Chapter 1089: Autumn Hurricane (1)
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After witnessing a five-goal home win over promoted Maempoli and a goal difference at the top of the table, Fiorentina fans were thrilled and spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate the victory.
It's no wonder that last season's Big Four hit Fiorentina fans a little too hard, so they now desperately need to find some reason to celebrate in order to dilute the frustration that lingers in their hearts. And the good start of this league is obviously a good excuse for these fans.
After witnessing the team's bloodless defeat of Empoli, it is natural that fans have more expectations for Fiorentina's journey in the new season - although Empoli is only a fish belly team, it is not possible for anyone to win by five goals, at least the top giants are capable of doing it.
And now, Fiorentina have done just that, proving that the Purple Lily's big four last season were just a minor accident, and they are still one of the strongest contenders for the Serie A title and the Champions League!
Sure enough, Fiorentina did not disappoint its supporters, and in the first few games after entering September, the Purple Lilies went hand in hand on all fronts, sweeping away the gloom of last season, giving a refreshing feeling.
September 14, the second round of Serie A. With a number of players playing for their national teams in a European Championship qualifier last weekend, Heynckes made a decisive rotation in this game. Vieri, Pirlo, Zambrotta and other players who have a lot of physical consumption in the national team are not in the starting lineup, replaced by players such as Di Natale and Deco who have no national team tasks, or players like Buffon and Ronaldo, who have not been physically exhausted for various reasons.
The Purple Lily's opponent in the second round of the league was dragged down by Parmalat, and in the past summer, even the captain of the team, Cannavaro and the striker Di Vaio, were sold for Parma for money. This is one of the reasons why Heynckes dared to rotate the starting line-up drastically, and if Fiorentina were against a team of the caliber of Juventus or Inter Milan in this round, the German coach would never have rotated the line-up like this.
However, although Fiorentina has a certain advantage in terms of overall strength, the rotation of most of the main squad and national team games still has a certain impact on the purple lily. Gianluigi Buffon and Nesta were somewhat silent on the pitch, but Vincent and Di Natale, who were not burdened by the national team's duties, were very active and caused a lot of problems for De Sanctis's goal. Sadly, none of them seemed to wear shooting boots today, and the ball towards the goal was either saved by De Sanctis or flew off the bottom line against the woodwork, always missing the goal.
Parma, who were on the back foot on the pitch, did not concede easily, and under Adriano, a young striker brought in from Inter Milan this summer, there were several dangerous attacks, but none of them broke Gianluigi Buffon's ten fingers to score a crucial goal.
In the end, thanks to Ballack's kick from 30 meters away in the 75th minute of the second half, Fiorentina beat Parma 1-0 and won two consecutive league wins.
After the game, Zhuang Mingge, who came to the Stadio Tardini to watch the game, extended an invitation to Francesca, offering him an interest-free loan totaling $50 million to help Parma escape the control of the sinking ship of Parmalat.
However, Francesca, after much hesitation, finally declined Zhuang Mingge's proposal. After all, although Parmalat, which is controlled by the Tanzi family, is now facing many crises, in Francesca's opinion, as long as it is done properly, it is not a big problem for Parmalat to survive the current difficulties, so she has not considered separating Parma from the Parmalat group - no matter how much she trusts Zhuang Mingge, Francesca is still a member of the Tanzi family after all, and she cannot make such a decision at this time, unless she does not want to stay in the family anymore.
For Francesca's decision, Zhuang Mingge can only regret it. He is well aware of the methods that Parmalat is preparing to take to deal with this crisis, and he also knows that the Tanzi father and son, who are familiar with it, will show their feet this time and thus lose their reputation, and Parma will also fall into a catastrophe because of this turmoil, and can only struggle on the road to relegation.
Although these are all things that happened in the previous life, according to what Zhuang Mingge secretly learned, some people have already suspected that Tanji father and son are suspected of financial fraud and investigated it, so it is very likely that these things will happen again in this life.
Four days after two consecutive league wins, the European Champions Cup kicked off as Fiorentina welcomed their first opponent in the group stage, last season's Ligue 1 runners-up Lens.
To be clear, with Fiorentina only finishing fourth in Serie A last season, the Purple Lilies had to play two Champions Cup qualifying matches in August, knocking out their opponents before qualifying for the main tournament. Fiorentina were not very lucky in the subsequent group draw, as the Purple Lilies were placed in Group G along with Ligue 1 powerhouse Lens, La Coruna from La Liga and Bundesliga team Bayern Munich.
Four teams from the top five leagues are in the same group, including top giants such as Fiorentina and Bayern Munich, as well as lesser-known but strong teams such as Deportivo La Coruna, and even the worst team Lens is the runners-up in Ligue 1. Therefore, most fans and experts regard this group as the group of death in this Champions Cup, believing that no matter which team has the quality to qualify, Fiorentina is likely to suffer the embarrassment of returning home at the end of the group stage if they are not careful.
However, just when it was thought that Fiorentina might be deflated by this Ligue 1 runners-up, the reality before them gave them a resounding slap in the face. In this game, Lens, who was playing away, did not have a single shot on target in the whole game, and the total number of shots on goal was only four times, and he did not show his demeanor as the runner-up of Ligue 1 at all, and was almost beaten by the home team in his own half for a full 90 minutes!
In the end, Fiorentina, who had the upper hand in all aspects, defeated their opponents by three goals, and won a victory while climbing to the top of the group, which can be regarded as a good start to the Champions Cup journey in the new season.