Fiorentina was not able to directly qualify for Serie A in a good situation, and was forced to play a two-legged play-off with Serie A 15th place Perugia at the end of the season, and now the Portuguese European Championship has kicked off, and the players who have been directly promoted to Serie A Palermo, Cagliari, Livorno, Messina, and Atalanta can watch the game leisurely or go on vacation, while the Fiorentina players must continue to train the pitch to meet these two life-and-death matches.

Fiorentina are definitely a super strong team in Serie B, some media believe they have a quasi-Serie A squad, but their opponents Perugia are serious Serie A teams, even if they only finish 15th this season, they are definitely stronger than Fiorentina.

Perugia played in the play-offs three times in 1968, 1993 and 1998, winning all three of them, and although most of the players who had participated in the play-offs left, it gave the Fiorentina players a strong psychological advantage.

However, the energetic, good at hype of Perugia coach Xi Gaoqi did not dare to be careless, the play-offs are not a league, the chances are greater, 180 minutes of poor performance, you just have no matter how strong the strength is useless, in order to ensure that the team can win the two play-offs, Lao Gaori and Fiorentina have fought psychological warfare.

'Fiorentina have a lot of quality and at the same time they are protected, so I hope we don't have to meet Fiorentina in the play-offs, but now that we do, I can only hope that we can beat the opposition and all the unfair treatment.' Gauci said this provocatively in an interview with Perugia television.

In order to show that he is not afraid of Fiorentina, Perugia is likely to remain in Serie A as a victim of match-fixing without having to play the play-offs, when many teams are being investigated for match-fixing. Gauge said contemptuously: "Perugia's relegation only needs to be done on the field, we don't need any gifts from match-fixing. The European Championship has begun, but the two meetings with Fiorentina on 16 and 21 June are the most important ones, and winning those two games is equivalent to winning the European Championship for us.

Gauci's words immediately spread throughout Italy and aroused the indignation of the Florentines.

"We've experienced countless similar criticisms and pressures. That's nothing.

Fiorentina's captain Di Livio said with a smile.

"I think what he said was his fear of us. I don't think we're protected, and if we're protected, then we should have qualified for Serie A right now, and we have to play the play-offs? ”

Fiorentina's vice-president, the top scorer in Serie B, Chen Yu, who has just announced his comeback, is very dissatisfied with Gao Qi's use of such a method to create pressure on Fiorentina, "Since you are ready to see a real chapter on the field, don't chirp crookedly, you don't have enough strength, even if someone helps you, you are a scumbag, if you are really a man, shut up now, and talk with your feet when the time comes." ”

Now Chen Yu is no longer the original nameless boy, even the players and fans of Serie A have heard of Chen Yu, scored 46 goals in 46 games, and this is still done in the absence of six rounds, even the strikers of Serie A dare not say that they have such a performance, for Chen Yu, the forwards of Serie A are both curious and a little disdainful.

Perugia's leading striker, Lavanelli, known as Pulsatilla, said to Chen Yu in such a tone that his boss Xi Gaoqi is very unaccustomed to it, "Young people have no education, and they feel great when they score a few more goals in Serie B, and when you come to Serie A, you will understand that these are two different worlds, and you can score 40 goals in Serie B, which does not mean that you can score 20 goals in Serie A." ”

Chen Yu has never been shy about taking on challenges, no matter who his opponent is or how strong he is, but before he could speak, his teammate Rigano hit back at veteran Ravanelli. "There are Serie A players who play Serie B, and Serie B players also play Serie A, I don't believe there is a world of difference between the two, Perugia is also a Serie A team now, I think everyone can see whether the strikers of Serie B can break through the door of Serie A teams."

Although the European Championship is going on at this time, the main focus of the media is on the European Cup, but Fiorentina and Perugia do not care who will win the European Cup, the two sides will exchange fire in the air, and the fans are also boiling, on the rising Internet, Fiorentina fans and Perugia fans post to each other to support their teams, and the fans of the two teams are playing happily on the Internet before the game starts.

The first leg of the play-offs, played at the Estadio Torcuri in Perugiarena, is a favourable condition for Fiorentina, who can play to their heart's content on the road and return to home to give it a go, much more favourably than home and away

However, the painful lessons of the last six rounds of the Serie B league are also reminding Fiorentina that with Chen Yu, everything is possible, without Chen Yu, everything is possible, the difference is that one is a possible change for the better, and the other is a possible change for the bad, and now Fiorentina must understand the state of Chen Yu and fully release Chen Yu's combat effectiveness, only in this way can they wrestle with a Serie A team like Perugia.

On June 15th, the last training match ended, the main side defeated the substitute side 6:2, as the striker of the main side, Chen Yu scored four goals, the state is very good, after the game, Chen Yu sat on the lawn and gasped for breath.

After lightning transformation and his own hard workout, Chen Yu's physical fitness is very good now, definitely considered to be an upper-middle physique, but in the month of the injury, he spent most of his time recuperating, not daring to go to the intensity, the original running and cycling exercise that he had insisted on for almost two years was also forced to interrupt, and now his physical fitness is still difficult to support 9O minutes, and now it is only a training match within the team, even if at the request of Mondonico, the players play very seriously, but it is still not comparable with the real game, However, Chen Yu still felt very tired.

"How does it feel?"

Mondonico came to Chen Yu's side and squatted down and handed Chen Yu a bottle of water.

"It's okay, I'm feeling a little tired." Chen Yu gulped down the water and poured the water on his head, the weather in June was already a little hot.

"I've been injured for a month, and it's going to take at least two or three games to fully recover. ”

Chen Yu smiled and said: "Actually, it's mainly psychological, I always feel weird in my knees, although I know that it's completely fine." ”

Mondonico said: "Normal, after being injured, people will always have a little psychological shadow, what do you think of the position I arranged for you today." ”

Chen Yu smiled and said, "It's okay, it's nothing to play on the left side." ”

"It's a little awkward to cross from the left, but it's easier to cut inside, and you are put in the left winger position, mainly because Perugia's right-back Zemaria is very good at assisting the defense, we have to suppress him, Grafiedi still lacks a little bit of fire," said Mondonico. ”

Mondonico glanced at Grafiedi, this week, he has repeated the experiment several times, but Grafiedi is really not good, there is a gap between his ability and Chen Yu, and he can't take care of both offensive and defensive ends, judging from the game video, if Grafierdi is allowed to play on the left side, this way may not have any attack power, and it is possible to be broken through by Zemaria, so Mondonico gave up the idea of letting Chen Yu play shadow striker and self-defeating, fixed him on the left side, and suppressed the Brazilian international Zemaria.

Although Mondonico did this from a certain point of view, it limited Chen Yu's play, because Chen Yu was very versatile, allowing him to run in the front court for free reason, he was fully able to play the role of center, shadow striker, and even midfielder, but with his strongest player, he suppressed the opponent's strongest side and broke one of the opponent's arms, and at the same time, if Chen Yu played well, he could also open the gap on the opponent's strongest side and hit the opponent's self-confidence.

In addition to this reason, Mondonico did this because Fiorentina have a good centre-forward, and Rigano has scored 25 goals, has excellent headers, and is a superb shooter who can play his own role in the middle.

Chen Yu said: "Perugia is also very strong in attack, Lavanelli is experienced, and Boothroyd is not only good at heading, but also good at his feet. ”

Mondonico patted Chen Yu on the shoulder, "I know that their strength is stronger than ours, but our morale is better than theirs, now they are fighting at home, they will definitely attack, as long as we can hold our position, you and Rigano fight their counterattack, may not have a chance to score away goals." ”

Chen Yu pondered for a while, and finally said in a low voice: "Actually, I think Vantini's performance during this period of time is very good, and his condition is better than Grafiedi's. ”

Mondonico was a little surprised, he didn't arrange Gao Fei to start this game, he thought that Chen Yu would give Gao Fei a word, but he didn't expect Chen Yu to recommend Vantini.

Mondonico thought for a moment and said: "Frizzas went to play in the European Cup, I wanted Vandini to play as a substitute for Ricano, but think about it, during this time, Vandini is really in good shape, and he just scored a goal in the substitute lineup, so I'll think about it again." ”

Chen Yu said: "I just suggest this, in the away game, the most important thing for us is to score, the victory is not the most important, I think send the best state of the player, impact, and then look at the effect, if the start is not good, the good state of the player will not necessarily be able to turn the tide." ”

Mondonico patted Chen Yu on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you and Di Livio will leave a few minutes late, let's discuss it together, these two games are related to our efforts in a season, everyone must know everything and do their best to play this game." ”

Chen Yu nodded solemnly, "It's the coach, I understand my responsibility."