Chapter 1425: Before the Finals
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Although Fiorentina successfully defended their league title and reached the final of the Champions League, it was a season that has not been easy for Fiorentina's players. Because throughout the season, Fiorentina has been in an extremely fierce competition with Juventus, and at the same time, they have to face strong pressure on the third line, which makes the Fiorentina players very much physically and mentally exhausted. So, at this stage, most of the players in the Fiorentina squad are quite tired, and even with the help of a sports medicine specialist and masseur from the physiotherapy centre, they are still not back to their best level.
Of course, although Fiorentina's excessive consumption on the league battlefield has affected its own combat effectiveness, this is only in contrast to the same period in history. Under the watchful eye of the Fiorentina physiotherapy team led by Thomas Carter, the Fiorentina players were in much better physical condition, if not the best in Europe, than their rivals in the Champions League final, Lazio - you know, in another match at the same time, in order to keep a ticket to next season's Champions Cup, Lazio did their best to fight Parma for dozens of minutes.
Moreover, the title race with Juventus, which lasted almost a season, was also an excellent training for the young players in the Fiorentina team. Under the tremendous pressure exerted by the Bianconeri, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery and Modric and other young people have grown at a very gratifying rate this season, and the original impetuous heart has become calm under this pressure, and the use of technology and the timing of the game have also become a bit more hot, becoming an important force in the hands of Mourinho.
It is the rapid growth of these young players, as well as the sudden explosion of veterans such as Inzaghi at key moments, that Fiorentina have been able to go hand in hand on both the league and the Champions League this season, without being dragged down by the multi-front situation.
In this way, after ending the Serie A final match with Chievo with a draw and lifting the 05-06 Serie A trophy to the cheers of tens of thousands of fans at the Stade Franky, Fiorentina did not celebrate in the dressing room, but disbanded on the spot after attending the post-match press conference to take a break. Because in four days' time, they will have the biggest game of the season - the UEFA Champions League final against Lazio!
After a short day of recuperation, the Fiorentina squad headed north to Paris to prepare for the Champions League final, which is scheduled to take place three days later. Jose Mourinho intends to give his players more time to acclimatise to the pitch and the local climate, so that the team can accumulate more hidden advantages before the final begins.
Compared to Fiorentina, who moved quickly, Lazio moved much more slowly. It was only when the Fiorentina players had finished their acclimatisation training and had staged tactical drills for the final at the Paris Saint-Germain training base that the Blue Eagles arrived at Charles de Gaulle International Airport by plane. At this time, it was already the morning of May 17.
For this situation, Lippi is also quite helpless. It's not that the Silver Foxes don't want to let the players get used to the venue in Paris sooner, but because Fiorentina moved too fast, they greeted Paris Saint-Germain early and borrowed their training base for pre-match preparation, so that the Lazio side just wanted to take the same action, and they learned that their target had been taken by Fiorentina.
Although Paris Saint-Germain is not the only team in Paris, the training grounds of several other clubs do not meet Lazio standards, and Clairefontaine is a full 50 kilometres away from the city of Paris...... As a result, Lippi had to let his players practice their tactics in Rome and flew to Paris for field acclimatisation until the day before the game.
With the arrival of the two protagonists of this year's Champions League final, the excitement of football and the Champions Cup began to spread in the romantic city, and fans from all over the world flocked to Paris to see the two top teams face off up close!
That's right, although Abou's Lazio still doesn't have any heavyweight trophies to get their hands on, but due to the Blue Eagles' frequent big spending in the transfer market, and at the same time the performance in the league and the Champions League has become more and more stable, and the influence of the Kranioti Golden Era has not completely dissipated, Lazio will gradually be accepted by fans and listed as one of the top giants.
"Tut, turn the Champions League final into a civil war between teams from the same league, which is what our Italian team can do." It was these Italian journalists who were able to attract so much hatred before the finals began. Lazio and Fiorentina have met in the Champions League final this season, leaving all Italian journalists and media members proud.
Looking at these triumphant Italian reporters in front of them, although the colleagues from Britain, France, Germany, Spain and other countries hated it in their hearts, but they couldn't say anything to refute it - after all, what the other party said was indeed true, this season's European Champions Cup semi-finals, the Serie A team accounted for three of them, and the remaining one was still obtained by Villarreal, a dark horse, including Real Madrid, Barcelona, Arsenal and Bayern and other giants at most only got a place in the quarterfinals, Premier League hegemon Manchester United did not even qualify from the group. This reality, while giving Italian journalists plenty of confidence to show off, also makes journalists from other countries feel disgraced.
In line with the principle of not discrediting or messing up the Champions League final, these journalists, who had been holding their anger on the Italians, had no choice but to vent their anger on the unsuccessful clubs in their home countries, copying pens and computers to hack the top and bottom of these teams. All of a sudden, four of Europe's top five leagues have set off a bloody storm, and many stars who play for the giants in their home countries have fallen for the bad luck of these journalists.
One might ask why these journalists are so obedient and don't harass Lazio and Fiorentina after being disgusted by the Italians? This is mainly due to UEFA's deterrent effect, and no journalist wants to put Beckenbauer and UEFA in the Champions League final at work. If they accidentally steam the other party and cause themselves or even the entire company to be blocked, then their jobs will not be saved.
In this way, with the anticipation of fans all over the world, the time finally came on May 18, and the final of the 2005-06 European Champions Cup season was about to officially start at the Stade de France!