Chapter 269 Life and death battle
However, no matter how Zhuang Mingge expressed his support for Ranieri to stabilize the team, football must be based on its results.
On March 3, in the 24th round of Serie A, Fiorentina, who was at Frankie Stadium, took the lead with goals from Djokaf and Baggio, obviously not yet escaped from the shadow of the first leg of the Champions League defeat, and his performance in this game was still very bad after being sieve by Chap Issat in the Champions League. It was his man-tapping mistake at the last moment that the team's upcoming three-pointer turned into a mirror, which made the team regretfully tied with the Aquarium Sampdoria at home.
After this round of league ended, Fiorentina, which had only won one win and two draws in the last three rounds of leagues, began to be narrowed by the team behind them in the standings. AC Milan, ranked second, narrowed the gap between the two teams to six points with the result of two wins and one draw - a point difference that doesn't seem to be out of reach.
Although they were unable to win two consecutive games, all the media staring at Florence were now rushing towards Purple Lily like a hound staring at the prey. Various comments and criticisms filled the major sports newspapers, among which the key attacks were
After all, seeing Fiorentina's poor competitive state, no one would think that Fiorentina could win a game and advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League in the middle of next week, even if the game was played at Fiorentina's own home court...
Even bookmakers are not optimistic about Florence. For example, William Hill changed the odds of Florence's advance to the semi-finals from 1.5 to 1.5.
Generally speaking, in this case, if there is no pillar that can stand up in time, then waiting for Florence to be a big collapse and the team will completely lose cohesion. Florence, which Zhuang Mingge has worked hard to build, may even face the fate of disintegration this summer...
Fortunately, Fiorentina's team also includes two team leaders with extremely powerful spiritual attributes, Batistuta and Effenberg, as well as Robert Baggio, Ferrara, Lanna and other players who have seen the world. The existence of these players is the key to helping Fiorentina reverse the second leg of the Champions League match with Dortmund next Wednesday night!
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March 6th is coming in a blink of an eye. Today's game results will determine whether Fiorentina can continue to stay in the European arena. Therefore, although they are very disappointed with the team's state in recent games, Fiorentina fans still fill every inch of space in the stands of the Frankie Stadium, hoping to use their cheers to help their beloved team win a glimmer of light for promotion.
"I'm glad to see you here, Mr. Beckenbauer." In the VIP box, Zhuang Mingge warmly greeted the football emperor who also came to watch the game. "I didn't expect that you would actually come to Florence to watch this game."
"Haha, after all, our German team participated in this game, and it was a key game to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League. No matter what, I am also the vice chairman of the German Football Association, so I naturally have to care more about our country's teams." Beckenbauer smiled and said the reason for coming to Fiorentina this time.
However, Zhuang Mingge did not fully believe Beckenbauer's words. You didn't even watch the first round of the game in Germany. You have to run to Florence, hundreds of kilometers away, to see the game?
In Zhuang Mingge's opinion, the football emperor's run to Fiorentina to watch Dortmund's game this time is definitely his other identity - the chairman of Bayern Munich Club played a role. I don't know which player this Bundesliga boss has taken a fancy to Dortmund again.
Is it Summer? Or Andres Mueller?
To be honest, Zhuang Mingge looked down on Bayern's style from the bottom of his heart, and repeatedly tried to poach the core players of his competitors in order to maintain his position as the leader in the Bundesliga. In Zhuang Mingge's memory, there are Ze Roberto and Barack in 2002. The two Leverkusen team pillars added up to less than $15 million when they transferred to Bayern (of which Barack's transfer fee was only 12 million mark, which is about $5.4 million). Anyone with discerning eyes knows that such a value is far lower than their true strength.
There are many such examples, such as Basler, Fink, Elber, Klose, Flins, Ismail, Van Biten, Lucio, Borowski...
Of course, what Zhuang Mingge didn't know was that in 2013, after he traveled through time, the re-emerging Dortmund youth army was also attacked by Bayern. The genius midfielder Gotze, who was carefully trained by the Hornets, broke the news that he would join Bayern Munich this summer on the eve of the Champions League final with Bayern. Dortmund, with a turmoil in the army, was naturally defeated by Bayern Munich without any temper and ended the work, and unfortunately won a silver medal.
Although Bayern Munich's approach ensures its position as a class dominant in German football and can also ensure that the team has strong competitiveness in the European arena, the repeated poaching of core players of competitors has indeed damaged the interests of other teams in the same league, making it difficult for other Bundesliga teams to achieve any good results in European competitions, which further caused the Bundesliga points to suffer considerable losses.
If the Serie A, which ranked third, had not lost its appeal to well-known stars due to the phone gate incident, it would be hard to say whether the Bundesliga could successfully surpass the Serie A.
"By the way, Chairman Antonio, I saw the actions of GM in Germany. Haha, how to say it, you should say that the agents and scouts under your command are really not a good meal. The players signed have all potential to become the backbone of future German football." Just as Zhuang Mingge was constantly despising Bayern Munich's powerful style in his heart, Beckenbauer suddenly changed the topic and began to talk about the agreement between the two before. Obviously, the "football emperor" was very happy that Zhuang Mingge could start fulfilling his promise so quickly.
"Haha, Mr. Beckenbauer, you have won the award. The scouts under my command are indeed optimistic about these young people. They say that if they can train these players well, they will likely become first-class stars in European football."
"Haha, then I'll enjoy the success." German football has not yet experienced a crushing defeat in the 1998 World Cup. Many Germans regard the incident in the US World Cup as an accident. Beckenbauer is naturally no exception. Now he still trusts veterans who are already mature in psychology and technology in selecting players, and is not very interested in these young people under Zhuang Mingge.
Anyway, after they become famous, it will not be too late to buy them back with Bayern's financial resources and appeal. Beckenbauer planned so in his heart.
Chapter completed!