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Fiorentina won the Serie A half-time title, and the news did not make any waves in Italian football. For fans, Fiorentina's half-time title is nothing new, unless the team completes their sixth consecutive Serie A title at the end of the season, or if a team successfully overthrows the Purple Lily's domination of Italian football and snatches the league title from Fiorentina's mouth, only such news can attract their attention and attention.

You can't blame the fans for being too demanding, who has made Fiorentina's domination of Serie A and their strong strength have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, after all, the results of five consecutive league titles are clearly laid out in front of people, and it is difficult to ignore them.

Therefore, in this context, Fiorentina winning this season's Serie A semi-championship is really not a big deal in the eyes of people, at most it gives many Fiorentina fans an excuse to celebrate, and it also makes many fans of other teams more and more unhappy with the purple lily - Fiorentina has shown such a strong dominance in the league, which naturally means that the hopes of other teams aspiring to the Serie A title have become more and more slim.

Juventus and Inter Milan, in particular, have not tasted the league title since the end of the Platini era, while the latter has been missing the league title for almost a decade now, so fans of these two teams are full of resentment towards Fiorentina.

After all, these two clubs are different from the likes of Parma and Roma, who are also known as the seven sisters of Serie A, and although these teams have been very competitive in recent years, they have not won much of the accolades, especially in the league title, and these three teams together have not won as much as Fiorentina in the last five years. Juventus and Inter Milan are in a completely different situation, with a history of success and the number of league titles in first and third place, they simply cannot accept the reality of missing out on the league crown for a long time.

Therefore, for many managers, coaching a big club like Juventus and Inter Milan is a very difficult challenge, because these two giants who have already shown signs of losing sight of the league title are now having a hard time accepting the result of finishing in the top few leagues or becoming a strong contender for the Serie A title, they need a real league trophy!

It is precisely for this reason that although Mo Lao Fox has begun to regret firing the team's former coach Lippi, he still has no intention of bringing back the Silver Foxes, because he feels that even if the other party returns, it is impossible to lead the Bianconeri to overthrow Fiorentina's rule.

In fact, everyone knows very well that the main reason why Juventus will be further and further away from Fiorentina is because Moggi has invested too little in the transfer market. After letting go of top stars such as Vialli, Deschamps and Blank, he did not bring in players of the same quality, but instead bought Henry and Tudor who have great potential but their strength has not yet been fully developed, as well as Ambrosetti and Otero who are capable of being a step worse than the first-class stars. Although this has made the Bianconeri's tactical play more integrated, the fighting power and bench depth have dropped a lot compared to when Moggi first took charge of Juventus.

As for Inter Milan, although after the guidance of Zhuang Mingge and the addition of Facchetti, a professional and Nerazzurri legend, Moratti's impatience and recklessness have improved, but this does not mean that the boss will slow down the pace of reviving the Nerazzurri and the competition for the league title.

Closer to home, Fiorentina have a big home win over Bari, and the following weekend they host the 18th round of Serie A. This time, Fiorentina will face Venezia who have been slaughtered by four goals in their Serie A opener this season.

Despite suffering a defeat at home to Venezia last season, the entire Fiorentina squad is confident that they will not repeat the same mistake this time around. On the one hand, because they are in very good form at the moment, especially the main centre-forward Vieri, the Italian tank has become more vigorous after the arrival of the new millennium. This can be seen from the fact that he has scored six goals in just two appearances, and is currently the top scorer in Serie A with 17 league goals, and his form can be called terrifying; On the other hand, Venice, who have lost Recoba, have once again exposed their true nature as a fish belly, and the team that has won only three league games so far is one of the favourites for relegation from Serie A this season, second only to Piacenza who is firmly in the league's vice-captainship.

So, when the time came on 23 January, when the Fiorentina players stepped out of the tunnel and stepped onto the Stadio Pierluigi Benso, they were confident that winning the match would be an easy one.

However, the reality poured cold water on these self-confident players. When the 90 minutes of regular time passed and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, it was thousands of Venetian fans in the stands who cheered deafeningly, and hundreds of Fiorentina fans who came with the team to watch the game fell silent!

(Note: Venice's home stadium, the Pierluigi Benso Stadium, which had a record attendance of more than 26,000 in 1966, is currently home to 7,450 fans thanks to modernization, increased safety oversight by the Football Association, and the declining local economy of Venice, making it one of the smallest of the 18 Serie A teams this season.) ）

The reason for this scene is that in the 18th round of Serie A that has just ended, Fiorentina, who is playing away, unexpectedly lost 2-3 to Venice, which is second from bottom in the league standings!

Adrian Mutu was the biggest contributor to Venezia's upset victory, as the young striker from Romania made a big splash in the game, first picking up a cross from a team-mate in the 15th minute to open the scoring for the home side. Immediately afterwards, Mutu scored directly from a free kick in the 37th and 81st minutes of the game, and used a hat-trick to make Shevchenko's efforts to score a brace in this game useless.

Suffice it to say that it was thanks to Mutu's uneventful performance that Venezia claimed their fourth league win of the season, beating Fiorentina and picking up three points worth a fortune for them!