Chapter 299 Decisive Battle in Milan
AC Milan has had a very difficult life recently. First, he was eliminated by Bordeaux in the League Cup, and then fought with Fiorentina in the semi-finals of the Italian Cup. As a result, he was not only kicked out by his opponent with a total score of 0 to 3 in two rounds, but also because the team's main players consumed too much, the score difference in the league was greatly affected by Florencela.
The team's head coach Capello announced his resignation after the end of this season. The impact of this news on AC Milan can be said to be increasingly greater. With Capello's destined to leave, Cruyvert, who had been a good boy in Milan City for more than half a year, finally couldn't help but reveal his fox tail. As a result, the Dutch forward who had been in nightclubs frequently and was late in the team's training was directly given a heavy penalty by the angry Capello.
However, Capello seemed to have forgotten that there are only three games left in which he can coach AC Milan. Whether he can guarantee the smooth execution of five bans seems to depend on his successor's attitude...
Having said that, no matter which head coach takes over the stall left by Capello, he will announce that Cruivet will be released after he is sentenced to death? After all, this is an excellent opportunity to win people's hearts...
The battle with Fiorentina was a major player before it even began. This situation undoubtedly cast a shadow on the prospects of AC Milan's game. After all, their opponent in the next game is the leader Fiorentina, an opponent they have never won in recent years.
Therefore, many AC Milan fans and pro AC Milan news media have requested the team's head coach Capello to lift Cruyvit's ban on the team, at least in this game against Fiorentina, otherwise AC Milan will lose the last glimmer of hope of turning the tables with two rounds left in the league.
However, Capello, who has a tough personality, obviously ignored people's requests. In his opinion, even if AC Milan really tries his best to win Fiorentina in this game, it will not have any impact on the final ownership of the league championship. After all, Fiorentina's opponent in the last round is Piacenza, and Fiorentina cannot lose points in such a team.
Since the result is destined, what does it matter whether Cruivette will play in this game? Anyway, with AC Milan's current league points, it is definitely better to win the league runner-up. After all, there is a big gap between Juventus, who ranks third, and they, which means that AC Milan will not be a problem to participate in the European Champions League next season.
AC Milan fans are not fools, and they know very well that the result of this game is at most a little delay in Fiorentina's winning of the league championship.
So, why do they ask Capello to lift Cruivet's ban to increase the team's chances of winning?
Because people always hope that bad things will happen later, even if this thing will happen sooner or later...
The feeling of winning the championship two rounds ahead of schedule and winning the championship one round ahead of schedule, or even dragging to the last round before the championship winner is confirmed. This feeling is obviously different, both for Fiorentine fans and AC Milan fans.
It is precisely because of this psychology that Ranieri attaches great importance to this game. After referring to the opinions given by the physiotherapy center, he will finally determine such a set of starting lists:
Goalkeeper Toldo, four defenders from left to right are Fortunato, Filicano, Nesta and Bilindeli, and the back-defense back-sturdy Ferrara had to regretfully withdraw from the roster of this game due to a minor injury in training.
In the midfield, Rui Costa became the core of Fiorentina's organization in this game. Behind him, the combination of Tachinadi and Kripa is enough to ensure the team's defense.
Ranieri made certain changes on the front line. After all, there are only a few forwards who can Fiorentina and make a winger. It is impossible for them to start every game. Not only will their physical strength not be able to hold on, but other forwards will also have opinions.
Therefore, in this game, Ranieri sent a combination of Batistuta and Philip Inzaghi. Robert Baggio dragged behind the two to connect to the midfield, so that the two people who were at the front would not fall into an isolated state because of the disconnection of the midfield.
In Milan, the pace of the recent one-week matches obviously made the veterans of the Ross and Blacks breathe a sigh of relief. In this case, Capello naturally had no reason not to let them play. Although AC Milan had little hope of successfully turning the game in the league, it was even more delusional to expect Fiorentina to have a three-game losing streak in the last three rounds, the arrogant Capello would not surrender before the start of the game. The gold medal coach insisted on banning Cruyvert mainly to win the team's morale, but the Dutch was unlucky and happened to hit Capello's gun on his own.
Due to the failure of the previous technical midfield experiment, Capello chose to return to his best defensive counterattack tactics in this game. Martini and Panucci were separated from the wings, Baresi and Costakuta were partnered with the central defender, Albertini and Deselli took on the defensive work of the midfield. In front of the two were Croatian Boban and local veteran Donadoni, and the two forwards were Via and Marco Simeone with excellent speed and skills.
After the game started, Fiorentina took the lead, firmly grasped the ball, and constantly used passes to mobilize the opponent's defense. However, Fiorentina was not in a hurry to attack, because before the game began, Ranieri reminded them that the key to this game was not to lose the ball, rather than to score goals...
For Fiorentina, what is the most effective measure to prevent the opponent from scoring a goal when facing an opponent who has made up his mind to fight back?
That's right, it's just a backcourt.
If you are willing to play defensively and counterattack, I won’t stop you. As long as you don’t take the initiative to attack, I am willing to just drag it until the end of the game. This is the first reaction of the Fiorentine players when they see the home team posing as a stance of being strictly guarded.
Anyway, as long as the team gets a draw in this game, they can win the championship in advance. If there is no goal today, there will be no one.
While preparing to fight a defensive counterattack, the other side did not cooperate to launch an attack, but slowly fell down in the backcourt. This scene made many fans who were planning to see a wonderful game very disappointed.
The Milan players were also stunned. They never expected Fiorentina to be so shameless. They really planned to entertain themselves in the backcourt and have a ninety-minute pass practice - the final result was naturally that Fiorentina won the championship early with one point.
Chapter completed!