Chapter 1153: Spring Offensive (3)

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Facing old comrades such as Batistuta and Materazzi, the Fiorentina players who cared about their old feelings were also embarrassed to be killed in this game. So, after taking a 2-0 lead, Fiorentina deliberately slowed down the tempo of the attack under the command of Deco and Pirlo, and stopped attacking the Inter goal.

Inter's players were not fools who couldn't see the situation clearly, and seeing that Fiorentina were interested in letting them go rather than driving them out, they gave up on recovering the scoreline. After all, the difference in strength between the two sides on the field is still obvious, even if Inter Milan takes advantage of Fiorentina's vigilance to pull back a city, I am afraid it will only attract a more fierce counterattack from the purple lily. Therefore, if they don't know what to do, then when this game is over, Inter Milan may have to face a very embarrassing score.

So, in the time that followed, the players of both sides tacitly played peace ball on the court. Although an offensive will be launched every three or five times, both the intensity of the game and the desperateness of the players are far worse than the normal strong confrontation, which is one line higher than the friendly match.

"Alas, I'm still old." After being cleared by Lucio in an attack, Batistuta lamented. The performance of the Argentine god of war in this game can only be described as terrible, not only did he not score a goal, but also posed little threat to the Fiorentina defense, and there was no shadow of the super center forward who was the megatron of football back then.

In fact, with Barty's current physical condition, even if he can't compete with the young Crespo, he is still quite qualified to be a rotation striker. The reason why Barty's performance this season is so bad is because he fought too hard to help Inter Milan compete for the league title last season, which buried a lot of hidden dangers in his body. On the other hand, it was due to the tragic experience of the Argentine national team in the World Cup in South Korea and Japan that dealt a big blow to Barty, who had planned to help the national team make a breakthrough in his last World Cup journey, but did not want to be invincible in the qualifying stage, and after entering the finals, he drove high and low, and failed to even qualify for a rematch, such a result is undoubtedly an extremely huge blow to Barty, a veteran.

For both reasons, Barty's form has declined so quickly in just one summer. If the Argentine god of war could work as hard as last season, he would not have scored three league goals this season, let alone not even played a few times.

In the end, with the advantage of strength and Vieri's goal, Fiorentina beat Inter Milan 2-0 in the 25th round of the league in Serie A and continued to maintain a huge lead in the standings!

It was also with this game that Cooper finally determined that Batistuta was no longer capable of continuing in the top flight, and put him on the team's summer fire list, despite the fact that the other side was the main contributor to Inter's success in overtaking Fiorentina in the table last season to win the Serie A title.

Professional football is such a cruel industry, no matter how majestic a player is when he is at his best, once he has no enough use value, then most players can only accept the fate of being sold by the team. In international football, there are many such examples, from Vialli and Gullit in the early years, to Boban, Raul and Guti later, all of them were ruthlessly abandoned by their old clubs after losing their use value?

Didn't even AC Milan, who was known as the most humane in the previous life, go cold-blooded in dealing with the issue of decorated veterans such as Albertini and Ambrosini and kick them out of Milanello?

So, one might feel sorry for what happened to Barty at the end of his career, but the Argentine god of war will definitely not be the last player to be ousted by his former club due to a decline in form after a great achievement.

Cooper didn't tell anyone about his plans, but who was Barty? Crespo, who can still play steadily in the twilight of his career, sits firmly in the position of the main center forward of the Argentine national team, and has an excellent reputation among fans and the media. As a result, Barty, who realized from Cooper's words and deeds that his days at Inter Milan were numbered, began to contact his agent, intending to find a suitable next home before the summer transfer door opened, so as to earn a good pension before retiring.

Now let's turn our attention back to Fiorentina, who, after the conclusion of this almost friendly match against Inter Milan, have temporarily escaped the intensive schedule of consecutive double-match matches and have been given a rare week of adjustment to regain the energy that has been exhausted in successive games in order to prepare for the more brutal games ahead.

At this time, it was the wisdom of Heynckes to make the strategic decision to abandon the Coppa Italia at that time. If Fiorentina still have to face a three-tier situation, then the players will not have such a long recovery time - you know, the frequency of Serie A matches is basically about once a week, the Champions Cup and Coppa Italia need to be arranged in midweek, plus the national team break day is something that all the big clubs hate, if Fiorentina does not get out of the Coppa Italia, then the whole of March until the end of the season. None of them will be free of the double race schedule in a week!

In the 26th round of Serie A, the Fiorentina players, who had been recuperating for a whole week, only used one first half to beat the visiting Bologna and won a hearty victory. Bologna, who lost away, once again missed the opportunity to be humiliated.

After a four-goal win over Bologna, led by Pagliuca and Signori, Fiorentina, who are a distant leader in the Serie A table, face a new knockout round of the Champions League in the coming week. This time, the Purple Lily's opponent is the Ajax club coached by former Dutch international Ronald Koeman!