The national team match day ended, and Fiorentina, which was not affected by too many "FIFA viruses", went south to Naples on November 20 to prepare for the tenth round of Serie A.

This season, due to the loss of main players in the team in the summer, even the head coach turned to Juventus' arms and completely became a relegation team. Therefore, in this game, the players in Fiorentina who had been resting for half a month, solved their opponents in three or five, and the final score was 5-1.

It is worth mentioning that Batistuta continued to be in a hot state since the start of Serie A. In the game against Naples, he scored a hat-trick, increasing his league goal number to 15, and also tied the Serie A personal consecutive goal record set by Pasti.

In the 11th round of Serie A, Florence faced Sampdoria, who was performing the "last madness" at Frankie Stadium.

Zhuang Mingge, who was sitting in the box watching the whole game, knew that if history had not changed, by this time next year, half of the players of the Sampdoria team would leave and be sold by the foolish and arrogant little Mantovani.

Although the current Sampdoria still has some shadows of the "Golden Samp" back then, the attack line composed of Mancini, Yugovic, Gulit and others is still sharp, the advantages gained by the gorgeous attack will always be ruined by the dizzy Zeng Jia.

But unfortunately, I don’t know if it was because the goal of Frankie Stadium was having a quarrel with Fiorentina today. Purple Lily’s several threatening shots successfully passed Zeng Jia’s defense, but was ruthlessly blocked by the goal post and crossbar. Only Batistuta used a corner kick in the 28th minute to score.

The Aqua Blues first equalized the score by Gulit in the opening stage of the second half. After the Dutch shot Ferrara's long shot, the flight direction changed. Thordo, caught off guard, could only watch the ball fly into the goal helplessly.

In the injury time of the game, Sampdoria got a chance to have a free kick in the frontcourt. Yugoslav central defender Mikhailovic, who took the set ball, successfully broke Tordo's ten fingers, and Fiorentina was defeated by Sampdoria at the last moment.

After the game, Batistuta, who had just broken the record of consecutive goals, said when accepting congratulations from reporters, he hoped that Fiorentina would win the game more than he could set a goal record.

"Fiorentina hasn't won the league championship for a long time. Our goal is only this. If I don't score a goal, the team can win, then I will do that." Barty said in the interview.

After hearing Bati's words from the local TV station, the love and respect for him grew higher. Outside the training ground in Florence, the number of fans wearing Batistuta No. 9 jerseys was increasing.

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After this game, Fiorentina ranked first in the Serie A standings with 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, with 25 points. However, behind Purple Lily, Parma, controlled by the Tanji family, and Juventus, of the Agnelli family, were eyeing behind Fiorentina with 24 and 23 points respectively.

Subsequently, Fiorentina faced the second round of the Copa Italy opponent at home - Lazio, who also came from Serie A. Ranieli's crazy attack posture against Zeman was still very difficult. In the end, Fiorentina was tied 1:1 by Lazio at home.

Ranieri has no time to be upset because in the next 12th round of Serie A, Fiorentina will go to Turin to challenge the Zebra Legion coached by the "Silver Fox" Lippi.

This is the first time that Florence has fought with Juventus after becoming chairman, and Zhuang Mingge couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

As a time traveler, Zhuang Mingge certainly knows how "awesome" this Lippi first-stage Juventus is: three Serie A champions 94-95, 96-97, 97-98; from 96 to 98, he reached the European Championship final for three consecutive years. If it weren't for the fact that Moji's old fox and Lippi later had some shackles in the team building policy, resulting in Lippi being forced to resign, Juventus' glory period would have lasted longer.

The Zebras are now becoming more and more perfect with the efforts of Moji and Lippi. Although Zhuang Mingge poached Ferrara and Tacinadi in advance, Juventus is still full of stars: Peruzzi, Toricelli, Coral, Juliano and Pesotho are not very famous, but they are all powerful stars; in terms of midfield, Deschamps, Paul Sousa, Dilivio and Antonio Conte can attack and defend; on the front line, there are two best Italian strikers: Viali and Robert Baggio!

Moreover, Juventus' bench can also be called a lot of talents: "Black-headed man" Lavanelli, old captain Maroc... and the "Zebra Prince" del Piero, who is already well-known in Italian football!

It can be said that from any aspect, Juventus now has the strength to compete for honor.

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On the day of the top battle between Florence and Juventus, Zhuang Mingge came to Turin.

The reason why Zhuang Mingge came to Turin was because a few days ago he received an invitation from Juventus general manager Moji. The old fox appeared to invite the chairman of Florence to the Alp Stadium to watch the peak showdown between Florence and Juventus on the weekend.

However, Zhuang Mingge learned from "other channels" that the main purpose of Mo Lao Fox is to discuss with Zhuang Mingge the sale of Robert Baggio next summer.

If this is true, in Zhuang Mingge's opinion, Juventus, who has always been calm, is obviously a bit hasty and even unreasonable in dealing with this issue: Juventus is now in a booming period, and selling its leading star at this time is unimaginable, not to mention anything else, just a blow to the team's morale is unimaginable.

If the information you get is reliable enough, what will prompt Juventus to make such a big forward adjustment?

Is it because the young Del Piero had excellent performance when Baggio was injured that Juventus executives think he is fully capable of replacing Robert Baggio's position?

Or is there a sudden crisis inside Juventus that is unknown to outsiders?

Why did Juventus choose to ask Florence for the price when he was about to sell Baggio? It was obvious that their natural ally, AC Milan, was the better choice! Old Berlusconi, who was still enthusiastic about investing in football at this time, should be willing to pay for it to introduce Baggio out of his own pocket.

There are still doubts about these issues. Zhuang Mingge needs to analyze and infer it through his wisdom and analyze it bit by bit in his conversation with Mo Lao Fox later.

"Hey, it seems that I have to deal with that cunning old Moji fox again." In Zhuang Mingge's opinion, Moji is an opponent that he has a little awe and has to face.

Sunday, December 4, 1994.

On this day, Turin was covered with clouds, but people here did not have time to think about why this abnormal weather "violated" the Mediterranean climate occurred at this time. More than half of the 1.2 million people in Turin were on high alert because they knew that their team was about to welcome the most important opponent of the season at the Alp Stadium - the current Serie A leader, Florence!
Chapter completed!