The Era of Emerald

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Facts have proved that Mourinho's defensive strategy against Villarreal can be said to be quite effective.In the face of Fiorentina's strict prevention of the middle lane and the two side lanes, Riquelme had to spend a lot of energy on getting rid of the harassment and pressing of Makelele and others, and the energy spent on organization and scheduling was naturally much less.Coupled with the relationship between Fiorentina's deployment of heavy troops in the middle, Riquelme distributed the ball more to the two wings with relatively empty defensive forces in the game, trying to mobilize the defensive attention of Fiorentina players, thereby pulling the teammates in the middle. Give more space to play.

However, just like the problem faced by Arsenal, Villarreal also lacks a commanding height that can contain Fiorentina's central air defense force. Most of the crosses sent by Sorin and others were used by Nesta and the others in the penalty area. The height and pre-judgment advantage made the siege ahead of time, and there was no chance for Fran, the new European Golden Boot, to hit the goal!

As last season's La Liga Golden Boot and European Golden Boot winner (tied with Milito), Diego Forlan's strength is naturally beyond doubt.Of course, many people also said that the reason why Forlan was able to turn around after leaving Manchester United, from a parallel importer to a well-known shooter alongside Ronaldo, Milito and others, was mainly because of Riquelme. Uncle Chang delivered him a steady stream of shells behind him.

I can do it too!This sentence really expresses what many people think of Fran at this time.

In fact, such a statement is somewhat biased.You know, when Manchester United was playing, Forlan also had Beckham, Veron, Giggs and other top midfielders behind him to pass the ball to him, but the Uruguayan did not play the expected powerful power on the offensive end. , On the contrary, because of the frequent waste of opportunities and low scoring efficiency, he became a parallel importer in the mouth of the fans, and he did not have the style of playing in Villarreal today.

The reason for this very different phenomenon is mainly because Forlan was not quite used to the football atmosphere in the Premier League at that time, which is the so-called acclimatization.Therefore, Fran, who was highly anticipated by the fans when he joined the Red Devils (at that time, Fran was transferred to Manchester United for 1200 million US dollars), once he failed to perform in line with his worth, he was called a parallel importer by the fans. It's inevitable.

In such a slightly harsh environment and atmosphere of public opinion, it is easy to cause problems with players' self-confidence.For a player, self-confidence is very important.If you lose your self-confidence, it will be difficult for this player to show his due strength no matter how talented he is.After coming to Villarreal, Pellegrini's careful guidance and the familiar Spanish language environment, as well as the La Liga team's general style of play that emphasizes offense and light defense, made Forlan already destroyed. Cheng Zha's confidence was re-established, and his career was back on the right path.

However, in this game, Fran, who also played well this season, did not show his demeanor as the new European Golden Boot.Under Fiorentina's tight defensive system, it was difficult for the Uruguayan to get the ball from his teammates, and he did not perform well, which really disappointed many fans of the home team who came to watch the game.

"Fran is a player who moves erratically on the field, has a huge range of movement, has plenty of physical fitness, and has no obvious weaknesses in shooting skills. These are his advantages." While observing the game on the field, Mourinho said to Di Livio next to him, "Unfortunately, what we in Fiorentina are most afraid of is this kind of comprehensive striker without a top strength. If Alexandra now Delo (Nesta) and the others are dealing with the Ivorian from Lazio, or Henry, Sheva and Ronaldo. I might be a little worried. Fran, tsk, at least he doesn’t have this level of skill now. strength."

Thinking of this, Mourinho felt quite fortunate that Fiorentina encountered an Arsenal that was no longer at its peak in the quarter-finals.If Fiorentina met the Gunners who had unbeaten in 49 consecutive games in the Premier League this time, Mourinho at the time would have to choose to give up one of the two fronts of the league or the Champions League.Because Henry was also an unsolvable existence at Arsenal at the time, and although Henry is still the King of Highbury in the mouth of the Arsenal fans, the 29-year-old Frenchman is obviously not as fast as he was two years ago In comparison, at least Nesta and Lucio's central defense line is enough to deal with his impact.

And Villarreal obviously does not have a player who can create enough threats to Fiorentina's defense on the offensive end.In other words, although Riquelme has this ability, his rhythm and speed on the field are too slow. When he adjusts his rhythm and prepares to attack, Florence has already arranged layers of defense, waiting for him Throw yourself into a trap.

Therefore, when the offensive end was unable to create enough pressure on Fiorentina, Villarreal's defense naturally had to withstand the increasingly sharp and fast counterattacks from the visiting team.

Although Zhuang Mingge changed Senna's career trajectory to a certain extent, the Brazilian still came to the Ballad Stadium and formed the midfield barrier of the Yellow Submarine with Tacchinardi.In this game, Senna and Tacchinardi worked together to build an impenetrable high wall in front of the defense line, which blocked most of Fiorentina's counterattacks, and the missed balls were also missed. Vares and others successfully cleared the siege and did not give the Florence Trident headed by Milito a chance to use it.

Thanks to Senna and Tacchinardi's strong sweep and active interception in front of the defense, Villarreal was not collapsed by Florence's quick counterattack when the offense was unable to open the situation. The score on the field has been maintained at zero to zero.

For this situation, Mourinho is also very helpless.Senna and Tacchinardi suddenly burst out with such amazing energy on the defensive end in this game, which he did not expect, and the Portuguese also did not expect that Riquelme's containment power on the offensive end would be so strong— —Don't look at the Argentine's rhythm and speed on the court are slow to death. In order to block his pass and breakthrough route, Pirlo's attacking position is much later than usual, and Ballack even Don't dare to invest in the counterattack easily!

It is precisely because Riquelme restrained the energy of the Fiorentina players on the offensive end, as well as Senna and Tacchinardi's outstanding performance in this game, that Villarreal managed to maintain the balance of the score and did not let the Fiorentina won a big victory in the first leg.

In this way, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Fiorentina finally shook hands with Villarreal with a score of [-]-[-] at the Estadio di La d'Oro, ending the first leg of the first leg of the Champions League semi-final !