"This is what happens when you fight their press in the wrong areas," Gasperini continued while replaying the sequence, "because if you lose it here they're already in your half with momentum."
Several more clips followed showing Fiorentina's patterns—how they defended, where they pressed, when they dropped off—and by the time the video session ended thirty minutes later everyone had clear understanding of what awaited at the Artemio Franchi.
On the training pitch the drills replicated what the video had shown, and the coaching staff organized scenarios where Demien received possession with a defender already on his shoulder simulating Fiorentina's aggressive marking.
During one repetition he collected the ball facing his own goal with Amrabat's positional equivalent pressing from behind, and his first touch was meant to turn but the pressure arrived faster than expected and the ball squirted loose for a turnover.
