The Era of Emerald

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The team participated in the Champions League for the first time since its establishment and reached the semi-finals, and eliminated many strong teams including Manchester United and Juventus on the way to promotion. Villarreal this season has really given people quite a surprise .Moreover, Yellow Submarine's extremely artistic tactics and extremely smooth offensive coordination have also brought great popularity to this small ball club.Many people believe that this season's Villarreal is very hopeful to replicate the trajectory of the two dark horses Chelsea and Monaco in the 03-04 season, and become another non-rich club that has successfully reached the Champions League final.

Villarreal was able to go all the way to where they are today without many people being optimistic. The biggest hero is undoubtedly their core on the field, the Argentine star Juan who is known as "the last classical midfielder". Romain Riquelme.The Argentine midfielder, who spent a nightmare season in Barcelona, ​​was scolded by Barcelona fans as a parallel importer, and was even asserted by many experts and celebrities as doomed to fail to gain a foothold in European football. Seoul's home court) and then burst out with amazing energy!

In the first season after joining Villarreal, Riquelme led the yellow submarine to get rid of the shadow of fighting for relegation every year, and led a group of wealthy players (Jose Mari, Sony Anderson, etc.) La Liga is eighth, and also achieved a good result in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup.In the last season, he led the yellow submarine all the way, squeezed out strong enemies such as Deportivo and Valencia, and ranked third in La Liga this season after Barcelona and Real Madrid.

The second hero of Villarreal's rise is the Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini who joined in the summer of 04 and has the nickname "engineer".After learning that the club had signed Riquelme from Barcelona, ​​Pellegrini, who knew Riquelme's ability, immediately decided to build a team around Riquelme with the Argentine at the core. Team building policy!

Therefore, under the strategizing of Pellegrini, players such as Juan Sorin and Diego Forlan who were not satisfied with their lives in the giants due to injuries or unacceptable conditions joined Villarreal one after another. Unite with Riquelme, the midfielder, to form a united and energetic team!

In this way, under the joint efforts of Riquelme and Pellegrini, the master-student pair, the Yellow Submarine reached a higher level in the 04-05 season. They overcame the two powerful rivals of Super Deportivo and Valencia, and successfully won the third place in La Liga this season-this is also the highest ranking that Villarreal has won in La Liga since the establishment of the team.At the same time, this season, Riquelme also led Villarreal to a [-]-[-] victory over Barcelona at home, taking perfect revenge on the old club that brought him to European football but refused to spend time building a team around him !

In this season, although Villarreal's ranking in the league has declined compared to last season due to the distraction of the European war, it still ranks firmly in the European theater and won a UEFA Cup at the end of the season. The seats for the competition are basically not a problem.In the Champions League, Villarreal beat Juventus, Glasgow Rangers, Benfica, Manchester United and other strong opponents to reach the semi-finals, becoming the biggest dark horse in the Champions League this season!

With Juventus knocked out by the Yellow Submarines in the quarter-finals due to a lack of away goals, there was much to be said for the clash between Fiorentina and Villarreal. cautious attitude.After all, in the previous quarter-finals, Villarreal proved their ability with practical actions, and swollen the faces of those who were optimistic about Juventus' advancement.

Although the outside world is extremely cautious about the result of the matchup between the two teams, Mourinho doesn't think so.After analyzing the game video of Villarreal this season, the Portuguese found that this team can be said to be completely Riquelme's team!

In other words, as long as Riquelme is stared down so that he cannot use the pass to connect the entire team as usual, then Fiorentina has already secured the qualification to advance to the final!

However, Mourinho also knows that it is not easy to stare at Riquelme.Among other things, with the abilities of Trapattoni and Ferguson, they must have seen that Riquelme is the lifeblood of Villarreal, but why didn't they keep an eye on the Argentine?

The reason lies in Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini.Riquelme's ability to have such a wonderful performance in Villarreal is inseparable from the tactics and lineup carefully crafted by the Chilean coach.The players he introduced, such as Fran and Sorin, are all players with excellent running ability. Coupled with the original Marcos Senna and Aruabarena in the team, Riquelme no matter where he is, There are more than three teammates nearby to respond, so that he can pass the ball smoothly.

With such a set of player configurations that can maximize Riquelme's technical characteristics, coupled with the Argentine's top-level escape ability, Juventus, whose defense is showing signs of aging, and Manchester United, who are in the stage of blood replacement Villarreal was deflated.Because the running ability of these two teams is their weakness, this gave Villarreal an opportunity to take advantage of.

However, although Fiorentina's defensive system is not afraid of Villarreal's style of play that relies on a lot of running to pull out offensive space, it has also made many top midfield organizers, including Zidane, return without success , but that doesn't mean Viola's defense is flawless.In fact, when Fiorentina faces classic attacking midfielders such as Rui Costa, Micoud, and Riquelme who are good at sending precise passes in a small space, Viola's defensive pressure is often more than that of Zida. This type of midfielder is much more often used, because such players are better at seizing fleeting opportunities and tearing through Fiorentina's defense with precise passes.

The reason why the final victor will be Fiorentina, on the one hand, is because Viola's overall strength is stronger, and it creates more threats in the game, while Micoud and his teammates are often inferior in ability. It is difficult to grasp the opportunities they create; on the other hand, it is because the physical strength of this type of classical attacking midfielder is generally not very good. Under the high-intensity defense of Florence, they often lose their strength after kicking and kicking...

Therefore, in the first round of the away game against Villarreal, Mourinho dispatched all the main players very carefully.Just like when dealing with Arsenal, Mourinho chose to focus on the counterattack, block the middle and let go of the defensive strategy of the two wings, and defend by compressing the opponent's offensive space.

After all, if Riquelme sent a wonderful pass when he was full of energy at the beginning of the game, and Villarreal's players seized this opportunity desperately, then Fiorentina could be in the semi-finals. It's passive.