After the heavy defeat to Lazio, Fiorentina finally ushered in a week of respite, and manager Ranieri also gave the players a day of free time to adjust their condition for the next game.

In March, it is the time when the teams that have the ability to compete for honor or next season's European qualification begin to exert their strength, and at this juncture, any accident may lead to the team's efforts for most of the season in vain, so there is no need for the teams to hide anything for the next game, all the preparation of the Haode hole cards began to show one after another, and the Serie A field officially entered the sprint stage.

Also in the 23rd round of Serie A, unlike Sampdoria, which collapsed completely, Fiorentina and Juventus both won at home against Reggiana and Foggia, and the two teams still maintained a three-point gap.

A week later, against fellow promoted Padua this season, the Fiorentina players showed a very different mentality and technical and tactical level than last season, inspired by the Serie A trophy.

Of the four promoted teams in Serie A this season, except for Fiorentina, who has become a team that can compete for the league title under Zhuang Mingge's strong investment, the other three teams are struggling with relegation at this time.

Needless to say, Brescia, as vice-captain of the league, a win over AC Milan was its biggest achievement this season.

As for Bari and Padua, these two teams are still hovering on the relegation line and will fall into the abyss if they are not careful.

Therefore, in the face of Fiorentina, which has played well this season, at the beginning of this game, the Padua team, which is fighting for relegation, put on a strict defensive jiashi at their home stadium, and all the Padua players shrank to their own half to participate in the defense, and even gave up the counterattack sneak attack, they have only one purpose, that is, to snatch a point from Fiorentina.

But will Fiorentina, who are aiming to win the title, say yes?

Of course not.

Effenberg's Fiorentina midfielder constantly mobilized the Padua defence with passes, allowing the opponents to accelerate their energy consumption in the constant running. After all, it is normal for the passive defensive side to deplete physically faster than the attacking side, and to put more pressure on the player's spirit.

If they want not to concede a goal, then the Padua players must ensure that the whole game does not wander, after all, Fiorentina now have a number of players in the squad who can decide the game in a split second, such as Djokaeffe, Effenberg and Batistuta......

Do Padua's players have what it takes to maintain a high level of performance for ninety minutes?

Maybe one day this miracle will happen, but it is clear that the miracle will not happen today.

In the 62nd minute, Barty received a pass from Djokaeff on the edge of the box, and the Padua defence was fatally flawed at this moment - none of them stepped forward to mark the Argentine god of war who had won the ball.

As a shijie-level goalscorer, Batistuta naturally did not let go of this great opportunity, and came with a powerful volley from the top of the box arc, and the ball flew close to the ground and flew towards the Padua goal. The goalkeeper made a save but couldn't change the trajectory of the ball, and Barty gave Fiorentina the lead with his 21st league goal of the season.

The Padua, who were trailing in the scoreline, had no choice but to abandon the bucket formation and start pressing the attack in order to get the points.

Forced to attack, Padua naturally showed more space at the back, and the Fiorentina players could get more chances to score as a result.

So, in the next half hour, under the command of Effenberg, Fiorentina's formation retreated as a whole, luring the Padua players to move forward; The German Tiger then used his incisive pass to create a number of chances for his team-mates to score solo goals, and the others lived up to his wishes, completely tearing apart the Padua players' hopes of an equaliser.

In the end, Fiorentina defeated Padua 2-0 away from home to continue to chase Juventus, who beat Cremonese 1-0 in this round with a three-point deficit.

Also in the 24th round of Serie A, Sampdoria, who was in a situation of internal and external troubles, unsurprisingly swallowed three bombs at Ferraris Stadium and lost to AC Milan, which began to pick up its form.

The following weekend was a FIFA-mandated international break, and Fiorentina still had few players selected for the national team, so this kind of match day had little negative impact on the form of Fiorentina players, but gave many of the main players a chance to recover.

"After this weekend, it's April." Zhuang Mingge leaned on the swivel chair, raised his legs to the desk in front of him, and said, "Karin, is there anything important in Florence recently?" ”

"It's not a big deal." Karin flipped through the notepad in her hand and said, "Mr. Fernando Nesta of the Information Center said he needed funds to build his team; Dr. Carter at the physiotherapy centre said he needed to add another batch of assistive devices, and he told me that Basten, who was treated with us for his Achilles tendon, is recovering well and expects to be able to meet the minimum requirements by the end of May this year. ”

"Very well, Karin, please inform them, just say that I have approved these requests, and as for the specific transfer of funds, please ask them to go to the head of the finance department."

"Tony, you're really ......" Karin said helplessly, putting down her notepad and "do you think they're all fools?" Who in the club doesn't know that Mr. Rossi, the head of finance, is a master who is eager to break every penny in half? You let them go to Mr. Rosie without any credentials, and they must not be scolded by him. ”

"I forgot." Zhuang Mingge immediately put on a look of "I am pure" and looked at Karin.

"Tony, you're ......"

Jingle bell~

Just as Karin was about to continue preaching Zhuang Mingge, the phone in the office rang, and Zhuang Mingge quickly grabbed the microphone and successfully avoided Karin's endless nagging.

"Hey, hello, this is the Florentine President's office."

"Oh, yes, I'm Antonio Corleone."

"What?! You mean it's completely cured? Zhuang Mingge was so surprised that he almost fell off his chair, "Are you sure there won't be any sequelae or complications?" ”

"No, no, of course I believe in your medical skills, as his boss, don't I have to be responsible for my own employees......"

"Really? That xiexie you doctor, thank you for saving a young man's life. Zhuang Mingge kept thanking the other party on the phone, and he didn't put down the microphone until he hung up the phone on the other side.

"Is there anything good, Tony?"

"It's a call from the United States, they just told me." Zhuang Mingge took a deep breath, calmed down his excitement, and said, "Andre Fortunato, healed. ”