In the first round of the match after the winter break, the 18th round of the Serie A will officially kick off on January 11, 2009.

The entire Piacenza team resumed training five days in advance, and the most attempt Conte made in the training camp in these days was to arrange three new players with the strength to the team's tactics as soon as possible.

After continuous drills and training matches, the new players' running-in progress is pretty good, and this running-in time passes silently, and soon the day before the game begins.

After several days of training, the players of Piacenza gradually became nervous again from the relaxation of the holiday. Raymondie and three other new players also had a preliminary understanding of the team's tactics.

In the afternoon of the same day, Conte announced the candidates for the roster as usual. This time he did not use any risks. In addition to allowing a group of main players to be selected, there was no new player in the starting roster. Three new players who joined the team will sit on the bench in this game.

In the first game of the New Year, Piacenza's opponent is Florence, known as the Purple Lily. Since the game starts in the afternoon, the team will set off on the morning of the game and take the team bus to Florence.

As a strong team in Serie A in recent seasons, Zi Lily's strength cannot be underestimated. While this team has strong stars like Montolivo and Giladino, it also has strong players like Mutu who are slightly inferior in fame but not inferior in level.

In the first half of the season, Zi Lily ranked sixth in the league with her outstanding performance. In the match against Serie A giants, the team showed no inferior strength. If it weren't for the fact that several giants were working together this season and a big dark horse like Piacenza appeared, Florence's ranking would have been a little higher.

Therefore, in preparation for the pre-match, Conte was not at all ambiguous. Not only did the coaching staff collect sufficient information about Fiorentina, but he also read all the key games since the start of Fiorentina and gained some insight into the team's playing style and characteristics.

Finally, when arranging the team formation, Conte chose the 433 formation, which is the same as the commonly used formations of opponents. The advantage of this formation is both offensive and defensive, because the defense of the three midfielders and four defenders is enough for most of the time. Once the opponent's army is pressing, both wingers can retreat to the midfield to help the team defend.

Of course, there is another reason why Conte finally decided on this formation, that is, Fiorentina showed an extremely threatening feature in the first half of the season, fast.

Yes, Zi Lily has developed a set of extremely threatening offensive routines based on the 2006 World Cup champion striker Giladino. In the first twenty minutes of the game, the team ranked in the top three in the 20 teams since the start of Serie A.

So, this is a team that is extremely good at opening attacks, which is similar to Piacenza.

But Conte understood that the reason why the team he led often performs with successful start-up attacks is mainly due to the players' good form. When the condition is not good, the disadvantage of insufficient stability of the team will be exposed.

If it was the beginning of the league, Conte would never mind playing a soul-stirring offensive game with Fiorentina. Just like the match with the Blue Eagles, it is now the second half of the league. What he needs to do is to help the team turn from a dark horse into a strong team.

Dark horses are only temporary, while strong teams will always be competitive, and their differences are often based on stability.

So in this game, Conte adopted a relatively conservative approach to the team's tactical arrangement after the opening. The team's 433 formation was very tight in the first twenty minutes, and the distance between the forward and the midfield and the midfield and the defender were very close.

The advantage of this is that Piacenza can have sufficient defensive density at the beginning to defend against Fiorentina's opening attack. Once the time when the Purple Lily threatens the most, Conte is confident that in the subsequent game, the team's outstanding individual ability can slowly use the team's outstanding individual ability to compete with the opponent.

Conte finished explaining this series of arrangements and organizations with the players in the conference room the afternoon before departure, so after announcing the roster and the starting players, he directly asked the players to go back and rest.

The next day, the team gathered at the club department. With the farewell of many fans who did not have the conditions to go with the team, the bus from Piacenza slowly drove away from the club.

When the Piacenza bus drove into the city of Florence, Liu Feng, who was sitting by the window, felt a completely different atmosphere from Piacenza.

As the birthplace of the European Renaissance, Florence has a long history and the entire city has a different background under the influence of culture. Even the fans who spontaneously organized this team to threaten the visiting team were not as crazy as fans of other teams.

Sitting on the bus with headphones, Liu Feng saw another artistic conception of Italy. This was his second year in Italy, and everything was still so fresh.

"We're here, cheer me up!"

Just as Liu Feng was taking advantage of the team bus turning left and right in the city, Conte's voice was the first to ring in the bus, and then the players who raised their heads saw the towering Frankie Stadium not far away.

"Let's go, Feng, I haven't played the game for a while, and I'm a little itchy." Cassia, who was sitting side by side with Liu Feng, stood up, twisted her waist in the aisle, signaled Liu Feng to get off the car together.

"Let's go, so do I." No longer stuttering, he stuffed his headphones back into his backpack, Liu Feng took his sneakers and got out of the car with Cassia.

Under the leadership of the staff in charge of Fiorentina, a group of players quickly entered the visiting team's locker room. With the cold weather, the players' jerseys had been changed into long-sleeved jerseys and quickly changed into clothes. Under the leadership of Conte, everyone entered the turf of the Frankie Stadium.

“嘘!嘘!嘘!”

At the first moment of entering the stadium, Liu Feng finally completely freed from the faint literary atmosphere after coming to Fiorentina. The fans of Florence at home showed to the visiting team Piacenza with their grand booing that they were not as easy to mess with as they imagined.

"Shit! I love this booing so much! Hahaha."

More than one person has the same idea as Liu Feng. Cassia, who has always been cheerful, has now become very good in his psychological quality. After taking a vacation, he heard the fans booing again, and he felt happy from the bottom of his heart.

"Okay, boys, hurry up and start practicing!!!"

"roar!"
Chapter completed!