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On April 23, in the 28th round of Serie A, Fiorentina played away against Sampdoria.

For fans who lived through Sampdoria's golden age, the 94-95 season was a complete nightmare for Sampdoria.

Prior to this clash, Sampdoria had managed just one win in their last five league games. In these five league rounds, the Sea Blues have a record of one win, one draw and three defeats, with only four points. What's worse is that due to the misdeeds of the new owner Mantovani Jr., the former monolithic Sampdoria no longer exists, Gullit and Evani, the two main players last season, have announced in advance that they will leave the team in the summer, and core players such as Lombardo and Mancini are also watching, and the entire Sampdoria has become a mess.

The current Sampdoria is demoralized, and because Mantovani Jr. is keen on transfer operations, the Samp players lack a sense of security and involuntarily begin to think about their way out next season - in this case, if Sampdoria can still play well, it will be called hell......

Originally, Zhuang Mingge was still very interested in the contest with Sampdoria, but when he saw the expressions of the Samp players on the field, he lost interest in this game.

In the 28th round of the league, Sampdoria can be said to be worry-free about relegation, of course, with the point gap between them and the previous teams, they will not be able to compete for a European place next season. In this state of no desire for results and at the same time worrying about their jobs, there are only a few Samp players who still have some fighting spirit, and most of the players either have tired or indifferent expressions, such a team, it will not be exciting to beat them.

And the result of the game did not surprise Zhuang Mingge.

With the league championship as a "carrot" in front of them, the scrappy Fiorentina beat the unmotivated Sampdoria by three goals at the Stadio Ferraris.

At the beginning of the game, with the encouragement of the fans, the Aprans put up a stubborn resistance, but when the game was played in the twentieth minute, Effenberg, who had returned from injury, received a return pass from Batistuta and gave Fiorentina the lead with a long-range shot from 25 yards, and the Sampdoria players completely lost their fighting spirit.

Then in the thirtieth minute, Fiorentina's captain Batistuta also scored: Djokaef crossed low from the left, and Barty, who was standing at the edge of the box, volleyed straight into the box to score his 25th league goal of the season.

In the second half, substitute Montella relied on a failed chance for the Samp defence to score a goal to lock the score at 3-0 - in fact, Sampdoria had already given up on the game at the start of the second half, and their manager Eriksen stood helplessly on the sidelines without making any adjustments.

Besides, even if he wanted to, what could he adjust? In the face of these unmotivated players, even if the Swedes have a myriad of ideas, there is no room for them to play.

When the game was over, the whole of Fiorentina was in a frenzy - of course, the beating to Sampdoria alone wouldn't have made them so excited, but there was another piece of good news that made the Purple Lily fans happy: Juventus had lost again!

That's right, you read that right, the usual steady old lady capsized in the gutter again in the 28th round of Serie A, they lost to Padua by one goal at home!

In fact, this cannot be blamed on the carelessness of the Juventus players, who let Juve just play a League Cup game in midweek, resulting in the lack of fitness of the Juventus players, and Lippi's tactical idea of emphasizing running is completely unplayable......

So, before the direct dialogue between Fiorentina and Juventus arrived, the Purple Lily managed to take a three-point lead in the standings!

Next up is the battle against Juventus on April 30.

A win, then Fiorentina can take a huge advantage of six points with five rounds left in the league; If they lose, Fiorentina will be tied by Juventus on points, but they will also be relegated to second place due to the disadvantage of mutual results with Juventus (Serie A's ranking method is based on the record of each other first and then on goal difference when the points are the same).

Therefore, in the next league, Fiorentina must not lose! After all, you can't always pin your hopes on the old woman's gutter to capsize......

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For Juventus, this season has undoubtedly been quite successful.

This is Lippi's first season at Juventus, and in his first year, he led Juventus to a double win over AC Milan in the league. As the time is about to enter May, Juventus, who are fighting on three fronts, have a chance to win the title in three battles: in the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup, they both reached the final of Zuihou, and coincidentally, the opponents in both finals were Parma; They are also only three points behind Fiorentina at the top of the league and will have a direct meeting with their opponents in the next round away from home.

Lippi and Juventus will not give up easily on the league title, not only because Juventus have not tasted the league title for nine years, but also because only the league winner and the defending champion will qualify for next season's Champions Cup - compared to the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup, the European Champions Cup is certainly more attractive, and if they can participate in the Champions League, Juventus can also get a lot of broadcast fees next season. The Cup Winners' Cup and the League Cup are completely incomparable in this regard......

So, in the next week, Lippi devised a lot of tactics against Fiorentina and tried to make Juve's players remember as much as possible, and at this time Fiorentina, Ranieri was also doing exactly the same job as Lippi.

"Remember them all! The opponent's [Juventus] running and interception skills are excellent, so I ask you to make sure you get the ball out faster than usual during the game! Don't give Juventus a chance to interrupt our attacking rhythm! As the head coach of Fiorentina, Ranieri is also under a lot of pressure at this time, and he knows from some sources that Zhuang Mingge is very dissatisfied with his tactical arrangement in some games, and in order to keep his job, he must win this game against Juventus.

After all, even the highly decorated Trapattoni was dismissed by Juventus for not winning the league title, and who knows if he will follow in his footsteps......

In this way, in the roar of Ranieri, the calendar turned to the page of April 30, and just today, Fiorentina will sit at home and start a battle with Juventus!