The Era of Emerald

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Speaking of Fiorentina's opponent Vasco da Gama in this Toyota Cup final, Zhuang Mingge is not very familiar with it. He knew this club because Raul scored a wonderful goal in the 1998 Toyota Cup final. , In addition, the "lone wolf" who has entered the twilight of his career once played for this team for a few years. Other than that, Zhuang Mingge almost knows nothing about this club.

However, Karin, who existed as a full-time secretary, gave full play to her role at this time, and a carefully sorted information was placed in front of Zhuang Mingge, which gave him a basic understanding of this Brazilian football club.

The Da Gama Club was established in Brazil as early as 1898, and the name was given to commemorate it.However, when it was first established, its main sport was rowing, because rowing was very popular in Brazil at the end of the nineteenth century.It was not until 17 years later, in 1915, that the club established a football division, which continues to this day.

In the early days of the club's establishment, the problem of racial discrimination in Brazil was very serious.Since da Gama's players are mostly composed of blacks, da Gama was squeezed out by clubs such as Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense, who also came from the state of Rio de Janeiro.It wasn't until racism was vigorously cracked down in the 50s that Vasco da Gama gained an equal status with the other three teams.

In the more than 80 years since the establishment of the team, da Gama has won three Brazilian Serie A championships. Compared with Sao Paulo, Flamengo and other Brazilian giants, this data seems a bit insufficient.However, this year, Da Gama, who has been half-red in Brazil, finally felt proud-under the leadership of Juninho Jr. and "The Beast" Edmondo, this Brazilian club won the championship. The first South American Libertadores Cup championship trophy in the club's history!

Now this Da Gama team that came to Tokyo, Japan as the champion of the South American Libertadores Cup still has a few powerful players.For example, Juninho, who has become famous in international football with his excellent free kick skills, for example, should have joined Fiorentina this season in history, forming a team with Batistuta and Rui Costa. Edmondo, the Brazilian beast who attacked the trident, and veteran players like Mauro Galvo who once represented the Brazilian national team in the World Cup in Italy.

There are players with good strength in the front, middle and back three lines. It can be said that Vasco da Gama is now at its peak since the establishment of the team!

It is precisely because of this that da Gama fans who came from afar are still looking forward to the team's performance in this Toyota Cup final. After the team won the league championship and the Copa Libertadores championship successively, they naturally I hope that the beloved team can make persistent efforts and take home the Toyota Cup championship trophy in one go, and kill the spirit of Florence, which has achieved two consecutive championships in the Toyota Cup, by the way.

At six o'clock in the evening on December 12st, the Tokyo National Stadium was packed.Every year, the Toyota Cup final is the most exciting day for Japanese fans.Because only at this time, they will have the opportunity to see a real match between the top teams, rather than the kind of warm-up match for gold panning and training.

In the stands, the number of fans wearing the purple jersey of Fiorentina clearly far outnumbered those supporting Vasco Vasco.The reason for this phenomenon is that, on the one hand, Kenyon has done a very good job in market development and publicity work in Japan over the years, and it can bring Florence at least nearly ten million dollars in revenue every year. Vasco da Gama, who developed the Asian market, was simply unattainable; another reason was that Florence's sweeping posture made the Japanese who worshiped the strong recognize Viola to an unprecedented height.

Therefore, as long as the game is held in Japan, for Florence, it is almost the same as playing at the Frankie Stadium-in terms of the atmosphere in the stadium, Florence will always have an absolute advantage!

"Judging from the cards alone, our hope of winning the Toyota Cup three times in a row is really not small." In a VIP box, Zhuang Minge handed the starting lists of both sides to Karin beside him, and said, " By the way, when was the match against Barry arranged by the Football Association?"

The No.11 Serie A match between Fiorentina and Bari was supposed to be held three days ago, but because Fiorentina was going to participate in the Toyota Cup, the match was postponed until next year by the Italian Football Association.Otherwise, it would be too much for a lineup as thick as Florence to play two games in two places tens of thousands of kilometers apart in just three days.

Moreover, although Fiorentina only needs to play one game in Japan, the team still has to cooperate with the event organizers to do some publicity work before the start of the game. It takes them a lot of time, so a week of preparation time is just enough.

"According to the news I got, the Football Association seems to be planning to postpone the game until the end of the No.16 league round, that is, the middle of the next week after we finish the match with Lazio." Karin flipped Notepad, replied, "However, in this way, the team's schedule in January becomes quite tight."

"Well, that's right. Next month we will play a total of six league games and one Coppa Italia game, which is basically the rhythm of double matches a week. It seems that Coach Capello will spend a lot of time on how to rotate the team. Lots of brain cells."

While Karin and Zhuang Minge were chatting, players from both sides had already appeared on the court, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle to start the game.

For Fiorentina, Capello formed a four-four-two formation in this game. The goalkeeper Toldo, the four defenders are Roberto Carlos, Nesta, Stam and Zambrotta, Makelele and Redondo served as the double defensive midfielder, Effenberg was in the center and commanded, and Gattuso was arranged by Capello to specifically mark Juninho Jr.

Capello's order to Gattuso is that no matter what method he uses, in short, he must not make the midfielder feel better, and he must not be allowed to calmly organize the offense during the game.

On the forward line, Vieri and Ronaldo became Fiorentina's starting striker combination in this game. The combination of these two bug-level players on the field is the nightmare of all defenders.

Judging from the starting lineup, Capello's purpose can be said to be quite clear, that is to strengthen the defense in the middle, and firmly mark the two cores of Vasco da Gama on the offensive end, Juninho Jr. and Edmondo.As long as this goal is achieved, then this game is equivalent to winning half of it!