Chapter 456: Impact Record
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With the win over Perugia, Fiorentina's unbeaten run in the league now reaches 56, just two short of equalling AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten run set in 91-93.
This situation can't help but panic Milan fans, knowing that the 58-game unbeaten run is one of the topics they have been talking about for a long time, and it is also one of the pride of AC Milan.
Such a great record, if it is equaled or even surpassed by Florence, anyone will be very unhappy.
Thus, a storm of public opinion against Florence began.
"Milan Sports Newspaper", which supports Milan in its position, took the lead in launching a public opinion war, while creating pressure on Fiorentina on the media front, hoping that the Fiorentina players would make them play abnormally in the game due to excessive psychological pressure; While desperately cheering up Udinese, hoping that the team that had successfully stopped Juventus and sent Fiorentina to the third consecutive league title could bring some surprises to the Milans in this round of matches, such as a victory over Fiorentina, a victory over Fiorentina, and a victory over Fiorentina or something......
Juventus' mouthpiece, Torino Sport, also waved the flag from its own position, singing the praises of Fiorentina, threatening to claim that AC Milan's unbeaten league record is an insurmountable barrier for all teams, and the huge psychological pressure will crush Fiorentina, and the purple lilies will inevitably fall before the finish line......
Although these media claims have succeeded in raising some concerns among Fiorentina fans about whether the team can equal AC Milan's unbeaten record, the "storm" launched by the Italian media is too small for the Fiorentina players.
"Don't worry about those cowards who can only talk about their tongues, as long as we are strong enough, even if they bloom their tongues, it is useless." Effingberg, who has experienced the middle finger turmoil and endured the accusations of all shijie fans, is very unimpressed by the "small wind and small waves" set off by the media, and very calmly cheers up his teammates, so that they can calmly participate in the next games.
"Stefan is right, those media are like that, when you perform well, they will praise you as rare in the world, and when you are in bad form, they will make you worthless, so we don't need to care about what they say, just play our own liliang game." Nesta, who has also been criticized by the media, agrees with Effenberg's statement, and he has attracted numerous accusations and internal bans from the club for accidentally shoveling Gascoigne into a serious injury in training, and was even sold to Purple Lily by team owner Craniotti as a hot potato.
And when Nesta made a name for himself at Fiorentina and became a star of hope in the Italian backline, how many people would not be able to bring up the old story without opening their eyes? Most of the media was cheering for his brilliant tackles and interceptions in the game, rather than endlessly recounting those old sesame rotten grains.
Such a drastic change has made Nesta fully aware of the two sides of the media, so Nesta does not feel much about the tension deliberately created by the media.
The personal experiences of Effenberg and Nesta are quite convincing, and at least some of the Fiorentina players who were originally a little nervous have been reassured. For example, young players Tomasi, Zanetti and others, after seriously thinking about the vice-captain's words, they feel that this kind of thing is really not worth thinking too much about, and playing every game to get a chance to play is what they should do now.
On May 11, in the thirtieth round of Serie A, Fiorentina hosted Udinese who came to challenge.
Since the Champions League final is on May 28, Capello, who only needs to deal with one league field in the near future, has sent all his main players in this game, on the one hand, to ensure the team's fighting power in the game, and on the other hand, Capello also intends to let them adjust their game form and prepare for the Champions League final at the end of this month.
Facing the front trident of Amoruso, Poggi and Bierhoff, Capello sent a very targeted central defensive combination of Stam and Nesta. The former's body can fully withstand the impact of the German center, and his height of 1.91 meters also makes him completely invincible in the fight for high-altitude balls; The latter makes more use of anticipation and fill-ins to sweep the tail for his partner and intercept all the balls that miss. Carlos and Zambrotta, meanwhile, have also been given a chance to start the game, and they will provide Amoruso and Poggi with 90 minutes of all-round care.
In midfield, Redondo and Effenberg continued to start, but the players in charge of the midfield defense became Davies and Di Biagio, and Capello was still not very comfortable with Tomasi's psychological state, fearing that Udinese's impactful attacking style of play would break down his carefully constructed defence, so he put several central midfielders on the pitch in this game.
Up front, Batistuta and Ronaldo were sidelined due to Philippe Inzaghi's yellow card accumulation and Vieri suffered a slight muscle strain in the previous game.
For the home team Fiorentina, the course of this game did not go well.
In the 24th minute, Amoruso shook Zambrotta on the left with a bicycle movement and then crossed high, and Bierhoff, who followed in the middle, smashed the ball into the net before Stam cleared it, giving Udinese a 1-0 lead.
Ten minutes later, Udinese made a comeback, and Poggi and Jorgensen and Hellwig played a wonderful small combination on the right side, and Davis and Carlos, who were in charge of defending this area, were dizzy, and Zuihou scored by Poggi to score 2-0!
Udinese led Fiorentina by two goals, and the happiest were not the Udinese fans, but the AC Milan fans, who were slightly relieved to hear the news that Fiorentina were behind at home, and said that they finally did not have to worry about Milan's unbeaten record being caught up by Fiorentina.
When the game entered the half-time break, thousands of Udinese fans from afar were happily celebrating in the stands, while Fiorentina fans were silent in the stands, they did not expect that the Purple Lily, which had the advantage against many strong teams, would be led by a small club like Udinese by two goals at home.
"Florence is in danger! Originally, I thought that the Serie A giants would take down the visiting Udinese at home, but now the situation is that the visitors have a two-goal lead, and if coach Capello can't make effective adjustments to the team at half-time, Fiorentina may suffer their first defeat in the league in a year and a half! ”