Everyone is very crazy, even effenberg and batistuta who have participated in many competitions can’t help falling into a crazy state. The teammates shouted and shouted to vent their joy. After all, this is Florence’s first championship trophy since 1975!
Seeing that many people took off their jerseys and ran around shirtless, Zhuang Ge found this scene very interesting.
At the same time, many Sampdoria players sat in the middle of the stadium with a depressed face, which was in stark contrast to the ecstatic Florence players. Because the final was still ahead until more than ten minutes ago, it was reversed by their opponents. Many Sampdoria players were not mentally prepared and had not fully recovered.
There was nothing special about the Italian Cup award ceremony. Sampdoria players first went to receive their own runner-up medals one by one, and then they looked a little depressed and watched Florence come one by one.
When Captain batistuta raised the championship trophy to celebrate with his teammates, the cheers of Florence fans reached the peak!
Zhuang Ge and Karin are also in the box, and the team finally won the championship. No one will accuse them of being rude, because at this moment the champion is Florence!
Chapter 41 "Massacre" in Athens
"unbelievable game!" This is the most figurative words spoken by commentators in major sports programs the next day, because they never thought that Florence could win the final championship trophy in laris Stadium. "The Florentine boys showed amazing fighting spirit and tenacity, and their efforts paid off at the last minute!" This is most people’s evaluation of the game.
After all, the Italian Cup is a national cup, and its influence is still limited. The wave of Florence winning the championship soon passed. How many undercurrents are hidden in the calm sea? This is not what Zhuang Ge can expect now.
It’s been a week since Florence reversed Sampdoria to win the Italian Cup, and the calendar has turned to May 1st. The most eye-catching game in Europe has finally arrived, that is, it has finished three consecutive Serie A titles, AC Milan has reached four consecutive La Liga titles, and it is called the "dream team" Barcelona European Cup final!
This season, the champions League fans didn’t see the defending champion at the starting line.
Because of the "match-fixing case in Marseille", the French champion Marseille was banned by UEFA. Interestingly, because the French runner-up Paris Saint-Germain in 199293 disdained to replace Marseille, Monaco, the third runner-up in France, had to participate in the UEFA Cup competition, which represented the highest level club in Europe.
In the 9394 season, there were teams participating in the European Cup. Barcelona, Monaco, Spartak Moscow and Galatasaray were in Group A, while AC Milan, Porto, Bremen and Andre Laichter were in Group B. Although Monaco participated in the European Cup for the first time, there were stars such as Klinsmann, Schiff and djorkaeff (who had moved to Florence during the winter break) in Monaco’s first team. Although they lost to Barcelona twice in the group stage, they still won the second place in the group. In Group B, AC Milan scored 2 wins and 4 draws.
It must be said here that the semi-final of the Champions League in 199394 was not two rounds at home and away, but a knockout, and the team won the first place in the group and had the home advantage.
On April 27th, 1994, AC Milan met Monaco’s challenge at home. With goals from desailly, albertini and massaro, the Rossoneri beat their opponents 3-0 and entered the final. In the other semi-final, Barcelona also won 3-0. With goals from Stoichkov and ronaldo koeman, the Spanish giants won the final of AC Milan in Porto, Portugal.
AC Milan vs. Barcelona this game was watched by many media, and the conflict peaked. Because Barcelona scored a total of 14 goals in La Liga and Champions League last season, AC Milan scored only 35 goals in the course of winning Serie A this season, with an average of one goal per game, but the Milan defense only lost 15 goals in the long league.
Barcelona coach cruyff, the founder of "Dream Team", was very high-profile before the final. He visited the venue in Athens the week before. In an interview, the Dutch coach said that "the real AC Milan is the Milan with Sacchi and the’ Dutch Three Musketeers’. Now Capello likes desailly, a pure defensive player, to build the team …"
It is not difficult to see from cruyff’s words that the Dutch who advocate attacking are quite disdainful of conservative Capello.
Although Zhuang Ge knew the result of the game from his "memory", how could he give up since he had the opportunity to witness such a classic moment with his own eyes?
Before the final, the media and experts were generally not optimistic about AC Milan, not only because of their weak offensive ability in the season, but also because of the combination of central defenders in the steel defense line-baresi and costacurta were both suspended, while Barcelona was completely staffed. Public opinion believed that the lack of the strongest shield could not stop AC Milan from winning the championship.
However, AC Milan coach Capello carefully studied the Barcelona game before the game and successfully found a breakthrough. In the absence of the suspension of baresi and costacurta, the central defenders, Capello found the most suitable substitutes-filippo galli and Maldini Jr.
Desailly, who was named a "pure defensive player" by cruyff, hit back at the Dutch coach before the game. "We AC Milan are afraid of ourselves!"
On May 1, 1994, this contradictory peak confrontation was finally played in Athens!
In this game, AC Milan started with goalkeeper Rossi and four defenders, namely Tassotti, Maldini, filippo galli, panucci desailly, albertini, Bo Ban and Donadoni, to form midfielders savicevic and massaro cruising in the front of the team. In Barcelona, cruyff played his usual 4-3-3 formation, and goalkeeper zubizarreta guarded the goal. The four defenders were Rael, ronaldo koeman, Nadal (Uncle Nadal, the king of tennis) and Sergi, and the three midfielders were Guardiola, Amor, vaquero romario, Stoichikov and Begiristan, which formed a trident.
After the game, AC Milan first put out the central axis of Barcelona by planning in advance and actively fighting back in the frontcourt. Then, relying on the defense of the back line and excellent personal defense ability, it restricted the individual play of romario and Stoichkov, forcing Barcelona not to play according to their own habits.
At the end of half-time, the fans were surprised to find that AC Milan not only succeeded in limiting Barcelona’s firepower, but also scored two goals by veteran massaro, which almost made them touch the big ear cup with one hand and savicevic and Donadoni sent an assist respectively.
At half time, Milan’s counterattack became more comfortable. Just two minutes later, Yugoslav midfielder savicevic kicked a ball on the right side of the frontcourt and flew over zubizarreta’s fingers into the goal. This was the most wonderful shot in the history of the Champions League final. After the score became three-to-three, Barcelona’s "dream team" collapsed, and Barcelona players were sleepwalking. desailly took albertini’s assist team Jin Tianhua in the fifth minute to push Barcelona into the abyss. At the same time, this Italian defensive counterattack drew a perfect end.
Capello couldn’t restrain his feelings at the post-match press conference. He praised desailly as "the greatest midfielder in the world" and preached that "the final result proved that only the best team can win, and also proved the greatest tactical wisdom. I think we were perfect tonight". savicevic scored a wonderful volley and thought it was "the best game of his life". desailly also defended the Champions League with Marseille in 1993. He countered the pre-match arrogance of the "Dream Team" with a winner’s gesture "I think Barcelona people look down on us a little".
Cruyff, the loser, can admit with sour taste that "Milan won the game and we can finish it according to our own habits"
Victor Xi, a special correspondent of the French newspaper L ‘Equipe, commented after the game, "More than 60,000 fans from Spain and Italy turned the final into a Latin derby, and we also saw a fantastic and outstanding Milan! The Italians were not popular before the final, but they finally put the game into their own track. At first, people thought that Capello’s broken team was fighting against Barcelona’s offensive football-because they had performed so well before, they were irresistible. The whole of Europe was constantly praising cruyff’s offensive football. "
This game has a far-reaching impact on Barcelona. After the defeat to AC Milan in the Champions League final, the value of Barcelona players has generally shrunk by half. In the past, Barcelona’s management was also contradictory. After the game, President Nunez expressed dissatisfaction with cruyff’s tactical arrangement and on-the-spot command in the final. The Dutch publicly opposed Nunez’s bossing the team.
It took Barcelona years to build a dynasty team because of this Champions League final.
Chapter 42 cruyff invited
Three days have passed since the final of the Champions League in 199394, and Zhuang Ge has received an invitation unexpectedly.
"What? Sister Karin, you said that head coach cruyff invited me to Barcelona? " Zhuang song surprised to see Karin "I didn’t listen to wrong? Now Italians are second only to Real Madrid in popularity in Barcelona. "
"I’m pretty sure Tony, there’s nothing wrong with your hearing."
In this way, in cruyff, the head coach invited Zhuang Ge and his team to fly to Barcelona.
Is the direct flight to Barcelona just for the Dutch old man to chat and drink tea? Look at the entourage and you will know that things are not that simple.
"No.1" entourage antonioni; Mainly observe the technical characteristics of Barcelona echelon players at all levels at close range.
This sounds a bit outrageous-how can there be so many players in Barcelona’s echelons at all levels? There’s no way for antonioni’s boss, Zhuang Ge, to assign him such one. Of course, antonioni won’t sift through the whole Barcelona club by himself and follow him to Spain. These Florence senior scouts will also help antonioni, and Guardiola, who has recently soared in popularity and is known as the "genius" of Spanish football once in 50 years, will naturally focus on antonioni.
"No.2" entourage hercule poirot; Antonioni and the third manager of the club, a Belgian, naturally went to Barcelona this time, which was not a simple holiday trip. Zhuang Ge brought him to Barcelona in order to prevent cruyff from making a "surprise attack" like the unprofessional King Said. Once there is something to negotiate during the talks, the Belgians can naturally stand by at any time.
In addition to the accompanying two managers, it is natural to follow Zhuang Ge all the time. Can you "keep Karin secret" from her? Zhuang Ge sometimes thinks that maybe she will be the busiest of several people who come to Barcelona.
Before crossing, it was an "earthen bag". Before Zhuang Ge came to Barcelona, the most memorable thing about this ancient city was not the ancient churches there, nor the bullring to stimulate bullfighting performances, nor the passionate national dances that can be seen everywhere on the streets and seaside.
The most natural thing he thought of was the sexy theme event two years ago, the Olympic flame that burned in Barcelona for 15 days.
Catalans who are good at singing and dancing also have enthusiasm beyond ordinary people’s imagination in sports, which is why they seem to be able to easily host the Olympic Games. When they heard from Karin that there were actually two stadiums in Barcelona, Zhuang Ge’s brain network suddenly completely "crashed"-nn No wonder Catalans often laughed at this. Later, Madrid people said that they bid for an Olympic Games more vigorously than milking, regardless of the quality of these stadiums. Think about how the "two" scary figures scared the IOC officials to death!
One of the two stadiums, large and small, is suspected that Catalans often remember that it is Barcelona’s home stadium, Camp Nou, which can accommodate 92 spectators.
(Note: The stadium has not reached the "peak" that can accommodate 9 people before the final renovation of the main stand of Camp Nou)
A few people accompanying him are all important, but Zhuang Ge’s most important thing is whether Barcelona will be coached by the old man cruyff now or in the future. It may be unclear how others will present themselves in European football, but Zhuang Ge has a thorough understanding of this problem. Other small clubs may not ask questions, but they must not take it lightly for Barcelona, a giant with strong influence in the European continent, especially when Zhuang Ge believes that Barcelona has undergone a "great" change-this change involves too many complicated issues, and how many of these "complications" will directly or indirectly affect Florence.
"Sister Karin, how did you come back and see coach cruyff?"
Zhuang Ge intends to visit cruyff personally, but neither the Dutch old man nor other people’s goals are too obvious. In the "sensitive" period after the Champions League match in Barcelona Milan, both sides should try to "avoid suspicion". Anyway, if rumors like "Barcelona coach cruyff is going to switch to Florence" are spread from Barcelona media, both sides will get into a lot of trouble.
Yes, I did, but I can’t believe those Barcelona players are more respectful in front of cruyff than primary school students when they see their teachers.
Karin went to visit cruyff, who has been called "sick" since the final, but Zhuang Ge would be happy to sign such a "special" Barcelona player in another identity.
"oh? They’re here? So cruyff’s influence in Barcelona is as strong as ever? You won’t tell me that the Barcelona club signings or his old man has the final say, will you? " At the beginning, some media said that cruyff’s strength in Barcelona was greatly reduced after the Champions League final. How could we believe it so easily?
"I don’t know if it’s up to him, but I can see that these officials in Barcelona still attach great importance to cruyff dialect … why, Tony, do you still have any doubts?" Delicate mind Karin asked.
"Ah, ha, ha, nothing. I was thinking that those reporters from Aspen, who are full of lies, actually told the truth once in this matter."
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In the face of the truth, Zhuang Ge really wanted to despise cruyff. Two days ago, when Barcelona was defeated by AC Milan four times in the Champions League final, the Dutch may have thought of carrying out some "reforms" to Barcelona, but it was probably because the Dutch did not want to admit their failure. They chose this "hidden" way to complete this "reform". Naturally, cruyff chose the "successor" and coach Robson became the "front spokesperson" for this change.
"Good, good. It seems that we may be able to establish a friendly Florence with Barcelona this time, and we can also get some benefits from this … By the way, sister Karin, besides your visit to Mr. cruyff this time, there should be a lot of extra benefits, right?"
Sometimes Zhuang Ge is more and more convinced that Karin has something called a heart-to-heart, as if the other person’s casual expression can make another person feel quite touched.
"Well, what can I say … Coach cruyff seems to have something for you and nothing to do with Florence."
"With me?" Zhuang Ge was a little surprised that when did this little butterfly attract the attention of this great god? "Then let’s visit Mr. cruyff one day, Sister Karin."
Chapter 43 cruyff Melancholy
In the morning, Catalan residents woke up from the infiltration of the Mediterranean night breeze. They went out of their homes in groups of three and five and went to snack bars on both sides of the street to order a cake with a unique local flavor. After a long night, they were full of food and returned to the singing and laughing floating crowd.
Catalans don’t need to pursue hard work because of work. It seems that they naturally know how to adjust the pressure of life. In the morning, the laughter is full of excitement. Slowly moving people have long been accustomed to this life-just like those tourists who come here with a pilgrimage mentality, they feel the same way. People are doing something that may be repeated every day, but they are never tired. Take a walk in the morning to meet the morning sun and go to Barcelona training base for a walk.
At this time, the Barcelona training base opened its doors, and as always, it welcomed the crowds who came here in the morning to "walk".