The Era of Emerald

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After beheading the Barry team in the away game, Fiorentina's opponent in the next game is Inter Milan led by Roberto Baggio and Djorkaeff, two former Fiorentina generals.

However, before the start of the No.20 round of the Serie A match, there was one big event that temporarily attracted the attention of Fiorentina fans, and that was the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League knockout round held in the middle of this week!

Naturally, UEFA, which rarely comes out to gain a sense of presence, will not easily give up this opportunity to attract people's attention and profit. They have commercialized the draw ceremony to further enhance the influence of the Champions League; at the same time, UEFA also He sold the broadcast rights to Murdoch's Sky TV at a high price and made a small windfall.

Zhuang Mingge, who came to participate in the draw ceremony as a representative of Fiorentina, immediately saw many familiar faces after entering the ceremony venue: Real Madrid owner Lorenzo Sanz, Barcelona chairman Nunez, Bayern Munich chairman Beckenbauer ... These bigwigs who would make the European football world tremble for a while stomped their feet, all appeared at the scene of the draw ceremony.

The reason why these people appeared here was similar to that of Zhuang Mingge. It was because the leagues of various countries were about to enter a critical sprint stage at this time, and the head coaches of each team obviously didn't have the time to go to this kind of occasion to talk loudly.For the head coaches, it is more in their own interest to lead the team to a good result or even win one or several championship trophies.

But for the clubs, UEFA has to give them face. After all, they also issued a formal invitation to them. No matter what 21 [-] rashly refuted the other party's face, it will inevitably cause unnecessary disasters.Therefore, big names such as Beckenbauer and Nunes were invited to appear here to support the draw ceremony.

In the top [-] of the Champions Cup this time, teams from Italy occupy four of them. That is to say, the four Serie A teams participating in the European Champions Cup this season have all passed the test of the group stage and entered the knockout stage. Such a result naturally made all Serie A fans cheer.

"Tony, which team do you think Fiorentina will face in the quarter-finals this time?" Karin asked softly beside Zhuang Minge, "Could it be which team accidentally fell into the group?" The second is the giant club that qualified for qualifying, right?"

"I think our opponent in the quarter-finals should be a team that is not easy to deal with. Karin, think about it, Fiorentina has completed two consecutive championships in the Champions League, and it can almost be said to be invincible So, I think that UEFA may cause us some troubles in terms of the schedule and opponents.” To be honest, Zhuang Mingge did not have much expectations for the signing of Fiorentina this time, because he knew that UEFA would definitely Fiorentina will not be allowed to complete consecutive Champions League titles like Ajax or Bayern Munich did 20 years ago.

If it is known who the champion is before the season starts, the appeal of football matches to those neutral fans will drop dramatically.

Therefore, whether it is for the suspense of the game, the appeal to fans, or the huge profits brought by the Champions League, UEFA cannot make Fiorentina's road to the Champions League too smooth, even if it cannot prevent them from entering the final In the process, enough gimmicks and more strong confrontations should be created.

Zhuang Minge's guess is correct. After Fiorentina won consecutive championships in the Champions League last season, there were voices within UEFA to set up more obstacles for Fiorentina. The reason is the reasons mentioned above.

Michel Platini, who had already disliked Fiorentina, pulled a group of younger brothers to express their strong support for this; unexpectedly, the old man Johansson, who had always wanted to promote Fiorentina as the label of the new generation of European football, also expressed his support for this voice attitude of approval.

In Johansson's view, if you want to promote Fiorentina as the strongest team in Europe, it is obviously not enough to rely on one or two Champions League championships.After all, giants like AC Milan and Bayern Munich have had this experience, not to mention Real Madrid, which has six Champions Cups.Therefore, if Johansson wants to make Fiorentina popular, then Fiorentina must show a performance that convinces everyone in all competitions.

Needless to say in the domestic arena, Viola just created a record of 76 consecutive unbeaten games in Serie A. Although it cannot be said to be unprecedented, it is definitely unprecedented in the five major leagues.

Therefore, if Fiorentina can defeat a group of wealthy teams on the road to the Champions League this season, and successfully take away the final championship trophy, then even if Johansson blatantly supports Fiorentina, he can still have enough confidence—— If you have the ability, you find a team that can be compared with Fiorentina!

Although football is a team sport, there is no shortage of superstars, because the former is the foundation of football, and the latter is the key element to attract fans...Many people start by liking a certain star, and gradually like it In the sport of football.

And what Johansson has to do now is to make Fiorentina a star team in Europe!

While Zhuang Mingge and Karin were whispering, the draw ceremony for the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League has officially started under the guidance of the host!

Since Fiorentina qualified as the top of the group in the Champions League group stage, the Viola's opponents in the quarter-finals will be selected from the eight teams that finished second in the group; and, according to UEFA The national team and the team in the same group in the eighth-finals established the principle of avoidance, so Fiorentina was able to avoid Real Madrid in the same group as themselves in the group stage, as well as Parma and Inter Milan who qualified as second in the group.

In other words, Fiorentina's opponents in the quarter-finals will come from five teams: Arsenal, Dortmund, Deportivo, Newcastle United and Ajax.

According to Zhuang Mingge's judgment, Newcastle and Deportivo, who are not well-known in European football, are obviously impossible to become Fiorentina's opponents; Being caught by UEFA, if it is said that the Dutch deliberately released water, it would be a big deal; Arsenal has been a soft-footed shrimp in the European competition after Graham's resignation, and there is nothing to fear .

Therefore, the team that Fiorentina is most likely to encounter this round is their old acquaintance in the Champions League, the Borussia Dortmund club from the Bundesliga.

The final result of the draw did not exceed Zhuang Mingge's expectations. As the special guest of this draw ceremony, Welsh legend Ian Rush drew the Bundesliga giants Dortmund and Fiorentina together!

This is the third consecutive year that Dortmund and Fiorentina have met in the Champions League, and it also means that last season's Champions League final will be repeated in this season's Champions League quarter-finals!

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