Chapter 9 Unexpected Easier

In the Italian Super Cup match at the Vlaki Stadium, the two sides sent their strongest lineup to appear. Before the game, the game was also regarded as a battle between the two top scorers, Digan and Ibrahimovic, as well as the competition between the two young coaches, Prandelli and Mourinho.

But surprisingly, although Mourinho followed the team to Flacki, he did not appear at the coaching bench. The game was directed by the old coach of Inter Milan, Baresi, not Franco, but Franco's brother, Big Baresi.

The process of the game was even more surprising. In the first ten minutes, Fiorentina scored a goal. After Digan received Pasquale's pass on the left side outside the penalty area, he made a slight adjustment and made a direct long shot. The football crossed Cesar's ten fingers and directly got into the dead corner of the goal.

After scoring the goal, Degan didn't even celebrate, just stood still and held his arms high, as easily as scoring a goal.

Fiorentina took the lead, and in the subsequent match, Inter Milan launched a big counterattack and once had an advantage on the scene, but Compani and Tiago. The defensive line hooked by Silva is very strong, and even if he is as strong as Ibrahimovic, he can only repeatedly hit the wall.

Before the end of the first half, Fiorentina scored again. This time, it was Degan who scored the header in the penalty area. Degan followed the header relay and directly pushed the ball into Inter Milan's goal.

2:0!

The reporters in the stands were dumbfounded. The game seemed to be completely out of track as they expected. It should have been a fierce collision between the two strong, but now Florence seems to be too easy.

Whether it is offensive or defensive, Fiorentina seems to be comfortable.

Mota faces his old boss at Inter Milan. Although he is very familiar with Florence's playing method, he can't help at all.

Quaresma on the sidelines worked very hard, but his breakthrough with the ball seemed very reckless and had no purpose at all. Marjo, who defended him, was repeatedly told by Prandelli to be tough with Quaresma at all times before the game.

It is undeniable that Quaresma is a genius, but the heart of this genius is too fragile!

In the 63rd minute of the second half, Fiorentina locked the victory. After Digan intercepted the ball in the middle, he directly took the ball**. Inter Milan's defender could not stop Digan, who had rushed with all his strength.

After passing four defensive players of Inter Milan in a row, Degan shot before Matrazi's foul, once again made the Brazilian goalkeeper Cesar bow down.

0: 3 behind, Inter Milan had no chance. Baresi began to change people and gave up the game. Prandelli did not intend to beat the water dog, but also began to change people. Fellaini and Cricito, who had just joined, got a chance to play.

However, Degan was left on the field by Prandelli. What Degan needs now is not a physical reserve, but to regain the feeling of playing in Florence.

When the whistle at the end of the game sounded, the Fiorentina players simply celebrated. It seemed that in their hearts, the victory of the game was taken for granted.

Degan took the championship trophy, and then the trophy flowed in the hands of each player. The Fiorentina players had a smile on their faces, but there was no excitement. Perhaps for them, an Italian Super Cup champion is no longer worth their excitement at all.

The Italian Super Cup is over, and it's time for the Serie A to start.

On August 30, 2008, the Serie A officially began. The opening match was held at the Marassi Stadium in Genoa, against Inter Milan and Sampdoria, the runner-up of the league last season.

The most eye-catching game is not the many famous players of Inter Milan, but Mourinho, who took the position of head coach of Inter Milan for the first time.

Before the Italian Super Cup with Fiorentina, Mourinho just watched it from the wall. This game was the first time he fulfilled the position of head coach.

At the press conference before the game, Mourinho seemed to be comfortable in the face of many Italian media. He did not pay attention to Genoa as an opponent, and completely forgot that his team had just lost an Italian Super Cup.

At the Marasi Stadium, Mourinho walked into the first away game after he landed in Italy, and the whole audience began to make a scene.

Mourinho greeted everything silently, calmly and leisurely, threw his suit jacket into the locker room, wore only a white shirt, habitually loosened the first neckline, and accompanied the whole team to warm up at close range.

When he warmed up, he also walked into the court and talked to the players. The players returned to the locker room and changed their jerseys to prepare for the field. When the players from both sides smiled and greeted in the passage, Mourinho had already put on his suit and walked into the court alone, more advanced than the referee.

From the first game when Mourinho was the head coach and coached, he got used to this way. He had to show his chest in front of the enemy and replace the team to meet all kinds of complicated greetings. In his opinion, this was to protect the team, and the court was full of boos, which he was unaware of.

After more than two months of waiting, the new season of Serie A finally debuted. This summer, all kinds of giants have made a lot of movement in the transfer market, so the appetite of fans and public opinion has been raised very high.

But when it comes to the biggest Italian star, of course, Mourinho. In the past three months, Mourinho has been interviewed by major media no less than 30 times. In front of the spotlight, he is even busier than Italian politicians!

Before the opening, more than 50 cameras and cameras were all aimed at Mourinho and peeped at him from all angles. He calmly and noblely assigned his behavior like a famous actor.

He joked with the lineman Gricera, shook hands with Cassano and touched his head, put his elbows on his knees, relaxed like drinking and chatting in a bar, showing a very restrained smile, and then returned to normal.

This is the opening ceremony of the madman for Serie A.

How can there be a game?

This series of entry actions and reactions is enough to conclude that Mourinho is the only protagonist of this game.

He does not need and is not allowed to have a parallel role. He has played this role perfectly from the press conference on the day he landed in Serie A to every training and friendly match.

Italy's summer is his, and autumn and winter will also be his, but this is not his ideal. His desire is to master the whole future of Italy.

The reason why Mourinho is so concerned is that his outstanding performance in the Portuguese and Premier League has won a prominent reputation. In other words, it is because his achievements in the past six years have been so good.

But people can't ignore a problem. For Serie A, Mourinho is still a newcomer, and he still needs to show his achievements to prove himself.

Historically, there have been excellent results in continental Europe, but there are too many coaches who have suffered fiasco in Serie A, such as Cooper and so on. Mourinho needs to have outstanding results to conquer Italy.

Unfortunately, Mourinho did not succeed in the first round of the league.

Inter Milan and Sampdoria drew 1:1, and Inter Milan was still equalized after leading 1:0. In Serie A, which pursues 1:0ism, and Inter Milan was born good at defending and counterattacking. Such a game process can be regarded as a shame.

What's the problem?

Is it because of too many injuries?

These may not be the main cause. The main reason is that Mourinho has changed!

Mourinho has probably detected how deep the water is in Serie A. In the past, Mourinho, who had long horns on his head, thorns on his body and always had a knife in his mouth, became kind and humble.

Super Cup, he only sat in the stands to record, did not move his position, and did not even open his mouth in the whole game. After losing the game, he complimented Prandelli.

And Mourinho's real debut was forced to draw. Seeing the team celebrate the draw as a victory, Mourinho just refused to comment as "the players are working hard". This is the same Mourinho who directly told the players when he came to Stamford Bridge, "I'm the champions Cup coach, you are nothing." Oh?

Did the madman become a good man after being dormant for a year?

After the game, Mourinho admitted that the reason for the failure was himself: "Maybe it's my responsibility, because maybe I'm not the kind of Italian coach who is used to doing sufficient pre-match preparation. Sampdoria changed their formation in order to fight against us, which made us a little flustered!"

And after the game, Moratti also said, "This is a lesson for Mourinho, but I still believe him!" I believe it very much!"

The arrogant Mourinho encountered trouble in the first game, which was not a bad thing, which made him clearly realize the difference between Serie A and the Premier League.

"one move" is popular in the Premier League. For example, Manchester United can win 20 games in a row as long as they pinch the synthesis system. Chelsea can hit Lampard for two years with a long-range shot by Drogba. Arsenal's tactics are even simpler. Heavy shelling, infantry rushing, infantry rushing, artillery bombarding, artillery bombarding. The infantry rushed, the 10,000-year-old combination of the edge and the back row, and the rigid tactics are simply looking for death, but it can also break the record of winning streak in the Premier League.

But Serie A is different. Almost every battle, the opponent will set up a tactical trap, as strong as Ancelotti's 4321. After playing for a year, it was thoroughly eaten by the opponent and its power was reduced.

So, if Mourinho wants to succeed in Serie A, he needs to really think like a Serie A coach.

Of course, Mourinho does have a reason to change his nature. In the Premier League, he took over the 50-year-old Baiding team, and Inter Milan's head is a huge aura of history.

Mourinho's strength lies in the pinching system, in the ** players, and in shaping the spirit of the team, but he is still inexperienced in how to deal with the tactical trap designed by the coach of the small ball club. He himself knows this clearly: "I can learn a lot from Serie A."

So, he needs to go through an Italian-style brainwashing. It's better to keep a low profile and work hard. Magnesium lights are sometimes very harmful.

The madman had a bad start, and the other two veteran strong teams AC Milan and Juventus are the same. AC Milan lost the game at home and lost to Bologna, which had long been lost.

Ronaldinho's debut was smashed. After Shevchenko's return, a game proved that his prestige was no longer there. The only highlight of the game was Kaka. His goal helped AC Milan take the lead, but the defense won the victory and gave up to his opponent.

After Anthony and Abat returned, they quickly occupied the main position on the sidelines of the team, but in this game, the spirituality of the two people could not be seen at all. Abbat was rampaging aimlessly, and Antonini's defense became the biggest loophole in Milan's defense.

It's not how amazing Florence is. Playing football in Purple Lily can get a combat effectiveness bonus. The biggest problem is that in Florence, the defense of the two sides is assisted by Ledesma, Donader, Macenna and other midfielders. The pressure of defense is not great, but who is in AC Milan's midfield? Gattuso is a defense. The strongman, but who else can you count on besides him, Sidoff, Ambrosini, or Pirlo, Kaka?

1:2!

AC Milan lost the first game of the new season, but they are not the only old strong team to lose, and Juventus also lost.

It was the upstart who killed Juventus. Fiorentina, the triple champion last season. Before the game, Camoranesi of Juventus said in an interview that Florence was able to win the championship last season was entirely because of luck. Fiorentina could not even play in the Champions League this season.

But when the game was over, the dazzling 0-3 in the Alpine Stadium was like a great irony. When Camoranesi left the stadium, he bowed his head and turned a blind eye to the reporters around him.

Degan, who had played the whole game in the Super Cup before, fought for 90 minutes again. As a result, like the process of the last game, Degan's hat-trick made Turin people only accept a defeat painfully, and watched Florence stand at the top of the list after the start of the new season. Up.

"We played this game without pressure, yes! I lost several important players before, but those left are the best. Fellaini's performance in this game is excellent. As you can see, he made Juventus' offensive team completely unable to play, and other teammates also performed very well. I want to thank Ricado for his three assists that are perfect! "

After saying that, Degan left with a relaxed face, leaving only the messy reporters.

Inter Milan, and then Juventus!

Both games are 3:0, and Fiorentina won easily, and it is easy to make people feel afraid.

Who else can defeat Florence in Italy?