Chapter 596: Crazy April (6)
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Pirlo's brilliant free-kick strike made him famous throughout European football, and although he only led Vicenza to a detonated version of Fiorentina at the age of 19 a month away, the media obviously didn't care about that, all they needed was a gimmick and a high-profile topic.
The people who were abandoned by Florence fought back, and the local rising star killed the purple lily...... What an eye-catching title it is!
As for whether Pirlo was really abandoned to Vicenza by Florence...... How can these media care?
In this way, Pirlo, who was originally only well-known in Italy, has become the No. 1 superstar in the world after this packaging and praise by the media.
In the face of these praises from the media, Pirlo appeared quite calm, not complacent, but still conscientiously participated in the team's daily training, as well as the Fiorentina coaching staff specially customized training plan for him, without the slightest slack.
And after this game, many clubs have taken steps to pursue Pirlo, because they have all seen Pirlo's extraordinaryness and amazing potential from this game.
Whether it's passing, dribbling or penetrating, the youngster is almost adept at everything, and when Pirlo is on the pitch, he has a good sense of the big picture and controls the tempo of the game, avoiding the fate of the team being led by the nose by Fiorentina; In the final stages of the game, Pirlo even broke through the goal guarded by Toldo with a free kick, showing people his scoring ability!
It's not uncommon to see players with all-round abilities, but players who are proficient in all aspects of the eighteen-way martial arts are rare, and Pirlo, who is under the age of nineteen, is clearly one of those few people.
Therefore, after watching the video of Pirlo's game, some teams have begun to attack Pirlo, and the transfer offer is piled up in front of Zhuang Mingge like snowflakes.
Zhuang Mingge naturally wouldn't be tempted by these offers, because he knew that a thousand troops were easy to get, and one would be difficult to find. In Zhuang Mingge's eyes, Pirlo is not only a general, but also a rare handsome talent!
Therefore, if Fiorentina just sells Pirlo, which has been carefully cultivated for many years, it is equivalent to selling the future of Florence!
With all that out of the way, let's turn our attention back to the upcoming Champions Cup.
After losing the game against Vicenza, the gap between Fiorentina and Juventus, who won this round, was reduced to 12 points. However, with only five rounds left in the league, Fiorentina have an absolute advantage in the battle for the league title, so Juventus did not take Fiorentina's defeat as an opportunity to complete a comeback in the league, but stayed in Vinovo (Juventus's training base) to work hard and strive to achieve something in the Champions Cup.
Like Juventus, Fiorentina are also preparing for the upcoming Champions League at their training grounds. However, compared to the nervous Juventus players, the Fiorentina players seemed quite relaxed in training.
After all, the advantage given to Fiorentina by a big first-leg win over Barcelona was too obvious, and it also gave Fiorentina one foot in the semi-finals and a huge blow to the confidence of the Barcelona players.
If the defeat in the UEFA Super Cup can be justified in all sorts of excuses, the heavy defeat in the Champions Cup a week ago has left many Barcelona players skeptical about whether they can beat Fiorentina. This has also led to Barcelona's morale becoming more and more low, and no matter how much Van Gaal tries to appease the players, it will not improve the morale of the team.
Therefore, no one, including Barcelona fans, thought that Capello, who is known for his steadiness, would complete the comeback for Barcelona in the second leg.
In this situation, on the evening of April 15, the second leg of the quarter-final of the Champions League between Fiorentina and Barcelona went ahead as scheduled.
Facing a morale-sluggish Barcelona team, Fiorentina, who was playing at home, did not take the opportunity to create another bloody incident, but the two starting strikers Inzaghi and Vieri scored a goal each in the game to help the Purple Lily win 2-0 at home and advance to the semifinals of the Champions Cup with an aggregate score of 7-0!
Fiorentina are the last team to reach the last four of the Champions League, along with La Liga giants Real Madrid, Bianconeri Juventus and Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
According to UEFA's zoning notes at the draw ceremony, Fiorentina and Real Madrid, who are in the same upper half, will meet again in the semi-finals. In the bottom half, Bayern coach Terpattoni will face his former club Juventus for a ticket to the Champions League final with the Bianconeri.
As for Fiorentina's two satellite clubs, Ajax and Monaco, they have made it to the knockout stages of the Champions League and have also eliminated their respective opponents to reach the quarter-finals. However, in the quarter-finals, the two teams lacking major tournament experience were defeated by Bayern Munich and Juventus and were eliminated miserably.
Although both teams have said goodbye to the Champions Cup, the players from Fiorentina who have been sent to Monaco and Ajax have been tempered by high-level competitions for more than half a year, such as Gattuso, Zivo, Perrotta, Di Natale, etc., and their strength has been improved to a certain extent.
After beating Barcelona and progressing to the last four of the Champions League, Fiorentina will face Atalanta who are struggling to fight relegation.
Due to the loss of a large number of key players in Atalanta last summer, coupled with the overly conservative style of play of head coach Mondonico, the Young Guards have always struggled to win in the league, and are currently only third from the bottom of the standings, and the relegation situation is extremely serious.
Although in order to avoid relegation, the Atalanta players will definitely work very hard in this game, but the only thing they can do now is this fighting spirit...... But if you want to deal with Florence, fighting spirit alone obviously won't work.
Considering the physical fitness of the players, Capello sent a large number of substitutes to start in this game, although Fortunato, De Sanctis and others are inferior to Carlos, Toldo, etc., but compared to the opposite Atalanta, Fiorentina can still beat the opponent in terms of overall strength.
Since these substitutes have basically no fitness problems, on the afternoon of April 19, Fiorentina and Atalanta, who were playing away, won a valuable victory with a goal from Cruise after a fierce battle for 90 minutes.