The Era of Emerald

Just when Zhuang Mingge was worried about Fiorentina's terrifying schedule in March, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the Champions League has officially started!

On the TV, Platini, who was the special guest of the lottery ceremony, smiled, pulled out a note from the glass container, opened it, and said, "The first team in the upper half Born, the Fiorentina club from Serie A!"

"Not bad!" Seeing Fiorentina's lottery, Zhuang Mingge felt a little more relaxed, because according to the rules set by UEFA, the order of the first four teams to be drawn is first away and then home. For Fiorentina It is quite advantageous-as long as you get a good result at the opponent's home court, even if you lose, you can return to Frankie Stadium to prepare for a comeback.

Moreover, Fiorentina's order of play in the semi-finals is also guest-first-if Fiorentina can defeat their opponents and enter the Champions League semi-finals.

Judging from the arrangement of home and away games alone, Fiorentina's position is already very good. The key is to see which team they will face next.

Platini's action is very fast, the order of the game is the first guest and then the home. The four teams have been drawn by him. In the upper half are Fiorentina and Juventus, and in the lower half are Bayern Munich and Dortmund.This also means that in this season's Champions League semi-finals, there will be a very likely scene of fighting in the same room.

Next, the next team that Platini will draw is Florence's opponent in the quarter-finals.

"Fiorentina's opponent in the quarter-finals is - Manchester United from the Premier League!"

As soon as Platini's words fell, Zhuang Mingge's eyes darkened for a while. Among the remaining four teams, the last one he wanted to meet was Manchester United.At this time, I am afraid that no one knows Manchester United's resilience better than him.You know, Manchester United last season was a team that could reverse the championship even when it fell behind the leader Newcastle by 12 points in the league! [

Moreover, Manchester United's current lineup configuration is also quite strong. Although their old captain Steve Bruce moved to Birmingham, the Red Devils still have Pallister, Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Giggs, Baker Ham, Cantona and other good players in various positions.Facing such a team with strong psychological quality and good player ability, it is naturally conceivable how hard Fiorentina will face in the quarter-finals.

Although they are underdogs in the Champions League, they met Manchester United in the quarter-finals. Fiorentina's luck is really unlucky...

Another Italian team, Juventus, didn't have much luck in signing. Their opponent in the quarter-finals was last season's La Liga champion Atletico Madrid; on the contrary, the two Bundesliga teams in the lower half were lucky. The strong Dortmund met Monaco, which lost the soul of the team, Zidane, while Bayern met Ajax, which can be said to be the weakest in the quarterfinals.

Damn it, Platini probably did it on purpose. I remember that although this guy played for Juventus, he didn't seem to like the Serie A team and the money-burning Premier League after he entered politics. ... Zhuang Mingge suddenly remembered a report about the shady lottery that he had read before, and thought with twitching corners of his mouth.

What Zhuang Mingge didn't know was that at this time, in far away Manchester, an old Scottish man with a red nose who was also sitting in front of the TV watching the draw saw that Manchester United's opponent in the quarter-finals was actually the champion of the championship. When playing for Fiorentina, he spit out all the red wine he just drank: "Uefa, are you trying to kill Manchester United on purpose, and let us meet Fiorentina at this time!"

After the UEFA Champions League draw, Fiorentina ushered in a rather strange schedule. They will play two consecutive games against Vicenza within a week, and they are still two away games...

First there was a No.18 round of Serie A, and then there was a second round of the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia... To be honest, when the Italian Football Association officials arranged the schedule for these two teams, they did not expect This kind of weird situation will happen, but since the schedule has already been set, it is too late to change it now, so we can only let it go.

Since Fiorentina was humiliated by the opponent's striker Otero with a big four in the last match against Vicenza, so this time they meet in the league, Fiorentina hope to use a big victory to teach them a lesson. The Vicenza team, who had a shit luck.

Therefore, Capello played the main role in this game. Ronaldo and Inzaghi, who have scored consecutive goals in recent rounds, partnered up front. Djorkaeff and Effenberg sent guns behind them. Biagio teamed up to be responsible for the defense of the midfield; on the back line, the combination of Fortunato, Nesta, Stam and Angloma, Capello believes that his own gate is quite safe.

As a result, Fiorentina, who was aiming for revenge, once again ran into a solution Otero. The Uruguayan striker received Tony's header in the No. The foot volley was successful and almost led Vicenza to a great victory-if it weren't for Inzaghi's equalizer for Fiorentina in the stoppage time of the game, Fiorentina managed to maintain the current 205 consecutive games. I am afraid that the undefeated gold medal in the league will be broken today.

Capello in the locker room after the game rarely criticized any player. After all, Fiorentina's defense did not make any low-level mistakes in the game. Even the goal can only be said to be Otero's shooting method It's unbelievable-who would have thought that the Uruguayan striker would dare to shoot with his back to the goal?

Ronaldo and Inzaghi showed no signs of slack in this game. The two got a lot of shooting opportunities in the game, but they were either blocked by Ambrosini and others who returned to the defense in time, or they were stopped by Vicenza The goalkeeper made a brave save.Moreover, the Fiorentina players hit the goalposts a total of five times in this game. Tragic luck is also one of the reasons why Fiorentina failed to win.

Therefore, the Florentines had no choice but to swallow the bad breath, and waited to find a place on this field in the Coppa Italia three days later.

Three days later, the second round of the Coppa Italia match between Fiorentina and Vicenza started as scheduled. Capello this time deployed the twin tower combination of Batty and Vieri, and at the same time arranged Glenn Shire and Roberto on the wing. Carlos, Zambrotta and others intend to bypass Vicenza's increasingly powerful midfield defense and break through the opponent's goal in the simplest and rude way.

As for Vicenza, it is impossible for Guidolin to hold a lot of good cards in his hands like Capello and can combine them at will. In order to qualify for the Coppa Italia, he had to put all the main players on the starting list. Fortunately, these players in Vicenza are young enough, most of them are less than 23 years old, the main center Tony and midfielder Ambrosini are not even 20 years old, and they can fully support them physically. [

In this way, the key battle to determine whether Fiorentina can continue to go on in the Coppa Italia this season is about to begin!