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In the blink of an eye, the third round of Champions League qualifying is imminent.

After a ten-day break, Florence set sail again after an expedition to East Asia, this time heading west to Lisbon, the westernmost city on the European continent.

Lisbon is the capital of the Portuguese Republic and the largest seaport city in Portugal, as well as the largest tourist city, attracting more than 1 million tourists from all over the world every year.

However, there is no intention to travel here in Florence, as they came to this Atlantic city to challenge the Green Lions to Sporting Lisbon.

Because of the green lion on the team crest, Sporting Lisbon is also known as the "Green Lions".

Sporting Lisbon is indeed worthy of the title of Lions, they are one of the top three in Portugal, although not as brilliant as Benfica and Porto, but not much inferior, and last season's final in the League Cup showed the strength of the team.

Fiorentina has many small stars who are not well-known, but not weak, and Sporting Lisbon is not weaker than Fiorentina at all, they have five old Portuguese internationals such as Rui Jorge, Beto, Sa Pinto, Ricardo, Miguel, etc., as well as the new stars Nani and Moutinho cultivated by their own youth academy.

Fiorentina have last season's European top scorer Chen Yu, and Sporting Lisbon also has last season's top scorer in the Portuguese Super League, Ederson.

Known as a striker who scored in the Portuguese Super League last season and led the league with eight goals in League games, Brazilian striker Ederson is one of the biggest players in Sporting Lisbon's and Fiorentina's battles.

With such a strong quality and a lot of experience in Europe, Sporting Lisbon's head coach Pesero said before the game: "For us and Fiorentina, in this knockout round, the chances are 50. Fiorentina are a formidable opponent and their quality is top notch in Serie A. You have to be extremely patient against an opponent like that, the goal is not to concede a goal, of course it is difficult to do that, they have the top scorer in Europe last season, but we have a solid backline and I am sure the lads can do that. ”

Playing in the Champions League for the first time in four years, and with a lot of rookies in the squad who had never played in Europe, Prandelli did not dare to be careless, he brought all the main players to Lisbon, and even Lecce's talented striker Bodinov, who had just moved to Fiorentina for three days, also came to Portugal with the team.

The Portuguese team is a quasi-first-class team in Europe, and the Portuguese Super League is a second-rate league in Europe, but the vision of Portuguese fans is very high, and the Fiorentina team has not received much attention when it comes to Lisbon, in the minds of Portuguese fans, there are three real giants in Italy, Milan and Juventus, and Rome have to put a question mark, as for Fiorentina, Parma, Lazio and the like, in the eyes of Portuguese fans, it is comparable to Sporting Lisbon.

But this was also in line with the low-key Prandelli's mind, and after arriving in Lisbon by plane in the morning, Prandelli and his disciples rushed into the hotel, eating, having meetings, sleeping, and not even holding a press conference.

In the afternoon, Fiorentina held a press conference after they had settled into the venue at the José Alvalad Stadium.

In the press conference hall of the José Alvalade Stadium, Prandelli and Chen Yu, dressed in a tracksuit, walked in and dozens of reporters were slammed into them.

After the reporters finished filming, head coach Prandelli sat down and said: "I'm very happy to have the opportunity to sit here because the team worked so hard last season.

Sporting Lisbon are undoubtedly one of the most difficult teams to mess with in the third round of qualifying, and Coach Percelo has a luxurious squad that gives them every quality to reach the group stage, as they proved in the UEFA Cup last season.

But we have to stop them because we're also in the Champions League group stage and we've got two teams together, so of course we need to read the game well and take our chances.

At the moment the team is in a very good state, there is no physical fatigue and mental fatigue, the players seem to be eager to try, which is a good thing, but we have to think about how to score goals and how not to concede goals, only the balance of attack and defense can win the most difficult victory.

Yes yes I'm right, tomorrow is going to be tough, but a night like this is also an opportunity for us to grow. A draw away from home may satisfy the fans, but we have to fight for a complete win and we're not good at playing for draws. ”

After Prandelli finished speaking, captain Chen Yu then talked about his views on the game.

'It's my first time playing in the Champions League, at least half of the players in the Fiorentina team haven't played in the Champions League, so it's a test for us because we don't have experience, but I believe that the Champions League is the same as all other football games, it's a player fighting for a ball, winning a goal and I'm the one who is the best at scoring goals.

It's an away game, in the two knockout legs, it's very important to score away goals, we have to take every opportunity to score, but we also have to focus on defending because away goals can't be more important than wins. “

Although Chen Yu was the winner of the European Golden Boot last season, his words still made the Portuguese fans at the scene listen harshly, thinking that this Chinese is too good at blowing, and when asking questions next, a Portuguese reporter bluntly asked: "Chen, do you know that this is Portugal, this is the José Alvalad Stadium?" ”

Chen Yu said coldly: "I know that Greece won the European Cup in 04 here." ”

The Asian reporters at the scene burst into laughter.

Chen Yu's words and the laughter of the Asian reporters made the Portuguese reporters at the scene even angrier, but Prandelli supported his disciple's statement, and he agreed: "It's definitely difficult to play away, and the support of the fans is an important advantage for the home team, but I have never seen a game won by the fans alone." ”

Then Prandelli generously reported his starting lineup for tomorrow, "I know that Sporting Lisbon's academy is very good, and Portuguese fans are also very interested in knowing whether young players like Montolivo, Pacini and Bodinov will play, they may play, but they will not start, this is to protect them, not not to give them a chance to play." Our starting XI is not a secret, I can tell you, lest you guess, the goalkeeper is Frei, the back four: Maggio, Ujfarusi, Dainelli and the veteran Pancarlo, the three midfielders: Donadal, Brocki and Fiore, the three strikers Di Natale, Rigano and Chen Yu. “

Regardless of whether Chen Yu and Prandelli deliberately provoked Sporting Lisbon or really didn't take them to heart, in short, Sporting Lisbon was provoked.

Brazilian striker Ederson said that they will definitely give Fiorentina a little color, let them know that the Champions League is not Serie A, Alvalad is not Frankie, and if you want to win here, you have to show real skills, don't think that after a few wins in the Far East, you feel that you are a world-class powerhouse.

The hot-tempered Sporting Lisbon coach Pesiero originally felt that he was already very arrogant, but he didn't expect Fiorentina's generals to be even more arrogant than him, and he didn't even bother to draw and wanted to get a win away from home, Pesiero was-for-tat, and at the pre-match press conference on the second day, he also boldly announced the starting lineup of Sporting Lisbon, goalkeeper Ricardo, four defenders Polan, Pinto, Beto, and Taylor. Four midfielders: Miguel, Davide, Moutinho, Custudio, forwards: Brazilian striker Ederson and Cameroon striker Duola.

Prandelli wanted to provoke Pecero, but he didn't expect Pecero to announce his starting lineup, which made Prandelli very happy, because Prandelli dared to announce his starting lineup, because he had Chen Yu's big killer, it seems that 43 Chen Yu retracted backwards, which is a 43 formation, and if Di Natale and Chen Yu retreat at the same time, only let the high school striker Rigano in front, Fiorentina's formation can be changed into 43I, and it can be said that the formation can change in a variety of ways without substitutions, and Sporting Lisbon certainly does not have this ability.

After Sporting Lisbon announced the starting lineup, Prandelli immediately used the noon and afternoon time to conduct targeted training, before Prandelli did not expect that it would be Cameroon striker Duola to start, he also thought it would be Pini and Ederson partner, in the midfield, the talented new star Nani was hidden in the snow is also Plandelli's pinch, and now Prandelli can accurately make tactical arrangements.

At night, the Portuguese capital of Lisbon has been transformed into a sea of green, and the streets and alleys are full of Sporting Lisbon fans wearing green jerseys and holding green scarves, a grand scene comparable to the local derby between Lisbon and Benfica.

In addition to the huge number of Sporting Lisbon fans, Fiorentina fans wearing purple jerseys can also be seen on the streets of Lisbon at any time, with only more than 3,000 Fiorentina fans coming from Italy, and many more fans are Chinese fans in Portugal and other parts of Europe.

There are certainly not as many Chinese in Portugal as in Italy, but the Chinese in Portugal are very concentrated, mainly gathered in big cities like Lisbon and Porto, and the amateur football of the Portuguese Chinese is very developed, and matches are often held, Chen Yu's success in Serie A has encouraged the Chinese in Portugal, this time Chen Yu came to Lisbon to play the Champions League, and almost tens of thousands of Chinese fans came to Lisbon from all over Portugal to witness Chen Yu's first performance in the Champions League.

Three hours before the game, Sporting Lisbon Club announced through its official website that 40,000 of all 50,000 tickets had been sold, just below last season's UEFA Cup final and Lisbon derby, and more than 300 reporters came to cover the scene, including more than 100 Asian journalists.

Chen Yu's first Champions League game has not yet started, and there has been a lot of hype outside the stadium, what kind of performance Chen Yu will have on the big stage of the Champions League, three hours later, it will be presented in front of fans all over the world.