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The fact that Fiorentina defeated Parma to win the European Super Cup did not cause much trouble in European football. After all, most people can see that the strength of these two teams is quite different, so they were mentally prepared for this. In other words, if Fiorentina loses to Parma in the final, they will be shocked.

After the game, the whole Fiorentina team happily returned to Italy by plane. They need to prepare for the first league match that was postponed due to the European Super Cup as soon as possible. As for the celebration after the championship... In the eyes of Florentine players, a European Super Cup champion with no weight is not worthy of their big fanfare. Just hold a small celebration party in the club.

Although the players returned to Fiorentina overnight after the game, the senior Fiorentine leaders led by Zhuang Mingge did not leave with the team. Because two days later, the last day of August, the group draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 2003-04 season will be held in Monaco.

Therefore, when head coach Heinx needs to lead the team to prepare for the league, Zhuang Mingge, as the chairman of the Fiorentina club, took on this task naturally and represented Fiorentina in the Champions League group draw ceremony.

Zhuang Mingge was still worried about this group draw. Because Fiorentina's outstanding performance in winning the Champions League six in the past eight years has made this event representing the highest level of European football clubs lacking a lot of suspense. Most media and fans have formed a mindset, that is, Fiorentina will always be the biggest favorite for the Champions League championship.

Therefore, although the eight-year six championship score has greatly shocked Fiorentina's reputation in international football and made Purple Lily the strongest club in the hearts of countless fans, this situation is not a good thing for the development of the Champions League itself. After all, if a tournament wants to continue its good development, its internal competition must be fierce enough to not be the only one in the long run. Otherwise, its attractiveness to fans and sponsors will decrease, and its influence and commercial value will also decrease, which will have an adverse impact on its development and growth.

Some people may ask why the Serie A still maintained a good development momentum during the five consecutive championships in Fiorentina, but the Champions League could not do this? Because although Fiorentina was invincible in the Serie A battlefield at that time, this does not mean that they will never lose. Moreover, the fierce competition among other teams made up for the drawbacks caused by the long-term control of the championship trophy by Florence. The large number of well-known stars and fierce competition for European qualifications in various Serie A clubs were the two most attractive scenic spots in the Serie A League at that time.

In contrast, the Champions League has obvious shortcomings in this. Because unlike the Serie A, which has a stable audience, the biggest selling point of this event is the final ownership of the championship trophy, the showdown between stars and the confrontation between giants is the secondary part. Therefore, once the champion loses the duel, the value of the Champions League will be reduced a lot. After all, there is no shortage of stars and giants in the four major leagues, and fans do not have to watch the Champions League matches.

In this way, it seems that Fiorentina will be targeted by UEFA.

So, the day before the lottery ceremony, Zhuang Mingge, who was worried, secretly visited Beckenbauer who arrived in Monaco in advance, and wanted to find out from him how UEFA views Fiorentina now so that he can formulate the next development policy for the club.

"Antonio, you are really worrying too much." After Zhuang Mingge finished telling his purpose, Beckenbauer handed the newly brewed black tea to the other party, smiling and sitting on the other side of the table, saying, "Indeed, Fiorentina's frequent championships in the Champions League have brought a certain negative impact on the improvement of the commercial value of this event, but this impact is not as great as you imagine. Don't forget that Fiorentina has not been winning consecutively in the Champions League. The experience of Manchester United and Real Madrid has given many teams confidence, and they believe that they can also challenge Fiorentina's dominance in the Champions League."

"Uh, after hearing what Franz said, am I thinking too much?" After hearing Beckenbauer's answer, Zhuang Mingge couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said embarrassedly, "If this is the case, then I'll be relieved..."

"However, in order to make other teams feel desperate about winning the Champions League, we still have to take some special care for Fiorentina. For example, setting more obstacles for Fiorentina in terms of the schedule and the arrangement of opponents, and increasing the difficulty of your club's successful defending of the Champions League." Seeing Zhuang Mingge calm down, Beckenbauer changed his mind and said, "Of course, you can rest assured that Antonio. Although we will raise questions for Fiorentina in these two aspects, we will definitely not let the referee blew the whistle in the game. After all, ensuring the fairness and justice of the game as much as possible is the fundamental reason why an event attracts fans, so we will not do stupid things that destroy our foundation to achieve our goals."

Zhuang Mingge did not express any confusion or objection to Beckenbauer's statement. Because he knew very well that Fiorentina can indeed be regarded as the most powerful existence among all the wealthy families, so it is inevitable that UEFA will be difficult for Purple Lily in the schedule and opponents. In fact, Zhuang Mingge is already very satisfied with the fact that Beckenbauer can guarantee that there will be no referee problems in Fiorentina's game.

Thinking about his past life, how many unjust, false and wrong cases UEFA had caused during Platini's term, and the referee issues have been frequently reported and criticized by people. Therefore, Beckenbauer's guarantee is crucial for Fiorentina. Because even if Fiorentina loses the game and is eliminated from the Champions League, it can only be said that Purple Lily is not as skilled as others or is not strong enough, rather than being dissatisfied with UEFA like Italy and Spain at last year's World Cup, which makes those players who are actively fighting on the court wrongly and wrongly aggrieved.

In this way, on the evening of August 31, when Real Madrid, who appeared at the lottery ceremony as a special guest of UEFA, Distefano smiled and assigned Eredivisie champion Ajax La Liga runner-up Real Sociedad, as well as Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kiev and Fiorentina to the same group, Zhuang Mingge did not show any surprise because he had already learned this information from the head of UEFA, Bekenbauer, and was mentally prepared.
Chapter completed!