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Chapter 43 The Italian Defense
At halftime, Prandelli didn't show any anger.

Because in his opinion, his disciples had already tried their best, and the reason why they fell behind was more due to luck.

During the intermission, No. 19 Gobi, who played with a face protector in this game, seemed to feel a little unwell. The team doctor suggested sending him to the hospital for detailed examination to prevent repeated injuries.

So Prandelli had no choice but to use up a substitution in the midfield.

He arranged for the team's No. 22 Kuzmanovic to come off the bench.

After completing these arrangements, Prandelli looked at the depressed players and clapped his hands vigorously. After attracting everyone's attention, he said loudly:
"Boys! Why do you look listless! The first half was brilliant!"

Seeing that the players were attracted by his shouting, Prandelli continued:

"We had a few very threatening opportunities in the first half, but we were unlucky and missed them! But I believe that you can feel it yourself, and your performance is outstanding! So, don't pretend to be deep, and show up in the second half. Come on, keep attacking like this!"

"Remember our slogan! Don't be afraid of losing the ball, always attack!"

The players' mood improved a little after hearing Prandelli's words, because they did threaten the opponent's goal a few times in the first half.In addition to the chance that Jovetic was violated by the referee and the referee did not award a penalty kick, they also created several very good shooting opportunities.

It's just that he either didn't grasp it, or was bravely thrown out by the opponent's goalkeeper Buffon.

Prandelli saw that the players seemed to be in a better mood, and he didn't continue to talk about other nonsense, because although this game is the highlight of this round, it is not a very critical direct game after all.

In such a game, it would be too difficult to use words to arouse the morale of the players. If he had that ability, he would probably earn more from selling insurance than being a coach.

So he cleared his throat, and continued:
"In the first half, Juventus' defense made offside tactics many times, making Alberto (Girardino) fall into an offside trap. Stefan (Jovetic) received special care from the opponent... "

"In view of this, I hope that in the second half, Stefan, you and Alberto can exchange more running positions. Alberto retreats and plays for Stefan, while Stefan tries to rely on breakthroughs to create opportunities..."

"In addition, you gave Del Piero too many chances in the first half, so in the second half you must keep a tight mark. Whoever is in the defensive area where he wanders must take the initiative to press..."

"And if the opponent's defense is too tight, then I will find an opportunity to replace Mu on the field, and Mu will act as a forward striker to break through the opponent's defense..."

"... Do you understand the above tactical arrangements?"

Prandelli quickly arranged the tactical arrangements for the players in the second half, looked up at the serious players and asked loudly.

"learn!"

The players responded in unison.

"Okay lads. Good luck for the second half and I'll be looking forward to celebrating the second half with you after the game!"

Prandelli looked at his players with a smile, then turned and walked out of the locker room first.

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At the beginning of the second half, Fiorentina's players carefully implemented the coach's tactical arrangements at halftime.

They had a tight defense against Juventus' No. 10 Del Piero, and even Piero would be violently knocked over by Fiorentina players when he tried to get the ball in midfield.

It's just that the fierceness of the Fiorentina players is more imposing, and the movements under their feet are actually very clean, so the referee will not draw out a yellow card for a while.

It's just that although Fiorentina's players are very active in pressing and attacking hard, Juventus, who have been playing steadily, have nothing to do.

And as time passed, Juventus became more and more stable, which made Prandelli, who was frowning with a hat on the sidelines, look sideways at Juventus' coaching bench.

The current head coach of Juventus is the famous "Tinker" Ranieri. After being dismissed by Chelsea, this famous coach has been questioned that his coaching ability is no longer in line with the development of modern football, and it is not suitable for giants.

Under his leadership, the current Juventus has a very good momentum and ranks second. This is such a result achieved when Juventus has many main players injured in most games this season.

Such a coach is definitely practical in terms of tactical arrangements, and the opponent will never mind winning the game [-]-[-].

Thinking of this, Prandelli decided to make substitution adjustments first!

So he turned around and called to Mu Jianfeng who was sitting on the bench:

"Mu!"

Mu Jianfeng raised his head quickly when he heard the words, and looked towards the coach expectantly: "Yes, coach."

"Go warm up!"

After Prandelli finished speaking, he quickly turned around to observe the game on the court.

At this time, Florence just missed a very good offensive opportunity again because of being too anxious.

"okay!"

Mu Jianfeng quickly took off his jacket and ball pants, got up and prepared to warm up.

In the subsequent games, the two sides continued to be stalemate, and the score of one to zero was maintained until the 72nd minute of the game. The fourth official on the sidelines signaled Fiorentina to make a substitution!

No. 24 midfielder Santana is off, and No. 32 Mu Jianfeng is coming off the bench!

At this time, Fiorentina's game formation has changed to a four-three-three offensive formation, and with the appearance of Mu Jianfeng, Fiorentina's game rhythm has accelerated in vain!

Mu Jianfeng created a chance for Fiorentina as soon as he came on the field. He received a high-altitude pass from the midfielder and sent the ball directly into the penalty area with a header. However, Juventus' defensive players took the first step to destroy the ball, which surprised the home fans. There was a burst of exclamation.

Seeing this, Mu Jianfeng felt a little regretful, and slowly ran back to the midfield with his arms in his arms.

In the next few minutes, the Fiorentina players consciously wanted to pass the ball to Mu Jianfeng through a high-altitude ball, but the Juventus players also consciously blocked Fiorentina's high-altitude pass, so that the ball rarely passed to Mu Jianfeng. underfoot.

This made Mu Jianfeng very anxious.

When he was watching the game off the field, he could clearly feel that in this game, the Juventus defender's defensive ability was far inferior to the Milan defender's combination on the field.

Among them, defensive player No. 33 has average abilities and average physical fitness. Although he has no obvious shortcomings, he is just a mediocre player in all aspects.

The No. 4 player's turn was very slow, and he was very embarrassed several times when facing Jovetic.

So he thinks he should be able to perform better than he did against Milan in the last game.

But after he actually played, he felt the difference!
Although Juventus' defensive players are not very good in terms of skills and body, their defense does not rely on a certain player, but the overall suppression.

This kind of suppression is not only a compression of space, but also a suppression of tactical choices.

On the one hand, Juventus relied on the cooperation of the group to compress the passing space of Fiorentina, and on the other hand, relied on the experience of old players to compress Fiorentina's tactical arrangements.

This feeling is as if two people are playing chess, but the one with superb skills can often calculate the opponent's chess moves in advance, making the opponent feel like being led by the nose!

This made Mu Jianfeng feel as if he had fallen into quicksand. He had all the strength, but he couldn't break free!

(End of this chapter)