The Era of Emerald

Three days had passed since the 1993-94 UEFA Champions League final, and Zhuang Mingge, who had returned to Florence, unexpectedly received an invitation.

"What? Sister Karin, you said Coach Cruyff invited me to Barcelona?" Zhuang Minge looked at Karin in surprise, "Did I hear you right? The unpopularity of Italians in Barcelona is second only to the Royals. Madrid."

"I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with your hearing, Tony."

In this way, at the invitation of Cruyff's head coach, Zhuang Mingge brought his team to Barcelona, ​​Spain by plane.

Flying direct to Barcelona just to chat and drink tea with that old Dutch man?Looking at the accompanying personnel, you know that things are not that simple:

"No. [-]" entourage: Antonioni; main task: closely observe the technical characteristics and on-the-spot performance of Barcelona players at all levels.

Such a "task" sounds a bit outrageous-there are so many players in Barcelona's echelons at all levels, how could it be possible to observe them?No way, who let Antonioni's immediate boss, that is, Zhuang Mingge, assign him such a task? Of course, Antonioni will not go through the entire Barcelona club by himself, and come to Spain with him in the past few days A senior Fiorentina scout will also assist Antonioni in his work.And Guardiola, the "genius" player whose popularity has soared very quickly recently and who is known as the "genius" player in Spanish football in 50 years, is naturally among the key investigations of Antonioni.

"No. [-]" entourage: Hercule Poirot; a Belgian who is one of the club's three managers with Antonioni, this trip to Barcelona is naturally not for a simple vacation trip.The reason why Zhuang Mingge brought him to Barcelona was to prevent Cruyff from making a "surprise attack" like the idle Crown Prince Said. Once there is any negotiation during the meeting, Belgium, which is good at this work People can naturally be on top at any time.

In addition to the two accompanying managers, the "all-round" secretary Karin who followed Zhuang Mingge all the time was also indispensable. As for her tasks?Zhuang Mingge sometimes thinks that maybe she will be the busiest of the few people who came to Barcelona

Zhuang Mingge, who was just a "bumpkin" before crossing over, came to Barcelona, ​​the most memories of this ancient city are not the ancient churches there, nor the exciting bullfighting performances in the bullring, nor the streets and seaside everywhere. Passionate and unrestrained national dance.

What he thought of the most was, of course, the grand event with the theme of publicity and sexuality two years ago, the Olympic flame that burned over Barcelona for a full 15 days.

The Catalans, who are good at singing and dancing, also have a passion for sports beyond ordinary people's imagination.It is precisely because of this that they seem to be able to easily win the right to host the Olympic Games.When I heard from Karin's introduction that there are 200 stadiums in Barcelona, ​​Zhuang Mingge's brain network suddenly "frozen"-nn, no wonder the Catalans often used this to mock the later Madridians It is said that it is more difficult for them to bid for an Olympic Games than to squeeze milk, let alone the quality of these stadiums, think about it, the terrifying number of "200 seats" at the beginning can scare the gang of the International Olympic Committee The officials are scared to death!

Among the 200 large and small stadiums, there is undoubtedly one that Catalans often mention, and that is Barcelona's home stadium-the Nou Camp Stadium, which can accommodate 92000 spectators.

(Note: The stadium had not yet reached its "peak" capacity of 98000 until the final renovation of the main stand at the Camp Nou was completed.)

The accompanying people all have important "tasks", but what Zhuang Minge cares most about is what kind of direction Barcelona, ​​which is still coached by the old man Cruyff, will present in the future of European football.Others may not be clear about it, but Zhuang Minge has a clear understanding of this issue in his heart: other small clubs may be able to ignore it, but they must not take it lightly for a giant club like Barcelona that has a strong influence in the European continent.Especially when Zhuang Mingge thinks that the current Barcelona has undergone "big" changes-such changes involve too many complicated issues, and among these "complexities", how many will have direct or indirect connections with Florence Woolen cloth?

"Sister Karin, you are back, how are you doing, have you seen Coach Cruyff?"

Zhuang Mingge originally planned to visit Cruyff in person, but whether it was the Dutch old man or his own goals were too conspicuous, not to mention the "sensitive" period after the Champions League match between Barcelona and Milan, both sides still tried to "avoid suspicion" "That's good, anyway, if the rumors spread from the Barcelona media tomorrow, similar to the rumor that "Barcelona coach Cruyff will switch to Fiorentina", then both sides will get into a lot of trouble.

"I saw it, but I really can't believe it. Those Barcelona players are more respectful in front of Cruyff than elementary school students seeing their teachers."

Karin’s visit here is nominally to visit Cruyff, who has been claiming to be “ill” after the final, but if he can change his identity and sign such a “special” Barcelona player, Zhuang Mingge was also happy to see the results.

"Oh? They are also there? So, Cruyff's influence in Barcelona is still as strong as ever? You won't tell me, the old man has the final say on the signings of the Barcelona club?" It is said that Cruyff's power in Barcelona was greatly reduced after this Champions League final, how can we believe it so easily?

"I don't know if it's up to him to decide, but at least it can be seen that these Barcelona officials still attach great importance to Cruyff's words...Why, Tony, do you still have any doubts?" Karin asked.

"Ahaha, it's nothing. I was just thinking that those reporters of the "Aspen News", who are full of lies, actually told the truth once in this matter."

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In front of the "truth", Zhuang Mingge really wanted to despise Cruyff: After Barcelona lost [-]-[-] to AC Milan in the Champions League final two days ago, the Dutchman might have thought of "doing something" against Barcelona. Reform", but probably because the Dutch who want to save face are unwilling to admit "failure" publicly, so they chose to complete such "reform" in this "covert" way. Naturally, the "successor" selected by Cruyff later "Coach Robson became the "front office spokesperson" for this change.

"Not bad, it seems that when we come to Barcelona this time, we may be able to establish a relatively friendly relationship with Barcelona, ​​and Florence can also get certain benefits from this relationship... By the way, Sister Karin, besides that, You should have a lot of extra gains from visiting Mr. Cruyff this time?"

Sometimes, Zhuang Minge believed more and more that there was something called a sympathy between him and Karin, as if a casual expression of the other party could make the other person feel quite touched.

"Well, how should I put it... Coach Cruyff seems to be looking for you for something, and it has nothing to do with Florence."

"It has something to do with me?" Zhuang Mingge was a little surprised, when did this little butterfly of his own attract the attention of this great god? "Then let's visit Mr. Cruyff tomorrow, Miss Karin."

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