Chapter 93 Is this also a psychological war?

Pato was injured and will be absent for a month and a half. This news immediately caused wailing among AC Milan's fans.

In the league field, in the previous league games, the team's momentum of chasing points was very strong, especially Pato, who became the team's number one scoring machine at the first appearance, but now he is injured again. AC Milan has basically withdrawn from the championship, and it is lucky to be able to get a place in the Champions League.

The only hope for fans is the UEFA Champions Cup. According to Galliani, the team has the genes of the Champions League. No matter how bad the league record is, it can still create miracles in the competition for the Champions League.

Didn't the team still win the fifth place in the league last season, but still won the UEFA Champions League?

But this time, AC Milan was really forced to the edge of the cliff. Seeing that the life-and-death battle with Benfica was imminent, Pato was injured. Now there is only one Girardino left in Ancelotti's hand. How can he play this game?

And AC Milan's opponent is not only one Benfica, but also depends on the results of the game between the Donezke Miners and Florence. Whether they can finally qualify for the group and make it to the knockout stage, it is no longer up to AC Milan's own decision.

After announcing the news of Pato's injury, Ancelotti said pessimistically in an interview: "The team is indeed facing great difficulties now. I can understand the feelings of the fans. They always expect the team they support to achieve good results. So do I, except for this ball. The team's head coach is also a fan of AC Milan, but the more it is at this time, the more the team needs the support of the fans to overcome the difficulties together!"

Ancelotti's tone was helpless. This feeling of completely entrusting his fate to others made him very unhappy, but there was nothing he could do. AC Milan himself was disappointing. Who did he blame?

Ancelotti hopes that the team will rise up, while Galliani is considering another level. Fiorentina has appeared smoothly, and whether they will do their best for an unnecessary game.

You should know that Fiorentina is still facing a three-line battle. In the league, it is much ahead of points and is doing its best to win the third league championship trophy in the team's history.

At the same time, the Coppa Italia also reached the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, they will face the strong team Sampdoria. The team has reached this point, and there is no reason to give up casually.

Similarly, the Champions League is also striving for good results. In the next period of time, Florence will face a two-line battle. At this time, will Florence consume its own energy to fight with the Donezke Miners?

Galiani is not sure!

"I am very clear about the current situation of AC Milan, but I am still very optimistic about the Champions League. We only need to play our own game, and it should not be a problem. In another game in the same group, Fiorentina's strength is obviously stronger than that of the Shakhtard Donezke. Now I only hope that everyone can stick to it. Your own bottom line, create a fair competition environment!"

Seeing Galliani say such a serious thing, the reporter who interviewed him almost couldn't help stuffing the microphone into his bald mouth.

Fair competition?

It's shameless to say such a thing. At the beginning, he was not the same. He manipulated the Serie A stadium with Moggi of Juventus. Finally, a telephone gate incident broke out, which made the image of Italian football plummet.

Although Galliani finally escaped, everyone knows what the situation is. If it hadn't been for Berlusconi's protection, I'm afraid Galliani would have gone to the prison with Moji to pick up soap.

Now it requires fair competition. To put it bluntly, isn't it just that Florence wants to pull them for the sake of its fellow villagers and work hard to clean up the Donetsk miners' team?

But is this possible?

Fiorentina has qualified in the group, and will face a dense schedule next. If the main players are not allowed to have a good rest at this time, in case they can't exert their strength in the final sprint stage, and the cooked duck will fly, who is it?

And it seems that the relationship between Florence and AC Milan is not very good!

When Florence was facing financial difficulties, AC Milan lowered the price and robbed Fiorentina's core player Rui Costa, and then voted against the plan to save Florence.

Since then, the two teams have had a grudge against each other. After Degan moved to Fiorentina, because of his relationship, when the two teams met on the court, it was like Mars hitting the earth.

Such a relationship can still count on Florence to help them. I have to say that Galliani is naive.

Of course, Galliani will not do such useless work. His purpose is just to start a war of public opinion and prevent Florence from deliberately releasing water during the game.

"It looks like AC Milan is really anxious!"

In Prandelli's office, when he said this, there was a trace of pride in his tone. Florence could be proud of being able to push one of the three giants of Serie A to this point.

Digan sneered disdainfully: "What is this? Psychological warfare? Or give us a vaccination first! Galliani looks down on himself too much!"

After Prandelli also smiled, his expression suddenly became solemn: "But there is one thing, we need to discuss, Rod! Now I think we should make a choice!"

Degan was stunned and couldn't help frowning. Prandelli said that he understood that in fact, he had been thinking about it before. Although Florence has been synthesized and its strength is not a problem at all, Florence still lacks experience, and what young people lack most is stability, especially It is to wait until the final stage of the league, and once there is a problem, it will be catastrophic.

Although I don't want to think about it, there are often regrets on the football field. I think Leverkusen, a strong Bundesliga team, has tasted it.

At the end of the century and the beginning of this century, Leverkusen was the second only strong team in German football after Bayern. Under the leadership of the famous coach Dom, they won three league runners-up from 1997 to 2000, and even scored the same points with Bayern in 2000.

Just as the Leverkusen people confidently won the 2000/2001 Bundesliga championship, a bad news came, their "godfather" Christopher. Dom was exposed to cocaine by Bayern general manager Hernes. Under strong public pressure, Dom was forced to resign as head coach and go to Turkey, while losing hope of competing for the head coach of the German national team.

A month after Waller's temporary acting head coach, the team selected former German coach Voggets as the new coach, with former international Tony. Schumacher, Litbarski, Wolfgang. Rolf formed a "star coaching team" to assist Vogelz.

In Vogtz's debut, Leverkusen defeated Stuttgart 4:0, and German football also unanimously praised the new coaching model of "star coaching staff". Bild even asked the German Football Association to set up a similar coaching team to welcome the upcoming World Cup between South Korea and Japan.

While everyone was discussing how many rounds Leverkusen could win the championship ahead of schedule, the ills of the "star coaching staff" gradually emerged. The media began to accuse the coaches of being too popular on and off the training ground, and then the team's results also plummeted, and they were eliminated from the Champions League, the UEFA Cup and the German Cup one after another. In the 30th round of the league, he was humiliated by the fish-bris Freiburg team 5:2 and completely lost his qualification to compete for the championship. General Manager Carlmond couldn't sit still and asked Vogelz to return to the traditional coaching mode.

At the end of the season, Leverkusen finally finished fourth. Voggets barely kept his qualification for the Champions League, but he could not keep his job. Those who left with Fogets included Litt Baski and Rolf, leaving only Tony. Schumacher cleaned up the mess.

Leverkusen has taken the traditional route again. This time they chose former Bochum and Saarbrücken head coach Top. Mueller, in fact, Leverkusen had invited him to join long before Vogelz came to power, but at that time Saarbrücken refused to let him go.

Top. Mueller did bring a refreshing feeling to the team. In the 2001/2002 season, although it once fell to the fifth place in the league, the team regained the "yellow collar shirt" in the 13th round of the league with beautiful offensive football and strong will, which remained until the penultimate round of the league.

In the Champions League, Leverkusen, who was divided into the group of death, also made great progress. Facing the challenges of La Coruna, Juventus and Arsenal, Leverkusen won the first place in the group with a record of three wins, one draw and two losses.

In the knockout stage, Leverkusen played against Liverpool in the quarter-finals. Under the unfavorable situation of the first 0:1 defeat, the second leg staged a shocking reversal, ending Liverpool's record of 15 away unbeaten in the two European Cups.

In the semi-finals, Leverkusen relied on two draws to eliminate Manchester United with away goals and meet Real Madrid in the Champions League final.

In the German Cup, Leverkusen also passed all the way and faced the challenge of Schalke 04 in the final. G14, a club organization representing Europe's top giants, also passed a resolution to accept Leverkusen as a full member of G14.

Just when the Leverkusen people were confident in winning the "three crowns", tragedies happened one after another. First, in the 33rd round of the league, the team unexpectedly lost 0:1 to the relegation team Nuremberg, while Dortmund led by Summer took the opportunity to take the first place in the league and laughed to the end. Then on May 11th, they were reversed by Schalke 4:2 under the favorable condition of an advanced goal and lost the German Cup. Four days later, they fell under Zidane's "flying immortals" and lost the last and most important game of the season 1:2, falling from the Triple Crown to the unprecedented "King of Sanya" .

You should know that before that, Leverkusen was also strong in the Bundesliga. At that time, they laughed at the Bundesliga with their unique style and attracted the attention of many fans.

Every time it is broadcast in the Bundesliga, commentators will call Leverkusen the forerunner of German football reform. Although they play beautifully, the team always habitually drops the chain at the end of the league. Poor psychological quality is also incompatible with the traditional steel nerves of German players.

At that time, when there were three rounds left in the league, Leverkusen was still leading by five points, but was finally reversed by Dortmund. Speaking of reversal, in 2002, Leverkusen's nickname was "King of Reversal", because they often "let" their opponents a goal at the beginning of the game, and then used a series of Chinese through tactical adjustments. Li's cooperation completely defeated the opponent.

I have to say that Leverkusen was so individualized that it was easy for people to fall in love with Leverkusen at once. But just like no one is perfect, Leverkusen's shortcomings finally broke out in the last few rounds.

They saved their strength in the league for the Champions League, so that they lost the most critical two games and finally lost the championship.

In retrospect, if they had been eliminated early in the Champions League and concentrated on playing the league, it would not have been possible to lose the game at the last moment because of lack of physical strength and concentration.

After all, Leverkusen is not a rich family. They can only fight on the third line with a set of lineup. As a result, they have never won the Bundesliga championship in the first century, but they are only a little short each time. Maybe this is their fate.

After experiencing the "King of Sanya", the team somehow sold many big-name players, which led to almost relegation in the second year. Although it returned to the Champions League in the third year, it kept selling people, making the team no longer what it used to be.

Although Florence has not yet reached the final step, it is also facing the problem of choice, but it is too difficult for Digan to make a choice among the three events.

The league championship is the most guaranteed, and the league is fundamental. This can't be given up. The Coppa Italia has reached the semi-finals, and the semi-final opponent Sampdoria is not a difficult opponent to deal with. It's really a pity to give up.

There is also the European Champions Cup, which is what Degan values most. Although Degan dares not say that he can lead Fiorentina to the end and finally win the cup, as long as he can go as far as possible in the Champions League, it means great benefits.

"Cesare! You know, it's hard!"

Prandelli knows Degan's character. To put it bluntly, he is a little greedy, but this kind of greed for honor is what Prandelli is willing to see. No one wants to be his players. It is a group of people without desire.

But~~~~~~~~

"Rod! We all have to think about it. This is related to the team's whole season. Once there is a problem, it will be too late to save it!"