Chapter 269: A battle of life and death

However, no matter how Zhuang Mingge expresses his support for Ranieri to stabilize the team, football is ultimately about results.

On March 3, in the 24th round of Serie A, Fiorentina at the Frankie Stadium took the lead with goals from Djokaeff and Baggio, but it was clear that Nesta, who had not yet escaped from the shadow of the defeat in the first leg of the Champions League, was still very bad in this game after being suddenly sieved by Chap Isat in the Champions League. The team unfortunately drew 2-2 at home to Sampdoria with the Sea Blues.

Fiorentina, who have only won one and drawn two in the last three league games, are starting to close the gap between them in the standings, while AC Milan, who are in second place, have closed the gap between the two teams to six points with two wins and one draw - a point difference that does not seem to be out of reach.

Although it was only two games in a row without a win, all the media staring at Florence were now overwhelmingly pounced on the purple lily like a hound staring at their prey, and all kinds of comments and criticisms filled the major sports newspapers, among which the focus was attacked

After all, seeing Fiorentina's poor form, no one would think that Fiorentina would be able to pull back a game to progress to the last four of the Champions League in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of next week, even if it is played on Fiorentina's own home turf......

Even bookmakers are not optimistic about Fiorentina, for example, William Hill changed the odds for Fiorentina to advance to the semi-finals from 1.5 to 1 to 3.

Generally speaking, in this case, if there is no pillar to step up in time, then the fate that awaits Fiorentina will be a big collapse, the team will completely lose cohesion, and the Fiorentina that Zhuang Mingge has worked so hard to build may even face the fate of disintegration this summer......

Luckily, Fiorentina also have two exceptionally strong mental team leaders, Batistuta and Effenberg, as well as Roberto Baggio, Ferrara, Lanna and other players who have seen the world, and the presence of these players is the key to Fiorentina's comeback in the second leg of the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund next Wednesday night!

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With the clock ticking forward on March 6th, today's result will determine whether Fiorentina will remain in Europe, so despite being disappointed with the team's form in recent games, Fiorentina fans are filling every inch of space in the stands of the Stadio Frankie, hoping to cheer on their favourite team to fight for a glimmer of progress.

"It's a pleasure to see you here, Mr. Beckenbauer." In the VIP box, Zhuang Mingge warmly greeted the football emperor who also came to watch the game, "I really didn't expect you to come to Florence to watch this game." ”

"Hehe, after all, this game has our German team participating, and it is also a key game to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup, anyway, I am also the vice president of the German Football Association, so naturally I have to pay more attention to our country's team." Beckenbauer smiled and explained his reason for coming to Florence.

However, Zhuang Mingge did not fully believe Beckenbauer's statement, you didn't even watch the first round of the game in Germany, so you have to go to Florence, hundreds of kilometers away, to watch other people's games?

In Zhuang Mingge's view, the football emperor went to Florence to watch Dortmund's game this time is definitely another layer of his identity - the president of Bayern Munich FC has played a role, and I don't know which player in the Dortmund team this Bundesliga boss has taken a fancy to.

Is it Summer? Or Andrés Müller?

To be honest, Zhuang Mingge looked down on Bayern's style of doing things in his heart, and in order to maintain his position as the leader in the Bundesliga, he repeatedly poached the core players of his rivals. In Zhuang Mingge's memory, there are Ze Roberto and Ballack in 02, and the two pillars of Leverkusen's team added up to less than $15 million when they moved to Bayern (of which Ballack's transfer fee was only 12 million marks, about $5.4 million), and anyone with a discerning eye knows that such a value is far lower than their true strength.

And there are many more such examples, such as Basler, Fink, Elber, Klose, Frijns, Ismail, Van Bitten, Lucio, Borowski......

Of course, what Zhuang Mingge didn't know was that in 2013 after his crossing, the re-emerging Dortmund youth army was also poisoned by Bayern, and the talented midfielder Götze, who was carefully cultivated by the Bumblebees, actually broke the news that he would join Bayern Munich this summer on the eve of the Champions League final with Bayern.

Although Bayern Munich's approach does ensure its dominance in German football and can ensure that the team has a strong competitiveness in the European arena, the repeated poaching of rivals' core players does damage the interests of other teams in the same league, making it difficult for other Bundesliga teams to get any good results in European competitions, thus further causing the Bundesliga to suffer a lot of European points.

It is difficult to say whether the Bundesliga will be able to overtake Serie A if it weren't for the fact that third-placed Serie A has lost its appeal to well-known stars due to a significant decline in the phonegate scandal.

"By the way, Chairman Antonio, I saw GM in action in Germany. Oh, how to put it, it should be said that these agents and scouts under your command are really not dry meals, and these players signed all have the potential to become the backbone of German football in the future. Just when Zhuang Mingge continued to despise Bayern Munich's heroic style in his heart, Beckenbauer suddenly changed the topic and began to talk about the previous agreement between the two, obviously the "football emperor" was very happy that Zhuang Mingge could start to fulfill his promise so quickly.

"Haha, Mr. Beckenbauer, you have won the award, and my scouts are really optimistic about these young people, and they say that if they can develop these players well, they will likely become first-class stars in European football."

"Hehe, then I'll sit back and enjoy it." The current German football has not experienced the fiasco of the Shijie Cup in 98, many Germans regard the incident in the Shijie Cup in the United States as an accident, and Beckenbauer is naturally no exception, and now he still trusts the veterans who have matured in psychology and jishu in the selection of players, and is not very interested in these young people under Zhuang Mingge.

Anyway, after they become famous, it is not too late to buy them back with Bayern's financial resources and appeal, Beckenbauer plans to do so.

Just as Zhuang Mingge was about to chat with Beckenbauer again, referee Nelson blew the whistle for the start of the game, marking the official start of this life-and-death battle that was crucial for Fiorentina!

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