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Chapter 715 Juventus (2)

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When referee Rossetti blew the whistle to the end of the first half, Ancelotti was excited to celebrate with the Juventus players on the sidelines and on the bench. After several consecutive defeats in challenge Fiorentina, this time, he finally saw hope for a successful revenge on Capello!

Capello did not pay attention to this. Now he needs to use this extremely important fifteen-minute halftime break to adjust the players' physiological and psychological state to a normal level. In Capello's view, Fiorentina's performance in the first half was simply abnormal.

On the defensive end, Dilivio's performance on the court was not like a 32-year-old veteran. His back and forth sprints on the wings caused a lot of trouble for Zanbrotta; Zanetti and Maclale were unable to stare at Zidane alone, allowing the French master to continuously send threatening passes in the midfield; and Otero, who had been in a long period of goal drought, actually found the feeling of scoring in this game. He was so elusive in the penalty area that he made Stam and Nesta helpless.

On the offensive end, the three-center-back combination of Ancelotti's discharge of Euliano, Montero and Blanc actually curbed the joint impact of Vieri and Ronaldo, making Capello call it "unscientific"; the double midfielder combination of Davis and Deschamps was also extremely brave, and he forced Effenberg and Redondo to take turns to attack, and even had the spare effort to help Dilivio and Toricelli defend the two wings and curb the wing offensive of Zambrota and Robert Carlos!

Faced with this extremely unfavorable situation, following the crazy scene in the Toyota Cup not long ago, Capello once again showed people his great courage that is unknown to most people during the halftime break!

Replaced Zanetti with Philip Inzagi and replaced Maclale with Pirlo. In order to reverse the unfavorable situation, Capello decisively changed the lineup and turned the 442 at the beginning into the 433 who paid more attention to offense!

It can be said that, especially now none of the three midfielders in Fiorentina are full-time defensive midfielders, all of whom have two skills in offense and organization!

However, although this seems like a very life-threatening style of play, Capello still has his own ideas in his mind.

First of all, the reason why Capello dared to leave only Redondo to sit in front of the defense line and let the team push the attack was because he found that Juventus' attack line lacked the most critical condition for counterattack, that is speed. Especially after Pierro was seriously injured, this disadvantage became more obvious; as for others, whether it is Fonseca, Zidane, Otero, or Dilivio, they are not good at this. Therefore, moving the defense line forward can not only allow Juventus players to stay away from their goals, but also give the defenders more room to deal with Juventus' strikers, rather than being slightly negligent in the penalty area, like in the first half, the opponent seizes the opportunity to shoot in the penalty area.

Secondly, although Capello does not want to admit it, the three-cent-back combination used by Ancelotti in this game is indeed quite effective in Fiorentina's current double striker style. Therefore, increasing the team's personnel on the forward line and eliminating the number of Juventus defenders is Capello.

Therefore, Capello made such an astonishing substitution during the intermission, in order to crack Ancelotti's tactical arrangement in all aspects!

Fatty An, immersed in the pleasure of revenge, did not notice the profound meaning of Capello's actions. When he returned to the stadium, the young coach was thinking about how to humiliate Capello at the post-match press conference. He completely forgot that the game would not end forty-five minutes!

The result can naturally be imagined. After the second half of the game began, Ancelotti quickly paid a heavy price for his carelessness!

Although the lineup on the court does look very crazy, it is obviously quite good in terms of effect. The three midfielders composed of Pirlo, Effenberg and Redondo gradually suppressed Juventus' midfield on the offensive end, especially as the physical fitness of the two veterans Dilivio and Deschamps began to decline, Fiorentina gained a comprehensive advantage in the midfield, constantly threatening Juventus' goal with passes and long shots!

On the forward line, after receiving support from Inzaghi, Vieri and Ronaldo were finally able to escape from the situation of playing with less and more, forming a three-on-three situation in the frontcourt.

Juventus players struggled to withstand Fiorentina's attack on the court. Although they are indeed very good at defense, as mentioned before, due to insufficient speed, it is difficult for the Zebras to make a threatening and fast counterattack in the game, which leads to them being able to passively deal with the full-strength attack of Fiorentina without worries.

Moreover, although Juventus relied on the stunning performances of the whole team to gain a two-goal lead, this also made them consume a lot of physical fitness, especially among these players, many of them participated in the Champions League group stage four days ago, and Juventus' physical fitness at this time can naturally be imagined.

Therefore, as the game progresses further, Juventus players did not have the Fiorentine players who had previously gone to Japan to play a Toyota Cup final.

As one goes up and down, Fiorentina's offense became more and more fierce. In addition to the three forwards in the front and three midfielders including Effenberg, even Carlos and Zambrota on both sides ran up to join in the fun, constantly testing Peruzzi's nerves with long shots. Especially Robert Carlos, the long shot power can definitely be considered a terrifying level. Each shot has extremely powerful strength and speed, and often has a little strange arc, causing great trouble for Peruzzi's save work.

In the 58th minute, Carlos cut in from the left under the cover of Ronaldo and Pirlo, and then before Toricelli and Deschamps formed a pinch of his attack, he directly swung his left foot and made a powerful shot from the outside instep!
Chapter completed!
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