The Era of Emerald

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After the home victory over Atalanta, Capello didn't say much. After telling the players to pay attention to keeping in shape and physical condition during the Christmas holiday, the Fiorentina team disbanded on the spot, and the players hurried to enjoy the only time in the whole season. A short vacation.

The winter break of Serie A this year has two full weeks. According to the schedule planned by Capello, the Fiorentina players will have a week-long Christmas holiday, and they will have recovery training at the training ground in the following week. Prepare for the intensive schedule after the winter break.

Christmas in the West is the same as Spring Festival in China. In the eyes of foreigners, it is a day of family reunion.But this Christmas, Zhuang Mingge did not go home to reunite with his parents, because old Corleone and his mother in this life had informed Zhuang Mingge three months before Christmas that they would not spend this year in Florence. Christmas, ready to go out and do a trip around the world.

So, on Christmas Eve this time, Groz Jr. and Karin spent a warm night with Zhuang Mingge in the villa in Florence.As for what happened that night, it is really not humane for outsiders...

A week passed quickly, and most of the Fiorentina players who spent a Christmas vacation with their families or girlfriends arrived on the club's training ground on time and waited for the training camp to start, but three players did not show up when they were supposed to. where it appears.

Since 97 was not a big competition year, the selection criteria for the European Ballon d'Or is largely based on the performance of the players in their respective clubs, and Fiorentina's performance in major competitions in the past two years is obvious to all, so this year There is basically not much controversy about the winner of the European Golden Globe Award. Everyone knows that it will definitely come from this European hegemon who has risen strongly in recent years.

The only thing that can cause controversy among fans is which Fiorentina player is more qualified to win the Golden Ball.

Some people say that it was Philip Inzaghi who broke the scoring record of Serie A in a single season created by Nordahl for nearly half a century. Some people think that the alien Ronaldo is the biggest hero of Fiorentina. Effenberg, the captain and vice-captain of Fiorentina, is the most qualified to be elected...all these, and so on.

Therefore, when the players noticed that Ronaldo, Redondo, and Inzaghi did not appear on the training ground as scheduled, and the head coach Capello did not express any opinions on this, they immediately realized that the two men I went to the headquarters of the French Football Magazine to attend the European Ballon d'Or awards ceremony.

"It's really lucky, Fernando and Ronnie." Vieri, who was running laps on the training ground, sighed in an envious tone, "I can win a Golden Globe at any time, no, even if it's just No.3 The Bronze Ball Award is also good..."

"Hey, what are you thinking?" As Vieri's friend in Florence, Di Biagio poked him with his elbow and said, "Philippe, as the record holder of Serie A goals in a single season, of course Qualified to become the final three candidates; Ronnie's importance in the team's offense is well known, and there will be no objection to his selection; as for Fernando, although he has not played in Florence for as long as us, but His impact on the field is obvious to all of us..."

"Okay, okay, Luigi (Di Biagio), stop talking. If you continue to talk, you will lose my confidence." Vieri smiled wryly and patted Di Biagio With a slap, he said, "Speaking of which, the three of them can win the top three places in this year's European Golden Globe Awards. I think our reputation in Florence may increase a lot."

"Of course." Di Biagio agreed with Vieri's words, "It is rare for a team to win the top three Ballon d'Ors at the same time. Even if we don't make much publicity, those good things The media will also give us free publicity there, how could these people not report on such a big event?"

"Hehe, that's true." Vieri nodded with a smile, and suddenly accelerated his running speed, "Let's stop chatting, run quickly, the boss seems to have noticed us."

"Ah?!" Hearing this, Di Biagio hurriedly chased after him. He didn't want to be made an example of others by the head coach on the first day of training, "Slow down, wait for me!"

It really happened as Vieri and Di Biagio were chatting on the training ground. When the news media who came to watch the Golden Globe award ceremony found that the three candidates were all from Florence, the people present Everyone was in an uproar—although Fiorentina had won all the championship trophies except the Coppa Italia in the past year, at most people only thought that the winner of the Golden Globe Award would come from this Serie A giant. Thinking that Florence was able to achieve the feat of sweeping the top three.

You know, the last time the top three came from the same club was at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in 1989, when AC Milan completed this feat with a Champions League title (Van Basten, Basten, Basten, etc.) Resi and Rijkaard ranked first, second and third respectively), and the Milan team at that time was known as a dynasty team.

Now, eight years later, Fiorentina, also from Serie A, has also accomplished this feat!

In addition to Batistuta, Effenberg, Carlos, Nesta and Toldo who have entered the 50-man shortlist, Fiorentina has as many as eight players on the shortlist, accounting for nearly one-sixth of the total. No. [-] seat, the title of Europe's No. [-] giant is well-deserved.

In the end, Philippe Inzaghi, the Serie A scoring record holder in a single season, ranked third, Argentine Prince Redondo came in second and missed the Golden Ball. The alien Ronaldo defeated his two teammates and won the Golden Ball. At the age of 21, he became the youngest European Footballer of the Year!

Although some people complained that Ronaldo overwhelmed Redondo and Inzaghi to be elected as the European Footballer of the Year, when the fact that Fiorentina players won the top three in the European Ballon d'Or selection was spread to the ears of fans all over the world through the media, it still made people feel ashamed. Florence's popularity among fans has risen again by a large margin.

The direct consequence of the substantial increase in Fiorentina's popularity is that fans who don't mention a few words about Fiorentina when talking about football are very likely to be regarded as fake fans or newcomers to football.

After the European Ballon d'Or incident ended, Fiorentina ushered in its first game in 1998 on January [-]th.Fiorentina fans have high expectations for this game. They hope to see that the team with Ronaldo and Batistuta, two European Ballon d'Or winners, can get a good start at home and start the new year. A good head.

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