Chapter Fourteen Another Espanyol
Chapter Fourteen Another Espanyol
The configuration of the three defensive midfielders is precisely this tactic that helped Fiorentina crazily grab points in the second half of last season. The three defensive midfielders took turns to pass the ball and attack one by one, making the opponent hard to defend.
But now Fiorentina's staffing, when implementing this tactic, there are also many hidden dangers, whether it is the old players Ledesma, Mota, Donadell, or the newly joined Arteta and Modri Oddly, their creativity is enough, almost everyone can perform the role that Pirlo played in AC Milan, but there is not a real butcher among them.
Just like Pirlo, the reason why he can calmly complete the scheduling in the midfield and occasionally plug in to assist the offensive shot is because he has Gattuso by his side.
This is exactly what Florence lacks.
Therefore, last season, when the opponent intercepted the ball in the midfield and counterattacked, Fiorentina's midfield interception was always insufficient. More often, they could only use fouls to delay the opponent's attack.
Since Degan wants to achieve a breakthrough in performance in the new season, it is imperative to plug this shortcoming.
But what is surprising is that this time Degan is looking at another Spaniard. In the words of the Italian media, he is a Spaniard who does not adapt to the style of Italian football—Carlos Marchena!
Marchena was born in Seville, a city in southern Spain, and currently plays for Valencia in La Liga as a midfielder.
Now Marchena may not be well-known, and those who know him have added a butcher footnote in front of his name, but he is the main member of the Spanish team that won the 2008 European Cup in the future. In that cup, he started 5 times and played all the games. The Spanish team only conceded two goals in the time he played.
Marchena has a strong body and is very good at handling high balls and marking people. However, the Spanish midfielder has a hot temper and fouls a lot on the court.
In the 2003/04 season, Marchena was sent off after only 47 seconds in the game between Valencia and Osasuna Football Club. He also became the fastest red card sent off in the history of Valencia. people.
Of course, what made Marchena most famous was last season, when Valencia played against Inter Milan in the Champions League. The two teams clashed after the game. Two Inter Milan players fought each other. Afterwards, the two clubs were fined 100,000 euros by UEFA, and Marchena himself was banned for four games.
What happened was that after the game, Marchena kicked the ball out of bounds and then said something to Burdisso, who was chasing the ball beside him.
After the defeat, Burdisso's emotions were already complicated, so the two broke out a fierce quarrel, and both sides started fighting in the case of verbal discord.
Then many players from the two teams joined the fight. Most of them came to persuade the fight. After Burdisso and Marchena had a series of physical entanglements, the players from both sides pulled them away.
But at this time, Valencia's substitute player Navarro, who did not play in this battle, suddenly rushed from the sidelines to the field. Due to the chaotic scene, Navarro went straight to Burdisso and punched him in the face, knocking Burdisso down.
This move completely angered the Inter Milan players. Many Inter Milan players rushed towards Navarro. Navarro saw the momentum and ran away. He ran out and kicked Navarro, finally regaining the balance for Inter Milan.
This time the accident also angered most of the players in Valencia, and the players on both sides once again broke out in a collective conflict. The Inter Milan players who were shrouded in disappointment broke out with the Valencia players for a long time.
At the last moment, a bald Valencia official even tried to storm into the Inter dressing room, but riot police stopped him. It's hard to imagine, once he rushed in, surrounded by many Inter Milan players, whether he could really retreat unscathed.
The police at the scene were on the verge of a formidable enemy, but fortunately, the disputes between the players on the field did not affect the fans. The Inter Milan fans, known for their violence, were disappointed and were escorted out of the stadium by the riot police.
The fuse of the whole incident was Marchena. Most La Liga fans wondered why Marchena from Valencia would be so irritable.
Marchena was born in the southern Spanish city of Seville on July 31, 1979. At the age of 18, he entered the Seville b team to participate in official competitions. As the main force of the Spanish U19 national team, he participated in the World Youth Championship held in Nigeria in 1999 and reached the semi-finals with the team. In 2000, Marchena participated in the Sydney Olympic Games and won the silver medal with the team.
In the 2000/01 season, Marchena, who had already played the main force in Seville, suddenly left La Liga and joined the Benfica Football Club in the Portuguese Super League.
However, Marchena did not win the trust of the coach there. After one season, he returned to Spain to join the Valencia team as part of a player deal.
In the 2001/02 season, Marchena helped Valencia win the first La Liga title in 30 years. 2003/04 was a brilliant season for the Valencia team. The team not only won the La Liga title again, but also won the European Cup. UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup winners.
After the 2002 World Cup, with the "mentor", former Spanish youth team coach Seth in charge of the national team, Marchena also entered the national team as a matter of course.
In the final stage of the 2004 European Cup, Marchena participated in the two group matches with Greece and Russia as the main force. But because of accumulated yellow cards, he missed the last key match against Portugal, and Spain was also eliminated after that game.
Everyone knows the story of the European qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In the decisive battle with Belgium, Marchena came off the bench. Unfortunately, he also failed to save Spain from being blocked from the World Cup threshold.
The reason why Digan chose Marchena was because of his strong defensive ability and fiery temper. There are already enough gentleman geniuses in Florence. It is time to inject some violent factors into this team. Marchena It is the most suitable candidate.
Moreover, Marchena can not only play the position of midfielder, but also play central defender. He often partnered with Puyol in the Spanish national team and served as a defensive defender. After Gamberini left, once the team's central defender Even if there is an injury, he can go on top.
Negotiations with Valencia are not complicated. The current Valencia is not in the past few years in La Liga. Real Madrid and Barcelona have lost their temper, and they can reach the final of the Champions League for two consecutive years. The Black Bat Legion, they were also affected by the financial crisis, and selling players for cash has become the most important way to solve the problem.
It's just doing business with the Italian team. Now Valencia needs to be more careful. Why?
Mendieta!
In July 2001, Lazio bought Mendieta, the best midfielder in Europe, from Valencia for 48 million euros. At that time, Valencia agreed to Lazio to settle the transfer fee in installments. Craniotti also made a personal guarantee. But the economic crisis experienced by Lazio in 2002 forced the club's largest shareholder, Craniotti, to take the blame and resign.
According to the provisions of the installment payment in the Valencia and Lazio contracts, the latter must pay the former 7.1 million and 600,000 euros before June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003, respectively.
However, after resigning, Craniotti has not fulfilled the contract, and Valencia has never seen the trace of the Italian's 7.7 million euros in arrears.
Originally, Valencia planned to use the 7.7 million euros as part of the transfer fee to compensate Lopez, but unexpectedly this plan was aborted, and Lopez eventually stayed in Lazio.
In desperation, Valencia took out the weapon of law. Through a law firm in Rome, charges were filed against Lazio and Craniotti for arrears of fees.
In the end, in order to compensate for the arrears, the Lazio club officially transferred two generals in the team, Corradi and Fiore, to Valencia.
However, the performance of Fiore and Corradi in Valencia, the Spaniard can only express it with sadness. They are not Carboni, and they cannot become Carboni. The final result is that the two left on free transfers.
Valencia did not receive the arrears, and also shared the salaries of the two for Lazio, which is not worth the candle.
Valencia certainly has no objection to Fiorentina's bid for Marchena this time. In fact, Marchena is not indispensable within the team. At least the club's own David Navarro is no worse than Marchena in terms of strength.
But on Modric and Arteta, Delava has already spent more than 40 million. He is not a rich man like Berlusconi and Ranieri, let him spend a lot of money on Marchena , obviously some difficulty.
Pakinwa, who went to the Valencia club to negotiate, also proposed installment payment, but the chairman of Valencia Soler sternly refused. He suffered a big loss from Lazio, and he didn't want to do it again.
Soler has no objection to the transfer of Marchena, and even clearly marked the price at 12 million euros, less than this price is out of the question.
Twelve million euros, if this money is spent again, Florence will spend nearly 60 million this summer, not to mention Pakinwa, even Florence's boss Delava can't agree.
However, Degan's urging was tight, and Prandelli also expressed his concern about this transfer transaction. The team is about to start gathering. If the personnel cannot be in place, how will they prepare for training then?
In the end, Parkinwa found a breakthrough. Although the executive chairman is stingy, he is very smart in business. Since Jorgensen is no longer in the team's plan for the new season, he simply joined the deal.
Sure enough, when Parkinwa proposed this plan, Valencia immediately expressed interest. Vicente, the number one player in their team, was often injured and missed the game, so he also needed to find a substitute. A lot of success in La Liga has made Valencia less worried.
In the end, the two sides balanced, and Jorgensen made a price of 9 million euros, which means that Florence only needs to pay another 3 million euros to bring Marchena back to Florence.
Although Marchena was somewhat reluctant to move to Fiorentina, he made it clear that the team no longer needed him, and he was not stubborn. After negotiating the conditions, the deal was successfully completed.
When Fiorentina's official website announced the news of Marchena's joining, the Italian media exclaimed for a while, another Spaniard!
This is not the first Spaniard introduced by Fiorentina, nor is Arteta. As early as the season when Fiorentina returned to Serie A, they had the experience of introducing Spanish players.
It's just that whether it's Portillo, who is expected to be high by people, or Erguera Jr., the younger brother of the famous general, their experience in Serie A can only be described as failure, but now Fiorentina does not know how to repent and is still introducing Spanish players. How about the quality of the movie, people don't know yet, but there are already people waiting to see the joke.
While bringing in players, Fiorentina are also cleaning out some of their squad, with Jorgensen going to Valencia as part of Marchena's transfer and Liverani also moving to Valencia for 4 million euros In Sampdoria, there is only one Gamberini left.
Pakinwa bit ten million euros to death and did not let go. Rosella Sensi, who is used to careful planning, was not willing to compromise easily. After agreeing to give Gamberini a high salary, she really could not agree to make concessions on the transfer fee. A transaction is also stuck.
Gamberini is also riding a tiger. He has made it clear that if Fiorentina refuses to give him a salary increase, he will transfer. If he turns back now, how will he lose face?
In the end, it was the old Sensi, the chairman of the Club of Rome, who came forward and called Delava, and the deal was completed. Gamberini joined Roma at a price of 9.5 million euros, and Florence agreed to Rome's installment payment.
It can be seen that in the current economic environment, life is equally difficult for everyone.
The people who should go have gone, and the people who should come have been in place. Fiorentina immediately announced that the transfer door for this summer has been closed, making those wealthy clubs who are still envious of Fiorentina players bite the hedgehog one by one, and have no choice.
Of course, there are still some unwilling to give up, but then Prandelli said in an interview with reporters: "No one will leave, our transfer work is over, and the players are very happy to stay. , Fiorentina is a team with great potential, and we will also have higher pursuits in the new season!"
Higher pursuit?
What is that?