Fiorentina's last opponents before the winter break Napoli are not your average team, they are a little less important in Italian and world football than Fiorentina, but they are also a significant force.

The reason why it once occupied an important position in the world and Italian football is because of the football king Maradona.

Napoli was founded in 1926, and in the 58 years before Maradona's arrival, Napoli had only won the Coppa Italia twice and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup once.

On June 30, 1984, Napoli President Ferletti announced the transfer of $4 million, which was a record transfer fee for Maradona at the time, and fans all over the world were stunned.

In the impression of Napoli fans, Maradona was tackled by Athletic Bilbao defender Goyegochea and has not yet recovered from his calf, but now he is on his side!

Then, a miracle happened, before Maradona joined, Napoli was just a team that narrowly escaped relegation, and in the seven years since Maradona joined, Napoli have won two Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia, a Super Cup and a UEFA Cup, which is unmatched by the sum of honors in the history of any other southern team in Italy.

An Argentine became the totem of the team, a president sent the club to hell, and Napoli and Fiorentina fell on a similar trajectory.

After losing Maradona, Napoli has successively emerged Zola, Cannavaro, Fonseca, Di Canio and other stars, but they can only run their own small world, just use Napoli as a springboard to the giants, like Maradona to lead Napoli to the giants head-on, no one can do it anymore.

In order to recreate the glory of the Maradona era, Napoli's chairman of the hotel industry Nardi burned a lot of money to buy people, but the money was spent, but the effect was not at all, and finally in the 00-01 season, they were finally relegated from Serie A to Serie B.

Back in Serie B, Naldi did not burn less, spending only 10 million euros less in a season than in Serie A, but they have not been able to return to Serie A for two consecutive seasons, and their results have been even worse this season, and they have now fallen to 10th place, just one point above Fiorentina.

It was a contest between two teams with hopes of qualifying for Serie A, and also between two teams with a strong history, and before the game, this game won far more attention than the average Serie B match, as the god Batistuta and the football king Maradona both spoke out for both teams and supported the teams they once played.

Former Fiorentina god Batistuta, who is now retiring at Arabi FC in Qatar, said: "Fiorentina have had a difficult time, they have been inconsistent this season, but I am sure they will definitely return to Serie A and that is their stage. The game against Napoli was certainly an exciting one, and it was the battle that decided Fiorentina's top half of the table. Napoli are by no means an easy team to beat, as Maradona fought there and the spirit of Diego at the 70,000-strong São Paulo Stadium will continue to inspire Napoli. However, I believe they will win two in a row under the leadership of new captain Chen. ”

For Chen Yu, who is known as Fiorentina's new god of war, Batistuta said: "After I left, many strikers were called Fiorentina's new god of war, just like Napoli has been looking for Diego's stand-in, I think it's meaningless, each striker has his own characteristics, but I am very optimistic about Chen Yu, he is too versatile, although he has not been trained in the cruel Serie A, but I must admit that he has surpassed me in many aspects, he is an all-round striker, Can play all the tactical requirements of the coach. ”

Napoli's eternal idol and totem king Maradona, who has just recovered from drugs and is now coaching Almagro, is interested in the battle between Napoli and Fiorentina, and the king said that he will always be a Napoli fan and wants Napoli to win whenever Napoli plays. Now that Napoli are not doing well, Maradona said: "If the team still needs me, I can continue to play for Napoli, but not as a player, but as a coach. ”

With the encouragement of the two idols, the two teams were also particularly excited before the game.

Napoli captain Baltini said: "We are 10th but we still have a chance of qualifying, we are only three points off sixth place Piacenza, so we have to play every game aggressively and try to return to Serie A this season.

Fiorentina are one of our rivals, although they have risen directly from the second division, but no one dares to underestimate them, they have a rich chairman, they have an experienced manager, Cassinwa, and a group of quality players, especially their strikers, Chen and Rigano have scored 21 goals, and we have to focus on them in this game to have any hope of winning.

Di Livio's absence is good news, Di Livio's position is irreplaceable in Fiorentina, without Di Livio I believe our chances of winning have increased by at least 10 per cent, and playing at the Stadio de São Paulo we have increased our chances of winning by 10 per cent, so that I have at least 80 per cent hope of getting the three points. ”

Napoli's captain sent a challenge, and Fiorentina will wear the captain's armband to fight in this game, although he has not fought a war of words, because in the C2 and Serie B leagues, except for games like Fiorentina playing Napoli, the media is not very concerned, and they can't fight a war of words.

In an interview with local TV in Florence, Chen Yu refuted the eighty percent chance of Napoli captain Baltini and said, "Napoli is a great team, and Diego's achievements in Naples have made fans all over the world look up and worship, but now it is a team without Diego, they are an ordinary Serie B team, and they have not rushed to Serie A for two consecutive years, I think at the Sao Paulo Stadium, we have nothing to fear."

Captain Baltini said that they have an 80% chance of winning, and I think he is right, but don't forget, football is round, even if we have a 20% chance of winning, we may be the last to laugh, just like buying a lottery ticket, even if there is only a 1 in 10 million chance, if you win, it is 100%. ”

Chen Yu also dismisses Baltini's so-called home advantage, "There must be a little advantage at home, but it can also be pressure, if the home advantage is really that big, we should have won all the home games, but in fact, our home win rate is not much different from the away game." ”

The two captains talked in the air, although the old captain Di Livio with a muscle strain could not play, but he was lying on the hospital bed to cheer for Fiorentina and Chen Yu, "Although I am injured, I believe that the team will still win, Chen Yu is a qualified captain, when I am not injured, he has been silently helping, on the field, he is the most reliable player at critical moments, in the locker room, he is also respected by all the players, and now he is fully capable of leading the team to victory, I believe, Napoli's São Paulo Stadium were also unable to stop goals from Chen Yu and Ricano. ”

The two captains of Fiorentina and Napoli were the first to start, and both managers who had previously managed Serie A and played against each other were not idle.

Fiorentina coach Cassinwa and Napoli coach Colomba are both in the hands of each other, and every defeat reminds fans and media of a dismissal, so you can imagine how much pressure they are on.

Although the victory or defeat before the winter break does not matter whether it is relegated or relegated, if the game is not good, neither of them will be comfortable this Christmas.

Napoli coach Colomba is very confident, he is already a very arrogant person, "Napoli is ranked higher than Fiorentina, ranking means record and strength, we are stronger than Fiorentina, now we are playing at our own home, the opponent's captain is injured, if we still can't win, it will be a shame for us."

In this round, Piacenza ahead of us will take on Verona, Catania and Torino will play each other, I believe Verona will beat Piacenza in an upset, Catania will draw with Torino, and if we win we will have a chance of finishing in the top six. “

In an interview with the Italian TV 5 "Football Soccer Soccer Column", Cassinwa first talked about the current situation of Fiorentina and looked forward to the future, "The team is now in the darkness before dawn, for half a season, we can only play in the second division with half of the third division lineup, but fortunately we are not far behind, now we are only four points away from sixth place, and we are not opened up by the opponents in the first division, we will definitely add players during the winter break, and in the second half I believe we will catch up, Finish in the top six and even qualify directly to Serie A. ”

For Napoli, the last opponent before the winter break, Casingwa said: "This is an old team, they are very strong, now they are ranked higher than us, and they are still playing at home, we will definitely have great difficulties, but the most difficult time for us this season is the first month of the season, when we all survived, now we are not afraid of any of us, although Di Livio is injured, but I have a way to make up for the loss caused by his absence, this game, we must take all three points, Lay the groundwork for the second half of the pursuit. ”

Before the game even began, the two teams engaged in a war of words, which made the match between Napoli and Fiorentina, two teams with fanatical fans, even more hot, with Sao Paulo reportedly selling 40,000 tickets for their home stadium and Fiorentina with 5,000 fans, far more than Serie B leaders Palermo and Livorno, who were playing at the same time.