Volume 1 Chapter 397 The First Strong Enemy
Four wins in a row in the league and ten wins in a row in all competitions
Even after last season's miraculous performance, Fiorentina's performance is still shocking to countless people.
You must know that in Fiorentina's ten-game winning streak, only Cesena is a fish belly in the Coppa Italia, and the others are not weak
For example, Juventus will face Juventus in the Super Cup, Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League qualifiers, and strong teams like Udinese and Sampdoria in the league who can challenge for the Champions League, but Fiorentina have won them all.
"Milan Sport" exclaimed: "Away 3:I Even if Lecce defends Chen and Tony, they still can't prevent Fiorentina from getting a win, the league is only four rounds, Prandelli's team is gradually showing its bloodthirsty fangs, and now except for Juventus can keep up with the pace of the purple lily, the other teams have been left far behind at the beginning of the season, many people are doubting that Fiorentina's declaration of winning the title is a gimmick, and now it seems that they have the strength to support this ambition." ”
"All Sports" uses "unstoppable" to describe the current Florence.
"Ten consecutive victories against Fiorentina are no longer dark horses, but they are still running wild, and those who block their progress are trampled under their feet one by one, even strong teams such as defending champion Juventus, League Cup runners-up Sporting Lisbon and Sampdoria cannot let Fiorentina stay for a while."
The newspaper La Repubblica, the local newspaper of Florence, was both thrilled by Fiorentina's miraculous performance and uneasy by Fiorentina's all-out attack on the third front, "With ten consecutive wins, Fiorentina has achieved exciting results in the Super Cup, Coppa Italia, league and Champions League, surpassing the glory of the seven Serie A sisters of the year." But there is one point that the Florentine top brass must consider, is the strength of Florence now strong enough to support Florence's three-front operation? Can it even support two-front operations? You must know that even giants such as Juventus and Milan will sometimes be dragged down by double-front battles, which is why it is difficult to produce a treble. ”
Perhaps the Republic is the only newspaper that reminds Fiorentina to have a choice, and almost all the other media are touting it, such as Spain and Germany, which are in the same group as Fiorentina in the Champions League, and their media have also said that they must be careful of Fiorentina, who have the strength to compete for the top spot in the group
Spain's World Sport newspaper believes that Fiorentina will certainly be a big problem this season, not only will they cause headaches for Juventus and Milan, but will also threaten the future of European giants such as Barcelona.
The German newspaper Bild exaggerated, saying that Fiorentina would be able to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and if they were lucky, they might be able to repeat Jose Mourinho's feat of winning the Champions League in the 0304 season.
In the face of the media's praise, Fiorentina is of course very happy, but they have not yet reached the point of floating, first, there are still internal contradictions, second, Chen Yu and Toni are in danger of being seen to death by their opponents, and third, they will meet two dangerous opponents next, the league will play Inter Milan, the Champions League will play Barcelona, if you look at it in the long run, their next opponent in the Italian Cup is Juventus. For Fiorentina, they will have to go through these two tests before they have what it takes to challenge for the league title and the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Fiorentina's internal contradiction is still the contradiction between Bodinov and coach Prandelli, although before the game with Lecce, the contradiction between Bodinov and Prandelli has eased, but because Lecce is Bodinov's old club, Bodinov wants to start in this game, but Prandelli refused Bodinov's request, and only sent Bodinov on the field after leading three to one, which made Bodinov very dissatisfied, and after the game, Bodinov complained that he was treated unfairly in Florence, He doesn't dare to compare with Chen Yu now, but he thinks that he is no worse than Tony and Di Natale, but he will never get the same opportunities as Tony and Di Natale.
Prandelli now has a brilliant record, is supported by the fans, is favored by the club's top management, and the players are also happy with him, so naturally he will not care too much about Bodinov's feelings, he just said lightly that Toney and Di Natale can start because they train hard and have a good attitude, and Bodinov should prove himself on the training ground and in the game if he wants to get the main opportunity, instead of complaining to the media.
Prandelli is now very authoritative, and Bodinov does not dare to be too presumptuous, but he does not work hard in training, and constantly complains, which has affected the unity in the locker room.
Bodinov is not the most important problem, after all, Bodinov is not the main force now, he has just come to Florence, and he does not have his own allies, so the impact is not great, but Chen Yu, who claims to average one goal per game, failed to score but made the Florentinans feel uneasy, they are worried that the phenomenon of the second grade will appear in Chen Yu, although now Tony and Di Natale have strong scoring ability, but Chen Yu's position is irreplaceable, if Chen Yu can't score, Fiorentina will have a very difficult time achieving their goals of winning the league and the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
In this context, the match against Inter Milan becomes very important.
This game is related to the league standings, now Inter Milan is only three points less than Fiorentina, once Fiorentina loses, they will be overtaken by Inter Milan, and may even be overtaken by Palermo, Sampdoria and other teams,
This game will also verify whether Fiorentina's striker Chen Yu has lost his magic, and whether they have the strength to compete with the giants, in the Super Cup, although Fiorentina defeated Juventus, but the weight of the Super Cup is stronger than the warm-up match at most, similar to the Italian Cup, and the importance of the league cannot be compared, Juventus did not take it to heart, and the game with Inter Milan is the touchstone of Fiorentina.
In terms of last season's rankings, Inter Milan are the worst of the three giants in Serie A, but in terms of strength, they are not the worst.
Last season, Inter Milan lost only 3 games in the league, the fewest losses, but fell into a draw circle, a tragic 18 draws, but not only did they not catch up with the Old Lady and Milan, but they were also overtaken by Fiorentina and only took an embarrassing fourth place in the league
In the Champions Cup, Inter Milan's performance was smooth, but it was unlucky, and in the Champions League, Milan met AC Milan, Milan's style was exactly the same as Inter Milan, and Inter Milan was winless in three or four years, and the mentality was not good. As a result, Inter Milan was defeated by AC Milan, and was also banned by UEFA for four games at home for fan disturbances.
In the Italian Cup, Inter Milan had also performed smoothly before, but in the final, they met the dark horse Fiorentina and the God-possessed Chen Yu, and in the final, Chen Yu's two long-range shots within a minute took away the championship.
It can be said that Inter Milan died more unjustly than Dou E last season, but it is not without reason that he died so unjustly.
Roberto Mancini's team is known for its passion, and since taking over from Zaccheroni, they have held high the banner of "sexy football", with attack as the aim and passion as the first priority. For a while, the scene of the Inter Milan game was very beautiful, very pleasing to the emotional boss Moratti, and several attackers rushed together, which was really dazzling. At the beginning of the season, under the leadership of Adriano, the Nerazzurri's goals have been rising steadily, and the spear of Serie A is well deserved.
However, Inter's defense is too fragile to compare to Milan or Juventus' defense, or even better than Fiorentina's. It is often broken by opponents as soon as they are stabbed. With Cagliari, with Lecce, with Chievo, no less. Zanetti is Inter's most solid defender, but after all, he is only a full-back. Córdoba is also brave, but suffers from a lack of height and is often bullied by the opponent's 190 cm big man. Materazzi sleepwalked all year long, Uncle Miha was experienced but lacked speed, Budisso was not adaptable, Gamara watched the game for a year, and a team changed goalkeepers several times in a season, which is simply a irony of the title Serie A team.
This season, Inter Milan has not burned money as aimlessly as before, they focused on supplementing their backline, first free to take Solari and Wurm, and then raided Samuel and Cesar at a high price, the addition of these defensive players activated Materazzi, Favalli and Toldo, so that Inter Milan in the league, cup and Champions League have played at a very high level, now in the 9 games, Inter Milan has only lost one, and learned to win the game l:0, It now holds the record for 453 minutes without conceding a goal
In the frontcourt, Inter Milan spent a small amount of money and did big things this season, and got the Portuguese king Figo for free, and bought Chile's Deco Pizarro for 10 million plus half of Pandev's ownership.
Former European Footballer Figo will be a decisive factor for Inter Milan's new season, if he can play close to the peak level and make peace with Veron, then Inter Milan will be the favorite in the league and the Champions League this season, and if the old Figo comes to Inter Milan for retirement, he will have a big impact on Inter Milan's dressing room, and may even ruin Inter Milan's dream of winning the new season.
But soon Figo proved that Inter Milan's choice was correct, and he deserved an annual salary of 4.6 million euros, although he scored in four rounds of the league and the Italian Cup, he assisted 3 goals, and his role is not only in goals and assists, he can play on the wing, can play in the front midfield, has outstanding awareness, experience, and can be reliable at critical moments, in a short period of time, Figo has his own place in Inter Milan, which makes people sigh, superstars are superstars.
This game is the 135th goal for Fiorentina and Inter Milan in the history of Serie A, in the previous 134 games, Inter Milan has a advantage of 49 wins, 47 draws and 38 losses, scoring 198 goals and conceding 17l goals; Among them, the home team has 36 wins, 18 draws and 13 losses, scoring 8 goals and conceding 73 goals, completely dominating.
Last season, Inter Milan and Fiorentina won one game each in the league and Coppa Italia finals, and Fiorentina only scored one more goal than Inter Milan, but it was this goal that allowed Fiorentina to snatch the Coppa Italia title from Inter Milan.