Since Chen Yu and Lucarelli are the top two scorers and representatives of the team, the media are hyping the confrontation between the two before the game, but in fact, this game has a lot to watch, and it is not just a competition between the two top scorers, it is also a derby battle between two teams in the Tuscany region.

Fiorentina and Livorno both belong to the Tuscany region, and there are two teams in this region, Empoli and Siena, but because Fiorentina has been in Serie A, and Livorno, Siena, and Empoli are mixed in the lower leagues all year round, it is rare to see Tuscan derby, even if they meet in the Italian Cup, they are basically Fiorentina abuse, and they can't attract the attention of fans. But with Fiorentina's relegation and the rise of Siena, Livorno and Empoli, the atmosphere of the Tuscan derby is heating up.

In fact, the Tuscany region is more derbion than the rest of Italy, in terms of geographical conditions, the quadrangle formed by the four cities of Florence, Livorno, Siena and Empoli is less than 200 kilometers in circumference, and this circle lives in a circle of nearly l0 million people; From a social point of view, this is a region with an incomparable cultural heritage and a huge loyalty to the team, and Fiorentina played in League C 2 last season, and there were 17,000 season ticket buyers.

After the weakening of Fiorentina and the rise of other teams, this competition in a small space, the infinite loyalty of the respective fans to their own teams will greatly stab the fighting enthusiasm between the four teams, making the game more intense and exciting.

The match between Fiorentina and Livorno is not only a Tuscan derby, but also a derby between the Lucarelli brothers.

The younger brother Lucarelli Jr. plays for Fiorentina as a defender, and the older brother Lucarelli plays for Livorno as a striker.

Before the game, it became one of the hot topics in the media about whether the younger Lucarelli defended his brother or the big Lucarelli broke his brother's defense

Although they are brothers, living together and learning football together, Lucarelli Jr. is much more humble than his brother, he told reporters that he is not the protagonist in this game, whether his brother can break his defense or not will not be the key to deciding the victory, the victory or defeat mainly depends on the team as a whole and the performance of the stars.

Livorno has always been a representative of cheap management, after the former Genoa coach Spinelli took over, Livorno spent a little more generously, bought a lot of practical players, under the pinch of coach Mazzari, the results have improved by leaps and bounds, this season from Torino on loan to Lucarelli is a good deal, in the overall excellent situation, Lucarelli such star players directly raised Livorno to a notch, Livorno rushed to the top of Serie B in one fell swoop, if nothing else, next year they will appear in Serie A.

Fiorentina and Livorno are just the opposite, Fiorentina has always been big in the transfer market, and the bankruptcy is also because the boss spends too much money, and he can get the current results, not by the whole, but by the strong individual ability of the player. After the winter break, Fiorentina put C 2 up, except for Chen Yu, Rigano and Di Livio all the players replaced with players transferred during the winter break, these players are not Serie B stars, or Serie A substitutes, it can be said that they form a quasi-Serie A team, although the cooperation may not be as good as the perennial Serie B team, but the individual ability is fully enough to make up for this gap, especially Chen Yu often has more than this level of play, it is not surprising that the vertical and horizontal Serie B.

This round of Fiorentina and Livorno can be said to be a contest between two styles of Serie B.

Originally, the media was more optimistic about Fiorentina's victory before the game, but after Chen Yu rushed back from the country with fatigue and injury the day before the game, the media and fans did not dare to be optimistic about Fiorentina's victory, because it is difficult for Chen Yu to play now, and even if he does, he will definitely not be able to play his best.

Fiorentina every player has not weak strength, and those who sit on the bench in Fiorentina are the main forces of other Serie B teams, which is not false at all, but Chen Yu's role in Fiorentina is not weaker than that of Lucarelli to Livorno, it is not an exaggeration to say that without Chen Yu, Fiorentina's points will be reduced by at least three points ~.

For the call of the national team, Chen Yu gave up a battle for the top of the list and flew 20,000 kilometers in two days to play an inconsequential warm-up game, but he was expelled from the game without playing a minute, which made the Italian media and fans feel unworthy for him.

"Italian Daily" said: "We don't know what happened in the distant country, but a player who gave up a battle for the top spot and flew 20,000 kilometers in two days to play an inconsequential warm-up match is enough to explain the problem, if the Chinese team doesn't care if they don't need such a player, then leave it to us, Italy needs a player like Chen now, and we believe that Trapattoni will definitely raise his hands to welcome Chen to join." ”

The famous "Milan Sports Newspaper" also made a rare comment on a Serie B player, "A player like Chen was expelled from the Chinese national team? What a joke! Do you really think that the players who play in Serie B are not worthy of the Chinese national team? A truly versatile player like Chen, even in Serie A, may not be the best in shooting, dribbling, passing, awareness, but on the whole, there are really few people in Italian football who can match him. Now Chen has been in Italy for three years, as long as he lives for another two years, Chen Yu can join the Italian nationality, I hope Chen will consider playing for the Italian national team, in the Chinese national team he needs to worry about rushing out of Asia, and if he plays for Italy, he can attack the World Cup champion. ”

Chen Yu's current situation makes Fiorentina coach Mondonico also worried, flying 20,000 kilometers in two days, and being kicked and swollen in the heel, although the magnetic resonance examination did not find anything unusual about the Achilles tendon, but after all, it is still injured, and Chen Yu's mood is also very bad, not to mention depressed, but like a powder keg, I don't know when the road will explode, Mondonico really dare not risk letting Chen Yu play.

But Chen Yu was so anxious to fly back from Zhongjian Guo just to play this game, when he was in Zhongjianguo, Chen Yu called Mondonico and said that he wanted to come back to play, how could Mondonico not let Chen Yu play.

Since Chen Yu returned from the Chinese Republic, fans on both sides have been waiting for the news of Fiorentina's start, and the fans of Fiorentina and Chen Yu have mixed feelings, they are eager for Chen Yu to start the game, kill Livorno, destroy Lucarelli, and win the derby, but also worry that Chen Yu is overworked and injured. This tangled emotions were vented to the Chinese Football Association that recalled Chen Yu back to China, and on the emerging Internet forums in Italy and China, the posts cursing the Chinese Football Association flew all over the sky for a while, and if the old diehards of the Football Association saw it, they would definitely vomit blood and die.

On the morning of May 2, Fiorentina coach Mondonico finally announced the starting list, and Chen Yu was impressive.

At this moment, a stone in the hearts of Fiorentina fans finally landed, although they didn't know what would happen in the game, but Chen Yu was able to play, which means that he was not injured and his competitive condition was okay, which reassured Fiorentina fans.

In the afternoon, Chen Yu, who had not trained with the team since his return, followed Mondonico to the pre-match press conference.

Chen Yu, who was wearing a sports suit, had a hint of tiredness on his face, and yawned in the press conference hall, but his desire to fight was very strong, and after the head coach Mondonico spoke, Chen Yu talked about his views on the game

"It's a fairly competitive confrontation, Livorno is very good as a whole, there is a striker who can score, but we must win, we will win, we can't be satisfied with the current position, we want to qualify directly to Serie A, we want to try to win the Serie B title, I believe we have the strength and courage, about the national team, I don't want to say, don't ask, fans don't worry about my state, I'm fine, thousands of miles to fly, the blow of being expelled can't stop the desire and determination to win, believe me, give me the ball, I'll send him into my opponent's net. ”

Chen Yu looked a little tired, but his generous words at the press conference encouraged the Fiorentina fans and players, two or three hours before the start of the game, the streets of Florence, the Frankie Stadium around the many fans in purple jerseys wandered around, including many fans from Livorno, compared with the previous slightly dull games, the atmosphere of the derby battle is getting stronger and stronger.

There was a lively scene outside the field, inside the Frankie Stadium, the Fiorentina players looked solemn, they were very clear about Chen Yu's situation, Chen Yu was indeed very tired, and he didn't train on the day he came back, mainly to recover, although the purpose of Fiorentina is only to qualify, but who doesn't want to take the first, even if it's the first in Serie B, not to mention that this is still a derby in Tuscany, no one can lose to the derby opponent, this has always been a convention, and now it's different from the original, It turned out that Fiorentina disdained to call the team in the Tuscany region a derby, now that Siena is a Serie A team, Livorno will basically play in Serie A next season, Fiorentina has no right to look down on them anymore, and if they want to compete for supremacy in the Tuscany region, they must beat these two rising rivals down.

Chen Yu's health is indeed not good, but he is in a worse mood in comparison, holding back the evil fire in his belly, he wants to sprinkle it on Livorno's body, he decided to bind the top professional striker Lucarelli today, that is, the consciousness of his opponent in this game, Lucarelli is so proud, Chen Yu decided to use his consciousness to defeat him, just like Murong Fu in Jin Yong's novel, to return the other way.