Chapter 143 Winning the championship ahead of time
Chapter 34 of "Additional Updates and Compensation Plan"
Thanks to the talented men in the Tang Dynasty for their rewards
Although the opponents that Fiorentina will face in the next two league games are not top-level teams, there is no need for them to deliberately let the Fiorentina wins the championship, so they still cannot underestimate the enemy.
Moreover, these two rounds of the league are still two away games: First, challenge Roma on May 7; a week later, on May 14, Fiorentina challenged Foggia. Then, the team will go to Paris, France to play against the opponent in the final of this season's Cup Winners' Cup final - Zaragoza from La Liga!
If this is the case, Fiorentina is equivalent to three consecutive away games! Look at how beautiful Juventus' schedule this season is, it will always be one host, one away, one host and one away...
Of course, Zhuang Mingge would not complain about the Italian Football Association's scam schedule. Who knows whether these petty guys will wear small shoes for Florence after they know that they are publicly dissatisfied with the schedule.
The world of sports will never lack controversial punishment...
In the next 30th round of Serie A, facing Roma, who is struggling to compete for a European quota, the Fiorentine players who have been resting for a week are in high morale and have scored three points at the Olympic Stadium without any danger.
Batistuta headed the ball from Djokaf in the 15th minute of the game, scoring the only goal in the game. Although both sides had a chance to score in the following time, it was a pity that neither side could rewrite the score on the field, especially when the game was approaching the end of the game, Giannini made a wonderful pass and Balbo's single shot was incredibly higher than the crossbar. In the end, Fiorentina won the opponent 1-0 away.
Juventus, who lost in the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, seemed to have changed his strategy. Lippi sent a starting lineup mainly composed of benches and young players in this game. He was kicked a three-to-zero by the Lazio people at home without any temper. With only four games left in the league, he was still nine points away from the top. Juventus basically bid farewell to the competition for the league championship this season.
"Lippi really has the courage to cut off his arm..." Zhuang Mingge didn't expect that Lippi would really give up the league court so neatly.
"It seems that Coach Lippi plans to let the main players adjust their skills and go to the Cup with all their hearts. After all, if you face Parma, Juventus still has a considerable advantage." Karin analyzed from the side.
"Well, Karin, what you said makes sense." Zhuang Mingge nodded and muttered to himself: I remember that Juventus seemed to have lost to Parma in both finals this season in history, right? Could it be that his appearance made Juventus receive the embarrassing title of "King of Sanya" seven years earlier than Leverkusen?
Let's stop talking. After a week of rest, the entire Fiorentina team flew to the southeastern Italian city of Foggia to play the 31st round of Serie A.
Before leaving Fiorentina, Zhuang Mingge informed coach Ranieri that the club had already contacted Paris Saint-Germain. After the team ended the game with Foggia, they could fly directly to Paris, France on a special plane to prepare for the final of the Cup Winners next week.
Ranieri has no opinion on the decision made by his boss. After all, the climate in Paris is different from that of Fiorentina. If you get there a few days in advance, the players can better adapt to the local weather. At the same time, the Stadium of Princes is also the home court of Paris Saint-Germain. The club greets the other party well, which means that the team may have more time to adapt to the final venue.
On May 14, the 31st round of the league Fiorentina vs. Foggia began as scheduled.
After the meritorious coach Zeman turned to Lazio's arms, Foggia, who had a whirlwind in Serie A in the past two years, began to sink this season. Currently, they are only 30 points, and they are still three points away from the fourth-last **, and six points away from Padua in the relegation zone (the rules for the promotion and relegation in the Serie A at that time were: the last three teams were directly relegated and the last to participate in the playoffs).
Because this game is about relegation, Foggia's morale is quite high since the beginning of the game. While pressing Fiorentina in the midfield, he relied on Russian striker Kolivanov to attack the goal of Fiorentina, trying to grab points that are crucial to the team from Florence!
However, how could Fiorentina, who dreamed of winning the Serie A championship earlier these days, be scared by a mere Foggia?
Although in order to prepare for the final of the Winners' Cup in the next mid-week, Ranieri put several foreign players such as Batistuta, Effenberg, Djokaf and other foreign players on the bench, and replaced them were Vieri, Tomasi, Corini and other substitutes, Fiorentina still firmly controlled the situation of the game.
In the 38th minute, Vieri used his body to slam the opponent's defense line, which had already stood firm, and scored a goal. He suddenly threw the ball into the opponent's goal with a defender hanging on his body!
Foggia, who had no way out, launched a fierce counterattack against Fiorentina in the following time. However, fifteen minutes after the opening of the second half, another striker of Fiorentina Montera was successfully attacked by another striker, successfully expanding the away team's lead. This goal made Foggia completely give up the idea of winning.
When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, the players of Fiorentina rushed to the stadium excitedly to celebrate the team's first championship this season and the first league championship in 26 years!
After all, even if Juventus wins this round, with three rounds left in the league, the 9-point advantage and mutual record advantage are enough to ensure that the team wins the league championship trophy at the end of the season!
The league has not yet ended completely, so the Italian Football Association will naturally not give the championship trophy to Fiorentina, but the joy of Fiorentina players will not be weakened at all. In the competition for the league championship this season, Fiorentina first staged a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with Parma and Juventus in the first half. In the second half, Parma gradually fell behind and then became chasing each other with Juventus, and even lagging behind for a while. But today, they finally laughed to the end!
Chapter completed!