Chapter 739 Out of the Shadow
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It has to be said that Capello's pacifying behavior after the game was quite effective. Although the Fiorentine players who had suffered two consecutive draws in the league looked a little gloomy in the next few days, their performance was still very normal in normal times, especially in training. Obviously, the players did not affect their competitive state due to the continuous average.
In this way, on January 17, Fiorentina welcomed its last opponent in the first half of the Serie A this season - the newly promoted Cagliari.
Facing this Serie B third-place winner last season, the Fiorentine players who breathed a sigh of relief finally found the shot target with the cheers of more than 40,000 home fans. They were in good condition and shot the goal guarded by Cagliari into a sieve!
Ronaldo and Inzagi, who started the game, both scored twice in the game. Then Pirlo, who came on as a substitute, scored directly with a free kick in the frontcourt. Vieri, who only got the chance to play in the 80th minute, also scored a icing goal on the cake in the final stage of the game, freezing the score on the field to 6-1!
In the end, Fiorentina ended the embarrassing two consecutive draws in the league with a hearty big victory, and won the honor of the Serie A half-time champion!
This big victory not only brought enough confidence to the Fiorentine players who seemed a little depressed by the draw, but also seemed to sweep away the dark clouds shrouded over Florence.
Immediately afterwards, in the Italian Cup match in the following mid-week, Florence, with a strong morale, faced their opponent in the quarter-finals. Roma led by Czech coach Zeman, although Roman Prince Francisco Toti scored twice in the game, the offensive trident composed of Dinatale, Vieri and Lungberg performed well. The three of them scored one goal in the game, leading Purple Lily to beat the Red Wolves three to two at home, and advanced to the Italian Cup semi-finals without any danger!
By the way, due to Zhuang Mingge's strong influence, the Italian Football Association accepted his proposal to change the knockout system of all stages of the Italian Cup until the finals to a certain victory or defeat. The reason why Zhuang Mingge made this suggestion is on the one hand to increase the suspense of the event and attract more fans to pay attention to this domestic cup; on the other hand, it is to reduce the pressure on Florence and other teams that need to face the third-line battle to a certain extent.
.After all, if you still have to fight with your opponent for two rounds in each stage like before, it will be a big test for the physical fitness and condition of the players of these teams. If you play fewer games, then the pressure Florence and other teams will face when fighting on the third line will be reduced, and you can devote more energy to the European battlefield, gain more points for Italy in Europe, and allow Serie A to always stand on the throne of the No. 1 European League overlooking other leagues.
After breaking out of the Italian quarterfinals, the entire Fiorentina team headed south to Lecce in southern Italy. Capello's team will usher in the 18th round of Serie A in the city.
Capello and his players can be said to have a deep impression on Lecce, a famous Italian football team. In the first round of the two teams this season, Pepper, who was away from Frankie Stadium, played a 5-4 score with Fiorentina. If Ronaldo had not been alone at the last moment, he would have ended in the first league of the season with a draw.
Therefore, although Lecce is not very strong, given the characteristics of its nerve knife, from Capello to all Fiorentine players, they are all very alert to this competition.
The process of the game was indeed as Capello expected. Lecce once again proved their fierce style of playing in front of the world, and fought a passionate battle with Fiorentina with the cheers of more than 30,000 home team fans!
"Leche's team really has the meaning of being strong when they meet strong, they will be weak when they meet weak." Zhuang Mingge, who was watching the live broadcast of the game in front of the TV, rubbed his chin with a thoughtful expression, "If they can play today's game when competing with those mid- and lower-stream teams, then Leche's league ranking may be much higher than it is now."
"Haha, if Lecce can play this level in every game, then Lecce is not Lecce." Hearing Zhuang Mingge's words, Karin replied with a smile, but this sentence is quite like a tongue twister, but it directly makes little Groz on the other side dizzy.
"Carin, can you say it a little more directly?" Groz said with a pissing look on his cheeks, "What does Lecce mean? Not Lecce?"
"Ah, I didn't make it clear just now." Karin then realized that there was a pseudo-fan, a pseudo-fan who was not proficient in football, who explained to her, "Leche's overall strength is not strong, which is well known. But what's so bad is that it has such a momentum of fearlessness, especially when facing a strong team, so Leche was able to not lose the advantage in the game with a strong team, which was due to this momentum and firm belief; but when it was replaced by a team of the same magnitude, it was different. At this time, Leche's players often lacked such a desire to win, which made it difficult for them to gain the upper hand in front of these opponents, thus losing a lot of points that are very critical to them."
"In other words, Lecce can only cheer up when facing strong opponents, and return to its original form when dealing with mid- and lower-level teams?" After hearing Karin's explanation, Groz's mouth twitched and muttered, "You can only show your true skills when facing strong opponents, but you can't cheer up when facing direct competitors... It's really a strange team."
"Well, this also shows from another perspective that these players do not have a strong sense of belonging to Lecce, otherwise they would not be able to show their momentum only when facing a strong team." Zhuang Mingge added, "When you are in a small ball like Lecce, if you want to go further, besides getting some personal honors, only by performing well at this time can you attract the attention of other teams."
Back to the topic, although Lecce players performed very well in this duel, which made Tordo, the Italian national team's No. 2 national goalkeeper (Note: No. 1 national goal is Buffon), had to pick up the ball from the goal he guarded three times; on the defensive end, their work was obviously not done well. Facing Vieri and Ronaldo, the most buggy front line combination at the moment, Lecce's defense line can be described as riddled with holes!
Chapter completed!