Chapter 127 Sprint season ()
After a thrilling promotion from the quarter-finals of the Winners Cup, Florence will face the defending champion from Arsenal in the Premier League in the semi-final.
Speaking of the winners cup, there is a very interesting phenomenon, that is, no team has ever successfully defended its title.
In all previous Cup Winners’ Cups, the last champion appeared in the finals of the second year five times, but they failed to defend their title with one exception. The most recent one was from Parma in Serie A. They won the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1993 and reached the finals again in 9394, but they lost the chance to break the defending spell in the final.
This time, facing this spell, I just defeated Porto, a Portuguese powerhouse, and advanced to the semi-final Arsenal …
There is still a long way to go before the semi-final of the Winners Cup. Let’s turn the topic from Europe to Italy first.
Players returning from Moscow to Florence have no spare time to regret their unexpected defeat away from home, because their horses will face great boss Inter Milan at home.
After all, Moratti officially took over Inter Milan in January this year, and the pre-season summer transfer period has passed. Although the boss made some moves during the winter break, he couldn’t fully express all the thoughts and intentions of the new boss in a hurry. For example, for Lu Sosa and Bergkamp, the cleaners have just been halfway through the whole season, and the foreign aid quotas of each team are generally saturated. Naturally, they won’t have any thoughts on these two players.
Moratti also made some changes to the composition of the team’s local players throughout the winter transfer period
However, it is foreseeable that the boss who likes to burn money is the biggest boss. He is in charge of Inter Milan. This season, it is estimated that he is also a role of accompanying Taidu. It is only next season that they will really exert their strength.
Ranieri rotated some of the main players in preparation for the second leg of the Cup Winners’ Cup, and was prepared to be widened by Juventus at the top of the list, but the final result was unexpected. Florence beat Inter Milan at home.
In fact, this is mainly because Inter Milan’s defence has just undergone a major operation during the winter break, and the new Starr has not yet formed a tacit understanding with the team. In the face of Montera and Inzaghi, two point-grabbing strikers joined forces to attack Starr twice, which led to the Nerazzurri’s away defeat.
Fiorentina’s rival Juventus also took Mancini to lead the navy team away from home. After the new boss mantovani Hu Fei tossed, Yu Yong tried to save the team. Old Sampdoria’s heart slowly cooled down.
So after the 21st round of Serie A, Juventus still leads Florence by two points.
Before Zhuang Ge returned to Italy, the second leg of Spartak ended, and Florence played another Serie A match. However, this time, many main players were rotated, but Ranieri didn’t have a good luck. Viola was defeated by Zeman 6-2 at the Olympic Stadium to coach Lazio.
Lazio players went crazy in this game, replacing gascoyne as the core of midfield. dimatteo showed his offensive talent to the fullest, and an assist hat trick made him the best player in this game.
Fiorentina goalkeeper toldo, on the other hand, was so sad that he fished out the ball from the goal six times in nine minutes. He did his best in this game, but Lazio strikers were so smooth today that if they shot, they would all go straight to the dead corner, which made young toldo feel very nai.
Viola players who suffered a fiasco away from home finally heard a good news after returning to Florence, that is, Juventus, the league leader, failed to win a game in the round. They were stubbornly tied by Inter Milan in the "Italian Derby".
Holy shit, Lippi. Did you do it on purpose? What, we win, you win, we lose, and you draw? It’s not intentional to find Florence, is it?
This was Zhuang Ge’s first reaction after seeing the result of the 22nd round, but then it became clear to Juve, which was also influenced by the European War. After all, at this time, the top teams in the UEFA Cup are also many third-line battles, and it is normal for the Bianconeri to have ups and downs now.
It would be great if Florence could take advantage of the ups and downs of Juve’s state to overtake in the standings, Zhuang Ge thought.
However, Zhuang Ge did not expect that it was the first to collapse, that is, Florence, Juve and Parma, which were not in the championship-fighting group, nor were they in the relegation quagmire, but the Navy Corps-Sampdoria.
Although Sampdoria was tortured by George W. mantovani for a while before the season, there is no doubt about the strength of the team. It should be considered a good result that Sampdoria ranked fifth in the 22 nd round of Serie A.
However, such a result, which was achieved through the hard work of the players, seemed so insignificant in the face of mantovani’s horrible desire-Sampdoria lost to Parma in the 23rd round and then the team was defeated by Juventus in the Italian Cup.
Two-game losing streak, cup exit, and one gain in the season … A series of "strikes" that should be within their own tolerance have completely caused dissatisfaction with mantovani, who has accumulated for a long time.
Aft that Juventus match, he called a press conference. this crazy little mantovani student even publicly threaten that if the team can’t beat rival AC Milan in one match, it will immediately dismiss the head coach Eriksson and carry out a large-scale blood change at the end of the season!
Then there was a lot of dissatisfaction with the new boss. The older generation of Sampdoria players felt that this time they were severely humiliated by this little boss. The volcano erupted and Evany said in an interview that he would leave this season. Gullit, who has just returned to Sampdoria this season, was put on the injury list for swearing at mantovani at a press conference. Even Swedish coach Eriksson, who has always been gentle and smooth, has quietly connected with his family through his agent …
The greatest reliance of mantovani Jr. on such grandiloquence as "large-scale blood transfusion" is that he believes that Sampdoria’s current family resources are enough for him to squander like this, but this is not the case.
Although Sampdoria’s former boss has worked hard to run the club for more than ten years, the financial situation of the club is indeed richer than that of most teams, and he does have the confidence to buy a group of powerful players again. But Zhuang Ge knows that he is about the same age, but mantovani Jr. made the stupidest mistake because of his arrogance. He should not regard the team as a toy without feelings, so he can play with it as he wants, complaining that the toy is not powerful if he doesn’t play well …
The biggest failure lies not in Lien Chan’s losing streak, but in refusing to face failure and thus destroying the Great Wall.
Chapter 12 Sprint season ()
After the fiasco against Lazio, Florence finally got a week’s respite, and coach Ranieri was quite reasonable, giving the players a day of free activities to adjust their state to meet the coming games.
March is the time when all the teams capable of competing for honor or qualifying for the European Games this season. At this juncture, an accident may cause the team’s efforts to be wasted for more than half a season, so there is no need for all the teams to take on the game and hide anything. All the ready cards are displayed one after another, and Serie A has officially entered the sprint stage.
It was also the complete collapse of Sampdoria in the 23rd round of Serie A. Unlike Florence and Juventus, they both defeated Reggina and Foggia at home and won valuable victories. The two teams still maintained a three-point gap.
A week later, facing the newly promoted Mappadova team in the same season, the Serie A championship trophy inspired Florence players to show their different mental outlook and technical and tactical level from the season.
In the season, the four newly promoted horses in Serie A, except Florence, invested heavily in Zhuangge to become a team that can compete for the league championship. At this time, the other three teams are struggling in the quagmire of relegation.
Brescia, not to mention being the vice president of the league, won AC Milan once, which is its greatest achievement in the season.
The two teams, Yubari and Padova, are still hovering in the relegation line, and they will fall into the abyss if they are not careful.
Therefore, in the face of Florence’s excellent performance in the season and the relegation in the last game, Padua team put on a defensive posture at their own home. All Padua players shrank to the square half to participate in the defense and even gave up the counterattack and sneak attack. Their purpose was to grab a point from Florence.
But will Florence promise to win the championship?
Of course not.
Effenberg led the Fiorentina midfielder to constantly mobilize the Padua team’s defense line, so that opponents can accelerate the consumption of their physical strength in constant running. After all, it is normal for the passive defensive side to consume their physical strength faster than the offensive side, and it is also more oppressive to the players’ spirit.
If you don’t concede a goal, Padua players must ensure that the whole game will not be distracted. After all, there are many players in Florence who can decide the game in a flash, such as djorkaeff, effenberg and batistuta …
Do Padua players have the ability to maintain a high level of performance for 90 minutes?
Maybe this miracle will happen one day, but it is obvious that it will not happen today.
In the 62nd minute, Batty received the ball from djorkaeff at the front of the penalty area. At this moment, there was a fatal loophole in the Padova defense line-none of them stared at the ball before the Argentine God of War.
Batistuta, a world-class striker, will not miss this excellent opportunity. He volleyed the ball at the top of the arc of the restricted area and flew to Padua goal. Although the goalkeeper made a save, he still managed to change the ball’s flight path. Batty’s 21st league goal of the season helped Florence take the lead.
The score is behind Padua. Don’t choose to get the points so that they can give up the iron barrel attack.
Forced to attack Padua naturally showed more when Florence players were in their backcourt, so they could get more chances to score goals.
So in the next half hour, he commanded the overall retreat of Florence formation in effenberg to lure Padua players to the front; Then, the German Tiger and his sharp teammates created many chances of single-handedly scoring, and others did not live up to his wishes. The goal completely shredded Padua players’ hopes of trying to equalize the score.
In the end, Florence defeated Padova 2-0 in the away game, followed by three points, and defeated Juventus in cremona 1-0 in the round.
Also in the 24th round of Serie A, Sampdoria was in a state of anxiety and foreign invasion. As expected, Sampdoria swallowed three shots at the laris Stadium and lost to AC Milan, which was in a state of recovery.
The next weekend was the FIFA national team match day, and few players in Florence were selected for the national team. Therefore, this match day had little negative impact on the state of Florence players, but gave many main players a chance to recover their physical fitness.
"It will be April after this weekend," said Zhuang Ge, leaning on her swivel chair legs and lifting her frame to the front desk. "Is there anything important for Karin in Florence recently?"
"Nothing serious," Karin flipped through her notes and said, "Mr. Hernando Starr, the information center, said he needed funds to form his own team; Dr. Carter in the physiotherapy center said that it is necessary to add a batch of auxiliary equipment, and he also told me that Basten is recovering well and is expected to meet the most basic requirements by the end of May this year. "
"Good, Karin. Please tell them that I have approved these requirements as soon as you inform them. Please ask them to go to the head of the finance department for specific fund transfer."
"Tony, you’re really …" Karin put her hand in the notebook and said, "Do you think they are all stupid? Who in the club doesn’t know that Mr. Rossi, the head of the finance department, is a spender who can’t wait to break every penny in half? You let them go to Mr. Rossi without credentials, and they shall not be scolded by him. "
"I forgot" Zhuang Ge immediately looked at Karin with a look of "I am pure"
"Tony, you are really …"
Ding Rinrin ~
Just as Karin was about to continue preaching Zhuang Ge, the office words rang. Zhuang Ge quickly grabbed the microphone and successfully escaped Karin’s endless nagging.
"Hello, this is President Florence’s office."
"Oh yes, I am Antonio Corleone."
"What? ! You mean it’s completely cured? " Zhuang Ge almost fell from his chair in surprise. "Are you sure there won’t be any sequelae or complications?"
"No, no, of course, I believe that your medical skills are up to his boss. I’m also responsible for my own employees …"
"Really? Thank you, doctor. Thank you for saving a young man’s life. "Zhuang Ge kept thanking each other until the other side hung up."
"Is there anything good, Tony?"
"It’s the call from the United States. They just told me." Zhuang Ge took a deep breath and calmed down an excited mood and said, "Andre fortunato has recovered."
Chapter 129 Go to London