With Evans in the open, let's turn our attention from Liverpool back to Fiorentina.

After returning to Italy, Fiorentina ushered in a Coppa Italia match, which was different from the previous single-knockout format of the first round, and from this round onwards, the subsequent Coppa Italia matches were played in a two-legged format of home and away.

This time, Fiorentina's opponent in the Coppa Italia is Sampdoria, who have changed dramatically every year.

On October 26, the first leg of the clash between the two teams took place as scheduled at Sampdoria's home stadium, Stadio Ferraris.

This summer, due to the continued misconduct of Mantovani Jr. in the transfer market and the team's poor results, Sampdoria lost the old captain and the team's spiritual leader Roberto Mancini and coach Eriksen this past summer, and the French iron Karembou finally landed on the Iberian Peninsula for $8 million after months of trouble with the club for a transfer to Real Madrid.

In order to compensate for the negative impact of these people leaving the team, Mantovani Jr. brought in Menotti, the meritorious coach who led the Pampas Eagles to their first World Cup victory, and brought in the golden bomber Klinsmann from Bayern Munich to partner Montella in the attack. In addition, Mantovani Jr. also spent a lot of money to buy Angel Morales from Independiente Independiente on the basis of Menotti's proposal, and the Argentine coach believes the young striker could become a second Maradona.

Fiorentina, due to the team's recent streak of matches, Capello continued to rotate his starting line-up significantly to keep his players in competitive shape and minimise the chance of injury due to excessive fatigue.

Therefore, in this game, Capello sent a set of starting lineups with a mix of main and substitute according to the advice provided by the physiotherapy center: goalkeeper De Sanctis, and the four defenders are Fortunato, Stam, Nesta and Angeloma; In midfield, Rui Costa was the heart of Fiorentina's playmaker, while Brazilian Ze Roberto helped the Portuguese draw the attention of the opposition defenders so that Costa could organise the attack with more ease.

The other two starting midfielders were given to Tomasi and Zanetti, the two young players whose main task is to take on the defensive task of Fiorentina midfield, after all, Ze Roberto and Rui Costa are highly motivated to defend, but with their defensive ability, they can also play a harassing role, so the huge and physical Tomasi and Zanetti are Capello's first choice.

Up front, Julio Cruise, who hasn't been given a chance to play for a long time, started his game, and his forward partner was alien Ronaldo.

After the start of the game, Sampdoria, who was playing at home, was at a disadvantage and was beaten by Fiorentina in their own half!

The attacking line composed of Cruise, Ronaldo, Costa, Ze Roberto and others completely suppressed the Sampdoria players, and wave after wave of attacks made Sampdoria's gate like a lonely boat floating in a huge wave, which could capsize at any time!

Sampdoria has not tried counter-attacking at every turn, with Veron, a master of passing, and a first-class striker like Montella, it is entirely possible to take a few chances to counter-attack and score.

It's just that Sampdoria was very sad to meet a De Sanctis who is in great form.

Although this was only De Sanctis's second start for Fiorentina, he did not have the slightest stage fright in the game, but showed great competitive form: he first made a decisive attack in the 21st minute and confiscated Montella's one-on-one goal; Then in the 28th minute, Veron's free kick that hung straight into the corner of the goal was lifted out of the bottom line, and after Veron's corner, he jumped high and picked the ball directly in mid-air with both hands, so that the Sampdoria players who were going to grab the goal returned in vain...... De Sanctis's great performance continued throughout the game!

If it was providential to meet a De Sanctis who was in great form, then the group of incompetent teammates around Veron and Montella was a complete disaster.

Menotti's forward combination in this game can be called luxurious, the golden bomber Klinsmann, the three-time Serie A Golden Boot winner Signori, and the small plane Montella started at the same time!

In terms of fame and book prowess, the trio are in no way inferior to the other big clubs in Europe, and they were all in excellent form last season: Klinsmann also scored fifteen goals in the Bundesliga last season, Signori also scored fifteen goals in Lazio, not to mention Montella, who proved his worth as last season's Serie A Silver Boot.

Regardless, Sampdoria's attacking combination is enough for any Serie A team's backline to drink. However, in terms of what has actually worked so far this season, the trio's combination is a good example of the idea that football is not simply about addition and subtraction.

Jurgen Klinsmann and Signori have both suffered a long goalscoring drought this season, and the seemingly formidable forward trident is actually supported by Montella alone.

Morales, who was introduced as Maradona's successor, proved to be a high-priced parallel import, and in the face of the iron-blooded defense of Serie A defenders, the Argentine striker often disappeared from the pitch and was not seen for dozens of minutes.

The veteran captain Mancini, who was originally in charge of the last pass, and the midfielder Karemb flew away, coupled with such a group of ineffective teammates, no matter how good Montella and Veron were, they were invincible with two fists and four hands.

In the sixteenth minute of the game, Ze Roberto dribbled past Baleri on the left side and sent a cross, and Cruise, who followed in the middle, jumped directly to the top, and the ball that changed the direction of flight flew straight into the door of Sampdoria, 1-0!

In the 37th minute, Ze Roberto caught the attention of Valeri and passed the ball to Fortunato, who cut in on the side, and the latter's cross helped Cruz knock on Sampdoria's door again, and the score became 2-0!

In the 62nd minute, Cruise broke the goal guarded by Fabrizio Ferron with a header for the third time, and Manini's old age was exposed in front of Cruise's header bombardment again and again!

After scoring a hat-trick on his first start of the season, Cruise looked extremely excited, and the Argentine centre-forward ran under the stands where the Fiorentina fans were, took off his shirt and waved it wildly, enjoying the cheers of the Fiorentina fans and the angry shouts from the Samp fans.

In the end, thanks to Cruise's hat-trick, Fiorentina took a 3-0 win from the Stadio Ferraris!