My name is Colani

Chapter 864 A Cold Start

The first round of the league kicked off on August 21. Trapani's first opponent was Fiorentina. As one of the seven sisters of Serie A, Fiorentina has always been a quasi-strong team in Italy. During Prandelli's coaching period, it was common for Fiorentina to participate in the Champions League. Last season, Fiorentina's performance was disappointing, and the team could only get 9th place. Before, Fiorentina performed well mainly because they always performed well against strong teams, but this tradition was completely abandoned by them last season. They did not win against the two Milan giants and Juventus. After 6 games, Fiorentina only achieved 2 draws and 4 losses, of which the two Milan giants completed a double kill against them. At least from the performance of last season, this is no longer the fascinating Fiorentina.

The current head coach Mihajlovic started out as an assistant coach under Mancini, but his performance in Bologna and Catania was mediocre. I don’t know if the Della Valle brothers were crazy, but they actually let Mihajlovic become the helmsman of the team. Mihajlovic deserves credit for finishing ninth last season!

What’s funny is that Leonardo quit Inter Milan after saving the team, and Inter Milan actually wanted to invite Mihajlovic to coach, probably because Mihajlovic is a real “blue and black”.

The overall economy of Italy is not good now, and the shoe business of the Della Valle brothers is not very good either. So in recent years, Fiorentina, Lazio and other teams have all taken the path of training players, buying low and selling high. Many people left Fiorentina this summer, but not many people bought in. It depends on whether they will have any action later.

However, in the first round of the game at Google Stadium, Trapani, who originally had the advantage of home court, played extremely awkwardly. As many football commentators expected before the game, no matter whether Fiorentina was a loser or not, they would definitely be energetic when playing against Trapani.

Mihajlovic was very pragmatic. He played 433 but firmly engaged in defensive counterattacks. Jovetic, who was called the "Montenegro" Messi on the front line, caused a lot of trouble for Trapani. In the 34th minute of the first half, Jovetic scored a goal in a counterattack, which embarrassed Trapani's players.

Trapani didn't equalize the score until the 90th minute when Cavani scored. Trapani only got one point in the first home day game, which was completely unimaginable last season.

Wenger didn't know what to say in the post-match press conference. These players still had the same problem as in the Super Cup. They ran less and their tactics were messy. It's very simple. No matter how awesome you are, Wenger, no matter how beautiful your ideas are, these players lack running and thinking, and even the best tactics feel full of loopholes.

To put it more seriously, Wenger is still worried that his players will continue to bear extra pressure. If he doesn't speak, when will these players wake up?

Wenger knows that these guys are very regretful after the game and are seriously reviewing themselves in front of the media, but how much effect can such review achieve? The preparations for this summer have been inconsistent and not smooth. The players are rarely tired in the first game. It shouldn't be, but Wenger can't do anything about it.

"We played so badly! Everyone must be determined. The championship will not come to us just because we were the champions!" Wenger once again gently criticized his disciples.

Of course, not everyone on the court is slack psychologically. Cavani and Aguero, who started today, are very active and proactive. Unfortunately, Messi's condition is really bad today, and his performance is very average. Kaka's performance is also average. Everyone is average together, and it is difficult to deal with Fiorentina who has been injected with chicken blood.

"They can't be like this! Trapani carries the expectations of many people. Judging from the two games at the beginning of the new season, they did not show their dominance in the Super Cup and the first round of the league. The players' state is really worrying. Wenger needs to find a way to activate them! To be honest, what worries me is what happened to Messi?! He played for 35 minutes in the Super Cup and his performance was not good. He started this game and his performance was still not good!" Sacchi criticized Trapani again in his column in Gazzetta dello Sport, and Messi's state was also questioned.

On the contrary, the team's chairman Hugo also watched the game with his family. His daughter Julia just celebrated her first birthday and came to the Google Stadium for the first time under the leadership of her parents. Who knew that the team was so weak.

Hugo said in an interview after the game: "There's nothing good about a draw. Fiorentina is not easy to deal with! Everything starts from scratch for us in the new season. Sometimes we just get out of shape slowly!"

At least looking at Hugo's smiling face, he doesn't have that kind of anger or unhappiness. Of course, Hugo is not angry or unhappy. From now on, he needs to do one thing, trust Wenger! Continue to trust Wenger as Julia told him. Even if this season is not successful, it can't be a reason to fire Wenger.

Well, it's too early to think about these things now!

The focus of the media in the new season is still the three northern powers and Trapani. In the classification of mainstream media such as "New Sports", "Gazzetta dello Sport", "Torino Sports Daily", and "Roma Sports Daily", the teams in the new season of the Italian Super League can be divided into several levels.

Super One: Trapani

According to the media's evaluation, Trapani has lost Suarez and Bastian Schweinsteiger, but this team is still the most stable team in Italian football in the past ten years. They haven't broken their muscles and bones, and they are naturally much better than other teams in the strength list.

First team: Milan duo

Milan's actions so far this summer are not big, but there is no shortage of stars in the team. Ibrahimovic has proven his value. In the new season, Milan will further approach Terra under his leadership. Pani.

Inter Milan is still resting on its laurels, but this summer they sent Eto'o away. Moratti is obviously a little unable to do what he wants. He needs to raise funds to repair the Meazza Stadium, and due to the influence of the market, Moratti Ti didn't dare to really bet all his wealth on football.

These two teams are called the first tier, but they are still far away from Trapani. In the football world, it is like sailing against the current. If you don’t invest money, you will retreat. Milan’s upper management also has problems, and Moratti also has problems. They have shrunk their money. , everyone has no money to do whatever they want in the transfer market, and the team's strength has naturally declined, and it has dropped even more than Trapani.

Second tier teams: Juventus, Roma

The reason why Roma is placed in the third tier is because the American boss generously invested money and bought young talents. Lamela and Bojan both came to Enrique, and their early Super Cup victory was even more... It makes people feel that Roma's new season and new atmosphere are not really promising.

Of course, Roma has not recovered since the Sensi family's misfortune and has been producing good players. But at the same time, they had to sell many good players in order to support their family. Naturally, such a team cannot compete with Milan in terms of strength. Comparing the two heroes.

As for Juventus, they changed their coach again! Yes, there was another coaching change. Del Neri led Juventus and failed to even qualify for the European competition. Naturally, he had no choice but to leave after the season.

Conte, the old captain of Juventus, took office. Before him, Juventus also invited a person of Juventus descent to be the head coach, Ciro Ferrara. In 2009, Ferrara was full of ambitions to become Tella. Pani's head coach, Guardiola was a fashion at that time, and every team was consciously or unconsciously looking for their own Guardiola. It turned out that Ferrara was not Guardiola.

Ferrara left Juventus very unsuccessfully. Conte and Ferrara are different. Ferrara had never been the head coach of a super team before becoming the head coach of Juventus, but Conte Ty is different. He has been a head coach, and his record under his leadership is really good.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like