The Era of Emerald

After the match against Bari, the Fiorentina team rested for a day, and after a day of restorative training, they flew to Leverkusen in Germany, where they will usher in their first championship of the season cup game.

Due to Fiorentina's outstanding performance in the past few seasons, under the combined effect of Kenyon's planning and Zhuang Mingge's accumulated network resources, Fiorentina signed a three-year contract with Qatar Airways this summer, and the company will be responsible Provide a special plane to facilitate the team to shorten the time to and from each stadium, so that the players can get better rest.

Moreover, Qatar Airways also modified the interior of the aircraft according to the requirements of the Fiorentina club to make it more suitable for a football team.For example, reducing the number of seats in the front cabin to an appropriate number allows players, coaching staff, and some special personnel to relax better; transforming the cabin in the middle of the plane into a hall can serve as a temporary meeting room, or For celebrations and entertainment; the back cabin is reserved for support staff such as the team's nutritionist and physiotherapist.

This kind of luxurious treatment has made many players more determined to stay in Fiorentina. After all, if they play games in other teams, it is not bad to have a train ride. Many small and medium-sized players have to take long distances when they play away games. What about the bus?

For example, those Eastern European teams that are suffering from the economic crisis, Zhuang Mingge has heard before that Russian local snakes like Mosksparta are extremely sad when they play away games, because they are located in Moscow no matter where they go to play. It will take a long time on the road, forcing UEFA to consider these objective factors when arranging the schedule.

Therefore, in the eyes of the players, Fiorentina, which can be picked up by a special plane when playing games outside, is simply a super rich in European football clubs!

Well, that's all for the gossip, let's turn the topic back to the Champions League.

On September 9, the Ulrich Haberland Stadium was full of people, and the stadium with a capacity of 18 people was full.

The Leverkusen fans in the stands can be said to be quite excited, because the team they support is about to usher in the first Champions League match in the club's history!What a memorable scene!

Although Leverkusen's opponent in the first Champions League match was Fiorentina, which had completed two consecutive championships in the Champions League, the fans of Leverkusen were obviously not discouraged by this, but were extremely excited in the stands. The home team cheers.

Zhuang Mingge, who was sitting in the VIP box, looked at the newly expanded stadium with great interest, and thought that Leverkusen really deserved to be an independent team from Bayer, and even the name of the stadium was used to commemorate Bayer. The former chairman of the company's...

Of course, what Zhuang Minge didn't know was that the stadium would be renamed Bayer Stadium next year, from commemorating Mr. Chairman to advertising for the entire Bayer company.

At this time, Zhuang Mingge turned his attention to Leverkusen coach Christopher Daum who was shaking hands with Capello on the sidelines.

If it is said who turned Leverkusen from a team that can only play soy sauce in the Bundesliga into a strong team that can wrestle with Dortmund and Bayern Munich, the answer is not their current top scorer Keels Teng, but their head coach Christopher Daum!

Although Kirsten's joining changed Leverkusen's fate of fighting for relegation every year, he could not make Leverkusen a strong contender for the Bundesliga championship; At the invitation of Verkusen general manager Karl Mond, he returned to China and took up the coach of Leverkusen. This "pharmaceutical factory" (Leverkusen's nickname) officially began to become a German football that cannot be underestimated. A force!

After taking office, Daum reorganized a team that could only be relegated in the last round of last season into a disciplined iron army. Stuttgart, the "troika" of , Elber, and Bobic, have become the most eye-catching and gorgeous team in the Bundesliga, and they are much better than Loew's Stuttgart in terms of stability of performance.

"It's a pity, Dom..." Seeing Dom standing on the sidelines in high spirits, Zhuang Mingge really couldn't believe that the German coach would be ruined because of the drug scandal exposed by Hoeness in the future.

However, considering that the person who broke the news was Bayern general manager Hoeness, and Bayern Munich's huge influence in German football, and considering that Daum was about to take over the position of coach of the German national team at that time, there may be something wrong with it. Known insider?

Although curious about this, Zhuang Mingge has no intention of getting to the bottom of it.To know that curiosity killed the cat, some truths, it is better not to know, lest you get burned because you know too much.

Because this is the first Champions League game in the history of the Leverkusen club, everyone in the "Pharmaceutical Factory" attaches great importance to this game.Therefore, even though the opponent is Fiorentina, which is extremely strong for Leverkusen, Daum did not give up the game strategically, but put the strongest starting lineup in his hand on the field.

Goalkeeper Dirk Heinen, the four defenders are Robert Kovac, Warnes, Jan Heinze (Danish, not the well-known Heinze who played for Manchester United and Real Madrid), and this summer Nowotny just returned from Naples.

One of the three starting midfielders is Robert Kovac's brother Niko Kovac. The two brothers who played in the same team and performed well are a scene in the Bundesliga; Melo and Brazilian midfielder Emerson, these three are players who can attack and defend well.Especially Emerson, who was transferred from Gremio this summer, has comprehensive skills and a good overall situation. He has given Leverkusen's midfield a real offensive and defensive conversion hub, and a midfield metronome. .

On the forward line, Kirsten, the team's leading shooter and last season's Bundesliga Golden Boot, naturally got a starting position; Moved to Roma, and Leverkusen's goal Ze Roberto was abducted by Fiorentina in advance, so the fat manager Calmond brought Neuville, who played well in Tenerife last season, to Leverkusen Mori.

The Dutch high center Meyer is at the forefront. His main task is to compete for the header, attract the attention of the opponent's defender, and create space for Kirsten and Neuville behind him to shoot.

It can be said that although Daum's Leverkusen team lacks reputation, its strength is quite good, and there are some good players on both offensive and defensive ends.This also means that this away trip to Florence is not destined to be easy.