"However, UEFA will not want to see the defending champion or other strong teams eliminated in the group stage like Real Madrid did last year, which will affect the ratings of the Champions League. Therefore, Juventus should not be grouped with us, but the Nordic team Rosemburg, which has a geographical advantage and a tough style, is more likely to be our opponent …"
Just as Zhuang Ge and Capello were talking at the end, cruyff had finished grouping the first-class teams, and the defending champion Florence was assigned to Group B.
Then things didn’t go beyond Zhuang Ge’s expectation. Florence met the German football overlord Bayern Munich in the second-class team. When cruyff handpicked Florence and Bayern together, at least half of the team representatives in the venue gasped at once. These representatives were secretly praying that the Great God of cruyff wouldn’t draw them into Group B, otherwise they would definitely play soy sauce in the Champions League this time …
"The third team in Group B is … from Gothenburg, Sweden!" Sure enough, one of Florence’s opponents in the same group is from a Nordic team, but it is not from Rosemburg, Norway, but its Nordic brother Gothenburg, the two overlords of the Swedish League.
It seems that UEFA really wants to add some trouble to Florence’s promotion path, otherwise there is no need to throw a Nordic team and Florence into the same group
You know, in the Champions League group stage, these teams from Northern Europe and Eastern Europe have great home advantage. After all, these areas are freezing in the group stage, which is nothing for these home team players who are used to the local climate, but for Florence players who have been living in a warm Mediterranean climate, the weather is terrible.
Extreme cooling can easily cause players to have cold symptoms, perhaps because of different races. For Chinese people, a small cold is nothing, but for westerners, it is something that kills people. Florence players are likely to have non-combat attrition due to climate problems during away games, which will make the team fight.
Just as Zhuang Ge wandered about thinking about the adverse effects of the climate in northern Europe on Florence’s away game, cruyff had already drawn the fourth round of lottery.
"The last team to be assigned to Group B is from Glasgow Rangers Club, Scotland!" In the final round of lottery, when cruyff showed the note in his hand to the audience with a smile, Zhuang Ge suddenly had an impulse to want to scold her.
I said, old man Johansson, I know you want to find a better job for me in Florence. It seems to be a good choice to be killed by Rangers in Florence’s group match this season, and it can also create more gimmicks in the Champions League. It looks like killing two birds with one stone.
But please use your brain to have a good look at what kind of group you threw Florence into!
Bayern Munich, Gothenburg, Sweden, Glance Wanderers … I’ll go here. In the group stage, Florence’s three opponents are all tough teams with the same style of play. These three teams have some differences in players’ personal abilities, but their physical qualities are all first-class!
Is this going to kill Florence rhythm? At least give Florence a technical opponent so that we can bully others physically!
Chapter 366 European Super Cup (1)
Zhuang Ge couldn’t help but burst into tears when he saw that Bruges, the Belgian League champion of Atletico Madrid, also from Serie A AC Milan and Norwegian Rosemburg, was divided into a group, while Juventus was competing with Ajax, the Portuguese giant Porto, and Swiss champion Zurich Cao Meng.
Coach! I want to change teams!
It can be said that the scenery before Florence paid a lot of money this time, that is, it was divided into a group that was not a death group but was never easy to fight.
The day after the grouping ceremony, Monaco, a seaside city, finally ushered in the annual heavyweight event, that is, the European Super Cup final!
This game was regarded by many news media as the first direct dialogue between Capello and Ancelotti, two former apprentices. Their grievances during their previous stint in AC Milan were also moved by a group of paparazzi.
To tell the truth, although they had a short mentoring relationship during their stay in AC Milan, they were actually not good, and they were quite bad.
Capello and Ancelotti have the same background of Rome and AC Milan. In the summer of 1991, Capello took over from Sackidan as the coach of AC Milan. Carlo Ancelotti, a 32-year-old veteran at that time, is ready to end his career in AC Milan. It is reasonable to say that there should be no contradiction between the two. However, Capello, who has just started his career and is eager to establish his prestige, is trying his best to make fans forget the pre-Sacchi era, and Carlo Ancelotti is the representative of Sacchi’s coaching Milan.
Not only that, Sacchi has a deep gratitude to Ancelotti, who insisted on importing this "waste" from Rome for a long time due to injury, thus cultivating him into the absolute main force in Milan’s Champions League for two consecutive championships. It can be said that Ancelotti was an AC Milan veteran in Sacchi’s era, so Capello brutally suppressed Ancelotti and righted the newcomer albertini, who kept the former absolute main force on the bench. As a result, Ancelotti only played 12 times in the league in the last season of his career.
The conflict between mentoring and mentoring finally reached its peak in the final stage of the league.
It was on May 17, 1992 that AC Milan played against Verona at home. This was the penultimate round of the league and the last game of AC Milan at the San Siro, which was equivalent to the farewell match of Ancelotti who was ready to hang up his boots.
At this time, AC Milan had won the league title. Before the game, the media and fans thought that Capello would let Ancelotti, who had been a substitute for a season, start, but Capello continued to let young albertini start Ancelotti sit on the bench conspicuously. Ancelotti was very angry with Capello for this. Although Ancelotti finally got a chance at half-time and scored two goals in succession to help the team win, he and Capello tied the knot.
This time, Ancelotti finally got a chance to face Capello!
The goalkeeper has just drawn Buffon from the youth team, and the defensive line from left to right is Benarivo, Cannavaro, Thuram and new aid Zemalia veteran Musi, while Ancelotti is placed on the bench. After all, he is 33 years old and he really can’t sprint back and forth on the wing like a young man.
In midfield, Argentine sansini was pushed to the midfield position by Ancelotti to enhance the defensive ability of the midfield, while native dino baggio occupied another starting midfield position. The two wingers were Parma, who was born in brambilla in youth training, and Croatian Mario Stanic, who moved from Bruges this summer.
The striker Ancelotti sent Crespo and chiesa. Although he was worried about whether the Argentine center could adapt to the rhythm of European football so quickly, Ancelotti had no other choice when Zola, Melli, Asprella and Stoichkov all left the team.
On the other hand, Fabio Capello in Florence also has a 4-4-2 formation, but unlike Ancelotti, Capello’s starting lineup has not set up a special winger to attack on the wing, and it is more for two full-backs, and other players can cooperate with each other depending on the situation.
Needless to say, the goalkeeper is still toldo Starr and Lala, who are still in charge of the central defender together, but the left and right defenders are replaced by Roberto Carlos and Zambrotta Capello, who are more energetic and have a stronger desire to attack. They also plan to make a team attack on the flank in this game. After all, it is not good to have batistuta as a super center in the front line, but it will be condemned by heaven.
In midfield, Dibiagio, the main midfielder of Florence in the past three years, unexpectedly sat on the bench and Argentine Lei Dongduo took his place in the starting lineup; It is precisely because of this game that Davis was given more defense by Capello. After all, in this four-person midfield composed of Costa, effenberg, Lei Dongduo and him, he can also carry the dirty work-Lei Dongduo’s defensive ability is not good or sometimes his elegant style will affect the overall defensive rhythm of the team, so it is necessary to equip him with a full-time "bodyguard"
In Capello’s view, Dibiagio and Davis are such roles.
Batistuta is gearing up in the middle circle of the stadium at this time, watching Parma’s defense line. In Batty’s eyes, Thuram and Cannavaro are indeed a pair of defenders with complementary styles. They are quite tacit in cooperation in man-to-man defense or position-filling, and their abilities are not bad. If others in Florence meet this pair, I am afraid it will be a headache for a long time.
But obviously, Buddy is not listed here, because compared with these two people, he has a very huge advantage, that is … physical quality!
After all, Thuram and Cannavaro’s height is a serious injury, even if they have excellent jumping ability. After all, no one can guarantee that they will be able to compete for the top every time they jump, and it will be disastrous if they take the top once.
And Jing Capello naturally saw that Parma’s defense line was naturally insufficient, so he sent two high centers, vieri and Batty, in this game, which was to help them completely defeat Parma’s defense line with their physical advantages!
Of course, just let Florence players get used to this double tower tactic. Capello has spent a lot of brain cells and saliva this week …
Chapter 367 European Super Cup (2)
"Our main strategy in this game is to help our team control the rhythm of the game through the technical advantage of the midfield, and then form two wings of Qi Fei through the assists of Roberto (Carlos) and gianluca (Zambrotta), and finally make an impact on Parma’s defensive line with serious height defects through the middle." Capello was still a little uneasy just before he left the dressing room and told the players again, "Do you remember?"
"Remember, boss," although the wind is a little loose at ordinary times, effenberg is still very careful when he should be serious. "We have rehearsed this tactic for a whole week, and now we can perform it perfectly with our eyes closed."
"Then I’ll put a hood on you for a while to see if you can really perform well as you just said." Capello said naturally in his heart that he was destroyed by effenberg and created an atmosphere.
"ah! Boss! I know it’s wrong! If you have a lot of adults, please spare me this time! " Effenberg deliberately made others in the dressing room laugh, including Capello, who was just pretending to be angry …
"Hey, what’s Master thinking?" Just as batistuta recalled the tactics arranged by the head coach and pondered how to deal with Parma, the defense line after the game, vieri appeared beside Batty with a smile and said, "Well, there is something I want to ask Master. You see, I am your apprentice. I still need to ask you to leave me a few shots in this game today!"
"How many times have I told you stories? We are not apprentices. Don’t always call me master!" Batistuta also has a headache for vieri’s shamelessness-he took care of vieri, a junior with the same style as him, and pointed out some skills and modes of transportation during training. As a result, he was forced to learn from his teacher by the other side somehow.
Buddy has always thought that vieri is definitely watching too many martial arts films in China, otherwise he would never have thought of learning from a teacher …
"Ha ha, master, what are we?" It seems that vieri’s career is much smoother than in his previous life because of Zhuang Ge’s intervention. Now this vieri is not only better in personal ability but also less indifferent and humorous in personality than the historical one. "It is difficult for us to deal with Palma’s defense line with our mentoring …"
"I said, Christian, be serious. If you accidentally lose this game, I think both the boss and coach Capello will be furious." Buddy seems to be a little too relaxed when watching vieri’s game, fearing that he will suffer in the upcoming game. Buddy kindly reminded his junior.
"Hey, hey, of course I remember. If I didn’t play it carefully, I wouldn’t be spared myself if you spoke," vieri said with a smile. "Besides, the vice captains are whispering in my ear every day. This is whether we can win the first six-time championship in Florence or not. If I really don’t play well in this competition, we will eventually lose. The vice captains will not be able to tear me alive."
In fact, after Florence won the Italian Super Cup trophy, there was media speculation about "six crowns". After all, in the past season, Florence won the European Champions Cup, the League Cup and the Italian Cup, and became the triple crown. The European Super Cup, the Italian Super Cup and the Toyota Cup held at the end of the year were considered by many people as a continuation of the season.
Therefore, if they beat Parma to win the European Super Cup and then beat their rivals from South America to win the Toyota Cup at the end of the year, Florence will be the first team to win six championships in a single season, which will be an unprecedented record in Europe. After all, only teams from England can win more than six championships in a season because there are two in their national cups …
No matter whether it is a five-time champion or a six-time champion, there is no such statement. Because there are not many teams that won the triple crown before, there is no chance to win the triple crown. In 1967, the Glasgow Celtics, the triple crown champion, failed to catch up with the European Super Cup because the European Super Cup was formally established in 1972. Because the Dutch Super Cup only officially appeared in 1991, Ajax, the triple champion in 1972, and Eindhovingen, the triple champion in 19 years, had no possibility of winning the Dutch Super Cup.
That is to say, Florence is the first team that has a chance to win this honor.
It is precisely because of this that Florence attaches more importance to the honor of winning the six-time championship. After all, such a record of the ancients can be said to be incomparable to a player.
Only those players who face Florence in Atlanta in the Italian Super Cup final will be hurt-otherwise, Florence players who have won the championship once in the Italian Super Cup will not be so hard to deal with Atlanta until they have scored five goals.
"It’s good that you know it, and don’t always lose." Buddy looked at vieri with relief, saying that this young man who always likes to joke still knows something in his heart. It seems that his worry is somewhat alarmist.