Chapter 401 129 Battle of Rome 5

The pressure of the formation has increased the defensive density of Roma in the midfield area. Deschamps is like an experienced Italian coach. When the Italian coach faces the opponent's clear strengthening of offense, he will think of defensive counterattacks. Deschamps is the same.

Moreover, he made adjustments to the offense and changed the team's frontcourt fulcrum to Toni. It stands to reason that Trapani's wing is the focus, with speed and breakthrough ability, but the court is a place for fighting wits and courage. Roma can think of it, but Deschamps doesn't do it. He just wants to use Toni's absolute height advantage over Kuffour and Chivu to launch a counterattack.

Klose has become an auxiliary again, focusing on Toni. The instructions of Messi and Ribery on the two wings are not to worry about too much defense, and to pull the two wings apart, giving Roma the illusion that they want to play on the two wings.

Deschamps' tactical instructions were quickly passed to the court, and the players also understood Deschamps's meaning. Roma didn't understand that they are now trying to break into Trapani's penalty area.

The advantage of the formation is that it makes the formation compact, which puts a lot of defensive pressure on Essien and Pizarro. They have to retreat to their own hinterland frequently and keep a closer distance with the central defender.

Hugo frowned in the stands. He knew Deschamps' idea very well, defensive counterattack, active recovery, but Deschamps's recovery was a bit arrogant, and the forwards and side forwards did not retreat enough, which put great pressure on the defense.

Deschamps kept walking around on the sidelines to command. It is impossible to say that he is not worried at all. Any decision of any head coach on the court is viewed in two ways. It is really difficult to achieve an absolute balance. This is not only related to the tactical arrangement of the head coach, but also to the players' own abilities on the court, and it is also related to the players' abilities.

Hugo's frown did not last too long. Spalletti attacked with offense, but he also had concerns. He was obviously two goals behind but he was still worried about losing more. This was the first game of the new season, and the impact on morale was self-evident.

Fearing Trapani's young wingers, Panucci and Cufre's pressure was still limited. They were tortured by the young Ribery and Messi today. Panucci had mixed with Real Madrid's defenders, but unfortunately he was old. Panucci met a tough guy today. Ribery, a street ball kid, did not have complicated tricks, but the change of direction still made Panucci quite embarrassed.

Not to mention Cufre on the other side, because Mancini could not provide him with enough help. Panucci on the other side could at least play two-on-two, but Cufre was not good. Mancini had a poor sense of defense, and Maicon was not worried about Mancini at all. Sometimes he left Mancini alone and ran to the front court to play with Messi, which made Cufre often play one-on-two. If Perrotta had not come to help him sometimes, Cufre would be even worse.

Trapani started to pass the ball frequently from the wing. At this time, Trapani's midfielder mainly played a defensive role. Pizarro's organization was not taken care of. Instead, Maicon and Jankulovski passed the ball directly along the wing instead of looking for Toni.

It gave Spalletti the feeling that Trapani still had to rely on the speed of the wing.

Occasionally, there were some high balls passed to Toni, but this did not attract Roma's attention. Roma players always paid attention to guarding Trapani's two wings, so their neglect finally brought bad results. In the 78th minute, Trapani's high ball from the backcourt was sent to Toni again. De Rossi didn't keep a close eye on him. Maybe at this moment, he was already thinking about attacking, thinking about stealing, and thinking about the wing. In short, Klose between him and the central defender was empty.

Toni headed the ball back to Klose. At this time, De Rossi realized the threat. He reacted quickly and knew that it was not a good idea to let Klose get the ball. Even though Toni was passing the ball back, he was actually far from the Roma penalty area. De Rossi did not dare to be careless. De Rossi boldly stretched his foot and tried to hook the ball from behind Klose.

Sorry, it didn't work! Klose took the ball a few steps and passed it to Ribery on the wing before Chivu grabbed it. Taddei was in front and failed to retreat in time. Panucci could only face Ribery alone, but his starting speed was far less than Ribery. Ribery shook off Panucci in one step, and Klose's ball was also passed over. Panucci felt cold in his heart.

This is the consequence of the formation pressure. They are too far away from the bottom line and have an inherent disadvantage in speed. They have been guarding against Ribery going to the bottom of the outside line, but they did not guard against Ribery trying to interact with the middle. This time he went inside and wanted to go to the central area.

Damn it, you've been walking on the sideline for the whole game. If you want to change lanes, why don't you say so in advance? !

Not only Ribery closed the distance with his center forward, but Messi also did the same, running towards the middle. For a moment, Roma's central defense was suddenly empty. While Chivuor and Kuffour were distracted, Ribery made a diagonal pass, and Messi quickly moved forward to form a single shot. Kufre behind him couldn't catch up.

Watching Messi face Curci and score!

The big screen at the Barbera Stadium showed the score of 3:0. It's not an exaggeration to say that it was a crushing victory. Trapani used a sleight of hand, still using the sideline. Toni and Klose in the middle played more of a role in containment, giving Kuffour and Chivu a chance to distract, allowing the two fast little guys to play as center forwards and complete a lightning strike.

Spalletti was helpless. What could he do? There was no problem defending the wing. The problem was that in the face of an absolute disadvantage, the speed and adaptability of the two full-backs were insufficient. According to common sense, such a pressure would have to bear such a price. No matter how focused the defenders on the two wings were, they were at a disadvantage in speed competition. There was no way to save it, unless his formation retreated and compressed the space, but Spalletti really said that he couldn't do it!

The two wings may have been compressed, and the inherent disadvantages of the central defenders were exposed again. One end could not suppress the other. Spalletti began to face up to Trapani's strength. Trapani's personnel composition was simply too damn perfect, and the 442 formation was also perfect.

Montella struggled under the double defenders. Spalletti missed Iaquinta a little. Iaquinta was also a tall forward with a similar role to Toni. If Roma had Iaquinta, why couldn't they pose any threat to Trapani's defense?

The more he thought about it, the more desperate Spalletti felt. His tactical personnel were completely incompatible with Trapani. With Samuel in Trapani's back line, the defensive problem was greatly alleviated. Under Deschamps' guidance, the full-backs on both sides paid more attention to the timing of insertion, rather than inserting all at once. The midfield was more focused on defense. The defensive system did not invest much, but the effect was very good.

On the other hand, there were many defensive personnel on his side, but they could not suppress the opponent's flanks and frontcourt commanding heights. It was really difficult not to fail.

Originally, I wanted to attack Trapani with my own strength, but I didn't expect that their defense was not weak either. Roma had very few absolute opportunities, Totti did not have a flash of inspiration, and Mancini was still a little naive. He didn't even score a goal. It was really frustrating.

Hugo and Barbera's fans cheered. Maybe this was not a big win, but it was enough to satisfy Hugo. Deschamps was right. He was able to combine the team into a whole in such a short time. The on-the-spot adjustments were also very small. My 5 million euro annual salary was not wasted.

"I suddenly feel a hundred times more confident! Maybe we can win a championship this year!" Hugo's confidence increased greatly.

"I think so too. The new season has a good start. It has never been so smooth!" Morek laughed.

Hugo also laughed, thinking of the past few years, Trapani often had a bad start in the league. This year may be a good sign!

Looking at Hugo's laughter, Musasha also felt that Hugo was still a little handsome when he laughed.