Chapter 586: A Smooth February (5)
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So far, the Serie A has been held for twenty-one rounds this season, and Fiorentina, which ranks first in the standings, has led Juventus, which is ranked second, by as many as thirteen points!
In fact, when the league reaches this point, most people can see that as long as there is no accident, such as a replica of the Supega air crash (the culprit that led to the once-prosperous Red Bulls Torino in the 1940s and has not recovered so far) or a continuous victory, the league championship this season can basically be said to be the thing in Fiorentina.
But many people don't want to admit this at the moment, because the reason is very simple, because they are not fans of Fiorentina, but supporters of teams such as Inter Milan or Juventus who still have a glimmer of hope for winning the championship.
Therefore, of course, these fans are unwilling to surrender to Fiorentina before the season even ended, but are looking forward to a miracle, just like on the British Isles a few years ago, Manchester United magically reversed the leader Newcastle United when they were once more than ten points behind.
However, this miracle obviously cannot happen casually. The head of the Magpies back then was Kevin Keegan, who had mediocre abilities, and now the head coach of Fiorentina is Capello, who is known for his stability.
Capello's team was reversed by his opponent? This probability is so low that even the ** company is unwilling to open a market quotation for it!
After a away victory over Empoli, the Fiorentine player who had been resting for a whole week has welcomed his arch-rival and biggest rival in the league this season at Frankie Stadium.
If Fiorentina wins this game, then with twelve rounds left in the league, Fiorentina, which is sixteen points ahead, can basically be said to have a sure victory in the championship trophy; if Purple Lily loses and Juventus can concentrate on coping with the league, then with the score difference still ten, the Zebras will not be able to reverse.
But Juventus coach Lippi didn't think so. In his opinion, instead of competing with Fiorentina in the league, this season, it is better to concentrate on playing the Champions League game.
Because the smart Lippi also saw that UEFA is spared no effort to set up a lot of obstacles on the road to the three consecutive championships of the Fiorentina Champions League. Otherwise, how could Fiorentina be so lucky that it would be to enter the group stage and enter the death group, and to draw the strongest Dortmund in the quarterfinals?
Since Juventus was in two and half zones in total different areas from Fiorentina when drawing lots, there was no chance to meet unless both teams reached the finals!
In Lippi's view, this is the best opportunity for Juventus to dominate the Champions League. When UEFA concentrated a large number of strong team resources to the first half to deal with Fiorentina, Juventus can be said to be the leading player among the eight teams in the second half. Whether it is Dynamo Kiev, Porto, Monaco, or Laconika, Ajax, Arsenal, who also qualify as the first in the group, the overall strength is much worse than that of the Zebras!
Therefore, as long as the players can perform normally in the game, it is no problem to enter the Champions League final!
However, when Lippi told General Manager Moji about his thoughts, Moji, who has always been calm and never got angry, suddenly broke out!
Mo, who regards the league championship as the foundation of the team, certainly will not allow Lippi to voluntarily give up the league battlefield. After a roar, the old fox ordered Lippi to do his best in the league. Unless Fiorentina has confirmed to win the championship in advance, don't even think about giving up the league!
So, in such a tangled mood, the Silver Fox led the Juventus players to Frankie Stadium.
However, what Lippi didn't know was that his previous remarks had already made Moji, who had always supported his work, want to fire him, and this time the old fox really wrote this idea in a written report and reported it to the Juventus board of directors!
After a detailed discussion, the Juventus senior executive decided to terminate the work contract with Lippi as soon as the season ended. However, considering that the team reached the semi-finals of the Champions League this year and had a great hope of making a breakthrough on this road, and he is still needed to lead the team to play games, the bad-hearted Juventus senior executive did not announce the news immediately, but quietly waited for the end of the season.
Of course, Lippi didn't know the news. Now he is still trying his best to lead the team to play every game.
After referring to the 532 formation used by Capello in some games, Lippi felt that this formation was very suitable for Juventus today, so he decisively used this formation in this game, intending to give the Fiorentines a small "surprise".
The goalkeeper is still more and more like a meatball Peruzzi. The three central defenders are Uliano, Blanc and Montero, among which Uliano and Montero are responsible for the man-marking, and the experienced Blanc is ready to make up at any time. Deschamps and Antonio Conte serve as double midfielders to protect the defense line. Toricelli and Dilivio, two full-backs who can go up and down, are separated from the wings, and French midfielder Zidane serves as the team's organizational core. On the forward line, there are still the combination of Otero and Pierro.
Looking at Fiorentina, Capello seemed to have expected Lippi to play the three central defenders in this game. Therefore, when the starting list was announced, the gold medal coach waved his hand and said with great momentum: "Young men! In this game, we play 433!"
Toldo, Carlos, Nesta, Ferrara, Zambrota, Davis, Redondo, Effenberg, Ze Roberto, Vieri and Ronaldo, this is the eleven starting players of Fiorentina in this game.
In this game that almost determined the league championship trend this season, no one expected Capello to take the initiative to attack, and Lippi was no exception.
So, when the Silver Fox saw the starting list of Florence, his brain instantly crashed, and then found a house with excellent soundproofing to curse Capello's despicable, cunning, shameless and vulgar...
Lippi, who has made great efforts in the formation of the three central defenders, certainly knew the life span of this tactic, so when he saw Capello's three forwards playing style, he realized that this style of play restrained his tactics!
Although he realized that he was at a disadvantage in the tactical arrangement before the game, Lippi had no way to adjust the starting lineup when the starting roster had been reported.
Chapter completed!