Chapter 254 Imperfect Valentine's Day
This time Effenberg finally understood what it means to shoot himself in the foot.
If the team cannot win a championship this season, Effenberg will pay a bonus of up to $8 million to his teammates. Although this agreement is only verbal and the Tiger has always been known for his erratic behavior, the Germans who kept their promises did not find any objective reason to deny the oral agreement. Instead, they proudly acknowledged the effectiveness of the agreement and implemented it in writing, preparing to use their actual actions to convince their boss to take out the bonus.
When the Fiorentine players arrived at the training ground the next day, they were surprised to find that the vice captain, who had always liked to take a nap, was running around the stadium early today.
I'll go, is this still the Effenberg we know? The sun came out from the west?
During training, once a player tries to cheat and be lazy, the Germans scolded the lazy teammate in front of the coach...
The same was true for the next few days. When other first-team players were surprised, captain Barty "accidentally" leaked Effenberg's bet with Zhuang Mingge, which made everyone realize it.
So that's the case!
Out of "sympathy" for the vice captain and the desire for the ultimate honor of the Triple Crown, some Fiorentine players (such as Vieri) who had complained about Effenberg's recent strict practices at the beginning immediately turned their guns and announced the style of the devil instructor who supported the Germans, saying that they would listen carefully to the coaches and captains and contribute their own strength to the team, etc....
Under such an atmosphere, on February 11, Fiorentina ushered in the 21st round of Serie A, and they will face Parma at home.
Parma this season has no momentum and strength that last season is like Juventus and Fiorentina. The aging of the pillars of Minotti, Abroni and other teams has caused the team to face the biggest difficulty since upgrading to Serie A. Although Parma is still ranked third in the standings, the 15-point difference between the scoreboard and the leader Florence is enough to show how big the strength gap between these two teams is.
At the same time, under Effenberg's strict supervision, Fiorentina's training has been at a very high level this week. Florence players with a new goal have performed very hard in training. No one is willing to lose the opportunity to compete with the team for the triple-champion because of their training attitude. After all, as long as they perform better on this road, it means that the club will provide them with a richer contract.
Even if the contract given by Florence cannot satisfy them, a triple-champion title can also allow them to have the capital to ask for higher salaries when they change jobs, right?
The Fiorentine players who have adjusted their competitive state to the best face Parma, which is facing reconstruction, have a clear result.
Fiorentina did not give the Milk Legion a slight chance in the whole game (Note: The main reason why Parma has this nickname is that the Tanji family, who controls this club, is from the milk industry, and its family business, Parmalat, is a world-famous dairy drama giant, so this name is obtained).
The lack of creativity in the Milk Legion after Brolin left was also fully reflected in this game. Zola, who was highly expected by Parma coach Scala, was stared firmly by his former teammate Ferrara when he played for Naples. The whole game was like a sleepwalking; on the contrary, Robert Baggio, who was also the No. 9 and a half position like him, performed extremely well in this game, and one shot and one pass helped Fiorentina establish the victory.
2 to zero, Zi Lily won Parma without any blood at home and continued to make great strides towards the path of two consecutive Serie A championships.
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"I'll go! I'm being humble!" This was the first reaction when Zhuang Mingge learned from Antonioni about the draw results of the quarterfinals of the European Champions League this season on Valentine's Day morning.
On the evening of the 13th, UEFA held a brief draw ceremony for the Champions League quarterfinals in Niyon, Switzerland. The top spots in the four groups and four second places will fight each other after the results are announced. Teams that won the first place in the group can enjoy the favorable treatment of being away first and then being hosted.
The four teams that won the top spot in the group are Serie A champion Fiorentina, Russian champion Sparta Moscow, French Ligue 1 champion Monaco and defending champion Ajax. Among them, Ajax was able to qualify as the top spot in the group, which surprised many so-called experts. After all, this Dutch giant lost half of its main lineup last summer. It was really amazing that it could beat Dortmund, who recruited a lot, to win the first place in the group.
Among the four clubs that won the second place in the group, Fiorentina will definitely not draw with the Glasgow Rangers in the same group in the group stage. In this way, Purple Lily's opponent in the quarterfinals will be between Legia in Poland, Panasinacos in Greece and Dortmund in Germany.
The final result was that Fiorentina was quite unlucky because the special guest of this lottery ceremony, Real Madrid legend Mr. Di Stefano, who played the strongest team in the second place in the group, Bundesliga champion Dortmund drew in front of Fiorentina!
"It's great now. We, the champions of the four major leagues, have met two of us." Zhuang Mingge was very dissatisfied with this draw, but he couldn't change this faita fact. He said with a wry smile, "Fortunately Blackburn was eliminated in the group stage, otherwise I would doubt whether our club's opponent in the semi-finals would be the Premier League champion."
"Haha..." Antonioni could only smile helplessly. He couldn't say that Fiorentina would encounter such difficulties in the draw. The main reason why the Italian team has been too strong in recent years, so that UEFA has to make it difficult for Fiorentina, which is also an Italian team, in the schedule? Otherwise, the Italian team will be able to enter the finals of the three major European Cups every year, and it is difficult to guarantee that the fans will not experience aesthetic fatigue...
However, it is too early to discuss the Champions League. After all, the quarter-finals will not start the first leg until the end of March, and Fiorentina has enough time to study Dortmund's opponent.
After putting Dortmund's affairs aside, Zhuang Mingge drove back to his villa after handling some necessary matters at the club. After all, there was a beautiful woman living in his home.
As a result, when Zhuang Mingge, who was about to spend a shameless Valentine's Day with Karin, returned home, he found that two more "residents" in his villa were added: "Rebecca, Alisa, why are you here?"
"What's wrong, Antonio, don't we welcome?" The sad words of Groz and Ferrero of Little, immediately made Zhuang Mingge feel in a hurry...
Chapter completed!