Chapter 1 Fiorentina's Calculations

Fiorentina hadn't officially announced the closure of their transfer market, but after a week of frantic acquisitions, the storm had gradually subsided. They were now engaged in difficult negotiations with two Bundesliga teams.

This time, Fiorentina had set its sights on Borussia Dortmund's young defender/midfielder Sebastian Kehl, and Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm.

Kehl, standing at 1.88 meters, was capable of playing as a center-back, defensive midfielder, and some even said he was essentially a defensive libero, all of which pointed to him being an outstanding player. Kehl himself was very willing to play in Italy, and his best friend, Christoph Metzelder, was also urging him to come, as the latter was already an AC Milan player.

But Bert van Marwijk didn't want to let go, as he intended to cultivate Kehl into a leader for Borussia Dortmund.

However, Ren Yudi wasn't worried. He knew Dortmund needed money. As long as he kept throwing money at it, there was nothing he couldn't buy. After all, the head coach couldn't overrule the decisions of those higher up. But right now, he didn't want to spend too much. The team's locker room needed balance. Too many high-priced players would only create a situation where no one was convinced by anyone else. Fiorentina already had Zhang Jun and Mascherano; they didn't need any more big names.

The same was true for Bayern Munich's right-back, Philipp Lahm. Fiorentina was carefully negotiating with Stuttgart, hoping to acquire this mainstay of the German national team.

Due to his height of only 1.7 meters, he couldn't play as a center-back, but Lahm, who started as a right-back, was equally excellent in the left-back position.

Kehl and Lahm, along with Xiang Tao, were important pieces in Sabato's plan to revamp Fiorentina's defense. While Tomáš Ujfaluši was in his prime, he was already set in his ways, whereas Kehl, Lahm, and Xiang Tao were still young and had room to grow.

While the club was working hard in the transfer market, Sabato was also putting in the effort. Having purged dissidents, it was much easier to establish his authority in the face of a large number of new players. No matter how big a star a player was, they would want to perform actively when they arrived at a new team, hoping to leave a good impression on the head coach. As long as he could lead the team to victory, people would naturally respect him.

Moreover, even a fool could see that Gagliardi trusted Sabato very much. Who would dare to go against the head coach and risk their career? The examples of Miccoli and Maresca were still fresh in everyone's minds.

Maresca had originally wanted to curry favor with the new chairman, claiming that he was tired of drifting around and wanted to settle down in one place, not wanting to leave. But he was kicked out simply for calling Sabato a "country bumpkin." The whole of Italy knew about this incident. Sabato neither admitted nor denied it – he simply wanted to use public opinion to create such an effect. He needed to let everyone know that he was a ruthless gangster. He didn't care what others thought of him; sometimes, he even took pride in being called a gangster.

Sabato was now leading the team in closed training. After a week of physical training, it would be tactical drills.

The main formation he had set for Fiorentina was the classic 4-4-2 – the kind with a diamond midfield. This once again drew ridicule from the Italian media: who still used a 4-4-2 with a diamond midfield these days? The world was full of 4-2-3-1, 4-3-2-1, 4-3-1-2…

This time, Sabato didn't even bother to refute. His mind was focused on how to train this group of players from all over the world, with different personalities. They had to be molded together, otherwise, the season would be very dangerous. A team with personality was a good thing, but if everyone's personality was incompatible with the team, it would be a dangerous situation. He himself was a madman, and in his opinion, the boss was also a madman. There were madmen among the players, but not everyone could be a madman. The team needed madness, but it also needed calmness. There had to be a few people with stable personalities to provide balance.

In addition, Zhang Jun, with the support of Di Livio, had become the new captain, and helping to establish his authority was also something Sabato needed to consider.

Xiang Tao was a natural socializer, and he could get along with everyone using his broken Italian. But Krøldrup was more somber. Perhaps due to his father's death, his mood was consistently low. Even when the team was presented to the public, the smile on his face was forced. He was only close to Zhang Jun, and now Zhang Jun was driving him to and from training – the three Chinese players lived very close to each other – and Zhang Jun was working hard to help him integrate into the team as soon as possible.

Mascherano behaved very maturely, both on and off the field. You could hardly tell that he was only twenty-three years old from his every move.

Gasbarroni was a very lively young man, like all young people, interested in many things. In just a few days, his relationship with Xiang Tao was very good. You could often see the two of them chatting together after training, using a combination of words and gestures. Since they were both on the left flank, this was also conducive to improving their understanding.

Frey was a passionate goalkeeper, so his personality was also very flamboyant, which reminded Zhang Jun of Andreas Köpke at Bayern Munich.

What set this Fiorentina team apart from previous ones was that there were two powder kegs in the team – Krøldrup and Xiang Tao. Through the past few days of training, Sabato had already learned about the two men's volatile tempers. They were relatively impulsive.

He needed this kind of personality, but it needed to be controlled.

Like nuclear energy, it was dangerous if not controlled, but if controlled properly, it could be used to generate electricity and benefit mankind.

Management was also an art. Sabato had to make these players go crazy when they needed to be crazy, and be calm when they needed to be calm. He still had a lot of work to do.

In Sabato's vision, the only starting forward was Zhang Jun, while Pazzini and Toni would have to compete for who was in better form to decide who would play. In the diamond midfield, Krøldrup was the attacking midfielder. Sabato had given him the number 10 jersey, and his replacement would be Montolivo from Atalanta. The defensive midfielder was Mascherano, and his replacement was Donadel, who was bought from AC Milan. Donadel was the captain of AC Milan's youth team, but due to Ancelotti's conservative use of players, he had never been given a chance. He was loaned to Fiorentina last season and performed reasonably well. Sabato believed that he could play as a substitute when playing with a single defensive midfielder, and he could also start when playing with two defensive midfielders, making him a very useful player.

The right-back was Jørgensen, who was bought out for five hundred thousand euros, and the left midfielder was Gasbarroni.

The center-backs were currently Ujfaluši and Dainelli, but Dainelli was still too young. If Kehl could come, he would definitely partner with UFO (Ujfaluši's nickname). The right-back was currently Chiellini. If Lahm could come, he would definitely be the starter. The left-back was Xiang Tao. At the same time, Xiang Tao could play in any position on the defensive line, and Lahm could also perform excellently on the left side. Moreover, both of these full-backs had good attacking abilities, which was also what Sabato hoped to see.

Unlike the old guys, he believed that instead of shrinking back and playing counter-attacking football, it was better to press forward and attack. Fiorentina's attacking lineup could definitely rank in the top five in Serie A, and he was confident that no matter how many goals the opponent scored, Fiorentina would score more.

Ren Yudi didn't object to Sabato's attacking-first tactics. Or perhaps he himself was looking forward to seeing what kind of storm this Fiorentina team, from him to the coach to the players, all madmen, could stir up in the conservative Serie A.

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In a series of pre-season warm-up matches, Fiorentina had wins, draws, and losses, which was normal for a team that was all new.

What pleased Sabato and Ren Yudi was that Zhang Jun, with Sophie by his side, was in good form and very stable, scoring in every warm-up match. Li Yan couldn't help but marvel at the greatness of love.

On the club side, after successfully completing the task of persuading Mascherano, Batistuta also returned to the club, and Gagliardi appointed him as Fiorentina's sporting director. And Di Livio, who had already retired, was also invited back, and he would become Sabato's assistant.

Di Livio felt very surprised that he was asked to be an assistant coach because he had no experience in this area at all. But Sabato told him that he could learn without experience, and that his main task was not to be responsible for training, but to balance and coordinate the locker room. He was highly respected, and many things he said were more effective than what Sabato and Lucchesi said.

He was a bridge, connecting to those outgoing, introverted, new, and troubled players, providing them with as much help as possible.

Ren Yudi believed that this would help improve the team atmosphere, increase cohesion, and also eliminate the negative perception that Fiorentina was a "mercenary army" to a certain extent.

In addition, Feng Qing's identity was also changed from Zhang Jun's personal doctor to the club's team doctor. Ren Yudi believed that Fiorentina's large-scale injuries last season were related to those incompetent team doctors. So he simply introduced traditional Chinese medicine into the Western club, combining Western physiotherapy with Chinese massage to ensure the players' physical health as much as possible.

And recently, in addition to Fiorentina being relatively popular in Italy, another piece of news also made many people excited.

Roberto Baggio was finally coming out of retirement.

He chose coaching as his new identity. But what disappointed the Fiorentina people was that he didn't come to Florence, but went to Milan, where he would serve as the head coach of Inter Milan's youth team.

Zhang Jun was also very surprised when he heard this news. He called Robi to ask why he chose Inter Milan instead of returning to Florence.

Baggio laughed and said, "Because I'm an Inter Milan fan, my whole family is. And I recommended myself to Florence, I don't owe them anything anymore, but I owe Moratti a favor. Zhang Jun, you now have excellent teammates around you, a head coach who understands you and values you, and a chairman who is willing to spend money. Fiorentina already has the capital to become champions. I don't want you to be so smooth sailing. Our Inter Milan is not willing to only win the championship once in so many years."

"But..."

"When we meet again in the future, we will be opponents, Zhang Jun. Work hard!"

Zhang Jun didn't expect this to be the final outcome. When he first met Baggio, he was connected to Florence. He had always thought that his choice of Florence was influenced by Baggio, and that if Baggio wanted to come back, he would definitely choose Florence. Everyone thought so, but they all ignored the fact that Baggio was actually an Inter Milan fan.

Baggio's choice caused some extreme Fiorentina fans to have some excessive words and deeds. They always thought about their own interests and wishes, but they didn't consider the issue from Baggio's perspective.

Zhang Jun was very helpless because of Baggio's words, "When we meet again, we will be opponents." Baggio was his teacher, and he would also be his opponent in the future. Perhaps there were still many things in life that could not be forced.

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On August 31, the day before the transfer window closed, Fiorentina announced that they had signed Kehl from Borussia Dortmund and Lahm from Bayern Munich for eight million euros and six million seven hundred thousand euros respectively.

Almost all of the people Sabato had written on the list had been bought. He once again thanked God in his heart for letting him meet such a generous boss.

Frey, Gasbarroni, Toni, Montolivo, Dainelli, Donadel, Krøldrup, Xiang Tao, Kehl, Lahm, Mascherano, Jørgensen, Zhang Jun.

The above is what Fiorentina has gained this summer. Buying, buying out, Ren Yudi has spent nearly 100 million euros before and after. Fiorentina has replaced half of the players, and it is completely different from last season.

Ren Yudi is very satisfied with this lineup. The strength of these people is no problem to reach the top six, but the media is not optimistic. They believe that Fiorentina may have to repeat the old path of last season.

With suspicion and expectation, Fiorentina began the new season.

At the beginning of the new Serie A season, CCTV5 made a preview video based on the consistent tradition. A small thing with a length of four minutes and ten seconds, coupled with U2's "Beautiful Day", has become a popular video for many Chinese fans to chase and download online.

The film respectively shows the process of AC Milan and Inter Milan competing for the championship, and the scene of Fiorentina successfully relegated at the last moment. The three Chinese players are the protagonists in this.

Inter Milan, the defending champion.

AC Milan, aiming for the championship.

Fiorentina, the Three Chinese Musketeers.

September 4th, 0708 season, let us look forward to their performance.

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On September 4, Serie A kicked off. In the opening match, Inter Milan easily defeated the promoted team Ascoli 2:0 at home. AC Milan also defeated Parma 3:1 away. Van Basten relieved everyone, and his debut performance was very good.

Fiorentina lost to Lazio 0:1 away. They had 30 shots throughout the game, almost pressing Lazio to play, but they just didn't score, but Lazio scored the only goal through a defensive counterattack.

This time, the Italian media was not surprised. Their view was that it would be strange for such a chaotic team not to lose. Some media even started "fatalism", saying that in the first round of last season, Fiorentina lost to Roma, and as a result, they were narrowly relegated in the end. And now, the first round was lost to a team from Rome again, does it also indicate that Fiorentina's road this season will be bumpy?

As if to verify this statement, Fiorentina lost the next three games, one league round and two Italian Cups. And the two games lost in the Italian Cup directly led to the team not having any Italian Cup to play in for the next season - they were eliminated after entering the knockout stage.

This result made Fiorentina fans feel angry. In the third round of the league, when they played Chievo at home, they hung out a "mercenary army" banner outside the stands. This title has become the nickname of this Fiorentina team after the Italian media's unremitting promotion.

The team didn't perform well in the first half. In the first home game of the season, the players were under great pressure and were out of shape. They were behind in both score and performance, and the fans' boos didn't stop after the team fell behind.

During the half-time break, Sabato was also very dissatisfied with the team's performance, because the team didn't implement his requirements. The defense and offense couldn't be coordinated, and the cooperation between the players was not tacit enough.

They were all fine during training, so why did they change when they got into the game?

Moreover, he was also dissatisfied with the momentum shown by the team. He believed that the team should be full of murderous aura at their home stadium. But now, everyone seemed to be sleepwalking, unable to muster any energy.

How could this work?!

Losing streak had a great impact on the team's morale. They must use a victory to stabilize the team's morale now.

Sabato scratched his messy hair, and made his already messy collar even messier. He looked at a room full of silent team members. Obviously, the beautiful vision before the season was too far from reality. After all, there were mostly young players in the team, and they couldn't stabilize their emotions at all times.

"Ah... I don't know what you're afraid of? You're shrinking back on the field, one by one like f**king women. Is it because you just lost the Italian Cup in one season? F**k it! The sh*t Italian Cup is lost if it's lost, I don't care! You just need to try your best to play on the field. I'll tell you the truth, I'm under the most pressure after losing streak, but I don't care what people say outside, what do those idiots know? The reason why we lost the first few games is because we're f**king unlucky! But the reason why we're behind today is because you f**king bastards are performing too sh*tty!" After a month of getting along, the team members had long been accustomed to Sabato's foul-mouthed and saliva-spraying way of speaking.

"This is our home stadium, but you let the Chievo idiots run wild on our territory." Sabato pointed to the door, opposite was Chievo's locker room, his loud voice didn't seem to worry that this would be heard by the other side at all. "Murderous aura! You must have a murderous aura!" He clenched his fist and shook it hard in front of the team members. "Xiang Tao! You told me that you were the second most fouling player in the whole team in the Belgian League, but I don't even have a single push on your technical statistics today, didn't you eat enough for lunch?! I'm telling all of you, we're f**king behind at home now, behind at home! Do you know what this means? We're very embarrassed! F**king... very embarrassed! Cheer up, I don't care if you foul, if you want to foul, give me a f**king big one, but don't foul in the penalty area... Javier, you're the commander on the field, you have to keep your eyes on all directions and listen to all directions, but your performance today is really disappointing. You don't want to be said by those idiot media - ah, he's a f**king flop, right?"

Mascherano quickly shook his head, so anxious that he seemed to have been called a "f**king flop".

"Then do it well for me! Long pass, cross, dribble forward, intercept... whatever you want. My tactics give you full trust and freedom, if you don't do it well, you're f**king sorry. Krøldrup, make your movements dirtier, I know you have a lot of small movements. Why are you being polite to your opponents? Also, I've told you many times, don't look up to find people when you pass the ball, you're an attacking midfielder, you must be very, very familiar with the position and running route of your attacking teammates, you must be able to pass the ball to them even if you don't look up. You have to know, if you can't do it, you're not a f**king excellent attacking midfielder!"

Krøldrup rolled his eyes at Sabato. He had never thought of being an excellent attacking midfielder. He used to play football to earn money to treat his father's illness. Now that the dead ghost was gone, he hadn't found a reason to work hard to play football for a while.

"Zhang Jun, you're the captain, but you're too silent. I know you want to set an example with practical actions, but that's too old-fashioned. You have to shout, shout out loud, you scold whoever doesn't try their best. Don't be afraid to open your mouth, you're the captain, you have this qualification. Angelo and I put the captain's armband on you not because it looks good. Also Toni, you're a center forward, I know you have good skills, but you should be more ruthless in physical confrontation, even if you foul, we won't be given a penalty, what are you afraid of? If the center forward is weak, it will make those defenders think you're easy to bully."

"Defensive line... well, it seems that there is still a bit of a problem with cooperation. We will solve this later. Now we need to attack, we are one goal behind, we must overtake. Because this is our home stadium, if you still want to do something this season, then we can't lose the home game!"

Sabato was talking excitedly when Di Livio whispered to remind him of the time. Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and they were about to go on the field again.

Sabato was a little disappointed: "It's really f**king sh*t, the half-time break is too short. Okay, bastards, the second half is about to start, go back to the field and show the Chievo idiots some color, use goals to tell them, whose home this is. Remember what I said just now, show your momentum, our strength far exceeds Chievo, we have no reason to lose at our home stadium! Now, get out there and beat up those poor bastards!"

Sabato slammed open the door of the locker room, and the noise of the stadium poured in. The players, who were fired up by Sabato's scolding, screamed and rushed out.

Although they were sprayed with saliva by this foul-mouthed head coach every day, most of the time, these crude words were really f**king useful.

That's right! Now go out and teach those Chievo bastards who dare to run wild in our home stadium a lesson!

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Di Livio waited for Sabato to leave before closing the door and going out. He tidied up the locker room a little. The emotional head coach had made it a bit messy here.

When he first became Sabato's assistant, he was also very unaccustomed to this person's foul language and some of his ways of doing things. But he couldn't show it, because he was the bridge between the players and the coach.

He had imagined what he would do if he were to manage this group of players with different personalities himself. He had assumed several ways, none of which could guarantee success. He didn't expect Sabato to do it so simply.

He still remembered the scene when he came for the first time and saw Sabato introducing himself to the players.

"Good morning everyone, the weather is nice today... Actually, I don't need to introduce myself, because you can see me every day these days, and you have also heard a little from those idiot media. But I think it is still necessary to introduce myself, because I am afraid that you will have some misunderstandings..."

Speaking of this, Di Livio thought he was going to defend his negative reviews. But Sabato said: "Actually, I'm not like those idiots say, because I'm more gangster than they think!"

Hearing this, Di Livio felt a little weak in his feet.

"I want you to know what kind of person I am. I swear a lot, often scold people, sometimes I even scold myself. I don't want to hide this, because I hope you don't take my swearing seriously, I don't have any malice. I hope you can accept my way of speaking, if you really don't want to listen, you can plug your ears with cotton, but I won't change my way of speaking. I hope you are prepared at that time."

This half-threatening and half-joking remark caused some dissatisfaction among the players at the time. In the following period, Di Livio was always very busy, because he had to clean up the mess for Sabato, who didn't keep his mouth shut. After he scolded the players, he had to come to explain to the players who were full of grievances: "He doesn't really mean to scold you with dirty words, the more fierce he scolds you, the better he actually treats you..." Looking back now, what I said at that time was really weak.

Fortunately, fortunately, Sabato's foul language did not touch the bottom line of the players, so some people were angry, but they couldn't express it. Moreover, if he scolds you harshly one day, he will hug you and praise your performance the next day. It is really impossible to be angry with such a person.

Sure enough, he is a gangster.

Now I have to admire his method. The simplest and most direct method is also the most effective. No matter what kind of personality, since he chose to play football, there must be a trace of fanaticism and bloodiness in his heart. These things can always be stimulated by Sabato's dirty words. So although the team has lost streak now, the hearts of the people have not been scattered.

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Zhang Jun was still thinking about Sabato's words. He himself didn't expect to wear Fiorentina's captain's armband.

At that time, during training, Sabato wanted to give him the captain's armband in front of everyone, but he didn't dare to take it. But Sabato told him that this was Di Livio's idea, and Angelo insisted on putting this armband on him. He didn't say the reason, but Zhang Jun didn't dare not to take it. This was the candidate recognized by the former captain, who would dare to say no?

Moreover, Zhang Jun's performance last season proved his loyalty to Fiorentina. Looking at the current starting lineup, Zhang Jun was the only one qualified to wear the captain's armband.

But Zhang Jun himself always felt that he was not worthy to be the captain, and he would not be the captain. On the field and off the field, he didn't know what to do. Sabato wanted him to shout, but he had never done this before, how could he shout out suddenly?

But he was the captain, and he couldn't do nothing, so he had to clap his hands and shout: "Let's go on the field!" But as soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was immediately overwhelmed by the fans' shouts.

The "mercenary army" banner was hanging opposite them, very big and very dazzling.

The game restarted, and Sabato didn't return to his seat. He stood on the sidelines, he wanted to continue to remind his subordinates: murderous aura, murderous aura!

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Xiang Tao's face was livid, he was most annoyed by others looking down on him. Gelaotze, I am the second most fouling player in the whole team, I am rude, what's wrong with that? As long as I can stop the attack!

Luciano was dribbling the ball on the wing, he was very fast, but someone was faster than him.

Xiang Tao chased after him like lightning from the other side, and then slid a tackle, Luciano was caught off guard, and fell out of the baseline with the ball.

The audience exclaimed, and the referee rushed up and gave Xiang Tao a yellow card.

Sabato turned his head and smiled at Di Livio: "This kid, he didn't even get a red card!"

Di Livio was very nervous just now, afraid that the referee would show a red card, then it would be over. But looking at Sabato, he seemed very satisfied.

Luciano was very angry that the referee only showed a yellow card, but the referee ignored him, and the number 13 on the opposite side was still staring at him and smiling, which was clearly mocking!

Luciano was provoked.

He then chose to break through from Xiang Tao several times in a row, but even if Xiang Tao didn't foul, he didn't get any advantage. Four breakthroughs only succeeded once, and he didn't even pass the ball out in the end. The Chinese defender's turning speed was really fast, and his strength was good, so he was really not easy to deal with.

This time, his dribbling was intercepted by Xiang Tao again, and then kicked to Gasbarroni in front.

When Gasbarroni was in the Italian national youth team and the Juventus youth team, he was famous for his fast speed and good dribbling breakthroughs. After receiving Xiang Tao's pass, he dribbled the ball quickly along the sideline, and someone wanted to stop him, but he rushed past them with his speed.

But he didn't go directly to the bottom, but passed horizontally to Krøldrup.

Chievo's defensive midfielder wanted to come up to interfere with Krøldrup's possession of the ball, but Krøldrup didn't mean to take the ball. He shook his right wrist, and the football suddenly changed direction here, and was bounced to the no-man's land on the right side of the penalty area.

Chievo's defenders didn't have time to pass. They thought Krøldrup would pass Zhang Jun and Toni in the center. Now it was too late to turn around and pounce. Jørgensen quickly plugged in, and then shot directly without waiting for the ball to land!

He made a powerful shot from a 50-degree angle, directly piercing Chievo goalkeeper Fontana's fingers, the ball went in!

The Franchi Stadium suddenly erupted with huge cheers. Fiorentina equalized the score just thirteen minutes into the second half!

Jørgensen, who scored the goal, seemed unusually excited. He ran to the stands, tore off his jersey, and threw it to the stands with countless outstretched hands. Udinese only offered him 500,000 euros, making him a laughing stock in the circle for a while. Some media even called him "Mr. Cheap", which made him very unhappy. For Di Natale, he could actually be treated so cheaply.

Now he used a beautiful goal to slap Udinese hard in the face.

Zhang Jun rushed up excitedly, it was great that the team equalized the score.

Jørgensen was subsequently shown a yellow card by the referee for celebrating by taking off his shirt, but this was not important. The momentum of the team and the fans was ignited by this world wave.

The entire Franchi was chanting "Fiorentina!" The fans seemed to have forgotten that they had booed this group of "mercenaries" in the first half.

On the sidelines, Sabato seemed even more excited than Jørgensen who scored the goal. He jumped up and down, running from this end of the bench to the fourth official, and then jumping back. His actions made him the focus of the camera.

It's worth being happy when you score a goal. He doesn't need to pretend to be profound like the old men, with a look of cunning. Although he has wrinkles all over his face like a man in his forties, he is actually only thirty-seven, not as old as assistant coach Di Livio.

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Chievo kicked off, they were not willing to admit defeat just like that. Fiorentina performed like a sick cat in the first half, how did they turn into a tiger in the time of a half-time break?

They just attacked once, and had to shrink back to defend again, because Fiorentina attacked too fiercely. They didn't care how you attacked, they even had full-backs rushing to the vicinity of your penalty area. This was a desperate style of play that completely ignored the defense behind them.

Faced with this crazy momentum, Chievo didn't dare to attack, they were afraid that they would lose the ball before they could break through the opponent's goal.

As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes, and those who fight are afraid of those who don't want to die. Fiorentina is now barefoot and doesn't want to die.

"Press up! Press up!" Sabato was still asking the defenders to press forward, but the full-backs had already pressed to both sides of the opponent's penalty area. Did he want the center-backs to press to the midfield?

After Sabato took office, he completely overturned Zhang Jun's previous perception that he could only be a center forward. In this 4-4-2, Toni was the center forward, standing at the front, while Zhang Jun was dragged behind. Sabato believed that this would help Zhang Jun to play his speed advantage and have space for him to dribble and break through.

However, judging from the recent games, Zhang Jun has obviously not adapted to his new position. He always runs forward unconsciously, crowding with Toni.

Zhang Jun realized that he was overlapping with Toni again, and quickly retreated, and the center-back who was marking him was also pulled out with him.

Krøldrup passed the ball to him, Zhang Jun glanced at Toni behind him, and did not take the ball, but spread his legs apart, letting the football leak through his legs! Chievo's defender was caught off guard and let the ball go past.

Zhang Jun, who missed the football, turned around at the same time and ran to the other side.

Toni happened to receive the ball, he heard Zhang Jun shouting for a pass, so he unhesitatingly passed the ball horizontally. Zhang Jun happened to insert into the penalty area just now, and his one-two with Toni tore apart Chievo's defense. He was now unmarked, facing the goalkeeper directly!

This was a great opportunity for Zhang Jun, and the rest was too simple for Zhang Jun. He didn't even look up to confirm the goalkeeper's position, and directly pushed the ball with one foot!

Fontana tried his best to pounce to the far corner, but his hand was just a little bit away from touching the football. He could only watch the football roll into the net again.

"Beautiful cooperation! This is Zhang Jun's second goal of the season! Fiorentina has reversed the score! Their performance in the second half is almost like two different teams! It's incredible, what did Sabato say to them during the half-time break?" This commentator probably wouldn't have thought that Sabato just scolded them for fifteen minutes.

Even Zhang Jun had such a feeling. It was the same to scold people, Malesani's scolding was painless, but Sabato's roar could point directly to the heart and give the listener great stimulation. This was the level!

Zhang Jun turned around and hugged Toni who passed the ball to him. Krøldrup also came up to celebrate the goal. The three of them hugged each other.

As the captain, he only felt that he was playing the role of the captain at this time. The head coach asked him to shout, but he felt that shouting was all in vain, and it was more exemplary for him to show them with his own actions.

Fontana helplessly looked at the football in the goal. He felt that he was really too old. Maybe he could have saved the ball if he was a few years younger. It was just a very ordinary push shot, why couldn't he even touch the ball when he threw himself out?

He wouldn't know how tricky the angle of Zhang Jun's ordinary push shot was, otherwise he wouldn't think so.

"Ah - Chievo is completely stunned! Poor Chievo, maybe the situation in the first half made them have illusions, thinking that they could take all three points away, but Fiorentina scored two goals in a row in thirty minutes of the second half, from behind to reverse! This is really the best half they have performed so far this season! It would have been better if it had been like this earlier?"

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"Don't stop! Press up and attack! Damn it, we can still score goals!" Sabato shouted loudly when he saw that the team had a habitual sense of conservatism after taking the lead. A one-goal lead over the opponent was not safe for the current Fiorentina.

Chievo then launched a counterattack, and Fiorentina was forced to withdraw. Fortunately, Frey's performance was very good, ensuring that the goal was not lost.

Sabato paced anxiously on the sidelines. He couldn't wait to rush to the field, grab the necks of those bastards, and remind them that the best defense is offense.

Zhang Jun also realized the danger. He took the initiative to open his mouth and shout loudly for the first time: "Don't pass the ball back! Pass forward! Forward!!"

With a wave of his hand, Mascherano passed a long pass. Zhang Jun retreated while bracing against the defender who was defending him, preparing to jump.

Zhang Jun was still very confident in fighting for headers in the frontcourt.

He finally managed to get the ball, but he headed it back directly. He headed it to the no-man's land in front of the penalty area.

Krøldrup stepped forward, and Chievo's defensive midfielder also forced up from the other side. Now no one has touched the