The 14th round against Bologna was crucial for Fiorentina.

Fiorentina had not won in two games, losing one and drawing and conceding five points, which wiped out all the advantages that Fiorentina had saved up in the previous area, and now Juventus is only one point away from him, and AC Milan is only two points, both between games. If Fiorentina can't win this round, AC Milan and Juventus may catch up with or even surpass him in points, and Fiorentina's opponent in the next round is the defending champion AC Milan, if the match against Bologna cannot be won, the demoralized Fiorentina has no hope of winning against AC Milan.

Morale and confidence are very important for a team all the time, and once you don't have that confidence and morale, anything can happen. With the strength of Inter Milan, there were not many strong opponents in the first 13 rounds, but they actually drew 10 rounds, because they did not play well at the beginning, and then they became more and more demoralized and confident, and became more and more impatient, and as a result, they lost the hope of winning the championship in just one third of the team.

Bologna's strength is average, it has always been a team in the middle of the lower reaches, although it wants to be relegated, but there is no need to worry about relegation, after the team's offensive core Signori retired, Bologna's strength has been greatly reduced, and the old coach Mazzoni seems to be unable to control the team, and now L3 rounds have passed, Bologna is ranked fourth from the bottom, and the road to relegation is very difficult,

In this round against Fiorentina, Bologna's goal is simple: to get a point.

Bologna's biggest reliance on Fiorentina to pick up points is their goalkeeper Pagliuca.

Pagliuca is a talented goalkeeper, not as great as Zoff and Gianluigi Buffon, but he is also a legend, having played nearly 500 Serie A games and played in the 1994 and 1998 World Cup as the main goalkeeper of the Italian national team. He witnessed Inter Milan's 1991998 season and was instrumental in Inter's UEFA Cup triumph.

He's 38 years old this year, he's too old to play in any other position, but in the goalkeeper position, he can still play, and in the previous games, he also played well, but the Bologna back line is terrible, he is alone.

Speaking of which, Pagliuca is still the bitter master of Fiorentina, in the 967 season Inter Milan and Fiorentina battle, Pagliuca with the power of one person, blocked the indiscriminate bombardment of Barty and Costa, and contributed several world-class saves, and finally helped Inter Milan to clean up Fiorentina away.

Before the game, Mondonico knew that Bologna must defend to the death, and he sent a combination of three forwards, Chen Yu, Ricano, and Micoli, to prepare to storm Bologna's penalty area.

Bologna's formation and style of play did not surprise Mondonico, Mazzoni sent out a 54L formation, leaving only one striker Locatelli in front, and that's it, Locatelli still often defends to the front of his penalty area, looking like a midfielder.

Faced with such opponents and style of play, Fiorentina bombarded Bologna from the first minute, hoping to break the deadlock sooner.

Wanting to score early in the stormy attack is actually a dangerous mentality, and it is also a manifestation of a lack of confidence in one's own offense and defense, and this lack of confidence is why Chen Yu's goals can be kept as stable as a Swiss clock before, because he has this kind of confidence necessary in front of the goal, but unfortunately not everyone in Fiorentina is Chen Yu, after Chen Yu was watched by the opponent with two people and three people, Fiorentina's attack was only left in form.

In the 70th minute of the game, Fiorentina was lucky to get a penalty opportunity, Chen Yu took the penalty, many people were worried that Chen Yu would miss if he did not score in two rounds, but Chen Yu showed his strong psychological quality at this time, he broke through Pagliuca's door with a push, and the score became 0 Chen Yu also scored his 19 Serie A goals after two rounds.

However, the lack of confidence also had an impact on Fiorentina's defence, and under the pressure of the desire to win after the draw, the defenders were too afraid to concede the ball and make mistakes, but in the end, they were more and more afraid of something, and in the 83rd minute, Bologna sent a corner, and Locat took advantage of the Fiorentina defender's rise to equalise with a powerful header.

Fiorentina then became more and more impatient, and their attack became more disorganized, and they could not find any more chances to score under Bologna's tight iron bucket, and finally had to draw with Bologna at home.

Fiorentina were unable to take their own destiny into their own hands, while his opponents AC Milan and Juventus showed their old spiciness, beating Lazio and Parma by the same scoreline to finish Fiorentina overtake. Juventus overtook Fiorentina by l points to regain top spot in the league, while AC Milan tied Fiorentina on points and finished third on goal difference.

After a three-game winless run that handed the top spot to title rivals Juventus and allowed defending champions AC Milan to catch up, there was once again discord in the dressing room, as well as criticism from the media and fans.

When you win, you are a handsome man who hides all kinds of ugliness, and all contradictions are hidden underneath, and after consecutive losses, the hidden contradictions are exposed

First, Nakata complained that he was not reusable and had too little playing time, and then goalkeeper Sejas said he wanted to compete openly with Lupatelli rather than sit on the bench. Even striker Van Dini, who has been obscure, has said that if he can't play for a minute, he would rather leave during the winter break.

The complaints of the three players are only internal problems within the team, and the media has made the whole world aware of the current situation of Fiorentina, which has made the pressure on Fiorentina great.

"Milan Sport" believes that the reason why Fiorentina has not won three games is that they are sick and suffer from Chen Yu dependence, and when Chen Yu does not score or scores less, Fiorentina does not know how to win. And the reason why Fiorentina suffer from Chen Yu dependence is mainly because of their head coach Mondonico. The Serie A newcomer is not without other strikers, Micoli, Di Natale, Rigano, Van Dini, Pordillo, these strikers are either proud or members of the national team, but Mondonico does not trust them, Pordillo has started twice tightly, and now he can only appear in the Italian Cup, and the furious Van Dini has not even participated in the Italian Cup, how can such a striker perform well in the competition.

The criticism of the newspaper "Republic" was a little more tactful, "Fiorentina got carried away after sitting at the top of the table, and after they were beaten by Livorno, the situation has changed, and the rookie Mondonico is not aware of the hardships of Serie A, and he is not prepared in advance, which makes Fiorentina fall into passivity." Now the priority is not to win the game immediately, but to seriously adjust the mentality, the next game, Fiorentina will play AC Milan, if you can adjust the mentality, Fiorentina is not without a chance to beat AC Milan on the road, they have beaten Juventus away from home. “

"Torino Sport" believes that Fiorentina want to win the championship, the biggest shortcoming is their head coach Mondonico, Mondonico is not young, but has no experience in coaching Serie A, Fiorentina now has the opportunity to become the Kaiserslautern of Serie A, they just lack an experienced coach like Rehhagel.

"Torino Sport" suggested that Fiorentina consider changing coaches during the winter break, Cooper, Trim, Prandelli and other managers have not yet been hired, if Fiorentina can find a suitable manager, even if the situation is unfavorable now, they will definitely have a chance to rise again, and now continue to use Mondonico, the game will become more and more intense, and there may be some unexpected situations.

The media criticism of Fiorentina has put a lot of pressure on the Fiorentinans, but it has caused much less distraction and pressure on them compared to the league against AC Milan.

∧ the big battle between Milan and Fiorentina has a double meaning: Galliani and De La Valle are fighting around the professional league president race on the sidelines, and the feud between the two on the field has also been resolved intuitively, that is, ∧ Milan and Fiorentina have a match.

It is precisely because of the various grievances between the two that the battle between Milan and Fiorentina ∧ particularly eye-catching, and various media have also taken turns to hype.

Fiorentina coach Mondonico is not in danger of being out for the time being, but he definitely wants to win this game, considering that Milan cannot be offended too hard, Fiorentina intends to ease the atmosphere, head coach Mondonico said: "I know what you want to ask the most, if we win de la Valle of course we will be happy, but it is not a victory for Galliani, but a victory for the team." ”

Fiorentina president Della Valle claimed: "∧ Milan is a model club and I will definitely shake hands with Galliani on Sunday because I think he is a good manager of the club. ”

Ostensibly, Galliani responded to De La Valle's overtures: "Thanks to his praise, I'm happy with Fiorentina's return to the first division. In fact, now Galliani regrets allowing De La Valle to enter the Italian football circle, when Fiorentina was supposed to enter the amateur league, but the Italian Football Federation and the professional league led by Galliani and Carraro gave extrajudicial favors, allowing Fiorentina to stay in the lowest level of the professional C and unusually promoted them from C to Serie B, but this result was to cultivate a big enemy for himself.

In addition to Galliani and Della Valle, there is also the battle between Chen Yu and Shevchenko, and now the European Ballon d'Or has basically settled, everyone predicts that Shevchenko will be elected, and Fiorentina's leading striker Chen Yu has now scored 19 league goals and become the most powerful striker in Serie A, and the clash between them will also determine who is the strongest striker in Serie A.