At the end of the First Phase of Serie A, stopping league leaders Roma seems too complicated for anyone.
It was predictable that Fiorentina would have adopted a very speculative approach to face Roma, leaving possession to the Giallorossi and thinking above all of clogging up the spaces in front of their own goal, and then hitting on transitions. The very choice of Hammarlund as starter – a center forward with great physicality but with a modest scoring rate – in place of Janogy, and with Miriam Longo often diverted to the wing to compose a 4-4-2 in non-possession, said a lot about how From the source thought of focusing strongly on the direct rise of the pitch, without harboring ambitions of finding solutions with the dribble. However, especially in the first half, the Viola remained suffocated by Roma’s rapid turnover of the ball, and the tendency of the low block to detach itself from the first line of pressure led to a series of very tiring 1vs1s on the wingers, where Haavi above all he often had an easy game against Eržen. The Norwegian’s outbursts on the left were unmanageable, while the rest of the defensive package suffered from the positional interchanges between Viens and Giacinti, with Giugliano more than ever dominating the half spaces in her role as a creative midfielder;
Difficile give credit where credit is due when there are more players on the pitch deserving of praise than the performance (even if perhaps the Norwegian coach might not see it that way).
From Giugliano to Haavi, passing through Viens and the always very lively takeover of Pilgrimonce again the capital case of must be underlined Elena Linari. Attributing the merits of an entire team to an individual is never an elegant fact, yet it is impossible to ignore the existence of a Roma with and without the number 32. Against Fiorentina, it is worth saying, the data are once again important for support our thesis: 100% of duels won, 4 interceptions, 86 balls played and 71 passes completed with an accuracy of 91%. No player on the pitch played so many balls and completed so many passes;
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Against the positional fluidity and the technical and also numerical superiority in the midfield of Spugna’s team, De La Fuente had little to offer to correct the course once behind. The best move, almost obvious, was the insertion of Janogy up front – who was immediately dangerous, in one of the rare flashes of the lilies – and of Jóhannsdóttir in the middle of the pitch, looking for more quality and more leg to try to move up the pitch. If Fiorentina actually raised their center of gravity in the second half, Roma’s orderly pressing always defused any attempt by the Viola to try to turn on Boquete and Catena. Indeed, the wider spaces granted by the Viola on transitions gave Roma further opportunities to seize the 2-0;
In the end, the result remained in the balance only due to the fair share of inaccuracies of the Giallorossi at the conclusion, as well as for Schroffeneger’s stratospheric performance between the posts. Yet, the typical episodic nature of football risked creating great embarrassment for Roma, who found themselves subjected to a bit of forcing from Fiorentina at the end, a team which compared to the past seems to have taken the step forward precisely due to its ability to remain clinging to the flow of the match. In fact in the 93rd minute Ceasarinactive for the entire match, had to secure the result with a great intervention on Jóhannsdóttir’s close-range kick;
Without taking anything away from the incredible season of Katja Schroffenegger, today it is more necessary than ever to talk about Camelia Ceasar’s providential intervention at the end of her recovery.
With a defense like that of Roma, which in the league rarely allows its opponents the thrill of scoring, it becomes more essential than ever to be ready in crucial moments.
And that’s what Ceasar, called into question a few times during the match against Fiorentina, did with that intervention-ninja su Jóhannsdóttir
A goal like this is easier to score than to miss, even if in this case it must be said that the Viola player did everything she could do and the credit for the missed opportunity goes solely to Camelia Ceasar: a save that today doesn’t just mean three points, but it also means (in light of Inter’s defeat in the Derby) qualification for the Champions League with eight rounds to spare.
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2024-02-19 17:18:32
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