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The first leg of the semifinals lost to Lazio by zero to two, which cast a shadow on Fiorentina's path to advancement.

After all, although Mancini's coaching ability and tough battle level have always been criticized, Lazio's strength is really good. With Abramovich's investment of open pockets and no matter how much it costs, Lazio has become the first-class European configuration from the main lineup to the bench. Even Fiorentina is inferior to the Blue Eagles at this time in terms of bench depth. Therefore, it is quite difficult for Mourinho to stage a reversal in the second round and eliminate Lazio in the semi-finals.

You should know that although Mancini has no talent in coaching the team's offense, he relies on the stars' personal performance and inspiration to solve the problem most of the time, on the defensive end, this former Italian international is a good player. Not to mention anything else, just before Abram took over, Mancini was able to reorganize the seriously aging defense line after losing Grandoni into a whole, and relying on this defense line to almost get a Champions League qualification, which is enough to reflect the young coach's defensive ability and talent.

Therefore, facing a team of Lazio who is almost destined to focus on defensive counterattack tactics in the second round, most people are not optimistic that Fiorentina can use offense to tie the Blue Eagles, and it is not a matter of being scored by the opponent.

However, before this, Mourinho and Fiorentine players must first solve a strong opponent and ensure their points advantage on the league battlefield before they can have the time to consider how to deal with Lazio.

On May 1, in the 34th round of the Serie A, Florence, who returned to Frankie Stadium, faced the challenge of AC Milan.

For Fiorentina, a direct showdown with AC Milan is also crucial, because the outcome of the game will largely determine the trend of the league championship battle between Fiorentina and Juventus. If Fiorentina wins, then their hope of winning the Serie A championship with five points in four rounds will be further increased; and if Fiorentina is tied by the Ross and Blacks or even lost at home, Juventus may take the opportunity to narrow the gap and sound the horn of counterattack again.

Mourinho dares not place his hopes on Bologna (Juventus' opponent in this round of the league), hoping that they can give the Zebras a good look at the Alp Stadium. It is better to be self-reliant than to ask others, and no one can put his hopes on the opponent's proactive mistakes.

Therefore, instead of waiting for Juventus to make a mistake and lose points in the league, it is better to take the initiative to attack and win all the next four rounds of the league and secure the championship trophy in advance.

So, Fiorentina, who was the main force, and AC Milan, who planned to add some congestion to the Purple Lily's championship, killed the sky and dark at the Frankie Stadium. The players on both sides made Mars on the court, and the scenes of falling to the ground frequently occurred during physical confrontation and competition, forcing Rossetti to blew the whistle frequently to interrupt the game, using this method to restore the players to calm down and avoid even worse events.

Logically speaking, AC Milan, who also needs to prepare for the semi-finals of the Champions League, should not fight Fiorentina in the league at this time. Because the Ross and Blacks have basically secured the third place in the league, and are a team that has no hope of winning the championship but can ensure the qualification to participate in the Champions League next season. There is no need to fight so hard in this game that has nothing to do with the overall situation.

However, at this time, AC Milan coach Ancelotti's personal wishes played a decisive role. The coach, who has many entanglements in his coaching career, is determined to disrupt the league championship trophy that the opponent has a great hope of getting. At least, he will create enough trouble for Purple Lily in the game, consume their physical strength, and make them not have enough energy to deal with the second round match with Lazio three days later, and create opportunities for the Blue Eagles to advance to the Champions League final.

Of course, Ancelotti did this not because his Virgin Heart had an attack and wanted to help Lazio, but because compared to Fiorentina, Lazio, who lacked experience in the European arena and has many veterans, is the opponent that An Pang most wants to meet in the Champions League final.

Although AC Milan's tenacious resistance has caused some trouble to Fiorentina, compared with the Fiorentine players who chose to retain their strength in the mid-week Champions League game and were relatively good in physical and competitive state at this time, AC Milan players who had fought with Eindhoven for a full ninety minutes three days ago were undoubtedly at a disadvantage in these two aspects. Moreover, as the game deepened and time went on, the disadvantages of the Ross and Blacks in this area became more and more obvious, and they finally fell on it!

"Ancelotti, this idiot." Mourinho said to Ferrara helplessly after the team defeated AC Milan three-to-one, "Why don't he think about it? While causing trouble for us in Fiorentina, AC Milan will also consume too much physical strength because of this game, making it difficult for them to deal with Eindhoven's challenge in the best condition."

"Maybe it's because Coach Ancelotti believes that with Eindhoven's strength, it's difficult to create many obstacles for them to advance to the finals." Ferrara could only guess this way about Ancelotti's intention. After all, Fatty Ann's trick to kill one thousand enemies and lose 800 by himself was not a wise move in his opinion.

"Haha." Mourinho smiled and did not continue to discuss this topic. The Portuguese knew in his heart that although Hiddink won the fourth place in the World Cup in 2002, his coaching ability was still recognized by people. Therefore, if Ancelotti underestimated Hiddink, he would probably be in trouble with the Dutch.

Furthermore, after experiencing the unpopular 2003-04 season, if someone still looks at a game with the mentality of a strong team that will definitely win, then reality will teach this guy to be a new person.

Three days after the victory over AC Milan, on May 4, the second leg of the European Champions League semi-finals between Fiorentina and Lazio started as scheduled at Frankie Stadium!

Since the result of this game will directly determine whether Fiorentina can reach the Champions League final, Fiorentina fans naturally have to express their support for the team at this critical moment. Therefore, when the players of both sides walked out of the player channel, Lazio was shocked to find that in addition to the thousands of tickets required by UEFA, the remaining more than 30,000 tickets seemed to be rounded up by Fiorentina fans...

The action of Fiorentine fans led to the fact that the Frankie Stadium tonight turned into a purple ocean. Lazio fans who came to watch the game away with the team could only curl up in a corner of the stands, and the cheering was completely covered by the voices of Fiorentine fans around.
Chapter completed!