Chapter 1414: The Situation Is Clear
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defeated Arsenal in the Champions Cup, and met the super dark horse Villarreal in the Champions League semi-finals; Beat Juventus away to regain top spot in the league. The results of two strong conversations in a week, and Fiorentina's victory, not only gave everyone a new understanding of Fiorentina's fighting power, but also completely exhausted the energy of Fiorentina players.
So, three days after beating Juventus by one goal, Fiorentina were beaten 2-0 by Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia semi-finals. While withdrawing from the competition for the Coppa Italia title, it also announced the shattering of the Purple Lily's dream of winning the treble this season!
For this defeat, many Fiorentina players felt extremely unwilling, thinking that if it were not for the Italian Football Federation and UEFA to arrange such a bad schedule, so that they would have met a strong opponent in just over two weeks, they would definitely have a chance to win all the championship trophies at the same time, and would never be eliminated from the Coppa Italia by Inter Milan because of the physical exhaustion of the main players.
However, Fiorentina fans were very open to the team's defeat in the Coppa Italia. While they would love to see the team achieve another treble, they also know that a treble is something that is hard to come by for any club. A strong squad and plenty of bench depth are just some of the ingredients that make it possible to be crowned treble-winner, with good luck and a relaxed schedule also being a big part of determining whether a team can accomplish this epic task.
It is clear that although Fiorentina have a strong squad this season, the depth of the bench is among the best in Europe, and they are quite lucky (in February and March this year, when the main attacker was dumb and caught up with Inzaghi's explosion), their schedule is too hard. In less than 20 days, the Purple Lily not only encountered strong opponents such as Milan, Roma and Juventus on the domestic stage, but also played two consecutive games against Arsenal in the Champions Cup, such a schedule can be described as terrifying.
Regardless of the consecutive week of double matches, every opponent is still the kind of strong opponent who can't win at all if he doesn't give his best. Any club encountering such a devilish schedule, even if it doesn't die, I'm afraid it will have to take off a layer of skin.
However, in the face of such a bad schedule, Fiorentina have won four wins, one draw and one defeat in these six strong matches, and only lost to Inter Milan due to lack of fitness in the last game. Therefore, even the most demanding fans have to admit that this answer sheet handed over by Fiorentina is really quite a remarkable achievement.
After this devilish schedule, Fiorentina have a much easier schedule ahead. After coming out of the Coppa Italia, the Purple Lilies now only need to deal with the Champions League and the league, and with Fiorentina's player configuration, it is still very promising to go hand in hand on these two fronts.
On top of that, none of Fiorentina's five opponents in the final five rounds of the league have the ability to cause problems for the Purple Lily's title race. You know, the strongest of these five teams is only Palermo, a second-class dealer, and the rest of the teams such as Treviso, Chievo, Regina and Empoli are all struggling on the relegation line, and the possibility of them toppling Fiorentina is simply slim.
Although it cannot be ruled out that these teams will adopt a bucket formation and defensive counter-attacking strategy against Fiorentina during the game, the Fiorentina players, who have long been accustomed to being treated like this by their opponents, are not scum who have nowhere to put their mouths when they see a turtle shell. They already knew how to deal with the situation. For example, making full use of set-pieces in front of the field and long-range shots from outside the penalty area, as well as a wide range of interspersed runs by the frontcourt players, etc.
On the other hand, Juventus, one point behind Fiorentina in the standings, the Bianconeri will face such a strong opponent as Lazio in the 35th round of the league.
Therefore, all Juventus fans who are paying attention to Fiorentina's league schedule are basically not hopeful of the Bianconeri coming back to win the championship at this time. After all, the chances of Fiorentina turning over these teams are too slim.
Things turned out as one might expect. Fiorentina, who adopted a rotation strategy, easily managed to get rid of the two opponents of Treviso and Empoli, and won two consecutive league games; Juventus, who have already been eliminated from the Champions Cup, were beaten by former coach Lippi in the 35th round of the league after a hard-fought defeat to Cagliari, losing this crucial battle with Lazio!
In this way, with only three rounds left in Serie A in the 05-06 season, Fiorentina, who are leading the standings, have taken a four-point lead. This means that the league title battle between Fiorentina and Juventus, which has lasted for most of the season, is finally starting to become clear.
After learning the news, Florence was naturally full of morale. After all, although Mourinho insisted on rotating the squad during this period to ensure their competitive condition, it is clear that the previous period of the devil's schedule was still very physical drain on the Fiorentina players, so they still did not fully recover to their best form until this time.
Therefore, the news of Juventus' home defeat undoubtedly gave a shot in the arm to the Fiorentina players, who were also fast to the limit, and also allowed Mourinho to have more room for the rest of the lineup.
Although the current situation is extremely good for Fiorentina, neither Mourinho nor the Fiorentina players are taken lightly. After all, there is a good saying that those who walk a hundred miles are half ninety. Many teams fell to the finish line with a lead all the way, and the Fiorentina players naturally allowed the Purple Lilies to repeat the mistakes of these teams, giving Juventus a chance to turn things around.
However, before completely locking up the league title, Fiorentina will first have to go to Spain to solve an opponent, that is, their opponent in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup, the biggest dark horse in this season's Champions Cup, the "yellow submarine" Villarreal!