Chapter 1332: The Season in Progress (8)

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Although Fiorentina won their first game since the new year, the media and fans were not very happy with the team's performance. After all, Fiorentina are one of the top clubs in Italian football, but they almost capsized in the gutter against Atalanta's promoted side, and such a victory is hard to be happy about.

Also stimulated by the game were the Fiorentina players, who had just returned from holiday to get their spirits lifted by the clash with Atalanta. After all, if it is so hard to even win a small Atalanta, then Fiorentina will not have to compete with Juventus for any championship trophy, and honestly defend their own acre and three points.

I don't know if Mourinho's rampage at halftime with Atalanta played a role, in the eighteenth round of Serie A three days later, in the face of the menacing Blue Eagle Lazio team, which intends to avenge the revenge of the Italian Super Cup, the Fiorentina players told the Lazios with ironclad facts why Fiorentina can be called the overlord of Serie A!

Although Lazio is no longer weaker than Fiorentina and Juventus in terms of player configuration and bench depth thanks to Abramovich's huge investment, let's not forget that the biggest weakness of the Blue Eagles is their manager Roberto Mancini, whose coaching level and mental quality are far from matching the ambitions of Lazio and Abou. As a result, when Lazio run into trouble in a game, it is often Roberto Mancini who is the first to collapse, with the Blues often losing in bayonet fights.

One general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted. This sentence should be the most appropriate for Mancini now.

So, on the evening of January 9, at the Stadio Frankie, the winning momentum of the Lazio players lasted less than twenty minutes, and then all disappeared with a goal from Milito and Mancini's restless expression on the sidelines.

It's no wonder that no matter what kind of player he is, when he sees the manager's expression so nervous and not calm, their mood and morale will be negatively affected, let alone stand up for the manager to turn the tide. After all, in an era where football is increasingly emphasizing holistic operations, it is difficult for a star to lead a team to victory or even a championship trophy by relying on stars alone.

As a result, Lazio, who had lost their winning momentum and did not intend to fight for their opponents, their fate in this match was also finalized. In the ensuing period, De Rossi and substitute Vieri each scored a goal to help Fiorentina beat Lazio 3-1 at home to win the match!

However, the good times were short-lived. In the 19th round of Serie A a week later, facing Brescia, who is on the verge of relegation in the second-to-last league position, Fiorentina was actually led by the fish belly team in the last minute with a lead of most of the game, and lost the three points that were about to arrive!

Mikel Arteta, who was at the heart of the team's organisation for the game, was largely responsible for the goal conceded and the eventual draw, as it was a careless return pass in injury time that was tackled by Mattuzaren before setting up Caracciolo's equaliser!

As a result, after the game, Arteta, who made a fatal mistake, naturally became the target of many media and pundits. Many believe that the Spanish midfielder, despite having played two excellent seasons during his time at Rangers, and La Masia does have two brushes in terms of personal skills, but he is only a player who can play at the heart of small and medium-sized clubs. In a top club like Fiorentina, Arteta clearly does not have the ability to take on the role of the heart of the organisation.

Considering Arteta's first start after joining Fiorentina, and the previous few substitute appearances have not been impressive, a considerable number of people believe that Fiorentina, who has always been discerning in the transfer market, has finally made a mistake this time and bought an out-and-out parallel import!

Of course, a large part of Arteta's attention is due to the lament that Fiorentina has finally bought a parallel bargain in the transfer market. You must know that after Zhuang Mingge became the owner of Florence, Purple Lily almost never suffered a loss in the matter of recruitment. Now that such an example has finally appeared, it certainly deserves people's attention.

Mourinho was equally annoyed by Arteta's fateful mistake. After all, it's much less difficult to win a league title than a Champions Cup, where there is a greater chance of accidents. And now, Arteta has made such a low-level mistake at such a time, how does this not make Mourinho angry?

However, the Portuguese did not denounce Arteta in public for this, let alone simply and rudely throw him into the stands or even abandon him in the reserves, but chose to have an in-depth conversation with the other party after the next day's training and exchanged views. After all, as the manager of Fiorentina, Mourinho does not want to cause any contradictions at this juncture, which will affect the team's next performance.

To the comfort of the Fiorentina players, their biggest rivals in the title race, Juventus, also failed to win in this round of the league. At the Stadio Sant'Elia in Cagliari, Juventus suffered a deflection at the famous Devil's home stadium, and in the end only took away a draw and a point from this stadium, which once again dashed their hard-won hopes of opening up the gap with Fiorentina in the standings, and continued to relegate to the second place in the table with fewer goals.

Juventus' gutter capsizing not only deprived the Bianconeri of their best chance to dominate the standings, but also gave the Fiorentina players a chance to fully recover from the Christmas holidays. In the next few rounds of the league, Fiorentina defeated Roma, Cagliari and Palermo, while Juventus were defeated by Sampdoria coached by arch-rival Zeman in a head-to-head battle in the 22nd round!

In this way, with the defeat of Juventus, Fiorentina finally took the opportunity to shake off the Bianconeri and lead the standings by three points!