The Era of Emerald

Vicenza, a small club from Serie A, defeated the famous Chelsea and won the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 1997-98 season.

Although Chelsea is not considered a first-class team in the Premier League, the Blues have also achieved a good result of No.4 in the Premier League this season, so in the eyes of many people, they only rank eighth in the Premier League this season. , and Vicenza, who does not have a star player in the team, is obviously inferior to Chelsea in terms of strength.

However, the reality gave these people a slap in the face. In this final, Vicenza, the "underdog" in the eyes of most people, not only did not adopt a conservative style of play, but used active offense to get rid of the opponent , won the first Cup Winners Cup in team history!

Even Vicenza, which ranks eighth in Serie A, can beat Chelsea, which ranks in the top four of the Premier League. How cruel is the competition in Serie A!After the end of this Cup Winners Cup final, many people are thinking about the question.

The result of this final made Serie A more worthy of the title of the world's No. [-] league, and Serie A teams have become more attractive to stars, because players with some skills want to go to the highest-level Italian league to prove themselves. Strength, once they can become famous in such a league, they can earn a better contract.

After the final of the Cup Winners' Cup, there was only the final of the Champions Cup that attracted the most fans' attention in the European club competitions of the 97-98 season.

What?You ask when is the final of the UEFA Cup?Sorry, I forgot to mention that the UEFA Cup final and the Coppa Italia final are scheduled to take place on the same day.

Although due to Zhuang Mingge's disruption, Inter Milan, which has reached the final in history, changed to participate in the Champions League, but Sampdoria, which performed extremely poorly in the domestic league, showed amazing performance in the European competition. Combat power, all the way through, and Lazio, who also represented Serie A in the UEFA Cup, met in the final.

In the final, facing Lazio, who was even stronger and began to calm down under the guidance of Eriksson, Sampdoria struggled desperately, but finally lost [-]-[-] and lost the UEFA Cup. champion.

Until then, the media and fans who were waiting for the Champions League final were surprised to find that the three major European cup finals this season had almost completely turned into a one-man show in Serie A!

The two teams in the Champions League final are Fiorentina and Juventus. The two teams participating in the UEFA Cup final, Sampdoria and Lazio, are also from Serie A. The Cup Winners Cup is not covered by Serie A, but that may be more because The only team representing Italy in the competition is Vicenza.

Although AC Milan was expelled from the G14 league, judging from the performance of the Serie A teams in the three major European cups this season, the Italian team still has a considerable advantage in the European competition!

It is precisely because of this that some fans even joked in an interview that if UEFA allows Italy to send two teams to participate in the Cup Winners Cup, maybe even this cup will eventually become a civil war in Serie A...

Although I don't know how UEFA will feel after hearing this speech, will it follow the popular will and let the Serie A team also stage a civil war in next season's Cup Winners Cup.However, in the upcoming Champions Cup final, it has been determined that a blockbuster civil war between Italian teams will be staged in front of all fans who pay attention to this game!

On May 23, at 05:30 local time in the Netherlands, the Fiorentina team took a bus from the hotel to the Amsterdam Arena.

The Amsterdam Arena, which can accommodate 600 people, is a modern stadium built by the Dutch government for the European Cup held in the country two years later. It is one of the best stadiums in the Netherlands and is also the current home of the Ajax club. .

Before the start of the final, more than 5 tickets had already been sold out. Fans from both parties supporting Fiorentina and Juventus went out together and divided up these tickets in just a few days!

Zhuang Mingge, who entered the stadium in advance through the VIP channel, even saw many fans who did not buy tickets standing on the square outside the stadium. They wandered around the square because they didn't want to miss the final, trying to buy them at a high price from scalpers. A ticket.

Some people may say, isn't it the match between Fiorentina and Juventus?These two teams have to meet at least twice a season. Is it necessary to make it so difficult to get tickets?

Well, this is the first time since the Champions League was founded 43 years ago that two teams from the same country met in the Champions League final. How could it not make fans, especially those Serie A fans, excited!

The meeting of Fiorentina and Juventus in the Champions League final proves from another angle how strong the current Serie A is!

"It seems that Coach Lippi intends to focus on stability in this game!" Looking at the Juventus starting list for the final that was just sent up, Zhuang Mingge sighed.

"Actually, it's normal for Coach Lippi to make such an arrangement. After all, Juventus' overall strength is still inferior to ours in Fiorentina, and because the Juventus striker composed of Piero and Otero is more than alert and aggressive. Insufficient ability, so defensive counterattack is the most correct choice for Juventus." Karin added, but she was not talking to Zhuang Mingge, but to the "pseudo-fan" Groz on the other side. Doing explanations.

"Okay, okay, Karin, I understand what you said, don't always treat me as a ball blind who doesn't understand anything, okay?" Little Groz frowned, looking dissatisfied.

"Oh? Then Rebecca, come and tell me, who is Juventus' main goalkeeper?" Zhuang Mingge asked with a smirk when he heard Groz Jr.'s statement.

"Do you even need to ask?" Little Groz said proudly, sticking out her magnificent chest, "Of course it's Pagliuca!"

"Pfft..." Hearing this, Zhuang Mingge couldn't hold back, and accidentally laughed out loud, thinking that it's a good thing Moratti didn't hear you say that, otherwise he wouldn't be so angry?

"Antonio! You're bullying me again! Don't laugh!" Seeing Zhuang Mingge laughing up and down, Little Groz didn't know that he had made a common sense mistake again?

The little Groz, who was furious, threw his teeth and claws at Zhuang Mingge, scratching the latter begging for mercy, while Karin hid aside and secretly laughed.

In this way, before the start of the UEFA Champions League final, a charming and warm melodrama was staged in a certain box at the Amsterdam Arena.