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After conceding a goal in a row to win three goals against Juventus, Fiorentina finally extended the gap between them and the Bianconeri to four points and held the upper hand in the Scudetto A title race.

However, despite winning a crucial six-point victory, the Fiorentina players are far from being able to relax. After all, after this game, there are still seven rounds left in Serie A this season, and in this case, the four-point lead, although it is a lot, is not so foolproof. Therefore, if Fiorentina want to lift the league trophy at the end of the season, they will have to be extra careful in the remaining seven rounds, otherwise they may be overtaken by Juventus, who have not completely given up hope, and thus lose their hard-won top spot.

Despite the excitement of the comeback win over Juventus, the team's biggest rivals in the league, the Fiorentina players quickly regained their composure and returned to their respective accommodations shortly after the game, rather than looking for a club or bar to celebrate. Because four days later, they will face the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals here, and Fiorentina will face Liverpool in this match, the former champions of English football!

In the first leg of the contest between the two sides, Fiorentina, who were playing away at the time, made a big swing at Anfield in order to retain their strength, while Liverpool, who lacked a top scorer after Owen's departure, were at a loss and could only threaten Fiorentina's goal with long-range shots and set-pieces. Eventually, when full-time was declared over at the referee's whistle, Fiorentina and Liverpool drew at Anfield to end the first leg with a 1-1 scoreline.

Unable to get a win in the first leg and an away goal, this second leg was naturally negligent for Liverpool. Because once Fiorentina take advantage of the opportunity to score, then they will face an extremely passive situation. After all, on the football pitch, the Italian club's counter-attacking counter-attack is a real killer, and no one wants to experience the sharpness and horror of this tactic for themselves.

The English media were also very concerned about the clash between Fiorentina and Liverpool, not only did they uncharacteristically fail to uncover all kinds of lace and negative news related to the Reds before the game, but they also desperately cheered for Liverpool in their respective positions, even using slogans such as "defend the honor of English football".

It is not surprising that this is the case. You must know that among the four teams that have represented the Premier League in the European Champions League this season, the defending champions Chelsea, who have suffered heavy blood loss and financial crisis, have collapsed in the group stage, and Manchester United and Arsenal, the two teams that have turned the Premier League into a two-man turn, have also fallen out of the quarter-finals. Therefore, by this time, Liverpool has become the only Premier League team in the Champions League.

In this case, no matter how much the English media likes gossip and fears that the world will not be chaotic, they will not find trouble for Liverpool at this juncture. Otherwise, if Liverpool are unstable and miss the semi-finals because of their reporting, then they will all become the sinners of English football?

Compared to the nervous English media, their Italian counterparts are much more calm. Although Fiorentina also have a history of upsetting in the Champions League, it was only a fluke after all, and the Purple Lily was a very reassuring team most of the time. Therefore, these media reporters have no doubt that Fiorentina will take advantage of the victory over Juventus to win Liverpool, and Lazio, who qualified for the semifinals one day earlier, will meet the Champions League semifinals!

In this way, on April 14, the Frankie Stadium finally ushered in the much-anticipated Champions League quarter-finals, and Fiorentina and Liverpool will decide who will get the ticket to the Champions League semi-finals!

Now let's take a look at the starting line-ups of both teams for this match. First of all, the visiting team Liverpool, knowing that the team is not capable of competing with the two traditional giants of Arsenal and Manchester United in the league stage, Benitez decided to follow the example of his predecessor Houllier, which is to try to find a breakthrough in the Champions League and cement his position with an excellent European record card.

Guided by this mentality, Benitez has consciously chosen to retain his strength in the league, keeping the team in the top four of the table, and the main strength has been put on the Champions League in order to achieve a good result.

Goalkeeper Dudek, left-back Traore, right-back Finnen, central defenders Carragher and Henkz, Xavi Alonso and Gerrard in the back two, Luis Garcia and Reese as left and right wing-backs respectively, Czech striker Baros and Australian fast Markovil in attack, this is the best deck of cards Benitez can play at this time.

To be honest, after entering the Premier League era, the current Liverpool can no longer see the shadow of the invincible Red Army that swept European football back then. Financial woes and years of missing out on heavyweight trophies have left Liverpool lacking the appeal of top stars, leading the Reds to field a starting line-up with few first-tier stars even on such crucial occasions.

Compared with Liverpool, who are obviously lacking in stars, Fiorentina can still be called star-studded, although they had to rotate the squad to a certain extent in this game related to the semi-finals because of the huge consumption of last weekend's fierce battle with Juventus.

Gianluigi Buffon, Robert Carlos, Nesta, Lucio, Zambrotta, Makelele, Ballack, Arteta, Di Natale, Vieri, Cristiano Ronaldo, these are Fiorentina's starting eleven for this game.

I have to say that Mourinho's layout of this game once again surprised the opponent's expectations. No one thought that the Portuguese young coach would actually exclude Pirlo and Milito, the two main players, from the starting list, and let Arteta and Ballack, who were identified as parallel goods, form a midfield duo!

What exactly does Mourinho want to do? This is the only doubt on the minds of all those who see Fiorentina's starting line-up for this game at this time.