The Era of Emerald

() After the draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League group, the head coaches of other participating clubs went home one after another. Last season's European Cup winners and Cup Winners' Cup winners will attack the European Super Cup winners at the Stade Louis II in Monaco!

In the first few days before the start of the game, a large number of sports media are trying their best to hype the atmosphere of the European Super Cup, although Ajax, the winner of the European Champions Cup last season, lost a lot of blood this summer, and the other side of the Cup Winners Cup The champion Fiorentina is not too well-known, which makes the star flavor of this European Super Cup a little lacking.

However, this naturally cannot trouble many reporters who rely on their pens and mouths to make a living. With the secret encouragement of UEFA (as the main promoter of the Super Cup restructuring, Johansson naturally does not want to let his first reform of European competitions just happen. Facing failure at the beginning), articles that can attract the attention of fans are on the paper.

What about Gianni Keida and Corini teaming up to fight against former teammates, what about Ronaldo and Davis resolving old grievances with a smile, all kinds of topics were unearthed by these reporters and published in newspapers .

Even the deeds of the head coaches of the two teams, Van Gaal and Ranieri, were published by the paparazzi in the newspaper, and they even took a special title called "Peak Showdown of Europe's Top New Generation Coaches".

Van Gaal and Ranieri are both 44 years old this year, barely in the range of young coaches (generally speaking, young coaches refer to coaches under the age of 45), and both of them have made good achievements in recent years. score.The former led Ajax to win the UEFA Cup and Champions Cup, while the latter re-emerged Fiorentina, which was sinking in the quagmire of the second division, and won the Serie A and European Cup Winners' Cup double crown last season.So from this point of view, this report is quite reliable.

But this has caused dissatisfaction among fans of many other teams. For example, fans of Real Madrid believe that their head coach Valdano, who has just turned 40, is also qualified to be called a top young coach. The rumored Tenerife won a place in the European war, and then overturned Barcelona's four-year domination of Spanish football in the first season of coaching Real Madrid.

How could the great Real Madrid manager not be the best in Europe? !

But the opinions of Real Madrid fans were quickly overwhelmed by other voices. If they only won a league championship and are ashamed to be called a top young coach, then the head coach with this name is still dissatisfied with the street, at least the same in the world. Blackburn coach Dalglish and Dortmund coach Heathfield, who led the team to the league championship last season, should also be included. Anyway, Dortmund also won the Bundesliga twice...

So, before the start of the European Super Cup, a debate about "who is the top young coach in Europe" started like this.

No matter what the outcome of this debate is, UEFA and the journalists’ goals have been achieved anyway. Newspaper sales have increased due to the debate, and UEFA’s vigorous promotion of the UEFA Super Cup has also increased a lot of attention. It can be said that everyone is happy.

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August 8th is the day when the first round of the new Serie A season officially kicks off, but Fiorentina, as the defending champion, is obviously unable to face the first opponent of the new season's league at this time, because today is also the start of the UEFA Super Cup Ria!

Since the Louis II Stadium of the Monaco club as the organizer can only accommodate 1 fans, the tickets provided to fans of both sides are only [-] tickets each, and the number of fans of the two teams who came to Monaco is absolutely absolute. There are more than [-] people in the area, so in addition to fans who bought tickets to enter the stadium to watch live games, fans from Florence and Amsterdam came to the square around the Louis II Stadium under the guidance of the police. An oversized screen was set up, enough to ensure that fans who didn't buy it could directly watch the live broadcast of the game through the big screen in the square!

When hosting this European Super Cup this year, Monaco had discussions with UEFA on the issue of maintaining law and order. In the end, the French Football Association contacted the French Ministry of Public Security and seconded a large number of police from nearby cities. They don't want to reproduce the tragedy of the Heysel tragedy on their own territory. After all, French football, which is now decimated, can't stand another toss.

Fortunately, neither Florence nor Amsterdam are world-famous for being rich in football hooligans. If they were replaced by Englishmen or even more popular Turks, they would rely on the hundreds of police comrades sent by the French police to maintain order outside the stadium. , it may not be enough...

When the Fiorentina bus drove into the Louis II Stadium, the Fiorentina fans who were watching outside the stadium immediately made loud cheers and cheers. This is the first time in the history of the Fiorentina club to participate in the European Super Cup!For Fiorentina fans, the championship trophy that this team has never won has an unparalleled attraction to them.

There is a saying that goes well: what is not available is the best.

In an event like the European Super Cup, winning two championships may still bring great excitement and a sense of honor to the fans, but it will feel meaningless if you win more times.

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At 27:[-] p.m. on the [-]th, Zhuang Mingge brought two ladies to the Louis II Stadium. Before that, he had directly reserved three seats in the VIP box from the organizer of the match.

"Oh! It's Chairman Corleone! It's a pleasure to watch this wonderful game with you this time!"

Zhuang Mingge took a closer look, and it turned out to be his old acquaintance, the vice chairman of the Ajax club, Van Prager.

"Hehe, Manager Van Prager... No, I should call you the vice chairman now. Why are you the only one here to watch this game this time? Where is Chairman Yake?"

"Chairman Corleone, you also know that now we are in troubled times for Ajax, although you have taken care of us before, loaning us two excellent players, Corini and Gianni Kaida, helped us get rid of the midfield. However, there are still many areas that need to be strengthened in other positions. Mr. Chairman is actively contacting all parties, so I have to attend this game."

"That's right. Please tell me if you need my help. We in Florence will support you as much as possible." Under such circumstances, it is obviously a very good choice to make friends with Ajax and Van Prager.

"Thank you, Chairman Corleone."