Chapter 599: Before the Battle of Life and Death

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Fiorentina lost away, and the defending champions may miss the final! 》

Countless media published such reports as soon as the game ended, after all, Fiorentina has been too strong in the past two years, and almost all teams are out of breath. Now that Fiorentina is finally looking forward to losing, these media will of course spare no effort to publicize it, for fear that others will not know that Fiorentina, who is attacking for the second treble honor, will be repaired by Real Madrid at home in the just-concluded game.

In his post-match press conference, Capello looked bad, after all, his side had just lost to Real Madrid in the first leg of the semi-finals, and the situation of advancing to the final was quite grim. Under such circumstances, how could Capello have a good face in front of these reporters with long guns and short guns on their shoulders?

Although Capello was in a bad mood and was annoyed by the provocative questions of the Spanish journalists, Capello was not going to leave without grace or lash out at the press conference, as it could lead to additional penalties from UEFA.

However, Capello still expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee rather cryptically at the press conference, believing that he had imposed too heavy a penalty for Davies' foul, and the fate of the Dutch boar directly affected the course of the game, resulting in one less player Fiorentina in the subsequent time.

"Edgar (Davis) was only inadvertently stepping on the latter's foot due to physical inertia after stealing Seedorf, and it was enough to show a yellow card as a warning for this unintentional behavior; A red card is a bit too harsh. Capello expressed his resentment about the red card with a resentful expression, "If it wasn't for this unexpected red card, we wouldn't have been so passive in the future." ”

Although Capello said at a press conference that Fiorentina would definitely find the determination to get back to Real Madrid in the second leg, a group of news media were generally pessimistic about Fiorentina's fate in the Champions Cup - after all, in the history of the Champions Cup, there are only a handful of games that have been overturned by opponents after leading 3-1 on aggregate, so these media are of course more optimistic about Real Madrid, which has already held the initiative of promotion in their own hands!

Although he lost the first leg against Real Madrid, Capello did not reprimand his players for their performance, after all, the players did not play badly in this game, and the defeat was mainly due to Davies's unexpected red card.

Fiorentina would not have been so passive in the second half if Davies had not been sent off; If Batty and Ronaldo hadn't missed back-to-back chances in the second half, Fiorentina could have returned home in a slightly better position to prepare for the second leg.

But, then again, luck is also part of the game of football, and losing is losing, and it doesn't make any sense for Fiorentina to continue dwelling on what has already happened and finding reasons that don't work.

Fiorentina, back in Italy, soon had their first game of May, this time against Brescia, who were battling relegation.

With Davies suspended and Effenberg destined to miss the second leg against Real Madrid due to a muscle strain, Capello made changes to his starting line-up against Brescia to include Davies, who was unable to play in the Champions League semi-finals.

Although they lost to Real Madrid in the crucial game only three days ago, the Fiorentina players with good self-regulation skills have adjusted their form in just a few days and welcomed the visiting Brescia with full spirit.

Although the Brescia players are battling relegation, there is a considerable gap between their quality and Fiorentina.

Therefore, in this 32nd round of Serie A, Fiorentina, which has home advantage, comprehensively suppressed Brescia.

First, the veteran Kripa opened the scoring for Fiorentina with a beautiful long-range shot, helping Fiorentina take the lead; Ronaldo was not to be outdone, and he vented all his grievances on Brescia after repeatedly squandering good chances to score in matches with Real Madrid.

So, the firepower alien used a hat-trick to shoot Brescia's goal into a sieve.

In the end, in the 32nd round of Serie A, Fiorentina defeated Brescia 4-0 at home, finally venting a little bit of the sultry that was saved by losing to Real Madrid.

After the match against Brescia, UEFA finally released the verdict on the red card that Davies received in the semi-final. Fiorentina breathed a sigh of relief: UEFA did not impose additional penalties on Davies, meaning that as long as they can finish Real Madrid in the second leg, the Dutch boars will still be able to play in the Champions League final.

However, before considering the Champions League final, Fiorentina's priority is to play the second leg against Real Madrid, otherwise it will all be a pipe dream.

After the win over Brescia, Fiorentina's next game is Serie A, with the players playing Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico. Three days after this match, the Purple Lilies will face Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Frankie Stadium.

In order to prepare for the match against Real Madrid, Capello decisively hid most of the team's main players in the match against the Blue Eagles, sending a starting lineup dominated by substitutes.

De Sanctis, Fortunato, Materazzi, Stamm, Angeloma, Zanetti, Tomasi, Davies, Ze Roberto, Cruz and Batistuta, these are Fiorentina's starting eleven for this match.

Lazio, on the other hand, are battling Roma, Udinese and Parma for fourth place in the league, and Eriksen is certainly unlikely to give up at this juncture, so the Swedes will play their part in this game.

Goalkeeper Maciegiani, defenders Negro, Favali, Grandoni and Chamotte, midfielders Almeida, Jugovic, Fosse and Nedved, and the forward partners are Roberto Mancini and Casillachi.

Although the Blue Eagles under Eriksen's command lacked some passion and attacking power compared to the Zeman era, they did have more sophistication and stability that the Czechs did not have when they were coaching.

Against Lazio, who were desperate for victory, the Purple Lilies were defeated 4-1, with Roberto Mancini netting a hat-trick and Nedved blasting in a beautiful long-range strike to give the Eagles all three points at home.

After the deadline, the Fiorentina team returned to their home base camp as quickly as possible, ready for the upcoming Champions League semi-finals!