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Speaking of Fiorentina's opponent da Gama in this Toyota Cup final, Zhuang Mingge is not very familiar, he knew this club back then because Raul scored a wonderful goal in the 1998 Toyota Cup final, and the "lone wolf" who entered the twilight of his career had played in this team for a short period of several years, except that, Zhuang Mingge almost knew nothing about this club.

However, Karin, who is the full-time secretary of Cunzài, gave full play to her role at this time, and a carefully organized document was placed in front of Zhuang Mingge, which gave him a basic understanding of the Brazilian club.

The da Gama Club was founded in Brazil in 1898 and was named in commemoration. However, when it was first founded, its main sport was rowing, which was very popular in Brazil at the end of the 19th century. It wasn't until seventeen years later, in 1915, that the club established a football division, which continues to this day.

In the early days of the club, the problem of racial discrimination in Brazil was very serious. Because da Gama's players were mostly black, da Gama was ostracized by clubs such as Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense, also from the state of Rio de Janeiro. It wasn't until the fifties when racism was vigorously cracked down that da Gama was given a position on an equal footing with the other three teams.

In the more than 80 years since the team's founding, da Gama has won a total of three Brazilian Primera League titles, which is a bit insignificant compared to Brazilian giants such as São Paulo and Flamengo. However, this year, da Gama, who has been half-red in Brazil, finally raised his eyebrows - under the leadership of Juninho Jr. and Edmundo "The Beast", the Brazilian club won the first Copa Libertadores trophy in the club's history!

Now the team that came to Tokyo, Japan as the champion of the Copa Libertadores, there are still a few strong players. For example, Juninho Jr., who has made a name for himself in international football with his excellent free-kick skills, such as Edmundo, the Brazilian beast who should have joined Fiorentina this season and formed an attacking trident with Batistuta and Rui Costa, and veterans like Mauro Galvao, who once represented the Brazilian national team at the World Cup in Italy.

There are strong players in the front, middle and back three lines, so to speak, the current da Gama is at the peak of his team's establishment!

It is precisely for this reason that the fans of da Gama from afar are still looking forward to the team's performance in this Toyota Cup final, after the team won the league championship and the Copa Libertadores, they naturally hope that their beloved team can make persistent efforts to win the Toyota Cup championship trophy in one go, and by the way, kill the spirit of Fiorentina, who has achieved two consecutive championships in the Toyota Cup.

At 6 p.m. on December 1, the Tokyo National Stadium was packed. Every year, the Toyota Cup final is the day that Japanese fans are most excited about. Because only then will they have the opportunity to see a real match between the top teams, not the kind of warm-up game for the purpose of gold panning and training.

In the stands, the number of fans in the purple Fiorentina jersey was clearly much higher than those who supported da Gama. The reason for this phenomenon is that, on the one hand, Kenyon has done a very good job in developing and promoting the market in Japan over the years, and can bring at least nearly 10 million US dollars to Florence every year, which is beyond the reach of da Gama, which is simply beyond the reach of da Gama, which ignores the development of the Asian market; Another reason is that Florence's sweeping posture has made the Japanese who worship the strong have reached an unprecedented level of recognition of the purple lily.

Therefore, as long as the match is played in Japan, it is not much different for Fiorentina than playing at the Stadio Frankie - in terms of atmosphere, Fiorentina will always have the absolute advantage!

"Judging from the cards alone, our hope of completing the Toyota Cup three times in a row is really not small." In a VIP box, Zhuang Mingge handed the starting lists of both sides to Karin beside him, and said, "By the way, what day was the match with the Bari team arranged by the Football Association?" ”

The 11th round of Serie A between Fiorentina and Bari was supposed to be played three days ago, but the match was postponed by the Italian Football Federation to next year due to Fiorentina's participation in the Toyota Cup. Otherwise, in just three days, to play two games in two places tens of thousands of kilometers apart, with the thickness of Florence's lineup, it will be unbearable.

In addition, Fiorentina only need to play one game in Japan, but the team still has to cooperate with the tournament organizers to do some publicity work in the period leading up to the game, and it takes them a lot of time to adapt to the venue and the jet lag, so a week of preparation time is just enough.

"From what I've got, it seems that the Football Association is planning to postpone the match until the middle of next week, after the 16th round of the league has ended, after we have played against Lazio." Karin flipped through her notepad and replied, "But that makes the team's January schedule pretty tight. ”

"Well, that's right. With six league games and one Coppa Italia game coming up next month, it's basically a two-game week, and it looks like Capello is going to spend a lot of brains on how to rotate his team. ”

While Karin and Zhuang Mingge were chatting, players from both sides had already appeared on the pitch, waiting for the referee to blow the opening whistle.

On the Fiorentina side, Capello lined up a four-four-two formation in this game, goalkeeper Toldo, four defenders were Robert Carlos, Nesta, Stam and Zambrotta, Makelele and Redondo played as two midfielders, Effenberg was in the middle of the command, and Gattuso was arranged by Capello to specifically mark Juninho Jr.

Capello's order to Gattuso was that no matter what way he did, he should not make the playmaker feel better, and he must not be allowed to organize the attack calmly during the game.

Up front, Vieri and Ronaldo were Fiorentina's starting attackers, and the combination of these two buggy players on the pitch was a nightmare for all defenders.

Judging from the starting lineup, Capello's purpose can be said to be quite clear, that is, to strengthen the defense in the middle and keep Da Gama's two core in the offensive end, Juninho Jr. and Edmundo, firmly targeted. As long as this goal is achieved, then this game is equivalent to winning half of it!