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Now let's take a look at Empoli. Although under the influence of Zhuang Mingge, the butterfly, Dinatale, a player who is crucial to Empoli's relegation career, left the team early and joined Purple Lily, one of the top European giants, as a club in the Tuscany region with Fiorentina, Empoli has played a good advantage of getting the first month in the water and poached two forward players of the Fiorentina second team at a package price of 2 million US dollars - Christian Rigano and Sergio Pelicier.

Although these two players completed two consecutive jumps for Fiorentina team II after only two years of establishment, they made great contributions to Serie B from the lowest level of the second league, and their strength has been recognized by many people. But no matter what, their results were made in low-level leagues. Whether they can adapt to the defensive intensity and game rhythm of Serie A is still unknown, so Empoli can pack and take the two away at such a low price. If Rigano and Pelicierdo stay for a season and show their value in Serie B, Empoli will probably have to double the transfer fee if they want to win these two players.

Although doing this is most in Fiorentina's own interests, for Rigano and Pelicier himself, being able to get the chance to be called by the Serie A team was simply their dream. Therefore, after receiving the invitation from Empoli, both of them submitted their transfer application to the club without hesitation.

It has to be said that Rigano and Pelicier are still very self-aware. They know in their hearts that with their potential and strength, it is simply a fantasy to find a place in the talented first-team Fiorentina. Therefore, the offer offered by Empoli at this time undoubtedly made them see another path to the top league.

For players who have been hang out in the low-level league for many years, the invitation of a Serie A team is a huge temptation that they cannot resist. Unless the team they play for also has the hope of advancing to Serie A, the only thing that can hinder them is the transfer fee hurdle.

The permanent missed-in with the Serie A is precisely the most fatal weakness of the second team in Fiorentina, where Rigano and Pelicier are located. Although the team led by Mourinho is quite strong in terms of strength and can also rank in the top three among the twenty-two teams in the Serie B, as the second team of Fiorentina, it is destined that no matter how amazing the team has in the second league, it will only miss the Serie A. This means that players who play in the second team of Fiorentina want to go further and show their abilities in the higher-level Serie A. Apart from waiting for the call of the first team, they can only choose to seek transfers.

Although it is the safest choice to stay in the second division like Dilivio, cultivate strength and accumulate experience, and wait for the opportunity to be taken by the Serie A team, not everyone is as calm as Dilivio. At least Rigano and Pelicier are not so willing to have such a future in their hearts.

In the eyes of the two, since they stayed in Fiorentina, they could only hang out in the second team, so it would be better to accept Empoli's invitation and serve as the main force in a relegation team. Perhaps they could also make a name for themselves and make a new world in the Serie A. After all, since Empoli is willing to pay millions of dollars in transfer fees for them, they will never put them on the bench and depreciate in vain. Therefore, if they join this promoted team, Rigano and Pelicier will never have less playing time and performance opportunities!

So, with beautiful expectations for the future and confidence in their own abilities, Rigano and Pelicier left Florence this summer and threw themselves into Empoli's arms.

However, although after getting Rigano and Pelicier, Empoli's strength has been strengthened to a certain extent and achieved good results in a series of warm-up matches before the season, it is obviously unrealistic to break through the Fiorentine defense line led by Nesta and Stam, and break through the goal guarded by Buffon, known as the world's number one goal god. The difficulty is definitely not on the same level as those warm-up matches.

You should know that although Rigano and Pelicier are both very distinctive strikers, they were only qualified forwards at the peak of their personal careers in their previous lives. In addition, Empoli only had a few moves back and forth on the offensive end, except for crossing from the wing, they were long passes, so Nesta and Stam could almost be said to be stress-free to deal with them. For them who are more than one level of strength than their opponents, as long as they are cautious enough in the game, unless Empoli players can make world waves in the game, or the entire Fiorentina team does not have shooting boots, the victory of this game will definitely belong to Purple Lily.

Therefore, after the game began, Fiorentina firmly controlled the situation on the court with its personal ability and technical and tactical advantages that were far beyond the opponent's level. The defense line led by Nesta successfully frozen Empoli's offensive, leaving Rigano and Pelicier almost unable to practice in the frontcourt, and could only keep running back and forth on the court again and again; and the midfield iron triangle composed of Pirlo, Deco and Barack also began to show their power. Although this was the first time these three people cooperated in the official game, they showed a very high tacit understanding. Not only did they not compete for the ball, but they also took turns to instigate offenses in the midfield, allowing the players who were tired of defense to devote almost no extra energy to the offense.

After all, a person's energy is limited after all. When he consumes too much on the defensive end, he naturally needs to reduce his investment on the offensive end. Otherwise, before the game is over, the player will have to be exhausted first...

Compared with Empoli who was beaten passively, Fiorentina has received good news. Vieri, who was in excellent condition, rushed on the court and entered a no-man situation, kicking over the head and staged a good show of winning four goals. Diego Milito, who started for Fiorentina for the first time, also scored a goal in the game and gave an assist. The two worked together to help Zi Lily defeat Empoli at home 5-0, achieving a good start in the new season of Serie A!

With this big victory, Fiorentina was able to surpass Inter Milan in one fell swoop after the game and occupy the top spot in the standings!

Attached: Florence first team lineup in 02-03 season

Goalkeeper (2 people): Buffon, Guadalbourne

Defenders (7 players): Zambrota, Nesta, Stam, Robert Carlos, Zivo, Lucio, Sun Jihai

Midfielder (8 players): Redondo, Marklele, Deco, Effenberg, Pirlo, Gattuso, Barack, Albertini
Chapter completed!