There was once a fear that Zhang Jun would lose his motivation after he won last year's football Grand Slam, and the most terrible thing for a superstar player is to lose that motivation. But Zhang Jun was quick to answer questions with his own back-to-back goals in the league and Coppa Italia – he was still the best striker and maintained a constant interest in scoring goals and winning like a bloodthirsty wolf.

After a brief winter break, Serie A was back in flames, with Fiorentina still maintaining their unbeaten record in every way.

In the first league game of the new year, in the rematch on January 5, Fiorentina presented a big New Year's gift to all the fans who supported them - they swept Lecce 7-2 at their home stadium! This is the most goals scored in a single game so far this season.

Just three minutes into the game, Lecce took advantage of a sneak attack to take the lead, and just as the Lecce fans cheered for such a wonderful start to the game, they did not know that bad luck was coming.

Clearly, the Fiorentina players were outraged by the goal and the unbridled cheers of the Lecce-ers. Fiorentina then launched a furious retaliatory attack on Lecce.

In the 11th minute, Zhang Jun received a long diagonal pass from Gasbaroni on the left side, rushed out of Lecce's back line beautifully, successfully countered offside, and then ran wildly with the ball, facing the opponent's young goalkeeper Gioramo easily through the crotch to equalize the score.

Just as the Lecce were still frustrated that their hard-won lead was gone, Fiorentina attacked again just three minutes later. The throw-in from the right flank was thrown in, and then the right wing-back Joaquin did not dribble the ball, but shifted the ball laterally to the left wing with a big foot, and the in-form Gasbaroni unloaded the ball beautifully, and then crossed, Pacini followed up in the middle, and nodded the ball in front of the goal. 2：1！

It took only four minutes for Fiorentina to complete the transition from behind to leading, a change that stunned the Lecce fans who were still cheering just now, but made the Fiorentina fans excited.

Then in the twenty-second minute, the best goal of the game was born. Lecce attacked, and when they finally passed the ball into the box after a series of inverted feet, the tall Svensson headed their pass out, and Crewe, who was at the edge of the box, sent the ball straight to Zhang Jun behind him. Then Zhang Jun ran all the way with the ball, successively shook the interception of two players of the Lecce team, raised his speed to the fastest, chased and intercepted by four Lecce defenders, ran more than 60 meters and brought the football into the Lecce penalty area, and then faced the opponent's goalkeeper, calmly shot again, and the football passed through the current Gioramo for the second time...... Pity this eighteen-year-old goalkeeper, who only started because of the injury of the main goalkeeper Ferralry, he originally hoped that he could have a good memory and take the opportunity to become the main goalkeeper of Lecce, but he did not expect this game to become his nightmare.

Fiorentina, who were leading 3-1, had no intention of giving up, and they continued to keep the pressure on Lecce and continue to bombard Lecce's goal.

The young Gioramo was stunned by that terrifying spirit, and after a save on a Fiorentina player's shot, he kept looking while waiting for his team-mate to exit the box, and it was at this moment that he made a fatal and stupid, incredible mistake - he threw the ball lightly, intending to kick it off, but he did not expect that the kick he had used all his strength would be missed! At this time, Pacini, who was outside the penalty area, was very clever to seize this opportunity, he rushed to the ball almost instantly, and then easily pushed the ball into the empty goal! 4：1！

Frankie's cheers and laughter rang out. Even the Sky commentator was sympathetic to Gioramo: "This poor eighteen-year-old goalkeeper...... Maybe Mouteri (Lecce manager) should consider replacing him? His performance is a ...... of the surname of disaster"

With just three minutes between 3:1 and 4:1, Fiorentina's attack was terrifying, and anyone who provoked them would suffer a catastrophe. The score of 4:1 was enough for Fiorentina to win this game, but it was not over yet, and Giolamo's nightmare was far from over.

Twenty-nine minutes, four minutes after the previous goal, Fiorentina attacked again, Crewe distributed the football to Paccini on the counter-attack, Pacini used his speed and technique to shake off his Lecce defenders, and then crossed from the edge of the penalty area, Zhang Jun, who followed up in the middle, jumped high and made a powerful rush, the football flew over the head of Giolamo, he just raised his hands in vain, and could not prevent the ball from flying into the goal for the fifth time, and his posture was like raising his hands in surrender......

Zhang Jun completed his hat-trick in the 29th minute of the first half, and there was only one voice in the whole Frankie: "Hooray!" 'Ball King' Zhang Jun! Banzai! Invincible Florence!! ”

Florence did not feel satisfied, and Zhang Jun naturally did not feel satisfied. In the 33rd minute, Crewe instigated an offensive in the middle, he passed the football to Joaquin on the right side, Joaquin did not take the ball to the bottom, but suddenly kicked a straight pass, Zhang Jun understood the back row at high speed, received the football in the penalty area and shook off the defender at the same time, and then shot with his feet, and the football penetrated the door of Lecce for the sixth time! 6：1！

After a half-time break, Fiorentina's frenzied attack slowed down, and Sabato warned his players in the dressing room to adjust their form, after all, in two rounds, they will go away to challenge the mighty Juventus.

Lecce, who are five goals behind, have completely lost the will to resist, and all they want now is to finish the game quickly and escape this hell.

In such circumstances, the second half of the two sides was far less exciting and enjoyable than the first, but Crewe still scored a goal. This goal is an excellent reflection of Fiorentina's attacking power and tacit understanding. Mascherano launched an attack, passed the football to Joaquín on the right, and then Joaquin made a long diagonal pass to Zhang Jun in front, Zhang Jun ferried the football to Paccini next to him in the air, Pacini directly distributed the football to the left side of the unmarked Gasbaroni feet, just when everyone thought he was going to cut into the penalty area with the ball, he passed, this time the target was Crewe who suddenly inserted into the penalty area, Crewe received Gasbaroni's pass and shot with his feet, and the football flew into the Lecce gate without suspense. 7：1！

Such a score surprised not only the on-site commentators, but also the Fiorentina fans themselves. Lecce is not a weak team, having been in the middle of the Serie A table all these years and has not been relegated. In the last round of the league, they also drew with the mighty Inter Milan at their home stadium, such a team can make Fiorentina play without any resistance, it must not be said that Lecce is too weak, it is a fish belly, it can only be said that Fiorentina is too strong......

The combative Lecce were only driven by their Brazilian goalscorer Mabusio. Nobre scored a face-saving goal in the 86th minute with an indirect free-kick.

Zhang Jun, who scored four goals by himself after the game, became the talk of everyone, and with 16 goals so far, he is the top scorer in Serie A, leaving all rivals behind. His fine form has terrified the whole of Europe, as it won't be long before the draw for the knockout rounds of the European Champions League is due, and everyone is now waiting to see which unlucky guy will be Fiorentina's opponent in Europe.

On January 12, in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup, Sabato sent substitutes to draw 2:2 at the Olympic Stadium to draw Lazio and continue their unbeaten record.

Sabato left Roma with two away goals to his satisfaction, and he will now be preparing for two televised league games – at home to Napoli on January 16 and away to Juventus on January 23.

Napoli is definitely not a weak team, although they are promoted horses, but with their previous prestige and appeal, they have added a lot of players who are not well-known and good after promotion, and they are currently ranked tenth in the league, which can also explain some problems.

However, Fiorentina still won 2-0 at home to Napoli. The first 80 minutes of the game looked evenly matched, with no goal scored, and the score remained at 0-0. But at the last moment, Fiorentina suddenly made a move – no, it should be said that it was two Chinese players who worked together to solve the pre-match ambition of Napoli in just two minutes. Zhang Jun received a cross from the right side of Joaquin in the 81st minute and scored the first goal with a shovel. Just a minute later, Zhang Jun ran wildly with the ball from the middle to the left, because of Lecce's painful lesson, Napoli had four defenders to defend Zhang Jun, the middle was empty, Zhang Jun crossed in time, and Crewe followed up with a half-volley to score. 2:0 settled Naples.

So far, 20 rounds of league games have passed, Fiorentina has won 15, drawn 5, lost 00, scored 60 goals and conceded 20 goals, and is at the top of the table with 50 points. There is a five-point gap between second-placed AC Milan and them!

Halfway through the league, some northern media lamented that the season belonged to Fiorentina, and if they can keep the momentum going, then even God will not be able to snatch the title from them, although anything can happen in football......

And in the eyes of the Florentine media, what is the northern three, what is the Roman double, what is the great revival of Naples...... Under the purple storm of Florence, everything will be in ashes.

"Long live Florence! It's a great season for Florence! They chanted.

Due to the fact that they have been suppressed by Milan and Fiorentina in recent seasons, Juventus have been empty-handed for several consecutive seasons, so their manager Fabio Capello was naturally dismissed before the start of this season, and he was replaced by the Dutchman Hiddink, known as the "wonder coach".

Under Guus Hiddink, Juventus have shown strong bounce back and are currently third in the league, just one point behind AC Milan and holding Inter Milan under them.

Before the game, Hiddink gave his own opinion on the game. He first praised Sabato and his team's achievements, then took a turn to say that no team at Juventus' home stadium could get away with it, and was very bold in saying that Fiorentina's unbeaten streak would be ended by his Juventus.

Hiddink is a cunning manager, and the remarks must have been pre-game psychological warfare. In response, Sabato declared that Fiorentina will play according to their tradition. What is Florentine tradition? In fact, it is a new concept that has only emerged in the past few years, that is, to play any away team as a home team, to play any home team as an away team, and to defeat the opponent at someone else's home stadium.

To sum up, there are just two words: arrogance.

Sabato took this tradition to the extreme, even smiling in front of a crowd of reporters and saying, "If we don't win, then I'm going to eat this football in front of you!" ”

At this point, the whole of Italy was in an uproar. No team would dare to say before the game that they would be able to beat Juventus on the road, and even if Fiorentina are unbeaten now, it would be too much and too rude for a giant team with the largest number of fans in all of Italy.

For a time, Sabato became the public enemy of all Italy. The same critic who last wrote an article criticizing Crewe for not being the best striker once again wrote an article in the Torino Sport newspaper satirizing that Sabato had "lost his mind", saying that the recent "not bad" results have made Sabato flutter, and he doesn't know that the sky is high, so that he can say "stupid". And gloating to see how Sabato would make good on his promise in front of all Italians if Fiorentina didn't win in the end, even if it was just a draw.

The critic's opinion is the opinion of the majority, and this time even Fiorentina fans are waiting to see Sabato's joke, let alone anyone else.

It is said that a certain cake company is already planning to ask Sabato to endorse their new "football" cake...... Everything is getting funnier and funnier.

Although Sabato's words made him a clown overnight, they did just as well as they should have done – he angered almost all Juventus players. Juventus' captain, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, was very dissatisfied and said: "He should give himself some virtue. To be honest, it's not the first time he's been so rantious, and we're all tired of it. He would be sad if he had to rely on this to attract the attention of the media. ”

And the shooter Trezeguet directly asked Sabato to "shut up".

In this case, the Fiorentina team did not say anything, and when asked by reporters, the players either prevaricated or simply refused to answer.

In this regard, some media believe that Sabato's irresponsible remarks have made Fiorentina's players feel very embarrassed, which is why they behave so embarrassed in front of the media.

Only the Fiorentina players themselves know that it was because Sabato had given an order to make them deliberately unruly in front of the media. Football is war, and since it is war, it is normal to play some tricks for the sake of victory.

Sunday, January 23, 2011.

The twenty-first round of Serie A is said.

Turin, Estadio Alpi, dry, sunny and windless, 11°C.

Li Yan looked up at the clear sky and muttered, "This is a weather suitable for both sides to play with all their might......"

Fiorentina's home stadium was unanimously booed by the home fans, because of Sabato's pre-match remarks, it seems that their anti-guest "home" will not be able to do it.

When the players of both sides stand near the center circle of the court, then the referee on duty Stefano. When Farina blew the kick-off whistle, the 90 minutes of what would later be considered the most exhilarating Serie A of the 10/11 season began.

From the first seconds after kick-off, Juventus and Fiorentina were locked in the fiercest battle.

Fiorentina were going to organize an attack after kick-off, but they didn't expect Crewe's pass to Zhang Jun to cut off Juventus' midfielder Van der Vaart, and then immediately counterattacked, handing the football to Bodinov, and then after a series of stunning short passes, their other midfielder, Frenchman Kopa, completed the first shot of the game, Frei did well and saved it, and Juventus got the first corner.

The attack was more of a warning, a warning from Juventus to a rampant Fiorentina. Remind them that this is Juventus' territory, not Fiorentina's Frankie.

Seeing the home team perform so well, the Juventus fans let out a huge cheer and, of course, there were many boos from the Fiorentina fans for free.

Just two minutes after their corner, Fiorentina launched an attack, also after a dizzying array of crosses up front, Zhang Jun took the ball into the box and then shot, Buffon pounced on the ball into the back corner, and Pacini's follow-up shot was blocked by the opposition defender Zambrotta.

Fiorentina also won a corner.

The two strikes made Juventus supporters – including, of course, the critic who sarcastically Sabato had been "crazy", who watched the game from the press box with his press card – gasped.

"Although it was an away game, and despite the turmoil before the game, Fiorentina still showed their strong strength and were not afraid of the boos of more than 50,000 Juventus fans at the Alpi Stadium! They're soon returned to color! ”

(To be continued)