The Era of Emerald

Although the other teams were very depressed about the official explanation given by the old Maldini, they really had nothing to refute.These teams dare not deliberately belittle Fiorentina. You must know that to belittle your opponent is to belittle yourself—since you call the team that won you garbage and worthless, then what are people who can’t even win with garbage? ?

In this way, with this group of players handpicked by himself, the old Maldini went to Georgia with confidence, where the Apennines will challenge this team that has existed for less than six years.

Since Italy was in the same group as England in this qualifier group, and the qualifiers have been played so far, the points of the two teams are still quite close.The most important thing is that according to the rules of the European qualifiers for this World Cup, the nine group winners and one group runner-up with the best score will be eligible to directly qualify for the World Cup in France, and the remaining eight second-group runners-up will fight against each other Two rounds of play-offs will be played, from which the winner will be awarded the final four spots.

Therefore, for this game, the old Maldini did not dare to be careless. Before the game started, he always reminded the players to concentrate on playing the game well, for fear that the team would be overtaken by the English behind in the standings due to underestimation of the enemy.

Since there is a possibility of directly advancing after the group stage, no one wants the team he leads to face the cruel play-offs.In that two-round knockout round, God knows what surprises might arise.If you accidentally take it off, you will cry without tears...

So, in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, the Italians who focused on the game staged a bloody massacre here.

In this game, the old Maldini formed the same four-four-two formation as Fiorentina, with Vieri and Inzaghi partnering as two forwards, Roberto Baggio responsible for transporting shells behind them, Tomasi and Di No Baggio was in charge of the interception, Albertini dragged back to sort out the midfield and served as the midfield commander.

On the defense line, Maldini still firmly occupies the position of starting left back. As long as he is not suspended or affected by injuries, the captain of AC Milan is the first choice for the position of left back in the national team; The defender has changed from Panucci to the younger Zambrotta, and the central defender is still an extremely stable combination of Ferrara and Nesta.Although Parma's Cannavaro is not weaker than Ferrara in terms of strength, his shortcoming of occasionally falling off the top made the old Maldini position him as the third choice for the central defender position.

In the battle between Pagliuca and Toldo for the starting goalkeeper of the national team, the final winner this time was the talented rookie Buffon from Parma.Therefore, Pagliuca had to sit on the bench full of resentment and watch the performance of the younger generation. Toldo was even worse because his position was in the stands...

Compared with Italy, which is full of talents, the Georgian national team, which only received a fraction of the inheritance in the "separation" of the former Soviet Union football, looks quite bleak. Namor's Kaladze is their biggest star.In terms of overall strength, the Italian national team, whose members are all playing in the giants or powerful teams of the four major leagues, can beat the Georgians by an unknown number of streets.

After the start of the game, facing the weak Georgian defense, under the cover of Vieri and the assists of Baggio and Albertini, Inzaghi completed his first hat in the national team in only one first half trick, and Vieri also scored a goal in the second half of the game while sending out an assist.

Coupled with Piero and Dino Baggio who also scored goals, when the referee blew the final whistle, Italy finally beat Georgia 2-[-] and continued to rank first in Group B. Leading No.[-] England by two points in the first round, advancement is in sight.

If the English still want to qualify directly for the World Cup in France, then the result of the last game in a month will be because they will have a direct confrontation with Italy

After the national team matches ended one after another, the players returned to Fiorentina one after another, and Viola's 1997-98 season was officially started.Next, under the leadership of Fabio Capello, Fiorentina will simultaneously attack the three battlefields of the Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia!

Capello's goal is very clear. Although the possibility of the team winning the Triple Crown again is very small, the strong Fiorentina will also try their best in all games.

As long as it is a wealthy family, it will have such a goal. It is one thing to be able to win the Triple Crown, but it is another thing to dare to attack the Triple Crown. Without this attitude, focusing on one event from the beginning, Regardless of whether this team becomes a champion in the end, it is difficult to gain the approval of the fans.

Fiorentina, who are training hard for the second Triple Crown, ushered in the second round of Serie A. This time, Viola's opponent is the newly promoted Bari team.

After experiencing a relegation, Barry lost many excellent players. Although they introduced a lot of new players from other teams this summer to strengthen their overall strength and thus increase the success rate of relegation this season, a large number of new players The arrival also inevitably destroyed the tacit understanding among the players - the first round of the league was easily won by An Fatty's Parma with a score of [-]-[-] at his own home court, which is the best proof.

Facing such an opponent, Capello made a certain rotation of the starting lineup in this game. After all, Fiorentina will go to Germany to play a Champions League group match with Leverkusen in the middle of next week. Too much energy wasted on the opponent.

Therefore, in this game, Capello sent a starting lineup with a mix of main players and substitutes: Toldo, Fortunato, Materazzi, Ferrara, Angloma, Zanetti, Dibia Gio, Redondo, Rui Costa, Ze Roberto and Batistuta, this is Fiorentina's starting 11 list.

Although Barry also has powerful players like Ventola and Massinga in the team, compared with Fiorentina, who is at the top of Serie A, Barry's possessions are obviously not enough.

Facing Barry, whose overall strength is not as good as their own, and the team has not yet developed combat effectiveness, Fiorentina easily won a victory: Batistuta scored a goal in the first half and led the Viola to an easy victory. The two consecutive victories at the beginning also extended the unbeaten record of Serie A to 63 games!

Next, Fiorentina will usher in the first Champions League game of the season!