Chapter 14 Keep Waiting

The club's record is not good, and Digan can't help at all because of his injury. In the same European Cup qualifiers are in full swing, and Digan can only stay at home and worry.

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

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

In the first battle, 0:0 was tied by the fish brisman force Kazakhstan, which was already shocking. As a result, in the second battle, it was killed by the old enemy from Serbia to the Slavs 1:0.

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

Antienis is also very hard now. Without Degan, the team seems to have lost its soul. Even if he has a thousand tricks in his heart, no one has to implement it. Now all he can do is to wait and continue to wait.

The national team is waiting for the return of Degan, and so is Florence. In the days without Degan, they can only survive.

In the 11th round of Serie A, Fiorentina played at home against Digan's old club Atlanta. In this game, Pacini continued to be absent due to injury, and Mutu and Cavinage partnered with the front line.

In the 13th minute, the Atlanta set-piece seemed to hit Pascual's arm, but the Fiorentina player mistakenly thought it was the opponent's handball. However, the Atlanta player did not stop attacking. Midfielder Migliacho pushed the shot in front of the goal and scored his first Serie A goal.

The accidental loss of the ball did not disturb Florence's position. As a result, Fiorentina equalized the score in less than a minute. Uifalusi passed the ball, and Montolivo's header from the Atlanta youth training camp was bravely saved by Taibi, but Mutu followed up with the make-up shot.

The two teams still have a lot of scoring opportunities since then, and before the end of the first half, Purple Lily broke another player, and Yogenson was replaced by Dornadale due to injury.

After the start of the second half, Ledesma received Mutu's direct pass and shot at the far post. Soon, his close shot was blocked by Taibi, followed by the shot and hit the side net again. Then he received the corner kick and rubbed the ball slightly out of the far post.

The game entered the stoppage time stage. After Florence's midfielder broke the ball, he made a beautiful counterattack. Mutu's oblique shot equalized the score. In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Atlanta's free kick was destroyed. Fiorentina counterattacked. Mutu calmly shot twice to help Fiorentina lock in the victory.

After three consecutive defeats, Fiorentina finally got the first point of the half-season, but a victory does not completely solve Florence's current problems. Their players are young and talented, but they also lack experience. They are in a good state and can't be consistent. In Al After Betini's injury and truce, there was a lack of a person who could stabilize the army.

Whenever comes to this time, people miss Degan very much. They miss the super forward who is majestic on the court and can defeat their opponents alone.

However, they still need to wait.

In the twelfth round of the league, Fiorentina's away game capped again, with a 1:1 draw with Ascoli. In the first half of stoppage time, Livilani made a corner kick, Palyuka made a mistake, and Pacini, who recovered from injury, scored a header. After the start of the second half, in the 76th minute, Ascoli's free kick caused a melee, and Beranovic equalized the score. Fiorentina lost two points at the last minute and continued to rank first with four points.

In the thirteenth round of the league, Fiorentina visited Siena, and the two teams staged the Tuscan derby. In the 18th minute, Siena made a wonderful counterattack. Frick received a direct pass from the right side and knocked back, and midfielder Antoneri scored with his left foot.

In the 30th minute, Mutu's free kick near the left bottom line was directly passed to the opponent. Siena made a quick counterattack, and Locatli passed the ball through the midfield. Frick cleverly broke through Riverani and volley with his left foot in front of the goal, which was saved by goalkeeper Frey.

In the 38th minute, Abat made a low pass from the right side, and Gastadello tackled the ball at the front point but missed the ball. Mutu stopped the ball with his left foot and flattened with his right foot.

At the beginning of the second half, Pacini threatened the opponent's goal twice, but the Austrian goalkeeper Manninger was saved, especially the second time he saved Pacini's heel shot.

In the final stage, Siena strengthened its offensive with the advantage of the home court, but Chiesa, Gastadillo and Conco's shots failed. The two teams finally shook hands with Fiorentina 1:1 and suffered two rounds of defeat.

In the 14th round of the league, Fiorentina played 1:0 at home, reaching 8 points. In the 15th minute of the game, Fiorentina's free kick caused a chaotic battle in the penalty area. Pacini scored with his right foot in front of Stendado and scored the only goal in the game.

In the next 15th round of the league, Fiorentina captured Chievo 1-0 away. Shortly after the start of the game, Chievo midfielder Bridget injured his cheekbone and was replaced by Digan's old teammate Marcollioni.

In the 59th minute, Donadel made a long shot into the net, but the Fiorentina player in an offside position interfered with goalkeeper Cicignano and the goal was invalidated. As a result, in the 80th minute of the game, Montolivo made a long pass and Mutu scored at the edge of the penalty area, helping Fiorentina win the victory.

After the 15th round of the league, Inter Milan rode the world, 12 wins and 3 draws in 15 games, and 39 points in Serie A.

Mancini, the young coach of Inter Milan, has also become a popular figure in Italian football. As a player, Mancini won the league championship for the team twice in Sampdoria and Lazio in the 1990/00 season. Now, as the head coach of Inter Milan, Mancini He is working for the third league championship he really won from the stadium in his life. If he succeeds, Inter Milan fans will see the league trophy that has lasted for 18 years.

So far, this year's Serie A has played 15 rounds. After these 15 rounds of the league, Mancini's team is still unbeaten, and the winning streak has reached eight games, breaking many records in Inter Milan's team and Serie A history.

For the blessing of Torazzi, the gap between Inter Milan and the second-ranked Roma in the league table has now widened to seven points. If they can continue to maintain the winning streak before the winter break, Inter Milan is likely to set the foundation for the championship at the end of January. What a solid foundation.

There is a lot of discussion about Mancini's outstanding achievements led by Inter Milan in this season. Many old opponents of Inter Milan or people who are used to seeing Mancini's "fame" have expressed doubts about the gold of Mancini's current achievements.

Juventus was out and AC Milan was seriously injured. They participated in the division of the Juventus team and grabbed multiple signing targets from AC Milan. The formed Inter Milan team was once ridiculed by Juventus' former manager Moggi: "Even if Mancini goes to the cinema now, Inter Milan can still win."

A recent poll on the website of La Gazzetta dello Sport seems to confirm this view from another side, which is entitled "What do you think is the secret of Inter Milan?" In the anonymous voting survey, 40% of the respondents believed that the lack of equal heavyweight opponents and believed that having a team of big-name players were the success factors of Inter Milan. Sixteen percent of the respondents believed that the team's concerted efforts played an important role, while only 4% of all the respondents considered Inter Milan Today's results are due to Mancini's hard work. For a head coach, such a judgment is undoubtedly not a reward.

Just a few months ago, in the eyes of many senior coaches in the Serie A coaching world, Mancini was still a little hairy descendant. Many people once thought that with Mancini's ability, he could not control a team full of many big names like Inter Milan.

However, in just two or three months, Mancini has brought a new look to Inter Milan, which has made many former skeptics look at Mancini differently. There are all kinds of ridicules from the outside world. Now even Mancini's colleagues in Serie A's coaching circle feel somewhat too much. There are many teachers at the Golden Bench Award Ceremony. Lian expressed his support for Mancini and his opposition to external doubts.

Roma's head coach Spalerti said in an interview with Torino Sport: "I think it's easy for a team with many big stars to win, but in fact, such a team is likely to be more difficult to manage. And Mancini did a good job. That's why I said he was very great.

Coach Mazoni said: "Coach has always been a difficult job, and the difficulty of guiding a team full of big players like Inter Milan can be imagined: the coach not only has to make a choice of which player to play, but also has to be responsible for the choice he has made. In this Inter Milan team, Mancini's role is very important.

Also supported Mancini by Lippi, the former Italian national team coach who has just won the special contribution award from the coaches' association.

When he heard Silver Fox praise his team as a "great team", the flattered Mancini thanked Lippi with a smile on his face.

In an interview with Torino Sport afterwards, Lippi said: "There is no need to talk about the trophies that have been awarded, but Mancini's team has performed well this season. They have shown their style and strength and defeated excellent teams like Rome, Palmo and Milan. I have personally He went to congratulate Mancini, and he was fully qualified to accept the congratulations: they always kept the victory, even when they were not playing very well. I think they can win even if Juventus are still there.

In the face of all kinds of ridicing and satire, Inter Milan's boss Moratti also stood up to defend Mancini's honor and compared him to Inter Milan's new Herrera and Trapatoni: "Now this Inter Milan is built by Mancini brick by brick and tile, as a year Light coach, he encountered a lot of difficulties, but he overcame them. He is very trustworthy and a very reliable person, and I believe he will prove that he is not inferior to any good coach before.

And Mancini himself still maintains a clear understanding of the record of winning streak, Moratti's favor and the affirmation of many predecessors and colleagues in the coaching industry: "Although the record of winning streak looks wonderful, only the final champion can make everything really meaningful, and only the champion can be remembered. Herrera and Trapatoni set a brilliant record because they won the championship that year, so I said that what I want more is Inter Milan, which is at the top of the list in May next year.

Mancini has liked to meet challenges since he was a player. Shortly after Mancini first came to Inter Milan in 2005, he once said that taking over Inter Milan was his biggest challenge: "If Inter Milan can reach the top again after years of downturn, it will give people a more real satisfaction. Teams like Juventus and AC Milan are used to winning, and almost all the coaches who go there can do this. From this perspective, those two teams will not be as challenging as at Inter Milan.

Today's Inter Milan is known as "Mancini's Inter Milan". In response, Mancini said: "This is Moratti's team. I'm just the coach of the team. What makes me the happiest thing now is that the level of substitutes in the team is almost as good as the starters. In my work, the most difficult part is to choose who to exclude from the list and who to put on the bench. This is not easy. The level of the players is almost the same, but I can only let eleven players play. I try my best to communicate with each of them, but I can't do it every day. It's easy to praise when everything goes well, but I've never changed the way I work. It doesn't matter what others say. We are now trying to focus on the league and the Champions League. As for the rest, we don't care.

Mancini has now become a popular figure, but there are still some people who are not convinced of his achievements. This person is Degan. When he was in AC Milan last season, Mancini expressed his disdain for Degan in an interview.

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

Now Degan returned the same words to Mancini: "He barely passed, but Prandelli is the best head coach! Did he succeed? I didn't see it, at least he didn't have a real championship trophy in his hand!"

Mancini was complacent and was suddenly punched by Degan in the head. Of course, he was unhappy: "He is not qualified to evaluate my achievements at all. He should first think about his situation and see what he has done for Florence. Unfortunately, nothing. He is just sick now**, enjoy Received the high salary provided by Florence, but he hasn't played even a minute for Florence!"

Discussions! The debate is back!

The reporters are excited again. They are definitely a lively group in the world. The more lively people quarrel, the more excited they will be.

Sure enough, Degan didn't let them down and soon scold Mancini: "He said I was not qualified. When I held the Champions League trophy, he didn't even know what the Champions League trophy looked like. He actually said that I was not qualified. Maybe this score has satisfied him now. It's really sad that the league is not over yet! Everything can happen before the end of the league. How proud he is now! I remember that Fiorentina will meet Inter Milan this season, and then I will beat his team to the ground!"

The scolding battle between Degan and Mancini soon attracted the interest of others, such as Ibrahimovic, Degan's main scolding partner in the first season. Last season, the Swedish Tower's performance in Juventus was not good, especially against the excellent performance of Degan, he himself could not open his mouth, but now The situation is different.

The Swede scored 16 goals in 15 games this season. If it hadn't been for the two eggs underneath, he could have flown to the sky.

"That Brazilian boy had better shut up now and lie down honestly. Robut is right. He is really not qualified to argue with Inter Milan, and the most unbearable thing is that he actually ignores our efforts. Is it possible that he has done anything this season? If you are not convinced, come and have a try. I have scored 16 goals this season. What about him?

After Ibrahimovic's words broke out, netizens immediately shouted shamelessly. You are a vigorous leader in Inter. Degan has experienced serious injuries and is still recovering.

Do you have a lot of 16 goals?

According to Degan's previous scoring efficiency, but it's just five or six games, now this Swedish beauty is like picking up a big gold tooth. I don't think about how sad his situation will be once Degan pays.

However, Digan didn't seem to be interested. He bickered with Ibrahimovic about the number of goals, but said during the counterattack: "I remember that he also said that he would retire from Juventus last season, and after the phone gate incident broke out, he said that he would enter and retreat with Juventus. ! It really only takes three seconds to change your mind! In addition, the Swedish boss forgot to say that I'm back!"

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