The final score against Bari was 6-1, with Inzaghi scoring a hat-trick in the opening game, with Batty, Effenberg and Montella, who came on as a substitute for Inzaghi in the 65th minute, each scoring a goal to save face in the 90th minute.

The next day, many Italian media outlets praised Fiorentina's performance in the game, believing that their ability to "dominate the second division and even the first division can do well".

At this moment, Zhuang Mingge in the chairman's office in Florence depressedly threw a stack of newspapers to the ground:

"Hehe, these media can really tout the players, Inzaghi is said by them to be the second Paulo Rossi, Montella can succeed Massaro, Pexoto should be recruited for the national team...... I can already imagine what the team is like now. ”

Because Zhuang Mingge has poached too many future stars, the team is now mostly young, the oldest player in the team is actually the 28-year-old Kripa, a team with a large number of young players, first, the state is prone to ups and downs, especially in the critical stage of the event, it is common for young players who do not have much game experience to make mistakes; Second, once you are touted by public opinion, it is easy to become fluttering and forget how much ability you have.

Zhuang Mingge originally hoped that Effenberg, Batistuta and others could stabilize the team, but he miscalculated, these players already have the strength to play in Serie A, and they can still cheer up when facing some strong teams in the second division, but when facing the weak team, even if they are still training normally on the surface, they can't help but relax a little mentally.

In the next league game, Fiorentina will travel to face the defeat of Livorno not long ago, the players are not impressed by the opponent they easily defeated in this warm-up game, even Effenberg, Kripa and others in training and tactical meetings are not in good spirits, Ranieri seems to have taken it lightly because of the good start at home and the strength of the opponent.

So, the proud and complacent young people were beaten hard by the Livorno people in the next game, 0:3, Fiorentina lost at home, the whole game Florence was led by the opponent's nose, less than 20 minutes into the opening, Livorno took advantage of the laxity of the Fiorentina players to score two points in a row, and then the whole team retreated to start a defensive counterattack when Florence counterattacked, and took advantage of the empty opportunity behind Fiorentina to score another city in the 78th minute, Fiorentina finally defeated Livorno.

Zhuang Mingge did not come forward to criticize the players after the game, because he knew that this was the team's tuition fee for youth, and he believed that the team would soon be able to adjust back.

However, the defeat was clearly a big blow to these young people, and Fiorentina were unable to win the next game, with the Purple Lilies held to a 1-1 draw at home by visiting Palermo.

In the next two league games and one Coppa Italia match, Fiorentina tragically suffered two consecutive defeats in the league (0:1 and 1:2 respectively), only to advance in the first round of the Coppa Italia with an own goal from their opponents.

In Serie B, Fiorentina only got off to a bad start with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses in the first five rounds, and Ranieri began to sit still, although now the boss has not publicly expressed his opinion, only sent his own secretary, the fierce Miss Karin privately expressed to himself that the club supports him, but if the team continues to win, his job will definitely not be guaranteed.

So in the following week, Ranieri, who has always been easy-going, made a rare ruthless move, and the whole team had to stay at the training base for a closed training camp this week.

Just as the team began a closed training camp, Zhuang Mingge was reading a newspaper in the office.

"Young people are embarrassed, Florence has fallen into the abyss!" 》

That's the headline that Torino Sports newspaper picked up after Fiorentina went four league games without a win.

Since Juventus snatched Baggio from Fiorentina in 90, the relationship between the two teams has been very tense, and Torino Sport, as the mouthpiece of Juve, will naturally not let go of this great opportunity.

Although Zhuang Mingge didn't think there was anything interesting about this report, but he knew that he should be out at this time, the team's continuous losses made these young people obviously begin to doubt their abilities, it is of course a good thing for a person to recognize himself, but it is overkill to be self-indulgent.

On the same day, Zhuang Mingge invited the most haode psychiatrist from the local hospital in Florence to provide psychological treatment for the players one by one.

After the psychotherapy, the players finally regained some vitality and were no longer as lifeless as they had before they received treatment, and although they were then taken by Ranieri to take part in the training camp again, there was finally some laughter on the training ground, diluting the dark clouds that had hung over Fiorentina a bit.

In the 6th round of Serie B, Fiorentina will challenge the current league leader Padua away from home, Padua has started the season quite well, they have achieved 4 wins and 1 draw, and have not conceded a goal.

But the match against Fiorentina turned out to be a nightmare for the Padua fans, with the Fiorentina lads bringing their talents to the table:

Fiorentina launched a tidal wave of attacks from the beginning, with Pesoto and Collini playing in succession on the flanks to tear apart Padua's defence, and then Collini pulled his foot on the edge of the penalty area and fired a long shot that went just over the crossbar;

Three minutes later, Fiorentina made a comeback, Pesotho crossed from a 45-degree angle, Batistuta headed into the penalty area, Inzaghi rushed over to grab a shot, and the ball went into the net, 1:0;

In the 10th minute, it was Batistuta who received a cross from Pesotho and a header ferry, but the shot became Effenberg, but unfortunately the German's shot angle was too positive and was ruthlessly confiscated by the goalkeeper;

In the 14th minute, Di Biagio launched a counterattack with a long pass after breaking the ball, after Effenberg got the ball and was savagely put down by the opposing defender, Fiorentina got a free kick in an excellent position, Batistuta volleyed vigorously, the ball flew directly into the goal, and the opponent's goalkeeper did not react at all, 2:0;

In the 20th minute, Inzaghi successfully entered the penalty area against offside, the Padua defender put it down behind him, and the referee on duty awarded Fiorentina a penalty and showed the red card to the foul player, Inzaghi personally hit it, 3:0;

With three goals down and one man missing, the Padua team completely collapsed at this moment, and for more than 70 minutes, the players of Padua were distraught and made a series of mistakes on the field, and the Fiorentina players took advantage of the opportunity to start scoring like crazy......

By the end of the game, the score had been 9-0, with Inzaghi and Barty netting hat-tricks, substitutes Vieri and Montella netting a goal each, and even right-back Billindley netting a 45-yard shot in the 78th minute.

The match with Padua proved to everyone who was waiting to see the Fiorentina joke the potential of the young players in the team, and at the same time greatly restored their self-confidence, although the form of the young players is still up and down, and it was also reflected in the subsequent games, when the form is good, and the bad form will be beaten by a weak team in the second division, but in any case, the team is back on track.

The match against Padua was a match for the Purple Lilies in Zuihou in September, followed by Fiorentina winning four and losing one of their five league games in October, with their only defeat coming when the team's core Batistuta and Effenberg were called up for the Shijie Cup qualifiers for their national team, and the young men's form fluctuated and led to defeat.

So far, Serie B has been played for 10 rounds, and Fiorentina is in 7th place in the league with 5 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses and 11 points, but it is only 3 points away from the top of the league (6 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses and 14 points), and there is still a lot of hope for promotion.

Here's a word to add: Italy's league now implements a two-point system, that is, two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss, while the familiar three-point system in Italy has only been implemented since the 94-95 season.