Chapter 1142: After the Winter Break (5)
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"It seems that it will be quite difficult for us to defend the league title this season." This is the emotion of Inter Milan coach Cooper after learning that Fiorentina beat Brescia, at this time, his Nerazzurri team had just been beaten into a sieve by Perugia in the 17th round of Serie A, and lost 1-4 at the Renato Guri Stadium in an extremely ugly way!
With Fiorentina beating Brescia on the other field, the impact of this unexpected defeat was naturally much more severe for Inter. After all, being a full twelve points behind the leaders just over the halfway point of Serie A is enough to make any team despair!
In this regard, Cooper himself was also extremely depressed. Who would have thought that Batistuta, who scored more than 20 goals last season, would suddenly be out of form this season, and Recoba, another major rotation player in the forward line, is also suffering from injuries and difficult to ensure adequate attendance? It is precisely because of the lack of rotation such as Barty and Recoba that the Argentine coach has to greatly extend the playing time of the main players such as Crespo and Mutu, and these players are naturally difficult to ensure that they can play steadily in the game without enough rest, which eventually led to the complete collapse of Inter Milan in this game against Perugia, and suffered an extremely painful defeat.
Of course, the reason why Inter Milan lost so badly was due to the fatigue of their own players, but the excellent form of the Perugia players in this game was another factor in the Nerazzurri's defeat away from home - the Australian international Karachi was like a hanger in the game, and even blocked Materazzi's close header outside the goal.
Compared to Cooper, who is lamenting in his heart for the team's hopes of defending the league title, and the Inter Milan players who are depressed after suffering a heavy defeat, the Fiorentina players can be said to be quite relaxed at this time. Fiorentina have hardly had the ability to cause them enough problems in their three games in January – whether it's Atalanta and Brescia before, or Empoli, a team that will play them again in the league in a week's time. These relegation-oriented teams simply don't have enough strength to stop Fiorentina's progress, especially when the Purple Lilies have a full squad and there hasn't been much fluctuation in their form.
In this way, the time came on January 26, and Empoli, who was the vice-president of the league, fearfully welcomed their opponent in this round of the league - Fiorentina, who are in the same Tuscany region as Empoli and were poached by them last summer!
Such an opponent is undoubtedly the last thing Empoli wants to meet at this time, who are deep in the relegation zone. After all, the successive defeats before the winter break had already dealt a considerable blow to the players' confidence in relegation, and they finally took advantage of the buffer of the winter break to ease their mood and earn a few valuable points in the two league games after the winter break. However, at this time, Empoli, whose results had just improved, ran into Fiorentina, the league leader!
If Empoli are bullied too badly by Fiorentina in this game, it is likely to have a huge blow to the players' confidence in the team, which in turn will have an irreversible negative impact on Empoli's relegation prospects - for any team, if their players are not even confident that they will achieve their goals, then the team's results will not be much better, or at all, it will be terrible.
So, on this afternoon, the Empoli players stepped onto the turf of the Castellani Stadium with a tangled heart, praying in their hearts that their opponents would not go on a killing spree in this game and would only win by one or two goals......
For Fiorentina, Rigano and Pelissier are arguably the most mixed of all Empoli players. After all, they submitted a transfer application to their former club last summer under the lure of Empoli and became the main strikers of the Serie A promoted side as they wished.
When they first joined Empoli, the duo had great illusions about their future. In their imagination, they would use Empoli as a platform to make a name for themselves and become inspirational examples like Ravanelli and Signoli. However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is skinny. Although Pelissier and Rigano have been given a regular place and plenty of playing time at Empoli, they have not expected a player in Serie A who is far superior to the defensive intensity and individual strength of Serie A. Therefore, halfway through the season, the combined goals of the two are only a measly seven, which is comparable to Diego Milito's goal statistics alone.
I knew that this was the case, so I might as well stay in the second team of Fiorentina. At least there, we are still the leading scorers who are loved by the fans, not the high-paid and incompetent parallel goods that these Empoli fans call them. This is the truest thought of Perissier and Rigano at this moment.
In fact, many of the players who have made big strides in the lower leagues have gone down the drain and their performances have plummeted like jumping off a building, with Rigano and Pelissier being just two of the underdogs. Success stories like Ravanelli and Signoli are common, but compared to the huge number of players, the proportion of these successful people is still too small.
But then again, if Pelissier and Rigano can use this as an opportunity to continue to hone themselves and improve their abilities, rather than giving up on themselves, they will also have a good chance of establishing themselves in Serie A. After all, both of them have good talents, and their physical fitness can ensure that they do not fall behind in the face of defenders, and now they lack only a lack of personal strength and necessary effort.
The city of Rome was not built in a day, and it is also a very long process for players to improve their quality, so the current Pelissier and Rigano still do not have the ability to establish themselves in Serie A, and they still need enough time to work hard.
In the face of such a weak attack, which could only rely on Empoli to defend the draw at the door, Fiorentina, who went all out, defeated this fish belly team cleanly away. Milito and Inzaghi, who started the game, both scored twice, and Pirlo took advantage of a set-piece in front of the goal to score directly to help the Purple Lilies achieve a 5-0 victory!