Chapter 242: Soul of Defense

At Rome's training base in Trigria, Capello looked at the players on the field with his arms around his chest, and was on his final training session to Milan.
This season's Serie A is very intense, but it does not include the two strongest teams in recent years, Juventus and ac Milan, these two teams have been in trouble since the beginning of the season.
Juventus had 2 wins and 1 draw in the first three rounds, and the draw was a 2: 2 draw against AC Milan, which was a good result; but the Red and Black Legion's record was worse, they only achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss The record even fell to the middle of the league. On the contrary, teams like Atlanta, Inter Milan and Rome are tied for the first place in the league with a winning streak.
Among them, the best condition of Rome this season! 2-0 victory over Bologna at home, 4: 0 away victory over Lecce, 3: 0 home victory over Vicenza, Rome had almost three incredible wins in the first three rounds of this season, especially at the beginning The trident formed by Cressio, Del Vecchio and Totti is also hailed as a trident in the frontcourt that has never lost to Inter Milan.
In the eyes of everyone, with the excellent performance of the first three rounds, Rome has become the most champion team.
But is this really the case?
Capello returned to the 3-guard tactics this season. Samuel's joining has greatly strengthened Roma's defense. The midfield hoarded 5 players, which allowed Roma to form oppression and siege in the midfield. To complete the slaughter and aggression against each other.
This is a new tactical concept derived from Capello's tactics based on Inter Milan's last season, combined with his own understanding. It is also his goal to make his defensive supreme football creed more in line with the tradition of Roman offensive football. .
Or it can be said that this is a compromise of reality and an attempt on himself!
He will use this result to tell everyone that his team can also play offensive football!
But can I play like this when I meet Inter Milan?
He has no idea, because he knows that Inter Milan has already understood this set of tactics more thoroughly and even in many ways. Inter Milan are better than Roma, especially this season they are surrounded and attacked in the frontcourt. Tactics, it is clear that the player's tacit understanding and response is better than last season.
Yang Cheng focused on the UEFA Champions League and the league performance was slightly inferior, but the UEFA Champions League was a complete ride, from which we can see the terrible place of this Inter Milan!
But from the fact that he arranged for a substitute player to play against Leeds United, it can be seen that he is staying in the game against Rome, and he will do his best in this game!
Many things are unclear, but Capello and Yang Cheng regard each other as their strongest opponent this season, so they are eager to win this game and are struggling. Designed with countermeasures in mind.
Capello standing on the sidelines seemed to be watching the training, but actually compared the pros and cons of Rome and Inter Milan in his mind.
In the end he came to a conclusion that the offense was almost midfield and the backline was inferior.
They are all tridents. The combination of Ronaldo, Fanny and Baggio may not be as strong as the combination of Crespo, Del Vecchio and Totti, especially when the Roman trident is in a normal state .81zw.com).
In terms of midfielders, from a purely personnel perspective, Rome does not have an advantage, but they have a larger number, with 5 midfielders, which also directly leads Rome to a disadvantage in the back line.
Capello has some headaches, especially for Rome's midfield organization in this game. Although Asuncion performed well in the first three games, it was not a strong team, and the oppression in the midfield was not strong enough to allow him to Act more freely, but Inter Milan will certainly not give him such a chance.
This is one of Rome's biggest flaws!
Once the midfield does not work, it will cause the entire market to be frozen!
"He must have thought of what I can think of!" Capello sighed.
Sensi has invested a lot on the front this season. Crespo and Cassano directly spent a hundred million on them. However, Capello's desired midfield organizer is far away. If there can be an Emerson like this at this time Players, he can be much easier and the back line is not without worries, although the Brazilian Zago only introduced the age, but the state has fallen a lot.
The current defense of Rome is a key wall, but it is based on the strength of Samuel and Zebina and the excellent performance of midfielder Tomasi.
And knowing well, the opponents in the first three rounds of the league are not enough to bring great offensive pressure to Rome. The test of this set of defense is far less than Inter Milan, so it has caused the illusion that Rome is now unstoppable!
attack? Or keep?
This is one of the biggest puzzles that Capello has!
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On November 2, Meazza Stadium, the fourth round of Serie A, Inter Milan at home against Rome.
"Cafu, the Brazilian forward Kafu inserted on the right and he was very fast. Inter Milan's left defender Zambrotta posted it and the two started a confrontation on the side ..."
Wow! The referee Corina ran over and blew the foul of Zambrotta!
He fell to the ground until Kafu was kindly pulled up by Zambrotta, and both smiled.
"Roma got a chance for an indirect free kick on the right side, which was also the first most threatening scoring opportunity in the game, because since the opening, Inter Milan did not play very actively at home, but rather a solid organization Offensive and defensive, and Rome is also patiently looking for opportunities. The two sides played very stalemate and failed to create a chance! "
"I believe that this time, Rome will make good use of this free kick opportunity!"
"Cafu kicks the ball out, and later, oops, no one in Rome answers, Buffon easily gets the ball!"
"It's a pity that Zago of Rome stayed in the defense, neither Zebina nor Samuel stepped forward, which put Rome at a disadvantage. Crespo focused on the front point, but Cafu But he was fined a bit later! "
On the sidelines, Yang Cheng gave thumbs up to Buffon and praised the Italian goal, but when he turned around, he swept over Capello, who also walked out of the coach's seat and stared at the stadium.
"How is it, Paul?" Yang Cheng walked back a few steps.
Paul, Bayer turned the laptop so that Yang Cheng could see the data above.
"This is the running range of Zago, Zebina and Samuel. They generally do not leave their defensive zone city, including the indirect free kick just now. They are obviously afraid of Ronaldo and Fanny in front, and Thomas. West, he has always been in position! "
After calling several more data, Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Who dare to tell me again that Capello is playing an offensive football this season, I will fight him with tmd!"
Paul Bayer smiled bitterly, they were indeed speculating that Capello might play more aggressively in this game. After all, Rome was in a pre-emptive situation, so although Inter Milan played at home, they started to seek stability. First, stabilize the situation. …
"His so-called offensive football, in fact, is to use the strength of the player's strength to give strong oppression in the midfield, which is your so-called midfield crushing tactics, and then force the opponent to use Crespo. The striker who drilled the water on the rock hits the battle, so the scene looks like an offensive football, but when he encounters a strong ...
Yang Cheng ignored Paul Bayer's remarks, he felt that he was caught by Capello, he was wrong!
On the sidelines, he called Nesta directly, "Alessandro is 10 meters forward! Press it up!"
"Boss, attack?" Nesta asked after listening.
Yang Cheng nodded, "attack, press it directly, attack his mother"
It was really uncomfortable to be deceived. Although he guessed wrong, Yang Cheng still blamed Capello on his responsibility, and now he began to desperately want to get back a game!
Frankly speaking, Rome's starting players are still the same, but the tactics and mentality are quite different.
Especially after Inter Milan came up, Roma players started to defend passively.
In the 13th minute, Nedved crossed the ball on the left side of the penalty area and suddenly kicked the ball. The ball was the same as a cannonball. If it was not Zago, it turned into a corner kick. It is estimated that this time Antonioli may not keep Bearable.
Baggio sent a corner kick and the penalty was the front point, but Lucio was stuck in position by Zebina ahead of time and destroyed it, wasting a corner kick in vain.
But after only 3 minutes, Inter Milan's offensive came again.
This time it was Zanetti's assault on the right, and after cooperating with Van Bommel, he crossed the bottom line. Batti pressed Samuel header in the penalty area, but his Argentine compatriot card was very smart. The interference was also in place, making Batty's header unable to serve, and it had to be biased.
In the 18th minute, Inter Milan intercepted the ball and Emerson handed it to Van Bommel. The Dutch made a long pass and directly found his compatriot Fanny, who was very clever. The Dutch did not choose to stop the ball but headed it. ferry.
The ball crossed Zago's head and fell straight behind him. Ronaldo suddenly accelerated and directly passed through the defense of Zago and Zebina and cut into the penalty area, but Antonioli quickly reacted this time, attacked early and will Ronaldo's ball hasn't stopped yet, and the goal of Rome is guaranteed!
After Inter Milan began to press the offensive of Rome in turn, the momentum of the home team was completely pulled up by the fans of the scene, especially when Inter Milan frequently created opportunities, the fans on the scene were even more excited.
Capello frequently adjusts the situation on the field, but more is aimed at Inter Milan's offense.
Cafu, Chudra, the two wing players started to protect their wing more, defending Zambrotta and Zanetti, who were frequently in turn, while Tomasi and Zago, Zebina, Sa Mueller and others are controlling the middle road and freezing Inter Milan's trident in the frontcourt.
Sure enough, as Capello expected, when Inter Milan came up to play, Asunci was tragicly crushed by Inter Milan's midfielder. This Brazilian player who is known for his free kick is restricted by Inter Milan's midfielder. There is no room to play, as Tomasi, tired of defense, did not help him at all.
Unable to do that later, Capello could only ask Totti to withdraw.
Seeing this situation, Yang Cheng immediately signaled Baggio that he would play the central defender Zago of Rome!
For a time, Ronaldo and Fanny frequently attacked Zago behind the assistants. Baggio, Nedved and Van Bommel also actively passed the ball to the back of the Roman defense.
It must be mentioned that Samuel, the Argentine star who came from the left back and came to Rome, was transformed into an excellent left center defender by Capello. When Inter Milan began to press the offensive, Zago He acted very cruelly, but he acted very well.
If it wasn't for him to make up for and return to defense frequently, Roma's goal has long been penetrated by Inter Milan several times!
At this time, even if Capello signaled that he would hold up in the middle of the frontcourt, it was not done, because Inter Milan was crushed, Rome did not want to withstand the offensive of Ruxiang, let alone launch Inter Milan. Their halftime is over.
"Yang Cheng, who returns soon after scoring a goal, is very confident about this.
Lucio suffered a high defensive mission in this game, and Crespo is a player he must be careful of.
Yang Cheng's evaluation of Crespo is very high, "Even if your defense is a copper wall, Crespo can cut a channel on it, he can be said to be the most impactful striker in football today, will not lose Vieri! "
So Lucio started to guard Crespo very carefully, especially when he saw Inter Milan's offense failed to open the situation, he could not help but be more careful, because he knew that the more this time, the easier Counterattacked by opponents.
Sure enough, when Inter Milan attacked and reached the middle, Tomasi caught the ball in advance, after breaking the ball passed to Baggio, he quickly handed it to Totti, who turned away from Emerson , Straight behind Celuccio without hesitation.
At this time, Lucio was a little bit ahead, because he wanted to prevent Totti from getting out of Emerson, and he wanted to assist the defense. Therefore, when Totti passed the ball, Lucio immediately called badly and turned back immediately. chase.
Zanetti caught Crespo, and whenever Lucio moved forward, he would pay attention to make up for him, but Crespo quickly passed the ball to the right and handed it to the forward left wing blower Pull.
After the Chinese received the ball, Zanetti saw Lucio return to the defense, immediately dumped Crespo, went up with him, but played Della directly down to the bottom line, cross!
Crespo rushed straight up and saw that a near-post header was about to break!
But at the crucial moment, Nesta showed a must-have center defender who was calm and wise, but more importantly, he was courageous. He and Crespo hedged at a right angle. Both sides did not have city speed, but the Italian jumped ahead , Shake your head to get the ball out.
But he was taken away by Crespo, who couldn't hold back, and fell heavily on the ground.
Lucio stopped the ball in the chest. He happened to see Nesta charged, but he did not hesitate too much, because he knew that this was a very good opportunity.
If he stops and does not attack, it will be a waste of Nesta's desperation!
The ball came to Emerson's feet, and the nearest Tomasi immediately caught him.
"Here!" Lucio rushed forward with his hands raised.
The ball quickly came in front of him, and saw the Brazilian speed up to catch up.
Lucio, just like a heavy tank, broke through Rome's rear line.
Capello immediately realized that it was broken during this match and immediately shouted loudly, "Behind Zago!"
At that moment, Samuel had to make a choice, whether it was to retreat to guard Zago's back, or to step forward to press the approaching Lucio, because at this time there were no other people near the back line Too.
He chose the latter in the end, so when he shifted his focus, he heard Capello's voice and he immediately realized that he had made an irreparable mistake.
Lucio started to pass the ball, half-height, Zago kept chasing back, but Ronaldo's speed was much faster than him. He was in front of him, and after taking the ball, he went to the right, which is the district of Samuel Passing past, directly over Zago, then hit the door from a small angle, it is easy!
"Goalllll"
"Inter Milan's very sharp counterattack finally broke Rome's goal!"
"Capello's team defense is very solid, but Inter Milan used a sharp counterattack and skillful cooperation to tell everyone that no unbreakable defense" will collapse in front of Inter Milan! "
"This was a very striking counterattack, from Nesta header to the clearance, to Lucio and Emerson's two match, and then to the back of Lucio's fan, the whole process took only a dozen seconds. International Milan completely destroyed Rome's entire back line! "
"Capello is annoying and hating in May because he is too conservative, so conservative!"
"The outside world has already given an answer. Rome's defense is not unbreakable. Zago is definitely a hidden danger, but Capello still chooses to fight back. Now he has to pay for his choice!"
If Capello hears these comments, he will be spitting out his anger, because he is convinced that even if he changes his offensive tactics, this game may not be able to please, because the start of Inter Milan is obviously against his aggressive attack. .
After all, Rome's problems are in two places, one central defender and one organization midfielder!
Inter Milan players cheered very excitedly after Ronaldo scored a goal, but many people ran back in the first time and came directly to the penalty area of ​​their own half.
After being hit by Crespo, Nesta could not afford to fall to the ground. At this moment, the team doctor rushed into the court to diagnose him.
Yang Cheng was very anxious on the sidelines, because he was worried that he hurt a Nesta, even if he scored the old goal again, because the latter is really good this season, he almost leads With the entire back line of Inter Milan, he brings stability and soul to this back line!
He has almost conquered all Inter Milan players and conquered all the players since the warm-up match. Yang Cheng even put his heart on him and gave him the status of the core of the defense. This time, he was at a critical moment, using his Fearful bravery performance in return for Yang Cheng, to protect the goal without losing!
Yang Chengning would rather lose this game than Nesta!
Because he is an indispensable member of this Inter Milan team and the soul of Inter Milan's defense!