Chapter 590 Difficult March (3)
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After tied with Lecce away, Fiorentina ranked first in the standings with 21 wins, two draws and two losses. Although Purple Lily only achieved one win, one draw and one loss in the last three rounds of the league, the gap between Juventus and Inter Milan and Fiorentina has not been shortened much: the Zebras ranked second in the standings with 14 wins, eight draws, three losses and fifty losses. The 15-point gap with Fiorentina made all Juventus fans feel desperate; the Nerazzurri ranked third with 14 wins, four draws, seven losses and forty-six points, which is a 19-point gap with Fiorentina.
At this time, the 1997-98 Serie A season will end with nine rounds left, and Juventus and Inter Milan, like Fiorentina, both have to face the situation of fighting on the third line. In this case, both clubs and their fans no longer have extravagant expectations for the league championship. After all, such a huge gap cannot be broken up just by just talking, especially when these two teams are also distracted by the Champions League game, Inter Milan and Juventus want to catch up with the leading Fiorentina.
Therefore, although he unexpectedly tied with Lecce in this round of the league, the Italian media did not look down on Fiorentina's prospects for winning the league this season.
However, although the league battlefield was very good, Fiorentina failed to win a victory at Frankie Stadium when she returned to home.
In the 26th round of Serie A competition held on March 22, the whole team of Fiorentina was still in the back. Facing Bologna, which was much weaker than the same period in history, Purple Lily failed to score a three-pointer from this opponent. After ninety minutes of the battle with Bologna, neither team was able to score in the game and ended the game with a draw.
In this game, Fiorentina cannot be said to be unable to work hard. Under the leadership of Batistuta and Effenberg, the two captains, the players worked very hard in the game, almost reaching the point where they must compete for every goal.
Unfortunately, Fiorentina still did not get favor from the goddess of luck in this game: Batistuta's powerful shot in the small penalty area directly hit the arms of Bologna goalkeeper Antonioli; although Ronaldo beat Antonioli's defense, his push shot was rushed to the goal line by the Bologna defender in time; Effenberg's heavy shot in the 65th minute directly broke through the entire Bologna's defense line, and even goalkeeper Antonioli announced his surrender, but the ball hit the crossbar of the goal and bounced out of the baseline, allowing Ronaldo and Batistuta who were guarding in front of the goal to have no chance to make a follow-up shot...
In this way, Fiorentina had to accept the bitter fruit of a draw with Bologna at home.
Three consecutive games ended with a draw, and this result caused discussions about Fiorentina in the outside world.
Many non-Fiorentine fans are happily claiming that after more than three years of glorious period, the Fiorentine players full of championship honors have finally begun to lose their sense of victory over the championship and honor, and cannot tolerate Capello's iron-blooded rule. The team's internal conflicts have led to a decline in Fiorentine's record after March. Although the Fiorentine fans were a little surprised by the team's three consecutive draws, their emotions were very stable, thinking that this was just a self-adjustment made by the team after the third-line battle, and they could soon return to the track of victory.
Besides, even if Fiorentina has now got a few draws in the league, the 15-point difference between the second place is enough to make Fiorentina squander (Note: Juventus, ranked second, tied with Parma in this round of the league), after all, Juventus and Inter Milan also have to be distracted in European competitions, and it is impossible to guarantee a complete victory in the remaining league games.
After dating with Bologna, Fiorentina, who had been extremely lucky recently, has ushered in the Italian Cup with AC Milan in the middle of this week. In the first leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals, Fiorentina, which has been poorly good recently, still failed to win against AC Milan led by Ranieri. Liberian veteran George Via showed his power and helped the Ross and Blacks defeat Fiorentina two-to-one at home.
However, Ze Roberto's long-range shot in the 86th minute allowed Fiorentina, who lost away, to score a away goal, leaving hope for Purple Lily to turn the tables in the second leg half a month later.
While this defeat caused Fiorentina to be embarrassed by four consecutive games, it also set the longest record of Purple Lily's continuous unbeat after Zhuang Mingge took over Fiorentina!
In all the six games that had ended in March, Fiorentina had only one win, three draws and two losses, making Purple Lily's European overlord's title seem a bit unworthy of its name.
Therefore, after losing to his old club AC Milan, Capello, who felt a heavy responsibility, devoted all his energy to adjusting the players' psychological state and allowing the players to keep a normal mind as much as possible to play. Only in this way can Fiorentina get out of this unbeatable circle.
Capello still knows the truth that hasteness leads to failure.
However, even though that's the case, it still takes a refreshing victory to make Fiorentine players truly let go of this anxious game mentality, not just those psychological counseling.
On March 29, facing the former powerhouse Naples, who was at the bottom of the points, the Fiorentine player who was eager to break the vicious circle of unbeatable successive vented all the bad luck and anger he had accumulated recently on this Italian team.
Although there is another quarter-final match between Barcelona and Barcelona in three days, this does not prevent Capello from fighting against this bottom team. Therefore, Capello sent a lot of main players in this game so that they can vent their skills on this opponent.
Toldo, Angeloma, Nesta, Matrazi, Carlos, Dibiagio, Redondo, Zanetti, Rui Costa, Vieri and Inzagi... For Napoli, which ranks at the bottom of the points, this starting lineup of Fiorentina is obviously a bit too cruel.
Vieri was under the defense of Ayala, who was much shorter than him, and he scored twice in the entire game in Napoli's penalty area. Inzaghi also scored a goal under the cover of the former. Carlos scored a beautiful long shot, and Redondo played Napoli's goalkeeper with a lob shot...
Chapter completed!