The Era of Emerald

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In the past summer, Inter Milan still played a role in the transfer market under the command of Moratti, the fan chairman.With the generosity of the big boss, Inter Milan not only signed Batistuta with the world's most expensive price, but also introduced Portuguese star Paulo Sosa from Dortmund, and French teenager Seba who played for Cannes. Stian Frey and others, whose strength has been further enhanced.

Naturally, when someone comes, someone will leave. The Nigerian star Nwankeno Kanu, who came out of a heart attack with the help of Moratti, is one of the most famous ones.After recovering from a serious illness, the Nigerian chose to abandon Inter Milan, who had always been with him in difficult times, and defected to Arsenal with a worth of 450 million U.S. dollars. Such a result made Moratti, who regarded Kanu as a child, feel very hurt .

However, Inter Milan's good record on all fronts this season has to a certain extent diluted the sentimentality of the big boss.The Nerazzurri have not only tightly held on to Fiorentina in the league, but they also performed well in the Champions League. At present, they and Real Madrid have achieved four matches, three wins and one loss in the group stage, only because of the goal difference. Second place behind the La Liga giants; meanwhile, in the domestic cup competition, Luigi Simeone led a vote of substitute players to the quarter-finals.

These victories played a very good role in accumulating enough self-confidence for the Inter Milan players. At least before the start of this duel, they were not worried about the strength of their opponents in the away game.

At this time, on the bus to the Frankie Stadium, Inter Milan coach Simeone is making the final pre-match deployment: "Gabriel (Batistuta), Robert (Baggio), Juan Li (Djorkaeff), the three of you have played together in Florence, and although you haven't played together for a short period of time, it shouldn't hinder the tacit understanding between you?"

"That's natural." Hearing the arrangement from the head coach, Batistuta nodded and said, "When we were in Florence, the few of us were often put in the same group, even if there was a gap between them. A two-year hiatus, but it's not going to get in the way. It's been well demonstrated in previous games about that."

"That's right, so tonight I'm looking forward to your wonderful performance on the sidelines." Thinking of the performance of this offensive trident since the start of this season, Simeone, who was originally due to the upcoming battle with Fiorentina, relaxed a lot Little, and then turned to other players, "Let's just hand over the three of them on the offensive end. The others have to do a good job of defense for me during the game, and there can be no slack. You must know that Fiorentina's offense is not a decoration. Players like Redondo, Effenberg, Vieri and Ronaldo all have the ability to change the trend of the game in an instant, and if we are not careful, we will suffer in the game."

Sure enough, no matter how many outstanding players hoarded on the offensive end, the head coach will always put defense first in his heart.Seeing Simeone making tactical arrangements on the bus, Batistuta sighed in his heart, and then thought if it was Capello, what kind of arrangements would he make?Will the head coach who believes that victory is everything will come up with some unique tricks in this game?

While Batty was away, the bus loaded with members of Inter Milan slowly drove into the Frankie Stadium. What awaited them was a fierce battle with Fiorentina!

Long before this day came, the Italian media had already heated up the atmosphere of this game.Batistuta's first stop in Europe was Florence. In this Renaissance capital, the Argentine god of war grew from a budding star shooter to a world-class star.The top scorer in Serie A, the spiritual leader and captain of Fiorentina, the winner of the European Ballon d'Or, and a series of dazzling championship trophies, all these honors have imprinted a strong Fiorentina atmosphere on Batistuta's body.

Therefore, when Batistuta, with a strong brand of Fiorentina, returned to the Frankie Stadium for the first time, coupled with the background that Inter Milan and Fiorentina occupy the top two in the league standings at this time, this duel There is no doubt that it will become the focus of attention of the whole of Italy and even the whole of Europe!

While players from both sides were doing warm-up exercises on the field, and media reporters from all walks of life were carrying all kinds of professional equipment to search for topics, a rather touching scene began to take place in the stands of the Frankie Stadium.

The Fiorentina fans didn't boo Batty because he was someone else's player, but spontaneously hung up many signs and banners in the stands, and in this way welcomed the former captain's visit to Fran Base Field:

"Gabriel, welcome home!"

"Wherever you go, the doors of Florence are always open for you!"

Looking at these slogans and hearing the shouts from the Fiorentina fans, Batty's eyes began to moisten unknowingly, and his vision became blurred. Realizing this, the Argentine god of war quickly turned his head and secretly Wiping away tears while carefully avoiding the scurrying cameras on the sidelines—he didn't want to be seen in such an embarrassing scene.

"As expected of Gabriel, the treatment is completely different from ours." Seeing the Argentine's expression, Roberto Baggio stepped forward, patted Batty's shoulder with a smile, and said, "All You have already transferred to Fiorentina, and there are so many fans sending you blessings, which shows that you still have extraordinary weight in their hearts."

"Uh, Robert, I think when you first came back to play here, you should be treated similarly to me?" At this time, Batty had also suppressed his emotions, and he regained his composure and shot back, " I know that at that time, you could be said to be Florence's darling. You were forcibly sold to Juventus that year and even caused a big riot in Florence. Besides, if you look carefully, there are still many people in the stands. The less slogan is to welcome you back to the game."

"...It turns out that they still remember me." Following the direction of Batty's finger, Baggio couldn't help being stunned when he saw the slogans. After a long silence, he said again, "Since this is the case, then we It's even more important to perform well in the game, I don't want to hear anyone belittle the quality of any player who played for Fiorentina."

"Well, that's right, we want everyone to know that the players who have gone out from Florence are all first-class players, and there is absolutely no parallel import!"