Chapter 783: Unsatisfactory Season (Part I)
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The Blue Eagles have been in poor form of late, with Christian Eriksen's side unable to hold on to second place in the league under AC Milan's imposing winning streak. After losing the Rome derby, they were in a state of disarray and did not adjust their form in time, and two consecutive league defeats directly handed over the second place to the Rossoneri.
Although the Blue Eagles fought to catch up like waking up from a dream, AC Milan, which had already played with momentum, showed amazing stability at this time, and used a wave of consecutive wins to keep the position that was hard to get, which also made the Lazio players who had never experienced such a fierce competitive atmosphere very uncomfortable.
Because before that, although Lazio was regarded as a strong team that could fight for a good league position, its position in Serie A was that of a store that had the strength to make trouble for the championship group, and it was unable to attack the championship trophy itself.
Therefore, when the Lazio players found out that they actually had the opportunity to compete with Fiorentina for the championship trophy this season, the mood of suffering from gains and losses made them unable to play their due strength without the experience of competing for the championship, so they were easily distanced by the purple lily in the standings; Then in the battle for second place, the Blue Eagles made another mistake of looking ahead and backwards, and were overtaken by AC Milan behind them to fall into third place in the table.
It can be said that Lazio's experience this season has nothing to do with others, and it is completely caused by their own psychological factors.
At this stage, when the league title is hopeless and the most important Rome derby has been completed, the Lazio players' minds have long been out of the game, after all, it makes no difference to them whether they are runners-up or third-place in the end, anyway, they don't need to use such an honor to celebrate the club's centennial.
So, although the league is not over yet, Lazio has already entered a state of holiday early, and most of the players are starting to think about where to go on holiday in the summer, rather than wondering how to cope with the game against Fiorentina.
Fiorentina, who started the game with a rotation and bench player, did not have much trouble against Lazio, and a goalmouth leak in the 83rd minute of the game sealed the win!
In the end, the Fiorentina players ended their last league game at home this season, giving their supporters a decent closing gift with a narrow 1-0 victory.
However, the good mood of the Fiorentina fans did not last long, and four days later, on the same field, these Purple Lily supporters experienced first-hand the feeling of joy and sorrow!
When referee Corina blew the whistle for the end of the second leg, the Fiorentina fans in the stands at the Stadio Frankie did not give the home team players a loud cheer and applause at this time, as they had envisioned before the game, but watched in amazement at the score displayed on the big screen!
The reason for this situation is quite simple, because in the second leg of the just-concluded Coppa Italia final, Fiorentina, who was widely favored before the game, actually lost to Parma in the Frankie Stadium!
Capello's team was beaten by Argentine veteran Balbo in stoppage time after maintaining the score of 0-0 for a full 90 minutes, and fell in front of the championship podium in a tragic manner!
Looking at the Parma players who were celebrating in the middle of the field, Effenberg, who was quite unhappy, wanted to go over and warn them, and by the way, give them two more kicks, so that these people should not be so presumptuous on Fiorentina turf. But in the end, Tiger gave up this plan, because he felt that it was too embarrassing and embarrassing to lose this game, and even he did not have the face to communicate with his opponent at this time, let alone make the Parma people stop celebrating.
"Stefan, let these guys have fun for a night, we are Fiorentina, not a team that secretly pours cold water on each other as soon as they lose, there is no need to deal with them in this kind of matter, it would be too bad for us to lose our reputation and demeanor as a big club." At this time, Redondo walked over to temporarily dispel Effenberg's dissatisfaction, and then quickly took the tiger off the court.
Redondo was very aware of the character of his captain, and if he suddenly got stimulated by something later, he would lose all of Florence.
Moreover, even if you lose the game, you can't throw cold water on people when the opponent celebrates, which is the bearing that a giant club should have. Unless the two sides are really enemies of life and death, it is better not to do this kind of thing, after all, this kind of thing is too dismorable.
And just like that, in the second leg of the Coppa Italia final on the evening of May 19, Fiorentina was beaten at home by Parma and missed out on the championship trophy!
After the team's two crucial battles were defeated by their opponents in the final stages, Fiorentina fans knew in their hearts that it was only because of their own bad luck that they could not blame anyone. But after all, humans are not animals that rely purely on reason, so when the team fell in the Champions League and Coppa Italia one after another, fans naturally wanted to find a person directly responsible to come out and bear the blame.
I believe that anyone who knows anything about football should know very well, when the team does not perform well, who is the first person who should be held responsible? That's right, of course, it's the head coach who is responsible for leading the team to play~
As a result, as the manager of Fiorentina, Capello bore the brunt of criticism from fans.
Although Capello's tactical set-up and defensive system are among the best in today's football, his increasingly conservative style of play has become the most criticized. Especially in the just-concluded Coppa Italia final, when the attack power of Chiesa, a striker, was greatly reduced before Parma, and Fiorentina also had two away goals, the team actually played extremely conservatively in the second leg, and finally the opponent seized a chance to turn the tables successfully. This fact made everyone point the finger at Capello.
Therefore, in the eyes of many Fiorentina fans, the team's successive defeats in the Champions League and Coppa Italia this season are largely due to manager Fabio Capello's increasingly conservative tactical play.
At the very least, if Fiorentina had used their attacks to suppress Parma in their last game, instead of opting to retreat, Balbo would not have had a chance to finish the game. Because before that, Vieri and Ronaldo are likely to have taken the game into garbage time......