such a small space; and Liberian Wei's also encountered difficulties. Ferrara's marking made him realize for the first time that this was the defensive level of Italy's top defender.

Milan's offense encountered difficulties, but Fiorentina was not easy, because Bati and Inzagi were not good at dribbling and counterattacking. It was often the case that the two of them were hit by Milan players during the subsequent dribbling and finally had to give up their control of the ball after receiving a pass from Costa or Effenberg.

In order to improve the team's efficiency in counterattack, Ranieri took the lead in making substitution adjustments at the 55 minutes of the game. He replaced Philip Inzaggi with Robert Baggio. The reason for this was mainly because Barty, as a high center, could serve as the frontcourt fulcrum for the team to play counterattack, and Baggio was an extremely suitable candidate for counterattack at his peak.

After all, Baggio was in his prime in 1995. When he represented the national team in the World Cup for the first time, Baggio used a long-distance raid that many Italian fans would never forget, and completed a classic defensive counterattack case with the restraint and cooperation of his teammates. In the US World Cup more than a year ago, Baggio, who became the team commander under the defensive counterattack system of national team head coach Saki, repeatedly charged in person to transform the team's several counterattacks into goals, thus leading Italy to the final!

All of this is enough to prove that Baggio was a good fighter in this period!

It is precisely because of this that after Baggio came on the court, Fiorentina's defensive counterattack became more and more convenient. Except for Baggio who stayed in the frontcourt, who was ready to counterattack at all times, the whole team retreated to the half-time to participate in the defense. The increase in the number of defenders made AC Milan's side have less and less room to shoot. Via and Cruyvert even had the tendency to be buried in the penalty area by the purple crowd; once Milan's pass was cut by the Fiorentina player, the ball would pass to Baggio's feet as fast as possible and launch a counterattack. In just ten minutes, Baggio hit the goal post and a crossbar, which shocked the visiting team's players in a cold sweat...

Capello sighed when he saw the team's long-term defeat but was repeatedly beaten by his opponents. Of course, he could see what the team lacked now, but he didn't have many ways. After all, Milan is in a period of rebuilding between the old and the new, and it is lucky to be able to get the second place. It is indeed too difficult to defeat this Fiorentina.

If it was a draw or he scored a goal first, it would be fine. Capello had many ways to bring the game to the rhythm he wanted. However, Via's irrationality made AC Milan still one goal behind, and the opponent clearly showed up to prepare for a defensive counterattack. In this case, Capello's counterattack tactics planned in advance would naturally not be used, so he could only watch the home team's counterattack against his team helplessly.
Chapter completed!