Chapter 738: Bad Luck (Part II)
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Leaving Eriksen in Rome to continue to worry, Capello, who had finished the press conference, led the team back to Fiorentina overnight on the team bus, because four days later, they had to go to the San Nicola Stadium, where they played Bari in a rematch of the eleventh round of Serie A.
On the way back to Fiorentina, Capello did not give the players time to close their eyes and recuperate on the way, as he had done before, but turned on the Capello hair dryer, which had not been used for a long time, and scolded the team's watch in the last minutes of the game in the bus: "Look at how you played in the final stages of the game!" It's okay if you can't open up the situation offensively, after all, hitting the post and Maciegiani's old guy in a row is really unlucky, and I can think it's a nap from Lady Luck. But! Be! Nesta! Materazzi! How the hell did you two do it? can actually make that kid Cruise score one after another! ”
"Uh, sir, that's because Julio is so ......"
Nesta was about to explain, but was rudely interrupted by Capello: "I'm not asking you to make excuses for conceding the ball right now, I'm just talking about the facts!" I'm sure you who have been teammates with him can't be unaware of how dangerous Cruise is when he comes on the pitch, even after he has already scored a goal, why didn't you do anything about it? ”
"This ...... It was true that we were ahead and there was not much time left, so we let our guard down, which allowed Cruise to take advantage of the loophole and score two goals in a row in the last five minutes. In the face of Capello's questioning, Nesta had to give up his intention to defend himself and voluntarily admit to the manager that he had made a mistake in the game.
"It's good that you know." Seeing that Nesta took the initiative to admit his mistake, Capello nodded with satisfaction, and took the opportunity to terminate the pursuit of Nesta's classmates, while turning his gaze to Materazzi, who had been silent.
Noticing that the manager had his eyes on him, Materazzi shuddered and quickly followed Nesta's example and admitted his mistake, which prevented Capello from chasing him.
In fact, Capello has no intention of chasing Nesta and Materazzi to the end, his original intention is to take this opportunity to give these players a good beating, so that they can deal with the next games with a normal mentality, lest they will be led again at a critical stage of the season and the opponent will equalize the score at the last moment, or even complete the reversal!
So, Nesta and Materazzi were just unlucky enough to be Capello's pawns - who let them both blow up in the final minutes of the game?
And in order to make the players even more impressed with the draw, after returning to Fiorentina, Capello did not give the team a day off after the away game, as he had done before, but continued to appear on the training ground with his players early the next morning as a punishment for them.
In this way, four days after being held to a draw by Lazio, the Fiorentina players who had been trained by Capello for four days finally ushered in a make-up match against Bari.
Due to the team's consecutive two-game schedule after the winter break, in order to ensure the team's combat effectiveness and also to avoid injuries in the game due to excessive fatigue, Capello made a large rotation of the starting lineup in this game, giving substitutes such as De Sanctis, Madavecchia, and Fortunato the opportunity to start.
Although Fiorentina have the advantage in terms of overall strength, however, the bad luck that the Purple Lilies suffered in the last game shows no signs of subsiding today.
Fiorentina's players, who played their second consecutive away game against Bari, took the lead with a goal from Vieri shortly after the start of the game, but as evil as the Lazio game, not only did they fail to extend their advantage further, but once again dropped the chain at the last minute!
Now let's see how Fiorentina conceded three points in the final moments: Madavecchia, who was in possession at the back, had no choice but to pass the ball back to goalkeeper De Sanctis at the back under the pressure of the Bari players, but he didn't want to pass the ball a little too hard in a hurry, and the trajectory of the ball was a little strange - the ball did not move in a straight line, but rolled out of an arc on the turf!
The inexperienced DeSanctis was thrown into a mess by the accident, and he was caught off guard and scrambled to turn around and save the ball. However, at this moment, South African international Phil Masinga suddenly burst out from behind De Sanctis, grabbed ahead of De Sanctis, flew up and kicked the ball into the Fiorentina goal!
In this way, due to Madavecchia's wrong return pass and De Sanctis's uncoolness, Fiorentina was equalized by Bari at the last moment, and while embarrassingly eating two consecutive draws in the league, it also fulfilled the reputation of Bari's "giant killer", making this title even more worthy of its name!
After suffering two consecutive draws in the league, Fiorentina is still at the top of the league standings, but has been narrowed by teams such as Inter Milan behind them - so far, the difference between the Nerazzurri and Fiorentina in second place is only three points, that is, a one-goal difference; In the future, teams such as Vicenza, AC Milan and Lazio are still far from Fiorentina in the standings, but they are no longer out of reach.
So, if you are not careful, Florence could have lost the leader's position overnight, going from a frontrunner to a chaser.
After the game, the Fiorentina players, who were worried in the big bar, did not wait for Capello's hair dryer, but received warm words from the gold medal coach, saying that they had worked hard enough in the game, and the draw was only because the team's luck was so bad today that it had little to do with their attitude.
"Like Madavecchia's wrong pass, he won't be able to pass such a delicate ball if he tries a hundred times, so I don't blame you for this draw, it's just an accident, and we'll just get back on the field in the next encounter." Capello said with a smile on the bus, not furious at all because of the team's two consecutive league draws.
Although Capello is known for his iron fist, this does not mean that he will not win the hearts and minds of the people, otherwise he would not have led the likes of Juventus and AC Milan to so many titles in another world.
Capello, who has been in football for many years, knows that blindly high-pressure policies will only cause dissatisfaction among players, and the strategy of carrots and sticks is king!