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After news of Fiorentina's away draw with Livorno and Juventus' home victory over Lecce came out one after another, Purple Lily's lead in the league standings narrowed to only two points with this draw. This means that as long as Fiorentina is not careful in the next league game, Juventus is likely to overtake the standings and drive Purple Lily from the leader!

Although it is indeed a very depressing thing for the team to capsize the gutter on Livorno, Mourinho did not blame the players after the game because of this unexpected draw. Because the Portuguese knew very well that the team's consecutive doubles after April did put a lot of pressure on the players' physical fitness. What's more, except that the opponent Livorno in the last game was considered a weak team, Fiorentina played two Champions League knockout matches with Liverpool in a week, and fought with Juventus for a full ninety minutes, and there was no chance of rest in the middle.

Therefore, after these few high-intensity games, it is quite difficult for Zi Lily to achieve three wins and one draw. Mourinho will naturally no longer ask the players to complete tasks such as four consecutive wins, which can tell the difficulty coefficients that are extremely high at a glance.

For Mourinho, his main task now is to let the players recover as soon as possible to meet the next game, avoid losing points on the league battlefield, rather than complaining about the past games. After all, although the four-point gap was narrowed to two points by Juventus, Fiorentina still has the initiative in this championship battle. Therefore, as long as Fiorentina can guarantee normal performance in the next league, it is almost impossible for Juventus to make a comeback.

Four days later, the 32nd round of the Serie A was scheduled. After a short rest, Fiorentina easily defeated the visiting Messina at Frankie Stadium, which disappointed the Juventus fans who were looking forward to the continued loss of points in Purple Lily. What surprised Juventus fans even more was that in the Italian derby three hours later, the Zebras, who were at home, were defeated by Inter Milan with one goal!

This sudden defeat made everyone in Juventus feel dizzy because it means that with the Serie A still six rounds are about to end, the gap between the Zebras and the top of the list has once again widened to more than five points!

Under the huge temptation of the Serie A championship, even the experienced Trapatoni made an undeserved mistake. In order to continue to maintain the pressure on Fiorentina, who was eager to win this round, Trapatoni, who was eager to win this derby, adopted an active offensive strategy at the beginning of the game. As a result, Inter Milan, who specialized in defensive counterattack, seized the opportunity of the formation being too weak to the defense. In the twelfth minute of the game, he used a quick counterattack to break through Juventus' goal, and finally defeated the Zebras away with this goal and took away three points from the Alp Stadium!

Although the league will not end with six rounds, most people are not optimistic about Juventus, which is already five points behind the top. After all, Fiorentina's performance in the league this season is quite stable. Although the record has fluctuated due to insufficient bench depth (compared to before) and multi-line combat, in general, Purple Lily's performance is still very reassuring, and the chance of being upset is much smaller than other teams.

If not, then the team that sits first in the standings now should be Juventus, not Fiorentina.

Immediately afterwards, in the 33rd round of Serie A game three days later, facing Bologna, who was waiting for the team at Dalala Stadium, Fiorentina relied on the goals of Vieri and Inzagi to easily defeat the opponent who had been in a low state after the winter break, and got these three valuable points and continued to maintain a five-point lead with the second place Juventus!

With five rounds left, he was five points behind the leader Fiorentina. This situation made almost any Juventus fan feel desperate. Juventus fans can't figure it out. The team was so strong at the beginning of the season, and a series of consecutive victories made all Serie A teams silent. Even Florence was under their control. Why are Purple Lily coming from behind now?

Of course, in order to maintain the points advantage that he had finally obtained in the consecutive week of double matches, Mourinho also paid a huge price for this. In the first round of the Champions League semi-finals in the mid-week, facing Lazio, who had devoted too much energy to the league battlefield, Fiorentina, who had no temper, lost 0-2 at the Olympic Stadium, was grabbed by the Blue Eagles to advance to the finals.

Although I was prepared for losing to Lazio, Mancini's remarks at the post-match press conference still made Mourinho very upset: "We have now found a way to deal with Fiorentina, and the victory of this game is the best evidence. Moreover, after nearly a season of running-in, the team's chemistry has become better and better. I believe that as long as we perform normally in the next game, we will have a good chance to bring the St. Berede Cup back to Rome by the end of the season!"

It has to be said that at this time, Mancini was only caring about boasting about the "great victory" of the Blue Eagles, but selectively ignored Lazio's precarious situation in the league standings (in order to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, the Blue Eagles, who were too distracted from the European match, are currently only ranked fifth in the league). The reporters present also took good care of him and did not pour cold water on Lazio's territory.

"Tsk! If Juventus hadn't pursued us relentlessly in the league and refused to announce his withdrawal from the championship competition, which made us unable to do our best in the Champions League, how could Lazio have the chance to defeat us!" After leaving the press conference, Mourinho said to Ferrara angrily. The latter could only smile bitterly at this time to comfort the Portuguese, so as not to run to Mancini for a live-action PK.
Chapter completed!