On June 21st, all eyes of Fiorentina will be on the Stadio Frankie, where the winner will play the second play-off match against 15th Serie A side Perugia, with the winner going to heaven and the loser going to hell.

After two years of sinking in C2 and Serie B, Fiorentina cherished the opportunity to be a giant, they were once the giants of Serie A, but in the 100-year history of football, countless giants have been devastated by relegation, and are still struggling in the lower leagues of various countries.

The Premier League's Royal Garden Rangers and Sheffield Wednesday are now in League Two; Karlsruhe of the Bundesliga is tasked with how to be relegated every season in the Bundesliga; Genoa, who have won the Serie A title 9 times, are also worried about relegation in the second division. If you go back a little further, Provicelli, who once won seven Serie A titles, was constantly relegated to the regional league, and had to be disbanded depressed after the worst, and Nottingham Forest, who won the Champions League twice, is still playing in the amateur league.

Compared to these leagues, Fiorentina is already lucky. In 2001, because of the financial problems of the club, it should have been directly relegated to the amateur team, but in the end they were taken care of by the Italian Football Federation and relegated to the second division of the second division, and then they were favored by the king of the shoe industry de la Valle, and prepared a team with combat effectiveness. With two play-offs and Perugia competing for a place in Serie A, it can be said that God has put a lot of favor on this Fiorentina team, and if they can't take advantage of the opportunity again, it can only be said that they are not competitive.

Since the play-off was held during the European Championship, the main focus of the media was on the national team, and there was not much coverage of the match, but in Fiorentina City, the match had already caused a huge sensation.

A week ago, fans and non-fans could be heard talking about the game in the streets of Florence, in bars, discotheques, shops, offices. With only 47,000 tickets, they have long been sold out, but with or without tickets, fans have adjusted their time and taken care of what they need to do in advance, so that they can watch the game in front of the stadium and TV without distractions.

Fiorentina Mayor Domenici said: "The Fiorentina team belongs to all citizens, and as long as it is not for the President to meet me, I will go to the scene to cheer on the fans

Club Boss Shidravalle said that no matter what important things he had that day, he would be there in person, and if he couldn't see the team advance in person, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

Batistuta, the god of war of Florence, who once led Florence to kill Serie A from Serie B, also announced to the world at this time that he would go to the scene to cheer for Florence, and he would cheer for the new Florence team with the fans he had fought with.

Rui Costa is now playing for the national team and he does not have time to come and cheer for his old club, but he also told Italian reporters at this time: "I am fighting for my country, but my heart still beats with Fiorentina, and I believe that Fiorentina will return to Serie A and reproduce the glory of the seven sisters of the past." ”

In the morning, Fiorentina was still training at the training base, and the Frankie Stadium was given to the Perugia people who had come from afar.

The old and small training base has become extremely lively today, there are three or four thousand fans around the field, and the fans are still pouring here, the traffic has become extremely crowded, and the small training base is almost overwhelmed.

At the end of the morning training, Fiorentina head coach Mondonico took Chen Yu to the press conference hall for the last press conference before the game.

There were not many reporters in the press conference hall, only a few dozen people, most of these reporters were from Florence and Perugia, they looked like they were angry, and they kept talking loudly, and when Mondonico and Chen Yu came to the press conference hall, they stopped talking and took out their cameras to shoot at Chen Yu and Mondonico.

"Thank you all for coming to this press conference, today is an important day, Fiorentina have their second ever tiebreaker, the last time was the battle for qualification in the UEFA Cup, we won against Roma, this time we have a more important match, we face Perugia and I believe the victory is still ours.

It's the best time for Fiorentina, all of our personnel are there except for Frizas, Chen is back to his best after a month of recovery, the performance in the last game, I'm sure everyone saw it, this time, he is still the decisive weapon for us to qualify.

Perugia is stronger than us, we have to admit it, but that's the way it is in football, it's not the stronger team that wins the game, it's the team that plays the best in the game to win the game. The last game proved it and now with the support of 50,000 fans, we will perform even better and I am sure that we will have the last laugh...,

…… Don't ask me about the starting line-up, of course I've confirmed it, but I'm not going to tell you, you can guess as much as you want, when the whistle blows, you'll see who's on the pitch, and if you have to say, then I'll tell you that goalkeeper Sejas and striker Chan are sure to start. ”

Mondonico spoke eloquently, but he refused to reveal the starting line-up, much to the displeasure of reporters, but the game will start in the afternoon and they don't mind waiting a few more hours.

Then there was Chen Yu's speech, Chen Yu has often followed the head coach to press conferences in the past two seasons, he has become accustomed to this kind of occasion, this is not the place for him to show eloquence, he believes in the words of a young coach in Portugal, and the press conference hall is also part of the competition venue.

"Obviously, today's game will be very difficult, definitely more difficult than the last one, or rather, it is a battle, everyone understands what it means to qualify for Serie A, and no one will give up until the whistle blows.

We scored two away goals away from home in the last game, which makes us a little more proactive in this game, but the 2-2 advantage is very narrow, it only takes one mistake and that advantage will disappear, and there is no guarantee that Perugia will not be able to score at the Stadio Franqui, all we have to do is keep scoring and beat them.

Perugia has a lot of good players, a lot of them come from the team, they have a lot of skills, they have a lot of knowledge and a lot of experience, Ravanelli is a great striker, he can make his name in the history of Italy, he is at the end of his career, but he still has the ability to deliver the fatal blow and we have to guard against him. Salayeta isn't very fast, but he's always able to score the key goals and we have to limit his play as much as possible.

The opponents are strong but that's not a reason why we can't win, we've had a lot of better teams than us this season, but at the end of the day we won and we won because we were braver, more united, more hardworking than our opponents. This game will be no different, we will win the game and the Stade Franquia will be the graveyard where Perugia will be buried. “

Later in the game, Perugia also held a pre-match press conference, during which Perugia manager Cosmi and captain Zemaria also made a declaration to Fiorentina for the decisive match.

"Perugia is in a desperate situation, Perugia has reached the most dangerous moment, if we can't win this game, we will fall into the abyss, don't imagine that we will have the good fortune of Fiorentina, we are not a city with a million people, we are not a team with an honorable history, we do not have a rich man to back up, so this game we have to win," said Kosmi.

It doesn't matter who our starting lineup is in this game, even if I put lO defenders on the field, the role of these 10 defenders is still to attack, still to score, in this game, except for goalkeeper Karachi, every player has the responsibility to score, only scoring goals can make us break out of a desperate situation and go to a smooth road. “

Perugia's captain Zemaria was humiliated by Chen Yu several times in the last game, and both goals were scored from his side, and the Brazilian was criticized by the media after the game, but now, he is not discouraged, he is more of a desire for revenge.

'We didn't play well in the first leg and gave the opponent two away goals, which I don't think is necessarily a bad thing, it takes us from any burden in this game and we will go all out to attack and score as many goals as we can.

The last confrontation with Chen Yu, I was unprepared and lost, although in this game I and Chen Yu may not be in the same position again, but we will eventually meet, this time I will definitely defend against him, I will not fall twice in one place.

The pre-match speeches of the coaches and captains of the two teams are constantly broadcast on the local TV station in Florence, and the big screens in the stadiums and stadiums are also constantly rotated, making the fans who come to watch the game more enthusiastic. Fiorentina must win. In some places, there were clashes between supporters of the two teams, but Fiorentina were well prepared and did not allow these fans to escalate the conflict.

In the afternoon, two or three hours before the start of the game, most of the fans had already entered the stadium and could be heard shouting from a kilometer away from the stadium. Finally squeezed into the passage, and the whole arena was like a sea of purple. The audience was full of voices, waving flags and shouting one after another. Except for some seats reserved for fans arriving from Perugia, the rest of the stadium was occupied by a dense crowd of Fiorentina fans.

The decisive match has kicked off vigorously.