Volume 1 Chapter 110 Away Battle of Turin
and the victory of Catania could not hide the situation in which Florence was in ruins.
When Cassinwa left, the record could not be considered too bad, but the team's locker room problem has not been well solved, mainly relying on the ability and prestige of Di Livio and Chen Yu to suppress the contradiction, and now a large number of powerful quasi-Serie A players have joined, covering up the original contradiction, but new contradictions have emerged.
Before the game, there was a conflict between Greek international Frizas and Fiorentina's main scorer Rigano and captain Di Livio.
After the match with Catania, there were conflicts within Fiorentina again, Camorani and Piangirelli directly started to move, although Chen Yu stopped the two, and Mondonico also fined them, but this did not eliminate the contradictions within the team.
The next day, the media reported the news of the fight between the Fiorentina players during yesterday's training, and of course the reporters will definitely add fuel to the fire, and the conflict has been infinitely expanded, as if the head coach Mondonico has no control over the dressing room.
Ahead of the away game against Torino, Fiorentina was in constant negative news, which made fans have great doubts about whether the match could be won.
However, there was no good news in the transfer market before Fiorentina moved to Turin, with Fiorentina on loan at AC Milan striker Grafierdi for €500,000 a year.
Grafiedi's prominence with Cesena came in the 98-99 season, where he scored four goals in 15 appearances. In the 99 OO season, Milan bought it for a transfer fee of up to $6 million. Grafiedi can play wingers and center forwards, the impact is very strong, but the goal rate is average, he is Mondonico on loan and did not give Chen Yu as a substitute, there are too many Fiorentina center forwards, but Chen Yu is too few strikers who can be in the middle, once Chen Yu is injured, Fiorentina's forward line has become very single.
Fiorentina have put together a team on the spot this season, and it's hard to say how far they can play after the worst, but if the game is stalemate and a key player is injured, then the bench hòu degree can determine the success or failure of a team.
Mondonico has a lot of experience in the first game, all possibilities have been considered, and even if the main players are not troubled by injuries, a player like Grafiedi can play better with Chen Yu and Ricano.
Mondonico attached great importance to Grafiedi, and although Grafierdi had just arrived in Florence, Mondonico brought him to Turin.
Mondonico's emphasis on Grafiedi has caused a lot of speculation, and some even wonder if Mondonico wanted to reduce the team's reliance on Chen Yu to go on loan to Grafiedidi.
Turin, the capital of Piedmont and the second largest industrial city in Italy, is home to the headquarters of Fe Yate Automobile, with a population of about 1.2 million and long, cold winters and short, hot and scorching summers.
There are two teams here, one is the most popular and most successful team in Italy and the most popular and successful team in Turin. Nicknamed the Old Lady, the giants and the symbol of Italian professional football, Juventus is the team that has won the most league titles and has set the most records. At! Over the years, Juventus has always been at the top of the pack. It was the first professional powerhouse in Europe to win all major titles. Juventus has 12 million fans in the world, and more than 1OOO Juventus fan clubs in the world, making it the football club with the largest number of fans.
Torino, a Serie B team nicknamed the Red Bulls, is almost unknown to anyone other than the real fans.
But without the Supega crash, perhaps the history of Italian football would not be what it is today.
Torino is the oldest team in Italy, even earlier than Juventus, they have won seven Serie A titles, and five Coppa Italia titles, but all these achievements were achieved before 1949, the 40s of the last century was the most glorious period of the Torino team, they won four consecutive league titles, and Juventus was overwhelmed. At that time, Torino almost monopolized all the main forces of the national team, and the Italian media called Torino the best team in Italy.
Unfortunately, at the end of April 1949, the Turin team visited Portugal and Spain, and on May 4, when returning to Turin, due to the heavy fog at the Turin airport, the plane crashed into the Supega mountain during landing, and none of the people on board survived. A Turin team at its peak was wiped out. The crash shocked the entire Apennine Peninsula and dealt a fatal blow to Torino, who could no longer compete with Juventus and withdrew from dominating Italian football. Torino have since been relegated to a second-rate team.
Torino are definitely second-rate in Italian football, but in Turin, they are the most popular team, they have more fans than Juventus, Turin and Juventus share the same stadium, but every time Torino plays, the stadium is full, and Juventus plays, the stands are not even half sitting.
Speaking of which, the relationship between Fiorentina and the Torino team is still good, and now Turin's biggest star Fausey once played for Fiorentina, and Ziegfiani, one of the greatest goalscorers in Turin history, has not also transferred to Fiorentina. However, the most important thing for the two teams is that they have a common enemy: Juventus.
Juventus and Torino are sworn enemies in the same city, which needs no explanation, and can almost be described as incompatible. The feud between Fiorentina and Juventus began in the 1981-82 season, when the two teams competed for the league title until the final round. Fiorentina were blown away at Cagliari with a seemingly unproblematic goal, while Juventus were awarded a controversial penalty to win the game and win the league this year. Since then, the two teams have formed a bond, and Juventus has become the number one public enemy in the hearts of rival fans. A few years later, in 1990, Fiorentina's golden boy Baggio moved to Juventus, further deepening the hatred between the fans of the two teams.
The relationship between the two teams is not bad, but now Torino and Fiorentina both want to be promoted to Serie A, the rankings and strength of the two teams are very close, it is a competitive relationship, and no one will give up this game easily.
Before the game, Torino coach Gianlucia Silomero said, "We and Fiorentina are brother teams, because we are both enemies of that crime syndicate (Juventus, AC Milan), but we will not give up this game, three points are our only option, and now we still have hope of returning to Serie A, we must not give up."
Turin, like Fiorentina, also has two excellent strikers on the front line, former Serie A veteran Ferrante who scored 8 goals and Simeone who scored 5 teams, although this pair of strikers cannot be compared with the combination of Chen Yu and Ricano, but this kind of forward attack is also very good.
Before the game, the 33-year-old veteran Ferrante was not convinced at all, and he said that he must score in the game against Fiorentina to help the team break the winless streak
Facing an aggressive, win-hungry Torino team, Fiorentina, who have been in turmoil recently, have been very low-key, and they have not responded much, arriving in Turin almost in obscurity.
Having just gotten out of the car and facing the local media, head coach Mondonico briefly talked about his thoughts on the game.
"Torino is a very strong team, they were still playing in Serie A last season, the players did not go too outrageous, the strength is basically preserved, Ferrante is experienced, Simeone shoots superbly, in addition to the striker, the back line is also quite good, in the previous three rounds, they drew in the top six Trevisu and Livorno, it can be seen that their back line can not be underestimated. However, we have Chen Yu and Ricano, as well as three strikers with their own characteristics, so I believe it will not be too difficult for us to score. ”
Fiorentina's players had a hard time travelling and after a two-hour rest in Turin, the team moved to the Municipal Stadium to get used to the venue.
Due to the frequent clashes between Fiorentina and Juventus fans, there are now not many fans who follow Fiorentina to Turin to watch the game, just over a thousand people.
Seeing that there were very few fans, Fiorentina's player training did not have much jī, that is, they warmed up and went back.
As is customary, head coach Mondonico held another team meeting for the team after dinner to determine the starting line-up for tomorrow.
Not only did Mondonico fine them due to the two midfielders Camorani and Piangirelli fighting in training, Camorani and Piangirelli were also put on the bench for this match against Torino.
Now Fiorentina is not as tight as in the first half, and the first round of the team has also won, which makes Mondonico dare to boldly punish the indisciplined players, but fortunately, now Honduran midfielder León has been able to participate in the game, and in the last game, Gao Fei's performance was also decent, Mondonico has at least two people available, and Camorani and Piangirelli on the bench do not affect the strength of the team.
After announcing the starting lineup, the team disbanded and went back to their rooms to rest, Mondonico personally went to each player's room to talk to them, told the starting players about tactics, understood their views on the game, and for the players who did not start, Mondonico also personally went to talk to them, told them the reason for not letting them start, let them continue to work hard, and strive for the opportunity to play.
Mondonico's approach has had a big impact on the players, and after Di Livio's injury, there is a temporary shortage of spiritual leaders in the team, and Mondonico is now clearly the team's second spiritual leader.