Perugia, the capital of the Umbria region of central Italy, is a small cultural city with a population of only 150,000. In 1905, Perugia merged with Fortbrasio to form what is now the Perugia Club.

The 70s were the peak of Perugia's time, and in 1975, Perugia won the second division title that year under the leadership of coach Castagner, and was promoted to Serie A for the first time in history, under the magical command of Castagner, Perugia remained unbeaten in the 1978-79 season, only to be runners-up due to too many draws, which is also the best result in the history of the Perugia team.

In 1981, Perugia fell into the second division again, and even slipped to the D division for a time, and after returning to Serie A in the late 90s, Perugia was rejuvenated under the leadership of the young coach Cosmi, and the team has to experience the pain of losing a large number of main players almost every year, but Cosmi can always turn decay into magic, magical relegation.

In the 19992000 season, Perugia successfully introduced Japanese midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata, shaping him into a world-class star, and then successfully sold to the Serie A giants Roma and made a lot of money. In the 20022003 season, Perugia tried to repeat the old trick by recruiting Chinese player Ma Mingyu and South Korean striker Ahn Jung-hwan, but in the end, Ma Mingyu returned to Sichuan Quanxing without playing a single official game, making the hope of the Chinese people realize the dream of Serie A in vain. And Ahn Jung-hwan, who came to Perugia with Ma Mingyu, became the first South Korean player to land in Serie A. However, Ahn Jung-hwan beat the Italian team back to his hometown with a golden goal in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, which made Italian fans very angry. Gao Qi "conformed to public opinion" and wanted to fire Ahn Jung-hwan's squid

This season, Gaugi brought Saadi, the son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, into the team, but Saadi's level was similar to Ma Mingyu, and he was banned for drug bans without playing a game.

Gauci also tried to bring in Swedish stars Svensson and Ljungberg, as well as German star Prinz, both of which were rejected.

Gauci's business strategy can be described as whimsical, even a little nonsense, but in the Milan duo and Juventus in Serie A, Gauci has made the little Perugia the focus of attention from fans and the world media, which makes Perugia fans feel proud and proud, even if Perugia has fallen to the point of needing to play the relegation play-offs this season, they are very supportive of Gauci and Perugia under Gauci.

On the online forum, in interviews with the media, fans were complaining about Gauci and Perugia and helping Perugia explain, rather than attacking the players, coaches and the main seat.

"Gauci is justified, can you say that the referee didn't harm them? Football is so dirty now, I can't stand it anymore, it's about to lose the face of our Italians! Let's look at motorcycles! Check out how great our Rosie is! ”

'How big is the gap in Serie A now, was it like that before? What else does it mean? Forget about the game that is specially made into a giant! If it were AC Milan or Juventus, it is estimated that Carraro would not be able to mix it up for a long time. This is not Italian football!! ”

"I've watched a few games this season, but I can't bear to watch it anymore, we were bullied by the referee so badly! But we have to be strong like a man, and the more the referee oppresses us, the more we have to rise up. I don't agree to the boycott, we have to hold on until the last moment, we are not afraid of relegation, our relegation is a shame for Italian football and not a shame for Perugia!! ”

After successfully converting his poor results into unfair treatment for Perugia, Gauci went on to use the slogan "All together" to rally the city's fans to the stadium to cheer on the match against Fiorentina. At the same time, he lowered the price of his tickets to a uniform, unprecedentedly low price: 5 euros.

"The city of Perugia and the fans who come to the stadium to cheer us on are our biggest motivation, and with them we can achieve the ultimate goal. We hope that the price reduction will allow everyone to share the fruits of our current and future efforts. ”

On June 16, just as the European Championship was in full swing, fans in the Italian town of Perugia were looking forward to the start of the match. However, this match is neither France nor Croatia, nor Italy against Sweden, but a Serie A play-off battle, with Perugia hosting Fiorentina.

The 28,000 tickets for Reinado Curry Stadium were sold out three days before the start of the game. Club Head Junior Gauci said confidently: "A packed stadium will be very beneficial for Perugia. In the face of such an important match, we need a lot of support from Perugia fans. ”

Due to the large number of fans travelling to watch the game, the road near the stadium was blocked in the hours leading up to the game, and due to the heat, fans mostly wore fan scarves around their arms rather than around their necks, holding club flags in their hands

More than an hour before the game, most of the fans had already entered the stadium, and the shouts could be heard half a kilometer away from the stadium. Finally squeezed into the passage, and the whole arena was like a sea of purple, red and white. The audience was full of voices, waving flags and shouting one after another. Except for some seats reserved for fans arriving from Fiorentina, the rest of the stadium was occupied by a dense crowd of Perugia fans.

As the match was about to begin, Perugia fans booed as the announcer announced the arrival of Fiorentina's players. As soon as the Florentine lineup was announced, the announcer shouted, "Let us welcome the arrival of our host Xi Gauci with a round of applause." ”

In an instant, applause was thunderous, everyone stood up, colorful flags flew on the field, and fans chanted Gauci's name, as if Gauci was not the sinner who brought Perugia into the relegation zone this season, but the hero of the violent and dirty Football Association, which made people have to admire the superhuman skill and charm of the old man.

Old man Gao, the head of the club standing outside the VIP box, also waved frequently to greet the fans, looking full of confidence.

The announcer then began to read out the list of Perugia's players, and the fans applauded each time the name of a player was read. Around the stadium, some fans began to set off red and white smoke bombs, and Perugia fans sang Perugia's team anthem loudly, setting off the atmosphere of the home stadium very lively.

The starting line-ups for both sides in this match are as follows:

Perugia is a formation of 442: Goalkeeper: Karachi; Defenders: Ze Maria, Diamotney, Frési, Di Loretto, midfielders: Fabiano; Di Francisco, Obodo, Codre; Forwards: Ravanelli, Bosroyd

Fiorentina are in a formation of 433: goalkeeper: Sejas; Defenders: Vialli, Maggio, De Rikari, Lucarelli Jr. Midfielders: Savini, Fontana, Piangrelli, forwards: Chen Yu; Ricano, Vantiny

The referee is the famous international referee Rossetti.

Fiorentina coach Mondonico and Perugia coach Kosmi were surprised and delighted when they saw the opponent's lineup.

The good news is that the vast majority of starters did not expect it, and it was surprising that there were one or two positions that were completely unexpected.

In Perugia's starting line-up, striker Boothroyd's start surprised Mondonico, who had thought it should have been Uruguayan striker Salayeta, who is on loan from Juventus, rather than Englishman Boothroyd.

Of course, Bosroyd is not bad, the England youngster who transferred from Coventry is 1.91 meters tall, very fast, impactful, and can attack from midfield and front, rather than standing in the box, and is praised by Kosmi: "half like Bosani, half like Adriano".

In Fiorentina's starting lineup, the most surprising thing for Cosmi is also the striker, Fandini starts, not Grafiedi, which is a very strange phenomenon, because Fandini has been playing as a substitute before, double strikers, Fiorentina is Chen Yu and Ricano, the three forwards play less, and the upper is also Grafiedi, but it is Fandini who appeared in the right winger position today.

However, Kosmi is not afraid, he has studied Fiorentina thoroughly before, even the substitute Vandini is familiar with him, and has introduced the players, but not as detailed as Chen Yu, Rigano and Grafiedi.

Today, Di Livio is still sitting on the bench, and the captain on the field is Chen Yu. Watching Chen Yu calmly and confidently exchange the team flag and emblem with Perugia's captain Zemaria, shaking hands and picking sides, completely without the original helplessness, the only remaining 38-year-old veteran Di Livio of Fiorentina who said goodbye to Serie A two years ago, the blood in his heart was boiling, and he whispered in his heart: "Serie A, I will be back soon."