The Era of Emerald

() "Since that bastard Sacchi looks down on our Fiorentina so much, let us win all the championships! Let's see what excuses he can find when he announces the squad for the European Cup!" The one who shouted this sentence was not the Fiorentina team One of the local players, but the team's vice-captain, the German Effenberg, "As long as we get all the championships we can get, then even if that old bastard Sacchi really didn't choose Fiorentina players to participate In the European Cup, the fans and the media will also stand on our side and criticize Sacchi's self-willed style!"

It seems that Sacchi's unfair treatment of Fiorentina made the "Tiger" who left the German national team in charge of Vogts forever because of the "middle finger incident" empathize with him, so after the game with Cagliari, the German changed his clothes The above remarks were made in the room.

When the other players heard what Effenberg said, they also felt that what their vice-captain said made sense.Although Fiorentina is now fighting on the third line, the team has achieved an eight-point lead in Serie A. If you make good use of these advantages, it will not be a problem to win the league championship at the end of the season; In the quarter-finals, according to the draw rules officially announced by UEFA for this season, Fiorentina, who won the first place in Group C, will face any of the No.2 of the other three groups.

Although there are no underdogs in the Champions League, considering the huge impact on European football after the emergence of the Bosman Act last summer, especially those small and medium-sized balls with insufficient financial resources will not have much resistance in front of the checkbook, so in this season In the UEFA Champions League group stage, the differentiation between strength and weakness has gradually emerged. Except for the Legia team from Poland, the biggest dark horse in the UEFA Champions League this season, there is still a trace of grassroots. The remaining seven teams are Dortmund. He and Panathinaikos are also powerful in Germany and Greece, and they will not worry about economic problems at all.

If Legia is drawn, of course it will be the top lottery. Although Panathinaikos dominates Greece, it is only a second-rate team in the Champions League, so there is nothing to worry about.

Dortmund is of course the opponent that Florence least wants to draw, but the Bundesliga team has not performed well in the European arena in the past two years, and the Italian team has always been the dominant player in the European arena.In addition, in last season's European Cup Winners' Cup, Fiorentina easily eliminated another German powerhouse, Werder Bremen, so even if Fiorentina is really unlucky and draws Dortmund, the strongest among the four groups , the players will not feel how terrible the opponent is.

Not to mention the Coppa Italia, a group of teams that have been abused by Fiorentina in the league will not change their fate even if they change the battlefield.

Huh?Thinking about it carefully, if we really follow what the vice-captain said, it seems that we really have the hope of winning the Triple Crown this year?After thinking about this, many Fiorentina players realized that if all goes well, this seemingly unrealistic delusion may really come true.

The Fiorentina players couldn't help being moved by the big pie drawn by Effenberg's words when they thought of this, and they roared excitedly in the locker room, as if they were cheering themselves up and preparing for the truth According to the big pie drawn by the Germans, strive to win the first triple crown in the history of Italian football.

The first Triple Crown in the history of Italian football, when Zhuang Mingge was a guest at Batistuta's house and heard Effenberg, who also went to Batistuta's house for a meal, mention it, he couldn't help but be surprised by the Germans. That rich imagination gave a slap in the face: You dare to think too much? !

The dreamy honor of the Triple Crown is naturally the dream of any player, but this time is not the time when Zhuang Mingge traveled through it. The teams that won the Triple Crown are like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. risk.

Before 1967, there were only three teams that won the Champions League, the national league championship and the domestic cup championship in the same year, namely Glasgow Celtic in 1970, Ajax in 1988, and Eindhoven in [-].

Some people may find that the three teams that have won the Triple Crown are all teams outside the four major leagues without exception. The reason for this is actually very simple, that is, before the emergence of the Bosman Act, the The gap between the rich teams is actually very small, otherwise there would not be the situation where Real Madrid in the Five Eagles era and Barcelona in the Dream Team era repeatedly failed in the Champions League.What affects the level of the entire league is more the overall strength of the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league. In this regard, teams from Scotland and the Netherlands are much cheaper than teams from the four major leagues. It is commonplace for several giants to take turns to win a league championship and a cup championship double. When the character explodes and wins the Champions League, the triple crown will come naturally.

The teams in the four major leagues are different. Due to the fiercer competition within the league, there are relatively fewer teams that win the domestic league cup double. Therefore, the probability of the birth of the triple crown is not as good as the next level In the league, this situation continued until the emergence of the Bosman Act.

After the arrival of the Bosman era, the restrictions on foreign aid in the European Union no longer existed, the gap between the rich and the poor began to widen, poor teams could not keep good players, and the thickness of the lineups of the giants in the major leagues began to double. The changes have greatly increased the probability of the Triple Crown appearing in the four major leagues.

Counting from Manchester United winning the Triple Crown in 1999, Barcelona in 09, Inter Milan in 10 years, and Bayern in 13 years, the teams that won the Triple Crown after the Bosman Act are all from the four major leagues. , This also reflects from one aspect the extent of the strength gap between the teams.

Although the Bosman Act has been implemented for half a year now, and there is a tendency for excellent star resources to concentrate on giants and high-level leagues, but after all, the time is short, and it is still very difficult to win the Triple Crown.

Effenberg’s speech is okay to fool those young people, but it can’t fool Zhuang Mingge: It’s okay if you win the Triple Crown, but if you accidentally become the king of Sanya like Leverkusen in 02, then it’s a big deal. Have fun...

"Haha, boss, you don't need to stare at me so seriously. I just wanted to cheer up those boys who were rejected by the national team..." Effenberg felt a little guilty when Zhuang Mingge stared at him, and hurriedly Hitting haha ​​trying to get away with it.

"How about this, Stefan." Zhuang Mingge was thinking about how to deal with this matter and suddenly had an idea, "Since you, as the vice-captain of the team, have proposed the grand goal of winning the Triple Crown, I, as the chairman of the Fiorentina club, Of course, I have to support the team with all my strength. In this way, if the team defends the league championship this year, I will pay an additional bonus of 200 million US dollars; if the team wins the Champions League, the bonus will be an additional 300 million; ..."

Having said this, Zhuang Minge deliberately paused, and said: "The total amount of additional bonuses is 800 million...Of course, if the team does not have a championship in the end, these millions of bonuses will come from your salary deducted."

"No problem! Boss, you are ready to watch our wonderful performance..." Effenberg, who was cheering for the boss's generous move, obviously didn't hear the last sentence.

Until Batty helplessly dragged the ecstatic tiger into the corner and recounted the content of the conversation just now, Effenberg, who has always been fearless, couldn't help being dumbfounded:

"……What?"