The Era of Emerald

On June 1994, 6, the opening match was between the last World Cup champion Germany and the "highland tour" Bolivia. The veteran German team finally got off to a good start with 17-[-].

The reason why the old German was able to pass through the danger has a lot to do with Bolivia's "devil" Echeverri being sent off with a red card after 5 minutes of playing. This is also the biggest "highlight" of this battle.In this World Cup, in order to follow FIFA's promise of "severely punishing tackles from behind", the opening match naturally became the benchmark for judging the referee's penalty, so Echeverri became the first unlucky "guinea pig". It also led to the early exit of Bolivia, which belongs to half of the home game, and the "devil" who was suspended for two games did not have the opportunity to show his genius skills to the world. Echeverri became the most hasty passer-by in the World Cup with a record of 5 minutes .

The host team, the United States, first drew with Switzerland 3-24, and then won 3-[-] with Colombian defender Escobar's own goal. Romania led by Haji, but still successfully entered the ranks of No.[-] in the four best groups (there are [-] teams in this World Cup divided into six groups, and the top two and four teams with the best results in each group) Good group No.[-] advances to the round of [-]).

The Italian team continued its tradition of "slow competition". In the first round of the group stage, they lost to Ireland. An ignominious record: He became the first goalkeeper in World Cup history to be sent off for a handball foul outside the box.

The Italian team, which lacked Pagliuca, was actually tied by the Mexican team in the last round, and only advanced to the top [-] in the third place in the group.

Italy's sluggish performance in the group stage has caused many people to criticize Sacchi, thinking that the old man who once created the "Milan Dynasty" is old and unable to exert the full strength of Italy.

Also in the last round, the match between Germany and South Korea in Group C also followed the historical track and caused quite a stir.

It's not that there was anything wrong with the penalty in this game, but that in the 75th minute of the second half, midfielder Effenberg, who played for Fiorentina, was replaced by coach Vogts with Helmer.

Due to the poor performance of the German team in this game, when Effenberg came off the field, more than 1 German fans who were dissatisfied with the team's performance booed "Tiger".

The boos from the fans seemed to anger Effenberg. After the head coach shook hands, he did not return directly to the locker room from the player tunnel. Instead, he rushed directly to the stands where the German fans were. He smiled and extended his middle finger to the audience!

When Effenberg's behavior was captured by the camera and sent to the whole world through the TV signal, the fans, whether sitting in the stands or in front of the TV, were all angry!After the game, they called the media and TV stations, and of course the Football Association, expressing their dissatisfaction with Effenberg's "insulting behavior".

FIFA, which has always been dawdling, made a decisive decision this time. After carefully watching the video of the game, "Tiger" was banned from participating in all the next World Cup matches in Germany on the grounds that he had "insulted the fans" on the field.

Effenberg is a rare handsome talent in the German national team after Schuster and Matthaus. He runs actively on the court, has a wide vision and a strong style of play, but he is also talented like his predecessors. Fault - relying on talent and pride.

So when the proud Effenberg was booed by his own fans, Tiger's inherent pride did not allow himself to suffer such "humiliation", and the middle finger incident happened under such circumstances.

The impact of this "middle finger incident" on Effenberg is not only the hostility of the fans, but the FIFA ban is just a trivial matter. Unfortunately, this incident happened in Germany, which places great emphasis on team discipline. , even Schuster, the talented player of the year, missed the national team for a long time because of the discord with the then national team coach and the German Football Association (of course, the German team repeatedly failed in various competitions in the 80s. , until the rise of Matthaus later), the fate of the "Tiger" who is far inferior to Schuster in terms of fame and personal charm is self-evident: German coach Vogts announced on the spot at the press conference after the game Effenberg was expelled from Germany's squad for the World Cup in the United States, and the "Tiger"'s first World Cup trip ended hastily.

The subsequent punishment of the German Football Association was even more severe: In view of Stefan Effenberg's behavior of provoking and insulting fans in the 15th minute of the last round of Group C match against South Korea in the No.75 World Cup, We announce that Effenberg will be expelled from the national team forever and will never be hired!

In the original world, Fiorentina, where Effenberg played, would still sprinkle a handful of salt on the wounds of the German "tigers". They also resold Effenberg to the Bundesliga for this reason. Japan's giants Borussia Mönchengladbach indirectly fulfilled the future of Bayern Munich.

But will the Florence that Zhuang Mingge is in charge of now make such a move?The answer is of course no.

To be honest, in 2012, when Zhuang Mingge traveled to China, Effenberg’s behavior was criticized by the media for about half a month at most. Think about it, the members of the French national team at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa expressed their gratitude to the French Football Association. "Admonishment", Nasri insulted reporters after the 2012 European Cup, which one's behavior is lighter than Effenberg's?But the club they belonged to at most gave an internal warning or a certain amount of fines, but they didn't turn their backs and sell them cheaply to other teams. Who would do this kind of "benefiting the enemy" behavior?

Of course, not to mention Cantona kicking Crystal Palace fans half a year later. Everyone knows that Ferguson and the Manchester United board of directors are looking forward to the stars and the moon waiting for the "Manchester King" to lift his ban and come back.

Don't think that the fans at the scene are just cheering for their home team when they are watching the game. They will do anything for the players they don't like or the visiting team, just to interfere with the performance of the opponent's players so that they can support them. The team wins.If you can understand the local language, you will find that the TV broadcasts are often mixed with all kinds of abuse and personal attacks on players, such as the well-known Barcelona fans throwing a pig's head at the Portuguese star Figo, and then For example, in the 04 NBA regular season, the Pistons fans threw the Coke at Artest...

Therefore, when the expected "middle finger incident" happened, Zhuang Mingge immediately called Antonioni and Kenyon, instructing them to try their best to appease Effenberg and calm down the local fans in Florence. German resentment.

After all, as long as the locals in Florence don't trouble the "tiger", Effenberg, who is already in the "embarrassed" situation, is definitely very willing to stay in Florence, which takes care of him a lot and is not harassed by others.

Of course, after all, Effenberg has more or less represented Fiorentina on the stage of the World Cup this time, and punishments and warnings within the club are still inevitable.

And Zhuang Mingge, who "remotely controlled" the incident, was staying in this spacious and shady manor of the Groz family (actually, Zhuang Mingge and Karin stayed behind after the concubine's party gathering. Here), enjoying a delicious dinner with some beautiful women.

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