The Era of Emerald

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Following Lippi with a livid face, the Juventus stars fled into the player tunnel amid dissatisfied boos from the home fans, while the Fiorentina players raised their heads amid the cheers of a small group of away fans Back to the visiting team locker room.

"Everyone performed very well in the first half, especially Ruy and Stefan, which helped the team firmly control the rhythm of the game and allowed us to take the initiative in the away game." Once back in the locker room, Ranieri He praised the players in the room, "Of course Gabriel and Philippe performed very well. You two scored two goals at Juventus' home court at the end of the first half. The leading advantage of the team... So, in the next 45 minutes, our task is to maintain the momentum of the first half and not give the opponent any hope of a comeback! Do you have confidence?"

"Yes!" All the Fiorentina players present shouted in unison. When the morale of this team is high, whoever comes out to pour cold water is a fool.

"Okay, then let me talk about the changes we will adopt in the second half..." Ranieri naturally couldn't waste the 15 minutes of the intermission so easily, so he quickly wrote on the tactical board and began to give the players They explain the adjustments they intend to make.

The visiting team's locker room was full of morale and harmony, while the Juventus locker room was in a grim scene. Head coach Lippi leaned against the door of the locker room, scanning the locker room with unfriendly eyes. every player.

"Look up for me! What are you doing with your head down? Do you guys remember what I said before the game? Why didn't you play the game according to my arrangement?!" Silence After a while, Lippi, who knew what he should say, finally spoke in a very angry tone, "I ask you to play steadily from the very beginning of the game, and don't be led by your opponent, but what about you? We fought against Fiorentina players in minutes, and the tragedy at the Olympic Stadium hasn't happened in a month, are you planning to repeat the same mistakes and dedicate another fiasco in front of our fans?!"

"Laurent (Blanc), when attacking, you have to go forward and participate in the attack, no problem, I can satisfy you, but as a central defender, shouldn't you first do your job well? Tell me , What is the most important task of a central defender!" Seeing that the defender he valued the most had been sitting in his seat with his head bowed in silence, Lippi directly called Blanc's name without politeness.

Blank, who was sitting on the bench, heard Lippi call his name, slowly raised his head, looked into Lippi's eyes, and hesitantly said a word: "Defense."

"Very good! It seems that you are still very clear-headed and know that defense is the first priority." Lippi nodded in satisfaction, and then his face became serious again, "But look at your performance in the first half! Where were you when Inzaghi shot the goal in the box? Outside the box! Don't tell me you need a teammate to fill you in, this is Juventus! It's Italy! A league that focuses on defense, any team Every player who does not participate in defense will be ruthlessly abandoned by this league!"

What Lippi said is correct, even a thin forward like Inzaghi will fight for the ball with opponents who are much stronger than him without hesitation when the team needs him to participate in defense, although the head coach is generally very human It's natural not to arrange such a boring task for him, but Inzaghi's defensive enthusiasm has never been weak.

When Lippi scolded Blank in the locker room, he didn't criticize the team's other central defender, Iuliano, because he now knows very well the characteristics of this young man-he will only fight bravely and will not take care of him. Behind him, this is his characteristic, and it is obviously impossible to ask him to do more with his aptitude.

The reason why he criticizes Blanc so much is because Lippi knows that the French international can actually do better, not only on the offensive end, but with his physical condition and judgment of the ball, Blanc can completely become An excellent all-round defender can make great contributions to the team in terms of marking, supplementary defense, and commanding the defensive position, not just head-to-head with the opponent's striker like now.

However, the cultivation of Blanc is a problem that takes a long time to solve, and the problem Lippi is facing now is to find a player who can temporarily replace Paul Sosa as soon as possible.

Piero and Deschamps are obviously not good enough. Lippi has let these two players take turns organizing the team's offense in the last few games. It is said to be quite satisfactory, there is no threatening pass, and most of the time he does not seek merit but seeks nothing; Pierrot's aura and offensive talent are obvious, but his aura is more of an instant burst rather than a long-term preservation. Such technical characteristics determine that he can only be used as a classic No. [-] and a half player and not a qualified midfield organizer.

At this time, Lippi suddenly noticed Yugovic sitting in the corner of the team's locker room, and had a plan in mind.

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"The game started in the second half and the game continued... Oh, Juventus made a substitution at half-time, Lippi replaced Jugovic, who came from Sampdoria this summer. Antonio Conte. The Yugoslav midfielder's skills are quite good, but he doesn't seem to be very popular in Juventus, but so far this is his third league appearance this season, it seems that Lippi intends to Trying to use Jugovich to temporarily replace the absent Paulo Sosa, let us wait and see how the effect will be!"

"Oh? Yugovich has actually appeared on the stage. It seems that Lippi, a rigid guy, has finally figured it out." Seeing Lippi's substitution choice, Zhuang Mingge said in surprise. After all, with Lippi's personality , Players he doesn't like often don't even get a chance to play and will be excluded, such as Baggio and Bergomi when they were coaching Inter Milan, Panucci and Ambu when they were coaching the Italian national team. Rossini, Otto, Cassano and others, without exception.There are very few players like Jugovic who have been reactivated after being sidelined at the beginning of the season. It can also be seen that Lippi is indeed pressed by Juventus' plight. The contradictions between Govic had to be discarded, and the Yugoslav midfielder was allowed to organize Juventus' offense.

The game is about to become more interesting, Zhuang Minge thought as he looked at Juventus, which had taken on a new look under the command of the Yugoslavs.