Volume 1 Chapter 518 Returns to the top of the list
Fiorentina's troubles are happy worries, and many teams can't pray for such troubles, such as Livorno, who were promoted to Serie A with Fiorentina two seasons ago.
In the thirtieth round of Serie A, Livorno hosted Serie A hegemon Juventus, and now Livorno is ranked sixth, and it is unrealistic to want to enter the Champions League, but there is great hope for the League Cup.
As a team with a similar level in Serie B and Fiorentina and Palermo, after the promotion, Fiorentina plays the Champions League and Palermo plays the League Cup, and the scenery is unlimited, only Livorno is located in the middle, plain and unknown, this situation must make Livorno uncomfortable, so Livorno has played quite hard in the league this season, and can play this position in Serie A.
If Juventus is not affected by the phonegate, Livorno has the advantage of home and does not dare to think about it, but now Juventus is in a phonegate crisis, and the manager Moggi who has one hand in Serie A has resigned, and it is said that Juventus's club management may resign en masse at the end of the season, which is a huge blow to Juventus, and Livorno feels that the opportunity has come.
Chairman Spiscarli said before the game: Livorno wants to rush into the European competition, and this game with Juventus must score points, and only by scoring points from strong teams can it boost morale and improve the team's ability to play tough battles.
Livorno's leading scorer, Lucarelli, who is now fourth in the scorer list, has scored 16 goals and said before the game that he must win, "Juventus are at their weakest, the Champions League was won by luck, the league was held to a draw at home by Milan, I think it was the best time for us to beat them. If we don't drop points against the weak teams and we can score points against the strong teams, we will be able to reach next season's European competition. ”
Little Livorno dared to challenge the majesty of the old overlord, if it was usual, the Juventus players would not wait for the game to start a verbal lesson, and then "serve" them well in the game, but now, the old woman is silent in the news, and she can only be pressed in her stomach if she is angry, no one spoke before the game, everyone is silently waiting to teach Livorno a good lesson in the game, so that they can understand the truth that the skinny camel is bigger than the horse.
However, after the Champions League and the league against Milan, Juventus is really powerless, in the face of the aggressive Livorno at home, Juventus can only adopt passive anti-counter tactics, but after the morale goes down, even if Juventus uses its best tactical play or can not win away from home, after a fierce but dull fight, Juventus was forced to draw by Livorno away, only two points in two league games, if Fiorentina behind him wins this game, Juventus really lost the initiative in the league
When Juventus were held to a draw away by Livorno, AC Milan played Udinese away, Inter Milan played Lazio at home, and later on, Fiorentina had just welcomed relegation side Ascoli at home.
Affected by the news that Juventus was Livorno, AC Milan, which had just started in the second half, was demoralized, facing the 10th-ranked Udinese, Shevchenko scored a hat trick in 20 minutes, AC Milan almost beat the opponent 4:l like chopping melons and vegetables, and threw the pressure directly to his rival Fiorentina.
Before the game, the media believed that most of Juventus were going to collapse, and Livorno was by no means a team to be messed with, and it turned out that although Juventus did not collapse, it was quite difficult to win under the influence of the phonegate scandal.
That's exactly what Fiorentina are looking forward to, as they are now just one point away from Juventus, and a win in this game would see them move one point past the Old Lady to the top of the table.
Fiorentina sandwiched the Champions League to advance to the quarterfinals, home to the 14th place in the standings Ascoli, in the eyes of the outside world and fans, victory is inevitable, just a matter of winning more and winning less, more fans pay attention to the battle for the top scorer, fans like Chen Yu and Tony believe that this game is Chen Yu and Tony used to brush data.
Before the 30th round, on the list of killers in Serie A, Chen Yu, Toney and Trezeguet occupied the top three, Chen Yu ranked first with 9 P goals, Toni scored 29 games to follow, and Trezeguet scored 19 goals to rank third.
Now there are 9 rounds left in the game, it is almost impossible for Trezeguet to catch up with Chen Yu, and only Tony can compete with Chen Yu for the top scorer, although Tony is 7 goals behind Chen Yu, but now there are 9 rounds of games, and the gap of 7 goals is not completely impossible to catch up, provided that the number of goals behind Chen Yu can no longer be as terrifying as before.
Toney clearly cares a lot about the top scorer, having been upset when he was substituted at half-time in the last game against Cagliari and didn't even join the team to celebrate after the game.
Tony's anxiety mainly comes from the World Cup, although the World Cup squad has not been reported to FIFA, but with Tony's performance in the past two seasons, it is inevitable to appear in the squad, but Tony can only be regarded as a newcomer to the national team, and it is not easy to shake the main position of Piero, Inzaghi, and Totti, and defeat Gilardino, Iaquinta and Cassano, so Toney's performance in the league and the Champions League is very positive, hoping to win the favor of head coach Lippi with his outstanding performance in the league.
Ascoli was eliminated from the promotion play-offs by Torino this season as the U-place finisher in the second division, and if it weren't for Genoa's relegation, then Ascoli is still preparing for the second division.
Ascoli's hasty promotion was a blessing and a big difficulty because the club wasn't even mentally prepared. Summer transfer buying is almost equivalent to catching blind, in order to be able to adapt to the first division, the club bought 7 new players within a week, such a big adjustment makes it difficult for players and players, players and clubs, and players and coaches to adapt to each other, at the beginning of the season, Ascoli is basically hovering in the bottom three, is considered to be an ironclad relegation one, but surprisingly Ascoli is playing better and better, the league is now at the end of the year, Ascoli points, ranked 14th, Hopes of relegation are growing.
Against a strong team like Fiorentina, Ascoli, who has a holistic approach to Serie A, has taken the best approach he can take, which is to swing the bucket and then threaten with Ferrante's counter-attack
Fiorentina have just seen the hope of reaching the top due to Juventus' forced draw, and they are at their home stadium, and their goal is to guarantee three points, to be able to beat Ascoli Liwei by a big score, so that those weak teams give up resistance, which is also what Prandelli needs to achieve.
Obviously, the current Ascoli is no longer the Ascoli in the first half, although this is a pure silk team, without a star, and the most goalscorerant Ferrante has only scored 5 goals, but their defensive coordination is very good, with Fiorentina's strong attacking power played 70 minutes can not break Ascoli's goal.
In this case, if it is a traditional Italian coach such as Capello and Mondonico, it is estimated that the last one will either win the game by balloon or be forced to draw by the opponent, but Prandelli is a new generation of coaches, with changeable tactics and a special preference for attack.
Although Ascoli defended well, where has he experienced such a crazy attack, there are six opposition players standing in the box, four of them are strikers, and no defense can stand this kind of impact, and soon in the 75th minute, the tallest Toni scored the first goal of the season and scored his first goal of the season.
After falling behind 0:l, Ascoli's lack of experience was undoubtedly revealed, and then Chen Yu grabbed a point in the penalty area and basically sealed the win.
In the face of the situation of 0:0 behind, if Ascoli accepts such a result, it is estimated that it will be this score, but Ascoli coach Giamboro feels that he has lost anyway, the opponent Fiorentina has too many strikers, and lacks the strength of defense, so he wants to attack Lu to Bo.
Giamboro's idea was half right, Fiorentina's defense was not good, they quickly pulled back a goal, but after they attacked, Fiorentina's attack power was released more, and then, Toni scored two more goals with an overhead kick, Di Natale also scored a goal, and finally Fiorentina beat Ascoli 5:l at home, and after two months, they surpassed Juventus to reach the top of the league standings again, and AC Milan was behind Juventus by 7 points.
Thirty rounds later, under the influence of the phone gate, the league championship situation has changed dramatically, Juventus has changed from a top rider to a steady and steady game, and then it has become a gradual decline, until now it is surpassed by Fiorentina and chased by AC Milan to within two games.
Although the gap between Fiorentina and Juventus is only one point, even if Juventus will not be relegated, it will be difficult for them to catch up with Fiorentina in their current state, unless the phonegate incident can have a earth-shaking reversal, but from the current situation revealed by the media, the phonegate incident will only get worse, not better.
However, it can't be said how good Fiorentina's championship situation is, because the next round is the battle between AC Milan and Fiorentina, Fiorentina can beat AC Milan away to be able to say that their championship is basically a foregone conclusion, if they are defeated by AC Milan, the points are surpassed by Juventus, and they are chased by Milan to 4 points, for Fiorentina, it will be more difficult than the two giants, because the more dangerous Champions League quarterfinals are coming.