Volume 1 Chapter 243 A group of dark horses

After the LL round of Serie A, there are only two unbeaten teams left, Fiorentina with nine wins and two draws, and Inter Milan with two wins and nine draws.

The same unbeaten streak brought Inter Milan the helplessness and confusion of being excluded from the top six, but brought Fiorentina the ecstasy of reaching the top of the table

Fiorentina were surprised to beat Juventus, an opponent they hadn't beaten in 15 years.

Before the game, more people were optimistic that Juventus would win the peace, because Fiorentina had no hope of winning from any aspect, but in the end, the Purple Lily took away the three points from the Alp Stadium, and Chen Yu also scored twice in the dialogue with Ibrahimovic and Buffon.

After the game, when the media analyzed the reasons for Fiorentina's victory, it was found that in this game, whether it was possession time, number of shots, running distance, or the number of steals, corner kicks, Fiorentina did not do a better job than Juventus, but Fiorentina scored two goals, and Juventus only scored one.

Why does this happen?

There is only one reason, Fiorentina is more capable of taking chances, and in Capello's words, "the slightest mistake of Juventus has been punished with the most severe." Fiorentina only had three or four chances in total, but Chen Yu took two of them, while Juventus had even more chances and only scored one goal.

Chen Yu

After the game, the focus fell on Chen Yu.

In the LL round, 18 goals, more than the total number of goals scored by a quarter of the teams, such a number of goals, coupled with a relatively solid backline, Chen Yu alone carried Fiorentina on his shoulders and rushed forward.

In the two strong dialogues with Inter Milan and Juventus, Chen Yu scored two goals respectively, directly comparing Adriano and Ibrahimovic, and this highlight performance also made Chen Yu's reputation even louder.

Previously, the outside world was cautiously optimistic about Chen Yu, after all, he was very old, his potential was small, and he became famous in Serie B, a striker who scored like a goal, such as Hubnel, and won the top scorer in Serie A, and the final achievement was average, and now the striker killer who has been promoted to Serie A with Chen Yu is Tony and Lucarelli, they have scored a lot of goals, but the players reported by the media every time are Shevchenko, Adriano, Inzaghi, Piero, and even Montella and others.

But after the two strong dialogues, the wind changed, and the media began to praise Chen Yu at length, believing that his achievements in Serie A are likely to surpass Hidetoshi Nakata and become the first person in Asia. The Fiorentina media even questioned the fact that Chen Yu was not given a place in the European Ballon d'Or Award and the 50-man nomination of the World Footballer of the Year, and the Fiorentina media believed that Chen Yu's performance in the process of Fiorentina's promotion from C to Serie A was world-class, and Chen Yu's performance in Serie A also proved this, and France Football magazine and FIFA were wrong to just target the big names and the top league.

The views of the Florentine media were echoed and supported by the domestic media in China.

Although Chen Yu was not recruited into the national team when the national football team was in the life-and-death battle, Chen Yu's influence in the country has not decreased, with the deepening of Serie A, Chen Yu has scored more and more goals, and Chen Yu's fame in China has faintly surpassed Sun Hai of the Premier League and Shao Gang of the Bundesliga, becoming the first star.

The domestic "Sports Weekly" and "Football News" both believe that Chen Yu's inability to be selected for the national team is a victim of infighting, and he will appear in the camp of the national team sooner or later.

And for the lively European Golden Ball Awards and the selection of the World Footballer of the Year, the two Chinese media also believe that Chen Yu is eligible to be selected in the top 50, because in terms of record, Chen Yu is not lacking, in terms of influence, Chen Yu is behind more than a billion Chinese, hundreds of millions of Chinese fans, Nakata Yingshou can be selected twice, Chen Yu has no reason not to be selected.

While praising Chen Yu's infinite scenery, the media couldn't help but feel sorry for Inter Milan's king Adriano.

Like Chen Yu, Adriano is also the only savior of Inter Milan, his goal efficiency is a little worse than Chen Yu, he basically averages one goal per game in the league and the Champions League, but such a goal only brought Inter Milan two wins, so Adriano can only look up to the sky and sigh, feeling that luck is really more important than ability.

Nearly a third of the league has passed in the blink of an eye, and the situation of relegation and winning the championship is very clear at this moment, and the top six teams in Serie A are no longer Inter Milan, Roma and other former powerhouses, replaced by promoted horses and small teams such as Fiorentina, Udinese, Cagliari and Palermo.

The Italian media have described this phenomenon as "a victory for the Silk team." "It's almost a third of the way to the league, and it's really rare to have such a big dark horse at the top of the table.

At the end of the last game, Fiorentina club president Della Valle sat in front of the VIP box and drank a beer, with a happy smile on his face, his team beat the giants Juventus away to Juventus, four points more than Juventus, while at the same time the rivals including Inter Milan, AC Milan, Cagliari, Palermo, Roma and other competitors were all drawn, they are already 8 points ahead of the third-place AC Milan, at least for a week Fiorentina can sit in the first place safely. Settle in the top three before the winter break.

In fact, if you go back in time, two months ago Fiorentina was still struggling with whether to set a European place or a Champions League place, and after getting Jorgensen and Mikoli, they dared to target the top four, and even if this is the goal, there are still many players and fans who think that Fiorentina is too high-profile. If it weren't for the fact that they were Florence, Italy would have been laughing at it.

A promoted horse, a rookie with no experience in Serie A, with a rabble, aiming for the top four, is indeed a bit pompous, but soon Fiorentina impressed everyone, after the victory over Inter Milan and Juventus, Fiorentina has deservedly become the title contender, and no one questions their strength anymore.

AC Milan ended a 00-00 battle in a heavy rain, they were unable to break Brescia's iron bucket formation, and Brescia did not make good use of the counter-attack, and the two sides ended up in a draw.

Ancelotti will definitely not be satisfied with such a result, but because Juventus lost, Ancelotti has a lot of psychological comfort, the four-point gap is not a trench, the league is still very long, AC Milan still has a chance to catch up, for the leader Fiorentina, Ancelotti is not so afraid of Juventus, in Ancelotti's view, AC Milan's biggest competitors are Juventus and Inter Milan, Fiorentina can only be called spoilers, they may also have a chance to win the championship, Carlo Ancelotti believes the chances will never be greater than those of Juventus.

Cagliari in fourth place, Udinese in fifth and Palermo in sixth is a miracle, but no one thought they would have any hopes of winning the title, and they formed a second group with Roma and Lazio, mainly fighting for a Champions League place and a UEFA Cup spot.

Inter Milan are special, they are still unbeaten and if they can get out of their current predicament and rush into the championship group, if they continue to be in this slump until the winter break, then they will have to fight for a Champions League place.

The relegation team has been a bit special this season, in the past Serie A, the most need to worry about relegation is always the promoted polo team, but with the size of Serie A this season and the number of relegation and relegation places have changed, the previous pattern seems to have changed. In addition to Parma, a traditional powerhouse, has fallen into the relegation circle this season, Bologna and Siena, two original Serie A teams, are also facing the threat of relegation, and among several promoted polo teams, only Atalanta, an old face who has just said goodbye to Serie A for a year, is in danger, and it can be said that these "old Serie A" have collectively encountered new problems this season.

After LL rounds, Atalanta became the only team in Serie A without a win, a result that many expected.

Atalanta are known for producing excellent young players in the Apennines, and this season they have been joined by Albertini and Comandini, and the prospects of this "young guard" in the new season were originally very promising. But perhaps it is precisely because of the presence of hopeful stars such as Montolivo in the team that many giants want their relegation to get these rookies at a low price. So, just like Venice and Como in previous seasons, they have been ruthlessly suppressed, and although the season is still long, Atalanta may not escape relegation.

Siena's current situation is also rarely expected, and it was originally thought that this "Juventus second team" should be able to get a special "discount" in Apennine football. But one background that cannot be ignored is that Siena was the team that got the most involved in the Serie A match-fixing investigation that took place at the end of last season. Although the investigation has only been closed in the end, taking into account the interests of all parties, the authorities in Italian football cannot always be left without explanations. So in this season's Serie A, Siena seems to play the role of a kind of "outcast". In a way, they are paying off the debt for the "forgiveness" they received in the first place, if this team with a "background". The eventual demotion may be understood as a quiet form of punishment.

As for the downfall of Bologna and Parma this season, the reasons are simpler, as the two teams have experienced a financial crisis and massive personnel losses this summer, and the core of the team's attack has also been lost. After such a dramatic change, it is naturally difficult for the team to avoid the fate of fighting for relegation.

In recent seasons, due to the rise of the Premier League and the strength of La Liga, Serie A has been reduced to the third league, but this season due to the rise of dark horses such as Florence and Cagliari, the league is hot, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus have also won consecutive games in the Champions League, and Serie A has signs of revival again, but the league is still very long, and if Serie A wants to revive the glory of the Seven Sisters era, it also needs dark horse teams such as Fiorentina to continue to run wild.