Chapter 141 Preparing for Battle

Chapter 141 Preparing for Battle

3:1!

Fiorentina won the victory at home as they wished. Although Arsenal had an away goal, the current situation is actually very difficult for them to appear.

Even if Arsenal are at home in the next round, they need to score at least two goals to get a ticket to Moscow, but to score goals, Arsenal must invest more troops in the offense. It will cause emptiness in the rear, and Fiorentina is not a vegetarian. Their offensive ability is also very strong. As long as Fiorentina scores a goal, Arsenal will basically have no chance.

Although Wenger was a little disappointed with the result, he was still full of confidence in the press conference after the game: "This score is not the end of the world for us. We scored an away goal and returned home. As long as we score two goals, we will be the winners in the end! I have great confidence in my players, they are the best players, back to the Emirates Stadium, everything will wait and see!"

Wenger also praised the team's new captain Cesc Fabregas: "He is a genius, there is no doubt about it. At the last moment of the game, he had a chance to score a goal, but unfortunately he was a little bit unlucky. It's not his responsibility, I don't want to complain, but the condition of the venue today is really bad!"

Unlike Wenger's determination and complaints, Prandelli seemed a little cautious: "In this game, my players performed very well. They did everything they could do. Rhodes' performance today is unparalleled. He used two A goal and an assist proved that he is the best player in the world, yes! the best,

none of them! As for the next game, our goal has always been clear. We will do our best to win any game, and this goal will never change! "

Having won the initiative to advance, and then returning to the league, Fiorentina, which has won the championship ahead of schedule, still performed very well. In the thirty-fourth round of the league, Fiorentina played against Palermo at home.

In the first round of the contest between the two teams this season, Palermo defeated Fiorentina at home, which also ended Fiorentina's 18-game winning streak in the league.

Now the two teams meet again at the Frakchi Stadium. Although they have just competed with Arsenal, Prandelli still sent all the main players in this game.

In the tenth minute of the first half, Fiorentina took the lead. Degan broke into the penalty area and made a pass. Pazzini followed up with a push from the center and scored the ball into the goal.

Just three minutes later, Fiorentina extended their lead when Kompany headed home a free kick from Digan, 2-0!

After the start of the second half, Palermo scored a goal from Miccoli, but immediately after, Degan scored twice. In the end, the result of the game was locked at 4:1, and Fiorentina succeeded in revenge.

In addition, among the highlights of this round, Juventus defeated Atalanta 2-0, and AC Milan defeated Reggina with Inzaghi's brace at San Siro at home. The competition between the two teams for the Champions League places is still not end yet.

After a week's rest, the thirty-fifth round of the league continued. Fiorentina continued to host Sampdoria at home. Prandelli sent a rotation lineup for this game, but they were scored by Sampdoria in the first half. With two goals, Cassano, who moved to Sampdoria in winter, passed and shot.

Seeing that the team was about to lose, someone finally stood up in the second half. This time it was Montolivo who came back from injury. After coming off the bench, it only took seven minutes. He passed the ball twice and assisted Ledesma respectively. And Pacini scored a goal to equalize the score.

At the last moment of the game, Fiorentina still had a chance to turn defeat into victory, but it was a pity that when Mutu, who came off the bench, faced the goalkeeper directly, he kicked the ball on the goalkeeper and missed the chance to overtake.

In the end, the game ended in a draw. Although there was no continuation of the victory, for Florence, which had already won the championship in advance, the result of the game was not so important.

In the other two key games, AC Milan was tied 1:1 by Livorno at home, and Juventus beat Lazio 3:0 at home. The points gap between the two sides was widened to seven points. , now exists only in theory.

In the thirty-sixth round of the league, Fiorentina challenged Cagliari away. In this game, Prandelli continued to use the rotation lineup. In the end, with Cavinaghi's brace and Pacini's icing on the cake at the last moment of the game, Fiorentina beat their opponent 3:0 away.

At the same time, in the Milan Derby with a goal at the San Siro Stadium, AC Milan was ashamed and brave enough to defeat Inter Milan, which was in constant turmoil. The next day, Juventus was defeated by Siena after leading half of the game The reversal was completed 3:2, and the gap with AC Milan was once again narrowed to four points. The general of AC Milan ignited the fire of hope again. There are two rounds left in the league. Maybe they really have a chance to redeem themselves.

After the game, Ancelotti also said that the battle is not over: "We still have a chance now, and our goal now is to enter the Champions League next season!"

Listen, how ambitious, the reporter was so touched that he curled his lips.

It seems that this fat man, at the beginning of the season, vowed that the goal of AC Milan this season is to win all the championship titles. As a result, after nearly a year, his attitude changed immediately, from the championship to a Champions League competition quota.

But is this quota so easy to get?

The pressure on them is Juventus. Juventus, who have returned to Serie A, will never give up this opportunity. They also want to rise again, and they are more urgent than AC Milan.

"The gap of four points is not an insurmountable gap. We are confident to achieve the goal. Everyone can wait and see!"

All right!

Let this fat guy continue to fantasize. Probably his confidence comes from Pato's comeback, but don't forget that Kaka, the core of the team, is still lying sick.

AC Milan and Juventus are their business. The next thing Fiorentina has to do is to prepare for the second round of the Champions League semi-final against Arsenal.

After the game against Cagliari, Prandelli did not announce the order to rest, but let the team participate in the training camp. The players did not complain about this. Although everyone was tired after the game, they wanted to win. To win the game, all they have to do is to be more fully prepared.

In the first round of the contest between the two teams, although Fiorentina won and scored three goals for Arsenal, it also exposed some problems. The formation looked a bit chaotic.

Especially when Arsenal's central midfielders frequently attack the wing and hit behind the full-backs, the midfielder obviously does not have enough protection for the full-backs.

Before the end of the game, the opportunity created by Fabregas was that Hleb suddenly pulled to the left, and Rosicky passed the ball directly behind Macho. At that time, there was no one around Hleb. The Fiorentina defensive player turned out to let him cut calmly. When the Fiorentina defensive player pounced, there was a large space around him. Hleb kicked a pass and tore open the hole, almost causing the ball to be lost.

In the second round of the contest between the two teams, Arsenal, which has been pushed to the edge of a cliff, will definitely counterattack desperately. At that time, if similar problems occur again, it will be fatal.

From the beginning of the training camp, Prandelli focused on the team's defense. For this reason, he also brought the youth team over to imitate Arsenal's style of play to train the team's defense. Of course, the strength of the Fiorentina youth team is naturally inferior. The method is compared with Arsenal, but there is still a certain value in operating this kind of targeted training.

After two days of training, the Fiorentina team set off for London one day earlier. Of course, Arsenal will definitely not receive them, but there are also people in London who welcome their arrival.

That is Arsenal's rival Tottenham Hotspur. At White Hart Lane, Degan also met the young Gareth Bale. Out of gratitude to Tottenham Hotspur, Degan also trained Yu directed Bell's free kick.

The warm hospitality from Tottenham Hotspur made the Fiorentina team feel at home. The only unbearable thing is probably the humid weather in London.

"Rod! I just want to finish this damn game as soon as possible, and then return to Florence. I don't even want to stay in this ghostly place for one more day!" Paccini's complaints are almost becoming a signature in Florence. .

"Have you heard? Arsenal seems to have refused our request to warm up at the Emirates Stadium before the game, hell! These bloody Brits!"

Degan, as the captain, of course knew that although Arsenal's refusal was a bit unreasonable, the reasons given by them were very good. The turf should be maintained to avoid things like Frakchi Stadium from happening at the Emirates Stadium.

And Arsenal also helped Fiorentina to train a university, they can go there to train, so although the staff of the Fiorentina club are dissatisfied, they have nothing to do.

Of course, the maintenance of the field and the like are all tricks that Wenger came up with, nothing more than to interfere with Florence's preparations.

"Gianpaolo! I don't find it strange at all, and I think similar things will definitely happen again, and you will know when the time comes!"

"Like what?" Paccini asked.

Deegan smiled and said, "Like they planted a bomb in the locker room!"

When Paccini heard this, his face immediately turned pale: "This should not happen!"

"Wait and see!"