PS1: "Additional updates and completion plan" Chapter 26

PS2: Today's third update... It seems to be a little fever again, and I'm going to take a rest again at night...

After advancing from the quarterfinals of the Cup Winners, Fiorentina will face the defending champion in the semi-finals, Arsenal from the Premier League.

Speaking of which, there is a very interesting phenomenon in the Winners Cup, that is, no team can successfully defend the title.

In previous Cups of Winners, the last champion appeared in the finals of the second year five times, but they failed to defend their title without exception. The closest time was Parma from Serie A. They won the Cup of Winners in 1993 and reached the final again in the 1993-94 season, but lost to Arsenal 0-1 in the final, missing the opportunity to break the defensive curse.

And this time, facing this curse, Arsenal, who had just defeated Portuguese powerhouse Porto, who advanced to the semi-finals...

There is still a long time before the semi-finals of the Winners Cup, so let's turn the topic from the European arena back to Italy:

The Fiorentine players returning from Moscow have no extra time to regret their unexpected away defeat, because they are about to face Mo Da's boss Inter Milan at home.

After all, Morati officially took over Inter Milan in January this year, and the summer transfer period before the season was over. Although Boss Mo Da made some moves during the winter break, he could not fully express all the ideas and intentions of the new boss. For example, the cleaning of Ruben Sousa and Borgkamp, ​​because the entire season has just been halfway through, and the foreign aid quotas of each team are generally saturated, so naturally they will not have any ideas about these two players.

Therefore, during the winter transfer period, Morati only made some changes to the team's local players' composition.

However, it is foreseeable that Boss Mo Da, who likes to spend money and Inter Milan, who he is in charge, will probably be a role to accompany the prince to study this season, and next season is when they really start to make efforts.

In this game, Ranieri rotated some of the main players in preparation for the second leg of the Cup of Winners and was mentally prepared to be widened by Juventus, the top scorer. However, the final result was beyond his expectations: 2-1, Fiorentina, who had rotated half of the main lineup, defeated Inter Milan at home.

In fact, this is mainly because Inter Milan's defense has just undergone a major operation during the winter break, and the new arrival of Festa has not yet formed a tacit understanding with the team. Faced with the joint impact of two point-striking strikers, Montera and Inzaghi, Festa's two missed players led to the away defeat of the Nerazzurri.

Fiorentina's rival Juventus also won the Aqua Blues led by Mancini away. Under the trouble of new boss Mantovani Jr., the heart of the old Sampren who had once risen up Yu Yong's attempt to save the team slowly began to cool down.

Therefore, after the 21st round of the Serie A, Juventus still led Fiorentina by two points.

Before Zhuang Mingge returned to Italy, Fiorentina, which ended the second leg of the match with Spartac, played another Serie A game. However, this time, Ranieri, who had rotated many main players, did not have the good luck of the last time: Purple Lily lost 6-2 to Lazio, coached by Zeman at the Olympic Stadium.

In this game, Lazio's players were completely crazy. Dimatio, who replaced Gascoin as the core of the midfield, fully demonstrated his offensive talent. An assist hat trick made him the best player in this game.

Florence goalkeeper Toldo was very sad to take out the ball from the goal six times in 90 minutes. He had tried his best in this game, but Lazio's forwards were so smooth today. As long as they shot, they would go straight to the dead corner. This result made the young Toldo feel very helpless.

After returning to Fiorentina, the Purple Lily player who suffered a crushing defeat on the road finally heard a pretty good news, that is, the league leader Juventus failed to win a victory in this round of the league. They were stubbornly tied by Inter Milan in the "Italian derby".

I'll take a break, Lippi, did you do it on purpose? Why do we win and you win? If we lose, you will have a draw? Could it be that I was deliberately trying to make fun of Fiorentina?

This was Zhuang Mingge's first reaction after seeing the results of the 22nd round of the game, but then he understood that Juventus was also affected by the European war. After all, there were many strong teams participating in the UEFA Cup at this time, and it is normal for the Zebra Legion, which fought on the third-line, to experience ups and downs in its current state.

It would be great if Fiorentina could take advantage of the opportunity of Juventus' ups and downs in the standings, that would be great, Zhuang Mingge thought.

However, what Zhuang Mingge did not expect was that the first collapse was not Florence, Juventus and Parma, which were in the championship group, nor were the teams deeply trapped in the relegation quagmire, but the Aquarium-Blue Army - Sampdoria.

Although Sampdoria was poor for a while before the start of the season, the team's strength was unquestionable. After the 22nd rounds of the Serie A, the ranking of the fifth league should be considered a good result.

However, such a result that was obtained through the hard work of the players seemed so insignificant in the face of Mantovani's terrifying desire - because Sampdoria lost to Parma in the 23rd round of the game, and then the team was defeated by Juventus in the Italian Cup.

Two consecutive losses, out of the Cup, and gained nothing in the season... A series of "strikes" that should have been within their own range have caused Mantovani, who had accumulated a long time of dissatisfaction, to explode completely.

At a press conference held after the game against Juventus, the sanityless classmate Mantovani publicly threatened that if the team cannot defeat his opponent AC Milan in the next game, he would immediately remove his coach Eriksen from his position and undergo a large-scale blood exchange at the end of the season!

So, the old Sampdoria players who were already dissatisfied with the new boss felt that this time they were humiliated by this ignorant boss. In extreme anger, a collective volcano erupted: Evani said in an interview that he would leave next season; Gulit, who had just returned to Sampdoria this season, was put on the injury list because he publicly scolded Mantovani at a press conference; even the Swedish head coach Erikson, who had always been gentle and sleek, quietly contacted the next home through his agent...

The biggest reason why Mantovani dared to publicly say such a bold statement as "large-scale blood exchange" is that he relies on his biggest reliance on his belief that Sampdoria's current family is enough for him to squander like this, but the fact is not so.

Although Sampdoria, under the painstaking efforts of her former boss, the club's financial situation is indeed richer than most teams, and she is indeed confident to buy a group of capable players again. However, Zhuang Mingge knew that Little Mantovani, who was similar to his age, made the stupidest mistake because of his ignorance and arrogance: he should not regard the team as an emotional toy, play whatever he wants, and blame the toys for being unsatisfactory if he doesn't play well...
Chapter completed!