Unlike Fiorentina, who kept winning the game, the current Fiorentina are playing more excitingly, but they often make inexplicable mistakes, resulting in the loss of points that should not have been lost.

Fortunately, Fiorentina is still firmly at the top of the standings with its previous huge points advantage, but there are still some doubts among Fiorentina fans, who think that the team's performance in the second half is a bit bad.

Ranieri was very frustrated by this, because this situation was something he had expected for a long time, and after taking some of the main players out of the starting lineup, the impact and running ability of the likes of Jonti, Gianni Keda, and Tomasi were indeed excellent, but these people were obviously not a good choice when they needed to be consistent.

In this regard, Ranieri had to put the burden on Di Bibanio and Collini, hoping that these two young players could become the metronome of the Fiorentina team like Effenberg, and that they could control the tempo of the team without Effenberg and Djokaeff pressing the team. Don't rush hard, control the tempo to draw the opponent away from the dense defence, so that the team can get more chances to score.

At this time, Zhuang Mingge, as the president of the club, did not cause any more trouble for Ranieri, although he looked down on this coach from the bottom of his heart, believing that his level was simply not enough to lead Fiorentina back to the top.

But for now, what Ranieri has done in Fiorentina is still quite satisfactory: he has pinched the team's scattered defense into shape, some young players have also been trained, if it were not for some conservative reluctance to rotate the lineup, Zhuang Mingge does not want to replace Ranieri now, and he can't think of anyone else who is more suitable for the team's needs than Ranieri in the current situation.

As a result, when Ranieri was affected by fluctuations in his results, he was the first to speak out in public support for the manager. Ranieri was a little surprised by this, he thought that after arguing with Mr. President, even if he would not make trouble for himself, he would not support him so firmly, but he did not expect the other party to express his support for him so quickly.

"It seems that the previous chairman's actions were not deliberately aimed at me!" Although Ranieri is still dissatisfied with Zhuang Mingge's "crossing the line", he now regards those as the peculiar impulses of young people, and at least the chairman can still make the right choice when he needs to appear.

After a period of rotation and recuperation, the main players passed Dr. Carter's examination and can return to the court. Ranieri was informed of the news and immediately put the players back in the starting line-up, Fiorentina's results were re-established and the complaints among the fans were dissipated.

April is not completely over, Fiorentina leads the league standings with 24 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses and 55 points, because there are still three rounds left in the league at this time, and the fourth-place Brescia has 7 points less than Fiorentina, so Fiorentina has already locked a promotion place in advance three rounds in advance, and the team will return to Serie A next season.

Fiorentina fans were ecstatic and spontaneously poured into the streets to thank the young president who had brought Fiorentina back to life, and even more delight was yet to come.

On April 27, 1994, at the Stadio Frankie, the cheers of the Fiorentina fans were deafening.

"Wonderful barb shot, this goal from the 'Prince of Uruguay' Francisco is really wonderful!" The live commentator of the game was shouting excitedly.

However, the Fiorentina fans surprisingly did not accuse the on-site commentators of the "anti-water" behavior, because the score on the field is now 4:1, the home team is in front, the away team is behind, and the aggregate score is 6:1, and the fans are now just watching the game with the attitude of appreciating the game.

Shortly after Enzo Franciscoli's consolation goal, the referee blew the whistle to announce the end of the game, and the Frankie Stadium was a sea of joy.

"Congratulations to Fiorentina for reaching the Coppa Italia final, where they will face Sampdoria from the First Division."

Fiorentina fans are excited to reach the Coppa Italia final, because as long as they can beat Sampdoria in the final, Fiorentina can play in the European Cup Winners' Cup next season as a promoted horse, which is a big temptation for Fiorentina, who have not played in European competitions for many years.

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In May 1994, in order to make way for the Shijie Cup, the major European leagues came to an end, and Fiorentina's Italian second division had also stopped fighting.

In the three rounds of Zuihou, Fiorentina still won easily with strong strength and brought the championship trophy back to Fiorentina City.

Although Fiorentina fans do not attach much importance to this title, it does not prevent them from using this excuse to celebrate, and many fans even shout "Serie A, we are coming" while celebrating, in the eyes of these fans, this second division title is just an embellishment on the road to Fiorentina's return to the first division.

"I think we should give the fans a bigger gift! What do you think? Standing in his office and looking out the window, there were also a large number of Fiorentina fans gathered outside the Florence office building, holding large posters of their favorite stars, such as Batistuta and Effenberg, or holding long slogans and banners, and even portraits of Zhuang Mingge.

Standing in front of the window, Zhuang Mingge saw a giant cartoon held by a dozen fans in the crowd, which depicted almost all of Fiorentina's first-team players this season, wearing armor and holding weapons to make a charge, led by the team's current head coach Claudio Ranieri.

However, Zhuang Mingge was so interested in this portrait because he saw himself in it. The young Florentine president looked quiet in the dress of a magician, with a scroll in his hand; Ranieri is a head coach who asks for help from the magician played by Zhuang Mingge, and he also deliberately writes a very interesting dialogue in bold and enlarged font.

Ranieri was next to him with the words: "President, I need more good players!" ”

Next to Zhuang Mingge's portrait is written: "Don't worry! This reel of mine can meet all the requirements of Florence! ”

Enchanter? Touching his nose, he thought that what he had done since he became president of Florence was indeed similar to those all-powerful magicians in the legend.

Training base, experimental center, players, general manager...... Almost all of them were created by Zhuang Mingge.

When I think about it, I feel like I'm pretty good! Although it is very frustrating to run around all the time, and there are so many things that make him always busy, Zhuang Mingge enjoys this feeling now, "Now, there are only two Coppa Italia finals left!" ”

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On May 4th, Fiorentina sat at the Frankie Stadium, waiting for the "Sea Blues" Sampdoria team that came to challenge from **.

Fiorentina attach great importance to this final, because if Fiorentina finally succeeds in winning the championship, then the team can participate in next season's European Cup Winners' Cup, which at this time is second only to the European Champions Cup, after all, it is the champions of the two who can compete for the title of UEFA Super Cup......

Considering that many of Fiorentina's players have not experienced the atmosphere of the final, manager Ranieri gave priority to those with major tournament experience when arranging the starting line-up for this game, and youngsters such as Vieri, Gianni Keda and Montella were all on the bench.

On the other side of the pitch, Sampdoria is at the end of the "Golden Samp", most of the players in the team have repeatedly experienced the baptism of the big game, and the team's new owner Mantovani Jr. (the former chairman, that is, Mantovani Jr.'s father Paolo Mantovani died in a car accident on October 14, 1993, which is also regarded by later fans as the turning point of Sampdoria from prosperity to decline) has no time to carry out his own envisioned "transformation" of the team. On the whole, they still maintain the same flashy style of play as before, so many people predict that Fiorentina, who have just won the second division, will face a tough battle in the final of the Coppa Italia.

Catanić, Evani, Gullit, Lombardo, Pagliuca, Viljovod, Mancini...... Sampdoria have the most ferocious firepower in Serie A (64 goals) and could have won the league title if it weren't for the poor defence (39 goals conceded, only Lazio have conceded more goals than the top 8 teams).

Perhaps it is precisely because of the loss of the long-awaited league championship that the whole Sampdoria team broke out in this game, although Samp's main players are almost over 30 years old, and lack of fitness is inevitable, but the defense composed of Katanic, Manini, Viljoward, and Pagliuca has resisted Fiorentina's offensive again and again, Evani and Gullit organized and dispatched in the midfield, and Lombardo and Mancini repeatedly launched counterattacks against the Purple Lily's defense.

The game was a thrilling affair but neither could find the back of the net to end in a 0-0 draw at Fiorentina's home stadium, with the second leg to be played at Sampdoria's home stadium at Stadio Ferraris a week later.

PS: This is today's first update, plus more in the afternoon~