As for the official explanation given by Maldini Sr., although the other teams are very depressed about it, they really have nothing to refute. These teams don't dare to deliberately belittle Fiorentina, you must know that to belittle your opponent is to belittle yourself - if you say that the team that won you is garbage and worthless, then what is the person who can't even win the garbage?

In this way, with this group of players hand-picked by himself, Maldini Sr. confidently traveled to Georgia, where the Apennines will challenge a team that has been in existence for less than six years.

Since Italy and England were placed in a group in this qualifying group, and the qualifiers have been played so far, the points of the two teams are still quite close. Crucially, according to the rules of the European qualifiers for this World Cup, the nine group winners and one best group runners-up will qualify directly for the World Cup in France, while the remaining eight group runners-up will compete in a two-legged play-off, with the winners of the final four spots securing the final four places.

Therefore, for this game, the old Maldini did not dare to be careless, and reminded the players to concentrate on playing well before the game began, for fear that the team would be overtaken by the English behind them in the standings because of the underestimating opponent.

With the possibility of qualifying directly after the group stage, no one wants their team to face a brutal play-off. In that two-legged knockout round, God knows what the unexpected will bring. If you accidentally get away with it, you will want to cry without tears......

So, in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, the Italians who focused on the game staged a bloody massacre here.

In this game, Maldini Sr. lined up in the same four-four-two formation as Fiorentina, with Vieri and Inzaghi partnering up front in two, Roberto Baggio delivering shells behind them, Tomasi and Dino Baggio intercepting, and Albertini arranging the midfield and commanding the midfield.

At the back, Maldini is still firmly in the starting left-back position, and as long as he is not suspended or affected by injury, the AC Milan captain is the first choice at left-back. The starting right-back changed from Panucci to the younger Zambrotta, with the centre-back partnership still being an extremely solid combination of Ferrara and Nesta. Parma's Cannavaro is no weaker than Ferrara's, but his occasional rise to the top has led Maldini Sr. to position him as a third-choice at centre-back.

And in the battle between Pagliuca and Toldo for the starting goalkeeper of the national team, this time the final winner was the talented newcomer Gianluigi Buffon from Parma. As a result, Pagliuca had to sit on the bench with resentment to watch the performance of his juniors, and Toldo was even more miserable because his position was in the stands......

Compared with Italy, which is full of talent, the Georgian national team, which only received a fraction of the inheritance in the process of the "separation" of football in the former Soviet Union, is quite bleak, and Kinkladze, who plays for Manchester City, and Karadze, who plays for Dynamo Kiev, are their biggest stars. In terms of overall strength, the Italian national team, where all the players play in the giants or powerhouses of the four major leagues, can throw out Georgians I don't know how many streets.

Faced with a weak Georgian defence, Inzaghi scored his first hat-trick in the first half with only one first half, with Vieri providing cover and assists from Baggio and Albertini, while Vieri also scored a goal in the second half with an assist.

Combined with the goals of Pierrot and Dino Baggio, Italy beat Georgia 6-0 when the referee blew the final whistle to remain top of Group B, two points ahead of second-placed England with just one game remaining.

If England still want to qualify directly for the World Cup in France, then the result of their final game in a month's time, as they will face Italy directly

After the national team competitions were over, the players returned to Fiorentina one after another, and the 1997-98 season for the Purple Lilies officially began. Next, Fiorentina will be led by Capello to the Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia at the same time!

Capello's goal is clear, and while the chances of another treble are slim, Fiorentina will have to give their all in all competitions.

As long as it is a giant, there will be such a goal, whether it can win the treble is one thing, whether you dare to attack the treble is another, without this attitude, from the beginning to focus on a competition, whether the team becomes the champion or not, it is difficult to get the recognition of the fans.

Fiorentina, who have been training hard for a second treble, ushered in the second round of Serie A, this time, the Purple Lily's opponent is the promoted Mabari team.

After a relegation experience, Bari lost a lot of good players, and although they brought in a number of new players from other teams this summer to strengthen their overall strength, thereby increasing the success rate of relegation this season, the arrival of a large number of new signings has inevitably destroyed the tacit understanding between the players - the first round of the league was easily won by Parma at their own home stadium with a score of 2-0.

In the face of such an opponent, Capello made a certain rotation of the starting line-up in this game, after all, Fiorentina will travel to Germany in the middle of next week to play a Champions League group stage with Bayer Leverkusen, so naturally they do not want to waste too much energy on this opponent.

Therefore, for this match, Capello fielded a starting line-up with a mix of main and substitutes: Toldo, Fortunato, Materazzi, Ferrara, Angeloma, Zanetti, Di Biagio, Redondo, Rui Costa, Ze Roberto and Batistuta, and this is Fiorentina's starting eleven.

Although Barry also has powerful players like Ventola and Masinga in the team, compared to Fiorentina, the hegemonic level of Serie A, Bari's little bit of wealth is obviously not enough.

In the face of a team that is not as strong as itself and the team has not yet run in the fighting power, Fiorentina easily won a victory: Batistuta scored one goal in each half to lead the Purple Lilies to an easy victory, and while winning two consecutive league games, it also extended the unbeaten streak in Serie A to 63 games!

Next, Fiorentina will play their first Champions League game of the season!