Volume 1 Chapter 63 Bad start
(Sorry, the computer was infected with a virus, the upload was late, the brothers forgive me)
Fiorentina's first match was a draw with Triestina, who finished fifth last season, a result that could not be considered bad, but it did not satisfy fans who were eager to return to Serie A, as can be seen in media surveys of fans and performances on online forums that fans are hungry for victory.
Ahead of the second match against Vicenza, who finished ninth in Serie B last season, more than 3,000 fans watched the game at the training base and the fans chanted "We are Fiorentina!" We want to win! banners.
The enthusiasm of the fans put a lot of pressure on the players and coaches, who knew that the opponents were strong and that Fiorentina would have struggled to win away at Vicenza but could not explain it.
However, Kasinwa still withstood the pressure, he did not risk attacking, but continued to adopt defensive counter-attacking tactics, on the basis of ensuring that he did not lose, and tried his best to win, unlike the last game, the central defender was replaced by a combination of Mugnani and Ripa in C2, and the new central defender Viari mentioned the position of midfielder, replacing Longo.
Kasinwa made such a change because the position of central defender is too critical, and it is easy to lose the ball if the coordination is not good, although Viari's defensive ability is very strong, but he is not skilled with Mugnani, so Cassinwa simply continued to use the C2 central defender combination.
However, Viari is a strong central defender and cannot let him sit on the bench, so Casingwa weighed it and let Viari play in the back, which can not only play Viari's defensive role, but also allow Viari and the team to run in smoothly.
Vicenza drew in the first round, and this round against a weak Fiorentina side, in their Romeo? At the Monti Stadium, Vicenza showed a higher desire to win**, and they launched a fierce attack on Fiorentina from the beginning, trying to take advantage of Fiorentina's unstable foothold, quickly knock on the door of Fiorentina, and avoid falling into a difficult positional battle.
However, Fiorentina opened with a very focused attention, their tenacious defense did not give Vicenza a chance, but a passing mistake by Vicenza, was stealed by Fiorentina midfielder Camorani, he passed the ball to Rigano for the first time, Rigano passed the ball to Chen Yu with his back to protect the ball, Chen Yu used his speed and skills to break through Vicenza's defense, and shot from a small angle into the penalty area from the ribs.
The Vicenza goalkeeper reacted quickly and kept the ball out with his legs.
However, Rigano arrived, tall and long-legged, fell to the ground and stabbed the ball into the net before the Vicenza defender cleared the ball.
1:0, Fiorentina opened the scoring in the 5th minute to win a fantastic start.
Fiorentina then defended with all their might in an attempt to hold on to a 1-0 victory.
After being beaten back by Fiorentina several times on the counterattack, the old fritters who have been up and down in Serie B and Serie A for many years finally settled down and dealt with Fiorentina, and in the case of strengthening the defensive level of the middle and the speed of pursuit, they continued to use the two wings to put pressure on Fiorentina.
Fiorentina's two C2 centre-backs were skilful but too poor to make mistakes under constant pressure from their opponents, and Ripa didn't get stuck in his position and equalised in the 15th minute of the second half with a header from the back of Vicenza midfielder.
Cassinwa then quickly adjusted Fiorentina's backline, replacing Ripa and Viari returning to the centre-back position, continuing to maintain a counter-attacking style of play.
Vicenza was afraid of Fiorentina's rapid counterattack ability, Fiorentina's attacking ability was limited, and it was restricted by defense, the two sides had mutual scruples, and in the end no one was able to rewrite the score again, and finally the two sides fought to a 1:1 draw.
Another 1:1 draw, which made the Fiorentina fans eager to win very helpless, and the Serie B middle and upper reaches of the team, in the away game to get a draw is not bad, but after two rounds, only 2 points, they have opened a gap of 4 points with Cagliari and Torino.
In the third round, Fiorentina played against Atalanta, which was relegated last season, although Atalanta was relegated, but they were different from Fiorentina, Fiorentina was relegated to C2 at that time, and Atalanta was just relegated to Serie B, work harder, and may return to Serie A in the second year, so not all players have chosen to leave, after Doni and Zauri left, there are still more than half of the players left, so Atalanta may not be able to gain a foothold in Serie A, but it is still a leader in Serie B.
Fiorentina returned to play at home and the enthusiasm of the fans remained undiminished, with around 35,000 fans in attendance to watch the match between Fiorentina and Atalanta.
After two consecutive draws, both Fiorentina fans and Fiorentina players were eager to get a win, and in their own home stadium, Fiorentina took the initiative to attack the opponent for the first time, and the combination of the trident Ricano, Chen Yu and Fantini trained secretly by Cassinwa also burst into a powerful attack.
In the eighth minute of the game, Fiorentina broke through Camorani's cross, and Fandini headed past Atalanta, and then Fiorentina continued to attack in the hope of sealing the win.
Atalanta is not a weak team, they were beaten by Fiorentina at the beginning, the score was behind, but they quickly stabilized the situation, launched a counterattack to Fiorentina, the two sides launched a fierce battle in the midfield, Fiorentina in the fast-paced attack and defense once again exposed the shortcomings of the unfamiliar coordination, with frequent mistakes, and finally in the 40th minute by Atalanta in the front of the steal launched a fast attack, by their striker Morales burst into the penalty area and scored a clever shot, the score was tied 1:1.
In the second half, the two sides changed players and continued to attack.
Atalanta are known as a young army that dares to fight, but they are not strong in their ability to grasp the opportunity, and Fiorentina is also a team that has not been combined for a long time, and the success rate of attacking near the opponent's heavily defended penalty area is not high. Both sides created a number of chances on goal, but neither could take them, and in the end, Fiorentina was once again drawn by Atala with a score of 1:1.
The defense was drawn, the attack was also drawn, the score was still 1:1, the Fiorentina fans and players felt hell, and the media was also incredulous about it, and the headline of the "Milan Sports Newspaper" was "Fiorentina Weird Three Draws".
Fiorentina manager Cassinwa said of the game in his post-match press conference: "Three draws are common, but it's strange to have three 1-1 in a row, but it shows that we have problems at the back and up front, we are conceding goals in every game, we don't score more than one goal in each game, and I hope the next game will change that." β
Cassinwa's words were fulfilled in the fourth round and Fiorentina did change as they did not concede a goal at the back and did not score a goal up front, and were held to a 0-0 draw away from Pescara to secure their fourth draw of the season.
This draw was a big blow to Fiorentina, the first three games, Fiorentina's opponents are the favorites for promotion this year, Fiorentina who have just combined successfully want to beat them is indeed very difficult, and even the draw is a good result, but it was forced to draw 0:0 by Pescara who just promoted from C1 last season, which made Fiorentina fans unacceptable, after the game the famous Fiorentina die-hard fans, the head of the fan association LeΓ³n said in an interview with reporters: "Forced to draw by Pescara, How can we believe that Fiorentina can qualify for Serie A. β
Club manager Galli says there is something wrong with Fiorentina and they must quickly get out of the spiral of draws, which are highly competitive in Serie B this season and cannot be returned to Serie A with a draw alone.
Fiorentina players and coaches have felt the crisis, Casinwa told the fans that this situation will not last, Fiorentina's run-in period will soon pass, in the match with Pescara, Fiorentina's attack is actually very smooth, but the opponent's dense defense is very good, Fiorentina's luck is not good enough, Chen Yu hit a post, Rigano hit a post, Di Livio's penalty was also saved by the Pescara goalkeeper, if a little luck, Fiorentina can win the first league win.
Captain Di Livio took the blame for not winning the game, believing that his failure to score a penalty from Chen Yu changed the course of the game, and from that moment on, the team fell into agitation, lost the composure of the shot, and finally failed to score.
Fiorentina's main striker, last season's savior Chen Yu failed to save the team in these games, according to common sense, four games, a goal and an assist to create a penalty, Chen Yu's performance is still the strongest of the three strikers, but because of Fiorentina's four consecutive draws, Chen Yu's performance was also drowned in the saliva of fans and reporters.
Chen Yu frankly expressed his views on the team's performance in the first few games, "The competition in Serie B is very fierce, the level of the team is also very high, it is normal to draw in the first three games, Fiorentina has no strength to win, and even a draw is a bit lucky, and the fourth game was forced to draw by Pescara, it is luck that is on the side of the opponent." β
Chen Yu hopes that fans don't worry, victory will definitely come, he is full of confidence in Fiorentina's promotion to Serie A this season, Fiorentina has the foundation, financial resources, high-level coaches and enthusiastic fans, as long as the run-in period passes, it will be on the right track, if the winter break can be supplemented with some powerful players, the second half will definitely be able to catch up.
Fiorentina's opponent in the next round, Albino Lefe, is not strong, they only rose from C1 last season, and there is no money to add many quality players, Fiorentina is determined to take Albino Lefe and win the first win of the season.
However, football was full of serendipity when Albino Le Fay opened the scoring less than 30 seconds into the opening 30-metre stadium at the Stadio Martinelli in Bergamo, cutting through the Sejavi goal with a long-range shot from 30 metres out to almost blind Fiorentina.
Then Fiorentina launched a fierce counterattack, and successively got the opportunity to shoot, but the shot was either blocked by the defender, or was saved by the goalkeeper bravely, when the goalkeeper and the defender could not block it, the post became the best 12th man in the Albino Lefe defense, blocking Fiorentina attacks twice in a row.
Fiorentina managed to pull a goal back in the 30th minute from Ricano's aerial bombardment, but in first-half stoppage time and at the beginning of the second half, Albino Lefe scored two more goals with two long-range shots around 30 meters to extend the score to 3:1.
The commentator was shocked and shouted: "All the players in Albino Lefey are sharpshooters. β
Look at the two goals behind, let alone win, a draw can't be won, and then Fiorentina broke out under great pressure, midfielder Longo had a dispute with Camorani because of the defensive position, Longo thought that the opponent easily shot from a distance around 30 meters, because Camorani did not defend actively, Camorani believes that he is responsible for the attack, which is the responsibility of Longo and Goofy.
Di Livio and Chen Yu came to dissuade them, but Camorani didn't sell them face, smashed the ball on the ground, and turned away angrily.
The conflict between the newcomer and the old man seriously affected the morale of the team, and although Fiorentina did not give up the attack, they did not equalize in the end and had to accept the first defeat of the season.
Four draws and one loss in the first five games, ranked 20th, Fiorentina fell into a serious crisis, last season's C 2, Fiorentina coach Verjovod was fired because of a bad start, Casingva's performance was not much better than Verjoward.
Fiorentina's president de la Valle has been following Fiorentina's game, almost every game to watch the scene, before the four consecutive draws he did not say anything, this time he finally couldn't help it, said that this Fiorentina team has a problem, but De La Valle said he believes that Casingva can make adjustments in time to lead Fiorentina to the right path.
De La Valle's words are a signal, and the media analysis after the game shows that De La Valle's patience is running out, and if Casingwa can't win again, after three rounds, he may suffer the same fate as his predecessor Viljoward.