Volume 1 Chapter 486 Inter and Fiorentina's Chances
Rumours of game manipulation have had a big impact on Juventus' form, with Ennio at Parma. At the Tardini Stadium, tens of thousands of Parma fans booed the Juventus players, calling them the sinners who stole the Serie A title and ruined Serie A.
Juventus may not care about the boos, but the rumors and the insults of the Parma fans still have an impact on their game status, Juventus players seem to be very impatient and irritable, the fouls in the game are very large, and they can't calmly deal with opportunities in front of the goal, especially Piero, who scored an offside goal in the last round, was in worse shape and was replaced by Capello early.
However, it was not only Piero who was affected by Juventus, but Piero's departure did not improve Juventus' attacking power, and in the end they were held to a draw by Parma 00 on the road, giving Milan and Fiorentina the chance to close the points.
Inter Milan and Fiorentina are the backbone of the anti-holy league, the presidents of the two clubs are still close friends, the two teams play each other, generally speaking, the atmosphere before the game is relatively friendly, but with Juventus being forced to draw by Parma, the atmosphere of the game between Inter Milan and Fiorentina has become tense.
That night, Inter Milan's captain Cesar said that this game was a key match to determine Inter Milan's worst result of the season, and Inter Milan must play their best form to close the points gap with Juventus and Fiorentina.
Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini could not direct the game himself, but he believes that his assistant coach Orsi will be able to take charge of the game in his place. 'Orsi is an experienced coach, he and I have been working together since Lazio, he knows my thinking very well, I believe that there is not much difference between him and me, this game is very important for us, now we are nine points away from Juventus, four points away from Fiorentina, if we win this game and the gap with Juventus is reduced to seven points, the next Italian derby with Juventus will be very meaningful and maybe we can go back to the title race again."
After talking about the game against Fiorentina, Mancini still did not forget to hit Juventus, "Moggi controls the game? I don't know the truth about this, but I'm sure the journalists have more of the truth, and if the truth is as it is revealed by the media, I think Juventus should be expelled from Serie A. ”
Juventus's self-chaos gave Inter Milan a chance, but also gave Fiorentina a chance, now Fiorentina and Juventus two teams have a difference of 5 points, if Fiorentina beats Inter Milan at home, the gap between them and Juventus can be narrowed to 3 points, although Juventus is still ahead, but because in the second half of the game between Fiorentina and Juventus, Fiorentina can be said to have their fate in their own hands.
Fiorentina collapsed in the middle of last season, although the form recovered after the change of coach, but because Juventus' lead was too big, Fiorentina finally failed to turn around, this season they do not want to let the tragedy repeat, they must take their fate into their own hands.
Prandelli said after getting the news that Juventus had been held to a draw: "This is our chance, the solid Juventus rarely give their opponents a chance, this time we have to take it, it must be difficult to play Inter Milan at home, but it is never easy to win the title, we have to play every game as if it were a final, so that we can reach the peak of success." ”
That night, Fiorentina held a team meeting, the main discussion was how to play the next day with Inter Milan, because Prandelli could not command the game on the spot, although he could also command remotely in the stands, but the field was changing rapidly, and the coach wanted to pass on his tactical intentions to the players and motivate the players' fighting spirit, which could not be achieved by mobile phones, so Prandelli hoped that Chen Yu could play the role of a coach on the field and share the pressure of the assistant coach. Although Chen Yu's authority in the team is not small, but with the joining of many stars such as Toney, Chen Yu's status cannot be the same as his first season in Serie B and Serie A. Prandelli needs to explain to the players, so that they can accept Chen Yu's command at critical moments, so that Chen Yu can really play the role of coach on the field.
This team meeting has improved Chen Yu's status in Florence, it turns out that Prandelli occasionally let Chen Yu participate in the coaching staff meeting, but that is often during the key battles, and Di Livio also participated in the past, but now it is different, which means that when Chen Yu is not there, Chen Yu has a certain command of the coach.
Fiorentina players have no objection to this, Chen Yu has played as a striker, a winger, and a forward midfielder in Fiorentina, and can play almost all positions in the front court, and because Chen Yu is super physical, while completing so many goals, he also gave a lot of help to the backline, such a player, there is no problem to be a coach on the field when the head coach is suspended. Taking a step back, even if there is a problem, it is better than being uncommanded on the field and chaotic.
After Delaware's arrival, Fiorentina's strength, fame and status have gradually risen in recent years, and the loyalty and enthusiasm of fans have become higher and higher, especially in the match with the top three of Serie A.
Now that Juventus has been frustrated and mired in scandal, the dialogue between Fiorentina and Inter Milan has become even more important, according to Fiorentina's immigration office, more than 5,000 fans have rushed to Fiorentina in the last three days, and the number of fans rushing to Fiorentina is still going on to this day.
The next day, when Fiorentina was training at the base, more than 3,000 fans came to the base to watch, and these fans continued to cheer for Fiorentina's not very good training under the banner of supporting Fiorentina to win the championship and dropping the Serie A moth Juventus, showing great confidence and enthusiasm.
The enthusiasm of the fans also inspired the fighting spirit of the Fiorentina players, who showed the fans some of the tricks that they could not and could not perform in the game, which made the fans feel like watching street football.
Head coach Prandelli did not stop the players' desire to perform, in his opinion, training is just a way to maintain form, and playing against a strong team like Inter Milan, morale and confidence are the most important things.
Almost at the same time, at the Frankie Stadium, Inter Milan were also undergoing intense acclimatization training, with hundreds of fans and dozens of reporters watching from the sidelines.
Although Inter Milan have no injuries, because the Africa Cup of Nations is in progress, their leading scorer Martins is still playing for the national team, and now Inter Milan's strikers are only Adriano, Cruz and Recoba. Although all three strikers have world-class quality, all three strikers lack Martins' incredible speed, which makes their attacking attack a little lacking, and compared to Fiorentina, the strength is slightly inferior.
However, this did not affect the confidence of Inter Milan fans, and in the last round against Chievo, Stankovic was transferred to the middle of the pitch and played well. Cambiaso returned in this game, Cf丨Neti also recovered from injury, Inter Milan's midfield was completely able to suppress Fiorentina, and Burdisso, who replaced Favali in the backline, also played well in the last game, in the midfield, Inter Milan is stronger than Fiorentina, although the front line is slightly worse, the winning chance is still slightly bigger.
After the training, reporters surrounded Mancini and kept asking Mancini the question of Juve's care by the referee, but Mancini avoided the referee's question, "Tonight's game will be difficult, Wednesday's game will be Wednesday, referee?" I don't know about Juventus, but I'm not happy about what is happening, Fiorentina have a very strong attack, Chan and Toney are both world-class and they are in great form, but our midfield is stronger and more experienced than them, so we won't give them many chances on goal. ”
Acclimatization in the morning, warm-up training in the afternoon, and the time soon reached eight o'clock in the evening, which was the time for Inter Milan and Fiorentina to go to war.
When the players of Inter Milan stepped into the field, their expressions became more severe, because the news just came that AC Milan defeated Treviso 5:0 at home, and the points have exceeded Inter Milan with one less game l, if Inter Milan loses this game, they will be overtaken by AC Milan again, for the Milan duo, the competition is all-round, even if it is a temporary ranking, Inter Milan does not want to be pressed by AC Milan.
At this time, the on-site commentator also got the starting lists of both sides and was introducing them to the fans at the scene.
"Inter's starters: goalkeepers: Cesar defenders: Zanetti, Córdoba, Samuel, Burdisso; Midfielders: Figo, Veron, Cambiaso, Stankovic; Forwards: Cruise, Adriano
This is basically the strongest squad of Inter Milan, the only flaw is that both Cruz and Adriano lack a bit of speed and agility, both are openers, and lack agile daggers.
Let's take a look at Fiorentina's starting line-up: goalkeeper Toldo, defenders: Ujfarusi, Dainelli, Gambellini, Pasqueer, midfielders: Brocki, Donadale, Fiore, Jorgensen, forwards: Chen, Toney.
Today, Prandelli's formation is more stable, the original 433 formation has become today's 44, the single back has become a double back, and Chen Yu is all-round in the frontcourt, he can change the formation into 45l at any time, or 44lI This is the killer feature of Fiorentina, and it is a blessing for every manager to have such an all-round genius as Chen...... Because of the ban, now the two head coaches are sitting in the stands, the assistant coach is directing from the sidelines, the two are not far apart, it's really a bit funny The game has begun, the game has begun, let's watch the game first......"
The on-site commentator was introducing the lineups of both sides, and when he heard the referee DeSantis blow a whistle, he immediately stopped commenting and turned his attention to the field.