Chapter 74 After the Game
No one expected that a long-awaited battle would end in such a way. Manchester United only played a good ball for ten minutes. After losing a goal, they did not fight back, but were defeated.
The two generations of world-class head coaches fight, on the contrary, Prandelli showed a calmness that did not match his age, while Ferguson showed a childish side in front of people because of his face. Everyone thought that Ferguson had already cultivated to a certain extent at this age, but he never expected that he would still win. Trick.
One of Ferguson's biggest mistakes was the arrangement of midfielders in this game. Before the game, no one expected that Ferguson would arrange Giggs to play first and play in the center of the forward position. Generally speaking, Anderson and Carrick have to keep an eye on one person and have a protection behind them. As a result, Ferguson unexpectedly sent Giggs. Giggs was in front of him and even regarded himself as a second center forward. This was the biggest mistake. Ferguson asked Anderson and Carrick to keep an eye on Modric and Montolivo, no matter who it was difficult.
In fact, it can also be imagined that Ferguson also hesitated when choosing the lineup. When he chose, it was actually not difficult. Either he learned from Hiddink and completely defended it. As a result, he hesitated when he should not hesitate. As soon as Giggs first, the midfield interception ability was gone, and Rooney was at the center. In terms of position, there is Kim So-ro on one side and Park Ji-sung on one side and Park Ji-sung on the other side. There is a lack of protection behind him. Kim Soo-ro and Park Ji-sung have no advantage. Park Ji-sung does not have any flexibility and impact in front of Italians at all, and his strength does not have an advantage. Kim Joro's strength, but he can't exert technology and speed.
Ferguson arranged Giggs to start, which is actually to show a mentality. Manchester United's midfielder has a man who controls the ball and catches the ball to attack, but in fact, it turned out that in the face of Fiorentina's midfield, no one wants to fantasize about attacking and can destroy him with a frontal attack.
Manchester United's smartest choice should be to mainly play defensive counterattack. Come up and play first. It's the best to score. If you can't score, you can insist on defending and counterattack. As a result, although Ferguson kept saying before the game that he would not play according to the opponent's wishes, Manchester United should stick to their own style and take the game. He was in his own hands, and as soon as he got to the game, he still fell into Prandelli's pre-match method.
It was a mistake to let Giggs start, but it was a big failure to replace Anderson in the second half. Anderson made some mistakes in the first half, but the interception was very successful.
As a result, after replacing Anderson, the two midfielders, Giggs and Tevez, went up and played a role. They went up and suppressed Fiorentina in the second half, but in this way, the gap behind them was completely exposed, just giving Fiorentina a chance to fight back.
In a word, people's predictions before the game are wrong. This is not a so-called battle between dragons and tigers at all. At best, it can only be regarded as eggs and stones. Manchester United gave up their own characteristics and fought against Fiorentina. As a result, they hit a head and broke blood. In fact, after Digan's ball-like goal in the tenth minute, the game It's not over, but the suspense is over. For the rest of the time, Florence ran the ball according to a prefabricated blueprint in his brain, so beautiful and calm.
People say that Barcelona is the representative of artistic football, and Florence's football is very utilitarian. In fact, it is completely a kind of discrimination. The fundamental reason is that Florence is not a rich family.
In fact, Florence's football is completely comparable to Barcelona's artistic football. When playing in Barcelona, the first thing to do is to play well and whether it can please the fans. On the contrary, Florence must first be clear about victory, and then on the basis of victory, make victory become Get beautiful.
Some people say that Florence is always the same. People who are familiar with Florence know that Purple Lily mainly plays 4312 formation. In fact, it is not the same thing at all. Florence's formation changes with the time of the game. To put it bluntly, Florence has no chance at all. There is a set of fixed tactics, because for the characteristics of Florence, the formation tactics can no longer satisfy all the football they play. All the tactics in Florence revolve around football. There are only two that they really insist on. One is to make football develop in different directions as much as possible, and the other is as fast as possible. Push the football closer to the opponent's goal.
Compared with Florence's football, Manchester United's football should be said to be ugly. Of course, Sir Alex Ferguson is also changing, but his changes are passive. A set of lineups will not be thoroughly studied by their opponents and will never change easily. The combination of the side that has remained unchanged for 10,000 years and the 433 formation that remains unchanged for 10,000 years. In front of Italian coaches who take it fun to study their opponent's tactics and find ways to restrain their opponents, it's simply looking for death.
Before the game, people were obviously more optimistic about Manchester United's revenge at the Olympic Stadium, but Prandelli let people see what creativity is. He boldly let the two full-backs press the assists to squeeze the midfield, so that the originally dominant Fiorentina midfielder can fully control the rhythm and beat it. After the pressure of Zhong, Modric, the real organization core of Florence, distributed the ball to Digan. After that, Fiorentina slowed down the pace of the game with super control ability and avoided a fast attack with Manchester United, leaving the whole Manchester United unable to exert force. The characteristics of the past on-site counterattack completely failed under the Fioren style of playing.
Kim Mauro even exposed his incompetence in the competition because he did not get midfield support. This is because of his lack of Degan. He needs a wider space to run at high speed to exert all his strength. When his opponent uses oppressive play during the game and makes him lose his running space, of course, he is not like Superstar, and Degan doesn't need it. He stands still and takes the ball, which can pose a threat to Manchester United's goal all the time.
Not to mention Park Ji-sung on the other side, Korea's stick played very hard, but it was sudden and unbreakable. The efficiency was too low to make him appear mediocre on the court. The script that South Koreans are looking forward to Park Ji-sung to become the focus of the game has no chance to be staged.
Rooney is so entangled by the equally strong Compani that he can't give full play to the past score and compete for the second advantage. Of course, Ferguson's biggest failure is still the starting Giggs, because the veteran is better at defending against the counterattack. Prandelli seems to have seen that Giggs is going to start, so he plays slowly and quickly to make this experienced ball old. The star is missing most of the time.
The mistake of personnel arrangement is one aspect. Florence's victory over Manchester United is because Florence has too many connection points, so it eventually formed a beautiful picture, while Manchester United only has lines. Such a thick line play is still in the Premier League or UEFA Champions League preliminaries. But when the opponent uses the magic play of touching the ball every three seconds, Manchester United looks very weak.
The most critical issue of turning this battle into a tiger-headed and snake-tailed game is the control of the ball. When Digan, Mutu, Montolivo and Modric and others drew small circles step by step, people were surprised to find that Florence's soul was possessed at this moment, when he played against Barcelona before. After that, Florence used chain defense and was criticized by countless media for playing ugly. As a result, in the face of Manchester United, Florence played more and more Barcelona.
In front of such a transformed Florence, Manchester United's defense has become a resistance to the shadow corps. The best defense in Europe this season is the Premier League, and the best defense in the Premier League is Manchester United, but Manchester United can't capture these arbitrary artists, just like fighting against the dazzling fog with a machete.
In the end, Fiorentina defeated Manchester United 4-0, and Degan scored a hat-trick in the Champions League final for the third time in a row. Fiorentina became the first person in the Champions League. Fiorentina has also become the second team to successfully defend the Champions League since the restructuring of the Champions League, realizing their reservation at the beginning of the season. The goal is to become the first six crowns in history.
Plandli is better than the old and young coach's fighting method. 10 minutes before the game has determined the direction of the whole game, and then the balance of victory and defeat has been tilted. Manchester United only played a good ball for 10 minutes. Perhaps if Park Jixing can make up for Kim Yeo's free kick, the situation on the field may be Earth-shaking changes have taken place, but unfortunately Manchester United did not do so.
Judging from the situation of the whole game, Fiorentina was passive in the first 10 minutes, and the players on the field made mistakes from time to time, but in this case, Manchester United did not score.
In the end, the performance of the number one star of the two teams became the key point in the direction of the game, which directly affected the team's offensive quality. Obviously, Degan completed the task well. On the front line, he was able to attack the weakness of the opponent's defense line. The whole game can be said to be like a fish in water.
On the contrary, Golden Mauro was a battle of trapped beasts. 10 minutes later, Manchester United played a passive role most of the time and fell into the very familiar rhythm of Florence, resulting in a complete victory over Manchester United and Degan a complete victory over Golden Maurit.
Due to the arrangement of personnel positions, Manchester United did not give full play to their advantages in attacking on the sidelines and oppressing the opponent's side defense. The performance of Carrick, Anderson and Giggs throughout the game was bleak. They could not pose a greater threat to the opponent's defense, but made their own number one goal. Xingjin Maoluo entered the other party's encirclement and had no way to release his sharpest weapon to his heart's content, which changed the taste of the confrontation between the two powers and made the fans lose the opportunity to enjoy a high-level game, which had to be said to be a pity.
Because of the personnel arrangement, the gap in Manchester United's midfield is reflected. There is no support in the offensive. Carrick, Anderson and Giggs have no threat of long-range shots, and Golden Mauro on the forward line, as well as Rooney and Park Ji-sung need these three players to give When giving a fatal pass, the three of them could not do this.
There is a big gap between Manchester United's midfielders and midfielders and Fiorentina's dual-core Modric and Montolivo, and they are not mature in passing the ball. Moreover, in the case of not being able to support the attack and passing the ball, the role of defense is not effective. Carrick and Anderson have to bear too much. The ability of these two players is relatively balanced, but in today's defense, none of them can help the defense line limit the opponent's offensive combination. In other words, the gap in the midfield was enlarged due to the questionable arrangement in the position. The whole game entered the rhythm of Florence, and Manchester United played without any characteristics.
In terms of Fiorentina, Prandelli's trick has been continued. In fact, he had such an arrangement in the game with Chelsea before, moving Degan's position slightly to the side, as close as possible to the two cores of his midfield, so that he can maximize his advantage of possession of the ball in midfield. Come out.
In this way, he has really avoided it. Manchester United's two central defenders are strong and have strong frontal defense ability, but because Degan often pulls outside the penalty area, he moves more on the sidelines. In this way, it brings a lot of trouble to Vidic and Ferdinand, making the two central defenders at a loss.
Whether to keep up with Digan or not makes the two hesitate. This problem makes them hesitate many times. If they keep up with Digan, the space behind them will be grasped by Mutu, who is extremely fast and has strong personal ability, or the middle combination of Florence.
After Manchester United's frontal defensive advantage could not be reflected, the disadvantage of the two central defenders being tall and slow to turn one-on-sided was reflected, and their disadvantage in defending on the side was grasped by the other side. Therefore, in the first half, during the one-to-one attack, Fiorentina scored the first goal, and in the second half, Fiorentina seized the opportunity and stabbed three times in a row.
4:0 is the score of the game, but Fiorentina won more than one game. Prandelli defeated Ferguson, who tried to become the supreme of Europe, and Degan beat Golden Retriever in the competition of the world's first player.
This game was originally regarded as the most dreamy and anticipated Champions League final since AC Milan and Barcelona met Athens in 1993/1994.
Although the game lasted 90 minutes, Manchester United, who was dedicated to revenge, suffered confidence in the 10th minute and was completely desperate an hour later.
In the initial stage of the game, Manchester United took the lead in attacking, which was the inspiration given to Ferguson by Hiddink in the final battle at Stamford Bridge and the harvest of the Lord in the victory at the Emirates Stadium. Kimuro's direct free kick allowed Frey to save, and then the Portuguese fired two peripheral shots, but both of them deviated from the target.
The Red Devil's three-board axe did not work, but Florence's first offensive broke the deadlock. After the Florence midfield broke through, it went to the feet of Degan. After Degan deducted Ferdinand, he took advantage of the opportunity to stab. No matter how quickly Van der Sar reacted, he could only block the ball, but he could not stop the ball from conceding. It was this wonderful goal that changed the pattern of the game, and Ferguson admitted it after the game: "This goal is the killer of our murder in this game."
Tevez replaced Anderson in the second half, and Manchester United's offensive improved, but Fiorentina still had more threats. Degan, Mutu and Modric all had a chance to single-out Van der Sar, and Beckham had a direct free kick hitting the goalpost.
Then Beckham's counterattack hit, and the free kick directly scored the goal, helping Fiorentina expand the lead, but the real fatal knife came from the cooperation of Beckham and Degan. The former's accurate pass made Digan, who jumped early, just use his head and hung the ball over Van der Sar.
Fist is afraid of being young. In the face of Prandelli, who is younger than himself, Ferguson finally experienced it. After the game, he sighed, "We lost to a better team."
In front of the resourceful Ferguson, Prandelli did not have the panic of the "rookie" leader. His extremely targeted tactical deployment completely disrupted the Lord's on-site arrangement.
Sometimes, there will be some accidental factors in the team's defeat, but today's failure of Manchester United can't find too many accidents. Judging from the pre-match cards of the two sides, the two sides are evenly matched, and Manchester United is more favored by people, but Manchester United ultimately failed to turn their established advantages into victory. There are many reasons for this. A lot.
The blocking of King Mauro by Fellaini and Pasquale may be a very important reason. The number one fire point on the field is basically dumb, and Ferguson will not turn a blind eye to it. Therefore, the old Lord soon made an adjustment to let King Maurerau retreat to the midfield in order to give King Maurerang a better offensive space, but without the involvement of Golden Maurer The system allows Florence's defense to be completely understood. Because of this, Fellaini will repeatedly carry the ball forward, and the battle situation will develop more and more in a favorable direction for Florence.
It is obvious that the red-nosed old man standing on the side of the field in today's game is not a familiar Ferguson, but what can the Lord do at this time?
Florence scored so early that although this will definitely be considered before the game, due to mistakes in the on-the-spot platoon, Manchester United can only cross the river step by step.
Instead of Tevez's intention to fight back, this matter is just a beautiful misunderstanding after the game. The appearance of the beast not only did not play to change the situation, but also further compressed Rooney's number of takes.
Rooney, who was still able to make a difference in the first half, could only devote his energy to defense. Today, Xiao Pang played the whole game and only completed two shots.
As the saying goes, he miscalculated one step and lost the whole game. Ferguson made a mistake due to the deployment of troops, and then he could only go to the dark one by one.
Seeing that Tevez's chess piece did not work, the Lord waved his hand and Berbatov, who had broken the Champions League final with Leverkusen, was given the opportunity to make up for his regret.
However, the Lord's move is incomprehensible. Isn't this Mancini's invention at Inter Milan?
At that time, Mancini's move was ridiculed by the Italian media as "made crazy". However, Ferguson, who had always been resourceful, was possessed by Mancini's soul today. After Beba's debut, Manchester United seemed to have intended to strengthen its firepower, but in fact it was represented by sacrificing midfield control ability, and it was precisely because of the initiative After giving up the ball control and Beba's appearance, Degan completed a hat-trick.
Misplaced Giggs, mistakenly used Rooney, and made three consecutive mistakes in a game, which is rare in Ferguson's coaching history, but today's offensive problems are not limited to these.
When Carrick, the core organization of the first half, was forced by Fiorentina to make it difficult to score, the Lord did not decisively pull Giggs back to Carrick to assist him, but insisted on fighting with Florence three ways, and finally "entered the rhythm of Florence" as Prandelli expected before the game.
It is not Ferguson who is familiar with making a bigger mistake to cover up a mistake, but to be honest, when facing a team with such outstanding ability as Fiorentina, the Lord actually has no better choice in terms of military use, because under his account, there is no one who can make Fiorentina the most A strong center with a headache, such as Drogba.
For the second time in a row, they fell at the same opponent's feet on the same battlefield. There are really a lot of things to reflect on next, but in any case, a strong center in the next season should be included in the club's plan. As for who to chase, there are not many such masters for Ferguson to select. , but it's not completely complete.
losing the Champions League trophy, Manchester United is all dejected, and the world footballer Jinmauro is no exception. After the game, the Portuguese undisguised that today is the most disappointing day of his career.
"This is the most disappointing thing in my career. We were full of confidence before this game, but unfortunately we failed to win the Champions League trophy. It was always bad to lose in the final, not to mention that the same thing happened twice. Although we were disappointed, Fiorentina did perform better today. ."
"Florence scored four very beautiful goals, which made our situation very difficult. If you can't seize the opportunity in the game with them, you will be punished. As happened today, we have to forget this game as soon as possible and start again next season."
Then, Kim Mauro angrily pointed the finger at Ferguson: "Today, we didn't use our tactics well and did everything wrong. We only played a good ball for 10 minutes, and then it became a mess."
The defeat in the Champions League final has also deepened speculation about Kim Loreau's where he will go this summer. When it comes to whether he will leave Manchester United, the Portuguese still seem very ambiguous, "I don't know". Maybe these words are enough for the British media to hype.
In fact, although Kim Remauro was controlled by Fiorentina most of the time in this game, he is still the best person in the midfield of Manchester United. To be fair, the Portuguese is the person who brings the biggest trouble to Florence. In the first half, his free-kick shot and a volley made a threat, and in the second half, he also almost made a make-up shot. But most of the time, Manchester United's midfield gave him limited support, which put Kimuro under the heavy encirclement of his opponents, which made him more and more irritable and questioned Ferguson's tactical arrangements after the game.
Degan performed well in this game and completed a hat-trick. Naturally, the media will mark the gimmick of "Degan's victory over Golden Mauro", but the key to Degan's victory over Kim Mauro is that he gets more midfield support, which is much greater than the support he received from Manchester United, which also makes Digan more Eyes.
Kim Mauro can't get the support of the midfield, Manchester United's avant-back line can't effectively move the ball through the half, and the Portuguese can only fight alone in front. It can be said that Golden Mauro did his best in this game, but he was too lonely.
After the game, Ferguson also looked ugly, but he had to come to the press conference patiently to answer reporters' questions.
Ferguson first admitted that Florence's victory is worthy of its reputation: "We didn't play the highest level, but you have to cheer for Fiorentina. They played better. I have no excuse for this. In fact, we played well and confidently at the beginning. In the first 10 minutes, we had hope of the first goal, but the 10th In minutes, Degan's goal was indeed fatal. We were a little caught off guard by the loss of the ball so early and had not been able to turn the situation around. That's all.
After a few questions, a reporter asked in unskilled English, "After experiencing such a failure, will you still have the motivation to lead the team to continue to win?"
This problem, which is a bit like sprinkling salt on the wound, obviously pissed Ferguson. He stopped for a few seconds before saying hard, "I don't understand what you mean by this question."
The reporter quickly explained, "I didn't mean any harm!"
But Ferguson didn't appreciate it. Before he finished explaining, he interrupted him and said rudely, "I don't answer stupid questions."
The host of the press conference saw that the situation was not good and quickly said, "Now the next question."
But since then, other reporters did not "dare" to ask Ferguson too much, and two or three questions ended hastily.
The whole team of Manchester United is countless disappointments, but for Fiorentina players and coaches, another victory over Manchester United in the Champions League trophy is a great achievement. Every Florentine will feel very proud and proud. After the game, Fioren players expressed their great excitement. .
Mudric, the core of the midfield, made great contributions to this game. The Croatian young player was so excited that he couldn't even speak after winning the championship: "We are the best. There are no words to express this great victory. This is a perfect result of this season. Last season's Champions League final, I was injured. I missed it. At that time, Rod promised me that he would take me to this stage. He did it, and we finally won. All this was perfect.
Fiorentina's defender Compani also expressed his opinion. Although as a defender, Compani's assists in this game are very positive, which is also eye-catching: "This is the last championship we have pursued this season, which is also a very significant season. We are 10 points. Zhong scored a goal, which is really great.
Beckham's mood is relatively complicated: "I really don't know how to celebrate. My mood is very complicated now. If I am a bystander, I will definitely cheer for Manchester United, but the actual situation does not allow me to do so. I must fight for the honor of Purple Lily and be able to do it again. I'm really excited to win the Champions League, and I also scored a goal in the game, but I think our victory is more important than the goal.
As Degan's forward partner, Mutu did not score in the game, but the Romanians contributed a lot to the team and assisted Degan's third goal in the game: "People always remember the winner, which is different. You can It doesn't make sense to play a beautiful football, but not to win the championship. I'm very excited that we finally won the championship. It's all like a dream.
Fellaini also expressed his feelings: "This is very special, because we really played very well. Since I was a child, the Champions League final is the stage of my dream. Now my dream has come true. This is really a dream season."
As the captain of Florence, the core, Degan was also a little difficult to control his emotions during the interview. Only he knew best how much pressure he had matured this season. Before the start of the season, he said that he wanted to win the sixth championship. God knows how many people were waiting to see his jokes at that time. But in the end, Degan did it, and he really did it.
"I think I can have a good rest now. I'm really tired this season, but the result made me very satisfied with the six championships. I don't think anyone will stand up and doubt what I said now. Perfect. All I can say is that everything is perfect. We have become a god in the history of world football. Well, I don't think anyone will say that I'm arrogant this time, because we have this qualification! Don't ask me about next season. I just want to have a good rest now. I'm tired, yes! Really tired!"
There are some words that Degan doesn't want to say to reporters, but in fact, he has already had a plan in his heart. What he wants to do is to challenge. If the six crowns this season is a challenge, then the feeling of defending the six crowns next season will definitely be different.
Bang!
Kaka turned off the TV and looked up at the ceiling.
Caroline sat aside with little Gaudà in her arms: "Rikado! Aren't you happy for Rod?"
Kaka was stunned and smiled, "Of course, but if possible, I still want to be the brother who makes Rod proud, Caroline!" What do you think of our life in Madrid?
Caroline was stunned. She didn't understand why Kaka mentioned life in Madrid. Is it~~~~~~~
Caroline looked at Kaka with a stunned face, as if to say to herself, "Go to Madrid~~~~~~"