Chapter 1362: Go and Stay (2)

PS1: This is Tuesday's update.,It's a little late.,I hope you don't care too much about the update time.,I promise not to break the update......

PS2: Let's talk about the book friend group here, the group number is three, seven, zero, five, four, nine, nine, one, nine, nine, verifies that the answer is NTR knight, well, that's it.

PS3: I would like to thank the book friend "Dawang Yu Yu Yu" for his tip.

PS4: Italy will always be the kind of team that surprises when you don't have hope......

Regarding Arteta's request to leave, Mourinho actually expected it. After all, the Spanish midfielder is in a bad position in the Fiorentina team. Despite his impressive performance in the Champions League quarter-finals against Liverpool, it is clear that Arteta has not lived up to the expectations of his fans and simply does not have the strength to support the team while Andrea Pirlo is resting. This directly led to the Purple Lily falling into the dilemma of insufficient manpower in the case of third-line operations, and finally regrettably eliminated from the Italian Cup and Champions Cup.

Moreover, Italian football's tight defence and rigorous tactical style are not the favorite of these attacking Spanish players, but rather something they hate. Therefore, for Arteta, playing at Fiorentina is nothing more than a job, and he certainly doesn't like to play in such an atmosphere.

What's more, Arteta has been accustomed to being the core of the team in the two years he has played for Rangers, but when he came to Fiorentina, he had to start from the bench, and such a huge gap also made the Spaniard very uncomfortable. Therefore, it is not all that surprising that Arteta will decide to make a transfer request to Mourinho at this time.

Arteta will not be the first, nor will he be the last, if he is used to being the core of a small or medium-sized club or a second-tier team, and finally chooses to leave after joining the top giants because he can't adapt to the change in the status of the team.

Despite his ability to understand Arteta's choice, Mourinho is still quite reluctant to do so. After all, although Arteta's performances at Fiorentina this season have been criticised and criticized, it is honest to say that the Spaniard has made great strides in his year at Fiorentina. At least, after a year at Fiorentina, Arteta is much better at the pace of the game and the timing of his passes, and his defensive attitude and enthusiasm are far better than when he first joined the Purple Lily.

Therefore, Mourinho's original vision was indeed to entrust Arteta, who has adapted to the style of Serie A play, next season, to share the pressure of Andrea Pirlo's game. However, now that Arteta has already indicated his attitude towards leaving, Mourinho, who has failed in his calculations, is bound to reconsider.

Although the overall performance of Fiorentina this season has been rather mediocre, and there have been a number of low-level mistakes, Arteta has no shortage of suitors thanks to his excellent performances against Liverpool in the Champions League and his eye-catching performances at Rangers in the previous two seasons. For example, Vicenza, who lacked an organizational core after Roberto Baggio's retirement, was in the hope that the Spaniard would take over the mantle left by Baggio.

However, in response to Vicenza's overtures, Arteta eventually declined the invitation. After all, part of Arteta's choice to leave was because he didn't like Italy's defence-oriented style of play, preferring to return to an environment he was familiar with – similar to the style of the Soviet Premier League, but with a higher level and bigger stage.

Just as Mikel Arteta began to find a home for himself and the whole Fiorentina squad was preparing for the final league match against Brescia, the Champions League final was held in Istanbul on 25 May.

Compared to AC Milan, who have been in full force and in the best form under Carlo Ancelotti, Lazio, who were slaughtered by Fiorentina by four goals last weekend, have clearly not recovered from this defeat. With the exception of a few players such as Didier Drogba and Ronaldo, most of the players are generally in a low state.

Although Robben and other players were added to the starting line-up in the Champions League final in order to minimise the negative impact of the weekend defeat, Lazio's fighting power in this game was inevitably affected by the heavy defeat to Fiorentina at the weekend.

As a result, the energetic and morale-boosting AC Milan players gave Lazio a kick-off from the start. Just 52 seconds into the game, Kaka was brought to the ground by Maxwell as he broke through with the ball, and Baronho's free-kick found Maldini lurking on the edge of the box, who picked up his right foot from 12 meters in front of the goal and fired a half-volley straight into the Lazio goal! 1 to 0!

And the Lazio players also seemed to be stunned by the sudden loss of the goal. Throughout the first half, the Blue Eagles players were in a state of confusion on the pitch, being held by AC Milan unable to move in their own half, and the alarm sounded frequently in front of the goal guarded by Cech, struggling to resist the onslaught from the opponent.

The Rossoneri, on the other hand, under the command of Carlo Ancelotti, gave full play to the style of taking advantage of the fire, launched a series of fierce attacks, beat Lazio to the ground, and scored one goal each in the 39th and 44th minutes of the game, Shevchenko and Rebrov respectively, extending the lead to 3-0 in one fell swoop!

"me, this can't be a replica of that miracle night in Istanbul, right?" Zhuang Mingge, who was watching the live broadcast of the game in front of the TV, saw this score, and he sighed in his heart at the time, secretly wondering if this should indicate that Lazio will be like Liverpool in his previous life, like Liverpool in the previous life, if he won three cities in a row in the second half, and finally completed the most incredible magical reversal in the history of the Champions League final?

If this is the case, then Lazio after winning the Champions League is bound to become another strong opponent of Fiorentina in Serie A in the future. After all, with such a heavyweight title in hand, Lazio will no longer be seen as an upstart and will be much more attractive to top stars.

But then, Zhuang Mingge thought about it and felt that with Mancini's ability, he didn't seem to have the ability to give the players chicken blood and chicken soup for the soul, and there was no spiritual leader like Gerrard in the Lazio team who could stand up and blow the horn of counterattack at such a critical moment. Therefore, Lazio wants to complete the comeback from three goals down like Liverpool, but I am afraid it will be an impossible task.

It seems that this Champions League final may be Mancini's last game in charge of Lazio. Looking at Mancho with a confused face on the TV screen, Zhuang Mingge thought regretfully.