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The undercurrents surging within Juventus will be here for now, and let's look at Fiorentina.

After returning from Vicenza, the Fiorentina players played their first match after advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League on the evening of 30 March. This time, the Purple Lily's opponent in the quarterfinals is La Liga giants FC Barcelona.

Effenberg and Vieri are naturally the most excited Fiorentina in the Champions League - if not to mention that they can play Rivaldo, their most unpleasant of all, Rivaldo

Who allowed the unassuming Brazilian to win last year's World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or with just one La Liga title and a few goals full of individual heroism? Effenberg and Vieri, who finished third in each of the two competitions but surpassed Rivaldo in terms of honours, will naturally be hostile to the Brazilian striker - they want to prove to everyone in this direct battle with Barcelona that it was a terrible mistake to let Rivaldo be voted Mr. Double!

As a result, in the first leg of the contest between the two sides, Effenberg and Vieri both played extremely hard in the match. The former showed a very high standard at both offensive and defensive ends, not only assisting Vieri to score on the offensive end, but also assisting teammates such as Carlos and Redondo on the defensive end to successfully cut off the connection between Barcelona's midfielders, separating Figo and Luis Enrique and others, making them have to fall into a situation of fighting alone with their own players; The latter helped Fiorentina get a 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou with two goals, allowing the Purple Lilies to get out of the Catalan capital while also scoring two crucial away goals!

In fact, if it weren't for Rivaldo's sudden superstar mode in the last 20 minutes of the second half, and his superb individual ability to convert two chances that were not chances into goals, Barcelona would have suffered a defeat on their own home turf.

Despite not losing at home, the result of the first leg was still very uncomfortable for Barcelona - not to mention the fact that they did not take advantage of Fiorentina at home, the result of a draw here was enough to make the Red and Blues feel at risk, and the two away goals from the Purple Lily made the Catalan giant's hopes of progressing to the semi-finals of the Champions League quite slim.

Even Barcelona, known for their attacking power, could not guarantee that they would be able to finish Fiorentina in the second leg at the Stade Frankie. After all, Purple Lily's attack power is no worse than Barcelona's, and its defensive level is even better than that of the Spanish giant. Therefore, unless the whole Fiorentina team is in a slump, or if there is another superstar in the Barcelona team who stands up and single-handedly takes care of Fiorentina's entire backline like Rivaldo, Barcelona will not be optimistic about the shape of the promotion in the case of a draw with the opponent at home.

However, with the wonderful performance of this game, Rivaldo reversed the perception of many fans, and was able to step up to save the team when the whole team was suppressed by the opponent, making the Brazilian's identity as Mr. Double look somewhat worthy of the name.

After returning from Spain, Fiorentina welcomed their opponents in the round of 28 of Serie A on April Fool's Day, led by two veterans, Signoli and Pagliuca.

Although Fiorentina has the upper hand in overall strength and still has a home advantage, in the eyes of the vast majority of media and fans, the Purple Lily naturally has a much bigger chance of winning than Bologna, and it is not a problem to win all three points; But alas, two veterans in the Bologna team have become the spoilers of this game!

Pagliuca, who is already 34 years old, dreamed of returning to the top that night, and the former Italian international tried his best to keep the door open in the game, fully allowing the Fiorentina players to experience what it means to be a one-man man. Signori also showed off a former Serie A Golden Boot, as the shooting maniac used his 38-yard left foot to trick the opposing Hyypia around and penetrate Toldo's goal three times, causing the latter to thump the turf with his fists.

As for Fiorentina, although Heynckes took into account the impact of the two games a week on the players, he made a large rotation of the starting line-up to ensure the form of the players in this game. But the players seemed to have consumed too much energy in the midweek clash with Barcelona, and many of them seemed a little out of spirits.

The No. 2 Italian international is dedicated and relentless, but he didn't look particularly excited when he faced an opponent of Barcelona's caliber after spending too much energy in his battle with Barcelona's top attackers three days ago.

Those who know Toldo should know that this goalkeeper belongs to the typical state goalkeeper, and when he is excited, he is simply a god, and he can block any kind of shot; On the other hand, Toldo is an average good goalkeeper who doesn't make low-level mistakes and can save the ball when he should save, but don't expect him to make any great saves to save the team.

Unfortunately, the match between Fiorentina and Bologna happened to be a day when Toldo was not motivated! Or rather, Toldo's passion was exhausted in the match against Barcelona three days earlier......

In the end, when the game was over, Fiorentina lost 1-3 at home to Bologna, breaking out the biggest upset in this round of Serie A!

Despite Fiorentina's defeat, Juventus were beaten at home to third-placed Lazio on the second day, so the Purple Lily's lead did not shrink after this round, and the gap to the second-placed team remained eight points.

However, the whole of Florence was not happy with the news. Because the day after the match against Bologna, they received another piece of news from the physiotherapy center that made them not happy at all - during a routine medical examination organized by Thomas Carter after the game, Ronaldo was found to have a problem with the ligaments and tendons of his right knee, and he needed three months to completely recuperate, otherwise it was likely to lead to a serious injury that would jeopardize his career!

And this means that, if nothing else, the aliens will have to miss all the rest of Fiorentina's games of the season!