The Era of Emerald

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Fiorentina beat Barcelona 1994-[-] in the UEFA Super Cup final, a result that reminded people of the not-so-distant [-] UEFA Champions League final.

In that final, Barcelona, ​​dubbed the "Dream Team" by the Catalan media, was defeated by AC Milan, which was full of wounded soldiers, and finally ended in a [-]-[-] disastrous defeat.

Although this Super Cup final is not as popular as the UEFA Champions League final in Athens, it can be seen from the starting lineups of the two teams and the live broadcast of the game that the two sides absolutely did not release water in the game.

It is precisely because of this that after this game, Barcelona was once again ridiculed by the Madrid media. After this fiasco, Barcelona Chairman Nunez once again began to carefully consider whether the tikitaka tactical system created by Cruyff There really is a gate of life...

In the post-match press conference, Van Gaal severely criticized Fiorentina, claiming that their tactics were like putting a bus in front of the goal. name.

"I think Mr. Van Gaal should manage his own players well before evaluating my Fiorentina." Unexpectedly, Capello did not get angry because of Van Gaal's fierce remarks, but started calmly. Changing the topic, "I believe that everyone who has watched this game knows in their hearts what kind of performance Barcelona players have on the court after we lead [-]-[-]."

Capello's words just hit Van Gaal's life goal. Of course, the Dutch coach knew in his heart that the Barcelona players violated his orders on the field.

Although he was very annoyed by the players' disobedience, Van Gaal did not intend to make this kind of internal problems of the team public. After all, it is a taboo to disclose the internal contradictions of the team in front of the media.Therefore, the Dutch originally planned to wait until after the press conference to secretly launch an internal rectification campaign to establish his authority within the team.

However, what Van Gaal didn't expect was that Capello directly pointed out this matter at the press conference!

Van Gaal can already predict what kind of articles will be published in the major sports newspapers tomorrow after Capello said this sentence, and those Barcelona veterans who are dissatisfied with him will do something to themselves during the interview what kind of evaluation.

It has to be said that in terms of getting along with big-name stars, Van Gaal is definitely the worst group of all top coaches.In his coaching resume, he had conflicts with many big-name players, which caused the team's infighting and affected the record and led to his dismissal.For example, the contradictions with Rivaldo and Figo when he coached Barcelona for the first time; , was finally kicked out of the team by the unbearable Bayern executives.

Like the madman Mourinho, although many people don't like him, but few players he has coached say bad things about him, of course, except for the gangsters of Real Madrid...

Even Capello, known as the ruthless and ruthless, did not drive everywhere like Van Gaal, making enemies everywhere within the team.

However, what kind of dilemma Van Gaal will face in Barcelona has nothing to do with Fiorentina.After the UEFA Super Cup, the Fiorentina team returned to Italy by plane and began to prepare for the first league game of the new season to be held a week later.

A week later, on August 31, Serie A ushered in the first round of the 1997-98 season. The Italian Football Association specially arranged the match between the defending champion Fiorentina and Udinese as the opening match of the new season.

Udinese, who played at home, did not make much change in the starting lineup. Zaccheroni, an offensive lunatic, formed a very extreme attacking formation of three, four, and three.

Among Udinese's starting 11 people, the German Bierhoff is still at the center position, and on both sides of him are the Brazilian Amoruso and the local striker Poggi; the Danish Martin Jorgen The midfielder led by Sen and the Udinese defense line composed of Tulsi, Helveg and others have not undergone any changes this summer.

It is not surprising that Udinese, which has always been operating on a small budget, retained all the main players of the first team this summer. After all, the league reform bill passed by the Football Association under the pressure of the professional league this summer put a lot of pressure on the old Pozzo, forcing He had to fine-tune the club's business strategy to a certain extent.

After the old Pozzo took the initiative to change, although Udinese still tends to find high-quality and cheap young people and train them to strengthen the team's bench depth and overall strength, in order to ensure that the team can compete in the increasingly competitive Serie A arena To maintain enough competitiveness, and for the team not to be financially punished by the professional league for the reason of "poor performance" when entering the European arena in the future, the old Pozzo did not sell the team at a high price like in previous seasons. main force.

After talking about Udinese, let's look at Florence again.

In order to get an opening goal and give the team a good start in the new season's journey, Capello unreservedly dispatched all the main players in his hands-Fiorentina will still face a third-line battle this season. If they try their best to gain points and widen the gap with other teams during the stage of relatively abundant physical fitness, then in the sprint stage in March and April next year, Viola, who failed to widen the point gap, will face a rather passive situation.

Goalkeeper Toldo, the four defenders from left to right are Roberto Carlos, Stam, Nesta and Zambrotta.The reason why Ferrara was not used was mainly because the high-altitude advantage of Udinese's German-made bomber was too obvious. If Ferrara, who was only 1.8 meters tall, was allowed to start, the German center would give him the chance What kind of bullying...

In the midfield, Rui Costa served as the attacking midfielder. Davis and Tomasi, two guys nicknamed by teammates in the team, were in charge of protecting behind the Portuguese. Redondo appeared as always In a further back position, form a dual-core with Costa in front to control the rhythm of the team.

On the forward line, after sitting on the bench for two consecutive games, the Argentine god of war Batistuta finally won a starting spot with his excellent state during team training, and his partner is last season's league golden boot Philippe · Inzaghi.

A powerful center plus an opportunistic master, behind him there is a pass master like Costa.Obviously, Capello intends to fight Udinese's counterattack in the league opener.

After the players from both sides took their positions on the court, the referee looked at his watch, and then blew the whistle in his mouth, announcing that the opening game of the new season of Serie A officially started at this moment!