Chapter 123 After the game

The whistle of the referee at the end of the game has sounded, and the Flaki Stadium has become a sea of joy at this moment. The Florentine players on the court are now wearing their upper bodies, and their jerseys have long been thrown into the stands to thank the fans who have been supporting them.

The electronic scoreboard at the height of the Flagy Stadium shows that the final score of this game is 5:1!

Just after Degan scored a goal, Chelsea completely collapsed. With one less person on the court, they launched a desperate counterattack. As a result, the huge gap exposed on the defense line was seized three consecutive opportunities by Fiorentina in just a few minutes, completely killing Chelsea's counterattack. Hope.

In the 83rd minute, Fiorentina intercepted the ball in the backcourt, and Compani made a long pass directly behind Chelsea's defense. Degan faced the attacking goalkeeper Cech without greed and chose to cross the middle, and Cavinage pushed the empty goal.

Just a minute later, Fiorentina played a wonderful cooperation again. Degan and Hamsik hit the wall. The latter took the opportunity to break into the penalty area and shot to the next city.

At the end of the game, Fiorentina took advantage of another free kick opportunity, and Degan scored directly and locked the score at 5:1!

Chelsea players fled the field as early as the end of the game, leaving only Fiorentina players celebrating the victory on the court.

Semi-finals!

Florence reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The celebration lasted for a long time, and Florence won the war. Although Anelka's goal shocked the Fiorentina fans in a cold sweat at the beginning, the team they supported did not let them down in the end.

Total score 6:2!

Florence reached the Champions League semifinals with its head held high.

At the post-match press conference, Chelsea's head coach Grant was obviously very unconvinced: "My players performed better. We deserved to win, but the result was disappointing. Some of us made very stupid mistakes in the game, which is the key to our loss!"

Obviously, Grant intends to shift all the responsibility for losing the game to Anelka. Not only does Grant think so, but I believe many people will have the same idea. If it hadn't been for Anelka's stupid foul, maybe the result of this game would have been really different.

Grant knows very well that without the Champions League trophy, I'm afraid he won't be too long as the head coach of Chelsea.

Abramovich can bear his loss of the league. After all, it was not his fault to fall behind Manchester United in the league. When Mourinho was still here, Chelsea's league results were very early. After he took office, it was very good to bring Chelsea to the second place in the league.

But if he loses the Champions League, he will be in danger. Before the game, he promised Abramovich that he would lead the team to Moscow, but now he has broken his promise.

I don't know whether it's because of anger or nervousness. At the post-match press conference, Grant really failed to show the demeanor of a rich head coach.

"Florence won, and I really want to congratulate them, but there are some words that I can't force myself to say, even if it's face-to-face, because they do win!"

Grant was unconvinced, and Prandelli looked very calm about this: "I don't agree with Mr. Grant's statement that the game is over and we are the winners. It's a fact that Anelka was sent off. We do have some advantages in terms of numbers, but don't I forgot that Modric was injured because of Anelka's stupid foul, and we were also affected. As for Mr. Grant's statement, I think it's very ridiculous. Anelka is his player, which doesn't seem to be what we need to be responsible for!"

No matter how unconvinced Grant is, the result of the game was like this. Chelsea was eliminated, and the English media's fantasy of the Premier League top four gathering in the Champions League semi-finals failed to qualify.

However, the other triangle of the four corners of the Premier League is very good. In the match between Arsenal and Fenerbahce, with the goals of Fabregas and Walkot, Arsenal easily defeated their opponents at home and successfully advanced.

The match between Liverpool and Schalke 04 was calm. The two sides fought 0:0 in the 90-minute game. In the end, Liverpool laughed to the end and eliminated the opponent with a total score of 2:1 in the two rounds.

Manchester United also defeated Rome in the Champions League for the second time. Even in the away game, Manchester United, which focused their attention, could not be defeated by Roma at all. The three goals of Berbatov, Rooney and Kim Mauro ended Roma Prince Totti's journey to the Champions League this season.

"This result is very disappointing, but I am still proud of my players. They have done everything they can do, and they should not be blamed. However, the process of the game has also exposed some problems, and I hope it can be solved in the summer! Losing this game is not the end of the world, and Rome will continue to move forward!"

also lost the game, but Spalletti is going to look more elegant than Grant.

Ferguson also praised Roma's performance today after the game: "Manchester United played very well today, but Roma also played their strength today, especially their midfielder De Rossi, who is an incredible player. If there is a chance, I really hope to get him. But Rome seems unlikely to sell their midfield core! The game is over, and now we can have a good rest, but the next game is still very important. We need to be prepared, double champion!? Why not?"

Mr. Ferguson exposed his ambition directly in front of the reporter, but if he wants to achieve this goal, the obstacles in front of him are not so easy to clean up.

Florence, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool!

In the 2007/2008 season, all the top four of the UEFA Champions League were born. In the next round, Manchester United will compete face-to-face with their old enemy Liverpool, and Fiorentina will compete with Arsenal for a ticket to the Champions League final to Russia.

The results of Modric's injury examination came out, and the results were very disappointing. Anelka's kick was too hard. Modric's calf was fractured and he had to take a truce for at least two months. Even if Florence reached the Champions League final, he would definitely not be able to catch up.

After listening to assistant coach Antonelli returning from the hospital, Modric cried very sadly in the ward after hearing the news. After all, he was a young man who participated in such a major event in the Champions League for the first time, but encountered such a result.

After getting the news, Degan attacked the perpetrator Anelka in an interview with reporters: "Such an asshole should be banned for life. He ruined a genius football dream, and he should be ashamed of it!"

Although Modric is young, he has quickly become the main player since joining the team. This season, he has made 26 appearances in the league, scored seven goals, and contributed nine assists. All data are at the forefront of the Fiorentina team.

Just before the game with Chelsea, Modric also talked to Degan about the Champions League final on the training ground. Degan still remembers Modric's face full of excitement at that time, but now that the dream is shattered, and Degan is more angry than anyone else.

"He'd better be careful not to meet us again, otherwise, I will treat him well!"

Anelka didn't even respond to Degan's harsh words, but when the Chelsea club announced the losses caused to Anelka's stupid behavior to the club and fined two weeks' salary, Anelka expressed some dissatisfaction.

If Degan wants revenge, he can only stay until later, but in the role-playing mode of Anelka, I'm afraid it's not easy for Degan to meet Anelka again.

Arsenal!

Florence's opponent in the semi-finals of the Champions League, Wenger spent years of painstakingly to finally build a youth army. Speaking of which, Degan and Arsenal are also quite related.

At the beginning, they followed AC Milan to play in the Champions League. In the final, they met Arsenal led by Wenger, but things went wrong. At the beginning, some important players of Arsenal, such as Henry, Pires, Yongberg and others, have left. Although the strength of Arsenal's players in each position They are all excellent, but they don't have the star array of Henry's level.

With a hat-trick, Degan finally helped AC Milan defeat Arsenal, which entered the Champions League final for the first time. Now we meet again. I wonder if Wenger wants to take revenge on Degan?

Degan is definitely an apologists who pull hatred. Even if it is AC Milan who defeated Arsenal, the gunmen still blamed most of their hatred on him.

Arsenal's head coach Wenger grabbed the sofa and was the first to jump out and complain: "I still remember that hat-trick, but the last opponent was AC Milan, now Florence. Compared with Florence, we have more experience in Europe!"

Degan replied at the first time: " Arsenal is a very excellent team. I have played against them, and the most impressive thing for me is that their attack speed is very fast, but I don't worry about playing Arsenal. Our strength should be above them. As for what coach Wenger said, he said. Test the problem, those hairy kids have fart experience!"

Digan hit Wenger's dead hole in one sentence. The team did not invest and could only dig inside and fooled the children around to go to London to see the goldfish. This is Arsenal's current hard injury.

If only from the perspective of management, Arsenal's senior executives, who are known for their careful calculation, are all business materials. Whether it is the old chairman Hillwood, the current Uzbek local tycoon, and even the head coach Wenger are the firm executors of "small business".

Such a business strategy does make Arsenal make a lot of money every year. In fact, Arsenal has been one of the few annual profitable clubs in the Premier League in the past four years. Recently, Arsenal's official financial statements for this season show that the club has made nearly 20 million in pre-tax profits. Pound.

However, in the eyes of the fans, the club's financial strength is reflected through the team's purchasing power in the transfer market, which has become a laughing stock of fans. In recent years, Arsenal has not only failed to buy high-level stars in the transfer market, but also lost the core of the team year.

Last summer, the gunner's offer was very positive, first 30 million pounds for Degan, and then an offensive against Joe Cole, but these quotations out of a "storm" are difficult to implement.

Chelsea will not give England's best midfielder in the past decade, while Degan's side has hundreds of millions of liquidated damages alone, and the Gunner's offer is pure harassment.

There is no need to repeat the pain brought to gun fans by three years without a championship. Some fans have begun to express their dissatisfaction with the team. The fans' complaints are obviously reasonable. The reason why they can't buy people is still the "small peasant ideology" and greedy for small bargains!

For example, last summer, Arsenal wanted to introduce divho and offered 15 million euros. Tottenham's psychological price was 18 million, but Arsenal refused to take 3 million more. In addition, the gunman was repeatedly "cut off" as a result. Ribery and Alonso were eventually robbed by other competitors because Arsenal bargained for millions.

Compared with Chelsea, they also burn a lot of money to make money. Instead of burning money, the gunners make money. Chelsea never stingy with the players. They don't have Arsenal's "100,000 pounds weekly salary" salary cap, nor will they compete for millions of dollars at the transfer meeting. Of course, they will not have the tragic situation of "eight years without crown".

In contrast, in the past four years, Arsenal not only did Arsenal spend money on it, but made a net profit of 37 million yuan, which made countless money-burning rich families ashamed.

Only by grasping achievements and profits can such a team achieve a win-win situation. Arsenal is indeed rich, but its careful management style is destined to fail to reach the peak. If you want to win the Premier League and win the Champions League, it is undoubtedly a dream for the Gunners not to build a super first-class star lineup.

Like Manchester United and Arsenal, Manchester United was won the Premier League twice in a row by Chelsea and finally counterattacked last season. Arsenal just set an unbeaten record in the Premier League, and the result was immediately.

The root cause of the above differences is the different team-building concepts of Ferguson and Wenger. Manchester United's central defenders and goalkeepers mostly buy ready-made ones and cost a lot of money, such as today's Ferdinand and former Stam. Wenger took the route of small business, buying more "semi-finished products" and back for processing. He has gained a lot in this regard, such as Fabregas, Walkot and Nasri, but they are all midfielders.

Why doesn't a small business work in training defenders and goalkeepers?

The reason is that the cost is too high!

The "semi-finished product"'s mistake in the front court is at most a missed opportunity, but the loss of the central defender and goalkeeper directly leads to the loss. It can be said that Arsenal's loss is closely related to the difficulty of "semi-finished products".

Of course, there are exceptions. Degan's Belgian national teammate Wilmaren made Wenger spend little and cost-effective. Unfortunately, he has been injured for too long, which is also one of the reasons for Arsenal this season.

After coaching Arsenal for more than ten years, Wenger's net investment in the Premier League is the lowest, but the team has always been at the forefront of the Premier League. His small business output is extremely high, which can be said to be a remarkable achievement.

However, if you want to see the small mountains at a glance, the road of small business is impossible, which is contrary to the principle of high investment and high output of modern professional football.

After losing the fourth consecutive season and the league championship, some Arsenal players are "like centripetal". Flamini has basically decided to leave, and Hleb seems not to be far from Inter or Barcelona.

If Wenger wants to keep these players and not leave like Henry, he must make a difference in the Champions League.

But against Fiorentina led by Degan, Arsenal really has no advantage, and even in some positions, Arsenal is obviously much worse than Florence.

Not to mention the Champions League and return to Serie A, it seems that Florence's 16-point lead can't be shaken at all. With only six rounds left in the league, they only need to win another game and will win the trophy of the league in advance.

When the previous Serie A phone time was exposed, people thought that Inter Milan was the biggest winner, and Inter Milan did shine for a season, but the glory was short-lived. Just a year later, they were knocked down from the clouds.

It was not AC Milan, the rival of the same city, or Juventus, who returned to Serie A that pulled them down to the throne. What is unbelievable is that it is an inconspicuous Florence.

Look at the current standings and you will know that Fiorentina has maintained an incredible victory in most of the season, except for the unexpected loss to Palermo.

Not only in the league, but also in Europe, their performance is also eye-catching, and the group appears easily, which is expected. It is difficult for both the Donetsk Miners and Benfica to create obstacles for them, and the defending champion AC Milan has long been declining.

But the subsequent elimination of Barcelona and Chelsea is enough to be amazing. People are surprised to find that at some point, Florence has become an undesirable force in European football.

The Serie A champion is in sight, and their next opponent is the defending champion Inter Milan, as if to complete the handover ceremony of the scepter. When Florence hit the peak, Inter Milan unexpectedly became the last difficulty they needed to overcome.

"This is like a fateful reincarnation. Last season, Inter Milan won the Serie A championship, and now it's time for them to hand it over! The crown of the king can only have one master, and now it is Florence!"