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"Although we didn't draw the weakest Marseille and Bordeaux, but fortunately, our opponent in the round of 16 this time was not Valencia, otherwise it would have been a bit of trouble." Zhuang Mingge, who walked out of the draw ceremony, said to Karin and Groz Jr., "It seems that our luck is not particularly bad, although Chelsea is a difficult opponent, but it is much better than meeting Valencia......

"Antonio, I've heard you say it several times since just now, why do you think we are better off against Chelsea than against Valencia?" Groz Jr. felt a little strange at Zhuang Mingge's judgment and asked, "Although Chelsea is not a traditional powerhouse in England, their development momentum in the past two years has been quite good. Not only did they win the League Cup once, but they also reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup, and the team included well-known stars such as Zola, Poyet, and De Huye. No matter how you look at it, it's the toughest of the six options, right? ”

"Uh......" was asked by little Groz, Zhuang Mingge couldn't help but choke up, he can't say that he attaches so much importance to Valencia just because this team has gone all the way to the Champions League final in this season, and was taught to be a man by Redondo and Raul, who are in their prime?

Of course, Zhuang Mingge couldn't say that, unless he wanted to be sent to the hospital for treatment by Little Groz and the others as mentally abnormal.

It makes sense of common sense. Grozzi's view is the most in line with the outside world, after all, Chelsea has been able to go around the European arena basically every year in recent seasons, and if you are lucky, you can still give people some surprises, and there are many well-known stars in the team; Looking at Valencia, the Bats have been in the middle of the table for most of the past years, finishing fourth in the league under Claudio Ranieri last season to earn a Champions League spot...... So, no matter how you look at it, Chelsea look a notch better than Valencia.

Realizing his gaffe, Zhuang Mingge hurriedly used his brains to find a reason that sounded logical: "Well, in fact, Valencia's player configuration is not much worse than Chelsea, they have Claudio López in the front, and there are powerful players such as Kili Gonzalez, Mendieta, Farinos and Gerard in the midfield, and there are also experienced veterans such as Angeloma and Djukic in the backline, and the goalkeeper position is the former Real Madrid goalkeeper Canizares, whose combat effectiveness can be said to be considerable." The bottom line is that Valencia's current manager, Cooper, the same guy who led Mallorca to the Cup Winners' Cup final last season, is a manager who advocates counter-attacking tactics that allow these Valencia players to get the most out of them, and in that respect, he is much better than Chelsea's fledgling Vialli. ”

Hearing Zhuang Mingge's speech, Karin and Little Groz felt that what the other party said was indeed very reasonable, after all, they have been in contact with football for a long time, whether it is the more professional former or the latter who entered the industry as a ball blind, they all know a truth, that is, having a coach who is suitable for the team is far more valuable than a few stars - the latter may allow you to sell a few more tickets, but the former can make the team's results better!

It's a simple fact that good results lead to guaranteed income, after all, who wants to go to the game of a team that always loses?

After the draw ceremony, Zhuang Mingge took Karin and Groz Jr. to the Maldives for a vacation, where he planned to spend the last Christmas and the last day of the 20th century, and then return to work when the league resumed.

Nothing special happened in the last days of the 20th century, except for a thousand-year-old bug problem that made countries around the world nervous and worth paying attention to, that is, the turmoil caused by Carlos Roa last year is worth mentioning: as the main goalkeeper of the Argentine national team, Roa actually announced his retirement when his career was still at the peak, the reason was actually for his religious beliefs, and to avoid the impending catastrophe!

Although Luo A's approach made many people feel very puzzled, since he personally has no opinion, then this matter is just a lively one, and there is nothing to regret.

In fact, the most unfortunate thing in this matter is the Mallorca club that Roa plays, the island team lost their main goalkeeper unprepared, which is undoubtedly a double blow on both the competitive and economic levels for this small club that needs to rely on reselling players to maintain its operations.

After the New Year, the Fiorentina players returned to the team as scheduled after a Christmas holiday, and under the supervision of the coaching staff, they returned to the intense and orderly preparation work, striving to win the first game of the new century and give the team a good start!

Especially in the selection of the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, Effenberg and Vieri, who only won one Bronze Ballon Award, are even more motivated by this, and the result of being taken away by Rivaldo made the two very dissatisfied, so they want to show themselves well in the next game, so that those who voted for Rivaldo can see who is more deserving of the Ballon d'Or!

In fact, if Beckham won the award, Vieri would not have such a big opinion, after all, they won a treble in Manchester United, and they can't compare with it in terms of honor. But what does Rivaldo have for him? There is only one La Liga champion!

Even if Rivaldo is re-elected, it's useless, who makes Fiorentina's side more fierce, and they have won five consecutive Serie A titles. Besides, judging a European Ballon d'Or award, the Copa America championship should not be included!

As a result, as soon as these two guys came together, Fiorentina's first opponent in the New Year, Lecce, was unlucky. Led by Vieri and Effenberg, the Fiorentina players played at a very good level in this game. Throughout the game, the Fiorentina players kept running under the leadership of the two, and looked for opportunities to attack, and the beautiful and concise passing and cutting combination made the Lecce players unguardable!

On the defensive end, they were also quite active, and Vieri even had a scene in the game when he retreated to his own half to intercept a pass from Lecce, which stunned the audience at the time, and wondered when a star of Vieri's level was willing to put down his body and do this kind of hard work?

Although the Lecce players were also quite active in the game and tried to resist with attack-to-attack, they were still attacked by Fiorentina at home: Vieri scored twice, Effenberg made a pass and a shot, helping Fiorentina beat the home team by three goals away from home and won the new year!