Chapter 305: The End of the League (Part I)

After winning the league title and the Coppa Italia title successively, Fiorentina only have two games left to play this season, one is the final game of Serie A, that is, the away game against Piacenza on May 12, because Fiorentina locked the league title two rounds in advance, so there are not many highlights of this game, the most attractive is the league championship award ceremony held after this game, In addition, it is the question of whether Fiorentina can continue to hold on to their 26-game unbeaten run in the league. However, these two attractions are not very attractive to non-Fiorentina fans (especially those of Juventus and AC Milan), who are not bored enough to watch their team's rivals celebrate their victories.

Ten days after the match against Piacenza, on May 22, the Purple Lilies will host the Zuihou match of the season at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, and the most important match of the season - the UEFA Champions League final against defending champions Ajax!

With a full 10 days to prepare between games, it was crucial to adjust the players' form – if they hadn't played for too long, they could have problems in the final and coach Claudio Ranieri would have to think about it.

Fiorentina fans can't wait to see the start of the season's Zuihou league game, as they will see the Purple Lilies lift the league trophy for the second year in a row!

So, even though the match was played away from home, the passionate Fiorentina fans were able to get their hands on tickets in the hope of seeing the team lift the trophy with their own eyes.

Piacenza have picked up 37 points so far, a full six points ahead of fourth-from-bottom Bari, and they have successfully completed their relegation goals, and they can be said to have no desire for this game, and it is certainly worth celebrating to get points from the leaders, and there is no shame in not getting them, after all, so many teams have lost to Fiorentina before, plus not many of them......

In order to keep his players in good form, Ranieri fielded all the main players in this game: goalkeeper Toldo, Ferrara and Nesta formed a central defensive pair, and Lanner and Zambrotta were in charge of the wings, and the two excellent fitness and running ability were enough to support Fiorentina's wide attack and defence. Zambrotta, in particular, has grown rapidly from a substitute to Billina to an all-around defender after arriving at Fiorentina, especially after Zambrotta showed a stronger assist ability than Lindley, and the 19-year-old has become more and more important to head coach Ranieri.

Although they are still stronger than Lindley in terms of defensive ability, the status of the two in the team is determined by the team's tactical system, and now Fiorentina does not have the habit of setting wingers or full-backs, and the wing attack largely relies on two full-backs to take turns to insert assists, so Zambrotta, who has better offensive ability, is more popular than Lindeley.

With Di Biagio at the back to protect the backline, Effenberg as playmaker and Zuihou as the Dutch boar Davies, his main role on the pitch was to extend Fiorentina's defensive range with plenty of movement, while he was also able to break the deadlock with his long-range shots in attack.

As for the attack, Claudio Ranieri still has a three-man front that has been tried and tested recently, with Batistuta in the middle and Djokaffe and Ronaldo behind him.

When the Italian media saw that Ranieri actually lined up such a strong starting lineup for this closing game, they couldn't help but be a little surprised, after all, Piacenza had already confirmed the success of relegation before the game, and Fiorentina, who had already won the championship in advance, did not need to pay so much attention to this weak opponent, after all, as the saying goes: kill chickens with a knife!

Therefore, the media have speculated whether Ranieri is warming up for the upcoming Champions League final, planning to use Piacenza to warm up the players to warm up and find a sense and tacit understanding, and then use this squad to deal with Van Gaal's Ajax ten days later.

However, regardless of the speculation of journalists, Ranieri has not publicly responded to these speculations because ...... There is no need!

At 6 p.m. on May 12, the seventeen matches of the 1995-96 Serie A season Zuihou were announced to begin at the same time!

The reason why Zuihou starts a round of matches at the same time is mainly to prevent other teams from deliberately playing tacit goals or even match-fixing in order to relegate or rush into the European arena according to the "actual situation" after some games end early.

However, Fiorentina's game was clearly not among them, facing Piacenza who had already been relegated and had no fighting spirit, Fiorentina's players played very easily in this game, they firmly controlled the situation on the field from the beginning of the game, and did not give the home team players a chance to counterattack.

After taking control of the game, Fiorentina's players began to use their excellent jishu to constantly mobilize the Piacenza defence with passes in an attempt to find holes and break down their opponents in one fell swoop.

They were also lucky enough, in the twelfth minute, Effenberg received Djokaeff's return pass and suddenly kicked the ball to Xiangyou Road, Ronaldo, who was successful in the anti-offside position, got the ball and cut into the penalty area, and calmly volleyed into the near corner of the goal in the face of the attacking opponent's goalkeeper! 1 to 0!

The Piacenza players, who had fallen behind by the score, completely gave up their resistance in the following time, and having achieved their goals for the season, they were now thinking more about where they should go on holiday in the summer, and they certainly didn't care about the result of this game after all, it was no longer a trivial matter for them.

As a result, the next game became a complete slaughter, and the other two of the Trident also scored one after another.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the score was finally fixed at 4-0, and Davies scored Fiorentina's Zuihou goal in Serie A this season with a long-range shot in the 83rd minute!

At the same time as the final whistle blew, a wave of purple "waves" broke off in the stands, and many Fiorentina fans who came to watch the game were celebrating the successful defense of the title in their own way!

"Now, all 34 rounds of Serie A have come to an end! Now let's shout out loud, the 1995-96 Serie A winner is ......" The commentators did not rush to finish their duties after the game, but continued to sit in their seats and stir up the atmosphere of the scene.

How do you feel that this brother is a spy arranged by Fiorentina in this stadium? Although Zhuang Mingge had some doubts in his heart, he still shouted with the cheers of the Florentina fans in the audience:

"Florentine !!"

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