Volume 1 Chapter 272 A Rollercoaster Status
Round 19 is a good chance for Fiorentina to return to the top of the table.
Juventus were the first to draw away from Cagliari, and it was 37-year-old veteran Gianfranco Zola who equalized for Cagliari.
What is ironic is that Zola, who is 1.69 meters tall and is known as a bantam tiger, broke through the gate guarded by Buffon with a header.
Fiorentina and AC Milan chased too closely, Capello played too conservatively in this game, before Emerson's goal, Juventus played more actively, but after the goal became conservative and defensive-oriented, and Cagliari was aggressive, if it wasn't for Buffon's excellent save, Juventus could have lost the game.
In the face of the sudden upset, Fiorentina was clearly a little unprepared.
Their opponents are also Brescia in the middle and lower reaches, without Baggio, Brescia is a toothless tiger, but Fiorentina, desperate for victory, repeatedly missed chances in front of Brescia's goal, although Chen Yu scored his first goal in the 75th minute, but Brescia took advantage of a mistake in the Fiorentina back line to equalize.
After the end, Fiorentina was allowed to bombard Brescia's goal again, but they were never able to score again, and could only reluctantly shake hands with Brescia away from home.
Juventus and Fiorentina were held to a draw, which was also a good opportunity for AC Milan to shrink and overtake, but AC Milan faced fourth-placed Udinese in this round.
The gap between the big dark horse Udinese and AC Milan is only 3 points, AC Milan wants to beat the black rooster to surpass Fiorentina, and Udinese also wants to win AC Milan into the top three.
This high-profile match not only attracted the attention of Milan fans and black chicken fans, but even Juventus and Fiorentina fans were also attracted by this match.
Udinese were no slouch to finish in the top four and take their place at Inter Milan, not to mention that they had not lost to AC Milan in two seasons and were unafraid to face AC Milan away and took the lead in the ninth minute.
But AC Milan is AC Milan, the old spicy they played without impatience after falling behind, and calmly organized a counterattack, first equalized by Mr. Golden Ball Shevchenko, and then Udinese's defender Jankulovski scored another own goal, and Kaka scored from a distance after the most sloppy, and finally Milan beat Udinese 3:l at home, breaking the "black chicken taboo", overtaking Fiorentina, ranking second in the standings, only L points less than Juventus at the top of the table.
Losing to Atalanta, beating Lazio, and then being forced to draw by the weak team Brescia, Fiorentina fans are very dissatisfied with Fiorentina's rollercoaster state after the winter break, but look at Capello's Juventus is the same, Fiorentina fans can't complain, after all, Fiorentina is a promoted team, Mondonico is the first time to coach Serie A, and it is already a miracle to be able to play at this level.
The next round will be a huge test for Fiorentina, in this round Juventus and AC Milan are facing underdogs, Fiorentina will play Roma and will face Roma twice in three days, one in the league and one in the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia.
Fiorentina and Roma were at the bottom of the game, with Juventus continuing to lead the table with a solid 0-0 win over Brescia in the first nine league games, while AC Milan were unexpectedly beaten 1-0 away from Livorno.
The two giants in front of Fiorentina won one and lost one, Udinese, who was ranked behind Fiorentina, also lost, and Inter Milan drew the first game strangely, which made Fiorentina under a lot less pressure, at least there was no danger of being caught up behind.
The three rounds after the winter break in Rome, one win, one loss and one draw, still hovering around seven or eight in the standings, which is unacceptable to Rome, which is eager to enter the Champions League.
At the beginning of the game, Fiorentina and Roma were not conservative, both sides lined up in a 433 formation,-for-tat, from the midfield to the front, and wonderful attacks continued to emerge, feasting the eyes of fans on both sides.
The first goal was supposed to come before the first minute, but the referee was the protagonist, and in the 15th minute, Totti passed the ball to Cassano, who assisted Montella and the "little plane" hoisted the ball into the empty net, but the referee Erroldi decided that the Barry boy was offside, which was a clear miscalculation.
l minutes later, Chen Yu shot a long shot, Roma goalkeeper Perizzoli pounced on the ball, Mikoli lightningly inserted a supplementary shot, the linesman raised the flag again to signal offside, and the angry Mikoli chased the referee and did not give up, adding a yellow card to himself, and will miss the next round.
Perizzoli's mistake was seen by Chen Yu, and he felt that there was a problem with Perizoli's save today, so he interestingly strengthened the long-range shot. In the lth minute, Chen Yu fired a powerful right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, and Perizzoli did get away again, but unfortunately Maresca cut in in time and he easily sent the ball into Roma's net.
Fiorentina leads l:0.
But then it's time for the show in Rome.
In the first minute, Maresca, who was still immersed in the joy of his third goal of the season, was cut off by Dacu, Totti passed to Cassano on the right, and Bari played Chiellini with a pinpoint right-footed shot past Lupatri to equalize the score.
In the 58th minute, Totti saw the Fiorentina goalkeeper standing in front, the Roman prince shot from a long distance near the halfway line, and Lupatelli desperately chased back to save the ball from the bottom line.
Totti and Cassano took turns to perform, but they couldn't withstand Chen Yu's lightning strike.
In the 78th minute of the game, Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata went straight to the feet of Mikoli in the middle, and Mikoli stopped and flicked the ball behind the Roma defender.
Chen Yu, who was bound to Thomason's consciousness, flashed between the defenders like lightning, and stabbed in the big penalty area, rewriting the score to:
It was Chen Yu's first goal and the last goal of the game, and Fiorentina defeated Roma at home to overtake AC Milan and return to second place in the standings.
After the first round of the league, the Coppa Italia quarter-finals are in midweek, with Fiorentina taking on Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
Fiorentina have a chance of winning the league title and they don't want to give up in the cup, and at the Stadio Olimpico, Mondonico fielded the full squad.
Roma are now also using the cup competition as a lifeline, and Delneri is also an elite player, wanting to take advantage of the home advantage and avenge a small league defeat.
The two sides had just fought three days ago, and they knew each other well, and there was almost no need to test this game, and they directly exposed their sharpest weapons and pierced the opponent's vital point.
It was the Fiorentina who took the lead first, and it was Chen Yu who scored, and his long-range shot left Perizzoli with nothing to do.
Scoring in the knockout stages of a cup is completely different from that of a league, and such an away goal is equivalent to two goals.
After Chen Yu's goal, the Roma were in a hurry, if they lost this game at home, they basically didn't need to go away, and now they must beat Fiorentina to have a chance of qualifying.
In the second half, Roma genius Cassano was powerful, his sharp breakthrough on the right side made Chiellini completely unable to find the north, in the 58th minute of the game, Cassano passed Chiellini through the crotch, and passed De Rossi, De Rossi pushed the goal unmarked, helping Roma equalize, and also left a glimmer of life for Roma's promotion.
Roma were unforgiving, and continued to storm around Fiorentina, hoping to win the game, but Fiorentina defended well, their layered defense made Roma's cooperation unable to play, and it was difficult to break through all the defenses, and until the most rear, the Roma team was not able to score again.
The L:L score was a win for Fiorentina, a minimal win, but even such a victory allowed Fiorentina to take the absolute initiative in the second leg, and they only needed a goalless draw to eliminate Roma at home, and Roma would have to win away from home or play a high-scoring draw if they want to progress to the semi-finals.
The cup tie alongside Fiorentina is also AC Milan and Udinese. The two teams also played each other in the league at the weekend, which was won by Milan.
Udinese returned to their home stadium and played a wonderful game, and led 0-0 in the first half, but in the second half, AC Milan scored three goals in a row to snatch three points from Udinese's mouth.
In the other semi-zone, Inter Milan l:UJ Atalanta took the lead on the road to qualification, while in the other game, Cagliari beat Sampdoria 0 at home to almost seal a place in the last four.
Just after the cup competition, and then the second round of the league at the weekend, Fiorentina rushed to Cagliari to challenge another promoted Macagliari who had achieved very well.
In the league, Fiorentina is still in good form and a bad game, and this match against Cagliari will never be more difficult than Roma, but Fiorentina still lost this game 0:1 away.
With AC Milan also losing, Fiorentina's second position remains unchanged, but leaders Juventus have been consistent, beating Atalanta and extending their points to four points with Fiorentina.
In the first round of the league, Juventus was defeated by Sampdoria l:0, while Fiorentina and AC Milan both won to narrow the gap with Juventus to l points and 3 points.
At this point in the league, although there are still many teams in theory to compete for the title, I am afraid that not many people will doubt that the current title race has become a battle for the top three of Juventus, AC Milan and Fiorentina
The points gap between the three teams is between one game, whoever loses a game, the position of the standings will change, and at this time, the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup kicked off in midweek, and the quarterfinals of the Champions League are about to begin, Juventus can lose the Italian Cup, but the Champions League must not be lost, now everyone is fighting on two fronts, and the depth of the bench of the three teams is likely to determine the most difficult title competition.