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Now let me introduce the starting lineup of both sides tonight. In Fiorentina, since Mancini made a big fuss at the press conference after the first round, Mourinho and Fiorentine players were full of fighting spirit for the second round match with Lazio, and were determined to give the proud Mancini a good look at the Frankie Stadium. Let this guy who gives some sunshine know that Fiorentina is not a team he can arrange at will, and the consequences of angering Purple Lily are definitely unbearable!

The starting goalkeeper naturally belongs to Buffon. Although Mourinho has decided to ensure the league championship as the most priority at this time, this does not mean that he will choose to give up this key battle directly. After all, since the team has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and the players have not suffered any injuries. In addition, Fiorentina's opponents in the next few rounds of the league are either the mid-range team without desire or the bottom of the relegation, Mourinho uses the main players to fight in this game and gives Lazio and Mancini a little color.

In terms of full-backs, in order to defend Ronaldo and Juli, the extremely threatening magical wings, Mourinho decisively chose Zivo and Zambrota, while Carlos, whose physical fitness declined much from his peak, sat on the bench. The starting central defender is still the world of Nesta and Lucio. Neista and Thiago Silva, neither Gambellini nor Thiago Silva have the strength to compete with them for the starting position at this time.

In the midfield, Mourinho sent Marklele, Pirlo and Barack, the most powerful combination of overall strength. They are capable of attacking and defending and have extremely rich game experience to deal with most of the situations that occur on the court, and are also the most powerful part of Fiorentina at present.

On the forward line, Diego Milito is in the center, and Vincent and Ronaldo, two post-80s players, are separated from the left and right. This offensive trident, which has proven to be powerful this season, is enough to cause countless troubles to Lazio's defense line that has not yet completed its metabolism!

Lazio, Mancini, who is determined to use a Champions League champion to completely settle the position of Lazio's head coach, is also sending all the main players. Cech, Maxville, Favalli, Mex, Pancarro, Davis, Deko, Stankovic, Ronaldo, Gully and Drogba, this is Lazio's starting eleven players in this game!

Compared with the early stage of the season, after more than half a year of adaptation and running-in, several new players introduced by Lazio last summer have successfully become one of the main lineups, allowing the Blue Eagles, who have greatly increased their strength, to make a big splash this season, and they have passed the hurdles and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Tonight, they will win at home, under the leadership of head coach Mancini, and will fight with Fiorentina to save a ticket to the Champions League final!

After the game started, Lazio indeed chose to focus on a steady counterattack as Mourinho expected. Except for Ronaldo and Juli, all other players retreated to their own half to participate in the defense, and their intentions were naturally self-evident.

"What a stupid choice." Because he had a prejudice against Mancini in his heart, Mourinho naturally had a sneering attitude towards many of Mancini's choices in the arrangement of troops. "Indeed, when he wins the first leg, it is a good idea to choose a defensive counterattack. But Mancini seems to have forgotten a very important point, that is, Deco has never been a good goal point in the counterattack battle!"

Mourinho's words are indeed true. The advantage of this player Deco is that he has a good overall view and is steady and hardworking pass, and is willing to obey any arrangements of the head coach. However, because Deco is too stable in passing choice, his pass is not as full of aura as midfielders such as Pirlo and Costa. While reducing unnecessary mistakes, he also wastes a lot of precious time. This leads to Lazio often taking more time to advance to the opponent's halftime in counterattack, giving the opponent the opportunity to make up for the tightrope and re-arrange the defense line.

As for the other two in Lazio's midfielder, Stankovic has always been considered a Nedved player. It can be seen that his strength lies in running and long shots. Passing, especially long passes in counterattacks, is not his strength. Davis has the ability to quickly shoot out the ball at his peak, but at the age of 32, he is no longer the Dutch wild boar who can run all over the field. When Mancini needs him to contribute to the defensive end, Davis, who has limited energy, will naturally not invest much attention in the offense.

It would be okay to retreat Ronaldo and let the Brazilian elf take on the job of shooting the ball in the counterattack, but in this way, the only force that Blue Eagle can invest in the counterattack is Jiuli. It is unpredictable whether he can grab the ball in the siege of Nesta, Lucio and others.

Mourinho doesn't think the Frenchman has the ability to fight the entire defense of Fiorentina alone. If Juli had this ability, he would not be short of playing time by rising stars such as Ronaldo and Ribery, and left Fiorentina for a main position.

To sum up, Mourinho does not think that Lazio's counterattack can create enough threat. In other words, by the time they pass the ball through half, it is estimated that Fiorentina will have already set up its defense line by then...

Therefore, with the intentional arrangement of the two head coaches Mancini and Mourinho, the battle first started in Lazio's half. Under Pirlo's command, the Fiorentine players played steadily and step by step, pulling the Blue Eagles' defense line through continuous passing and cross-swap, thus creating an opportunity to shoot. Lazio players tightened their nerves and guarded the 30-meter area in front of the goal, preparing to directly counterattack after intercepting the opponent's pass!

However, the goddess of luck seemed to have not favored the Blue Eagles today. Lazio's plan was hit hard before he could implement it. Just five minutes before the game started, Barack's low-threatening long shot from 30 meters in front of the goal was hit by Mex and then changed the line, hit the right post and bounced into the goal!
Chapter completed!