The Era of Emerald

The defeat of Bayern Munich at home made the Fiorentina fans feel happy, even if they have to face a giant team like Inter Milan at the San Siro this weekend, it can't make them worry.

We have overcome difficulties like AC Milan, Parma, and Bayern. What is Inter Milan?I believe this is the voice of most Fiorentina fans at this time.

On November [-]th, the Fiorentina team arrived in Milan by bus, ready to challenge one of the city's two bosses, the Nerazzurri Inter Milan.

This season's Inter Milan can be described as a tragedy. During the summer transfer period, the big boss generously donated money to attract many players, especially the Chilean killer "Ivan the Terrible" Zamorano and the "Prince of Melancholy" Robert Baba. Joe's arrival and Kanu's outstanding performance in the Olympics made many Nerazzurri fans look forward to the Inter Milan forward line after the two teamed up.

As a result, unexpected events happened. Kanu, who was extremely coquettish in the Atlanta Olympics, suffered a serious injury at the beginning of the season-in a team physical examination, he was found to have a heart attack and had to be sent to the hospital for comprehensive treatment. Treatment, the whole season's game will be reimbursed as a matter of course.

Robert Baggio was even more tragic. The melancholy prince who came to Inter Milan found that although Chairman Moratti expressed a warm welcome to his arrival and provided him with first-class treatment in every way, the team The head coach of England, Hodgson, was not interested in him. He was not regarded as the cornerstone of Inter Milan's revival, but was treated as a good striker by him.Moreover, the competition in Inter Milan's forward line is even more intense than that of Fiorentina. After all, Zhuang Mingge will also consider the offensive and defensive balance when signing in. As the "fan chairman", Mo Dabo prefers to pile up big-name stars.

Which position has more famous players?Of course it's a striker!

In this way, Baggio sadly found that he was facing fiercer competition in Inter Milan than in Fiorentina. Competing for fewer than two starting places (as Hodgson likes to play four-five-one and four-four-two formations) this is a worse situation than Fiorentina as Ranieri used at least three strikers when he was in charge of the Viola The formation!

The head coach did not appreciate it, the team was fiercely competitive, and the atmosphere in the locker room was not harmonious. Faced with these complicated situations, Roberto Baggio became a little depressed.

Baggio's melancholy doesn't matter. In the sixth round of Serie A, Inter Milan's Italian derby match with Juventus was injured in a fight with former teammate Tacchinardi. After the game, Inter Milan's press officer looked sad. According to the preliminary diagnosis of the team doctor, Roberto Baggio's calf muscle is torn and he needs to recuperate for at least two months...

In the case of both Kanu and Baggio being reimbursed, Hodgson had to change the established tactics and re-appointed Branca and Ganz to let the two take turns to partner with Zamorano. These two local strikers played well last season. Hodgson hopes that they can still carry the banner of Inter Milan's offense this season.

Fortunately, Ganz has maintained a good scoring rate since the beginning of this season, and several key goals helped Inter Milan get a lot of points; but Branca, who became the top scorer in the Nerazzurri team last season, Can't find the crosshairs for shooting, and is experiencing a long-term scoring drought; at the same time, Zamorano, who has high hopes from the Inter Milan club, has lost the momentum of "Terrible Ivan" in the Apennine Peninsula. There is a shortage of goals, but there is no demeanor to kill the Quartet in La Liga.

In this way, the chaotic Inter Milan on the front line ushered in Fiorentina, who had achieved two consecutive league championships, at [-]:[-] pm on November [-]th.

In this game, Capello still played a four-four-two formation. The goalkeeper Toldo and the central defenders were Nesta and Ferrara who had returned from injury. Suitable for dealing with Zamorano; the two full-backs are Fortunato and Bilindelli, Di Biagio and the teenager Zanetti are partnered in the midfielder position, and Rui Costa and Zanetti are in front of them. Two Tomasi, Batistuta on the front line suddenly attracted the attention of the opponent's defensive players, and Philip Inzaghi wandered around in various positions looking for scoring opportunities.

Obviously, Capello intends to play a defensive counterattack in the away game. After all, Fiorentina just played a very intense Champions League match with Bayern in the middle of the week. The players are at a low point both psychologically and physically. It is obviously not in line with Capello's character to take the initiative to attack Inter Milan, which has home court advantage.

Hodgson also attaches great importance to this game. After all, it is not easy for Inter Milan to achieve five wins, two draws and one loss in the league with [-] points. If they continue to maintain this momentum, even if they cannot surpass the state Fiorentina is a bit against the sky, but it is still very sure to lead the team to a place in the Champions League next season.

Goalkeeper Pagliuca, defenders Angeloma, Bergomi, Freci, Lanna, midfielders Berti, Winter, Sforza, Zanetti, forwards Zamorano, Ganz - no Ou Hodgson, under the pressure of the battle, has come up with the strongest lineup he can send out, hoping to achieve a better result at his home court, so that the team's good momentum since the start of the new season can be maintained.

Since the head coaches of the two teams wanted to be stable, when the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the situation on the court seemed quite dull... This is a matter of course, the players on both sides mainly focused on counterattack tactics , Don't take the risk of attacking easily, the scene is not dull.

Facing Fiorentina, which has achieved seven wins and one draw since the start of the game, Hodgson dared not let his team take the risk of attacking. After all, everyone knows that Fiorentina's ability to counterattack quickly is the best in Europe. Ronaldo is a good breakthrough player, but Viola also has Rui Costa, a passing master, and Inzaghi, an opportunistic master who is elusive!

Capello is also happy to see the opponent play a defensive look. Although he took the initiative to rotate most of the starting players for this game, judging from the formation of the midfielder, he knew that this guy did not win three away games. One portion means, for him, one portion is enough.

It is understandable for Capello to think so. After all, Fiorentina and Inter Milan are currently the top two in the standings. Such a draw will not have any impact on the points gap between the two teams; Juventus and Parma At the beginning of the season, the state was not very good. Before the start of this round of the league, Fiorentina had already dropped by nearly [-] points; AC Milan's state also plummeted after being severely repaired by Fiorentina, and now it only has [-] points. .

Therefore, a draw is still within the acceptable range for Capello.

Well, although two consecutive league draws doesn't sound so good...

So, under the guidance of this kind of thinking, in the end, the very tacit understanding between Fiorentina and Inter Milan ended in a zero-to-zero tie, each scoring one point, and everyone was happy.