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Chapter 42 Cruyff's Invitation

Three days have passed since the 1993-94 Champions League final, and Zhuang Mingge, who returned to Florence, unexpectedly received an invitation.

"What? Sister Karin, do you say that the head coach of Cruyff invited me to Barcelona?" Zhuang Mingge looked at Karin in surprise, "I heard it right? Now the unpopularity of Italians is second only to Real Madrid in Barcelona."

"I'm very sure that there is no problem with your hearing."

In this way, at the invitation of the head coach of Cruyff, Zhuang Mingge took his own team to Barcelona, ​​Spain by plane.

Did you fly directly to Barcelona just to chat and have tea with that old Dutch man? Just look at the people accompanying you and you will know that things are not that simple:

"No. 1" escort: Antonioni; main task: observe the technical characteristics and on-site performance of players of Barcelona's echelons at close range.

Such a "task" sounds a bit outrageous - there are so many players in Barcelona's echelons, how can we observe it? There is no way, who asked Antonioni's immediate boss, Zhuang Mingge, to assign him such a task? Of course, Antonioni would not sieve the entire Barcelona club by himself. These senior Fiorentina scouts who followed him to Spain will also assist Antonioni's work. The popularity has increased very quickly recently and is known as the "genius" player Guardiola, who has encountered Spanish football once in 50 years, is naturally among Antonioni's key inspections.

The "No. 2" entourage: Hercule Poirot; a Belgian who is one of the three club managers with Antonioni, went to Barcelona this time not for a simple vacation trip. The reason why Zhuang Mingge brought him to Barcelona was to prevent Cruyff from having a "sudden attack" like the unemployed Crown Prince Said. Once there are any negotiations during the talks, the Belgians who are good at this work can naturally take over at any time.

In addition to the two major managers who accompany him, Karin, the "all-round" secretary who follows Zhuang Mingge at all times. As for her mission? Zhuang Mingge sometimes thinks that maybe she will be the busiest among the few people who come to Barcelona.

Before traveling through time, Zhuang Mingge, who was just a "country bun", had the most memories of this ancient city before coming to Barcelona, ​​not the ancient churches there, nor the exciting bullfighting performances in the bullfighting ring, nor the passionate and unrestrained ethnic dances can be seen everywhere on the streets and on the beach.

What he thought of the most was naturally the grand event two years ago with ostentatious and sexy as the main theme, the Olympic flame that burned over Barcelona for 15 days.

Catalans who are good at singing and dancing also have a passion for sports that exceeds ordinary people's imagination. It is precisely because of this that they seem to be able to easily win the hosting rights of the Olympics. When Karin introduced him and heard that there were 200 stadiums in Barcelona, ​​Zhuang Mingge's brain network suddenly "crashed" - NN, no wonder Catalans often use this to mock the later Madrid people, saying that they are more difficult to bid for the Olympics than milking. No matter what the quality of these stadiums look like, think about it, the horrific numbers of "200" at the time could scare the gang of officials and men of the International Olympic Committee to death!

Among these 200 stadiums of all sizes, there is one that Catalans are undoubtedly often mentioned, that is Barcelona's home stadium - the Camp Nou Stadium, which can accommodate 92,000 spectators.

(Note: Before the final reconstruction of the main stand of Camp Nou Stadium, the stadium had not reached its "peak" of 98,000 people.)

The few people accompanying him have important "tasks", and what Zhuang Mingge is most concerned about is whether Barcelona, ​​which is now coached by the old man Cruyff, will show what direction will it be in the future European football world. Others may not be clear, but Zhuang Mingge is very clear about this issue: other small clubs may not care about it, but they must not take it lightly for a wealthy club like Barcelona, ​​which has a strong influence in the European continent. Especially when Zhuang Mingge thinks that Barcelona has undergone a "big" change - such changes involve too many complex problems, and among these "complexities", how many will have direct or indirect connection with Florence?

"Sister Karin, you are back. How about you? Have you met Coach Cruyff?"

Zhuang Mingge originally planned to visit Cruyff in person, but both the old Dutch man and his own goal were too conspicuous. Moreover, in the "sensitive" period after the Champions League match between Barcelona and Milan, both sides should try to "avoid suspicion". No matter how it means that if they spread it from Barcelona's media tomorrow, rumors similar to "Barcelona head coach Cruyff will switch to Fiorentina", both sides will get into a lot of trouble.

"I saw it, but I really can't believe it. Those Barcelona players in front of Cruyff are more respectful than elementary school students who see the teacher."

Karin went there in name to visit Cruyff, who had always claimed to be "ill" after the finals, but if he could change his identity and sign such a "special" Barcelona player, Zhuang Mingge would also like to see it.

"Oh? They are also? So, is Cruyff's influence in Barcelona still as strong as ever? You won't tell me that it is up to him to sign up for the Barcelona club, right?" Some media said that Cruyff's power in Barcelona was greatly reduced after the final of this Champions League, why did we believe it so easily?

"I don't know if he has the final say, but at least it can be seen that these Barcelona officials still attach great importance to Cruyff's words... Why, Tony, do you still have any doubts?" Karin asked with a delicate mind.

"Ahaha, nothing more. I'm just thinking that those reporters from the Ass newspaper, who have been lying, have told the truth rarely in this matter."

...

In the face of the "truth", Zhuang Mingge really wanted to despise Cruyff: two days ago, when Barcelona lost to AC Milan by zero to four in the Champions League final, the Dutch may have thought of "reform" on Barcelona, ​​but probably because the Dutch, who wanted to save face, was unwilling to publicly admit "failure", so he chose to complete such "reform" in this "hidden" way. Naturally, the "successor" coach Robson, later selected by Cruyff, became the "front-endorseer" of this change.

"It's not bad. It seems that we can establish a relatively friendly relationship with Barcelona this time, and Florence can also get some benefits from this relationship... By the way, Sister Karin, in addition, you should have a lot of extra gains when you visit Mr. Cruyff this time, right?"

Sometimes, Zhuang Mingge increasingly believed that there was something between him and Karin, which was called a sympathy, as if the other party’s inadvertent expression could cause another person to be greatly touched.

"Well, what do you think... Coach Cruyff seems to have something to look for you, and it has nothing to do with Florence."

"It has something to do with me?" Zhuang Mingge was a little surprised. When did his little butterfly attract the attention of this great god? "Then let's visit Mr. Cruyff tomorrow, Sister Karin."
Chapter completed!
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