Volume 1 Chapter 287 See Champion Hope Again
After the Champions League, the eyes of the fans turned to the domestic arena.
In the 3L round of Serie A, Fiorentina challenged Livorno away, which was the second game under the command of the new coach Busso, and in the first game under his command, Fiorentina defeated the giant Juventus 4:3.
Compared to Juventus, Livorno is certainly a piece of cake.
However, this game is still very important for Fiorentina and the fans will not trust the manager just because of a win, even if it is Juventus, and the fans want to see the team win back-to-back.
As Fiorentina's manager, Bousso's abilities are limited, but he understands the delicate situation he is in
Busso is a transitional coach, which is well known throughout Italy, and even in the entire world of football, but the transitional coach also has his own ideas.
After defeating Juventus 4:3, Busso won a lot of praise, in Italian football, there are many teams that have grievances against Juventus, Busso dragged Juventus forward, and made many people feel happy. It also made Busso's confidence greatly increased, he had a small dream, if he continued to win, whether he could continue to win, if he could keep his Champions League seat and win the Italian Cup, maybe it was not a dream to turn positive, after all, Prandelli has not signed a contract with Fiorentina.
Before the game, Busso repeatedly stressed the importance of this game, telling the players to pay attention to it and treat Livorno like Juventus.
'After a big win, people are most likely to slack off, I hope that doesn't happen to Fiorentina, our form this season has been a lot of back-and-forth, consecutive wins, winless streaks, and now the end of the league is running out, the chasing force behind is very close, we have to find a way to get rid of them and secure a Champions League place
For Buso, the biggest advantage is that the main central defender Dainelli can finally start, and the 35 formation at Juventus can finally become history, facing Livorno with Lucarelli and Proti, the back 4 will reassure Buso, and Buso also believes that as long as the back can be held, the midfield led by Chen Yu will always have a chance to score.
The biggest attraction of this match is the contest between Chen Yu and Lucarelli.
In Serie B, Chen Yu and Lucarelli and Toni were old rivals, and Lucarelli scored 30 goals crazily, but Chen Yu was even crazier than him, and 40 goals made Lucarelli have to bow down.
Coming to Serie A, Chen Yu continued to soar in the scorer list, beating Shevchenko, Montella, Trezeguet, Adriano and other gods, and now there are eight games, Chen Yu has already scored 30 goals, but under Chen Yu's dazzling edge, many people found out at this time that the second place is no longer Montella, nor Adriano, but Livorno's Communist Party member Lucarelli. goals, only less than Chen Yu scored U. However, this is already very rare, you must know that Lucarelli was still in Serie B last season.
Lucarelli was jealous and awe-inspiring towards Chen Yu.
He was annoyed that this Chinese always stood in front of him and always snatched the applause and honor that should belong to him, but he was also in awe of Chen Yu's ability, and for three years after his debut, Chen Yu maintained a record of more than 30 goals every year, which was simply not human, so that Lucarelli almost couldn't afford the idea of trying to compete with Chen Yu.
But now that the situation has rushed here, all the media are discussing whether Lucarelli has a chance to pose a threat to Chen Yu's top scorer, and Lucarelli naturally can't pretend to be ignorant.
'For me, it's definitely very difficult to be the top scorer. But the first time I played in Serie A, I was very happy to be able to score so many goals, don't compare me with Chen, we are two completely different strikers, if we have anything in common, it is that we can both score...... There is no suspense about the top scorer, but if I can score a hat-trick in this match, I believe Chen Yu should be nervous......
Chen Yu scored 30 goals, and there was only one goal in front of Chen Yu, which was Nodal's single-season goal record of 35 goals, and Chen Yu was also inevitably compared in this match with second scorer Lucarelli, who maintained a certain respect for the Communist Party member.
'Lucarelli is our biggest threat in this game, he's very versatile, he's very motivated, if you give him a chance, he can score, so we have to be careful. After I've scored 30 goals, I'm always told about Nodal, about the Serie A record for goals, well, my goal now is to break that discipline and pay homage to the 35 goals of my predecessors. ”
Chen Yu did not mention the competition with Lucarelli, but directly aimed at Nodal's record of 35 goals, which is obvious, but he did not take Lucarelli to heart.
Chen Yu's attitude annoyed Lucarelli and his fans, and on the Internet, many Livorno fans clamored to give Fiorentina and Chen Yu a little color, so as not to let him look so unexpected.
The tournament was held on the evening of the 18th.
Armando of Livorno on the day. The Piqui Stadium is full, and the left-oriented Livorno fans attach great importance to this game, although they are also promoted horses, Fiorentina has never regarded themselves and Livorno as a team like Livorno, and Livorno and other promoted horses have never been polite to Fiorentina. Fiorentina's losses and draws in the second half almost all came to them.
Livorno played very resolutely at the beginning of the game, pressing with all his might on the counter-attack, and even Lucarelli even returned to the box to help head the ball in defence.
Lucarelli, who is wearing the number 99, has been very active up front, and he has almost succeeded in his conversations with Dainelli.
In the 10th minute of the game, Lucarelli deducted Dainelli and faced goalkeeper Sejas alone, but was saved by Cejas, and the referee did not award a penalty, and the video showed that Sejas did not touch the ball.
In the 18th minute, Livorno took the lead in scoring, Pantsoni took a free kick, Lucarelli's header from 9 meters in front of the goal was saved by Dida, and Colombo scored with his left foot from 5 meters away.
Sejas should be held accountable for the goal conceded. The Argentine goalkeeper was a little distracted during the game, and even once broke the ball and then kicked it to the feet of a Livorno player not far away. However, l minutes before half-time, Sejas saved Lucarelli's header from close range.
Fiorentina played well in the first half, although the organization of the midfield was short, but Maresca and Jorgensen still got a lot of chances in the midfield. In the L minute, Chen Yu, who was a center forward, drove the ball all the way into the penalty area in the middle, but faced goalkeeper Amelia alone but pushed the ball to the right post and missed the best opportunity of the first half.
In the second half, midfielder Fontana was replaced, striker Rigano came on, and Chen Yu and Mikoli formed a trident, and Fiorentina's formation changed from 44 to 43 Busso in order to strengthen the attack.
However, under Livorno's tight defense, Bousso's change of formation did not work well, and Livorno's counterattack was still sharp, and Vidigal, Lucarelli and the 38-year-old Protti also had chances.
However, Chen Yu pressed the opponent again in the dialogue with Lucarelli, and in the 55th minute of the second half, Chen Yu took a free kick outside the meter, and his shot directly broke through Amelia's ten fingers to help the team equalize.
Fiorentina then boosted their morale, and under the leadership of Chen Yu, Fiorentina never gave Livorno a chance to score again, and they scored a goal each in the 70th minute and a minute by Rigano and Micoli, and finally beat the opponent 3-l away.
After the victory, Chen Yu increased his goal tally to 3l goals, getting closer and closer to Nodal's record, while Lucarelli was still the ball, losing to Chen Yu in this direct dialogue with the top scorer.
This game was not only a personal victory for Chen Yu, but in this round, AC Milan was unexpectedly defeated away by Siena from fellow Tuscany, Juventus beat Lecce 5-Pepper to the top of the table, and Fiorentina narrowed the gap between them and AC Milan to eight points, only nine points away from the top of the table.
Behind Fiorentina, Inter Milan beat Cagliari 0, still behind Fiorentina points, but it doesn't matter, Fiorentina aims to keep the top four, and fifth-place Udinese lost unexpectedly in this round, they lost 0:l to Messina, and the points gap with Fiorentina has widened to 8 points, and there is little ability to threaten Fiorentina's Champions League place.
Although Fiorentina is still 9 points behind Juventus and 8 points behind AC Milan, because Juventus will fight Inter Milan in the next round, Juventus and AC Milan still have a conversation, and Fiorentina and AC Milan have a direct conversation, and there is a glimmer of hope for the league title of the purple lily again.