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After defeating Sampdoria with two goals without bloodshed at home, the main players of Fiorentina, who had a week off, welcomed their last Serie A game in 2003 on December 21. Their opponent is Udinese, who is working hard for European qualifications.

As a club that relies on reselling players to earn transfer price difference and obtain operating funds from it, Udinese's journey to start can be said to be a role model for all small and medium-sized clubs. But in the same way, it is precisely because of their business method that Udinese has difficulty ensuring stability in performance. After a stunning performance of one or two seasons, they will sell the players they trained at high prices in exchange for liquidity that can allow them to continue to develop.

However, Udinese is obviously not in the stage of renewal this season. Under the leadership of head coach Cosmi, Wuji, with two young players, Tingqi and Dimikele as the core, is currently ranked eighth in the standings, just hovering on the edge of the European War Zone.

Although due to Zhuang Mingge's relationship, Udinese did not get the two generals Dinatale and Desanctis in this life, this is obviously not a problem for Uji, who is good at discovering and cultivating talents. Under the leadership of Manuel Gerolin, Paul Marino, Carnevalle and Babaldijo, Udinese has dug up a batch of good seedlings from all over the world and has grown through careful training in these seasons. Now, Marino and others are just waiting for these players to become famous as soon as possible, and then they can sit in the office and count the money happily.

Therefore, although this Udinese team is not famous and has a strong star flavor, its strength can be considered to be the upper-middle level in Serie A. With the state shown by Fiorentina in recent times, it will take some effort to successfully defeat this opponent at home.

This is true. Faced with such a difficult opponent, the Fiorentine player who obviously lacks rest time is not very excited in the game, and his physical fitness and performance are getting worse and worse with the passage of time and the deepening of the game.

After all, even though the main players such as Pirlo, Vieri, Nesta had already received a full week of rest before, this was obviously just a drop in the bucket for them who had been traveling around the world for the previous month, and the recovery effect was quite limited.

Although a week's rest time is enough for professional players to restore their physical fitness to a higher level, the mental fatigue brought by continuous combat is not so easy to recover. Therefore, in this game, Fiorentina's performance generally showed a trend of opening high and closing low.

This is also why Fiorentina took the lead with Vieri's powerful volleyball shot just six minutes into the game, but was unable to further expand this advantage. Because the players will lose their strength the more they play, and many tactical routines are difficult to use in this situation. Therefore, Udinese, who was extremely passive at the beginning of the game, was not beaten to death by Fiorentina, but got enough time to adjust and used his physical advantage to launch a fierce counterattack in the following time!

Finally, when the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, the score on the big screen was frozen one-to-one. Udinese relied on Dimichele to pick up a bargain in front of a goal in the penalty area and snatched a point from Fiorentina's nose.

So, Fiorentina had to end their last game in 2003 with a depressed draw.

Although they were tied by Udinese at home and failed to get the expected three-pointer, the Fiorentine players did not show much annoyance and reluctance. In other words, after a month and a week of doubles, they now don’t have the energy or strength to consider these things. They now just want to go home and have a good sleep to relieve physical and mental fatigue.

After this game, the entire Fiorentina team was disbanded on the spot, and many players returned home as quickly as possible to have a wonderful Christmas holiday with their families or girlfriends. However, not everyone can enjoy such treatment, such as Vieri and Inzaghi, who are about to participate in the first Serie A All-Star Game.

"Really, if I had known this would happen, I would have told the fans not to vote for me." Seeing that Marklele and his teammates were enjoying the holiday, but he still had to prepare for the All-Star Game here, Vieri felt a lot of stomachache. "I had agreed with Canalis to go on vacation to Bali this Christmas. Now, it's good, because of this damn All-Star Game, we must have to spend Christmas in Italy."

"Haha, Popo, it's better to be calm." As Vieri's best friend, Da Inzaji smiled and comforted the other party, "Although you can't spend Christmas with Kana in Bali, it's a good thing to earn a lot of extra money. Moreover, using an All-Star MVP as a Christmas gift should be a very wonderful thing, right?"

Here we add that in order to increase the enthusiasm of the players, the Italian Football Association announced that it will give corresponding bonuses to all players selected for the All-Star Game. As for the specific amount of the bonus, it must be determined based on the relevant regulations formulated by the Football Association.

Take Vieri as an example. If the Italian All-Star team wins the game and he wins the All-Star MVP after the game, then as the starter, he will receive a huge prize of about one million US dollars! Although this is only the highest reward in theory, even if he loses the ball in the end, Vieri can still get at least 300,000 US dollars. Such a huge sum of money is undoubtedly a huge temptation for Vieri.

"Well, Pipo, you're really reasonable," Vieri still attaches great importance to the friend's opinion. "If I can win the best player in the All-Star Game, then the bonus alone will be enough to pay for my holiday expenses. If everything goes well, maybe Canalis can agree to my proposal this holiday!"

"Ha, haha..." Seeing that Vieri was so expectant under his comfort, Inzaji had to smile dryly and swallow the second half of the words he had not said back into his stomach. He didn't want to damage his friends' confidence at this time.
Chapter completed!