So I honestly took three beautiful women to the VIP box I borrowed from rosella sensi, but I was surprised to find that an unexpected visitor was sitting in my box, and I didn’t dare to neglect it at all. Zhuang Ge quickly stepped forward to welcome the visitor.
"President Johansson is very happy to meet you here!"
"Ha-ha, President Corleone, I hope I didn’t disturb your interest in watching the game. This time, I just said hello to you, the half host. My seat is in Box 1." Johansson, despite his age, noticed that three beautiful women around Zhuang Ge didn’t know the details of the three women. He treated them as some important people and teased Zhuang Ge to make a man know the look.
Zhuang Ge knew that the other party was wrong when he saw Johansson’s expression, but he wouldn’t deliberately correct the other party’s misunderstanding. "Where? It’s very kind of you, Chairman Johansson. It should be that I visited you. To be honest, I really want to thank you."
"oh? How do you say this? "
"If you didn’t lead UEFA, our European clubs wouldn’t have won such rich competition bonuses, and European football wouldn’t be as famous and attractive as it is now." Zhuang Ge is telling the truth. During Johansson’s UEFA presidency, most of the world cups were from Europe, and UEFA held three European cups, which became colorful. In the Toyota Cup, European clubs were no longer inferior to South American teams.
It can be said that without Johansson, the popularity of European football would not be as high as it is now.
"Ha ha, Chairman Corleone, you flatter me. This is just my employee." Although he is modest, Old Johansson is obviously very impressed by Zhuang Ge’s words. "Anyway, I have something to thank you for. I have never forgotten your helping me in Amsterdam."
In the presence of "outsiders", Johansson obviously had some scruples and didn’t directly pick what happened in Amsterdam, but both Zhuang Ge and Johansson knew it well and naturally didn’t say anything.
"By the way, President Johansson, I have some things here that I intend to discuss with you …"
Then, less than half an hour before the game, Zhuang Ge and Johansson discussed the reform plan of the three major European cups in the box.
"Antonio, you mean it’s best not to expand both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup at the same time. Can you choose one of them?" Although the two people talked for less than half an hour in total, their names have changed unconsciously.
"Yes, I think that the expansion of the Champions League can really make the cake bigger and bigger. All teams participating in the Champions League can also get more generous video broadcasts and competition bonuses than before, but if the UEFA Cup is expanded, the situation will be completely different. President Johansson, think about it. The expansion of the Champions League will inevitably poach many strong teams from the UEFA Cup, which will lead to a sharp decline in the attraction of this event. If the UEFA Cup also chooses to expand, then the influx of a large number of weak teams will probably make the fans pay more attention to this event."
Generally speaking, Zhuang Ge means to tell Johansson not to continue pouring water into the already-watered UEFA Cup tournament, which will inevitably make the attraction and attention of the tournament further slippery.
This is how UEFA handled the UEFA Cup in Zhuang Ge’s previous life. As a result, the status of the three major European cups and one competition has slipped rapidly after the substantial expansion of the army. Many fans would rather go to La Liga and Serie A than pay more attention to the UEFA Cup, that is, to see who the champion is at the end of the season.
Do fans want to watch four major league games with several top teams or a group match between two teams from Cyprus and Malta? Heel can also think of it!
When I saw it, it was getting closer and closer to the game. Johansson temporarily suspended the exchange between the two men and felt that the trip was fruitful. He and Zhuang Ge made an agreement to "talk about it in further detail sometimes in the future" and got up and left.
"The draw for the Fiorentina Champions Cup was an accident. I hope President Corleone won’t mind my personal assurance that it won’t happen again." When they hugged goodbye, Johansson said this quietly with the volume in Zhuang Ge’s ear, and then drifted away and stayed in the box. Zhuang Ge was a little stunned.
What’s going on here? Did you worship a michel platini in Florence unconsciously?
Well, anyway, if it’s good for Florence, then everything is ok ~
Chapter 39 Final!
"Welcome to the Olympic Stadium in Rome! The upcoming European cup final will be held in this stadium! The two sides of the competition are Florence, Italy and Ajax, the Netherlands! This is the first time that the two teams have met in the Champions League and the second time that the two sides have met in an official competition! The last time the two sides played against each other was at the beginning of the season when Florence beat Ajax 2-0 to win the championship trophy. I wonder if they can continue this momentum this time! "
"This is the second time Florence has reached the final of the European Champions League! Prior to this, this Italian team only entered the Champions League final in 195556, but unfortunately they lost to Real Madrid in the final … Florence is a frequent visitor to the European Champions League compared with Ajax. They reached the final six times in total, and four of them won the championship trophy, so the efficiency of winning the championship is not high. The last time Ajax won the championship was last season when this youth team led by coach Fan Jiaer defeated AC Milan in the final. I wonder if Ajax, another Italian team, can play the same level as last year’s final against AC Milan? Let’s wipe our eyes! "
In Italy, the explanation of the match is still Media Seth’s ace Rao, and because of the "particularity" of this game, the TV station specially invited a famous Florence Enrico Albertosi (this gentleman has participated in three World Cups on behalf of the Italian national team and the main goalkeeper won the runner-up in the 197 World Cup) to explain the game.
While Rao is trying to stir up the atmosphere of the game, Fiorentina and Ajax players have come to the players’ tunnel and are quietly waiting for the game.
In front of the players of both sides is the referee of the game, Swede frisk, and his three colleagues are automatically in two rows behind the four referees. batistuta, the player of both sides, wears the captain’s armband and is at the front of the queue in Florence. On the other side of the channel is Ajax captain Blind-the veteran who was able to reach the Champions League final last season can be said to have contributed a lot. If he hadn’t played for Ajax all the year round and accumulated prestige to suppress the signs of instability in the team, Fan Jiaer, the grumpy head coach, would definitely not have achieved this result.
"Hey Antonio (brother Antonio), do you think Florence will win the game?" The atmosphere of the competition obviously infected the amateur fans Rebecca and Arisha. Although they don’t know much about football, they are Italian. Naturally, they want to see the national team win a big victory.
What’s more, this time it’s still Zhuangge Florence …
"I said that if the two big ladies can even predict this, then the game will not be played. Just look for someone to calculate a divination every day." Zhuang Ge explained in some distress situation.
Now that Florence’s trajectory is completely different from my own memory, Zhuang Ge’s heart is also seven. Although Florence is much higher than Ajax in terms of card strength, Zhuang Ge dare not boast that the team will definitely win the championship before the game results come out.
At this time, the fans are eagerly expecting four referees to take the lead out of the players’ channel, and the players from both sides followed them to the ball scene in order, which symbolizes the championship honor trophy, and now it is quietly standing in front of the exit of the players’ channel.
"oh! The players from both sides have now left the stadium, and now the captains of the two teams, batistuta and Blind, are organizing a competition for choosing their own half-court benefits by referee frisk … Now let me introduce the starting lineup of both sides first. "
"Defending champion Ajax, their head coach Fan Jiaer has discharged a three-four-three formation in the game. The starting goalkeeper is Edwin vander Sar, and the three defenders are Frank De Boer, bogarde and Ajax captain Blind."
"In midfield, Van Bronckhorst and Marc overmars live on loan from Florence, and Corini and giuliano giannichedda sit in the middle of the road, and the combination of one attack and one defense complements each other; Striker Ronal Delport and Finn Littmanning are a little behind. These two men are responsible for connecting the center and frontcourt and playing the forward center. simone inzaghi is also a player on loan from Florence. This young man is the younger brother of Florence striker filippo inzaghi. We see that his brother is sitting on the bench at the moment. If these two brothers can compete together this night, I believe it will be a story. "
"Now let’s take a look at Florence’s starting lineup! The goalkeeper is still a talented new star, Mr. Francesco Toldo Albertosi. What do you think? "
"Well, I’m very optimistic about toldo. I can see my shadow from him … but he is much more peaceful than I was outside the stadium." Because of his indiscretion in his private life, he was later surpassed by Zoff. At this time, he has passed the age of knowing his destiny. Many things have been taken seriously. When he saw that his old club has trained such a talented goalkeeper, Alberto naturally won’t spare his praise. "Now toldo is perfect in technology. Now he needs to work hard, that is, if he can maintain a stable play, he also needs to strengthen his grasp of attacking.
"… thank you very much for Mr Alberto Xi’s comments. Now I will continue to introduce the Fiorentina array." It’s hard to wait for Alberto Xi to finish and Rao to speed up the introduction of other players in Fiorentina. "The Fiorentina field formation should have been insisting for more than a month. Four hundred and thirty-four defenders are Lana, Lalasta and Zambrotta from left to right. Dibiagio is behind in defending effenberg’s central organization. Former Ajax player Davis is also one of the highlights of this game."
"The strikers batistuta, djorkaeff and Ronaldo have become the frontcourt trident! Ok, now both players are in their positions! Everything is ready! Just wait for the referee to blow the whistle! " Sweating, Rao finally introduced the starting list of both sides before the referee blew the whistle.
And frisk didn’t let the fans wait too long. Look at the wrist watch. The Swede blew the whistle!
The 9596 Champions League final is now official!
Chapter 31 Champions League Final (1)
Hearing frisk blow the whistle and get the ball, Florence immediately got the ball.
Batistuta kicked the ball to Ronaldo, and at this moment, the stands of the Olympic Stadium lit up several flashlights, which was the historic moment that Florence fans wanted to shoot with their cameras in their hands for the first time.
Stop the ball firmly at the foot. Ronaldo didn’t choose to take the ball forward, but immediately turned around and gave it to djorkaeff behind him. The Frenchman also chose to return the ball and landed at effenberg’s foot.
The German tiger’s image in the eyes of fans was greatly damaged because of the incident of pointing fingers at the World Cup in the United States. Except for the local fans in Florence, he was willing to accept him. The German midfielder almost became a mouse that everyone shouted at crossing the street.
After the middle finger incident, Zhuang Ge specially hired several world-class psychologists to treat effenberg’s bad personality, and the effect of supervision and treatment by batistuta, a good friend in effenberg, was obviously quite good. Although effenberg still had a lot of antics outside the stadium, his behavior was obviously different in nature from before, and it did not destroy the harmonious atmosphere of the team, but played a good role in invigorating the team.
Effenberg has been playing more and more steadily in the past two years. Although he was suspended in some games, the Florence midfield attack organization still depends on the German Rui Costa. Although he is also very good, he still lacks some maturity in grasping the overall situation.
It is precisely because of effenberg’s outstanding performance in Florence in the past two years that Germany is now calling for the tiger to return to the national team. If the national team coach Fu Geci still insisted on abandoning the tiger, I am afraid that effenberg would have worn the German chariot shirt again …
All right, enough gossip. Now let’s focus on the final.
After receiving djorkaeff’s return ball, effenberg looked up and observed the position of his teammates around him. batistuta and Ronaldo had already run to the hinterland of Ajax, while djorkaeff was in charge of receiving the ball on his left, while Davis was behind him on his right, and Lana and Zambrotta had also run …
On the other hand, Ajax naturally won’t let effenberg handle the ball so leisurely. Inzaghi rushed towards effenberg at the first time and ran through the half-court. Littmannin, Ronald De Boer and Marc overmars and others didn’t come to see the other coach Fan Jiaer for the time being. He didn’t want to let the players jump too hard at the beginning of the game and leave some profitable places for Florence and the right place at the right time.
Effenberg made his decision before Inzaghi rushed to his side.
When little Inzaghi was about to pounce, effenberg turned to the right and seemed to insert the ball to the right. Zambrotta made a sudden stop and quickly buckled the ball to the left with his right foot after he cheated Zambrotta in the right direction.
Little Inzaghi was tricked into turning to defend effenberg, but he was still a step behind by the Germans!
When effenberg took the ball forward, djorkaeff, who was in charge of meeting in front, also turned towards Ajax and rushed over at half-time!
However, the French didn’t rush too fast, but kept a certain distance from effenberg to ensure that the Germans had a stable ball point at any time
Because Marc overmars and van bronckhorst are on the wing and giuliano giannichedda is responsible for protecting the team’s defense, when effenberg moved forward with the ball, he was the first to greet the defense. He was the former Fiorentina player eugenio corini.
After being loaned to Ajax, Corini quickly became the core of Ajax’s new midfield. Even Ronald De Boer and Litmanning had to be dispatched from him when they were present. This midfielder, who was neglected in the first half of his career, has shown good strength at this time, not only being able to organize attacks, but also being accomplished in defense.
Seeing that former teammate Corini greeted him for the first time, effenberg knew that this opponent was not so easy to get rid of, and he was already prepared. After an emergency stop, effenberg turned around to protect the ball and quickly gave it to Lanna on the left.
Lana didn’t choose to move on after getting the ball, but gave it to her in front. djorkaeff then accelerated to get rid of Marc overmars defense. At this time, djorkaeff returned the ball to his feet. Now Lana can be said to have a large area in front of him. After all, Ajax played a three-center defense in the game, relying on Marc overmars and Van Bronckhorst on both sides to defend the flank.