Chapter 881 Lazio (2)
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On the court, Lazio, who was the first to kick off the ball, was not in a hurry to launch an attack. He knew the sharp counterattack against Fiorentina and naturally could not give the opponent a chance to steal easily. Seeing Pirlo and Shevchenko pushing towards their position, Peron decisively passed the ball cleanly and neatly, passing the ball to Diego Simone behind him. As the number one organizational core of Lazio's team, the Argentine Wizard was obviously preparing to play a protracted battle with Fiorentina in this game.
The reason why Peron chose this is because head coach Eriksen set it up for them before the start of the game. After all, the powerful power of Shevchenko and Inzaghi is more reflected in the counterattack, and their ability to break intensive defense is far less than that of Vieri. Without the restraint and ball-making of this Italian center, Sheva and Pipo would probably have to spend several times more time on the space to get shots than usual!
Therefore, after learning that Vieri's positional weapon did not enter the starting list, the Swedes immediately changed their original combat strategy and issued an order to the players to stabilize the defense in the game and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack! The command from Perron, who has a high ball quotient, is naturally understood by the head coach, and it was implemented well after the game began!
As for the other reason why Peron chose this, it is mainly because of the limitations of Lazio's starting lineup configuration in this game. Although Nedved and Stankovic have the sign of a wing forward and their strength is considered first-class, their offensive power is more reflected in tireless running and powerful long shots. Compared to the pure wingers like Consicao who can forcibly break through the opponent's players with speed, they are not only a bit worse in speed, but also their dribbling skills are only average. It is difficult to rely on their personal abilities to break through the defense of Zanbrotta and Carazze, thereby tearing a hole in Florence's defense.
Therefore, under the combined effect of factors such as the teammates in the frontcourt lack breakthrough ability and the head coach's tactical arrangements, Peron naturally could not choose to attack Fiorentina's defense line, and could only shrink the formation with his teammates to lure the opponent to take the initiative to attack. In this way, Lazio can get more opportunities for a quick counterattack - Peron's pass is famous for being accurate, and the Argentine wizard's wide passing vision ensures that he can send a scalpel-like pass at the first time; while Nedved and Stankovic's speed is average, their unball running consciousness and physical confrontation ability are first-class, so although they are not suitable for forcing breakthroughs, they are still good if they play through passes and cuts.
So, after receiving the pass from Peron, the Lazio player began to keep falling in the backcourt, attracting Fiorentine players to continue pressing, while patiently looking for opportunities to counterattack. Fiorentine's side was steadily advanced under the leadership of Pirlo and Deco, while launching the press, while carefully guarding against the opponent's counterattack.
Faced with the active frontcourt pressing by Fiorentina players, Lazio players had to speed up the transfer speed to avoid the opponent intercepting the ball in the backcourt and successfully hitting the goal directly. With the ability of Fiorentina players to seize opportunities, if this happens, then Lazio players may not even have a chance to foul at that time, so they can only pray that Macegiani and his own goal will be powerful enough.
Having said that, even if you want to stop Fiorentina's offensive through fouls and disrupt the offensive rhythm of Purple Lily, Lazio players must consider it more in their minds. You should know that Pirlo and Deco are both good players in free kicks. If Lazio players do not choose a good location when fouls, these guys can play free kicks as penalties when they are in good condition...
Under the pressing of Fiorentine players, Lazio players who accelerated the downswing speed of the backcourt finally made a pass mistake. After all, they did not have a technical player like Redondo or Deco in the midfielder position, and they did not have special intensive training in this area, so it is naturally inevitable that mistakes will occur.
Some people may say that Lazio had a full week of preparation before the game, why didn’t Erikson strengthen the players during this period?
So, just four minutes after the game started, Shevchenko and Pirlo who suddenly inserted into the game teamed up to steal the ball under Almeida's feet, and then the latter gave a straight pass before the Lazio player reacted!
Although he was only in his prime, Pirlo's pass was very well controlled. The ball he passed through between Grandoni and Mihailovic. The big Inzaggi, who came out of the diagonal spike, received Pirlo's straight pass directly through the entire Lazio defense line and broke into the penalty area. Before Macegiani attacked, he kicked the ball and shot the far corner of the goal!
Facing Inzaghi's push shot, Machegiani, who was unable to react, could only watch the ball fly into the goal!
One to zero! Florence, who played at home, scored the first goal!
After seeing the referee signaling that the goal was valid, Inzagi clenched his fists and roared to the sky, then ran down the stands frantically to accept cheers from Fiorentine fans. Pipo's goalscoring luck this season is really not very good. At this stage of the league, this former Serie A Golden Boot and Serie A single-season individual goal record holder has only scored 12 league goals so far. This data is not only far from Inzagi's peak thirty-six goals in a single season, but also far inferior to the same period last year!
You should know that when the league ended last season, Inzagi still had 23 league goals. Now, so far, Pipo has just exceeded half of the league goals last season. This situation naturally makes this striker who regards goals as the top priority.
Inzagi's league goal data this season will have such a serious decline. This phenomenon is obviously closely related to Shevchenko's joining. Before the Ukrainian nuclear warhead came to Fiorentina, Pipo never fell out of the top three in the ranking of the Fiorentina forward line, and the positioning given by the head coach is to find opportunities to score goals and complete a fatal blow. Under this arrangement, Inzagi, who is good at seizing opportunities, naturally will not be much worse.
After Shevchenko joined, the Ukrainian's consecutive goals in the season increased Heinx's playing time, and Inzaghi's appearance order was naturally moved to fourth place. In addition, factors such as disagreement with Shevchenko and poor luck led to a sharp decline in the opportunistic scorer's goal data this season!
Chapter completed!