Chen Yu was told that night that he would start tomorrow in the game against Catania, and the head coach Mondonico also explained to him in detail his position and role in the team, that is, the shadow striker behind Frizas and Ricano, so that the striker named Roddy that Chen Yu selected was not suitable, Roddy is just a striker similar to Inzaghi, Inzaghi was joked by the fans that the moment he got the ball was the world level, one step was Asian, and another step was A-level, and it was definitely a joke to be a shadow striker, Therefore, Chen Yu could only continue to choose to bind Sechov.

And Goofy did not appear in the main lineup is also expected, during the winter break Fiorentina bought three midfielders, the former Lecce midfield core Piangirelli can only play as a substitute, Goofy's strength is difficult to squeeze into the starting lineup, but being able to sit on the bench has made Goofy satisfied, after all, Fiorentina's current starting lineup does not have a pure defensive midfielder, Savini, Camorani are both attacking midfielders, and the veteran Fontana has a certain defensive ability, but he is old, Once the team takes the lead, Goofy still has a chance to come off the bench to strengthen the defense.

The match against Catania was the first game since the arrival of new coach Mondonico, and compared to the mediocre record in the first half, Fiorentina fans are full of expectations for such a game, and they are looking forward to a qualitative change in Fiorentina after the recruitment spree, and not to be as good as the first half.

Catania is not weak, now they are ranked ninth, higher than Fiorentina, their forward trident Del Vecchio, Mascara, Oliveira scored a total of 16 goals, although it can not be compared with Fiorentina's forward double Chen Yu, Ricano, but they cooperate tacitly, although Fiorentina has a home advantage, but it is very difficult to win them.

The match was played on the evening of January 6, and in the morning, there was another good news from Fiorentina, who signed Honduras international and Reggina midfielder León on loan for 500,000 euros.

León earned the nickname "Rambo" in Italian football due to his fierce appearance and strong body. However, the fierce player doesn't play all physically, his excellent skills are the foundation of his foothold in Italian football, and he also has a free kick mastery, which is basically covered by Honduras in front of the team.

Mondonico introduced Leon, mainly to strengthen the ability to score free kicks, at present, Fiorentina free kick scoring mainly depends on cooperation, there are not many players who can score direct free kicks, only Di Livio, Chen Yu and Camorani, but the goal rate is not high.

The arrival of reinforcements before the game boosted the morale of Fiorentina and the fans were ready to watch the game early, with thousands of fans around the training base and more than 1,000 fans watching Catania's team train at the Stadio Franqui.

However, Fiorentina fans treat Catania's players very civilly, and no fans intimidate the away team like Napoli fans, and this is not only because of how good the relationship between the two teams is, the Sicilian team and Perugia are both Gauci, they are Juventus, and Fiorentina can only have a normal relationship.

The reason why Fiorentina is so polite to Catania is because this season Catania sued the Football Association, which eventually led to the expansion of Serie B and Serie A, allowing Fiorentina to skip to Serie B.

Yesterday, Florence's local media "La Italia" published an article joking, "Catania helped Fiorentina jump to Serie B, and now we need you to help us enter Serie A." ”

With Chen Yu's outstanding performance in Serie B, the more and more influential "Ou Overseas Chinese Daily" also said: Catania is Fiorentina's lucky star, I hope they will send Fiorentina the most needed three points, if Fiorentina wins this game, Mondonico will have a lot less pressure behind him, and the team can also get a better run-in. “

Catania have been easily relegated this season, they are now ninth in the table, and they have good hopes of qualifying for Serie A, and they certainly don't want to do that kind of work, even at Fiorentina's home stadium, they still want to get three points.

Before the game, Catania's chairman Gauci issued an order to the team to take all three points, because the current Fiorentina seems to be strong, in fact, the combat effectiveness is limited, they have many new players, and there is almost no cooperation, if Mondonico continues to use the old players, the old players are average, and they are not necessarily Catania's opponents, it can be said that now is the best time for Catania to win, and then Fiorentina runs out, and it will be very difficult for other teams to defeat Fiorentina again.

There are two reasons why Gaucchi, who has a Serie A team in Perugia, is so interested in Catania in Serie B, one is that Fiorentina has his favorite striker Chen Yu, as a chairman who likes the Chinese market very much, Gauche once introduced Ma Mingyu, but failed, Ma Mingyu was not able to play a Serie A game, but Gauche has always been a thief to Chinese players, and was ready to buy Chen Yu several times, but was rejected by Fiorentina and Chen Yu.

Another reason why Gauci cares about Catania is that Perugia has a poor record in Serie A, and is now deep in the relegation zone, and it is very likely that they will be relegated against a long-suffering Perugia. Gauci pinned his hopes on Catania, who have had a good record this season, hoping that Catania could make it to Serie A and make up for Perugia's shortfall.

In the morning, Fiorentina continued their tactical drills at the training base, and now they must hurry up, as long as they can, they have to race against time.

After the morning training, Mondonico, who attracted the most attention in the game, took Chen Yu to hold a pre-match press conference.

"This is my first game, I know that all Fiorentina people are watching this game, according to the marketing staff, we have sold 35,000 tickets, which is a figure that is difficult to achieve in a Serie A game, you can imagine how much the Fiorentina fans are looking forward to this new Fiorentina team.

We've only been together for a short time and to be honest I can't quite name the players right now, we have a strong opponent, they're old Serie B powerhouses and they're above us in the rankings right now. But, I would say, that's not a reason for us to lose, now there are more than 30,000 fans coming to Frankie Stadium to watch the game, they don't want to see us lose in disgrace, they want to see a win, we have to make the fans happy so that they will continue to support the team, and the only way to make the fans happy is to win.

I regret to tell you that Di Livio cannot appear on the pitch for the time being, our captain on the field is still Chen, Di Livio can not play is a huge loss, everyone knows what he means to Fiorentina, he is our spiritual leader, but everyone also knows that Di Livio is a reliable captain, is our mainstay, no matter who the coach is, he needs Chen's help, I am very happy, these two days, we get along very well, he is a low-key and humble person, but on the court, He's a real killer.

In this game, we will change the defensive style of play in the first half, we will play attacking football, we will use goals to break the opponent, because we have enough forwards, Ricano, Frizas, Chen, they are all players who can give the opponent a fatal blow, and it is cowardly to have them and play defensive counter-attack. We can't just go for wins, we have to go for good games so that we can have more fans. ”

There was a round of applause from the press bench, and in Italian football, it takes a certain amount of courage to dare to say that you want to play attacking football.

Mondonico's unobtrusive sarcasm struck a blow at his predecessor, saying that he wanted to play attacking football as a way to distinguish himself from Casingwa. In fact, he did the same, and in the winter transfer, he bought mainly midfielders, and the starting line-up for this game was also dominated by attacking players, which is very different from Casingwa's almost every game.

After head coach Mondonico's speech, captain Chen Yu also expressed his views on the new coach, new teammates and the game.

'Two weeks on, Fiorentina has changed dramatically, we have a new coach and new team-mates, Mondo is a respected coach with a lot of experience leading teams to promotion, I think that's the main reason why the club and the fans chose to use him instead of coach Cavasin.

There are a lot of new teammates, and the strength is very strong, our only weakness is that the time we have been training together is too short, time is the biggest obstacle for us, but I believe that the spirit of fighting and unity will overcome this obstacle.

The media said that our strikers had a bet, and that's true, but I don't think it will affect the unity, but it will improve the quality of the players. It doesn't matter who wins or loses, as long as the team can get the three points. “

Chen Yu confirmed that there was indeed a bet between Fiorentina's forwards, which caused speculation among reporters, and everyone asked who the strikers who participated in the bet were who, but Chen Yu and Mondonico kept silent and let the reporters speculate, but in the end, according to the pre-game observations and interviews with fans, the reporters still determined that the bet was Ricano, Frizas and Chen Yu, but this also indirectly told Catania that Fiorentina's starting strikers were these three people, so that Catania had psychological preparation before the game.