Chapter 115 Champions League draw
Florence’s defeat of Parma to win the European Super Cup did not cause much waves in European football. After all, most people can see that there is a considerable gap between the two teams, and they are psychologically prepared for this. Or if Florence loses to Parma in the final, it will surprise them.
After the game, Florence flew back to Italy happily. They need to prepare for the celebration after the first match of the league was postponed due to the European Super Cup as soon as possible … In the eyes of Florence players, a European Super Cup champion is not worth celebrating in a big way, just holding a smallscale celebration party at the club.
Although the players all returned to Florence overnight after the game, Zhuang’s song Florence’s top management did not leave with the team, because the draw ceremony for the group stage of the 34season European Cup will be held in Monaco two days later, that is, on the last day of June.
The head coach Heinx needs to lead the team to prepare for the league situation. Zhuang Ge, the president of Florence Club, naturally took over this representative for Florence to participate in the Champions League group draw ceremony.
There are still some worries about this group draw, because Florence’s outstanding performance in winning the Champions League six times in the past year has made this competition, which represents the highest level of European football clubs, lack a lot of suspense. Most media and fans have formed a mindset that Florence will always be the favorite of the Champions League!
Although Florence’s achievements in the sixth championship in 2006 have made Viola the strongest club in the hearts of fans, this situation is not a good thing for the development of the Champions League. After all, if an event wants to develop well and continue to compete in other departments, it must be fierce enough not to be monopolized for a long time. Otherwise, its attraction to fans and sponsors will be reduced, and its influence and commercial value will be adversely affected.
Maybe someone will ask why Serie A has maintained a good momentum of development in Florence for five consecutive championships, but the Champions League can’t do this. Although Florence was invincible in Serie A at that time, it didn’t mean that they would never lose, and the fierce competition from other teams made up for the disadvantages caused by Florence’s longterm control of the championship trophy. Playing for a large number of famous stars in Serie A clubs and fierce competition for European qualification were the two most attractive sights in Serie A at that time.
Compared with the Champions League, the biggest selling point of this competition is that the championship trophy ultimately belongs to the stars versus the giants, but it is a minor part. Therefore, once the champion loses its suspense, the value of the Champions League will be reduced a lot. After all, there is no shortage of stars and giants in the four major leagues, and there is no need for fans to go to the Champions League.
So it seems natural that Florence will be targeted by UEFA.
So on the day before the lottery ceremony, I was worried that beckenbauer, who arrived in Monaco before, would like to ask him about UEFA’s view of Florence and make a further development policy for his club.
Antonio, you are so worried, said beckenbauer, sitting at the other side of the table while handing the freshly brewed black tea to the other side after Zhuang Ge told his purpose. It is true that Florence’s frequent winning in the Champions League has brought some negative effects on the commercial value of this event, but the impact is not as great as you think. Don’t forget that Florence has not won the Champions League for a long time, and the experience of winning Manchester United and Real Madrid has given many teams confidence that they can also challenge Florence’s dominance in the Champions League.
Er, listen to Franz. Do I think too much when you say that? I can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing beckenbauer answer Zhuang Ge. If that’s the case, I’m relieved …
However, in order to make other teams not despair of winning the Champions League, we still need to take some special care of Florence. For example, setting more obstacles for Florence in the competition schedule and opponents’ arrangement will make it more difficult for your club to successfully defend the Champions League. When Zhuang Ge came to beckenbauer with peace of mind, he said, Of course, Antonio, you can rest assured that although we will give Florence problems in these two aspects, we will never let the referee blow the whistle in the game. After all, we will try our best to ensure the fairness and justice of the game, but we will not do anything stupid to destroy our foundation if we achieve our goal.
Zhuang Ge didn’t express his incomprehension and opposition to beckenbauer’s statement, because he knew very well that Florence was indeed the strongest among all the giants in terms of strength. It was inevitable that Viola would have a hard time with its opponents in the UEFA competition. Actually, Zhuang Ge was very satisfied that beckenbauer could guarantee that there would be no referee problems in Florence.
Think about how many unjust, false and wrongful cases UEFA made in Platini’s past life. The referee problem is often reported in newspapers and criticized by people. This guarantee of beckenbauer is important for Florence, because even if Florence loses the game and is eliminated from the Champions League, it can be said that Viola is not as good as others or its own strength is not strong enough, instead of making people dissatisfied with UEFA as Italy and Spain did in last year’s World Cup, which made those players who were actively fighting for it feel wronged.
In this way, on the evening of March 31st, when the special guest of UEFA appeared at the lottery ceremony, Stifano, a famous real Madrid player, put Ajax, La Liga runnerup and Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kiev and Florence into the same group with a smile on his face, Zhuang Ge did not show any surprise because he had already learned this information from beckenbauer, the head of UEFA, and was fully prepared.
Chapter 116 Bureau winning streak (2)
Although Florence’s situation in the Champions League is not optimistic, it has not affected the players’ confidence in winning the championship. After all, Florence was targeted by UEFA in the Champions League, and it didn’t happen only this year. Therefore, vieri and Starr, veterans who have played in Florence for many years, have not shown any surprise and are still doing various trainings on the court as if nothing had happened.
Therefore, the morale of the team was quickly stabilized by these prestigious players in Florence’s locker room. There was no confusion because they were assigned to a death group in the Champions League draw. In the team, inexperienced teenagers like Derossi and Ribery also took the lead in training and stopped thinking about the Champions League schedule just to look at it.
In this way, on September 2, Florence players ushered in their first performance in Serie A in the new season. Unfortunately, the venue of the first match of the Viola League was not arranged by the Italian Football Association at Frankie Stadium, but at Del Coro Stadium, the home of ancona Club.
Many Fiorentina players complain privately about the unreasonable arrangement of the Italian Football Association. After all, Florence is the most powerful club in Italy anyway, and it is also a goldlettered signboard of Italian football. It is normal for the Football Association to be flexible in arranging the schedule or give some special treatment within the scope allowed by the rules. But why do things have to make them have no chance to enjoy the cheers of home fans for a whole month?
So in the face of the intention of being ready for battle, ancona was depressed because the first game of the league failed to be held at home. The Florence players decided to take practical actions to educate the newly promoted horses so that they could see the majesty of a Serie A overlord. Of course, they would not say that this was to vent their grievances.
In the face of the main force, Florence ancona has the heart to resist, but the huge strength gap between the two teams has made all the arrangements of the home team worse. Even if they put out the iron drum array regardless of their face, it was torn apart by the impact of this heavy tank in vieri.
In the end, vieri, Vincent and Ballack each scored a goal in this game to help Viola beat ancona 30 to win the league. Viola won a controversial victory and taught the newly promoted team a hard lesson in trying to fight ancona at home, making them realize that Serie A is not as good as they thought. They still have a long way to go before they want to stay here at the end of the season.
Then, after a national team competition cycle, Florence players got out of the national team and ushered in the second round of Serie A before they came to take a breath.
This time, Fiorentina players finally got a chance to support the team and give a wonderful performance at Frankie Stadium!
Although due to the national team competition, Heynckes had to make a considerable rotation in the formation, such as playing a full game in the middle of the week, vieri and Ballack did not enter the starting list of this game, but in the face of the round of league opponents, the core players were one year older and still believed that the veteran Bologna put Derossi, Ribery and Vucinic into the starting line. Florence had an excellent performance in the game. signori was lost in Lucio and gamberini’s defense, and pagliuca defended the goal for four times in ninety minutes!
Four wins over Florence won the game without blowing off dust and won the first home win of the new season.
Although the league has just started, Viola’s opponents in these rounds are generally weak, but Florence’s state and strong dominance in the first two rounds of Serie A still make those clubs who are also aiming for the championship lose their minds. After all, ancona, a newly promoted horse, is as beautiful as gold, regardless of whether Bologna is not a veteran who can easily take opponents. This team has a lot of experienced veterans who know when to adopt what kind of competition strategy. Although it is not strong, it is also a very difficult opponent in Serie A.
However, in this game, the Florence players took the initiative to firmly control the game from the beginning to the end, and solved this seemingly difficult opponent by dividing by three by five without giving the Bolognans a little chance to fight back, and won a fourgoal victory.
In the league, two games, two wins, seven goals and one goal without losing Florence’s achievements are enough to make a team feel scared!
If some people think that Florence’s victory in the first two rounds of the league was threatened by the weak opponent’s strength, then Florence’s first performance in the Champions League group stage in the new season three days after playing Bologna has made these people doubt their view.
Florence didn’t suffer too much challenge when facing the runnerup in La Liga this season, because she did her best in this match with Real Sociedad. vieri showed her talents and tore the defensive line of Real Sociedad to pieces. After the game, she was rated as the best player. Although he only scored one goal in this game, Florence’s teammates around vieri, the tactical fulcrum of the frontcourt, scored many good goals and successively assisted Ballack and Pirlo to score goals, which was the biggest contributor to Florence’s away win.
So after the 90minute game, I lost to the Royal Society 13, and succeeded in the footsteps of AC Milan, Parma, ancona and other teams, which became another ghost of Florence in the season.
The Champions League match in midweek didn’t seem to have much impact on the physical fitness of Florence players. After returning to Italy from San Sebastian, Viola won the third round of Serie A at the weekend with a 20 win over Perugia and successfully scored three points at Lei Natuo Guri Stadium, winning three consecutive league games!
Florence has won six games in various competitions in 34 seasons (Italian Super Cup, European Super Cup, League and Champions League), which makes all the teams that are about to play Viola worry that they will try their best to be solved by the other side, because it will not only lose the game, but also make them lose face.
Chapter 117 Bureau winning streak (3)
Although a famous Florence storm is gradually taking shape in Europa and has a faint tendency to cover the whole of Europe, at this time, most of the big clubs are sighing that Florence has come out so early. Actually, they don’t have much fear of Florence. You know, in European football, big clubs like Florence have to play 50 or 60 games less a season. Compared with Florence’s sixgame winning streak, it seems a bit insignificant to these people.
There is a saying that the winner is the last laugh. Aren’t you afraid of the lack of success when Florence wins so hard at the beginning of the season?
Hynkes, a top coach with rich coaching experience, can be said to have a clear understanding of the mentality of these clubs at this time. Naturally, he also has countermeasures, such as resolutely observing the opinions of sports medicine experts in physiotherapy centers, strictly monitoring the physical indicators and health conditions of players, and reducing the possibility of players being suspended due to injuries; There is also the rotation of strategic reassurance players’ physical fitness and state will not be problematic due to the tight schedule.
In the season, it is Heinks’ strategy after careful consideration. In the eyes of the German coach, the depth of Florence bench is the highest in Europe, but the Viola season still needs to face the situation of thirdline war, and even needs to go to the distant day to participate in the Toyota Cup in December, which will inevitably have an adverse impact on the team’s combat effectiveness and performance stability.
Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity that the players are full of energy and relatively stable at the beginning of the season, let the team seize points and establish enough lead during this period. When the game is closed, it will be beneficial to accumulate points advantage in the league in the early stage and attack the Champions League rotation to deal with the league battlefield.
Of course, whether Hynkes’ strategy of World War I can be implemented smoothly depends on whether the old man’s house will give it or notif Florence encounters extensive injuries or accidents during the season, Hynkes will probably change his battle plan.
A week later, the fourth round of Serie A ushered in the second home game of the season. Fiorentina players played against Lecce, a visiting pepper, with the support of 30,000 Viola fans at Frankie Stadium. In Lecce, Uruguayan striker Chevanton Ernesto Javier performed quite well in this game. Facing gamberini and Stam to form a central defensive line, the Uruguayan international relied on his excellent skills and Italian footwork to help the visiting team equalize the score twice when it was behind!
If Pirlo, the substitute, hadn’t scored a direct goal from outside the penalty area in injury time, Florence might have shaken hands with the opponent in the fourth league game of the season.
Here, by the way, more than 30,000 fans came to the scene to watch the game, not because Florence drastically adjusted the ticket price, which made people unable to afford it, nor because Florence fans were tired of cheering on the onsite team, but because Zhuang Ge and his team formulated the stadium expansion plan in June this year and have entered the formal construction stage!
According to the construction plan made according to Jacques Herzog (this representative is the wellknown Allianz Stadium in Munich and the famous Bird’s Nest in China), the expansion project of Frankie Stadium needs to close the four stands of Frankie Stadium in turn during the period of one year, and then expand the closed stands one by one, so that three stands can be entered by spectators. It is natural that the number of seats in Frankie Stadium is slippery compared with the season.
Although the expansion of Frankie Stadium has caused a lot of losses to the club’s season tickets and commercial income, Florence believes that this loss is worth the money, because they all know that when Frankie Stadium completes the expansion of commercial facilities around the stadium and all the investment projects are completed, Florence’s financial income will definitely increase by a big margin!