Volume 1 Chapter 491 Blatantly
In the first round of Serie A, Parma drew with Juventus, Fiorentina defeated Inter Milan, which had a great impact on the Serie A title race, after this round, Fiorentina was only one goal away from Juventus, and the next round was the Italian national derby, Juventus and Inter Milan must fight to the death, Juventus can not win, Fiorentina may level the points gap between the two sides, and Inter Milan can not win, they will not only say RR with the champion, Even a Champions League place may be in jeopardy.
But Fiorentina's opponent in this round is Livorno, although Livorno is also a top 10 mid-table powerhouse, but it is still a little difficult to compete with Fiorentina who are in good form, perhaps the only thing that can make Livorno rely on is their home stadium, Livorno's home record this season is very good, games, 8 wins, draws and losses. However, considering Fiorentina's record on the road this season, Fiorentina's record is not much of an advantage.
Obviously, the league is not the biggest headache for Juventus, and off the field, the scandal of Juventus' manipulation of referees by the media and fans is still fermenting, even during the game.
Although there is no strong evidence thrown out yet, the Juventus hierarchy has felt the pressure of the impending rain, and Moggi and the player have been banned from interviewing until the national derby is over.
Inter Milan and Fiorentina are representatives of the anti-Holy League, and now when the national derby is coming, Inter Milan will obviously not make Inter Milan comfortable, this national derby that has attracted the attention of the world, the Italian referee committee assigned Paparesta to enforce the law, but Inter Milan thinks that Paparesta has officiated Inter Milan's game in the past two years, and Inter Milan has not won a game, and thinks that they cannot accept Paparesta before the Moggi control referee scandal is settled.
Although everyone knows that Inter Milan is looking for fault and humiliating Juventus, but now that public opinion is so strong, the referee committee can only send the famous referee Rossetti to officiate this national derby.
Fiorentina and Livorno played the game first, and Fiorentina, who played away, did not live up to the optimism of the outside world, Chen Yu and Toni scored a goal each again, and cut Livorno, who was not weak, under the horse.
Another game between the weak team and Reggina, AC Milan, which is also playing away, is also in hot form, following the five-goal victory in the last game, this time they beat Reggina by 4 goals, with one more game, they are 5 points ahead of Inter Milan, 5 points less than Fiorentina, and 5 points away from Juventus, who have one less game.
At this moment, Juventus can be said to be in dire straits, external scandals continue, the chasing soldiers are getting closer and closer, and the opponent is very tough, although the iron-blooded gold medal coach Capello has always been synonymous with victory, but now he is finally in big trouble, if he can't get through, his difficulties will only be greater.
Capello did not complain about this, nor was he afraid, he told reporters calmly before the game that Juventus will definitely win this game, what happens outside does not have much impact on Juventus, Juventus's players are experienced professional players, they know what to do on the field.
Compared with Capello's calmness and composure, Mancini is much more impetuous, he swore to Inter Milan fans before the game that Inter Milan must win this game, and will definitely win, Inter Milan will play this game as a final, and he hopes that Inter Milan fans can come to the scene to support the players.
On the day of the game, the Italian national derby attracted more than 80,000 fans to watch the game, and celebrities from the business and film industry and sports stars also came to watch the game.
In the cheers of 80,000 fans at the scene, Inter Milan played very actively and actively, and in less than a minute after the opening game, Martins, who had just returned from the bronze medal in the Africa Cup of Nations, almost broke the door of Juventus.
Juventus has many problems and is an away game, it is difficult to play a momentum of the offensive, but Juventus has always been the best is their defense, in the face of Inter Milan's attack, Juventus used fierce fouls and perfect defense to resolve Inter Milan's attack again and again, and maintained the score of 0:0 until the second half.
At the beginning of the second half, Veron was replaced by his compatriot due to injury, which cast a shadow on Inter Milan's attack, and sure enough, less than five minutes after Veron was off the field, Juve's overhead ball was transferred to the right side, Camoranesi did not stop the ball and crossed directly to the back point, Ibrahimovic inserted between Córdoba and Zanetti, and scored with his left foot from 7 meters in front of the goal, Juventus planned to break the deadlock
However, this game decided whether Inter Milan could retain a point to win the title, and after the score was down, Inter Milan made a concerted effort to burst into full potential, and Samuel took advantage of a corner kick to equalize the score eight minutes later.
The two sides then went back and forth, but could no longer break through the opponent's goal, until in stoppage time, Córdoba fouled Nedved, Juventus won a free kick, and the Bianconeri Prince Piero used a corner kick to overtake the score.
Juventus defeated Inter Milan away from home in the situation of internal and external troubles, which is a little surprising, although Juventus's card strength is slightly stronger, but because this is Inter Milan's home stadium, this is a game that Inter Milan must win, the outside world is still optimistic about Inter Milan to remain unbeaten, but did not expect such an ending.
After this game, Inter Milan was opened up by Juventus 13 points gap, with 13 rounds remaining, basically the championship became a theoretical possibility, while Juventus struggled to keep the points gap with Fiorentina at 3 points.
Such a result was unacceptable to Inter, and as the game drew to a close, Keely and Emerson clashed and the two sides almost got into a fight. After the game, Stankovic closed the door of the tunnel very gracefully, locked the Juventus players who entered the athletes' tunnel later because of the victory celebration, and rushed to the referee's lounge and smashed the referee's door.
At the post-match press conference, Mancini, who had just been released from the ban, was dissatisfied with the linesman's decision in the game, but he still restrained his anger, "Oh we didn't play well, in our own home stadium, we were not able to show our advantages and gave the opponent a chance to beat us, but the linesman also made a lot of credit in the victory over Inter Milan, two of which were obviously offside, even the fans saw it, but the linesman didn't see it, I don't want to say more about the referee's problem, Because I don't want to play from the stands, we have 13 points separating us from Juventus and it's out of the question, but we still have the Champions League and the Coppa Italia and we'll keep trying. ”
Mancini didn't dare to attack the referee, but Moratti couldn't help it, the Inter Milan family was also dissatisfied with the referee's decision, but under the current Juventus referee control scandal, Moratti targeted Moggi, "What can you do when your team loses? If the other side wins by strength, you can only cheer for them and congratulate them, but if they rely on some improper external factors to win, then we have reason to be angry, and this is what has happened in recent years. I wouldn't say that Inter Milan didn't benefit from the game, but the benefits we got were too small compared to the damage we suffered, and some teams always benefited, even when they were in the crosshairs, and they were blatant, and I think that's a shame for Italian football. ”
Moratti's attack on Moggi and Juventus has also been responded to by the outside media, and the next day's "La Repubblica" broke the news that before the game, Moggi had entered the referee's lounge, although the time was very short, but according to the regulations, this is absolutely not allowed, this revelation is consistent with the previous "Milan Sports Newspaper" broke the news that Moggi controls and assigns referees, but "La Repubblica" is more direct and more specific.
Moggi reacted very strongly to this, angrily denying it: "It's completely out of nowhere, it's something invented by unscrupulous journalists, we're going to investigate it, we're going to show evidence that what this media is telling is a lie, they should be punished for it, and of course Sport Milano, we don't rule out appealing against them, they have seriously affected our normal game and training"
The more chaotic Juventus, the happier Fiorentina is, and now Juventus can win the national derby in such a situation, which makes Fiorentina even more worried, because Juventus is so stable, and the Champions League quarterfinals are about to start, Fiorentina is going to start the Champions League, for the vast majority of players are participating in the Champions League knockout round for the first time, and the result is still difficult to know, because Fiorentina's biggest enemy, Juventus, is now being surrounded by public opinion.
Fiorentina also joined the team, and Prandelli implicitly said that a draw is fairer for Juventus and Inter Milan, the main body of the game is the players and the coach, and if there are other factors that interfere with the game, it is not only unfair to both sides of the game, but also unfair to the other teams.
Fiorentina core Chen Yu said very politely: "There must be someone who took advantage of this game, but in the rivers and lakes, it will be returned after all, we are not afraid of any team, nor are we afraid of any improper means, we will smash any obstacles in front of us, however, now we must put the league aside, we must seriously prepare for the Champions League, although we do not have the strength to win the Champions League, but we hope to be able to achieve our goals, break the embarrassing history of the team not entering the Champions League semi-finals." ”