Chapter 93 Is this considered psychological warfare?
Chapter 93 Is this considered psychological warfare?
Pato was injured and will be out for a month and a half. This news immediately caused wailing among the fans of AC Milan.
In the league arena, in the previous few league games, the team's chasing momentum was very fierce, especially Pato, who became the team's number one scoring machine in his first appearance, but now he was injured again, AC Milan has basically withdrawn from the championship , It is already lucky to be able to get a place in the Champions League.
The only hope for the fans is the European Champions Cup. According to Galliani, the team has the genes of the Champions League. No matter how bad the league record is, they can still create miracles in the competition for the Champions League.
Didn't the team only get fifth in the league last season, but still finally won the European Champions Cup?
But this time, AC Milan was really pushed to the edge of a cliff. Seeing that the life-and-death battle with Benfica was imminent, Pato was injured. Now Ancelotti only has Gilardino left in his hands. How to play this game.
Moreover, AC Milan's opponent is not only Benfica, but also depends on the results of the match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Fiorentina. Whether they can finally qualify for the group stage and enter the knockout round is no longer up to AC Milan. .
After announcing the news of Pato's injury, Ancelotti expressed pessimistically in an interview: "The team is indeed facing great difficulties now. I can understand the feelings of the fans. They always I hope that the team I support can achieve good results, and I am the same. I am not only the head coach of this team, but also a fan of AC Milan. But the more it is at this time, the more the team needs the support of the fans. Get through it!"
There was helplessness in Ancelotti's tone. This feeling of completely entrusting his fate to others made him very unhappy, but there was no way, AC Milan didn't live up to it, who could blame it?
Ancelotti hoped that the team would rise up, while Galliani considered another aspect. Fiorentina had appeared smoothly, and would they try their best for an unnecessary game.
You must know that Fiorentina is still facing a third-line battle. In the league, the points are much ahead, and they are doing their best to fight for the third league championship trophy in the team's history.
At the same time, the Coppa Italia has reached the semi-finals, and the semi-finals will face the powerful Sampdoria. The team has reached this point, and there is no reason to give up casually.
Similarly, the Champions League is also striving for good results. In the next period of time, Fiorentina will face two-line battles. At this time, will Fiorentina consume their own energy to fight against Shakhtar Donetsk?
Galliani has no idea!
"I am very aware of the current situation of AC Milan, but I am still very optimistic about the Champions League. We only need to play our own game well, and appearance should not be a problem. In the other game in the same group, Fiorentina's strength is obviously stronger than that of Donez. Now I just hope that everyone can stick to their bottom line and create a fair competition environment!"
Seeing Galliani say such a serious thing, the reporter who interviewed him almost couldn't hold back, and put the microphone into Galiani's mouth.
fair play?
It's shameless for Jiatu to say such a thing. He was not someone at the time. He manipulated the Serie A field together with Juventus's Moggi, and finally the Calciopoli incident broke out, which caused the image of Italian football to plummet.
Although Galliani escaped in the end, everyone knows what happened. If it weren't for Berlusconi's protection, Galliani would have gone to the prison with Moji to pick up soap.
Now they are asking for fair competition. To put it bluntly, isn't it just hope that Florence, for the sake of the old folks, will give them a hand and go to great lengths to clean up the Shakhtar Donetsk team?
But is this possible?
Fiorentina has already qualified for the group stage, and they will face an intensive schedule next time. If the main players are not allowed to take a good rest at this time, if they fail to exert their strength in the final sprint stage and the cooked duck flies away, whose fault is it? ?
And it seems that the relationship between Florence and AC Milan is not very good!
When Fiorentina was facing financial difficulties, AC Milan lowered the price and robbed Fiorentina's core player Rui Costa. Later, they voted against the plan to save Fiorentina.
Since that time, the two teams have had a feud. After Degan moved to Fiorentina, because of his relationship, when the two teams met on the court, it was like sparks hitting the earth.
With such a relationship, you can still count on Florence and the others. I have to say that Galliani is very naive.
Of course, Galliani will not do this kind of useless work. His purpose is to set off a public opinion war and prevent Fiorentina from intentionally releasing water during the game.
"It seems that AC Milan is really in a hurry!"
In Prandelli's office, when he said this, there was a hint of complacency in his tone. Fiorentina could be proud of being able to push one of the Big Three in Serie A to this point.
Digan sneered disdainfully: "What is this? Psychological warfare? It's better to vaccinate us first! Galliani thinks too much of himself!"
After Prandelli also smiled, his expression suddenly became serious: "But there is one thing we need to discuss, Rhodes! Now I think we should make a choice!"
Digan was taken aback, and couldn't help but frowned. Prandelli said he understood that in fact he had already been thinking about this matter before. Although the current Florence has been well-formed and its strength is not a problem at all, but Florence There is still a lack of experience, and what young people lack most is stability, especially in the final stage of the league. Once there is a problem, it will be disastrous.
Although I don't want to think about it, there are often regrettable things on the football field. I think the Bundesliga powerhouse Leverkusen tasted it once.
At the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, Leverkusen was the strongest team in German football after Bayern. Points, missed the award only because of the goal difference disadvantage.
Just when the Leverkusen people were confidently attacking the Bundesliga title in the 2000/2001 season, a bad news came. Their "football godfather" Christopher Dom was exposed by Bayern general manager Hoeness for taking cocaine. Under the pressure of public opinion, Daum was forced to resign as head coach and leave for Turkey. At the same time, he also lost hope of competing for the head coach of the German national team.
One month after Völler's interim acting head coach, the team selected former German coach Vogts as the new coach, and former international players Tony Schumacher, Littbarski, Wolfgang Rowe Golf formed a "star coaching staff" to assist Vogts.
In Vogts' first show, Leverkusen beat Stuttgart 4:0. The German football circle also praised the new coaching model of "star coaching staff". "Bild" even asked the German Football Association to set up a similar team. The coaching staff welcomes the upcoming World Cup in Korea and Japan.
Just when everyone was discussing how many rounds Leverkusen could win the championship in advance, the disadvantages of the "star coaching staff" gradually emerged. The media began to accuse the coaches of being too showy on the training ground and outside the game. The results also plummeted, and they were eliminated from the Champions League, UEFA Cup, and German Cup one after another. In the 30th round of the league, they were humiliated by Freiburg 5:2, and completely lost their qualifications for the championship. Stopped, and asked Vogts to return to the traditional coaching model.
At the end of the season, Leverkusen finally achieved the fourth place. Vogts barely kept his qualifications for the Champions League, but he couldn't keep his job. Vogts also left Literbaski and Rohr Husband, leaving only Tony Schumacher to clean up the mess.
Leverkusen returned to the traditional route. This time they selected former Bochum and Saarbrucken coach Top Muller. In fact, Leverkusen had already invited He joined, but the Saarbrücken team refused to let him go.
Top Muller did give the team a refreshing feeling. In the 2001/2002 season, although it once fell to fifth in the league, the team relied on their beautiful offensive football and strong will to re-start in the 13th round of the league. Recapture the "yellow jersey", this situation has been maintained until the penultimate round of the league.
In the Champions League, Leverkusen, which was divided into the death group in the group stage, also made great progress. Facing the challenges of Deportivo, Juventus and Arsenal, Leverkusen had a record of three wins, one draw and two losses Won the first place in the group.
In the knockout round, Leverkusen faced Liverpool in the quarter-finals. Under the unfavorable situation of losing 0:1 in the first game, they staged a shocking reversal in the second round, ending Liverpool's unbeaten record of 15 away games in the two major European cups .
In the semi-finals, Leverkusen relied on two draws to eliminate Manchester United on away goals and joined Real Madrid in the Champions League final.
In the German Cup, Leverkusen also passed all the way and will face the challenge of Schalke 04 in the final. The club organization g14 representing the top European giants also passed a resolution to accept Leverkusen as an official member of g14.
Just when the Leverkusen people were full of confidence to win the "Triple Crown", tragedies happened one after another. First, in the 33rd round of the league, the team unexpectedly lost 0:1 to the relegation team Nuremberg. Dortmund led by Sammer took the opportunity to take the first place in the league and had the last laugh. Then, on May 11, they were reversed by Schalke 4:2 under the favorable circumstances of an advanced goal and lost the German Cup. Two days later, they fell under Zidane's "Flying Immortals", and lost the last and most important game of the season 1:2, falling from the Triple Crown to the unprecedented "Sanya King".
You must know that before this, Leverkusen also had a strong Bundesliga. At that time, they used their unique style of play to win the Bundesliga and attracted the attention of many fans.
Every time the Bundesliga is broadcast, commentators will refer to Leverkusen as the pioneer of German football reform. Although they played beautifully, the team always habitually lost the chain when it came to the last moment of the league. The poor psychological quality is also incompatible with the traditional steely nerves of German players.
At that time, when there were three rounds left in the league, Leverkusen was still leading by five points, but was reversed by Dortmund in the end. When it comes to reversal, in 2002, Leverkusen was nicknamed the "Reversal King" because they often played in the game. At the beginning, "let" the opponent a ball, and then through tactical adjustments, use a series of gorgeous coordination to completely defeat the opponent.
I have to say that Leverkusen at the time was so individual that it was easy for people to fall in love with Leverkusen at once. But like no one is perfect, Leverkusen's shortcomings finally exploded in the final few rounds.
For the sake of the Champions League, they preserved their strength in the league, so that they lost the two most critical games and finally lost the championship.
Looking back now, if they were eliminated early in the Champions League and concentrated on playing in the league, it would be impossible for them to lose the game due to lack of energy and lack of concentration at the last moment.
After all, Leverkusen is not a wealthy family. They can only use a lineup to fight on the third line. In the end, they get nothing. They have never won the Bundesliga championship in their century-old history, but they only come close every time. Maybe this is their fate.
After experiencing the "Sanya King", the team sold many big-name players for some reason, which almost caused them to be relegated in the second year. Not what it used to be.
Although Florence has not yet reached the final step, it is also facing the problem of choice, but among the three events, it is too difficult for Degan to make a choice.
The league championship is the most guaranteed, and the league is the foundation. This must not be given up. The Coppa Italia has reached the semi-finals. The semi-final opponent Sampdoria is not a difficult opponent. It would be a pity to give up up.
There is also the European Champions Cup, which is what Degan attaches the most importance to. Although Degan dare not say that he can lead Fiorentina to the end and win the cup, as long as he can go as far as possible in the Champions League, it means a lot. Interests.
"Cesare! You know, it's hard!"
Prandelli understands Degan's character. To put it bluntly, he is somewhat greedy. However, this kind of greed for honor is what Prandelli would like to see. No one wants his players to be a group of people without passion. .
"Rod! We all have to think about it carefully. This is related to the team's entire season. Once there is a problem, it will be too late to save it!"