Chapter 749 Challenge Arsenal (2)
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So, in order to slap Wenger, who was smart, and to kill the suspense of the game as soon as possible, Capello sent all the best cards in his hand to the field in this game.
In the goalkeeper position, although Toldo conceded a lot of goals this season and his competitive state is quite average, he is still the most reliable goalkeeper in Fiorentina.
On the back line, considering the sharp breakthrough of Ovemas and Palor's wing, Capello decisively sent Robert Carlos and Zambrota as the starting left and right full-backs; as for the middle line, Nesta and Stam, who have returned from injury, are jointly responsible for it. They will face the joint impact of French rookies Anelka and ice prince Borgkamp in the game.
In the midfield, Marklele and Redondo are both midfielders. Although the Argentine Prince has the ability and physical strength to take on all tasks in the midfield position alone, for Capello, who has always valued defense and stability, adding Marklele's defensive gate can undoubtedly add an insurance to the goal of his side. Moreover, doing so can better liberate Redondo, allowing the Argentine superstar to fully display his offensive talent in the game.
Effenberg stood in front of Marklele and Redondo. The German Tigers will form a midfield dual-core with Redondo in the game. At the same time, he has long shots and an outstanding overall view and unparalleled domineering spirit, but he can stabilize the morale of the army at critical moments.
On the forward line, the strong Vieri was at the forefront to attract firepower, while Ronaldo and Ljumbley were hiding behind Vieri waiting for an opportunity. The interaction between these three players in the frontcourt was enough to make any defense line very troubled.
On the bench in Fiorentina, there are also famous players and talented stars like Inzagi and Pirlo. Such a rich player reserve allows Capello to make the most appropriate changes based on the situation on the court at any time!
Compared to Capello's many talents, Wenger's undertaking seems much more poor. He can only rely on a good main lineup and a few rotation players to conquer the world. The remaining people are either young people who are still young or old veterans. They cannot provide enough combat power in key occasions and can only be used as a contributor.
This cannot be blamed for not working hard. Although the Premier League renewed a fat contract with Sky TV the year before yesterday, for Arsenal, which is in the reconstruction period, the money is only enough for Wenger to buy some main players. Arsenal still needs a long way to go to have a bench with sufficient depth like Fiorentina, and what they can rely on is Wenger's keen eye for knowledge.
Therefore, in order to allow the team to meet the Champions League game in the best condition, Wenger decisively rotated the starting lineup in the 27th round of the Premier League with Newcastle last weekend. The result of this was that the Gunners were beaten up by the Magpie with a 4-1 score at St James Park Stadium.
However, the prices Wenger paid were exchanged for Arsenal, who was in charge of the Hebrey Stadium, to face the European overlord Florence with the full lineup tonight!
"Five Old Defenders" Siman, Winterbourne, Adams, Keeon and Dixon all started, Vieira and Petit, the Frenchmen, serve as double midfielders, Ovemas and Palor, two wing attackers, flew with both wings, with Anelka breaking forward, and Borgkamp's position slightly retreated as a shadow striker.
The first one to kick off was Arsenal, who played at home. After Wenger entered the arsenal, Arsenal completed its transformation at an astonishing speed, transforming from the most dull and wild and unbearable team in the Graham era, the most technical and tactical style of play, and transformed into a team with extremely attractive technical and tactical styles.
Generally speaking, against a technical team like Arsenal, fierce pressing and sharp quick counterattack are naturally the best way to deal with it. However, after carefully analyzing the information sent by the scouts and the Information Center, Capello decided not to use defensive counterattack tactics in this game, but decided to use technology and ball control to stomp Arsenal, who has a home advantage, to step under his feet!
The reason why Capello chose this is first because no matter how gorgeous Arsenal under Wenger's tactical style is, the Gunners are a Premier League team after all, and the old teams left by Graham were still there, so the players in Arsenal must be very familiar with physical confrontation. If Fiorentina wants to deal with Arsenal in this regard, it may be difficult for him to gain much advantage. Another reason is that Capello has enough confidence in the technical level of Fiorentina players. After all, with two top midfielders Redondo and Effenberg, it is obviously quite difficult for Arsenal to play technology and control the ball with Fiorentina.
Of course, Capello would not say that he wanted to use this method to tell Wenger that there is an insurmountable gap between Arsenal and Fiorentina. In the face of absolute strength, no matter what trick Wenger wants to play, he is just doing useless work. Fiorentina is fully capable of completely defeating it in the field Arsenal is best at!
Therefore, after the game began, the Gunners were habitually prepared to take control of the midfield as they did in domestic games, under the command of Vieira, and then slowly look for loopholes in the Fiorentine defense line. However, to the surprise of Arsenal players, the opponent in front of them did not use the defensive counterattack that the Italian team was best at in the game as Wenger expected before the game, but instead actively engaged with them from the beginning of the game to compete with them for control of the midfield!
When Wenger, who was watching the game in the coach's seat, saw that Capello's tactics were not the defensive counterattack he expected, but was planning to compete with Arsenal's technology and midfield control. The professor's heart couldn't help but tremble, thinking that Capello had already discovered Arsenal's shortcomings and was waiting for a fatal blow at this time!
The reason why Wenger is not worried about this weakness during domestic games is that the professor is confident that no Premier League team can beat Arsenal on the technical level. Therefore, Arsenal players cannot see this weakness in the Premier League.
However, compared to Fiorentina, which has two world-class midfielders, Redondo and Effenberg, Arsenal, who can only rely on a Vieira who has not yet fully matured, is obviously much weaker in midfield control than Purple Lily. Therefore, if Arsenal insists on competing with Fiorentina in this regard, the final death must be the Gunners who are ignorant of the sky.
Chapter completed!