It was the summer of 2013 when the Fiorentina he thought he had pulled off the great coup, perhaps one of the most important in its history. In fact, it landed in Tuscany Mario Gomez. Most likely his name alone would be enough to understand and make us imagine what the feelings were, first in the days of the negotiation and then in the moment of the official announcement. The German arrived in purple with the label of the great striker who was supposed to help the team, then coached by Vincenzo Montella, make the definitive leap in quality, after a few very good seasons and qualification for the Champions League. However more than 100 goals with Bayern Munich they are certainly not trivial stuff and everyone’s stuff. The business card was one of the important ones and the ones over 20 thousand fans at its presentation we made expectations and expectations very clear.
But then what really happened and how did things really go? Only 10 goals in two seasons, distributed over 34 appearances. In short, Mario Gomez was without a doubt a huge disappointment. But what were the reasons and causes of this slow trend? The physical problems. In fact, after just a few weeks, the Teutonic rider was injured in a clash with Agazzi. A stop of 9 months in the first year and two in the second made him the shadow of the champion admired in Germany. Gomez appeared slow, cumbersome, lost and never perfectly integrated into the tactical schemes. In short, a real fish out of water. The fact that, in his next adventure in Turkey, the attacker then managed to rediscover his feeling with the goal, almost seemed like a sign of destiny. In reality, with hindsight, the downward trajectory had already begun in Florence, as confirmed at Wolfbsurg and Stuttgart, where he nevertheless made his contribution. Because sometimes a simple injury is enough to put an end to everything. Because bad luck, in football, as in life, is terrible and plays a fundamental role to say the least.
2024-05-15 16:00:42
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