The defeat at home to Palermo was not on Fiorentina's mind, and the postponement of the title by one round did not bring them and the fans much regret, and the most important thing for them now is how to deal with Arsenal who have come to revenge.

The Champions League and the league have always been a pair of contradictions, every season, the five major leagues have to make a headache choice, whether to the league or the Champions League, or both? Any choice other than the team that won the double would be a big shame.

If Fiorentina could not win the Tuscan derby in the last game, Fiorentina will definitely have to face this choice, and now, with three rounds to go, they are eight points ahead, and the opponents in the bottom three rounds are not strong, Fiorentina can easily give up one or even two league games to prepare for the Champions League.

And for Arsenal, the league and the Champions League have a tough choice to make.

Arsenal are now fifth in the Premier League, four points clear of fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur, and ahead of the semi-final against Fiorentina, Arsenal will play a north London derby against Tottenham Hotspur to decide who qualifies for next year's Champions League.

Although Arsenal lost again in this game, they basically missed the top four in the league, but Wenger decided to keep his strength and put the Champions League first, Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas and Eboue were placed on the bench, Ljungberg and Hleb were hidden, and Arsenal participated in the north London derby with half of their main force.

Tottenham Hotspur's strength is slightly weaker than Arsenal, but not so much that even half of Arsenal can't beat, in the first half Tottenham Hotspur had an absolute advantage, playing Arsenal only parried and did not have the power to fight back, but Tottenham's ability to seize opportunities was really poor, and they created countless chances throughout the first half, but only one goal was scored by Robbie Keane.

Arsene Wenger was able to accept a draw, but could not accept defeat, it was a derby after all, and there was a silver lining for a draw, and defeat was completely useless, and in the 65th minute of the second half, Wenger replaced Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas to strengthen the attack and try to turn the tide of the game.

With Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal showed a stronger fighting spirit, and the players' confidence also increased a lot, and in the 84th minute, Adebayor tackled Startri from the left and passed through, and Henry got rid of Gardner and stabbed a right-footed shot into the far corner from 14 yards on the left side of the penalty area to score his 23rd league goal of the season.

Then Davies fouled Cesc Fabregas, the Dutchman accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off, Arsenal attacked aggressively, trying to reverse Tottenham in one fell swoop, retreating in front of the penalty area, Arsenal struggled to find attacking space, and finally Tottenham managed to hold on to the draw. Arsenal are still four points behind Tottenham and have little hope of finishing fourth in the league, and if Arsenal cannot reverse their next two rounds, they will have to win the Champions League to guarantee qualification for next season.

Although Fiorentina is losing, and Arsenal is a draw, but the mentality of the two is completely different, Fiorentina's main team has all been rested, the league situation is very good, winning the championship is a matter of minutes, and Arsenal's main force has also played at least 30 minutes of motivational games, the league competition for the top four can only hope that Tottenham will drop the chain, and all hopes are pinned on the Champions League championship, which will undoubtedly make Arsenal's psychological pressure heavier.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is well aware that the Gunners have never been known for their mental toughness, and they prefer to play with the wind, which is an important reason why Arsenal have lost the title with Manchester United and Chelsea in recent seasons.

In order to relieve the pressure on his players, Wenger analyzed the schedule of Tottenham and Arsenal after the game, and believed that Tottenham was likely to only get one point in the next two games, but Arsenal could win them all, so Arsenal wanted to participate in the Champions League next season is not the only way to play in the Champions League.

For the second leg of this Champions League semi-final at the Frankie Stadium, Wenger believes that Arsenal have a better chance of qualifying, because Fiorentina at home lacks Champions League experience and will be under more pressure, while Arsenal did not play well in the first game, this one must win to advance, they have no baggage, and the tactics are clear, they will be able to play at a higher level.

Arsene Wenger wants to put the pressure on Fiorentina's side, and Prandelli is not stupid, he certainly won't let his players play with this pressure on their backs, and he also uses the media to decompress his players so that Fiorentina players can travel lightly and play at a higher level.

Prandelli once again reiterated that Fiorentina have two goals this season, one is to win the league, which has been basically completed, and the other is to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, which has already been achieved, and now whether they reach the final or not, Fiorentina will have a perfect season.

Prandelli hopes that the players will not think too much about the final in Paris now, and do not think about the score of the last game, one is the future, the other is the past, those are not important, the important thing is to grasp the present, grasp this game, beat the opponent, they will be able to advance, if you think too much, suffer from gains and losses, I am afraid that the last will miss this golden opportunity.

Arsene Wenger and Prandelli both want to take the pressure off their players and let them play to their full technical and tactical level in the game, but in reality it is not so easy, now that the Champions League is coming to an end, every game will cause a huge sensation, like Arsenal and Fiorentina, teams that rarely reach the Champions League final in history, their fans are even crazier, in the first leg of the semi-finals, Fiorentina and Arsenal fans are very crazy, tickets are fried to 250 pounds a piece, Highbury Stadium is still stuffed, In such a life-or-death match, fans on both sides went even more crazy, and tickets were sold out for £400 a piece, with the result that all 47,000 tickets at Frankie Stadium were sold out a week ago.

The league basically won the championship and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, which is a grand occasion that Florence has not seen for decades, and the Florence fans in the world all hope that they can see Fiorentina reach the final with their own eyes, and a week before the start of the game, there are countless fans pouring into Florence, and three days before the start of the game, the Florence hotel is overcrowded.

Arsenal is relatively taller than Fiorentina, but Arsenal's record in the Champions League has always been poor, this time it has played very well, Arsenal fans are not much worse than Fiorentina, three days before the start of the game, thousands of fans have come to Florence to help the Gunners, the day before the game, there are almost more than 3,000 fans who followed Arsenal to Florence, plus those who have not yet arrived, Arsenal to Florence fans are no less than 10,000.

With the frenzied influx of fans and the overwhelming media publicity, it was difficult for both Fiorentina players and Arsenal players to maintain a calm mind.

Before the start of this game, the outside world was hyping rumors that he would move to Barcelona next season, in the face of these rumors, Henry said, "These are not true, I didn't say to leave Highbury, I won't think about these things now, for me, the most important thing now is to beat Fiorentina to reach the Champions League final, Fiorentina is a very strong team, They taught us a big lesson from the last game, but we won't let them fight back comfortably, and we have a way to limit Chan and Tony, and as long as we are not too unlucky, we believe we will get our tickets to Paris at the Frankie Stadium. ”

Arsenal's young midfield talent Sesque. Fabregas was very unconvinced by the draw by Fiorentina in the last game, he thought that Arsenal should win that game, Arsenal as a whole is much better than Fiorentina, Fiorentina can get a point only because of Chen Yu's outburst, Fabregas said: "Before playing with Fiorentina, we beat Juventus, so we underestimated Fiorentina a little, we were not as excited as Fiorentina in the game, and we were not as focused as they were when defending, giving Chen two chances to score, This time we won't make that mistake again, our backline won't give Chan another chance, it's useless for Toney to play, in the Premier League, there are a lot of strikers who are taller and stronger than Tony, we're used to it, we're not afraid of Tony. Arsenal have done a lot of miracles in the league, we are only missing a Champions League title now, now is our best chance, we will not let that chance slip out of our way, Frankie Stadium, this is the best stage for us to qualify. ”

Arsenal's players are all very confident, no one takes the home draw by Fiorentina seriously, Fiorentina is playing at home, and they must not weaken their morale before the game, not to mention that they still have the advantage in the first leg, and their players are even more confident when talking about this game.

Fiorentina captain Chen Yu, who scored twice in the last game, said: "Arsenal is very strong, we know this very well, but they have not been able to help us at their own doorstep, coming to the Frankie Stadium, we are waiting for work, and there is the support of tens of thousands of fans, we can't lose to them, as for whether we can win, how many goals we can win, I dare not say, but I promise the fans who support us that we will not let them down." ”

Fiorentina center Toni, who was not able to play in the last game, is also one of the focuses this time, in an interview, Toni is also full of confidence in the promotion, he said: "I played in the game against Siena, I feel that I have recovered very well, I should have a chance to play in this game against Arsenal, I have a hunch that I will score, my hunch has always been very accurate, but it doesn't matter if I score or not, as long as the team can advance, we played well in the first leg, we will play better in this round, Chen Yu is very lonely, I'm going to help him, of course he's here and I'm going to have a lot of chances, and I'm sure no team can stop both of us from scoring at the same time and we won the game. ”

Before the game, although the players of the two teams spoke very high-profile, but there was no war of words, but the fans of the two teams were like playing chicken blood, and had a crazy scolding war on the Internet.

The Fiorentina police are very wary of the football hooligans in the UK, and they have made full security preparations for the game on the 22nd, but they did not expect that before the 22nd arrived, the fans on both sides had several large-scale group fights, which attracted the attention of the Florentine police, and they arrested several football hooligans led by them, and increased the police and security the next day to ensure the smooth progress of this semi-final.

Fiorentina's record dates back more than 30 years, when Fiorentina was at its peak, but even then, Fiorentina only won two league titles and reached the final of the Champions League, and now, Fiorentina are close to that peak, and hopefully surpass it.

Great stars and results have always been the best medium to detonate the football market, now Florence has no shortage of both, Florence football market is naturally hot, from the day before the game, almost every household hangs the Florentina team flag, the streets are endlessly full of Florence fans of all skin colors wearing purple jerseys, the Florence team song is also floating throughout the city, it is not an exaggeration to say that Florence has become a football city.

It is impossible for the Fiorentina players not to be nervous and excited, at such a moment to make history, no player can stay calm, originally Fiorentina morning training started at nine o'clock, the Fiorentina players arrived around eight o'clock, and many people even woke up excited at four or five o'clock in the morning.

Even Fiorentina coach Prandelli has not experienced such a big battle, during the morning training, he couldn't help but smoke to relieve his nervousness, but in the afternoon, Prandelli calmed down, and when he attended the pre-match press conference with Wenger, Prandelli also joked with reporters quite relaxedly, saying that he had not slept well in the past few nights of nervousness, and if the game was postponed for a few more days, he himself would collapse first.

And Professor Wenger is worthy of being a giant coach, his aura is much better than Prandley, but compared with Prandelli, he is a little too serious, and his speech is decent, and it is not easy for reporters to use the topic to play.

The game was about to start soon, and what the two managers said was of course not too much concern to the fans, and after the streets were tightly cordoned off by the police, these fans from afar and local were most keen to engage in a war of words on forums and social media, arguing over who would win and who would lose, who would be more powerful between Henry and Chen Yu, who would be more awesome in the Champions League between Arsenal and Fiorentina, and who would have more fans and who would be more charismatic between Barty and Bergkamp, the god of war.

Such an argument is destined to be fruitless, and if you want to use your fists to convince your opponent in reality and be closely monitored by the police, the fans will still have to see the performance of the players on both sides of the game.

At 5 p.m., the Frankie Stadium officially opened to fans, and there were still nearly three hours before the start of the game, but because of the pressure of the police outside to maintain order, the club had to release the fans into the stadium in advance, and after they were fixed in one place, the police and stadium security were more relaxed.

Although it is a little more free outside the stadium, there are players in the stadium to warm up, and fans who arrive early and have tickets are still very willing to stay inside the stadium.

The stadium was open for just over an hour, and almost half of the fans poured into the stadium, at this time the players had not yet arrived at the stadium, but the fans were not bored, the big screen in the stadium showed the video of Arsenal and Fiorentina's Champions League goals, and the fans who did not want to watch the video could also form a group and scold the opposing fans, so that there would be nothing to do.

At around seven o'clock, Arsenal and Fiorentina entered the stadium one after another, and at this time two-thirds of the fans in the stands also came, and the long-awaited fans in the stands burst into warm applause when they saw the players enter the stadium.

At this time, it was less than an hour before the game, and the players' training was definitely not going to be anything, just passing the ball and shooting to catch the circle, but the fans didn't care, they just wanted to see the players, they didn't care what they were doing.

At 7:15, the commentators entered the stadium, and after they entered the stadium, they introduced to the fans the football celebrities and celebrities from all walks of life who will come to the scene today, of course, these important people will not come in so early like the fans, but when the famous names such as Barty and Baggio appeared, there were still enthusiastic cheers in the stands.

At this time, the commentators have already got the starting line-up of both sides of the game, compared with the first leg of the game, Arsenal made some minor adjustments in this game, this adjustment is mainly in the back line, in the first leg Arsenal's main left full-back Ashley Cole was unable to play due to injury, and he was replaced by Flamini, this time Ashley Cole finally put on the field.

In the central defender position, Sendros is obviously still young, inexperienced, and too slow to turn, he was beaten by Drogba in the Premier League, and now that Toney is back, Wenger does not dare to let him play again, so the 30-year-old veteran Campbell is also a logical return.

Apart from the back line, Arsene Wenger has not made any changes to the midfield, which shows that Wenger still has a lot of confidence in his midfield.

Fiorentina's starting XI also had two changes from the first game, one was that Toni, who had returned from injury, replaced Di Natale, and the other was that Ujfarusi started at right wing-back, while right wing-back Maggio was on the bench in the previous game.

In this regard, the Fiorentina commentator believes that this is considering that Ujfarusi has a stronger defense, and Fiorentina, who had the advantage in the last game, now does not need two assist-type full-backs.

Before the life-and-death battle, the two managers invariably adjusted the back line and strengthened the defense, which seemed to indicate that this game would not be as wide as the first game, wonderful attack, but the football game is difficult to predict, although the plan is like this, in case the game starts which side breaks the deadlock first, I am afraid that the game will immediately turn in the other direction. However, he was still young, inexperienced, and turned too slowly, he was blown up by Drogba in the Premier League, and now that Toney is back, Wenger does not dare to let him play again, so the 30-year-old veteran Campbell is also a logical return.

Apart from the back line, Arsene Wenger has not made any changes to the midfield, which shows that Wenger still has a lot of confidence in his midfield.

Fiorentina's starting XI also had two changes from the first game, one was that Toni, who had returned from injury, replaced Di Natale, and the other was that Ujfarusi started at right wing-back, while right wing-back Maggio was on the bench in the previous game.

In this regard, the Fiorentina commentator believes that this is considering that Ujfarusi has a stronger defense, and Fiorentina, who had the advantage in the last game, now does not need two assist-type full-backs.

Before the life-and-death battle, the two managers invariably adjusted the back line and strengthened the defense, which seemed to indicate that this game would not be as wide as the first game, wonderful attack, but the football game is difficult to predict, although the plan is like this, in case the game starts which side breaks the deadlock first, I am afraid that the game will immediately turn in the other direction.