
Chapter 1139 Sprint (1)
I’m so sorry, Mr. Pirlo. Do you have time now? After the game, he was celebrating with his teammates that the team had successfully reached the semifinals of the Champions League. Suddenly, Pirlo heard a stranger voice behind him, I will bother you for a few minutes without taking up too much leisure.品茶
Huh? When Pirlo heard this, he turned his head and found that an Ajax player wearing No.37 jersey was talking to him, and he quickly remembered the other player’s name. You are … Wesley Slade, right? You played well in today’s game, although there are still some shortcomings, but this is mainly due to your immature body and weak confrontation ability. If you can continue to maintain the current progress rate and correct these shortcomings in the next few years, I believe you will have a very bright future.
Hey, hey, thank you for your praise and advice. Seeing that Pirlo was able to remember his name and gave some suggestions to himself, Sid was very happy. I will try my best to get rid of these shortcomings and become a star who can be compared with you as soon as possible!
When talking about the last sentence, Sid almost said the words play football with your team. Fortunately, the little guy was quick enough to swallow back what he had said, which didn’t cause any unnecessary trouble.
You know, although Ajax maintains the operation of the club and makes profits by selling players, if the players make such remarks without the permission of the club, it will be enough for Sid to have a drink. After all, after the disintegration of the 1995 champion team, Ajax often punishes players for contacting other clubs privately, and similar situations will occur again.
There’s nothing we can do about it. When Delport Brothers and Littmanning and other teams switched to other teams after their contracts expired, the damage to Ajax was so great that Ajax executives still forget it after many years. Even if Sid wants to take refuge in Florence now, he must seek a transfer through official channels, and he can’t make similar remarks in public.
Hehe, I look forward to that day. Only then did Pirlo turn the topic back to the right track. By the way, is there anything you want to tell me when you come to see me this time?
… that’s right, Mr. Pirlo. I’ve been a Florence fan since I was a child, said Sid, blushing as he grabbed the jersey unconsciously. Of all the players in Florence, I admire you and Mr. Hernando Lei Dongduo the most. I wonder if you can give me your jersey so that I can remember it?
Well, Sid, actually, you don’t have to call me Pirlo so formally.
Obviously, Pirlo is not used to being called sir by a big boy who is not much younger than himself品茶. He quickly said, I’ll just get you a new jersey later. This one is soaked with sweat and is not suitable for giving away.
Well, I’ll thank you here first. No, Pirlo explained that, of course, Sid could see the other side. He was seriously considering it, so after receiving such a satisfactory answer, Sid immediately replied respectfully.
So he went back to the dressing room and Pirlo took out one of his spare jerseys. At the same time, he asked for an autumn coat from Lei Dongduo, and then packed them together and gave them to the Germans.
Pirlo didn’t know that it was his action that took care to brush Steer’s affection for Florence to an unprecedented new height. After all, in Steer’s view, since a star of Pirlo’s level can be affable and put himself in his shoes when facing a famous pawn like him, he thinks there is no sign of putting on airs, which means that the atmosphere of Florence is quite easygoing and the players are as harmonious and willing to help each other as Pirlo showed.
Some people may say that Pirlo deliberately performed these things for outsiders, but if these things are all acting, then it can be said that Pirlo’s acting skills are really superb. After all, in most cases, it is impossible for a person to behave all this naturally when facing outsiders without any signs of affectation. In the eyes of Sid, Pirlo’s actions are undoubtedly sincere and not deliberately performed for him.
In this way, off the charts Sid left the city reluctantly with his teammates with two jerseys presented by Pirlo, ending his Italian trip.
Now, after finishing the second leg of the Champions League and eliminating Ajax, Florence unexpectedly drew a 11 draw with Perugia in the 20th round of Serie A at the weekend, ending the contest. Florence suffered two consecutive defeats in the league battlefield. Although it still leads the standings, its advantage has been greatly reduced.
I say this because Juventus has been eyeing Viola while Florence was held to a draw at home by Perugia. In the round match, Lippi made a sudden effort, despite the huge consumption of the team in the Champions League in the middle of the week, and finally won a valuable victory in the weekend. As a result, with six rounds left in Serie A, Juventus finally succeeded in narrowing the gap between them and the leader Florence to double digits!
For Florence, they must pay attention to the situation in Serie A now. After all, although the difference of nine points looks a lot, it is not a very safe lead after all. If Florence still maintains its current concentration and competition status in the national arena, it is not impossible for Juventus to kick it out and complete the overtaking.
In the next few rounds, Florence must not be as careless as before or deliberately let go of the European competition. After all, in Hynkes’ eyes, this Serie A champion is much more attractive than the one that has won the big ear cup twice.
Chapter 114 Sprint (2)
Focusing on the league battlefield, Florence is a very terrible team, and soon Viola will take action in the 29th round of Serie A one week later, which proves this truth to people.
Fiorentina’s opponent Houdusse is not a top team in Italian football, but it is by no means easy to take opponents. Although this team’s record in Zhuangge’s butterfly interference is far from as good as in previous lives, its strength in the management of Old Bozo and marino’s first Udis still at the middle level of Serie A, which is enough to cause trouble for a team aiming to win the championship.
Therefore, in the prematch forecast, most media and experts believe that Houdusse has the ability to create enough difficulties for Florence to win the championship in this game like Lazio and Perugia, and look after Viola and create a turnaround opportunity for Juventus.
After all, Florence, which has reached the semifinal of the Champions League, is still distracted by the European competition, while Houdusse has a league tournament to participate in. Therefore, Houdusse has a greater advantage than Florence in terms of physical fitness and player status.
However, at this time, Florence once again slapped these eloquent experts with a loud slap in the face, and had the home court advantage and the strongest team to play in Houdusse. In addition to launching several threatening attacks with the advantage of interest rate first goal at the beginning of the game, the blackbone chicken struggled under the strong pressure of Florence from the beginning to the end, and even it was difficult to pass the half court, let alone threaten the goal of Florence.
In fact, if the first five minutes are excluded, the game looks more like a halftime offensive and defensive drill between Florence and Houdusse than a league title attribution key game
In the end, diego milito scored twice and Inzaghi scored a goal to firmly control the game. Florence beat Houdusse 30 at Friuli Stadium, ending two consecutive rounds of bad luck in the league and continuing to lead the standings by nine points.
Juventus is the most depressed of the remaining 17 Serie A clubs in this situation. They gave up the league battlefield and concentrated on playing in Europe. Milan are nine points behind Florence. The Bianconeri are not willing to give up the idea of fighting for the league title at this time. They also intend to take advantage of Viola’s distraction to continue to narrow the gap and complete the same feat as Rome’s Inter Milan in previous yearsstealing a Serie A championship from Florence.
However, if the team continues to maintain high concentration in both the League and the Champions League, waiting for Florence to take the initiative to make mistakes, so as to further narrow the points difference, I am afraid it will be extremely difficult from the perspective of Juventus’ current bench depth and Florence’s current lead. After all, there are only five rounds left in the League, and the ninepoint difference is indeed a bit too great.
You know, such a difference means that Florence will win two of them and draw, so even if Juventus win in the last five leagues, it will be of no help. What’s more, Florence lost four games in Serie A last season, and there are only six draws. It is really unrealistic to want them to win two in the last five rounds.
Therefore, Juventus is now in a dilemma. If Lippi chooses to give up the league and specialize in the Champions League, fans and senior officials will not be satisfied with the decision of Silver Fox. Once something happens to the team in the Champions League, it is likely to be the trigger for Lippi to take lessons from Juventus for the second time. And if Lippi chooses to continue to cheat in the League and Florence and the team is out of the Champions League and the League title is not won, then the coach is not much better.
Compared with the stranded Juventus, Florence is in a much better situation now. After taking Houdusse as the opponent, among the last five league opponents, AC Milan and Sampdoria have the ability to create obstacles for them. The other three teams, namely Modena, Brescia and Atalanta, are not enough to cause much trouble for Viola to reach the Serie A championship.
Not surprisingly, it is almost certain that Florence will win the Serie A championship at the end of the season. Unless they come across these five teams, all of them have played superbly and let Florence suffer three defeats, there is no chance for Juventus to turn over, because Florence has an absolute advantage in both goal difference and mutual record, even if they finally have the same points as Juventus, the final winner will be Florence.
It is precisely because of these reasons that the Fiorentina players have a more relaxed attitude to meet the coming games. On April 27th, in the 30th round of Serie A, they took the seat at Frankie Stadium. Florence beat Modena, which had been relegated one by one, with a score of 20 by diego milito, and won their 24th victory in Serie A last season, while continuing to maintain a ninepoint lead over Juventus.
I have to say that since he scored the winner in the second leg of the Champions League against Ajax, diego milito’s selfconfidence has risen several levels. He has made frequent gains in the game and has no weakness in the face of opportunities. trapattoni, who came to visit, is delighted and determined to recruit him into the Italian national team before the Argentine Football Association reacts. After all, no head coach will feel that there are too many good cards in his hand. They hope that every player in his hand will be a top superstar like Ronaldo and vieri.
At this time, the most grateful people in trapattoni’s heart are Zhuang Ge and Argentine coach Belsa. If the former did not recommend and the latter insisted on Milito’s move, how could he have the opportunity to recruit Milito into the Italian national team?
Chapter 1141 Sprint (3)
After defeating Modena, who was afraid of relegation, the battle for the Serie A title has become very bright. If Florence wins one of the last four rounds, the Serie A championship trophy will be in the bag of viola!
Juventus players who have been gnashing their teeth at this result are naturally full of disappointment. The news that Florence has been beaten in Lazio and Perugia has given them a glimmer of hope, giving them an illusion that they can complete the overtaking in the last few rounds and bring back the Serie A championship trophy that they have not tasted for nearly 20 years to the Alpi Stadium.
However, the cruel reality has hit Juventus players hard. In the league, they suffered two consecutive defeats. Florence quickly adjusted its strategy. Taking advantage of the short truce in the Champions League, it focused on the league battlefield and won two consecutive victories. In the shortest time, it stabilized what many people thought was a precarious leader’s throne品茶. After two games, it almost completely killed the league title suspense.
After all, with only four rounds left in the league, the advantage of leading by nine points is too great. Unless Hynkes suddenly loses his mind or Florence’s main player stops with a line injury, these advantages are enough to ensure that Florence will win the championship at the end of the season.
In this way, Fiorentina locked the Serie A championship trophy and ushered in the first leg of the semifinal of the Champions League in the following week, and Viola’s opponent this time was their old acquaintance, also from Serie A Inter Milan Club!
While expressing dissatisfaction with such a schedule, Juventus Club obediently accepted the arrangement of UEFAwho made them so unlucky that they were assigned to the same half zone with foreign giants such as Real Madrid and Manchester United in the draw for the last 16?
Of course, accepting the reality does not mean that Juventus will honestly say nothing. Moggi, Giraudo and other senior Juventus officials said sourly in interviews with the media that Florence once again took advantage of the schedule. We are very impressed with the schedule given by UEFA because Florence needs to play two rounds of Champions League knockout in Italy and Inter Milan, but we Juventus have to go all the way to Spain to fight with Real Madrid. This is for us. It is a very unfavorable arrangement, because it means that Florence players can have more physical strength to play in the league and fly halfway across the Mediterranean to play, but we have to spend more energy in the Champions League.
Moggi, what they want to express is very simple. If Florence succeeds in winning the Serie A title at the end of the season, it is definitely not Juventus’ own failure to work hard, but their schedule is too cheating …
These old guys are really ashamed, and they can speak with such shameless words. It seems that I still overestimate their moral integrity. After reading the interview with Moggi and Giraudo in Tuttosport, Zhuang Ge was full of words. He really didn’t expect Mo Lao Fox to be so thickskinned that he could blame the team’s league title on the unfavorable schedule. Isn’t this a lie with his eyes open? !
You know, even without this, Juventus is nine points behind Florence in the standings. Can you really get it back when I give you four rounds?
After Moggi and Giraudo made these remarks, except for the diehard fans of Juventus who are willing to express their belief, those fans who have been paying attention to the situation in Serie A all sneered at it and did not believe Mo Lao Fox. They were full of lip service.
I would like to add here that although AC Milan failed to qualify for the Champions League due to Florence, three of the four teams that reached the semifinals of the Champions League last season were from Serie A, namely Juventus and Inter Milan Florence, while the defending champion Real Madrid became the only one in the semifinals from outside Italy.
Three of the Champions League semifinals were occupied by Serie A teams, which made other major leagues feel ashamed. Spain may be better because they also have teams in the semifinals, but the number is less than that of Italy and they occupy three seats in the Champions League. They can still wrestle with Serie A more or less. Compared with the Premier League teams, the results are much more bleak. Not only are the top four without them, but even Manchester United, the only seedling left, such as Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle United, have not performed well.
The worst of the four major leagues is the Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. The first three German clubs have fallen outside the strong door, and Bayern did not even qualify for the group stage, which made the whole German football ashamed.
In the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup, the Serie A team also performed quite well. Lazio and AC Milan both reached the UEFA Cup semifinal season, and Italian Cup winner Parma stumbled all the way to the Cup Winners’ Cup final. The eyecatching performance of the Serie A team in Europe made Serie A the world’s first league title!
After all, the semifinals of the Champions League are dominated by Serie A teams, three of which are UEFA Cup, and Italian clubs also occupy half of the country. The winner’s cup has also reached the final with the participation of a team from Parma. This report card fully proves the strong position of Serie A in European football, and at the same time, it has severely hit the arrogance of La Liga and Premier League!
Therefore, Italian sports journalists can be said to be the most active group in the whole European football these days. After all, Italian teams are so eyecatching in the European arena that they naturally have to wave their flags and shout with Italians.
Let’s stop here for a moment about the performance of Serie A teams in Europe this season. Now let’s get back to the semifinals of Fiorentina and Inter Milan’s Champions League.
Due to the good relationship between the two clubs, Moratti and Zhuang Ge, the two big bosses, Florence has not been deliberately harassed by Inter Milan in the past few days, and has also given some convenience to Florence’s reasonable demands
In this way, when the two clubs cooperated tacitly, they arrived at 6 o’clock on the evening of April 3, and Florence arrived at the Meazza Stadium on time by bus for the last warmup before the game.
Chapter 1142 Sprint (4)
Hey guys, did you hear the enthusiastic cheers from the fans in the stands? Cooper in the dressing room of the home team is mobilizing before the final match. Maybe our record is far less dazzling than that of Florence, and we don’t have as much experience in the Champions League as they do. (Note that Materazzi winked at toldo at this time and Cooper gave him a hard look back.) But please remember that the football match can’t be decided simply by who has more experience in the competition. If it is really decided by these things, what else should we do in the game? It’ s not enough to directly compare which side has more experience?
Cooper attaches great importance to this game. After all, this is the third time that he has led his team to the semifinal of the Champions League, which is only one step away from the final. He doesn’t want to fall down here again and lift the big ear cup, which symbolizes the highest honor of European clubs. Joining the ranks of top European coaches is the ultimate goal of Argentines.
In the past, after being fired by Inter Milan, Cooper quickly disappeared from the ranks of top coaches. On the one hand, it is because his coaching style is not so pleasing that most giants are unwilling to let such a conservative head coach harm their team. On the other hand, it was because of the passing of the championship trophy for many years that Cooper’s confidence was greatly damaged and he lost the motivation to move on. He chose to return to Mallorca to coach after leaving Inter Milan and quickly faded out of people’s sight.
Now, after leading Inter Milan to win a longlost league championship trophy in the season, Cooper has a new ambition and motivation to move on.
So in this game, Cooper, determined to win at home, laid out his best 442 defensive counterattack formation. The goalkeepers were Francesco Toldo, two fullbacks were Koko and Cordoba Cannavaro and Materazzi, who started as central defenders. In midfield, Dibiagio and Zati formed a doublewaist Turkish international emre moved to the left and Sadi was pushed to the right avantgarde position; In the starting line, Cooper did not hesitate to choose Crespo and Mutu, holding the world’s first annual salary, while recoba sat on the bench for disposal.
Having finished the appearance of Inter Milan, let’s take a look at the starting eleven players in Florence. Because of the many encounters with Valencia and Inter Milan led by Cooper in the past few seasons, Heynckes has a quite indepth understanding of Cooper’s coaching style and personality, so he concluded that the other side will definitely take defensive counterattack tactics in this game. The German coach decisively chose to play the same way as his opponent
So Heynckes decisively sent eleven players including Buffon Roberto Carlos, Stam, Starr, Zambrotta, Makelele, Ballack, Pirlo, Vincent, Dinatale and vieri to prepare for a good patience with Cooper tonight.
Anyone who has watched a football match knows that the most attractive part of defensive counterattack tactics is the moment when the defender successfully steals the ball and launches a counterattack. When the opponent of such a team is an offensive team, the game is often very beautiful, but if both teams launch defensive counterattacks at the same time on the court, then the dullness of the game can naturally be imagined …