Chapter 413: Before the Winter Break (Part II)
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After this supplementary match, Fiorentina once again widened the gap to the second place in the standings, because Inter Milan, who had been behind Fiorentina, were held to a draw by Cagliari and Vicenza in these two rounds of the league, and the four-game draw in the league not only made Hodgson's team a full eleven points away from the leaders after 12 league games, but also allowed the Nerazzurri to be overtaken by their arch-rivals Juventus and fall to third place in the table.
The Juventus players, who managed to move up one place in the league table, couldn't laugh either, as they saddened to find that there was also a ten-point gap between Juventus and Fiorentina......
After only 12 rounds of the league, the second place in the league was dropped by the leaders by a full ten, and this is if it is not until the end of the season...... All the fans who pay attention to the League A can no longer imagine it.
Such a dominant performance, coupled with Fiorentina's just-won title of "Total Champion", these accolades have led to a sharp increase in the number of fans of the Purple Lily around the world, and Fiorentina merchandise has also been a huge sell, and the huge increase in merchandise revenue has made Kenyon, who is in charge of marketing operations, smile at everyone lately.
And seeing that the second-ranked Bianconeri have such a huge points gap with Fiorentina, Juventus's mouthpiece "Torino Sport" can't help but lament: after the end of the Milan dynasty, Serie A has ushered in Fiorentina's domination, when will the great Juventus regain the glory of the seventies and eighties?
Not to mention Sacchi's AC Milan, who were demoralised by a Champions League group stage winner who left the Rossoneri unusually demoralised, and after losing away to Piacenza, their current 14-point deficit over Fiorentina has left all Milan fans in despair.
On December 15, the thirteenth round of Serie A matches went on as scheduled, Fiorentina went to the Friuli Stadium to challenge Udinese, because the black chickens had no ability to fight back against Fiorentina last season, so Capello thought that the team was not very difficult to win this game. As a result, Capello, who intends to let the main players have a good rest, made a large rotation of the main lineup when arranging the starting lineup, and Tomasi, Verjoward, Zanetti, Stam and other substitutes all started the game.
What Capello didn't expect was that Zaccheroni's carefully crafted attacking trident would be so sharp, Bierhoff's header, Amoruso's dribble, and Jorgensen's split made Fiorentina's copycat backline lose sight of the other, and conceded two goals in a row in the first half to end the first half with a score of 0-2.
Capello had no choice but to replace Nesta and Ronaldo at halftime, and Fiorentina, who had greatly improved their offensive and defensive standards, relieved themselves and counter-attacked against Udinese, who only knew how to attack, and achieved remarkable results.
First of all, Amoruso was stealing the ball by Zanetti in the 68th minute, and the latter's clearance ball to Udinese's half was preempted by the fast Glen Shire, and the Dane broke into the penalty area and distributed the ball to the middle, Ronaldo slapped the horse and pushed it into the net, rewriting the score to 1-2, Fiorentina recovered a point!
However, the attacking maniac Zaccheroni turned a blind eye to the conceded goal, standing on the sidelines and shouting loudly, asking the Udinese players to continue to push forward - because Zaccheroni himself knew best that if he really let the Udinese team relax and defend carefully, then he would inevitably face a defeat.
In Italy, everyone knows that he and Czech coach Zeman are the least able to adjust the defense, and when defending, it completely depends on the individual ability of the players, and the system basically does not exist.
Young's shortcomings are not an order for a manager to order, so in this case, Zaccheroni can only bet on whether his team will score first to extend the score or Fiorentina will score another goal to equalise the score.
When Zuihou's twenty-odd minutes of play were exhausted, the Fiorentina players left the stadium with happy faces, while Zaccheroni comforted his players on the sidelines.
At this time, the score displayed on the big screen of the stadium is - two to two!
Fiorentina launched a quick counter-attack in the 88th minute, and Glen Char, who had already provided an assist, once again stepped forward with his long legs and played with the ball, while the Udinese defenders, who were running without the ball, were stunned that no one could match his speed......
The Danish winger, who formed a one-on-one momentum, did not make any low-level mistakes such as jerking off in the face of the Udinese goalkeeper, and easily shook off the home goalkeeper with a flick of the ball on the side, and then scored with a right-footed push to make the score 2-2.
Fiorentina equalize at Zuihou moments! Managed to keep his unbeaten streak since the start of the season!
However, Capello, who almost capsized in the gutter in this game, fired a "hair dryer" at these players after the game, especially Dutch central defender Stam.
"Jap (Stam), you have to have some judgment of your own, and you can't always expect your partner to remind you what you should be careful of." Although it is a hair dryer, Capello obviously chose not high power this time, "It's a good thing to grab positively, but everything must have a degree, and it's not good to be too much." ”
"Haode, I'll remember, boss, you can rest assured." Stam took Capello's criticism seriously. The Dutch big man has always been diligent in the team's training, basically does not cause any trouble, and his defensive level has improved quickly, so Capello is very relieved by his verbal assurances.
The following week, Fiorentina host the first leg of the Coppa Italia quarter-finals against Vicenza, also from Serie A.
Vicenza have been doing well in Serie A this season, with five wins, five draws and three defeats putting them even ahead of Parma in the current standings. With no worries about the future, Xiao Zhuge Guidolin did his best in this game and was ready to seek a breakthrough in the Italian Cup.
Capello also put all the birdies he could on the pitch, after all, there are only two games left before the winter break, and a game like the Coppa Italia can be fought for as much as possible.
However, the confident Fiorentina were quite unlucky, as they met an in-form Otero in this game, and the Uruguayan striker scored four goals in a row in this game, and used a big four to kill the Purple Lily, who had home advantage, to help the visitors win 4-2 over the newly released champions.
In Capello's words at his post-match press conference, it's not that we don't work hard, it's that the opponent is too ruthless......