Volume 1 Chapter 178 The Half-Warm Up Match

The Coppa Italia was the best opportunity for Fiorentina, who beat Piacenza 0-0 in the first round and then comfortably knocked out Como 3-0 at the Stadio Franky a week later, this time by Portillo, Chen Yu and Ricano.

The third game and Verona is a key game in the group stage, before Fiorentina won two games and two U points, Piacenza lost to Fiorentina, won Verona to get 3 points, Verona beat Como, lost Piacenza to get 3 points, the last game, Piacenza in Como to get three more points without doubt, it depends on the victory between Verona and Fiorentina, if Fiorentina draws or wins, three games with more than 7 points, the qualification is certain, if you lose, it depends on the goal difference of the three teams.

Although the game was a little difficult, but back to their home stadium Frankie Stadium, Fiorentina was full of confidence and played actively, scoring with a header from Rigano in the opening five minutes, and then Fiorentina became more and more courageous, and in the 8th minute of the game, Chen Yu scored from a distance, rewriting the score as: 0 In the 47th minute of the game, Rigano scored another goal, and then assisted Portillo, Fiorentina basically sealed the win, and then Mondonico made a substitution to practice the lineup, and the rest of the time became garbage time.

Fiorentina won all three games and qualified from the group stage without any suspense, at this time, the summer transfer window officially closed, and the dust finally settled on the summer of money burning war for the European powers.

Italy is still a force to be reckoned with in the transfer market, but it is no longer the core of the European transfer market, the biggest transfer of the summer is no longer from the Apennine Peninsula, Rooney who transferred from Everton to Manchester United for 40UU at the last moment has become the target of this season's summer transfer, and Drogba, who transferred from Marseille to Chelsea for 36UU million, has become the second most expensive player. The team that burned the most money is no longer from the Apennines, and Chelsea brandished the ruble, bought people regardless of the price, and spent 200 million euros in a summer to become the first local tycoon in Europe.

Although Serie A is no longer as lavish as it used to be, even in the era of rampant economic crisis, the new and old giants of the Apennines still staged a good show of spending a lot of money.

Juventus aren't the most vocal in terms of the number of players they have brought in, but the king of Italy's transfers this summer is none other than the Old Lady. Under the careful direction of "Old Fox" Moji, Juventus staged a big drama of 8 in and 8 out.

The cunning Moggi took down Zebina and Capello at lightning speed, and then took Emerson in a protracted battle, all three of whom came from Juventus' rivals Roma. On the last day of August, Juventus added Swede Ibrasimovic, who had knocked Italy out of the European Championship with a backheel, and Moggi finally completed the series with the arrival of Cannavaro. Juve's squad, with the exception of a thin forward line, has reached the level of its heyday.

With 18 in and 16 out, this set of numbers indicates that Inter Milan has had an exceptionally busy summer. Moratti is said to be quietly gambling to support Cooper and Zaccheroni with three high salaries, and to satisfy all Mancini's desires with money. Although the oil tycoon is much more rational than before, Inter's desire to buy has not diminished in the slightest, Davies, Veron, Mihajlovic, Favali and Ze Maria, these Serie A "old fritters", have all been taken over by Moratti, if it were not for Juventus's last moment, Inter would still be the boss of the transfer market. "Losing weight" is also the main theme of Inter, and in the process of buying and selling, the Nerazzurri finally realized their long-cherished wish to reduce the redundancy of the front-line.

There is an Italian proverb: "Winning teams don't change", and AC Milan did just that. The additions of Stam, Crespo and Dorasu are only the icing on the cake, as Milan are already strong enough to make small repairs and not have to make a big move. But even if the reinforcements are not strong, Stam and Crespo can be called "shocking" transfers, and the Rossoneri are nothing but blockbusters.

Samuel, Zerbina, Emerson and Fabio Capello are all at the heart of Roma, but without them Roma would not have been relegated to second-rate status. Ferrari, Mexes, Perrotta, and Midau may not be as famous as them, but these young international-level fighters are also more than capable of defending the honor of the Eternal City along with the likes of Totti, Cassano, Zivu, and others.

Sicily also has an ambitious team, and that is Palermo. Palermo have brought in a total of 18 players this year, tied with Inter and Reggina for the first place in Serie A, but they have only let go of seven players, which is equivalent to bringing in a team without selling one. Despite the lack of fame of the players they have brought in, Palermo's ambitions are clear, and the goal of this dark horse is not to relegate but to disrupt the Serie A landscape with a new set of players.

Lazio worked as a seller for a summer, but became the biggest buyer the day after the day, buying the brothers Rocchi, Sivilla, Serici, Filippini, Gonzalez, Robert, Talamonti, and Maya, almost completely making up for the original loss.

If measured only by the amount of money spent on bringing in players, Fiorentina, who has been "triple jumping" for two years, is the king of transfers in Serie A this year. Fiorentina spent €300,000 on the summer transfer market after the last day's takeovers of Jorgensen, Mikoli and Valdés, with the 'Purple Lily' already overtaking Palermo as the team with the most money in the summer transfer market. In terms of the quality of the players introduced, Fiorentina is inferior to Juventus Inter. However, among the top three positions of the "Money Burning King", there must be a place for Florence.

Lupatelli, Hidetoshi Nakata, Jorgensen, Portillo, Ujfalusi, Mikoli, Maresca ......, this series of names is not unfamiliar to fans: the Italian media believe that the strength of the new Fiorentina is not much worse than the top four teams in Serie A, they are returning to Serie A with a lot of money, and they will be a force to be reckoned with this season.

After a successful or even perfect recruitment, Fiorentina's biggest remaining problem was the run-in.

Fiorentina have bought a total of ll players, these players have not yet become familiar with each other's temperament, and have not developed a sense of allegiance to the new club, players such as Mikoli and Jorgensen have all been successful before the deadline, and they have not even taken a few lessons in normal training, so it is difficult to twist them into a rope in the short term and form a fighting force.

After the end of the group stage in the Italian Cup, there is still more than a week before the start of Serie A, during this time Fiorentina actively contacted the warm-up opponents, and Inter Milan, who also wants to run in the lineup, is preparing for the Pirelli Cup at this time, Inter Milan owner Moratti and Fiorentina owner De La Valle have a close relationship, so they invited Fiorentina to participate.

The Pirelli Cup is sponsored by Tronchetti, the owner of Pirelli, the sponsor of the Inter Milan team, and is a friendly match.

Fiorentina was naturally overjoyed to be able to play against a giant like Inter Milan, and despite the fact that they had just finished the group stage of the Italian Cup, the two sides hit it off, and the next day they played a 120-minute match with the visiting Inter Milan at the Frankie Stadium, and finally Fiorentina defeated Inter Milan on penalties to win the championship.

In this game, Mondonico lined up the trident combination of Ricano, Chen Yu and Portillo, with former Real Madrid striker Portillo still excellent, opening the scoring in the fifth minute and creating a penalty that underperforming captain Chen Yu converted to Inter Milan with goals from Cambiaso and Cruise respectively.

This warm-up match Inter Milan is basically dominated by young players and substitutes, and Fiorentina is the main force, but being able to beat a giant team like Inter Milan still makes Fiorentina very happy and increases a lot of confidence.

Then in the warm-up match with Sampdoria, Fiorentina won again: 0, which made Fiorentina coach Mondonico a little confident and ready to put the 433 attack formation

However, Fiorentina's confidence was frustrated in a subsequent mini-tournament featuring Reggina, Messina, Siena and Fiorentina. , they have lost one and drawn two in three games, scored only two goals, and are bottom of the four.

Although Micoli, Ujfarusi, Jorgensen, Hidetoshi Nakata, Gigu, Obodo, and Valdés went to the national team to play the World Cup qualifiers, but Fiorentina, which has a lot of soldiers, is not short of people, the forward trident Ricano, Chen Yu and Portillo are all there, the core of the midfield Maresca is also there, there is no Ujfarusi in the backline, and there are three central defenders of De Ricari, Dainelli and Villali Jr., the strength is almost unaffected, and Fiorentina fans have experienced the team's defeat of Inter Milan and Sampdoria. I thought I would see Fiorentina defeat three Serie A relegation teams again, but they didn't see the devastation, what they saw was only the frequent waste of "Little Raul" Portillo, the embarrassment of the big center Rigano not scoring all kinds of empty goals, and the "new god of war" Chen Yu was mediocre and only scored one goal, but it was Di Natale who came on as a substitute to complete the second of the two goals in three games.

After the game, Mondonico comforted the fans that the warm-up game and the official game could not be compared, Fiorentina's strength is still there, he believes that Fiorentina will perform well in the next Serie A games, but this still can't dispel the shadow in the hearts of Fiorentina fans, because their new god of war, their savior has been mediocre in a season's warm-up matches and even the Coppa Italia, and is not even as good as a substitute player, although Fiorentina has now introduced many outstanding stars, But Chen Yu's position in the hearts of fans is still unique, he is not in the state, and the fans have no bottom in their hearts.

There was a bit of schadenfreude in the media after the game, with Roma Sport saying that it is unclear whether Fiorentina will give their all in such a game, but one thing is certain: good results are not achieved by investing tens of millions of euros and simply stacking up some high-quality players. Fiorentina are touted to replace Roma and Lazio in the top four, and Sunday's first Serie A game against Roma will test whether Fiorentina have a lot of breath or strength.