Chapter 714 Juventus (1)
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Barcelona, who won the La Liga last season, was coached by the famous Dutch coach Van Gaal, and the team has top stars such as Coku, Guardiola, and Cruyvert, was actually eliminated after the Champions League group stage!
As soon as such news came out, it immediately triggered a major earthquake in European football that was no less than 8 magnitude Richter!
Although the other three teams in the group where Barcelona are not weak, in terms of strength alone, it is indeed possible for any team to qualify from this group, but when Barcelona, the most famous one, was eliminated, many people were still shocked. This resulted in a certain decline in Barcelona's reputation in the world football world - no fan would think that a team that even Kaiserslautern and Parma could not handle was a top-notch giant, even if the gap between them was not big. But there was no way, sometimes fans were such an ideal group.
The negative impact of Barcelona's poor performance in the Champions League group stage is not only the outside world's evaluation, but also affects Van Gaal's dominance in this Catalan giant. Barcelona fans, even some players in Barcelona, unanimously agreed that the reason why the team was eliminated early in the group stage should be someone who took the initiative to stand up and assumed responsibility.
If the team's performance is not up to standard, who usually takes on this responsibility? There is no doubt that of course it is the team's head coach!
Therefore, the Dutch coach, who had already gained a foothold in the Red and Blue Army with a La Liga championship, encountered his first trust crisis in Barcelona.
That’s all, let’s turn the topic back to Fiorentina’s two consecutive losses.
Although people expected that Fiorentina would fluctuate in performance after completing the Toyota Cup journey, and were more or less mentally prepared, the news of losing to Bologna and Rosenberg at home still surprised many people.
How long has it been since I heard of Fiorentina's consecutive defeats? Many people have no impression of this. In their memory, Fiorentina, whose grades have always been extremely stable, has lost in a row, even if they have not seen them draw a few times in recent years, they have lost in a few times, and they have lost in a row... Haha, how could this happen to Fiorentina? Especially Fiorentina, which is coached by Capello!
Therefore, when some people were interested in hearing about the news of Fiorentina's two consecutive home defeats, they immediately realized that Fiorentina, which was almost unsolvable, had exposed its life gate at this time.
On the surface, Fiorentina still has the most powerful starting lineup and the deepest bench in Europe, which is indeed true; but in fact, in the past summer, after the backbone of the teams such as Dibiagio, Tomasi, Bati and other teams chose to fly away, the depth of the rotation lineup was still greatly affected. Although the new arrivals, Marklele and Gattuso showed that they had a bright future in the game, they did not have the strength to compare with Dibiagio and Tomasi who had left the team. The tacit understanding with other teammates is still constantly being adjusted, and their combat power will naturally decline a lot.
It is precisely because of this that Capello hides most of the main players in the game with Rosenberg, in order to allow the main players to get enough rest and return to a normal state. In order to achieve this goal, Capello, who has always been proud, would rather let Fiorentina suffer a long-lost two consecutive losses!
As Fiorentina's next opponent, Juventus' head coach Ancelotti will naturally not let go of this news. The former Parma coach who took the coaching point from the fired Lippi this summer has had a hard time recently. Zebra Prince Pierro was injured after colliding with the opponent's defender in a match with Udinese last month. According to the team doctor, he was diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament on his left knee, which would have to be overhauled for at least nine months!
Pierro's serious injury disrupted Ancelotti's plan. Coupled with Deschamps, who had declined after the World Cup, the aging Dilivio and Antonio Conte, Juventus struggled on all fronts.
Therefore, in Ancenotti's view, encountering Fiorentina, who had just suffered a two-game losing streak, seems to be a great opportunity for players to regain their confidence.
In this way, under the calculations of the two head coaches Capello and Ancelotti, the calendar turned to December 13th, which is the day when Florence and Juventus were fighting.
Before this game began, Fiorentina and Juventus were not in good condition recently. The former lost two consecutive games after winning the Toyota Cup and is still a hot topic among fans, while the latter failed to win four consecutive rounds in the league, which has been a long way from the leading group.
Therefore, both head coaches hope to win a victory in this game to stabilize the situation and gradually get the team back on track.
That night, the Frankie Stadium was full. After all, this was a game with his arch-rival Juventus. Not to mention the previous conflict between the two teams, the fact that the old Fox Mo took action to poach Davis from Fiorentina this summer was enough to make Fiorentina fans have a very bad view of it.
Therefore, when Juventus players walked out of the player channel, the three "traitors" Uliano, Davis and Tacinadi were given the focus of care from Fiorentine fans, and the booings against them continued, making the three of them look quite ugly.
In this game, Capello placed the main players who had been recuperating for a whole week on the starting lineup, hoping that they could get enough rest to recover from the previous state of Toyota Cup and use the advantage of home court to kill the opponent in front of them!
However, after the game started, Juventus, who was away from home, had previously encountered a goal drought, once again showed the fans the style of his Fiorentina nemesis in this game. In the 11th and 18th minutes, he received a wonderful pass from Zidane in the penalty area twice, leading Juventus to establish a two-goal lead at the beginning of the game!
Although after Capello's adjustment, Ronaldo helped Fiorentina win a game through a wonderful single ride in the 35th minute, Otero then fell in Fiorentina's penalty area while fighting Stam. The referee Rossetti decisively awarded a penalty kick. Otero personally took the game and completed his hat trick in this game!
Chapter completed!