Chapter Fourteen Keep Waiting

Chapter Fourteen Keep Waiting

The club's record was not good, and Degan couldn't help at all because of his injury. The same European Cup qualifiers were raging, and Degan could only stay at home and worry.

Antiiennis continued the World Cup lineup, but Belgium has played five games so far and only achieved two wins, one draw and one loss. It is really difficult to satisfy the fans.

Although people know that Belgium's poor record is due to the lack of the core of the striker Degan, but if the World Cup runner-up team can't even cope with the European Cup qualifiers, it is really unreasonable.

In the first match, they were tied 0:0 by Kazakhstan, which was a huge team. It was already eye-popping. In the second match, they were defeated 1:0 by the old enemy, the Slavs who had degenerated from Serbia and Montenegro into Serbia.

Fortunately, Antiiennis adjusted his tactics in time and took up the banner of defensive counterattack again. In the next two games, he first defeated Armenia 1:0, and then defeated Azerbaijan 3:0 in the away game. In a game that ended recently, they were shaved 1-0 by Poland again.

Antiiennis is also struggling now. Without Degan, the team seems to have lost its soul. Even if he has a thousand tricks in his mind, no one will implement them. All he can do now is wait, continue to wait .

The national team is waiting for Digan's return, and so is Fiorentina. In the days without Digan, they can only hold on.

In the eleventh round of Serie A, Fiorentina played at home against Degan's old club Atlanta. Pacini continued to miss the game due to injury, and Mutu and Cavinaghi partnered up front.

In the thirteenth minute, the Atalanta set ball seemed to hit Pascual's arm, but the Fiorentina team mistook the opponent for a handball. However, the Atalanta team did not stop the attack. Midfielder Migliaccio pushed in front of the goal and scored his first goal. Serie A goal.

An accidental loss of the ball did not disrupt Fiorentina's position. As a result, Fiorentina tied the score in less than a minute. Ujfalusi passed the ball, and Montolivo, who came from the Atlanta youth academy, was headed by Taibi. out, but Mutu succeeded in following up with a supplementary shot.

The two teams still had a lot of chances to score after that, and before the end of the first half, Viola made another one, and Jorgensen was replaced by Donadale due to injury.

After the start of the second half, Ledesma received a direct pass from Mutu and volleyed at the mid-range goal post. Soon, his close-range shot was blocked by Taibi, followed by a lob shot and hit the side net, and then he responded to a corner kick. The ball went slightly wide of the far post.

The game entered the stoppage time period. After Fiorentina intercepted the ball in the midfield, they played a beautiful counterattack. Mutu shot obliquely to equalize the score. In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Atlanta's free kick was destroyed. Fiorentina counterattacked and Mutu scored two goals with a calm shot. The speed helped Florence secure the victory.

After a three-game losing streak, Fiorentina finally got their first points in half a season, but a victory cannot completely solve the current problems of Fiorentina. Their players are young and talented, but they also lack experience and are in good form. There is no way to be coherent, there are ups and downs, and after Albertini was injured and truce, there is a lack of a character who can stabilize the morale of the army.

Whenever this time comes, what people miss most is Degan, the super striker who is majestic on the court and can knock down opponents by himself.

However, they still need to continue to wait.

In the twelfth round of the league, Fiorentina once again overturned the away game and drew with Ascoli 1:1. In stoppage time in the first half, Liverani took a corner kick, Pagliuca made a mistake, and Pazzini returned from injury with a header break down. After the start of the second half, in the 76th minute, Ascoli's free kick caused a scuffle. Bielanovic equalized the score. Fiorentina lost two points at the last moment and continued to rank first from the bottom with four points.

In the thirteenth round of the league, Fiorentina was a guest at Siena, and the two teams staged a Tuscan derby. In the 18th minute, Siena played a wonderful counterattack. Flick responded with a direct pass from the right and knocked back from the bottom. Midfielder Antonelli then scored with his left foot.

In the 30th minute, Mutu took a free kick near the left baseline but passed it directly to the opponent. Siena made a quick counterattack. Locatelli dribbled the ball through the midfield and passed. Frick cleverly broke through Liverani. Left foot volley in front of the goal, saved by goalkeeper Frey.

In the 38th minute, Abate made a low pass from the right. Gastadello made a tackle to make a clearance but missed the ball. Mutu stopped the ball with his left foot and pushed with his right foot to equalize.

After the start of the second half, Pacini threatened the opponent's goal twice, but the Austrian goalkeeper Manninger saved the day, especially by saving Pacini's heel shot for the second time.

In the final stage, Siena took advantage of the advantage of the home court to strengthen the offensive, but the shots of Chiesa, Gastadello, and Conco were all in vain. The two teams finally shook hands 1:1. Fiorentina suffered two rounds of victory .

In the fourteenth round of the league, Fiorentina played against Lazio 1-0 at home and scored eight points. In the 15th minute of the game, Fiorentina's free kick caused chaos in the penalty area, and Pacini grabbed ahead of Stendado. He scored the only goal of the game with a right-footed volley.

In the next fifteenth round of the league, Fiorentina captured Chievo 1-0 in an away game. Not long after the opening, Chievo's midfielder Brigi injured his cheekbone and was replaced by Digan's old teammate Marcolini.

In the fifty-ninth minute, Donadale scored a long shot into the net, but the offside Fiorentina player interfered with the goalkeeper Sicignano, and the goal was disallowed. As a result, in the eightieth minute of the game, A long pass from Montolivo and a shot from the edge of the box by Mutu gave Fiorentina the victory.

After the 15th round of the league, in the standings, Inter Milan is the best, with 15 games, 12 wins and 3 draws, with 39 points and proud of Serie A.

Inter Milan's young marshal Mancini has also become a man of the Italian football. As a player, Mancini once played for the ball twice in the 1990/91 season, in Sampdoria and in the 1999/00 season in Lazio. The team won the league title, and now, as the head coach of Inter Milan, Mancini is working hard for the third league title in his life, which is actually won on the pitch. If successful, Inter Milan fans will see To the league trophy that has been absent for eighteen years.

So far this year's Serie A has gone through fifteen rounds. After these fifteen rounds, Mancini's team remains unbeaten, and the winning streak has reached eight games. Many records in the history of Serie A.

Thanks to Torrazio, the point gap between Inter Milan and the second-placed Roma in the league standings has now widened to seven points. If the winning streak can be maintained before the winter break, Inter Milan is likely to win in the league. In January, a solid foundation was laid for winning the championship at the end of the game.

For Mancini leading Inter Milan's outstanding achievements this season, there are many outside discussions. Many of Inter Milan's old opponents or people who are used to seeing Mancini's "ugly" have more or less expressed their doubts about the gold content of Mancini's current achievements.

Juventus was out, AC Milan was seriously injured, participated in carve up the Juventus team and snatched multiple signing targets from AC Milan, and the formed Inter Milan team was ridiculed by the former Juventus manager Moggi : "Even if Mancini goes to the movies now, Inter Milan can still win."

Recently, a poll on the website of Gazzetta dello Sport seems to confirm this point of view from another aspect. In this secret poll called: "What do you think is the secret of Inter Milan?" Opponents of the same heavyweight and the respondents who believe that having a team of big-name players are the success factors of Inter Milan each account for 40%. Only 4% of the surveyors attributed Inter Milan's current results to Mancini's hard work. For a head coach, such a judgment result is undoubtedly not a compliment.

Just a few months ago, in the eyes of many senior coaches in the Serie A coaching circle, Mancini was still a mediocre young man. Many people also thought that with Mancini's ability, he could not manage a team like Inter Milan. Such a rich team full of many big names.

However, in just two or three months, the new look that Mancini brought to Inter Milan has already made many former doubters look at Mancini differently. All kinds of ridicule from the outside world, and now even Mancini is in the Serie A coaching circle. Colleagues also felt that it was a bit too much. Many coaches expressed their support for Mancini and their opposition to outside doubts when they attended the Golden Bench Awards Ceremony.

Roma coach Spalletti said in an interview with "Turin Sports News": "It is natural to think that a team with many big-name stars can easily win, but in fact such a team is very difficult to manage. It's probably more difficult. Mancini did a great job, and that's why I say he's amazing."

Coach Mazzoni said: "Coaching has always been a difficult job, and it is even more difficult to guide a team full of big-name players like Inter Milan: the coach not only has to make the choice of which player to play. , but also responsible for the choices he made, in this Inter Milan team, Mancini's role is very important."

Also expressing support for Mancini is Lippi, the former main coach of the Italian national team who has just won the Special Contribution Award issued by the Coaches Association.

When the Silver Foxes praised their team as "a great team", Mancini was flattered and thanked Lippi with a smile on his face.

In an interview with "Turin Sport" afterwards, Lippi said: "There is no need to talk about the trophies that have been awarded. However, Mancini's team has performed very well this season. They have shown their style and strength. , defeated such excellent teams as Roma, Palermo and Milan. I have personally congratulated Mancini. When. I think, even if Juventus is still there, they can win."

In the face of all kinds of ridicule, Moratti, the boss of Inter Milan, also stood up to defend Mancini's honor, and compared him to Inter Milan's new Herrera and Trapattoni: "Now this Inter Milan is Manchester United. Chiney built it brick by brick and as a young coach he faced a lot of difficulties and overcame them. He is very trustworthy, a very reliable person and I am sure he will prove that he is not No better than any good coach before him."

However, Mancini himself still maintains a clear understanding of the winning streak record, Moratti's favor, and the affirmation of many seniors and colleagues in the coaching world: "Although the winning streak record looks wonderful, only the final champion In order to make everything really meaningful, only the championship can be remembered by people. The brilliant records set by Herrera and Trapattoni are only remembered by people because they won the championship at the same time, so I will say that I What I want more is Inter Milan, which will be at the top of the list next May."

Mancini likes to meet challenges since he was a player. When Mancini first came to Inter Milan in early 2005, he once said that taking over Inter Milan is his biggest challenge: "If you can succeed after years of downturn Getting inter back on top will give a much more real sense of satisfaction. Teams like juventus and ac milan are used to winning, almost every coach who goes there can do it, from that perspective , it will not be as challenging in those two teams as it was in Inter."

Today's Inter Milan is called "Mancini's Inter Milan". In this regard, Mancini said: "This is Moratti's team. I am just the team's coach. What makes me most happy now is The bench players on the team are almost as good as the starters. The hardest part of my job is choosing who to take off the roster and who to put on the bench. It's not easy, the players are almost as good as They're all equally good, but I can only get eleven guys on the field. I try to communicate with everyone, but I can't do it every day. Praise comes easily when things are going well, but I never change The way we work, it doesn't matter what other people say, we are working hard now, focusing on the league and the Champions League, as for the rest, we don't care."

Mancini has now become a man of the hour, but there are still some people who are not convinced by his achievements. This person is Digan. When he was in AC Milan last season, Mancini once expressed his respect for Digan in an interview. Gan's disdain.

"Deegan is really not rough, but I think Adriano is even better!"

Now Degan is saying the same thing back to Mancini: "He barely passes, but Prandelli is the best manager! Has he succeeded? I don't see it, at least he doesn't have one yet." A real championship trophy!"

Mancini was full of ambition, but he was suddenly punched on the head by Degan, of course he was upset: "He is not qualified to judge my achievements at all, he should first think about his own situation now, look at him What did he do for Fiorentina, unfortunately, nothing, he is just sick now, enjoying the high salary offered by Fiorentina, but he has not played even a minute for Fiorentina!"

controversy! The debate is on again!

The reporters were excited again. They are definitely a group in this world who don't dislike big things when they watch the excitement. The more noisy people are, the more excited they are.

Sure enough, Degan did not disappoint them, and soon scolded Mancini bloody: "He said I am not qualified. When I won the Champions League trophy, he didn't even know what the Champions League trophy looked like." I don't know, he actually said that I'm not qualified, maybe the current results are enough for him, it's really sad, the league is not over yet! Before the end of the league, anything can happen, why is he so proud now Son! I remember that Fiorentina will meet Inter Milan this season, and at that time, I will beat his team to the ground!"

The scolding battle between Degan and Mancini soon attracted the interest of others, such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Degan's main scolding partner in the first season, and the Swedish tower in Juventus last season His performance was not good, especially against the background of Digan's outstanding performance, he himself was a little bit unable to open his mouth, but the situation is different now.

The Swede has scored 16 goals in 15 games this season. He is amazing. If it weren't for the two eggs below, he could fly to the sky.

"That brazilian kid had better shut up now and just lie down in the hospital. Robert is right. He really has no right to comment on Inter Milan. What's more, the most unbearable thing is that he ignores us. Work hard, can it be said that he has done something this season? If you are not convinced, let's try it out. I have scored 16 goals this season, what about him?"

After Ibrahimovic's remarks broke out, netizens immediately shouted shameless, you are alive and kicking as a striker at Inter Milan, Digan has experienced serious injuries and is still recovering.

Are sixteen goals a lot?

According to Degan's previous scoring efficiency, it was just a matter of five or six games. Now the Swede is as beautiful as picking up a big gold tooth. Don't think about how sad his situation will be once Degan pays.

However, Degan didn't seem interested, and he bickered with Ibrahimovic on the number of goals, but said during the counterattack: "I remember he said last season that he would retire at Juventus." , and after the phone door incident broke out, he once said that he would advance and retreat with Juventus, this man! It really only takes three seconds to change his mind! In addition, the Swedish Gao, forgot to say, I am back !"