Chapter 865 Bad Luck
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As the saying goes: Water is full and water is overflowing, and the moon is full and will lose. It means that no matter how prosperous everything in the world is, it will eventually become a day when it will flourish and decline. Florence is naturally no exception, and of course they must obey this objective law.
So, after ending the February journey with a total victory that everyone is eyeing, the performance of the Fiorentine players entering March began to become unstable on the court.
On March 5, in the 24th round of the Serie A, Fiorentina, who played at home, was accidentally tied by the league's deputy squad leader Piacenza, which allowed the bottom team to successfully take away a point from the Frankie Stadium!
The two strikers Vieri and Inzaghi, who started, suddenly couldn't find the goal of Piacenza that afternoon. They were wasting opportunities in the game, and they could be said to be the number one sinner who was tied by their opponents.
Vieri and Inzaggi's bad luck soon spread to other players on the Fiorentine field, such as Effenberg and Redondo. These two midfield superstars also lost the accuracy of their shooting in the game. Their several heavy guns either hit the goal post or flew directly out of the baseline; and Shevchenko, who was substituting Inzaggi, kicked a single shot directly into the arms of the goalkeeper Piacenza!
In addition, Villejoward's sudden outbreak is also one of the reasons why Fiorentina's home draw. In another month, the veteran who was over 41 years old will perform in this game, which makes people vaguely see the style of the great defender who was known as the number one in Italian football's central defender. Not only does Vieri not lose the advantage in direct confrontation, but also repeatedly destroys the carefully planned offensive by Effenbergs with his own game experience!
In the end, Florence and Piacenza, who were unable to find the shooting boots, met each other in the game, and watched the opponent who had obtained a point leave the Frankie Stadium with gritted teeth.
This season, the record of only one draw and one loss in the two games against Piacenza, obviously not satisfying Fiorentina fans. After all, Purple Lily is the leader in the league standings. The overlord of Italian football today will be at a disadvantage in the direct confrontation of the same bottom team. No matter who it is, he will probably feel incredible and extremely depressed.
However, the Fiorentine fans did not. They just complained after the game, drank some wine in a nearby bar and went home to rest. On the one hand, because the team still ranks first in the standings so far, neither Juventus nor Lazio could threaten its position because of a gutter capsized by Purple Lily; on the other hand, because Fiorentine's failure to win this game was indeed unlucky, and the players were unrepentant to not work hard.
Well, no team can guarantee that they will continue to win in a row. Just think that this is just an accident. The team will definitely return to normal at the beginning of the next league. This is the saying that many Fiorentine fans comfort themselves after the game.
However, a week later, on March 12, Fiorentina still failed to get out of this strange bad luck. They were beaten by Torino in the 25th round of the Serie A game and suffered an embarrassing defeat!
Gianluigi Rentini, a player who once set the world's No. 1 net worth when transferring to AC Milan, dreaming back to his peak that afternoon, and used a world wave twenty-five meters away to blow up Tordo's ten fingers, bringing a long-lost victory to his mother team - you know, before this game, Turin had not tasted the taste of victory in the entire six rounds of the league!
Looking at Florence again, when Heinquez and the fans witnessed the team hitting the goal frame of the Torino team six times within fifteen minutes of the game, they all fell into silence because of this strange phenomenon. In the following time, no matter how Heinquez made adjustments, Florence was unable to break this vicious circle, and in the end they could only watch Turin win a victory with a masterpiece from Rentini!
Having won one draw and one loss in the last two league games, Fiorentina's already double-digit lead has also shrunk significantly. After Juventus, who is currently ranked second, easily beat Piacenza away, the gap between the points and Purple Lily has narrowed to eight points!
Although Fiorentina still holds great initiative in this league championship battle, as the points gap between the two sides continues to narrow, they can already feel the rekindled desire to compete for the championship and the rising fighting spirit of the Zebra Legion!
However, before dealing with the challenge of Juventus, an aggressive chaser, Fiorentina first has to solve the threat from the European arena - in the following week, Fiorentina will usher in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals with Chelsea at Frankie Stadium!
Since in the first round of the two sides, Fiorentina, who was once two goals behind, completed a soul-stirring reversal with a hat trick by Inzaghi, took away a victory and three away goals from Chelsea's home Stamford Bridge Stadium. Therefore, this means that if Chelsea wants to break through and advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League after the end of this game, they must complete one of the following two conditions: or win over Fiorentina two or more goals in this game and advance to the next round of knockout rounds cleanly; and if they cannot do the first point, then this Premier League team needs to break Fiorentina's goal at least three times in the game, and at the same time win the game to ensure advancement.
If Chelsea cannot do both, then this English club's European tour this season will end here.
It is precisely because of this that Chelsea did not have the intention to compete with Fiorentina in this second round. After all, the first round of the two teams has shown a huge gap in overall strength between the two sides. Chelsea senior manager and head coach Viali naturally know this.
However, when Chelsea discovered that Fiorentina had actually lost one draw and one loss in the last two Serie A games and had not scored one goal, they suffered a defeat in weak teams such as Piacenza and Torino, and their luck was so bad that they were beyond replenishment, Viali, who had just wanted to lose less in this match, suddenly had another idea.
In the eyes of this young coach, if he can seize this opportunity and lead Chelsea to block Fiorentina from the quarterfinals of the Champions League, this will undoubtedly bring him great reputation and honor!
Chapter completed!