Volume 1 Chapter 271 Two-line winning streak
The score was overtaken again, with ten minutes left, the Lazios were unwilling to return empty-handed away from home, coach Papadopoulo made a third substitution, Inzaghi Jr. came on to replace defender Silvilla, to make the most difficult last fight.
However, the Lazios soon found it difficult to put all their energy into attack, as Chen Yu was like a thorn stuck in their throats, making them unable to do anything smoothly and constantly reminding them that they had to pay attention to their defense.
Previously, the two people were staring at Chen Yu, but Chen Yu still scored two goals, and now he has replaced Sivilla and put forward Inzaghi Jr., but the number of defenders against Chen Yu has not decreased, Filippini, who is responsible for interception in the midfield, came back to defend Chen Yu with Gianni Keda, Mikoli scored a goal, and he couldn't be unguarded, so he had to come back with another person, so that Lazio could only put six or seven people in the attack.
Faced with a Fiorentina defence close to ten, Lazio's attack struggled to work.
If you don't attack, you lose, and if you attack, you're afraid of scoring more goals, that's the Lazio dilemma.
However, the distress of the Lazio people only lasted for five minutes, in the 89th minute, Fiorentina goalkeeper Sejas held the ball, a long pass counterattacked, Chen Yu still grabbed the ball under the sandwich of two defenders, his header was ferried to Mikoli, Mikoli took a few steps, saw the fullback Otto chase close, and found the unmarked Di Natale with a wide range of long passes. Di Natale cut diagonally into the penalty area and scored with a powerful volley from the ribs to rewrite the score to 4:
Di Natale's goal sealed the win, and although the referee then gave four minutes of stoppage time, the Lazios had completely lost their fighting spirit, and like the Fiorentina players, they were waiting for the end of the game, only for celebration and relief.
All that was left of Frankie Stadium was cheers and singing. The Lazio fans were silenced for a long time, they were completely suppressed, and some Lazio even left the stadium early.
Fiorentina's substitutes stepped up from the bench with beams of excitement on their faces. Just wait for the referee's whistle to blow at the end of the game, so I can rush into the field of play and celebrate with my teammates.
Referee Bertini saw that the Lazios had lost their fighting spirit and the game was decided, and he was also very understanding to blow the whistle for the end of the game without making up the four minutes.
“…… The game finally ended 4: Purple Lily defeated the Blue Eagles and walked out of the shadow of defeat, the three forwards scored four goals, Chen Yu scored two goals and assisted a goal, he is the well-deserved god of war of Fiorentina, he is the patron saint of the Frankie Stadium......"
In the passionate shouts of the on-site commentators, the fans in Florence chanted Chen Yu's name again.
The on-site commentator then excitedly reported to the fans and players the news of the match between Fiorentina's opponents Juventus and AC Milan, who beat Livorno by the same score as Fiorentina, still two points ahead of Fiorentina, while AC Milan was unexpectedly held to a draw away by promoted clubs Palermo, and Fiorentina narrowed the gap with the defending champions to one point.
Halfway through the schedule, the top three are only one point apart, and some fans immediately played ready, "Chen Yu."
Help us get a championship", and the fans began to chant "Champion, we want champions".
In his post-match press conference, Mondonico spoke about the pre-match change of manager and the fans' demands for the title.
"Some time ago, our results were a bit bad, the points were overtaken by Juventus and AC Milan, but I think it's normal, it's hard for a team to stay hot all season, I also understand the idea that some media and fans let me go out of class, results are always the last word, but I want to tell everyone, I don't want to go out of class, I think I can lead this team to play better."
"At the halfway point, we are third, just two points off the first, which is enough to ⊥ our aspirations for higher goals, such as Champions League places and titles, Fiorentina haven't tasted the title for a long time, I know it's very difficult to be promoted to the championship, but if Kaiserslautern can do it, if Greece can win the European Cup, we should also have dreams."
The next day, the Italian newspapers were enthusiastically praising Florence and Chen Yu, and even the foreign media gave Florence and Chen Yu applause.
In the match against Lazio, Chen Yu scored twice and scored a goal to continue to extend his lead in the scorer charts, and now Chen Yu has 71 goals ahead of second place Adriano, the highest in European football.
With Chen Yu's continuous goals, Fiorentina's results are getting better and better, and Chen Yu's fame in European football and the entire world football world is also steadily rising.
As Fiorentina's rivals, Juventus and AC Milan both want to poach Chen Yu, even though they know that Chen Yu's transfer at this time is extremely unlikely, Capello and Ancelotti still do not hesitate to praise.
Capello said in the "Torino Sport" newspaper: "The difficulty of scoring goals in Serie A is well-known in the world, even the alien Ronaldo can't score a goal in the halfway, but Chen did it, which is enough to show how terrifying he is, buy Chen Yu Of course, if he wants to come, I will ride a bicycle to pick him up." ”
Ancelotti told the reporter of "Milan Sports Newspaper", "We are not short of good strikers, but everyone wants a striker like Chen Yu, there is no shortcoming, you can be an air bully, you can also become Inzaghi, and you can take it back as Baggio, you say, if I say that our striker is enough, how hypocritical I have to be."
If there is no refutation, it is likely that more teams will join the team competing for Chen Yu, such as giants like Real Madrid and super tyrants like Chelsea.
Fiorentina's president, De La Valle, said publicly after the game, "Chen Yu is the flag of Fiorentina, not for sale, even if I am given a mountain of gold, I will not be able to sell him." ”
The Fiorentina coach said: "Unless it is a team that is obsessed with money, it will sell Chen Yu, because after such a player is sold, you can't find a replacement." ”
After the 18th round of matches, Fiorentina once again closed the gap to the top of the table and avoided falling into a losing streak.
The biggest beneficiary of this victory is the head coach Mondonico, before the game because Prandelli announced his comeback, his position was a little shaken, although the top management of the Fiorentina club did not speak, but the lack of speech is just a bad signal, under normal circumstances, the top management of Fiorentina should come out to support Mondonico.
Now, after beating Lazio four at home, the media is still talking about a change of manager, but it is talking about the change of manager of Siena and Livorno, which have sacked their own managers, with young coach Decanio and former AC Milan star Donadoni taking over.
Decanio, Donadoni and Prandelli are also called the three young coaches of Serie A, Decanio and Donadoni have all taken up their posts, and who will be spent by Prandelli is also a matter of concern to the media, but now it seems that Prandelli is temporarily hopeless to become the owner of Fiorentina.
Fiorentina manager Lu Casey said Fiorentina are now united, the coach is united, they are fighting to make new history, and there is no need to make any changes.
Fiorentina president de la Valle also said that Mondo will complete his contract, he is doing very well now, and the team even has the possibility of winning the championship, even if it is replaced by Capello and Trapattoni.
The benefits of solidarity were also evident, in the midweek Coppa Italia quarter-final second leg encounter. "Purple Lily" went on a killing spree. The striker, midfielder and defender scored one goal each to beat the already absent-minded Parma away and advance to the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.
The dust settled in the third round of the Italian Cup, and in the end, among the giants, only Juventus fell, of course, the "old lady" out of the game is also somewhat strategic, from Capello yesterday's snow hiding 7 main players can be seen, Juventus intends to give up this event.
Then the draw for the quarterfinals was held, and the matchups were: top half: Sampdoria Cagliari, Inter Milan and Atalanta; Bottom half: Rome Fiorentina, Udinese AC Milan.
The two legs of the 4 finals will be played on the 3rd of October and 3 respectively.
In the quarter-finals, the luckiest match is Inter Milan, who will meet Atalanta who are bottom of the league.
The worst luck was Fiorentina, who met Roma, who were hell-bent on reaching the Champions League, and now that Roma are not in the best league position, reaching the cup final and winning the title is the best chance.
AC Milan's luck is not as good as Inter Milan, nor is it as bad as Fiorentina, they face old rivals Udinese, AC Milan and Udinese have not taken advantage of the two league meetings in the past two seasons, and last season, they lost 1 at home, but if taken seriously, AC Milan will not have a hard time getting through.
The other group, Cagliari, is evenly matched against Sampdoria.
The Coppa Italia is no stranger to Fiorentina fans. In the UUUUl season just before their relegation, Fiorentina with Costa went all the way to the Coppa Italia to claim the last trophy in the club's history to date. Since then, Fiorentina has been slumped due to financial problems, and was relegated to C in the following season, although the purple army is in the top three in the league, but there is still little hope of winning the championship, and in the Juventus Cup out, AC Milan wants to defend the league title, and win the Champions League, Inter Milan is not in good shape, it seems easier to relive the past glory in the Italian Cup, and from the perspective of Fiorentina's attitude towards the game, the top four in the league, the cup also seems to be their real goal.