Chapter 893: Before the Semifinals
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Publicly announcing that he would resign as Juventus head coach at the end of this season, Ancelotti's move made Juventus's top management feel extremely embarrassed!
If nothing else, Serie A is not over yet, and Juventus, who are six points behind the top of the table, still have a theoretical chance of winning the title. Announcing his resignation at this juncture, Juventus doesn't even have this possibility!
After all, when a manager announces his resignation midway through the season, even if the manager doesn't actually leave until the end of the season, the impact on his team is huge. On the one hand, it is because the players will worry about their future and future in the team, and thus will not be able to give their all on the pitch; On the other hand, because the manager also loses control of the dressing room, no player will follow the instructions of a manager who has not had much time with the team - and if the successor takes them as his predecessor's henchmen and purge them out of the team, it will be more than worth the loss.
So, at this time, unless a player with enough authority in the dressing room can step up and stabilize the situation, the chaos at Juventus is already a clear thing.
It's a pity that due to Moggi's continuous adjustment of the team's lineup over the years, he has let go of Vialli, Deschamps and Di Livio, who have a high reputation in the team, so that the current Juventus does not have such a figure to stabilize the overall situation: Zidane has the ability but is slightly lacking in domineering, and Pierrot has this status but his ability is difficult to convince the public.
Therefore, when Carlo Ancelotti publicly announced that he would leave at the end of the season, the Juventus hierarchy immediately became numb. Because they are not bad in IQ, they are also aware of the negative impact of An Fatzi's move on the team, and they also know that as soon as this news comes out, the team that is demoralized due to the defeat to Fiorentina has no hope of competing for the league title again!
Okay, that's all for Juventus, let's get down to business and move on to Fiorentina.
After a four-goal away win over Juventus to teach their arch-rivals a hard lesson, Fiorentina face Lecce in the 32nd round of Serie A this weekend.
In this league game, considering that midweek is the first leg of the Champions League against Real Madrid, Heynckes has sent a large number of substitutes to start this game.
However, in the face of the Lecce team, which is fighting for relegation, Fiorentina, who have the overall strength, seems to be a little passive in the game - the players are very uncomfortable with the pungent and desperate style of play of Pepper, especially veterans like Bertie and Ferrara, who have been seriously injured in their careers, and they are even more cautious in the game, for fear that they will be directly abolished by a deadly flying tackle by the stunned young man in front of them.
As the saying goes, the brave wins. The result of Fiorentina's match against Lecce is a good proof of the truth.
Although Pirlo, who was the core of the Fiorentina organization in this game, played as well as ever, and he assisted Inzaghi and Berti to score in the game, this small pepper from southern Italy stubbornly tied the score at the last moment with his desperate scramble and fearless attack before the end of the game, and finally succeeded in taking away a point from the Frankie Stadium!
Witnessing the team's successful sneak attack by the opponent in the final stage, and the three points to the mouth turned into a point, Heynckes could only lament that his luck was really enough - God knows how Lecce's players were blinded, and they could kick the ball directly into the goal with a corner kick, which makes people defend!
Heynckes believed that even if the Lecce player he couldn't name was allowed to kick a hundred corners again, this guy would definitely not be able to kick such a strange curling kick! Therefore, the German head can only sigh that this is just a little joke made by the goddess of fate and Florence.
Let's hope this bad luck doesn't stay with Florence forever. This was the first thought that came to Heynckes' mind after the game. However, the Germans quickly put the thought behind them: what are you kidding, if you pin the outcome of the game on an illusory fate, what do you need the manager and the players to do? Each club chooses a representative to roll the dice before the game starts!
In the other two Serie A matches being played at the same time, Juventus, who were reeling from Carlo Ancelotti's resignation, lost away to Verona. Verona's main goalkeeper Sebastien Frei was extremely good in this game, the young goalkeeper from France kept the goal in high and low blocks in the game, and while continuing Pierrot's goal drought in sports, it also made the Bianconeri lose the title two rounds early!
Juventus' decision to miss out on the league title two rounds ahead of schedule was not unexpected. After all, although the level of coaching has been criticized by Juventus fans, Ancelotti's resignation still has a great negative impact on the Bianconeri, and this game is a good proof of this - against a team of Verona's level, Juventus's attack can give people a sense of disorganization! This is enough to show that An Fatzi is still very effective in the Bianconeri, but it is only due to various accidents that the two sides parted ways.
Lazio, who have won five consecutive league games and defeated Roma, Juventus, Fiorentina and other strong opponents in the process, continued to work hard in this game, facing a situation where they led twice but were equalized twice by their opponents, and finally won 3-2 against Mutu-led Venice with a winning goal scored by Inzaghi Jr. in the final stage of the game. After an astonishing six consecutive league wins, they also took all three points at home, allowing them to continue to put some pressure on leaders Fiorentina in the sprint to the season!
As a result, with the unstable Juventus announcing its withdrawal from the competition, with only two rounds left in the league, only Fiorentina and Lazio are the only two contenders for the Serie A title this season!
However, judging from the current shape, the possibility of Fiorentina continuing to defend the league trophy is still very high. Because as long as the Purple Lilies can win one of the last two rounds of the league, then Lazio will have absolutely no chance of snatching the trophy from Fiorentina, even if the Blue Eagles are in an advantageous position against the Purple Lilies when comparing the records of each other.
After all, if you want to compare each other's records to determine the winner, you have to wait at least until the two sides have the same number of points, right?
With a four-point lead, Fiorentina flew to Madrid, the capital of Spain, to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid!