Greenery on the back

Chapter 459 The Second Round

As soon as he arrived in Empoli, Yue Feng got a piece of good news.

Luca and the others finally didn't lose when they left the team this time.

With Gretzka in charge, they beat Trapani at home and continued to bite Sanevento in the league standings.

The team also came out of the haze of the last away loss to Inter Milan, and made every effort to prepare for the second round of the semi-final five days later.

The previous 1-4 loss to the opponent made it possible for Empoli to advance to the next level, but the head coach Ranocchia still has a complete battle plan.

According to him, even if the Coppa Italia stops here, he will win Inter Milan in this game.

Even if it was just a small victory, Empoli would be ashamed.

In recent years, there are not many low-level teams that can reach the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.

Except for the miracle in 15, Empoli's record this time is considered the best.

In 2016, the C-level team Alessandria broke through 6 levels in a row and reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.

Although they eventually lost to their opponent AC Milan, the myths staged by the team have always been talked about by low-level clubs.

Their deeds also inspired the second and third division teams to work hard in the Coppa Italia.

At this time, Ranocchia stood in front of the tactical board, arranging a new tactic that he had been thinking about for more than half a month.

There is a high probability that Simeone will still play 442 in a parallel position, and the starting players should be similar to the previous game.

The strategy given by Ranocchia is to put on a purely defensive formation of 541, and put the bus across the penalty area at the beginning of the game.

In the first round, he was also preparing to play the bus tactics, but due to Gretzka's rash attack, this made all the pre-planned tactics go to waste.

But since being beaten up by Inter Milan last time, Gretzka has obviously become more honest. In the second half, he focused on defense, and together with Yue Feng, he also withstood several rounds of attacks from his opponent.

When Ranocchia saw that Gretzka listened carefully to his tactical arrangements now, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground.

If the Germans can really listen to their own words in this game, coupled with the benefits of the home game, they may not be unable to win against Inter Milan.

Ranocchia made up his mind and began to arrange the starters.

Inter Milan's double forwards Harland and Mukoko are still the two most difficult people to deal with. They scored all 4 goals in the first round.

But since Yue Feng defended in the center in the second half, he also successfully restricted the performance of these two sharp strikers.

Therefore, the first thing Ranocchia decided was to let Yue Feng play as a central defender in this game.

Luka and Simon separated from the left and right for man-marking, while Urei and Uchida Maren protected the tail wings on the two sides.

There are three midfielders in front of the five defenders, Gretzka is in the center and defends with all his strength, and Thomas and Siredi are well assisted.

The central midfielder Ricky assisted the three midfielders in front to deal with Inter Milan's four midfielders.

Stefano was at the forefront as a lone striker.

In addition to shooting, his main task is to harass Inter Milan's backcourt and block the opponent's midfield connection.

As for the offense, it mainly relies on the ball from the midfielder Gretzka and the opportunity to get a set kick in the frontcourt.

There is only one forward, and it is almost impossible to break through the defense led by Inter Milan central defender Pirola and goalkeeper Rezger. It is almost impossible to rely on conventional play.

After everything was arranged, in the remaining five days, Ranocchia led the players to practice mainly strengthening defense.

On March 3th, the Coppa Italia semi-finals rekindled the war after nearly 5 days.

Inter Milan travels to the Castellani Stadium for their second-leg away game against Empoli.

Inter Milan's players looked very relaxed, and their first round had basically settled down.

Today, you just need to play a good defense and don't let the opponent score easily.

According to the major media before the game, the pressure on the Empoli players seemed to be even greater. They had to win at least three goals to have a chance to reverse the Nerazzurri.

However, this possibility is extremely slim, even in their own home court.

But no one knows that Empoli only wants one victory in this game and doesn't care whether it can advance.

Therefore, Yue Feng, Luka, Gretzka and others do not actually have much psychological burden.

With the whistle of the referee, the second match between the two teams officially began.

This time, they faced the bus formation as soon as they came up, which made Simeone's players a little confused.

Especially the configuration of the three defensive midfielders directly cut off the way for Inter Milan to pass the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

Harland and Mukoko ran in front of the Empoli penalty area, but they didn't get the ball for half a day.

The game lasted for more than 20 minutes, and the situation on the field never opened up.

Simeone, who held three leading goals, finally tore his face and directly asked the team to retreat to defend.

In this way, on the one hand, it can save physical energy and store energy for the two-day league.

On the other hand, you can also take the opportunity to pull Empoli out and destroy the bus they set up.

Seeing the opponent retreat, Ranocchia was also fooled.He gradually lost his composure and encouraged the players to come forward and attack.

Gretzka stepped in again, taking Rich, Stefano and Uchida Maren to the backcourt of Inter Milan.

But when Yue Feng saw the situation, he sensed the danger, he hastily shouted to the Uchida horseman: "Quickly withdraw!"

Uchida horseman listened, although he didn't know why Yue Feng called him to stop, but he also slowed down the speed of running forward.

At this moment, several teammates who rushed forward were instantly surrounded by Inter Milan players, and the opponent took advantage of the situation to strangle.

In the blink of an eye, the ball easily changed hands and landed at the feet of Inter Milan midfielder Sami.

Sami then gave the ball to Agome on the wing, taking the opportunity to fight back.

"Captain, you go to resist Harland, Simon and Siredi stare at Mukoko, Uchida, you guard the right side!"

Yue Feng took his time and issued deployment tasks one by one.

The core of Empoli's defense is the captain Luca, but at the moment Yue Feng is in the middle of scheduling and directing very properly. He is also willing to listen to the opponent's arrangement.

Ranocchia was shocked when he saw the ball being taken away.

But then he saw that the defense line started to stabilize again under Yue Feng's command, so he relaxed a little.

According to Yue Feng's arrangement, Luca and the others took their positions, ready to face Inter Milan's counterattack.

In this way, the raid war became a positional war.

After receiving the ball, Agome saw that the opponent was prepared, and lost his mind for an instant, so he had to pass the ball to Harland.

It was an over-the-top cross, and Luka stuck close behind Haaland, preventing him from receiving the ball easily.

However, the 194CM Harland got stuck in the position ahead of time, and relied on being taller and stronger than his opponent, he easily won the ball.

But just as the ball fell to his feet, a figure suddenly jumped up beside Harland.

At a glance, the Norwegian yelled inwardly, and hurriedly leaned forward, trying to protect the ball.

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