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Chapter 539 European Super Cup (3)

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"Does, Tony, you are planning to dig an assistant coach from Barcelona?" Karin couldn't help but twitch when she heard Zhuang Mingge's thoughts, and said, "What's the good thing about this Mourinho? Is it worthy of you to value him so much?"

"Don't underestimate his ability. Mourinho is definitely not simple. He can go from a mere translator to his chief assistant coach with Robson for five years. Do you think he can be a mediocre person?"

"I heard what you said, it seems that Mourinho is really a good talent." Karin thought about it and vaguely guessed Zhuang Mingge's plan. "Tony, do you want him to join the coaching staff in Fiorentina and learn the experience of coaching the team with Coach Capello?"

"Yes, I do want to bring him to Florence." Zhuang Mingge nodded, affirming Karin's guess. "With Mourinho's learning ability, he will definitely learn enough things when he comes to Florence. As for the difficulty of poaching... Barcelona head coach Van Gaal is not a person who is easy to get along with. Although Mourinho now holds the title of assistant coach, he is doing translation work. I believe he is quite dissatisfied with Van Gaal."

"If this is the case, then as long as we do our work in Barcelona in advance, I believe they would not mind us taking away an assistant coach who has no status in the team."

To be honest, Zhuang Mingge certainly wanted to attract Mourinho, the head coach who was the most popular in his later generations.

First of all, although Mourinho emphasizes defense, he is not conservative. He can often see him playing life with his opponent when the team is in adversity, which is quite in line with Zhuang Mingge's appetite.

Secondly, Mourinho pursues pragmatism, which is quite consistent with the style of Florence under the coaching of two head coaches Ranieri and Capello. With Mourinho, if Capello leaves his position as head coach in Fiorentina in the future, Zhuang Mingge doesn't have to worry about the candidates for the head coach!

Therefore, Zhuang Mingge's idea was to first dig Mourinho from Barcelona to serve as an assistant coach in Florence, so that he could learn experience and tactical knowledge around Capello, and prepare for his future succession Capello.

As for why Zhuang Mingge is so sure that Capello will definitely leave Florence, the reason is very simple, that is Capello's background in AC Milan!

Although Capello left Milan City in anger because of Berlusconi's unrestrained words, it is undeniable that AC Milan and Berlusconi gave him sufficient trust, who was still the head coach of the youth team at that time, and allowed him, who was still an unknown person, to take over the King's Army left by Sachi. Such a kind of grace was enough to make Capello go back to help when Milan was in trouble!

Therefore, recruiting Mourinho in advance is to allow this practical and madman to learn more from Capello, a master-level figure in defensive counterattack. After all, in terms of tactical knowledge, Italy's foundation is better than other countries, otherwise a coach like Benitez will not be idle and can go to Italy to study; on the other hand, it is to let Fiorentina players familiar with Mourinho's existence in advance. In this way, once Capello resigns from Fiorentina in the future, the reputationless Mourinho can successfully take over as Capello's assistant coach in Fiorentina without causing too much criticism.

When the head coach leaves, it is a very common situation in the football world to be replaced by the assistant coach or youth team coach, and many people take this opportunity to play a world of their own. For example, Capello, who succeeded Sach, Bosque, who took over Toshak, and Liverpool's "boot room" tradition.

Just as Zhuang Mingge was thinking about how to successfully poach Mourinho without touching Barcelona's resistance, the two teams on the court were already in a difficult position.

Originally, Van Gaal thought that he had his own frontcourt attack line, which he created, "Rivaldo-Enrique-Figo" behind him, but he never expected that Capello's four-middle midfielder tactics would almost completely block his offensive routine!

With Thomassi's assisted defense, Zambrota could completely withstand the joint impact of Rivaldo and Barjuan; and on the other side of the court, Figo and Ferrer's attacks were also successfully strangled by Carlos and Davis.

Capello has clear instructions on how to defend Barcelona's wing attack: they can let them break through the wing, but if they want to cut inward to complete the attack, then there is only one sentence, this road is not accessible!

Capello's move is obviously a bullying Barcelona's attack line lacks height. Even if Figo and others make a cross, no one in Barcelona can compete with Nesta or Ferrara in the penalty area. Although Rivaldo is 187cm tall, the Brazilian is limited to the wing by Van Gaal. The limitations in position make it difficult for him to arrive in the penalty area in time to compete for high-altitude balls.

In this way, under the extremely targeted defense of Fiorentine players, Barcelona's offense seemed to be thunderous and rainy. Sony Anderson on the front line was just a second-rate striker and could still show off his might in Ligue 1, but when he faced Ferrara and Nesta, the world's top central defender combination, the Brazilian striker was completely timid. And when Sony Anderson was invisible on the court and lacked support, Luis Enrique, who was trapped in a heavy siege, naturally could not exert his due power when facing Dibiagio's defense.

With these three full-time defensive midfielders on the court, Redondo's extensive running ability and excellent team consciousness were finally fully displayed in the eyes of fans. Argentine wearing Fiorentina's white away jersey ran all over the field, appearing in every corner of the midfield to assist his teammates in resisting Barcelona's attack. Even Guardiola, who organized an attack near the center circle, could not escape the fate of being harassed by Redondo.

At the same time, on the offensive end, Argentina's midfielder was able to repeatedly send accurate long passes to Vieri and Ronaldo on the front line, leading Fiorentina to make a sharp and fast counterattack.

Under this tactic, Vieri's strength and Ronaldo's speed advantage are fully reflected, making Barcelona's defense line led by Couto and Nadal in a hurry.

One side continues to attack fiercely but is futile. Although the other side is in a defensive position for most of the time, every counterattack can put huge pressure on the opponent's goal, and the result is naturally obvious.
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