Chapter 424: Before the Championship Cup (Part I)
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After being knocked out of the Coppa Italia by underdogs Vicenza and going a two-game winless run, Fiorentina are back in the 19th round of Serie A this weekend, where the Purple Lilies will take on visiting Atalanta.
If Vicenza has been Fiorentina's biggest sufferer this season, then Atalanta, who also have a reputation as the Young Guard, are Fiorentina's true ATM.
First beaten 4-0 by Fiorentina in the Italian Super Cup, and then by the Purple Lily in the second round of Serie A at the Bergamo Stadium, a total of eight goals conceded in the two games and not scored a goal, the title of "ATM" is well deserved.
Although the manager of Atalanta did not think much about the tactics used by Vicenza to defeat Fiorentina, and also imitated Guidolin's tactical arrangement in the game, but unfortunately they did not have an Otero who was furious when he saw Fiorentina, nor did he have such a powerful midfield heavy artillery.
Just three minutes into the game, Fiorentina took the lead in the door of the visiting team, Carlos took a long shot from 30 meters away from the goal, causing the opponent's goalkeeper to save the ball, Inzaghi appeared at the place where the ball landed and fired the ball into the net, Fiorentina led Atalanta 1-0;
In the twelfth minute, Angeloma crossed from the right, Batistuta headed back, and Effenberg, who was just inserted into the top of the penalty area, picked up his right foot and hit the goal with a powerful shot, and the ball flew directly into the gate of Atalanta, 2-0!
In the 35th minute, it was Angeloma again, the former France international got a right-footed cross under the defense of Rustico, Barty's header was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper's fists, but the ball did not fly out of the penalty area, but fell at the feet of Inzaghi, of course Pippo will not waste this excellent scoring opportunity, a push to score, 3-0!
In first-half stoppage time, Batistuta scored a free kick, and his powerful attack made the Atalanta goalkeeper have no way to deal with it, but to look at the ball and sigh, 4-0!
Batty's goal sent Fiorentina into the break with a huge four-goal advantage and sent the Atalanta players desperate and no one believing the visitors could complete a comeback, even with a full 45 minutes remaining.
At the start of the second half, Atrada was still dominated by Fiorentina in all aspects, and the midfield combination of Mofeo, Doni and Lentini was completely inferior in the face of the defense of Redondo, Davies and Tomasi, and could hardly organize a few threatening attacks.
Fiorentina, on the other hand, continued their style of play, using sharp attacks and pressing defenses to leave Atalanta's players breathless, and constantly making mistakes on the pitch, so as to allow the home team players to score more opportunities.
As a result, Fiorentina scored a goal each in the second half by Inzaghi and substitute Cruise to set the score at 6-0.
6-0, home team in front, away team in the back. This is the final score displayed on the big screen at Frankie Stadium when the referee blows the whistle for the end of the game.
Atalanta's players almost always walked out of the sad Frankie Stadium in tears, especially Mofeo and Doni, who had dealt with Fiorentina last season. After all, they lost four games against Fiorentina last season, plus three games lost this season, Atalanta, who only returned to Serie A last season, actually lost all seven games against Fiorentina!
Capello did not applaud the big win, and in his opinion, Fiorentina would have no difficulty in beating Atalanta, who had already lost to him six times in a row, and it was just a matter of how many goals the team could win if they played normally.
However, Capello was a little impressed by Cruise, who had scored in both substitute appearances, after all, a substitute who can score goals on the pitch is something any manager can dream of.
Capello also did a few experiments during the team's training matches, and found that Cruise is a player with unusual jishu characteristics, and he is much more efficient and offensive threat off the bench than when he started, although the specific reason for this phenomenon Capello has not yet been figured out......
It is precisely because of this that Capello admired Zhuang Mingge's vicious eyes.
How did he see that Cruise, a previously unknown kid, had the potential to become a super sub? That's the question Capello has been thinking about the most lately.
After a national team season, on 16 February, the Fiorentina players went on another killing spree against their opponents in the twentieth round of the league, Hellas Verona.
Considering that many people in the team have finished playing the national team, in this league, Capello sent a mixed lineup of main players and substitutes, except for goalkeeper Toldo and Redondo and Effenberg in the midfield, and the big Inzaghi in the front line entered the starting list, the other players are almost all main rotations or substitutes: the two full-backs are Fortunato and Angeloma (Zambrotta was also transferred to the national team by the elder Maldini this time to observe it up close), and the center-back partner is Stam and the veteran Verjovod; In midfield, it was Tomasi and Zanetti and the two main partners; As for the forward line, Vieri was given a chance to start, while Cruise was dropped on the bench by Fabio Capello.
Although there is a certain gap between such a starting lineup and the main lineup in terms of strength, it is still not a problem to deal with Verona, a relegation weak team.
After 90 minutes, the score was set at 4-1, with Vieri, who had previously played in a national team game, netting a brace from his close friend Inzaghi and Cruise netting in his third substitute appearance.
After slaughtering promoted side Verona away at the club, Fiorentina welcomed the Bianconeri at the Stade Frankie the following weekend, and the Purple Lilies played Zuihou ahead of the Champions League knockout round.
This season's Juventus has put a lot of energy into the Champions League after a long absence, so that the bench depth is not as thick as Fiorentina's Bianconeri's performance in Serie A this season is very unstable, not only has the glorious deeds of winning a giant at the level of Inter Milan, but also has a record of losing to the unstable Lazio, which does not match its previous image of "old woman".
Although Moggi tried to seduce Otero to strengthen the team's forward line during the winter transfer window, due to the turmoil of a strong team and the insistence of the Vicenza, Moji's hook-up behavior ultimately failed, and he had to wait until this summer to make plans.