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Fiorentina was unexpectedly beaten by Venice away from home, breaking out the biggest upset in this round of Serie A!

No one could have imagined that in the sprint stage of the season, when all teams began to work hard for the ultimate goal, Fiorentina actually dropped the chain at this time and planted a big heel in Venice, a fish belly struggling for relegation!

Although it was not only Fiorentina that had an upset in this round of the league, for example, Lazio, which also stayed for the European battlefield, was forced to draw by Lecce Pepper away from home, but among the seven sisters of Serie A, or in the championship group, only Fiorentina lost.

As a result of the defeat, Fiorentina's players and manager Fabio Capello were criticized by various media outlets in the days following the game, believing that the Purple Lilies lost to Venezia because they were too light in this game. If Capello had added Nesta and Vieri to his starting line-up, it would have been a different result!

Capello naturally scoffed at these remarks, thinking that you guys were talking lightly, and at this time they all jumped out and said irresponsible - if I let the main players play the whole game in this game, then who should I use against Arsenal three days later? Is it possible to use these substitutes who are still insufficient?

Therefore, people who do practical things will always have a handle in the hands of those who only know how to talk about it, and then be talked about by these people who don't do anything.

However, Capello obviously will not be knocked down by these gossips, after all, from the moment he picks up the whip, there are countless people who slander him in front of him and behind his back. The controversy sparked by a mere defeat to Venice was, in Capello's view, nothing at all. Anyway, these Fiorentina players are not people with weak willpower, and he himself doesn't care about this, so let them go.

Therefore, there are only two things that Capello is most concerned about at present, one is the next Champions Cup match between the team and Arsenal, and the other is whether his own boss will come out to show his support for him at this time.

And Zhuang Mingge's move did not disappoint Capello, although the team will lose to Venice was very surprised and depressed, but Zhuang Mingge did not express any negative views on this game to the outside media at this time, in an interview, Zhuang Mingge said that he will fully support Capello's every decision.

Zhuang Mingge knows that what the team needs most now is a quiet atmosphere. According to the usual urine nature of the Italian media, any word of criticism of the team that comes out of his mouth is likely to be extended by these people to another meaning, thus bringing unnecessary turmoil to the Fiorentina dressing room and affecting the competitive state of the players.

On the other hand, the two heroes who led Venice to victory, Adrien Mutu and Álvaro Recoba, were treated as overnight success after the match against Fiorentina.

In the space of a few days, the media rating of Mutu and Recoba has risen rapidly from "nice young players" to "future football superstars", and the use of words has given goosebumps to everyone who sees the reports.

While anyone with a discerning eye can see that the media definitely overrated Mutu and Recoba, many team managers are also aware that their footballing talents are truly extraordinary. So, after this game, the transfer offers for the duo flew like snowflakes to Milan City and Venice! (Note: Recoba is on loan from Inter Milan to Venezia, and the ownership still belongs to Inter)

Shortly after Recoba's hat-trick, Inter Milan made an official announcement announcing that the team would recall the Uruguayan from Venice at the end of the season!

Now that Inter Milan have announced that they will repossess Recoba in the summer, it means that other teams will have to compete for Mutu - although it has now entered the Boseman era and the player's voice has been greatly strengthened, the Uruguayan, who only joined the Nerazzurri last year, still has a full four years of Inter Milan on his contract, and it is indeed difficult to poach.

While the managers of various teams were fighting for Mutu openly and secretly, Fiorentina, who had been low-key after losing to Venice, ushered in the second leg of the Champions League with Arsenal.

In this game, Fiorentina's starting lineup was exactly the same as in the first leg, and Capello, who was extremely confident in the strength of the main lineup, did not make any changes at all; Looking at Arsenal, due to Martin Keown's red card ban, Wenger had to send veteran Bald to partner captain Adams in central defence in this game, but in other positions, the confrontation also did not change, and those players were still written in the starting line-up.

In fact, given the aging appearance of Bauerde against Vieri and Ronaldo in the last game, the vast majority of people are not optimistic that Arsenal will be able to knock out defending champions Fiorentina and advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

What the? You say that Fiorentina can lose even a team like Venezia, so what's impossible to be overturned by Arsenal? I'm sorry, but if anyone thinks that Redondo and Effenberg in their prime, plus a young and strong midfield combination of Makele, are not much different from the young and young champions of Gattuso, Volger and Pirlo, then I have nothing to say.

After all, the two midfield combinations are completely different levels of protection for the Fiorentina backline, with the former being seen as another great wall of steel in front of the backline, while the latter can only be regarded as three steel plates full of holes at best.

So, on the evening of March 17, at the Frankie Stadium, facing Fiorentina, who were playing their main team, Arsenal ushered in this second leg of the game when there was a big hole in the back line and it was still playing away.

However, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Arsenal who were visiting Frankie only scored a face-saving goal in the 82nd minute by talented striker Anelka and lost this crucial game!

Looking at Fiorentina, Vieri's performance in this game was extremely good, the Italian tank rampaged in the Arsenal penalty area, teaching the Gunners' backline a pot of porridge, and he also provided an assist in the game, which was the biggest contributor to the team's 4-1 victory over Arsenal!

In this way, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal lost to Fabio Capello's Fiorentina without any temper, and was eliminated by the Purple Lilies with an aggregate score of 2-6 in the two-legged knockout round, unfortunately stopping in the last 16 of the Champions Cup!