Volume 1 Chapter 437 Exactly the same debut
The Champions League group stage has reached the fourth round, and now Fiorentina is first with 7 points, Barcelona is second with 5 points, Bremen is third with 3 points, and Panathinaikos is at the bottom with L points.
It will be very difficult for Bremen to qualify from the group, as they will have to beat Fiorentina and see the results of the next two rounds, while for Fiorentina they will be guaranteed to qualify by beating Bremen. The other two teams, Barcelona, have no hope of qualifying in advance this round, while Panathinaikos will be eliminated as long as they do not win.
The pressure seems to be on Panathinaikos, but in fact Panathinaikos has long been out of hope of qualifying, and the pressure is on Bremen and Fiorentina.
In the last round of the game, Fiorentina swept Bremen at home, the world was shocked, and it really played the domineering spirit of the purple lily, even Barcelona had to admit that Fiorentina was their biggest opponent to win the first place in the group, and the European bookmaker also adjusted Fiorentina's odds to win the championship again, and they rose directly from the previous ll place to 7th place, becoming the team with the highest odds of winning the championship after the European giants.
Fiorentina are still on the rise, finishing second in the league and first in the league when Fiorentina and Bremen met in the last leg, and Fiorentina are already the leaders of Serie A and have not suffered a single defeat in all the battles so far.
Although Fiorentina are strong and in full form, they are one of the favourites to qualify from the group, but Bremen are not bad, they are still the leaders of the Bundesliga, they still have a strong attacking force, and the last defeat in Italy may have been just because they were nervous, and as we all know, Bremen are a nerve knife.
Bremen returned to their home stadium with the support of more than 40,000 fans at the Stade Wich, and the German media believed that Bremen had every hope of beating Fiorentina and maintaining their hopes of qualifying.
Germany's "Bild" believes that the last Bremen fiasco is not a true reflection of the strength of the two sides, they and Florence are still equal, this game Bremen is a backwater, and there is a home advantage, the hope of winning is greater than Fiorentina, but "Bild" believes that if Bremen wants to win, it must stare at China Chen, he is the most dangerous player in Florence, almost all Florence's attacks are initiated by him, if China Chen is not contained, it is almost impossible for Bremen to win.
"44" and "Bild" have a similar view, that Chen Yu is the most dangerous figure in Florence, but the reporter of "44" believes that it is very difficult to prevent Chen Yu, before Fiorentina did not appear in the Champions League, there was no player in Italy who could prevent Chen Yu, and now Fiorentina has entered the European arena, judging from the few games they have played, Chen Yu is still unsolvable, so defeating Fiorentina in addition to limiting Chen Yu's play, but also to improve their attack power, Defending alone is certainly useless.
The atmosphere in Italy is different from that of the German media, with all four Serie A teams in good shape and high hopes of qualifying from the group, and Fiorentina can even qualify two rounds earlier by beating Bremen, which makes the Italian media full of confidence in the future of the four teams.
Corriere della Sera believes that although Fiorentina has the disadvantage of playing away from home in this game, they are 4 points ahead of Bremen in the group stage, and these 4 points are very important for Fiorentina, which gives them the initiative in attack and defense, and this initiative can completely offset Bremen's home advantage.
La Repubblica believes that although Fiorentina has a strong attacking power, its opponents must have been thoroughly studied for a long time; Therefore, in order to win this game at home to Bremen, Fiorentina must consider finding players from other positions who can attack and score goals, and take the opponent by surprise.
The media comments were mainly aimed at the fans, not the players, and no player would take the newspaper comments and instructions seriously, so when the media set off a national discussion on how to beat Bremen away, Fiorentina was still training normally, and the only change was to strengthen the defense of the header, obviously, they are also known as the "KK" combination of Klose and Krasnic
Two days later
On the morning of matchday 1 of the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, the Fiorentina coaches flew to Bremen, known as Rome in the north.
Bremen is a city in northern Germany, they have a long history, as early as the 8th century it was the capital of the episcopal diocese, and it quickly prospered due to its market privileges. In the ll century, it was called the "Rome of the North". UU, the city joined the Hanseatic League, a powerful alliance of merchants with more than 90 trading cities on the North Sea, the Baltic coast and the interior. In 1646, Bremen became a free imperial city, which did not belong to any county lord and was directly governed by the kingdom.
Today, Bremen has a population of 10,000 and is the capital of Bremen, Germany's smallest federal state, and the central city of northwestern Germany. Industries such as food processing, aerospace, logistics and shipping, automobile manufacturing, trading and wind power are pillar industries in Bremen. Due to its high industrial intensity, Bremen ranks second in Germany in terms of GDP per human settlement. In addition, Bremen has the reputation of being a "fairytale city".
When the Florence players and coaches arrived in Bremen, it was during the Bremen Free Market, a large folk festival that takes place from October to ll, similar to the Oktoberfest, during which about four million people come to visit, and is known as the third largest folk festival in Germany.
Although the citizens and tourists of Bremen were reveling in the festive season, the arrival of Florence caused a sensation, with about 10,000 fans, non-fans and pseudo-fans demonstrating to Florence at the airport, expressing Bremen's determination that it would not be able to win.
To be honest, Florence was shocked to see so many people coming to pick up the airport, they had never experienced such a grand reception before.
At the airport, the leading figures of Florence expressed their determination and hope for victory to reporters.
Prandelli said: "We're all very excited to get out of the group tomorrow and we can imagine how difficult it will be tomorrow when you see the number of fans coming to pick you up, but I'm confident in my players and I believe they have the ability and the hope to beat Bremen again and win the group and then give it a good time." ”
On behalf of his teammates, Chen Yu expressed his desire for tomorrow's game and his confidence in winning.
Chen Yu said: "Bremen is a great and beautiful city, and the fans here are very supportive of Bremen, which will be the biggest problem we will encounter in this game, but in all fairness, Bremen's strength is still not comparable to a giant like Barcelona and Inter. Fiorentina have enough confidence to draw with Barcelona and beat Inter Milan and now we will not be affected by the away game and will go according to the original plan. ”
As the most special player in the team, Frei's performance in the previous games was eye-catching, although it was not as close to Real Madrid as Chen Yu and Tony in front and Frei as in the back, but Frei's play was also crucial.
Frei told reporters: "This is a great expedition for Fiorentina, this game wins, we will be able to qualify two rounds in advance, in the year of the tournament, the fitness of the players is always a big problem, if we can win the championship in advance, obviously it will be of greater help to our fitness, and many people think that a good goalkeeper is equivalent to half the success, but as a goalkeeper, I would say, such a statement is actually a bit exaggerated, the goalkeeper needs to rely on the help of the back line to deal with the opponent's striker, although the goalkeeper is a little special, But they are part of the group and this game is a big test for us and I hope I don't play well because if I'm good means the team is in danger. ”
In the face of the provocation and troublemaking of more than 10,000 Bremen fans, the head coach and two main players of Fiorentina boldly accepted an interview with reporters at the airport, which made everyone look at Fiorentina and the players with admiration, and made Fiorentina fans more confident in victory.
Since Fiorentina and Bremen had just played two weeks ago, Fiorentina didn't have much to prepare for this game, after coming to Bremen in the morning, the players first had a good rest, and then eat, after the meal, the team went to the Stade Wihi for a bit of adaptation, and then the players went out to play freely, and then came back in the evening to watch a few highlights of the first matchday of the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.
The first matchday of the fourth round of the Champions League group stage was played first.
Matchday 1 was a mixed bag, with most of the big teams winning the game, with only Milan and Chelsea missing out. Inter Milan beat Porto, Liverpool beat Anderlecht 3-0, Real Madrid beat Rosenborg 0, and after winning the fourth round, these three teams have no problem qualifying from the group, and the battle is actually for the first or second place in the group.
Chelsea and AC Milan suffered surprise defeats, but the defeat did not have any material impact on Chelsea and Milan's group progression, only delayed their qualification.
Seeing Chelsea defeated by Real Betis L:0 and Milan defeated by PSV Eindhoven L:0, the Champions League powers who played the next day were secretly vigilant, and they knew that the fourth round was a round that would determine the overall situation of qualifying.
Before the start of the evening game, Fiorentina also held a team meeting, the theme of which was not to be careless, to be sure to qualify early in Bremen, and not to delay the hope of qualifying until the last round, because by then there are many variables, a casual mistake, a referee's misjudgment, will make a completely different result.
Fiorentina's players have certainly been complacent in their recent period, but now it is time for the team to qualify, and the players have shown great fighting spirit, they all understand the importance of this game, and they all hope to be able to deal with Bremen at this time, rather than waiting until the last round of the game against Barcelona to fight hard.
When it comes to Bremen's Champions League and the Champions League, Bremen's fans have shown great enthusiasm, and from the morning onwards, the city has been transformed from a festival of the Liberty Fair to a festival of football, with most of the visitors donning Bremen shirts and coming to the stadium and its vicinity to support their team.
By 7 p.m., more than 30,000 people had entered the stadium, and an hour before the game, the stadium was full.
At 8:30 the game began, and at 8 o'clock, the commentator came to the scene, and he first blew Bremen's attack power to the fans on the big screen with the wonderful goal shot, and also held the microphone to greet the fans and cheer him a few times.
Fifteen minutes into the game, the starting lists of both sides were sent to the commentators and other officials.
"Let's take a look at Bremen's starting line-up: goalkeeper Reynke; Defenders: Owonoera, Andreasen, Naldo, Schulz; Midfielders: Frijns, Baumann, Borowski, Miku; Forwards: Krasnic and Klos.
God, this starting lineup is no different from the last game, Bremen lost badly in the last game, and was scored by the opponent to score a U goal, but this time Schaaf sent the exact same starting lineup, I really don't know what this guy thinks, does he still think that there is no problem with his lineup in the last game? Did he think such a lineup would have played a completely different result today?
Let's take a look at Fiorentina's starting XI for this game: goalkeeper Frei, back four: Maggio, Uj Farousi, Dainelli, Pancarlo, three midfielders: Jorgensen, Donader, Fiore, three forwards: Chen Yu, Di Natale and Toney.
Ah god Fiorentina's starting lineup is exactly the same as the starting lineup of the last Champions League game, I'm going crazy, I can't believe that Prandelli and Schaaf didn't change their lineups, and they played again with the same starters from the last game? ”
The starting line-ups of both teams today were exactly the same as those in the previous game, which also shocked the fans in the field, the European fans are very different from the Asian fans, they have been trained in football for decades, and when it comes to tactics, they are not even worse than the manager and the journalists, but they have not encountered such a situation yet.
And the Chinese commentator Huang Jianxiang obviously has his own unique view of such a starting lineup, "...... Obviously, it seems that there is no change, but in fact it is a surprise victory, because no one thought that they would arrange their troops like this, so they were able to make the opponent unexpected, Schaff is actually a smart person, and we can imagine that Bremen's style of play today will never be the same as the last game, they will definitely play another style, and Fiorentina is obviously a little more complicated, first, Fiorentina may have taken into account that the last game played a U: big score with such a lineup, so this game is still the same lineup as the previous game, so that it can be brilliant, and another possibility is that Prandelli also took into account that Schaff thought he would make some fine-tuning, so he didn't adjust it at all...... Of course, these are all based on the principle of conspiracy theories, but in reality, when the two managers make the line-up, they are likely to only make the configuration according to the strength at hand...... It's all about the game, and as soon as the game starts, we know what the two managers think......
In the eyes of everyone full of doubts, the fourth round of the Champions League group stage Bremen home to Fiorentina kicked off.
The starting line-ups of both teams today were exactly the same as those in the previous game, which also shocked the fans in the field, the European fans are very different from the Asian fans, they have been trained in football for decades, and when it comes to tactics, they are not even worse than the manager and the journalists, but they have not encountered such a situation yet.
And the Chinese commentator Huang Jianxiang obviously has his own unique view of such a starting lineup, "...... Obviously, it seems that there is no change, but in fact it is a surprise victory, because no one thought that they would arrange their troops like this, so they were able to make the opponent unexpected, Schaff is actually a smart person, and we can imagine that Bremen's style of play today will never be the same as the last game, they will definitely play another style, and Fiorentina is obviously a little more complicated, first, Fiorentina may have taken into account that the last game played a U: big score with such a lineup, so this game is still the same lineup as the previous game, so that it can be brilliant, and another possibility is that Prandelli also took into account that Schaff thought he would make some fine-tuning, so he didn't adjust it at all...... Of course, these are all based on the principle of conspiracy theories, but in reality, when the two managers make the line-up, they are likely to only make the configuration according to the strength at hand...... It's all about the game, and as soon as the game starts, we know what the two managers think......
In the eyes of everyone full of doubts, the fourth round of the Champions League group stage Bremen home to Fiorentina kicked off.
The game used such a lineup to play a big U: score, so this game still uses the lineup from the previous game, so that it can be brilliant, and another possibility is that Prandley also considered that Schaff thought he would make some fine-tuning, so he didn't adjust it at all...... Of course, these are all based on the principle of conspiracy theories, and in reality, when the two managers made the line-up, they were very