Chapter 1337: Unexpected
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Although people are amazed at the resilience that Fiorentina has shown in the face of adversity, in the eyes of most people, it will be quite difficult for Fiorentina, who have to deal with both the Champions League and the league, to maintain this one-point advantage and hold Juventus firmly behind them.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, it is Juventus' side that has a better chance of winning the championship. Even if the Bianconeri are still trailing the Purple by one point, most fans believe that this possibility is much higher than the chances of Fiorentina defending their league title.
Of course, a large part of this is due to the difference in the popularity of the two managers. After all, compared to the world-famous coach Trapattoni, who led Italy to the Delaunay Cup last year, Mourinho, who has just turned 42 and has a lackluster coaching resume, is really hard to feel at ease. Even though the Magic Bird led Fiorentina to achieve quite good results in the league and the Champions Cup this season, there are still many people who feel that the Portuguese young coach is not as stable and reliable as Trapattoni.
Mourinho also knows very well what public opinion and fans think of him now. He knows that if he wants to turn that around as soon as possible, he will have to win the league or the Champions Cup at the end of the season and prove his worth with a big trophy. Only in this way will Mourinho be able to silence these people and not be questioned about his coaching quality and experience every day.
However, among all those who think so, Juventus coach Trapattoni is not included. In the opinion of the extremely pragmatic gold medal coach, as long as Fiorentina remains at the top of the table for a day, then he must not relax. Or rather, even if he managed to overtake Fiorentina in the standings, Trapattoni couldn't let his players let their guard down!
God knows if it will be difficult for their side to regain the top spot, and as soon as they relaxed, Fiorentina took the opportunity to play another wave of counterattacks to regain the leader's throne, once again kicking Juventus to second place.
Trapattoni felt that if such a situation really occurred, then he should quickly find a piece of tofu and kill him, so as not to be embarrassed in front of others.
Therefore, Trapattoni has been waiting for an opportunity these days, waiting for a chance to overtake Fiorentina in the standings in one fell swoop, and maintain this advantage until the end of the season, and will never give the purple a chance again!
Luckily, this opportunity will soon come to Juventus and Trapattoni. Because in the next round of the league, Fiorentina and Juventus, the two teams in the top two of the table, will face each other head-to-head. And the result of this contest will largely determine the final ownership of this season's Serie A champions!
The reason why I say this is mainly because when this game is over, there are only seven rounds left in Serie A, and the lagging side needs not only to work hard to successfully turn the tables, but also to cooperate with the opponent, otherwise everything is just a dream. However, with both Fiorentina and Juventus, with their phenomenal consistency and efficiency this season, it will be very difficult for the other to turn the tide once one of them has the upper hand in this title race.
The best example is naturally Juventus in the first half of the season, when the Bianconeri were so domineering that they once put Fiorentina in the second place in the standings. However, they only weakened a few rounds midway through the season before Fiorentina came from behind and opened up the gap, and have not yet filled the hole.
And Mourinho also knows very well that this matchup with Juventus in the thirtieth round of Serie A will largely determine the league title this season. Therefore, after beating Inter Milan, Magic Bird has been working overtime with members of the coaching staff to analyze all the video footage of Juventus' games this season, in order to understand the opponent a little more and make the team more likely to win in this battle of the king.
In this way, under the nervous and expectant gaze of the fans, the pinnacle duel between Fiorentina and Juventus officially started at the Frankie Stadium at 7 pm on April 10th!
Now let's take a look at the starting line-ups for this game. On the side of the away team Juventus, Trapattoni, who had to give it a go for the championship trophy, was naturally the main force. Goalkeepers Frei, Grosso and Zebina played at left and right wing-backs respectively, with Galla and Thuram in central defence, Emerson and Tacinadi in a back two, Nedved and Camoranesi on the left and right wing-backs, and Swedish newcomer Ibrahimovic and French striker Trezeguet in attack. As for Pierrot, the zebra prince, as always, was on the bench waiting for Trapattoni's call.
It should be added here that in order to win the battle to decide the league title, Trapattoni did not hesitate to deliberately send a substitute squad for the midweek UEFA Cup game, in order to allow the main players to adjust their competitive form and thus increase the team's chances of winning away from home.
Compared with Juventus, which has the main force but nothing new to speak of, Mourinho's lineup in this game has shocked many people. Especially Trapattoni, the gold medal coach chuckled in his heart after getting the starting list for Fiorentina, and almost scolded in the dressing room:
"Is this guy really Portuguese? How I feel that he is more Italian-like than Italian! Trapattoni took the paper with Fiorentina's starting lineup written on it, and thought speechlessly, "Doesn't it mean that the Portuguese are all admirers of artistic football, why is this guy so realistic?" Could it be that his temperance has been sucked away by the other Portuguese? ”
Although Mourinho has not changed much in the arrangement of the goalkeeper and backline, it is still a five-man group of Buffon, Zivo, Lucio, Nesta and Zambrotta, but in the midfield, the Portuguese has arranged three defensive midfielders in front of the backline: Makelele, De Rossi and Gattuso! And in front of them is a combination of Andrea Pirlo, Diego Milito and Vincent!
With three defensive midfielders in the starting line-up and only three players in attack, it's no wonder that Trapattoni is angry like this. You know, what Juventus is not good at dealing with is this kind of tough battle with extremely tight defense of the opponent.