In the 35th round of Serie A, due to Juventus' defeat of Lazio 1:0 and Fiorentina 5:1 after Fiorentina defeated Siena 5:1, the points gap between Juventus and Juventus is still 8 points, after this round, there are only three rounds left in the league, as long as Fiorentina does not lose to Palermo at home in the next round, no matter what result Juventus and Siena play, Fiorentina can win the Serie A championship two rounds in advance, even if Fiorentina loses to Palermo at home in the 36th round, as long as they score one point in the remaining two rounds, They were still able to win the Serie A title, and this Tuscan derby victory was crucial for Fiorentina and essentially laid the foundation for the title.

After the game, Siena coach Decanio was convinced and congratulated Fiorentina on winning the championship, saying: "This season's Fiorentina is the strongest Fiorentina team he has ever seen, with good defense, strong attack, strong fighting, and strong individual leaders, they fully deserve the league title." ”

However, Decanio also believes that there is another important reason why Fiorentina has played so smoothly this year, that is, the fall of Milan and Juventus, especially Juventus, the king of Serie A, last season they blocked Fiorentina halfway, so that Fiorentina, who has been leading the standings, only won the third place, but after the phone gate, Juventus no longer had the courage of the past, and was pulled down from the top of the table by Fiorentina and never went up again, and was pulled out of the eight-point gap by Fiorentina after the most. It can be said that the championship trophy was given to Fiorentina by hand.

"If there was a little suspense about the league title before the Tuscan derby, after the Tuscan derby, the suspense is gone, there are still three rounds of league games, Fiorentina's three opponents are Palermo, Chievo and Reggina, these three rounds of league games only need Fiorentina to get a point, they can win the title, no one will believe that Fiorentina can't even get a point against these three opponents, Even if the last three opponents are Juventus and Milan, Fiorentina could win, not to mention the likes of Palermo, Reggina and Chievo. ”

"Torino Sport" commented: "Before the Tuscan derby, Siena was eager to crush Fiorentina's dream of winning the title, in the first 70 minutes, Siena not only showed ambition, but also showed good strength, but Chen Yu dominated the derby, his one pass and two assists shattered Siena's confidence in taking points, and also decided the outcome of the game." It shattered Siena's confidence in getting points and decided the outcome of the game. After this game, there are three rounds left in the league Fiorentina lead the second place by 8 points, they will win the third title in their history is almost a certainty, the earliest next game, the latest league 38th round, Fiorentina may win the cup, from the perspective of strength, the next round of Fiorentina beat Palermo has no problem, but because Fiorentina has a Champions League semi-final in midweek, Fiorentina is likely to stay, and Siena is not likely to stop Juventus, so Fiorentina will probably win the cup after the Champions League semifinals. ”

Although there is only a theoretical possibility of Juventus winning the title after Fiorentina's victory, the gold medal coach Capello still did not admit defeat, saying: "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we will not give up our efforts, and miracles often come out of despair." ”

In addition to saying that he would continue to play the remaining three rounds, Capello also implicitly mentioned the phone gate to justify the poor record, "...... For most of the season, we played very well and were at the top of the table, but there are some things that are unpredictable and out of our control, and it is these things that affect the form of the players and also affect our results, I don't know where the club will go after this season, but I think that such a club with a long history and honours will not fall easily, Juventus will regroup and continue to laugh in Serie A. ”

In the face of such a good situation, Fiorentina up and down is very happy, after the game coach Prandelli said in an interview that winning this game is very important for Fiorentina, although Siena is not a strong team, but it is not easy to play, in the derby, every team will burst out of great potential, Siena today the tactical arrangement is reasonable, the players play well. Relying on Chen Yu's outburst, Fiorentina only overtook the score in the 79th minute, and if Siena held on for a few more minutes, the subsequent result would be unpredictable. With the win against Siena, we were able to maintain our eight-point advantage over Juventus, so we can be very active in the rest of the game, at least this Sunday's game against Palermo we can be flexible, otherwise it will be a big headache for us to play on both fronts. Now, the Champions League has become more important for us and we will prioritise it and of course it would have been happier if we had won the Champions League two rounds earlier. “

Prandelli's statement is clear, they only need to take one point in the next three games, and they will certainly not go all out in the league game before the semi-finals, but will focus on the Champions League, and they will go all out to seal the title in the remaining two league games.

This is the wisest choice for Fiorentina, the league championship is basically in the bag, you can take it out at any time, and although the Champions League occupies a certain advantage of 2:2 away, the opponent Arsenal is very strong, by no means comparable to the opponent of the league, even if Fiorentina is desperate at home, they can't afford to win the championship a day earlier and needlessly consume physical energy.

Fiorentina president Prandelli, who was excited after the game, expressed similar sentiments, saying: "Thanks to the patience and cooperation of the players, we are only one point away from the championship, which is extremely exciting and exciting, we have not won the title for 37 years, the fans' hair is gray for this title, but we still have to be patient, although it is only one point, but if we slack off, three consecutive defeats are not impossible at all, but right now, we can't focus on the game against Palermo. We have a do-or-die clash with Arsenal in midweek next week and we have to give it our all to reach the Champions League final again after 46 years. ”

As soon as the match against Siena ended, the Fiorentina coaches had already made it clear that they would strategically abandon the decision to abandon the 36th round of the league, much to the surprise of the Palermons.

Palermo is the 0304 season and Fiorentina together promoted to Serie A, the two teams because of the abundant funds, willing to invest in the Serie A field, they have excellent results in both seasons, last season Fiorentina went to play in the Champions League, Palermo also qualified for the League Cup, this season Fiorentina competed for the league title, Palermo also worked hard for the second European qualification.

However, Palermo suffered a setback in the last league game, they lost 1:3 at home to Livorno, who was also promoted to Serie A in the same season, and the pace of running towards European competition slowed down, and after beating Udinese away, Chievo and Palermo have expanded their points to two points.

Now Fiorentina said that they want to strategically give up the game with Palermo, Palermo is equivalent to scoring 3 points out of thin air, and Chievo is likely to not be able to defeat Roma, how can they not be happy, these three points, even one point, Palermo dare not expect extravagantly, after all, Fiorentina is too strong, Milan and Juventus can not take advantage of them, Palermo dare to think more.

Although he was overjoyed in his heart, he did not admit it verbally in Palermo.

The president of Palermo, the very unpleasant Zamparini, denied it, saying that it was most likely a conspiracy of the Florentines, because now Fiorentina only need to win the championship by one point, they will not give up this opportunity, and what they have said openly in the media is definitely paralyzing Palermo.

Although Zamparini thinks that it is impossible for Fiorentina to give three points to Palermo, he also thinks that Fiorentina should not do their best, "Fiorentina will fight against Arsenal after playing with us, everyone knows how strong Arsenal is, and how important the Champions League semifinals are, it is impossible for Fiorentina not to keep it, Chen Yu, Fiore and other absolute main forces may be hidden, or they may come on as substitutes, this is a wise choice, if I am the president of Fiorentina, I will definitely do this, And maybe even more daring than Fiorentina, but one thing I want the Palermo players to have to be mental, and that is that Fiorentina are also very good on the bench, and it's impossible to get three points off the opponent without trying to do it on your own, so we have to give it our all, no matter what kind of squad Fiorentina put out. ”

Palermo's head coach Del Neri reminded his players not to be careless, don't think that Fiorentina doesn't want to win, in order to win the championship in advance, even if Fiorentina uses the players of the youth team, they must work hard to get a point, Palermo must rely on their own strength to win the game.

The thirty-fifth round has just ended, Fiorentina said that they want to strategically give up the game with Palermo, and Palermo pretended to say that Fiorentina will not give up, in fact, his heart has long been happy, which makes the flying donkey Chievo who competes with Palermo very uncomfortable, their head coach Pieron said: "I think Serie A is full of utilitarianism, lack of a fair competition mentality, I don't mean that Fiorentina must use the full main squad to fight with Palermo, everyone knows the meaning of the Champions League semi-finals, I mean to say, Florence shouldn't say they want to give up strategically, that's a bit unfair to us. If you don't play well as long as you don't have benefits, then the teams that don't need relegation and title competition can give up, Fiorentina are strong, they have the ability to fight on two fronts, and winning the league, locking in the title is also very helpful for them to play Arsenal in midweek, the players are in a good mood, there is no worries, and the performance will definitely be better. ”

Chievo looked like he was thinking about them from Fiorentina's side, but that didn't change Fiorentina's determination, and after 35 rounds, the Fiorentina players began training behind closed doors.

With such a serious training, the goal is certainly not to win Palermo at the weekend, which means that they are ready to play Arsenal from now on.

Three days later, the match between Fiorentina and Palermo began, Fiorentina really sent a substitute lineup, and the players who had not played also got the opportunity to start, and Chen Yu, Tony, and Fiore were not even on the squad, and the main players who had not rested were all sitting on the bench, and the original main players were left goalkeeper Toldo and central defender Gambellini, as well as the main rotation, back Pachenza and striker Di Natale.

Fiorentina is the substitute lineup, while Palermo is the main team, the team's top scorers Di Michele and Caracciolo teamed up, the two strikers scored a total of 20 goals, although not as many goals as Chen Yu and Toney alone, but they are already a good combination in Serie A in addition to several giants.

Guadalbourne is unassailable in goalkeeper and was called up by national team coach Lippi for his outstanding performances last season. Behind the two strikers are Santana and Brienza's left and right wings, with Barone and Corlini in the middle, with Corlini feeding the strikers and Barone sweeping the area in front of the centre-backs.

Palermo's defenders are very young, but they all have experience in being recruited into the national team, right-back Zakar, left-back Grosso, central defenders Biava and Barzagli, these four have outstanding individual ability, but the team is not very good.

The only thing Palermo have been criticized for is their backline, and at this point in the league, eighth-placed Palermo have a negative percentage of goals scored and conceded, with the forwards and defenders scoring 45 goals and the backline conceding 47, so it's no wonder they can only finish in eighth place.

If Fiorentina has a combination of Chen Yu and Tony, it will definitely be easy and pleasant for Palermo's tofu scum defense, and now, Fiorentina is Pacini and Di Natale, these two people have personal ability, but the cooperation is not tacit enough, whether they can tear apart Palermo's defense is not easy to say.

Fiorentina were the first to attack as soon as the game began, and because there was no burden of winning, the substitutes played more relaxed, and they went all out to attack in the hope of beating Palermo, winning the league title and laying the foundation for their contract extension next season.

Palermo couldn't play a defensive counterattack because their back line was not stable enough, and this game faced Fiorentina's substitute lineup, if they were too conservative, they were afraid that they would be laughed at if they won, so they also attacked Fiorentina after the opening.

Although Fiorentina released the news in advance in order not to look forward to it too much, and wanted to strategically abandon the game, there were still countless fans who came to Fiorentina to prepare to witness their team win the championship, and the attendance of this game was no worse than that of the Champions League, with more than 47,000 seats basically filled.

After the opening, the fans were slightly disappointed to see that Fiorentina was on the bench, but then the two teams launched an attack, and the wonderful cooperation continued, which made the Fiorentina fans very happy, they have not seen Fiorentina play against the opponent for a long time.

Because when Florence is not famous and the strength is not strong enough, Florence shrinks and counterattacks, and when Florence is stronger, the opponent shrinks and counterattacks, in short, it is like an offensive and defensive drill, except for individual goals, there are few beautiful matches at other times.

In the 20th minute of the game, Fiorentina's substitutes took the lead, Di Natale broke through Grosso's defense on the side, passed the ball to the middle to find Pacini, Pacini's header rubbed back, and Gimenez, who followed up, shot a long shot through Palermo goalkeeper Guadalben.

Fiorentina's lead blew up the whole game, Fiorentina fans did not have much hope of winning the trophy in this game, and suddenly saw Gimenez score, the fans were all excited, thinking that there could really be some miracle today, after all, they only need a draw to win the championship.

However, the Fiorentina fans were not happy for too long, the Palermo players who were angered by the Fiorentina substitutes then launched a fierce counterattack, the ferocity of the offensive, so that the Fiorentina substitutes did not know how to parry, in the panic, with the unfamiliar weakness exposed, in the 15th minute of the game, Montolivo passed the ball to the feet of the opponent's midfielder Collini, Collini directly divided the ball, Di Michele adjusted and pulled out his foot to shoot, Toldo could not save, Palermo equalized.

Then Palermo was more morale and launched a more fierce attack, Fiorentina played at their home stadium, although they could not resist, but they were unwilling to shrink and defend, only to be seized by Palermo five minutes later, this time it was the veteran Collini who inserted into the box and stabbed the score, rewriting the score to 2:1.

After taking the lead, Fiorentina was eager to attack, but Palermo contracted the formation to control the tempo, not allowing Fiorentina to play the attack, in the first half, Fiorentina had the advantage of attack, but could not equalize. At the start of the second half, Palermo suddenly launched a blitzkrieg, taking advantage of the inexperienced weakness of Fiorentina's substitutes, and in the first minute of the opening game, a long pass from the defender counterattacked, and striker Di Michaile scored twice to help Palermo extend the score to 3-1.

At this point, the game is actually over, Fiorentina can only hope to equalize unless the main players such as Chen Yu and Toney are on the list, but these two people are not even on the squad, Fiorentina has no hope of equalizing at all, at this time Prandelli in order to prevent the team's big score rout, affecting the Champions League final in midweek, he sent three veterans to stabilize the situation, and Palermo was not willing to provoke Fiorentina, did not use all the troops on the attack, and finally the score of 3:1 remained to the full-time, Fiorentina lost at home, The time to win the championship has been extended by another round. Palermo contracted the formation to control the tempo and did not allow Fiorentina to play the attack, and in the first half, Fiorentina dominated the attack, but could not equalize. At the start of the second half, Palermo suddenly launched a blitzkrieg, taking advantage of the inexperienced weakness of Fiorentina's substitutes, and in the first minute of the opening game, a long pass from the defender counterattacked, and striker Di Michaile scored twice to help Palermo extend the score to 3-1.

At this point, the game is actually over, Fiorentina can only hope to equalize unless the main players such as Chen Yu and Toney are on the list, but these two people are not even on the squad, Fiorentina has no hope of equalizing at all, at this time Prandelli in order to prevent the team's big score rout, affecting the Champions League final in midweek, he sent three veterans to stabilize the situation, and Palermo was not willing to provoke Fiorentina, did not use all the troops on the attack, and finally the score of 3:1 remained to the full-time, Fiorentina lost at home, The time to win the championship has been extended by another round.