Chapter 669: The Frenchman Who Steals Chickens Doesn't Make Rice
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Four days after the match against Como, Fiorentina host Vicenza, their second opponent in the warm-up game.
Luca Toni, who moved to Vicenza from Fiorentina in the summer, scored two goals with an overhead kick and provided an assist for Larsson in the game that almost capsized the still tender Fiorentina gutter.
Although due to Toney's excellent play, the Purple Lily was in a disadvantageous situation from the beginning of the game, but in the end, Fiorentina still relied on the excellent performance of new signings such as Ljungberg, Deco, Di Natale and other new signings on the offensive end, and scored three goals in the last ten minutes to help the Purple Lily equalize at the last moment and get a draw at home.
After this warm-up game, the outside media have lowered their predictions for Fiorentina's prospects for the new season, the reason is naturally that Capello's team after the transfer of big players such as Barty and Davies one after another, Fiorentina seems to have considerable problems at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, especially in the warm-up game against Vicenza, Fiorentina's players were beaten by their opponents, and they did not reflect the strength of a treble-winning team at all.
However, Zhuang Mingge obviously did not take these views to heart. In his opinion, in the case that the main players such as Toldo, Nesta, and Vieri have missed the first two warm-up games because of the World Cup, it is normal for Fiorentina, which lacks major generals, to have such a performance in the warm-up matches. Zhuang Mingge would be surprised if even the starting line-up of these substitutions and young players could suppress the all-main Vicenza on the field.
In addition, another reason why Fiorentina struggled to convince in the warm-up matches is also closely related to the fact that Fiorentina manager Fabio Capello used a large number of new players in the starting line-up in these two games.
After all, the lack of tacit understanding between the players, and the unfamiliarity with the style of Italian football, will lead the players to make all kinds of mistakes in the game that they should not have, and these mistakes will often lead the team to concede goals, which in turn affects the trend of the whole game.
This is especially true of Claude Makelele, who was used as a stand-in for Davis and Di Biagio, because he had never played in Italy before, so while adapting to the Italian style of football that is very different from that of France, while constantly running in with his teammates, it is only natural that he was mediocre in these two warm-up games.
Therefore, for the much-questioned Makelele, whether it is Zhuang Mingge or Capello, they have shown great patience with him, because if you want to integrate a newcomer, especially these players who need to contribute to the team on the defensive end, into the existing tactical system, there must be some price.
The labor pain period is a period that cannot be avoided when any team is undergoing a new generation.
What Capello can do now is to make the best use of every warm-up game and the opportunity of the team's training camp, so that every newcomer can familiarize himself with Fiorentina's tactical style of play, and form a tacit understanding with those veteran players enough to avoid being embarrassed on the pitch when he gets an official game.
While Capello was racking his brains about how to make Makelele, Deco and other newcomers integrate into the team as quickly as possible, an election was in full swing at the UEFA headquarters in Nissan, Switzerland.
As one of the two candidates for the UEFA presidency race, Platini, a former French football superstar who has served as the head coach of the French national team and the chairman of the French World Cup Organizing Committee, is sitting in his seat at this time, full of anxiety and uneasiness.
When Johansson was elected FIFA president in June after beating Havelan's favoured Blatter, Platini realized he had to take advantage of Johansson's "high position" to complete the power of UEFA. Otherwise, once someone from the Johansson faction ascends to the position of UEFA president, then without FIFA, a designated "foreign aid", even if Platini is famous and prestigious, it may be difficult to shake the other party's position.
In fact, the reason why Platini was able to defeat Johansson to be elected president of UEFA in history was, on the one hand, because the then FIFA President Blatter openly built momentum for Platini's election and led many UEFA members to be under FIFA pressure; On the other hand, because Johansson is indeed old, the old Swedish man, who has long handed over UEFA affairs to Olsen and others, is considered by many to have no energy to preside over the overall situation, which allowed Platini, who is considered to be more energetic and energetic, to take advantage of the loophole, defeat Johansson, and ascend to the throne of UEFA president.
Therefore, as mentioned before, with Johansson already promoted to FIFA president, if Platini does not seize this opportunity to succeed in the position, but is smoothly completed by his opponent to complete the transfer of power within UEFA, then the French, who have no advantage, will most likely never come out!
Therefore, at the meeting within UEFA to discuss the new president, Platini jumped out so eagerly, objected to Johansson's appointment of Olsen's successor, and demanded an early UEFA presidential election, so that the representatives of UEFA's member states could decide who was more qualified
At first, Platini felt that the probability of his own election success was quite high, first of all, because his main rival Olsen was not as well-known as Platini, and although he had worked hard for UEFA for many years and done a lot of practical things, he lacked the necessary mass base.
Secondly, Platini has another advantage in participating in the campaign at this time, that is, as the chairman of the World Cup organizing committee, he successfully hosted the just-concluded World Cup in France. Although the host French team's performance in the World Cup can only be regarded as unsatisfactory, but overall, this World Cup is still a very successful one, so with the success of the World Cup, Platini's ability has naturally been very highly evaluated, and his influence in European football associations has naturally risen to a new level.
However, shortly after Platini announced his candidacy for UEFA presidency, a piece of news that shocked him reached his ears!
It turned out that Johansson's side did not let Olsen participate in the presidential election, as the French expected, but launched another heavyweight player in European football, whose reputation is not lower than Platini's "football emperor", the German Franz Beckenbauer!
Now, Platini finally knew what it meant to steal chickens and rice.