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Following the win over AC Milan, the Fiorentina squad flew to Spain to prepare for their second Champions League group game in three days' time, this time against Athletic Bilbao, the Basque Lions.

"I said, boss, what do you think about UEFA and the Football Association to be able to arrange such a cheating schedule?" On the plane, Vieri and Inzaghi half-truthfully complained to Capello, "We haven't played at the Stade Frankie since the first game of the Champions League, Rosenborg, is this trying to exhaust our rhythm?" ”

"Haha, how is this possible? It's just a small coincidence. In response to the two of them's complaints, Capello replied with a smile, "I said, if you two have the time to think about these useless things, you might as well seize the time to rest for a while...... This season's team schedule is very intensive, and if you don't rest well, it will affect the state of the next game. ”

So, in the "sighs" of Vieri and Inzaghi the Great, the plane carrying the entire Florentine team arrived in Bilbao, Spain.

Athletic Bilbao is a very special club, and what makes it special is that they are extremely stubborn in terms of their players' pedigree - since the founding of Bilbao, they have insisted that only players with Basque roots can be used!

As for anyone who wants to play in Bilbao, if you don't have Basque blood, no matter how good your skills are, no matter how famous you are, this Basque lion will choose to turn them away, just to ensure the purity of the club's pedigree!

While Athletic Bilbao's insistence has allowed them to successfully ensure the purity of their Basque roots within the squad, it has also allowed them to be further and further removed from other powerhouses in the growing Boseman wave. Therefore, despite Athletic Bilbao's surprise finish as runners-up in La Liga last season, not many people see it as a strong team, and this phenomenon is just the last glimpse of this former giant.

On the night of 30 September, the San Mamés Stadium, home of Athletic Club Bilbao, was packed, with nearly 40,000 Bilbao fans and more than 1,000 Fiorentina fans coming from afar, filling the stands on all sides.

Facing Fiorentina, who have won the Champions League three times in a row, Athletic Bilbao's head coach Luis Fernandez did not make many changes to the team's starting line-up - in fact, he could not make too many changes, because Bilbao's recruitment strategy is doomed to basically hope for more loyal and first-class seedlings to emerge from those with Basque roots.

In the current first team of Athletic Bilbao, there are generally Basque players like Urses and Echeberia who came from the youth training of other teams but are extremely loyal to Bilbao, and there are also "own people" like Juren Guerrero, who came from the club's youth system and climbed up step by step - it is simply a rare thing for Fernandes to meet a top foreign player like Lizarazu who has both strength and a Basque passport in line with the club's tradition.

Zhuang Mingge, a loyal player of the football manager game, only recognized Ursais, Guerrero, Etcheberia, Alcorta and a few other people after seeing Bilbao's starting lineup for a long time, and he was stunned by the others.

As for Fiorentina, due to Capello's rotation of some positions in the team in the previous league game with AC Milan, in this game, Capello still put out a mix of main and substitute starting lineups: De Sanctis, Zambrotta, Hyypia, Nesta, Fortunato, Redondo, Effenberg, Makelele, Vogel, Vieri and Inzaghi, this is Fiorentina's starting eleven for this game.

Although it was Fiorentina's fourth consecutive away game in almost half a month, the players didn't seem to be bothered too much. In the face of the menacing Basque Lions, most of the players played a very high level of competition in the game, and it only took one first half to beat the home team of Athletic Bilbao!

Although Guerrero led the team to fight the field as always, and assisted Urses to score the equalizing goal in the 28th minute of the game, the Spanish team's habitual heavy attack and light defense still gave the Fiorentina players too much space to counterattack; The team has little system when defending, and the bad habit of relying solely on the individual ability of the defenders has made Vieri and Inzaghi almost like fish in water in the Athletic Bilbao penalty area.

In the 22nd minute, Zambrotta forced his way through Carlos Garcia's defense on the right and sent in a high cross, which made a brief acceleration for Vieri in the box, and then jumped high to beat Alcorta, who was marking him, to meet the ball!

Strength! Deterrent! Vieri's greatest advantage is evident at this time!

In the face of Vieri's thunderous header, the Bilbao goalkeeper only had time to wave his gloves, and the ball had already rushed into the door of Athletic Bilbao! 1 to 0!

When Vieri headed the ball into the Athletic Bilbao gate, the entire San Mamés stadium was instantly silent, except for the cheers of the more than 1,000 Fiorentina fans who came with the team!

Seeing the ball fly into the goal, Vieri clenched his fists and roared, and then hugged his teammates who swarmed him! He has always enjoyed playing against La Liga teams, because few defenders there can compete with him in terms of physical quality, and they are far from the Italian teams in terms of defensive intensity, so when it comes to Spanish teams, Vieri can basically handle the entire defense of the opponent alone.

In the 36th minute, this time it was Fortunato on the left who sent the cross, and the player who grabbed the point in front of the goal was replaced by Da Inzaghi, and the only thing that did not change was the ending of the final goal, two to one!

Athletic Bilbao was about to organize a counterattack, but Guerrero's successful steal by Volger when he dribbled the ball in front of the court made the shape of Bilbao worsen again - Redondo's long pass from the back found Vieri's head accurately, and the latter immediately ferried the ball to Inzaghi who was hiding behind him, and the unmarked super Pippo pushed it from the penalty spot to rewrite the score to 3-1!

Inzaghi's goal was a huge blow to the morale of Bilbao's players, and it's no wonder that no matter which team is trying to fight back, the morale of the opponent will be hit by such a blow to a greater or lesser extent.

With the score leading and morale dominating, the balance of victory is gradually tilting in the direction of Fiorentina.