Chapter 479: The End of the League (Part II)

Not to mention the old man Sacchi who went on a public rampage at the press conference, let's look back at the Serie A season of the 96-97 season.

After talking about the top teams, let's take a look at a few teams that have been unfortunately relegated - Perugia, Verona and Reggiana have become Zuihou's unlucky bastards, and next season they will have to play in Serie A, which is far inferior in popularity and material rewards.

Of the three relegated teams, Perugia FC is arguably the unluckiest, with 37 points alongside Piacenza and Cagliari after all 34 league games, and two more than Piacenza on goal difference.

However, Perugia's bad luck lies in Serie A's relegation and relegation system, when the two teams have the same points, the first basis for dividing the ranking is not to look at the number of goal difference, but to let the teams with the same points compare the relationship between each other to determine the final ranking.

As a result, against Piacenza with one draw and one defeat without a win, and although the two games with Cagliari were won and lost each other, but with fewer away goals (Perugia 3-2 at home, 1-2 away), Perugia became the third team to be directly relegated from Serie A this season.

As for Piacenza who are fourth from bottom, they managed to retain their place in Serie A after two legs of relegation play-offs.

Here's a look at the teams that have qualified for next season's European competition.

According to UEFA's allocation of European places for next season, announced two months ago, the number of European places for each country will be directly linked to the total number of European places in each country over the previous five seasons. The top three top-flight leagues, namely Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League, can send four teams to next season's UEFA Champions League and its qualifying rounds.

Under Zhuang Mingge's reminder, the old man Johansson discovered the loopholes in the Champions League restructuring plan in time, and did not make urgent changes to the rules of the Champions League after Liverpool won the Champions League trophy because of the joke that the defending champion was missing the Champions League next season because of its fifth place in the league.

Incidentally, Liverpool's woes also happened in La Liga in the 99-00 season, when Real Madrid, who won the Champions League, finished fifth in La Liga that season, and the Spanish Football Federation persuaded fourth-placed Zaragoza to cede a Champions Cup place so that Melinger could play in next season's Champions League. However, when Liverpool, the Champions League champion in '05, also faced such a situation, Everton, as the Reds' rivals, refused to give up the Champions League place, almost making Liverpool the first defending champion to miss out on next season's Champions League. Zuihou, it was UEFA that gave Liverpool a wild card to solve the problem.

So, after being reminded by Zhuang Mingge, Johansson, who realised that there was a loophole in the rules, quickly made changes to the draft reform, stipulating that the defending champions could directly enter the group stage of the Champions League and qualify as the No. 1 seed, while the number of teams in their member countries participating in the UEFA league remained the same. The only exception to this is if the defending champion fails to qualify and comes from a member with only one Champions League place (16th or lower), the team will receive a wild card and will be able to play from the first qualifying round.

As a result, Fiorentina, who successfully defended their Champions League title, automatically qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League, as did Parma and Juventus, while fourth-placed Inter Milan had to play in the last round of Champions League qualification.

In addition, the teams that qualified for the UEFA Cup were Lazio in fifth place and Udinese and Sampdoria behind Vicenza. Vicenza did not qualify for the UEFA Cup after finishing sixth in the league because Guidolin's side won the Coppa Italia this season and will therefore represent Italian football in the European Cup Winners' Cup next season.

In the scorer list, Philippe Inzaghi won the Serie A Golden Boot this season with a record 37 goals, and successfully surpassed Nodal's Super Pippo in a game in Zuihou with a big four, thus becoming the new holder of his single-season Serie A scoring record.

Inzaghi's former teammate Montella won the silver boot, the local striker who was once included in Zhuang Mingge's account showed a better state than in history, 24 league goals are definitely not less, and they can also share the Golden Boot with Signoli last season, but it is a pity that Montella is unlucky and meets an Inzaghi with unfortunate statistics.

As for Fiorentina's other strikers, the alien Ronaldo scored 23 goals in his second season in Serie A, and was relegated to third place in the scorer list with a narrow one-goal deficit, winning the bronze boot; Vieri, who made a name for himself against the Rossoneri, is fourth on the table with 19 league goals, while Argentine star Batistuta and Chiesa are joint top 10 scorers with just 14 league goals this season.

Four of the top 11 scorers in Serie A this season are from Fiorentina, and three of them are in the top four, and Fiorentina have scored 107 goals in the league this season, tied with AC Milan for the second-most goals in a single season in Serie A history (the record for goals scored in a single season was set by Torino in 1947-48, when the Red Bulls scored 125 goals).

Although they have not been able to break the record set by Torino half a century ago, Fiorentina's achievements this season have already surprised many people.

Doesn't it mean that Capello's tactical style of play is extremely utilitarian and conservative? When did you become so powerful offensively? This still doesn't let people live!

Fiorentina's fans, on the other hand, were in a state of delight.

The successful retirement of the decorated coach Ranieri at the end of last season left Fiorentina fans worried about the future of the team, but the arrival of local coach Fabio Capello and the team's successes under him have completely relieved them.

Italian Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Toyota Cup, Serie A and UEFA Champions Cup...... This season, Fiorentina have won all competitions except the Coppa Italia!

Although Fiorentina fans regret that the team did not win the treble, they also know very well that such a thing as a treble is almost unattainable, and it does not mean that the team will definitely win the treble if it is strong, and luck plays a very big factor in this.

The 1996-97 Serie A season came to an end, with the Fiorentina players leaving the team after attending the championship celebrations. Some people start an annual summer vacation trip, bringing their families to travel around Shijie for vacation; Others have to respond to the call of the national team coach to participate in the upcoming national team competition......