Villarreal's match with Fiorentina was not the highlight of matchday, with most of the reporters heading to Stamford Bridge to watch Barcelona and Chelsea match.

The match between Barcelona and Chelsea is known as the final in advance, where there is the world's footballer of the year, the most talented young talent, and the most individual manager.

The match between Villarreal and Fiorentina is certainly not comparable to the match between Barcelona and Chelsea, but with a personal balloon star like Chen Yu, the two teams are also the biggest dark horses in this Champions League, which also attracts a lot of reporters and fans to Florence.

Of course, the main body is still Fiorentina fans and Villarreal fans and journalists, even if Chelsea and Barcelona play well, these people will definitely support their own team, for them, their team is the best team in the world.

Villarreal is a small team, and it hasn't been famous for a long time, there are only more than 3,000 fans who come to Florence, and in Florence City, which is full of purple lily fans, they are not even a wave, but because of the fierce war of words before the game, the purple lily fans still had a series of conflicts with Villarreal fans.

Originally, the city government of Florence thought that Villarreal was a small club, and it only came with more than 3,000 fans, so there was no need for additional teams

The police maintained order, and at this time they had to change their attitude, and temporarily dispatched 300 police officers to Frankie Stadium to prevent large-scale brawls.

After Fiorentina strengthened law and order, the clashes between fans and fans decreased, but Fiorentina and Villarreal clashed at the Frankie Stadium because of training, and the reason was that Fiorentina was ridiculed and ridiculed by Villarreal players during training, and the two teams almost fought.

The pre-match clash was even more emotional, with the game playing at 7:45 p.m., but before 5 p.m., the fans were converging in the direction of Frankie Stadium.

Wearing scarves, banners and slogans, these fans portrayed the cultural city of Florence as if it were a barracks.

At the training base, the Fiorentina players were filled with righteous indignation, and the clash with the Villarreal players in the afternoon made the players feel more disgusted with the Spaniards, and almost everyone was discussing how to humiliate Villarreal in the game and let them know that Serie A is not something to be messed with.

Head coach Prandelli is emotionally stable, and he wants the players to calm down, "Don't get excited, don't get angry, maybe the opponent just wants to provoke us, we must calm down, play according to our established tactics, the first thing we have to do is to balance the attack and defense, not to give up an opportunity to attack, and not to expose the goal to the opponent because of the attack, on this basis, the players must give full play to their initiative, strive to break through in the local area, take the lead in breaking through the opponent's defense, and take the initiative in our own hands...... We have to take this game very seriously, Villarreal is not weak, they and Benfica were able to knock out Manchester United, and yesterday Benfica beat Liverpool at home, which is enough to show that Villarreal did not win the group by luck......"

Tony interjected, "Whatever he got it, we're going to beat them today." ”

Montolivo said: "Coach, we're not bad, we haven't lost against Milan or Juventus, we haven't lost at home, I think we still have a very good chance of winning. ”

Prandley didn't speak, but habitually looked at where Chen Yu was sitting, "Chen, what do you think?" ”

Chen Yu smiled bitterly and said: "The strength of the two teams is equal, and the victory or defeat depends more on luck and on-the-spot performance, I'm afraid that no matter how well prepared you are, you won't be able to increase the winning rate much." ”

Prandley nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it makes sense, a lot of the time victory depends on luck and performance, and the role that the head coach can play is limited." ”

It is difficult for a coach to be able to admit in public that a coach is limited, which is enough to show the strength of the opponent and also proves that Prandelli is indeed a good coach.

The players were in awe when they heard this, and they all stopped whispering and listened to Prandelli.

Prandelli continued: "...... Winning is never easy, football is very complicated, there are many reasons that determine victory, as long as we can play to our strengths, and a little luck, victory can also be expected, for a long time, we have achieved good results against strong opponents, mainly because we have fully played to our strengths and limited the strengths of strong teams. ”

Prandelli was honest and charismatic, and after listening to him, the players gradually became calm from the frenzy of being stimulated by fans and opponents, and began to think seriously about the upcoming game and the tactical tasks assigned by Prandelli.

At this moment, near the Frankie Stadium, the fans have gathered nearly 30,000 people, the number has reached this point, and the hundreds of special police officers have felt the pressure, even if the security of the stadium is not good, at this time, after the stadium management, the police department and the senior management of the Fiorentina club, it was decided to let the fans enter in advance, and when the fans enter the stadium and sit down, it will be convenient to manage at that time.

More than two hours before the start of the game, Purple Lily fans entered the stadium one after another, waiting for the start of the game

Whether it is the new Purple Lily now, or the old Purple Lily before, it is not easy to participate in an eighth-finals, Fiorentina is not a giant like Juventus and Milan, and reaching the round of 16 is as commonplace, so this match also attracts Fiorentina fans from all over the world and Italy.

In the middle of the East Stand of Florence, about 1,000 Chinese fans held banners written in Chinese and Italian, singing songs adapted from the "March of the Volunteers", cheering for the upcoming Florence and Chen Yu, even though there are tens of thousands of fans wearing purple jerseys and holding purple scarves in the stands, the Chinese fans with black hair and yellow skin are still very eye-catching, and they have also attracted the attention of reporters who arrived at the scene in advance. Among them, Zhao Muyu, who was wearing a purple short-sleeved jersey, got a lot of close-ups because of his youth and beauty.

With 30 minutes left before the game, the live commentators entered the stadium and the Fiorentina commentators began to explain some of the news that happened before the game and regulate the emotions of the fans.

“…… This is the first time in four years that Fiorentina have played the quarterfinals, and now Fiorentina is now directly competing with the Purple Lilies of the Toldo, Rui Costa and Barty eras, and it is very possible to advance to the quarterfinals, and the fans have responded very enthusiastically, and so far, the tickets have been sold out, which means that the Frankie Stadium will have at least 47,000 fans in attendance, and if the management of the stadium is a little lax, it may even be more, and we believe that this huge fan base will give the Fiorentina players a great motivation. It will also put a lot of pressure on the Spaniards...... The battle of words between the two teams before the game was fierce, and there was almost a clash in the afternoon training, which shows that both teams attach great importance to the game, but who can have the most laugh depends on the performance of the players in the game...... Now we have the starting list, but this list is printed in advance, and it is not ruled out that there will be changes...... I'll read it to you now and see how the two managers lined up their lineups......"

The on-site commentator read out the starting lists of both sides:

Villarreal fielded a formation of 44: 13 goalkeeper Vieira; Back four: 17 - Venta, - Pena, Gonzalo. Rodriguez, Arua Barena; Four midfielders: 19 - Senna, Hosico, 8 Riquelme, 18 - Tazinatti; Double striker: - Jose. Mali, Fran. Villarreal is the main force to the fullest, without any reservations.

Fiorentina's starting line was a 43L formation: goalkeeper Toldo, four defenders: Maggio, Ujfarusi, Dainelli, Pasqueer, three back Brocki, Donadell, Pachenza, two forward Chen Yu, Fiore, single striker Toney.

The on-site commentator analyzed the starting lists of both sides and said: "...... Villarreal's lineup should be said to be decent, there are no bright spots, but there are no weaknesses, but Fiorentina's lineup today is a little special, the three defensive backs seem a little conservative, but the two attacking fullbacks are very aggressive, if the two fullbacks fly, Fiorentina's formation has basically become a formation like 234L, if the two fullbacks are stable behind, Chen Yu is slightly forward, then the formation becomes 44...... People say that Italian coaches are good at tactical drills and arrangements, and it can be seen from Prandelli's starting list today that Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini is more regular in the face of the big game, while the Italian young marshal is flexible in formation in this game, of course, the main thing is that Prandelli has Chen Yu, an all-rounder, Chen Yu can change his position and style of play at any time, and Chen Yu's change also means a change in Fiorentina's tactics, which is the opponent's biggest headache, let's see how Pellegrini copes with it after twenty minutes......"

With 20 minutes to go, the stadium was almost full, but the fans were still entering the stadium in a steady stream, and there was a great sense of not giving up until the stadium was broken.

With 15 minutes to go, players from both sides entered the pitch, they came out of the dressing room, each occupying half of the pitch, and began to warm up, with the main players entering the dressing room after the warm-up, and then the substitutes staying to continue the warm-up.

With five minutes left before the game, the main players walked out of the dressing room and came to the pitch amid thunderous applause from the audience, and the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League in the 05UU season officially kicked off.