Coppa Italia naIta11 is a knockout football competition hosted by the Italian Football Federation. It is the highest level of football cup in Italy

The Coppa Italia began in 19 years and only included teams from three tiers: Serie A, Serie B and Serie C. The Coppa Italia is divided into two stages, the first being the qualifying group stage and the second being the knockout stage.

Fiorentina are in Group P with Como in the qualifiers, Piacenza and Verona in Serie B.

Fiorentina is undoubtedly the strongest, but Piacenza was a team competing with Fiorentina for the top six in Serie B last season, and Verona is recruiting this season and is also trying to reach the first division.

Before the game, Fiorentina was the focus of the peripheral group stage, in the case of the sluggish Italian transfer market, Fiorentina became the protagonist of the transfer market, so far, they even bought and rented, a total of 9 players, spending as much as 20 million, although Palermo's reinforcements are also very large, but Palermo introduced some players with average strength and fame, and Fiorentina bought the main team and giant substitutes, put in small clubs are big names, and the club also shouted the slogan of entering the top four.

For such a high-profile promoted team, it is only natural that they will be in the spotlight, and everyone wants to see how strong Fiorentina is through the cup competition, and dare to say that they want to replace the Roma duo.

Fiorentina's first competitive game of the season was away to Piacenza in the Coppa Italia.

In this game, what kind of lineup the much-anticipated Fiorentina will put out is a matter of great concern to both Fiorentina and Piacenza, and of course it is also the most headache for Mondonico.

Fiorentina have now bought nine players, but not many have left, and they still have a huge squad of 30 at the moment.

There are more people in chaos, there are more dragons and more drought, this saying is true, after buying 9 players, Mondonico is no longer worried about the lack of players available, he is worried about who to send on the field.

These thirty-man team, everyone wants to play the main team, everyone wants to play, no one obeys anyone, so that Mondonico, who has never coached a first-division team, has a headache, he has always dreamed of one day to coach giants like Juventus and Milan, and now he understands that coaching giants may not be a pleasant thing, and now these quasi-giants let him suffer so much, and really face those world-class superstars who earn more than 100 times his income, he feels that he can't let them obey his command.

Last season in Serie B, Mondonico was worried about the striker, when the competition between Frizas and Rigano was fierce, and there was a bet, and now Frizas is on loan by him, but the competition for the forward line is even more cruel.

Chen Yu, Ricano, Portillo, Fandini, Di Natale, everyone wants to play, Fandini and Di Natale are slightly less famous, it's better to say something, but Chen Yu, Rigano and Portillo are difficult to choose.

If you play three strikers, you will inevitably reduce the number of starters in the midfield, and for the huge midfield, this will cause no small contradictions. If you play two strikers, Chen Yu, Rigano and Porti will be unhappy if anyone removes them.

Midfield is also a big problem, Hidetoshi Nakata wants to be the core, Maresca also wants to be, the original midfield core Fontana is not convinced, in addition to the core, who will start is also an important issue, now Fiorentina's midfield has Camorani, Di Livio, Pianguirelli, Fontana, Nakata Hidetoshi, Maresca, Obodo, Gigu and other eight or nine players, these players are still in similar condition, Mondonico experimented with several formations and playing styles, 35434434I failed to perform at the highest level of the personnel, and now that the Coppa Italia has begun, Mondonico can only continue to experiment, but time is running out for him.

The formation and starters for this match against Piacenza are the same formation used by Mondonico in the last two warm-up games, 34

Mondonico strengthened the attack in the midfield, relying on the trident of Chen Yu-Ricano-Portillo in the front. Chen Yu is on the left, Portillo is on the right, and Rigano is in the middle, Chen Yu cuts into the opponent's defense more from the ribs and wings, providing scoring opportunities for the forward striker Ricano. The biggest victim of this frontcourt combination is Hidetoshi Nakata, who transferred to Fiorentina to be the core of the new team, and Hidetoshi Nakata had to sit on the bench at the beginning.

Midfielders Fontana and Obodo will defend the middle, with Gigu and Maresca supporting on the left and right. Although Maresca moved to the wing, he can also play a pivotal role in attack and defense, this versatile midfielder is quite important to Mondonico, Mondonico told the local newspaper reporter in Fiorentina before the season that his favorite is Chen Yu, Maresca is the same all-rounder, with Maresca, it is also the reason why Nakata Hidetoshi has to sit on the bench, Mondonico believes in Italian players more.

Czech Ujfarusi will play as the backbone of the Purple Lily's defence, flanking Dainelli and Giorgio Chiellini to the left and right. In today's Serie A, where the back four is commonly used, Mondonico's retro back three has worried Fiorentina fans, and the midfield defense in front of them is not very strong, but it seems to give three newcomers such as Oujfarusi more opportunities to make a name for themselves.

Goalkeeper Lupatelli, Mondonico bought goalkeeper Lupatelli from Roma, he is also facing the problem of the selection of the main goalkeeper, Lupatelli and Cejas have similar abilities, who plays depends on the state, Cejas injured his finger a few days ago, so Lupatelli had to start easily.

After the start of the game, Fiorentina, who had lined up in an attacking formation, dominated the opposition and launched a fierce attack on Piacenza.

If half of Fiorentina's purpose is to use the Coppa Italia as a training squad, then Piacenza is completely using the Coppa Italia to train their squad.

Carney also fielded an attacking line-up, and when Fiorentina attacked, they also attacked the heart of Fiorentina, and the two sides set off a climax from the start.

Fiorentina signings Maresca and Portillo were very lively after the game, Maresca had a beautiful pass after the opening, he dribbled past two Piacenza players and fired a powerful shot from outside the box, and the ball flew off the bottom line against the post.

Portillo, known as Raul's successor, also started well, possessing the delicate skill and aura of a Spanish player, he was not limited to the side of the box and occasionally cut into the box, and his flexible movement made Piacenza's defenders a little unguarded.

In the fifth minute of the game, South American player Gigu made a tricky diagonal pass on the side, passed to the empty space, Piacenza defender went to mark Rigano in the penalty area, but he didn't know where Portillo came from, and the very dexterous outside instep rubbed, the ball almost flew into the dead corner, but fortunately it was blocked by goalkeeper Guadalben with his foot, so as to avoid losing the ball at the beginning.

Piacenza and Fiorentina played against each other, giving Fiorentina's back three a chance to perform.

Fiorentina's most valuable foreign player this season, Czech Ujfaru, has been very solid, with accurate positioning and excellent aerial dominance, and Piacenza's many dangerous attacks have been defused by him and his two companions, Sidayinelli and Giorgio Chiellini.

In addition to wanting to see the performance of the new signings, fans also want to enjoy the performance of their captain Chen Yu again, Chen Yu did not perform well in training and warm-up matches this season, with two assists and no goals, and was criticized by his new teammates, who thought that he was not strong enough to be the captain of a team like Fiorentina, and were surprised by Chen Yu's high prestige in the team. Therefore, the fans, the veteran players and even the head coach Mondonico hope that Chen Yu can play well and hit the arrogance of the new players.

However, Chen Yu's performance today is still very mediocre, he is not very lazy, and he is also very diligent in running on the field, flying up and down, but the fans have a feeling that compared with the original invincible Chen Yu in Serie B, the current Chen Yu is still a little bit worse. Just like a good dish, Chen Yu now has everything, but he lacks salt.

Piacenza couldn't beat Fiorentina last season, and now Fiorentina has more than doubled its strength, but it lacks a little run-in, and the gap between them and Fiorentina is even greater.

In the 17th minute of the game, Portillo, who performed well in the warm-up game, took the lead in scoring, the ball was passed to his feet by Maresca, Porti paused slightly, and seemed to pass the ball, but in the end it was a tricky push, the ball was knocked into the net from the gap between the defenders, and goalkeeper Guadalben couldn't save it, so he could only watch the ball enter the field.

After the goal, Fiorentina played more easily, in the 35th minute of the game, Maresca scored, the pass was Chen Yu, continuous breakthrough on the side to no avail, Chen Yu suddenly cut in, Piacenza players were very afraid of Chen Yu's shooting skills, saw Chen Yu come to the front of the penalty area, several players blocked over, and cut off the connection between Chen Yu and Ricano.

But this Maresca inserted from the ribs, but Chen Yu sent the ball right in front of Maresca, Maresca didn't need to adjust, followed up and shot, the ball hung straight into the near corner of the net, and the score became: 0

Although Chen Yu has an assist, but it does not satisfy the Fiorentina fans, the appetite of the Fiorentina fans last season has been fed by Chen Yu, scoring a goal feels too common, and scoring two goals feels not enough, not to mention only one assist.

However, Chen Yu has tried his best, he is also very satisfied with his performance, he does not bind any player's consciousness today, it is completely to fight with his own ability, this is not irresponsible, the peripheral group stage opponents of the Italian Cup are Serie B and Serie C teams, even if he does not play, Fiorentina can easily qualify, now Chen Yu is to exercise his ability, strive for an early breakthrough, it is best to complete the breakthrough before the start of the league.

After taking the lead of 0, Mondonico began to make substitutions in the second half UU minutes, Hidetoshi Nakata replaced Maresca, Maggio replaced Portillo at right-back, and Fiorentina changed to a 44 formation, with Hidetoshi Nakata as the core, and continued to strengthen the attack.

After Hidetoshi Nakata's play, Fiorentina played not as well as Maresca, his ability to read the game and pass the ball was not weak, but he did not cooperate with his teammates, Hidetoshi Nakata held his own big cards, always thinking about getting it himself, passing the deadly ball, but he was always surrounded, and Fiorentina's players were always empty.

However, Piacenza's strength is limited, Fiorentina is not bad on the field, and in the final stage of the game, Hidetoshi Nakata also passed a one-on-one ball to Ricano, but it was shot by Rigano in the arms of goalkeeper Guadalben.

After the worst game, Piacenza failed to score with an all-out counterattack, and Fiorentina defeated Piacenza 0 in the first official match to get the Coppa Italia qualifying group stage opener.