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After the news that Fiorentina defeated Juventus 2-1 at the Alp Stadium, ending the 10-game winning streak in the Zebras League League, many Serie A head coaches breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Juventus' state this season was so terrifying, and even a faint shadow of the peak Fiorentina back then. Therefore, when Juventus finally lost to Fiorentina in this round of the league, people were sure that Juventus is far from invincible. When they meet a team of Fiorentina, they will also lose.

After all, since Juventus can lose to Fiorentina once, it proves that the Zebras has not reached the level of invincibility. In this way, other teams will lose a lot of fear when they face Juventus next, and dare to let go and get points from the Zebras, instead of retaining their strength out of fear, giving Juventus three points for free, and keeping their energy to deal with teams that seem more convenient for them to get points.

Therefore, from a long-term perspective, the significance of Fiorentina's defeat of Juventus in this direct confrontation can be said to be quite significant. If they fail to win the Zebras or lose this match directly in this game, it will be very difficult for Purple Lily to catch up with Juventus in the standings next, because other teams are likely to change their minds and deliberately let the water off against the Zebras, which will bring more trouble to Florence's path to chasing the division.

Although winning Juventus, a strong rival, consumed a lot of physical strength and energy from Fiorentina players, such a key victory also greatly boosted the morale of Fiorentina players, allowing them to cheer up and welcome the next game without fully recovering their physical strength and condition!

So, in the 12th round of Serie A League three days later, Fiorentina, who returned to Frankie Stadium, struggled to win Livorno after ninety minutes of hard fighting, relying on Inzaghi's quick-witted shot in front of the goal in the second half of injury time, and continued to advance together with Juventus, who also scored three points in this round of the league!

However, while the fierce confrontation between Fiorentina and Juventus on the league battlefield made the fans excited, it also made many national team head coaches very distressed. Especially Italian coach Capello and French coach Domeneke, these two head coaches wanted to call and ask Fiorentina and Juventus not to be so desperate in the league, and not to really exhaust the pillars of these national teams.

You should know that the more Fiorentina and Juventus compete in the league, the more difficult it will be for the players to ensure their status on the national team's match day, and the national team's performance will be affected by this. This situation is not what Capello and others hope to see.

Now, after Fiorentina won Livorno at home, the new round of national team matches came as scheduled. Affected by the excessive consumption of both Fiorentina and Juventus on the league battlefield, the Italian national team, which has been smooth sailing since Capello took office, encountered considerable difficulties in the game this time. If Italy had not only played a friendly match during this period and had no arrangement for the World Cup qualifiers, I am afraid that the Blues' complete victory in the World Cup qualifiers would have been broken.

At this point, the new French national team coach Domeneck has a say. As veterans such as Zidane collectively withdrew from the national team after the European Cup in Portugal, Domeneck's cards were far less luxurious than his predecessor Santini. Therefore, when players he relied on were too much to consume in club competitions and affected his condition, and when he had a falling out with Pire and other team backbones, France's results were naturally shady.

Since the national team's game day is mainly warm-up matches, few national teams have been arranged to the World Cup qualifiers that require players to deal with seriously. Therefore, this time, Fiorentine players generally suffer little losses during their time playing for the national team, and all the members are in good health. There is no problem in representing Fiorentina's next game.

After receiving this news, Mourinho's mood finally got a little better. After all, for the club's head coaches, one of the things they fear most is that players are injured while participating in the national team, which will lead to no one available for the next period of time. If the injured players are Zidane, Pirlo or Nesta who are enough to instantly improve the team's level, then they will be tragic.

On November 24, the fifth round of the Champions League group stage came as scheduled. Since Fiorentina won all the wins in the first four games and had already qualified to advance to the top 16 in advance, Mourinho decisively let the water down, hiding all the main players, and sent out a starting lineup mainly composed of Gattuso, Ribery, and young players. Relying on their best defensive counterattack, Valencia, who is eager to score points away to consolidate the group ranking, played a fancy face, and made the Bat Legion depressed with a score of 3-1.

After defeating Valencia, Fiorentina, which won five games in this Champions League group stage, secured the top spot in the group one round ahead of schedule. In this way, Mourinho can focus more energy on the domestic arena and compete with Juventus, which is still very fierce in the score grab, and no longer have to be distracted by the European arena.

In the next two weekends, although Juventus, coached by Trapatoni, won two strong opponents Inter Milan and Lazio and achieved two consecutive victories, Fiorentina, who also focused on the league, also scored three points in the newly promoted team Messina and mid-range team Bologna, and both were big wins with a goal victory of more than three goals, and there was no chance to open the point gap for the Zebras!

At this point, after the first fourteen rounds of the Serie A, Fiorentina and Juventus both competed in the standings with thirteen wins and one loss and thirty-nine points. However, everyone knew very well that if nothing unexpected happened, the Serie A champion this season was destined to be born among these two teams!
Chapter completed!