Chapter 203: Forward
After a 4-0 win at Rangers' home stadium, the players were warmly welcomed by the fans when they returned to Fiorentina, and Antonioni and others complained to Zhuang Mingge in private, believing that it was a great pity that they did not go to watch such a brilliant victory.
After a successful start to the European Cup, Fiorentina's players were finally able to recover from the shadow of the defeat at Vicenza and their morale was greatly boosted.
Despite the morale boost, the successive weekly doubles at the beginning of the season still took a lot of energy out of the Fiorentina players, so three days later in the third round of Serie A against Cagliari, Ranieri still chose to rotate, putting some players who were considered unfit by the physiotherapy center to play outside the squad: captain Batistuta returned to the starting line-up to partner Baggio; Due to Lanna's defeat of Laudrup in the previous game, the starting left wing-back in this game was replaced by Fortunato; The 30-year-old is still in excellent form, but given his age and style of play, the game was started by Davies, a Dutch boar, with the other two players in midfield being Taccinadi, Rui Costa and Djokaeff, after vice-captain Effenberg sprained his ankle while returning from a flight from Glasgow......
On the bench sat a pair of good friends Inzaghi and Vieri, although due to the arrival of Ronaldo and Baggio, the two have not complained, but the attitude on the training field is more meticulous.
In addition, there are players on the bench such as Tomasi, Di Biagio, Zambrotta, Virjovode and Guadalben in case they are needed.
Although the players attached great importance to this game and did not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy, such a frequent large-scale rotation still affected Fiorentina's combat effectiveness to a certain extent, especially the offensive line, Batty and Baggio were partnering the forward line for the first time, and Costa was also looking for the feeling of cooperating with the frontcourt players, and there were many mistakes in the passing coordination, so Fiorentina was suppressed by the away team in the early part of the game.
Due to the least rotation of players in the backline, Fiorentina's defense in this game is still quite good, in the face of Oliveira and Muzzi's joint impact, the Fiorentina people still firmly hold the defense, and Toldo also continues to use wonderful saves to prove to the national team manager Sacchi that he is definitely worthy of a place in England and Europe!
In the fifth minute of the game, Muzi shook his head ten meters from the goal and was held up by Toldo with both palms!
Then Cagliari took a corner kick and Oliveira curled a beautiful shot from the edge of the box, and Toldo moved a few quick steps with his feet to take the shot and hold on to it.
In the twelfth minute, it was Muzi who volleyed vigorously in the penalty area, and the ball flew close to the ground to the Fiorentina goal, but the quick reaction of Toldo fell to the ground and pressed the ball under him.
Toldo's brilliant opening performance stabilized Fiorentina's position, and at the same time bought valuable time for Fiorentina's attacking players to find tacit understanding.
Twenty minutes into the game, the players in the front court finally began to adjust to the presence of their teammates, which made Fiorentina's attack gradually sharpen, and pressed Cagliari, who was very arrogant at the beginning, back to his own half step by step.
As last season's Serie A Golden Boot, Batistuta is yet to score a league goal, both because opponents have been more closely marked against him, and because other team-mates in the team have shared his playing time.
Although Batistuta, who loves Fiorentina, would love to see the team flourish and would not mind his playing time being reduced, as a striker and captain of the team, he still wants to score a goal as soon as possible and give Fiorentina his liliang.
Barty's luck was pretty good, and his tireless efforts soon paid off.
Forty-five minutes into the first half, Fiorentina's players had some chances to change the scoreline, but unfortunately they couldn't take advantage of them and had to go into the break 0-0.
A re-action followed, this time with Fiorentina opening the ball and a swift return to Rui Costa, before the young Portuguese midfielder struck a through ball past a Cagliari midfielder and landed exactly at the feet of Baggio.
This time it was Baggio's turn to show what he was capable of, and after receiving a pass from Costa in front, Baggio used a feint to sway the Cagliari defender towards him, dodged it and burst into the box with ease, before facing the attacking goalkeeper and slashing the ball to Batistuta on the other side of the box.
Batistuta certainly didn't waste the great opportunity created by his teammates, and in the face of the empty goal, he directly volleyed a powerful ball, and the ball flew into the net, 1-0!
And this goal, the only goal of the game, although Fiorentina had a lot of good chances to open the net in the following time, but it was clear that the Frankie door was reluctant to let the ball in today, and the Fiorentina players hit the side post and twice the crossbar in the second half.
After a victory, Fiorentina are fourth in the table with six points from three games, two wins and one loss, and the first place is last season's runners-up Juventus, and the Bianconeri have shown strong consistency under Lippi's tutelage, winning all three games.
AC Milan also won all three games, although the main force during the three consecutive championships was seriously aging, but the newly introduced Weah and Kluivert and other strong reinforcements still carried the aging Milan chariot forward.
In third place is the Blue Eagle Lazio, under the leadership of the attacking madman Zeman, Lazio still does not seem so consistent, in this round they were unfortunately forced to a 3-3 draw by the Bari team, unfortunately in third place with a two-point disadvantage.
With Maciegiani, Favali, Grandoni and other powerful players, it was actually poured into three goals by the Bari team, which shows how little attention Zeman pays to the team's defense......
Fiorentina don't have an easy schedule either, with next weekend away to Parma, followed by another group stage of the Champions League, a national team break after the fifth round of the league, and two European Championship qualifiers in Fiorentina's squad going to different places, which is a big test of fitness.
However, Zhuang Mingge has no way to watch the Fiorentina game, because now he has come to Doha, the capital of Qatar, again.
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