Italian version of Match Analysis on AIAPC Association website: AIAPC - Assoanalisti.it - Fiorentina Women's Football di Sauro Fattori e Antonio Cincotta
The increase of membership 88% and the new FIGC’s rules for the creation of female clubs, has promoted last years the explosion of women’s football in Italy.
On this wave born in 2015 the Fiorentina Women's Football from the acquisition of the sporting rights of the emergent and already well structured club ACF Firenze, placing as a model for other famous clubs in order to develop the female sector. Fiorentina was the first club in Italy to have both men and women in the highest series (Serie A), sailing the lee of foreign club as Chelsea, Manchester City, Barcelona, Athletic Madrid, PSG, Lyon, Bayern Munich, which already (from a few years) are promoting the development of Women’s football. Women’s football is now rising interest in Italy thanks also to the FIGC that will allocate more funds next years, aligning to the standards of other nations.
Fiorentina Women’s football: the team with impressive numbers
- 19 victories and 1 only defeat on 20 match;
- 85 goals realized with a mean of 4,25 goal per match;
- 7 goals given in the whole championship.
These data feature the team, which performed good speed and technical skills in every department: a solid defence driven by the goalkeeper Ohrstrom with the two excellent central defender (Linari and Tortelli) excellent in the construction of the action over that in the mark thanks to their speed, placed side by side by the fullback (Bartoli and Guagni); the midfielders (Adami, Take shelter, Dear) important for the development of the action and for the ball recovery in defensive (zone of the field where are played the greatest number of balls and on its way started new offensive transitions); and finally the three strikers (Bonetti, Mauro, Caccamo) with important techniques skills that contributed to the great number of goal and to maintain, for the greatest part of the match, the team in the attack zone.
Offensive phase:
The construction is started by the central defender (Linari and Tortelli) which directly throws to the strikers that look for the depth or, with a more handled action, spread to open the game using the advance of the fullbacks (Bartoli and Guagni), which usually follow two ways for develop the action: if the opponent allow it, they search “the hole” looking for the striker, that stays lowered centrally (Bonetti), or in alternative they advance on the sides with chains reaching with a cross the strikers (Mauro and Caccamo). An important help to the offensive phase is brought by the throw-in of the two fullbacks (Bartoli and Guagni) who with a long range are able to overcome the first line of opponent pressing, starting a dangerous action.
In the transition phase they seek a quick verticalization, often throwing directly to the first attacking line, which plays of bank waiting for the insertion of the other striker or offensive midfielders. In alternative, if is not possible the first solution, the opponent defensive line is faced with dribbling 1 to 1 using their speed, their technical skills and also the wrong defensive positions, due by an elevated speed of development.
Defensive phase:
Characterized by an initial pressure of the first line that tries to stop the opponent advance often forcing them to back off and find alternative solutions to the handled construction in the throwing. The defensive line take position by zone with the two central defender that mark man to man inside their own zone and the midfielders, plus one of the external striker, go back in order to double teaming the opponent, especially on the side bands, so supporting the fullbacks and favouring the recovery of ball, to start an immediate offensive transition.
In the transition phase, the pressing is immediately effected from the first defencing line formed by the strikers, to prevent a fast opponent advance, forcing them to back off and to plan the action again often from the goalkeeper, so the team can correctly line up in defence and be ready to recovery ball, often happens in a short time.
Credit to the club that has believed in the project started from ACF Firenze and in this phenomenal team formed by good players and by a staff of level driven by the coach Sauro Fattori and Anthony Cincotta, that will bring to the Artemio Franchi in Florence the Uefa Women's Champions League 2017/18 and they are at 1 point to conquest of the Title (first of the Della Valle’s era).
Italian version of Match Analysis on AIAPC Association website: AIAPC - Assoanalisti.it - Fiorentina Women's Football di Sauro Fattori e Antonio Cincotta
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