After beating Arsenal in the European Cup Winners' Cup, Prato was able to move on as they faced Bremen side in the semi-finals against Porto. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Playing triumphant performances on the European stage wasn't always a good thing, and as the league went on, Prato's lack of fitness at the start of the season was revealed. Even the strong Vieri and the super-physical Tomasi were defeated by Rune. The medical examination center led by Pesci lit up the red light, this institution was established by Chen Lin after the famous Milan laboratory in later generations, the center will conduct a detailed examination of the players of the first team every other week, monitor the physical condition of the players, once there is muscle weakness, soft tissue adhesions, periosteal strain and other symptoms of lack of physical fitness, will be forcibly stopped by the medical center, and Chen Lin also gave Spalletti a death order, absolutely not allowing the players who sent the medical center to light up the red light on the field.

Together with Veron and Zanetti, who were injured in the last game, nearly half of the main force in Prato needs to be suspended. However, Prato has had a very unfavourable season this season, and in this kind of fierce battle for the Cup Winners' Cup and the league standings, there have been some difficult games, either hard away games or tough battles for the top few places in the table.

Fortunately, Dunga, Effenberg, Leonardo, Inzaghi and other core players are full of energy at this time because of the "rest" in the middle of the season. At the beginning of the season, Chen Lin ignored the team's needs for the accumulation of stars, although it caused great confusion in the team's management and playing style, but also brought a relatively deep bench lineup to the team.

In the absence of the small half of the main team, Prato played back to last season's double back lineup, Montella replaced Vieri in the striker, Effenberg and Dunga formed a double midfield, Leonardo and Doni formed the left and right forwards, Ma Minyu and Son Chenghai played the left and right backs respectively, and the central defenders were Juriano and Materazzi partners.

This year, the promotion and promotion system of the second grade has been fine-tuned, no longer the previous promotion of four and reduction of four, but to the promotion of three and reduction of four. There will still be four teams relegated to the third division, but the number of teams promoted to the first division has been reduced to three. This has undoubtedly further exacerbated the already extremely fierce competition.

With the new rules, the top two in the league are automatically promoted. And if the third place team has 10 or more points more than the fourth place, the team can also be automatically promoted. Otherwise, the 3rd-6th place will play a two-legged play-off of home and away to determine the last promoted team.

In the promotion play-offs, the 3rd and 6th places in the first round are matched, and the 4th and 5th places are played. The top teams have home advantage in the second leg. The player with the higher aggregate score over the two legs advances to the final. (In the play-offs, the away goal advantage does not count, if the aggregate score of the two legs is the same, the team with the highest league position will win)

The two winners will then play the final. The rules for the final are similar to those for the first round, with the only difference being that if both teams have the same aggregate score after two legs, extra time will be played in the second leg. If the score is still the same, the team with the higher ranking will win and advance.

I have to say that Italy is indeed the center of world football in this era, even the second division is also a strong team, not to mention Piacenza who was relegated from the first division last season, Lecce, Atalanta and Udinese, just say Chievo, Verona, Vicenza, Perugia, Ascoli, Venice are all on the rise, and will be promoted to the first division in the next few seasons, like Venice eliminated Juventus in the Italian Cup last season. In addition, Ancona, who was stripped of runners-up in the Coppa Italia by Prato last season, and Cesena with talented midfielder Ambrosini, is a huge bid for three places in the first division.

The current situation in the second division is that the four first-division teams of Piacenza, Lecce, Atalanta and Udinese form the first group with Prato, Vicenza and Verona, gradually widening the gap with Perugia and Venezia. With only one point separating third-placed Lecce and fourth-placed Prato, with only 11 rounds left in the league, promotion to the play-offs is almost certain.

Therefore, the top two Atalanta and Udinese will have to work hard to keep their chances of direct promotion, while Piacenza, Vicenza and Verona will have to work hard to squeeze into the top six and retain the last hope of qualifying.

Historically, Atalanta, Udinese and Piacenza have been the last to qualify this season, but Chen Lin poached Inzaghi from Piacenza and Piacenza has been denied a top scorer who can score 17 goals this season, and has gradually fallen behind in this fierce race. Hellas Verona have also been affected, with Tomasi being the biggest sensation of the season in history.

Due to the poor performance in the first half of the season, the gap between Prato and Atalanta and Udinese is a bit big, but as Prato chased all the way, the gap with the two teams narrowed to 4 points and 6 points, although the meetings with the two teams this season are all over, but if they take the initiative to make mistakes, Prato is not without a chance to catch up, after all, anything can happen in the play-offs, more uncertain than the cup, and it is best to be able to advance directly without participating in the dangerous play-offs. In the same way, behind Prato, Piacenza, Vicenza and Verona also bite very tightly, and the difference between Verona and Prato, who are in seventh place, is only 7 points. With a dozen rounds to go, anything can happen.

Therefore, Spalletti did not dare to relax every game, and tried every means to rotate the players to rest, but it was still difficult to stop the fatigue on the players' faces.

In this context, Prato welcomed the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup against Werder Bremen of Germany. Maybe when people talk about the Bundesliga in later generations, they will only think of Bayern Munich, which is known as "Green Hollywood", but from the mid-80s to the early 90s, Werder Bremen did stand neck and neck with Bayern Munich. All this is due to one person, and that is "Otto the Great" Rehhagel.

When Rehhagel took over in 1981, Bremen were still struggling in the second division, but that season he led Werder Bremen back to the first division, where he remained for 14 years.

Between 1982 and 1987, Rehhagel devoted himself to attacking football, leading Bremen to a top-five finish in the Bundesliga and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Although they have not won the Bundesliga title in recent years, they have missed the title on many occasions, including the 1982/1983 and 1985/1986 seasons only due to the difference in goal difference, especially in the penultimate round of 1986 against Bayern Munich, if they did not tragically miss a penalty opportunity before the final period, they could have won the title early.

After establishing himself as a top club in the Bundesliga, Rehhagel began to lead the team to a title that had been absent for many years. In 1988, Bremen became Bundesliga champions with the fewest goals conceded in Bundesliga history (22 for the entire season); From 1989 to 1991, he reached the final of the German Cup for three consecutive years, and won the championship in 1991. In 1992, Bremen won the European Cup Winners' Cup; In 1993 they won the Bundesliga again; In 1994 they won the German Cup again.

The accumulation of honors shows their good quality, this is a European superpower team that is not inferior to Arsenal, can Prato get through this hurdle without a major general?

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