Chapter 834: November's Journey (Part I)

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Galatasaray, who is looking at this ticket with a sad face, will talk about it for the time being, after all, things have developed to this point, and they have nothing to do with Fiorentina, so let's get down to business.

After seeing that all the rioters were duly punished under the trial of the judicial authorities, and Galatasaray FC was angered by UEFA and punished very severely, the resentment accumulated from Fiorentina's trip to Istanbul finally disappeared in the air.

Three days after the match against Galatasaray, on 7 November, the Fiorentina squad crossed the Tyrrhenian Sea to Sardinia for the ninth round of Serie A, this time against promoted Macagliari.

Due to the Champions League in midweek, Fiorentina's starting line-up for this game is dominated by rotations and substitutes, as this will minimize the injury problems caused by the consecutive games, which will lead to unnecessary attrition in the team.

Incidentally, in the Fiorentina first team, the players who are most concerned by medical experts are Vieri and Ronaldo, the two aces of the Purple Lily. According to Thomas Carter and others, Vieri and Ronaldo's way of playing is very demanding on their bodies, and it is easy to put a great burden on some vulnerable parts of the human body, such as knees and ankles, and they are naturally the most vulnerable players in the eyes of these medical experts.

Also on the radar of these experts are Nesta and Redondo, as their style of play, which is too technical, lacking in ferocity and foul play in defence, can easily lead to hidden dangers.

"We have to take good care of Christian [Vieri] at all times and minimise the likelihood of injuries in their careers, which is both our job in Florence and our duty as sports medicine specialists!" This is when Heynckes once quietly asked Thomas Carter if he could be accommodating and temporarily release Vieri, who was banned from the physiotherapy center for a week, the American expert righteously refused, "The way they play football is doomed to be impossible to play continuously like those so-called iron men, and they must ensure that there is enough recuperation time to eliminate the hidden danger in the body!" ”

So, according to the advice of the experts in the physiotherapy center, Heynckes made adjustments to the forward line, from the combination of Vieri and Inzaghi against Galatasaray to the combination of Ronaldo and Shevchenko, and it just so happened that the German also planned to see what kind of chemistry the two strikers would have when they were paired together.

In midfield, as they grew older and more experienced, Pirlo and Deco became more mature and took over the guns from the hands of the two seniors, Effenberg and Redondo, and became the core of the Purple Lily's game. As for Claude Makelele and Zanetti, they are mainly responsible for the defense of the midfield and the protection of the backline, and of course, there is also a very important job, which is to be the bodyguards of Deco and Pirlo.

As for the goalkeeper position and the back line, De Sanctis replaced the little cold Toldo as the starting goalkeeper, and in the backline, the four defenders of Karadze, Ferrara, Hyypia and Di Livio entered the starting list, although their comprehensive strength is not as good as Nesta's and other main players, but it is obviously not a problem to deal with a team of Cagliari's level.

Despite a clash with Galatasaray just three days ago, the Fiorentina players who came to the away stadium were in pretty good form. On the one hand, the Fiorentina players who appeared in these two matches are not the same stubble, which minimizes the impact of the two matches in a week; On the other hand, because the distance between Fiorentina and Cagliari is not too far, and the climate between the two places is relatively close, the negative impact on Fiorentina players is naturally smaller.

Compared with Fiorentina, who is slightly lacking in physical fitness but has high morale, Cagliari players, as one of the three promoted polo teams in Serie A this season, do not have a strong desire to win in the game, and can even be described as sluggish!

It's no wonder, given that the Sardinian side have not won a single game since the start of Serie A, and a poor record of eight consecutive league games without a win has allowed the promoted team to firmly occupy a place in the relegation zone from the start of the league, clearly competing for a ticket to Serie B next season.

So, on this afternoon at the Stade Sant'Elia, although the stands were filled with more than 20,000 Cagliari fans, their enthusiasm for the home team was not very high - hell would it be hellish if a team's league performance this season was in shambles, leaving fans with no relegation hopes.

Against Fiorentina, who are superior in strength and morale far superior to them, Cagliari, who have home advantage, have not been able to create any obstacles for the Purple Lily. Even the bucket formation, which was pinned on by the head coach of Cagliari, collapsed under the flash of the two talented strikers Shevchenko and Ronaldo, and the Ukrainian nuclear warheads with excellent awareness in front of the goal and the increasingly comprehensive aliens complemented each other, coupled with Pirlo and Deco and others behind him to send a steady stream of fire support, how can Cagliari, who is backward in tactical thinking and disorganized, be undefeated?

In the end, when the game was over, Fiorentina beat Cagliari 2-0, with goals from Shevchenko and Ronaldo helping the Purple Lilies to an away victory.

Although the final score was a little less spectacular, anyone who watched the game knew that it was almost a half-time offensive and defensive drill between Fiorentina and Cagliari. In the face of Florence's tidal attack, Cagliari's side only had the ability to parry, and there was no power to fight back!

Of course, if someone is willing to put a little effort into looking at the post-game counts, then nine times out of ten they will be shocked by their jaws. Because Fiorentina had more than 70% possession in this game, more than twice as much as the home team!

This is not the most eye-catching, the most important thing is that in terms of the number of shots on goal, the number of shots on goal for the Cagliari side in 90 minutes is actually a slick zero!

After a game, there was not even a single shot on goal, and Cagliari set a small record, although this record was not very glorious......

Hawkers, I hope that when the Cagliari senior management learns the news from the newspaper the next day, they won't fire the head coach in a rage, on the way back to Florence, Zhuang Mingge thought happily in his heart.