Chapter 594 Crazy April (4)
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After defeating Parma, all six rounds of the Serie A will end. At this time, Fiorentina still leads Juventus, who ranks second, by fifteen points. This means that as long as Capello can lead the team to another four points, Fiorentina can win the Serie A championship for the fourth consecutive time!
Faced with this situation, Juventus general manager Moji was very helpless when interviewed by reporters, the old fox seemed very helpless, saying that the Zebras have indeed tried their best to prevent Fiorentina from dominating the Serie A continuously this season. The reason why it failed is not because the players did not work hard enough, but because the current Fiorentina team is too strong from the starter to the bench, and the results are desperately stable. Once they fall behind, it is difficult to make up for the existing gap.
It is precisely because of such a huge point gap that the Juventus board of directors gave Lippi a long-awaited order, which is to allow him to give up the league's main attack on the European game, and as long as he keeps a place in the next season's Champions League at the end of the season, he will be considered as completing the task.
"Marcelo, the team's energy now needs to be devoted to the Champions League. I hope this season, we can bring the Big Ear Cup (a nickname for the Champions League) back to Turin City." In the Juventus general manager's office, Moji said to Lippi seriously.
Faced with the hard task issued by senior management, Silver Fox, who was just a head coach, was unable to express his objection, and had to silently accept the request made by Moji, put the league aside for the time being, and concentrate on leading the team to prepare for the Champions League game.
It is naturally impossible for Fiorentina to know that Juventus has given up the league battlefield, but even if he knows, Capello is not in the mood to pay attention to these things at this time. Because in this week, Fiorentina will have a life-and-death battle with AC Milan, and the winner will be given the right to enter the Italian Cup final. This temptation is irresistible for Fiorentina, who strives to win the triple-champion again, or the Ross and Blacks, who perform in a mess in the league.
Therefore, when the night on April 8th came, Fiorentine fans had already squeezed the Frankie Stadium out of nowhere. Although they valued the team's performance in the league and the Champions League the most and were not very keen on such a useless event as the Italian Cup, when the team had the hope of winning the Triple Crown for the second time, they began to pay more and more attention to the team's promotion in the Italian Cup. After all, the triple crown is hard to come by. Since it is possible to win another one now, the fans of course hope that the players will try their best to seize this opportunity.
Since Fiorentina lost away in the first leg, Capello sent a very attacking starting lineup in this game: goalkeepers Toldo, Nesta Ferrara and Stam played three central defenders, the two wingers were Robert Carlos and Zambrota, Redondo and Davis appeared in the starting midfielder, with Portuguese midfielder Rui Costa as the core of the organization, and the captain Batistuta on the front line suddenly in front, Philip Inzagi, the penalty area fox, was cruising beside the Argentine god of war, looking for an opportunity to launch a fatal blow.
Ranieri, who is busy with the team's results, also values this game. The pot makers know that AC Milan's hope of achieving a good result in the league this season has been completely shattered, and even the qualification for European competition may not be able to win. Therefore, only by achieving something in the Italian Cup can he keep his own job.
Goalkeeper Rossi, defenders Maldini, Deselli, Costacuta, Leonardo, midfielder Albertini, Boban, Meni, Ibrahim Ba, forwards George Vea and Cruivet - Ranieri did not hold back and directly took out the strongest lineup he could set up, hoping to achieve a better result away, leading the team to eliminate his old club Fiorentina and advance to the Italian Cup final.
As long as you enter the finals and win the final championship trophy, AC Milan can qualify for next season's European Cup Winners as the Italian Cup.
After the game started, Florence, who was behind in total scores, took the lead in launching a fierce attack!
Adhering to the fine tradition of the Italian team, Fiorentina's offensive method is quite simple. Redondo and Rui Costa organize together in the back of the midfield, and then pass the ball to Carlos and Zambrota on both wings. They two insert the ball in turn to launch the attack. Bati and Inzagi who were in the middle line shot directly when they had the chance, and if they didn't have the chance, they made the ball to Davis and Costa who were in the back, either shot from a long time or reorganized the attack.
AC Milan is mainly focused on being stable. After all, they won the first round of the game, and Ranieri's personality is also more conservative. In addition, it is a away game, so it is not surprising that the Reds and Blacks adopt a defensive-oriented style.
Huge heavy troops in the middle and backcourts, and if you have the chance, you will pass it to Via and Cruivette in the front. Although this style of play is simple and crude, it also has good results. At least with the threat of Via and Cruivette, the three central defenders in Fiorentina dare not easily press on and participate in the attack.
Time passed by minute by minute. Facing the fierce attack of Fiorentine players, AC Milan players, under the command of captain Martini, set up defense lines in front of the goal to block the opponent's attack. Moreover, they did a pretty good job and never showed any flaws!
However, no matter how strong the defense is, there will be more or less loopholes under such fierce attacks as Fiorentina. After all, AC Milan's defense is a intensive defense based on the contraction formation. Although this approach will make the defense more stable, the substantial sacrifice of attack power will also make the home team's offense easier. Especially after the physical fitness of veteran Wei's begins to decline, Fiorentina began to launch a fierce attack unscrupulously!
Faced with this offensive from Fiorentina, AC Milan's defense finally began to show signs of loosening.
In the 43rd minute, Carlos' forced breakthrough on the left was broken by Martini and Fiorentina got a corner kick.
Rui Costa stood at the corner kick point. Batistuta, who was standing in the penalty area, was naturally the target of Milan players' focus on defense. However, Costa could pass the ball more than Bati. Da Inzagi, who was flexible in running and had a sympathetic relationship with him, as well as Carlos and Davis, who had a long-range shot and heavy artillery skill, are all places where the Portuguese could make a big fuss.
It was precisely because of this that Costa’s corner kick did not fly to AC Milan’s penalty area, but passed it to Carlos, who dribbled the ball and took two steps sideways before directly attacking the goal!
Although Rossi blocked Carlos' shot, the power of this shot was too great. In addition, Rossi is indeed old, so the Milan goalkeeper made a low-level mistake of saving the ball and losing his hand.
The ball broke out of Rossi's control and bounced back to the penalty area. Da Inzaji happened to appear at the landing point of the ball, and a light shot shot, sending the ball into the net.
Chapter completed!