The Era of Emerald

Seeing that AC Milan, also from Serie A, and Norway's Rosenberg, the short-lived Atletico Madrid and the Belgian league champion Brugge are divided into a group, Juventus is in a group with Ajax, the Portuguese giant Porto When competing with the Swiss champion Grasshopper Zurich in the same group, Zhuang Mingge couldn't help but burst into tears.

coach!I want to switch teams!

It can be said that this time, Florence paid a big price for the previous glory, that is, they were assigned to a group that was not exactly a death group, but it was by no means easy to fight.

On the second day after the grouping ceremony, Monaco, a seaside city, finally ushered in the annual heavyweight event, which is the final of the European Super Cup!

This game was regarded by many news media as the first direct dialogue between Capello and Ancelotti, the former mentor and apprentice. newspaper.

To be honest, although it is said that the two had a short period of master-student friendship during AC Milan, the relationship between the two is actually not good, and it can even be said to be quite bad.

Capello and Ancelotti also have the background of Rome and AC Milan. In the summer of 1991, Capello replaced Sacchi as the head coach of AC Milan and started his coaching career; and the 32-year-old veteran Ancelotti is preparing to end his playing career at AC Milan.It stands to reason that there shouldn't be any conflicts between the two. However, Capello, who has just debuted and is eager to establish his prestige, is trying to make fans forget the previous Sacchi era, and Ancelotti is just the representative of Sacchi's Milan coaching period. .

Not only that, but Sacchi also showed great kindness to Carlo Ancelotti. He was the one who insisted on bringing in this "waste" from Rome who had been tired for a long time due to injuries, thus training him to become the absolute champion of Milan's two consecutive Champions League championships. main force.It can be said that Ancelotti was the veteran of AC Milan in the Sacchi era, so Capello brutally suppressed Ancelotti, helped the newcomer Albertini, and firmly pressed the former absolute main force Ancelotti On the bench, the result was that Ancelotti made just 12 league appearances in his final season.

And the conflict between master and apprentice finally reached its peak in the final stage of the league.

It was on May 1992, 5, when AC Milan played against Verona at home.This is the penultimate round of the league and also AC Milan's last game at San Siro. This is equivalent to Ancelotti's farewell game who is ready to hang up his boots.

At this time, AC Milan has won the league championship. Before the game, the media and fans believed that Capello would let Ancelotti, who had been a substitute for a season, start the game.But Capello continued to start the young Albertini, with Ancelotti sitting prominently on the bench.Ancelotti was very angry with Capello's approach. Although Ancelotti finally got a chance to play in the second half and scored two goals to help the team win, the rift between him and Capello was settled.

This time, Ancelotti finally ushered in a chance to face-to-face with Capello!

The goalkeeper is Buffon, who has just been promoted from the youth team. The defense line from left to right is Benaribo, Cannavaro, Thuram and new aid Zemalia. Celotti was placed on the bench. After all, at the age of 33, he really can't keep sprinting back and forth on the wing like a young man.

In the midfield, the Argentine Sansini was pushed to the midfielder position by Carlo Ancelotti to enhance the defensive ability of the midfielder, and the local star Dino Baggio occupied another starting midfielder seat. The forwards are Brambilla, who was born in Parma's youth training, and Mario Stanic, a Croatian who transferred from Club Brugge this summer.

On the front line, Ancelotti sent a combination of Crespo and Chiesa. Although he was a little worried about whether the Argentine center could adapt to the rhythm of European football so quickly, Zola, Meli, Asprilla, Sz With Toichkov and others having left the team, Ancelotti has no other choice.

On the Fiorentina side, Capello also formed a four-four-two formation, but unlike Ancelotti, Capello's starting lineup did not set up a special winger, and the winger attacked more. It is handed over to the two full-backs, and other players can cooperate with each other according to the situation.

Needless to say, the goalkeeper is still Toldo, Nesta and Ferrara are still starting together to take charge of the defensive work in the middle, but the defenders on the left and right have been replaced by Roberto Carlos, who is more physically fit and has a stronger offensive desire With Zambrotta, Capello also intends to develop the team's wing attack in this game. After all, there is a super center Batistuta on the front line. If you don't make good use of it, you will be punished by God.

In the midfield, Di Biagio, Fiorentina's main midfielder for the past three years, unexpectedly sat on the bench, and the Argentine Redondo replaced him in the first game; it is precisely because of this that Davis Capello was given more defensive tasks. After all, in this four-man midfield composed of Costa, Effenberg, Redondo and him, he is the only one who can carry all the dirty work—— Redondo's defensive ability is not bad, but sometimes his elegant style will affect the team's overall defensive rhythm, so it is very necessary to equip him with a full-time "bodyguard".

In Capello's view, Di Biagio and Davis are such roles.

Batistuta was standing in the middle circle of the court, gearing up, watching Parma's defense.In Batty's eyes, Thuram and Cannavaro are indeed a pair of guards with complementary styles. Their cooperation is quite tacit in terms of man-to-man defense and filling, and their abilities are not bad. If other people in Florence encounter this pair, they will probably have a headache for a long time.

But obviously, Batty is not listed here, because compared with these two, he has a very huge advantage, that is... physical fitness!

After all, the height of Thuram and Cannavaro is a flaw, even if the two have excellent jumping ability, after all, facing a center of Batty's level, no one can guarantee that they will be able to jump every time. Even jumping can successfully compete for the top, as long as there is a fall from the top, it will be a disastrous result.

And the shrewd Capello naturally saw the natural shortcomings of Parma's defense, so he sent two high center forwards, Vieri and Batty, in order to use their physical advantages to completely defeat Parma. Parma's defense!

Of course, in order for the Fiorentina players to get used to this twin-tower tactic, Capello spent a lot of brain cells and saliva this week...