Chapter 852 Awards and lottery
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After confirming that the message received was accurate and not a boring prank from a certain media outlet, Zhuang Mingge and Heinques, who rushed to the news, both breathed a sigh of relief: Although the results of the game cannot be changed, the punishments that the relevant responsible persons received were somewhat good news for Fiorentina; the most important thing is that the red and yellow cards received by players such as Inzaghi and Zanetti in that game were revoked, which would allow Heinques to have more choices to arrange troops in the subsequent Champions League knockout stage.
Although all the players in Fiorentina went out for vacation, Zhuang Mingge, as the chairman of Fiorentina, cannot do this. Although Karin and Groz often complain that he is more like a hand-off manager who only checks the team's development direction and player transfers, there are some things he cannot easily miss, such as the draw ceremony of the Champions League knockout stage that will be held at the end of the year...
However, before this, there are two highly anticipated heavyweight awards that need to be announced first, namely the European Golden Ball Awards held by French Football and the World Football Masters hosted by FIFA!
In the end, Rivaldo from Barcelona won the European Golden Ball Awards and World Footballer Awards, becoming the biggest winner of the year. The Brazilian striker has repeatedly helped Barcelona win the game on his own in the past year. He is the number one hero for the Catalan Legion to win the La Liga championship again. In addition, he led the Brazilian national team to win the Copa America championship as a core and repeatedly gave amazing works on the court, which made most reporters willingly give their first choice to this Brazilian who is not handsome at all.
Beckham, who won the Toyota Cup championship last season, not long ago, won the Toyota Cup championship with the team, ranked second in both selections. On the one hand, because Beckham's red card in the French World Cup made many British reporters unwilling to vote for him, and would rather give the votes to others than write Beckham's name; on the other hand, because Manchester United's ability to win the triple-champ mainly relies on the team's overall outstanding performance. Although Beckham is very important in the Red Devils' tactical system, he has not repeatedly staged a good show of riding alone to save the master like Rivaldo. Therefore, in people's sense, Beckham's role is not as important as Rivaldo.
The most important thing is that everyone knows in their hearts that Manchester United's most dazzling star will always be their head coach, the old man with red nose from Scotland, Alex Ferguson! With this Scotsman pressing on it, no matter who it is, it is difficult for anyone to become the team leader.
As for the player who won the third place, the choices for these two major awards are different. French football's candidate is Christian Vieri. This super center not only achieved the great achievement of five consecutive Serie A championships with the team, but also his identity as the Golden Boot in Serie A also gave him a lot of points; the player selected by FIFA is also from Fiorentina, but their captain Effenberg.
This is also impossible. Who makes the German Tiger more famous around the world? Although Vieri has gained a lot of fame by winning the World Cup and the Serie A Golden Boots in succession, there is still a certain gap with players like Effenberg, who have been famous for a long time. The most important thing is that Vieri's playing football is not as adorable as Ronaldo and Rivaldo, otherwise his ranking might be able to rise further.
Although players from Fiorentina only won a third place consolation prize in the World Footballer and the European Golden Ball Awards, Florence was still very lucky in the Champions League draw ceremony the next day.
This time, the top 16 in the Champions League is full of strong people. Since Fiorentina qualifies as the first in the group, except for Dynamo Kiev, who is in Group B with them in the group stage, and Lazio, who is also from Italy, the remaining six second groups may become Fiorentina's opponent in the quarterfinals.
However, although Fiorentina only faces second in the group, these six teams are not ordinary people, and there is no weak team in the Champions League, it is not empty talk: whether it is Chelsea, Ligue 1's Valencia, Marseille and Bordeaux, Hertha Berlin from Bundesliga, or even Porto from Portugal, they are not easy to deal with. If Fiorentina players take it lightly before the game, then Arsenal and AC Milan, which failed in the Champions League group stage, are the lessons of Purple Lily.
That's right, it's exactly the same as in history. Although Arsenal and AC Milan's opponents in the Champions League group stage are different from the original history, the Gunners and the Ross and Blacks still failed to get a qualifying place: the former was blocked by Rosenberg and Bordeaux by only one point, and they could only participate in the League Cup games; the latter simply won only one victory in six group matches, and was at the bottom of the group and went home directly.
Monaco, which also bid farewell to the strong team of the Champions League at the end of the group stage, has also said goodbye to Monaco. After selling the backbone of the team for many years, Spalletti could not support it even if he was capable. Being able to lead this team that is dedicated to being a human trafficker to get the qualification of a League Cup with the strong opponents such as Chelsea, Hertha Berlin and AC Milan, is enough to show Spalletti's excellence. If it is another coach, it is possible to be directly at the bottom.
For Fiorentina, among these six possible opponents, Marseille and Bordeaux, two teams from Ligue 1, should be better dealt with. After all, the fools in the decline of the Ligue 1 league over the years can see that the Ligue 1 team that has relied on a few balloon stars to support the scene is naturally not the opponent of Fiorentina. For example, Marseille, this team is no longer the Ligue 1 over the Tapie era, and the biggest star in the team is actually the veteran Lavanelli who is over 30 years old...
However, Zhuang Mingge does not think that Fiorentina will have such good luck. Although he and Beckenbauer have a good personal relationship, and Fiorentina did not suffer any difficulties in the group draw, Zhuang Mingge is sure that in the work precautions of UEFA, there must be "setting obstacles for Fiorentina as much as possible"... Who has made Fiorentina show up in the past few years? Who can it guard against if it is not careful?
Chapter completed!