The Era of Emerald

Although Zhuang Mingge was quite dissatisfied with the result of the grouping, at the same time he gritted his teeth at Platini who was behind the ceremony.But it was done, no matter how much dissatisfaction Zhuang Minge had, he could only swallow it in his stomach, accept the result in front of him, and quietly wait for the opportunity to fight back.

You dare to blacken Fiorentina before you become the president of UEFA. When you take charge of UEFA ten years later, will Fiorentina still have a way out?

No, for the benefit of Florence, we must find a chance to kill this guy!

Some people may ask, why did Zhuang Mingge know that it was Platini's own idea, not someone else's ordering him to do it?

Well, to put it simply, the old adage "money can turn the millstones" is not only applicable to China, but also applies to Europe.

Platini would never have imagined that before he launched his assault on the UEFA presidency, there would already be a pair of eyes fixed on him, silently recording his every move, looking for something that could help him. Chances of pulling him off the horse.

On the second day after the draw ceremony, the major sports media in Europe gave a detailed introduction to the grouping of the Champions League, especially the defending champion Fiorentina was divided into the death team with Real Madrid, Leverkusen and Liverpool. The group made these editors and reporters very excited: the strong teams of the four major leagues launched a fierce confrontation in the group stage, which is too awesome!

As a result, the headlines of major European sports newspapers on the second day were almost all about the analysis of Fiorentina's qualifying situation:

"Fiorentina is deep in the death group, and the defending champion may miss the top sixteen of the Champions League!" "

This headline represents most of the media's general opinion on Fiorentina's road to defending the Champions League this season, and Zhuang Mingge also has to admit that although these media have some headlines, their words are still very reasonable.

No matter how you look at it, Fiorentina's biggest opponent in this group is La Liga champions Real Madrid.These two teams formed a bridge in the Champions League in the 95-96 season: first, Real Madrid defender Sanchez used a foul to overshadow Batistuta in the fourth group match, and then Vieri In a physical confrontation, he used the opponent's foul action to retaliate and knocked Sanchez unconscious. These two conflicts made the relationship between the two teams less harmonious.Later, Fiorentina deliberately let the Glasgow Rangers go in the final round, which directly led to the elimination of Real Madrid, the champion of La Liga, in the group stage!

Therefore, the two teams meet again in the group stage this time, and many media believe that Real Madrid and Fiorentina, who have old grievances, will definitely dedicate two passionate and exciting games to the fans.

Of course, as the chairman of Florence, what Zhuang Minge hopes to see is not an evenly matched confrontation, but a one-sided massacre.

Although Liverpool in the Premier League has declined after the Heysel tragedy, and has not been able to reproduce the glory of the "Red Army" in the past ten years, they are still the real number one giants in England!The honor of four European Champions Cup trophies and 18 top league titles is enough to deter many teams.In the first team, the "Little Tigers" composed of McManaman, Robbie Fowler, and Redknapp are famous in England. The strength of stars such as Paul Ince and Michael Owen is also top-notch. There are players such as rising stars Gerrard and Carragher, so although Liverpool's overall strength is not as good as that of Fiorentina, if the players are not serious, it is inevitable that the gutter may capsize.

As for Leverkusen, who won the Bundesliga runner-up last season, although this German team is not well-known, since its ability beat Dortmund to win a league silver medal, it is enough to prove that this team is not underdog.What's more, Zhuang Minge also knows that starting this season, Leverkusen has officially replaced Dortmund and become Bayern Munich's biggest opponent in Germany.

A team that can wrestle with Bayern during this period, Fiorentina can't take it lightly.

On the whole, the group that Florence is in can be said to be full of crises, and if you are not careful, you may get a very sad ending.

At the same time, a small number of media also questioned the formation of this death group in the newspapers, thinking that this is a group deliberately created by UEFA to attract people's attention, and it is also to curb Florence's forward momentum and avoid There are signs of a dominance in the Champions League.

In response to the various questions raised by the media, Michel Platini, who was in charge of the draw as a guest, said in an interview with the media that the draw was completely open and fair, and there was no black box operation.

At the same time, Platini also said that the reason why the group of death appeared is entirely because the quality and quantity of participating teams have been greatly improved after the expansion of the Champions League, so there will be players from the four major leagues. A situation where a team is divided into a subgroup.

As for how many people will choose to believe Platini's statement?The French said, whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway...

However, the various media will obviously not be entangled in this topic, because now they have another topic worthy of attention, and that is the upcoming European Super Cup to be held tonight.

Since the two sides are Fiorentina, which has replaced AC Milan as the new generation of European football hegemony, and La Liga giants Barcelona, ​​this game has attracted the attention of a large number of fans, and more than 18000 tickets have been sold out as early as the week before the start of the game.

For this reason, many people who did not get the tickets complained to UEFA. Why did they choose to hold the UEFA Super Cup in this stadium with a capacity of less than 2 people? Wouldn’t it be better to replace it with those stadiums with a larger capacity?It not only takes care of the emotions of the fans, but also increases the income of the organizers, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The old man Johansson is not blind either, and he certainly noticed the growing demand for the UEFA Super Cup, but he didn't have anything too good to do about it.

Well, who made Johansson sign a 15-year hosting contract with the Monaco in order to prevent the failure of the reform when he reformed the European Super Cup system and no one cares about the event?As a result, when Johansson found that more and more fans were paying attention to the European Super Cup, but the Louis II Stadium did not have the capacity to accommodate these people, the entire UEFA was beating their chests for the wasted dollars.

The Monaco government made a lot of money due to the large number of people brought by the European Super Cup, which made UEFA jealous.

According to incomplete statistics, due to stadium problems, UEFA lost at least 450 million US dollars in profits in the UEFA Super Cup this time!