The winner of the 1996 Toyota Cup is, Florence!

After the final whistle, the Fiorentina players celebrated wildly on the pitch and it was undoubtedly a successful year for them, as they won all the trophies they could and became the first team in the history of football to win the championship!

This unprecedented achievement is enough for all of them to go down in history! And in the next few years, as long as the team's results do not decline too much, Fiorentina will appear as a top giant in the eyes of all shijie fans!

After the game, it was naturally the award ceremony, and the players of the River Plate team did not know what they were thinking, and they walked into the players' tunnel after lining up on the stage to receive the medals. They know that tonight, does not belong to the riverbed.

However, before leaving the stadium, Cruise glanced at the Fiorentina players who were about to take the stage to accept the award with envy on his face, and then turned around and walked into the players' tunnel, which happened to be inadvertently captured by the cameramen who were taking the wonderful shots everywhere......

Of course, the turmoil caused by this photo will be described later, and for now, all eyes are on the Fiorentina players who are receiving their medals on stage.

When head coach Fabio Capello and captain Batistuta lifted the trophy on a makeshift podium, the atmosphere in the stadium reached its highest point!

Left-back Robert Carlos, who scored two goals in the game, was named the best player of the year, and rightfully drove away the latest car offered by Toyota. However, as soon as the Brazilian received the car keys from Toyota's representatives, he was pulled away by a group of teammates led by vice-captain Effenberg with a wicked smile and said that he wanted to celebrate Carlos.

"Wait a minute." Just as Effenberg and the others were about to go to the hotel to celebrate, head coach Capello suddenly appeared in front of them, with an unusually serious expression, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Well, boss, we didn't watch Robert win the man of the game, and we were looking for a place to celebrate." Effenberg was the quickest to react and replied immediately.

"That's right...... So why don't you call us? When Capello said this, his expression suddenly became extremely cunning, and as soon as he waved, a bunch of people immediately came out behind him, it was Batistuta and others who Effenberg didn't dare to call before, as well as members of the Fiorentina coaching staff.

"Okay, since it's a celebration for this kid Robert, how can we be missing? Let's go together! Anyway, the plane back to Florence doesn't take off until tomorrow, so we have plenty of time to celebrate! Capello said with a wicked smile, and Barty and the others behind him also stared at Carlos with an expression of looking at the fat sheep.

Although he felt that the expressions of these people were a little weird, Carlos didn't say much, and he did have a reason to treat everyone to a big meal after winning the best player award. So, after asking the locals for their opinions, Carlos led a large group of people to a high-end restaurant in downtown Tokyo.

As a result, while the Fiorentina coaching staff and other players were leaving the hotel satisfied, Carlos was crying over a long bill.

"You unconscionable bastards! What's more expensive! This meal actually cost me nearly $20,000! ”

After a short night in Tokyo, the Fiorentina crew packed their bags early the next morning and prepared for their flight back to Italy, after all, there was still some time before the winter break and there were still plenty of games waiting for them.

By the way, four Japanese players including Hidetoshi Nakata, who are preparing for short-term training from Fiorentina, are also on the plane, waiting to fly to Italy with the Fiorentina first team of players.

This is also the result of discussions between Saburo Kawabuchi and Zhuang Mingge, and the president of the Japanese Football Association wants to get the four players to Fiorentina for training as soon as possible, even if Christmas is less than a month away (Fiorentina will not train these Japanese players during the winter break, after all, everyone has to take a holiday during this time).

Nakata and others did not disagree with this, and although they could not spend the New Year in China with their families, these regrets were nothing for them who could go to Fiorentina for training a month earlier and get up close and personal with those top stars.

I can't go back for the New Year this year, but I can do it later; But if they miss this opportunity to stay abroad, God knows if the pie of whether they will come to Europe to play football in the future will fall on their heads.

Back in Italy, Fiorentina's players didn't have much time to rest as they play Glasgow Rangers in the Champions League group stage at the Stadio Frankie three days later on 5 December.

Given that most of the players have not even completely reversed the jet lag because they have just flown halfway around the world, and their physical and mental state is not within the normal range, and Fiorentina has already qualified for the group one round early, Capello decided to retain his strength in the first round of the group stage in Zuihou and prepare for the weekend's Serie A.

As a result, under Capello's deliberate release, Fiorentina, who played with a full bench lineup, was beaten 1-2 by Rangers at home. Scots' veteran McCoyster and Fiorentina veteran Laudrup Jr. scored a goal each to lead the Scottish giants to victory.

However, this victory for Rangers did not change the overall situation of Group B, and Fiorentina won the group with three wins, two draws and one loss, accumulating 11 points, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup; Bayern Munich, who beat Gothenburg into a sieve in one round, was at a disadvantage in the two-legged contest with Fiorentina, so the Bundesliga team with the same record as the Purple Lily could only be miserably second, waiting for the judgment of the goddess of fate.

However, Trapattoni didn't have to worry for long, and when the next night the Champions League ended all three groups of Zuihou, Bayern Munich finally breathed a sigh of relief, because their 11 points were the highest of the six group runners-up, even higher than Atletico Madrid, who finished first in Group C!

The other two Serie A teams are both sad and happy at the moment, AC Milan was knocked to the ground by the Norwegian champion Rosenborg 2-1 in the first round of zuihou, and lost the top spot in the group at the zuihou moment, and was also overtaken by Rosenborg to fall to the third place in the group because of this defeat, and was eliminated without even having a chance to compete for two promotion places; Juventus, under the leadership of Lippi, swept the other three teams in the same group and advanced directly to the quarterfinals with six wins!