Just when Zhuang Mingge was worried about Fiorentina's terrifying schedule in March, the draw ceremony for the quarterfinals of the Champions League has officially begun!

I saw that on the TV, Platini, who was a special guest at the draw ceremony, smiled, took out a note from the glass container, opened it, and said, "The first team in the upper half was born, which is Fiorentina FC from Serie A!" ”

"Not bad!" Seeing Fiorentina's signing, Zhuang Mingge's mood relaxed a little, because according to the rules set by UEFA, the order of the first four teams to be drawn is the first away and then the home, which is quite advantageous for Fiorentina - as long as you get a good result at the opponent's home stadium, even if you lose, you can return to the Frankie Stadium to prepare for a comeback.

Moreover, Fiorentina will play in the semi-finals in a first-come-first-to-home order - if Fiorentina can beat their opponents and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League.

From the perspective of home and away arrangements alone, Fiorentina is already in a very good position, and the key is to see which team they will face next.

Platini moved quickly, and he had already been drawn out of four teams in the order of first and then home, Fiorentina and Juventus in the top half and Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the bottom half. This also means that in this season's Champions League semi-finals, there will be a very good chance of playing in the same room.

Next, the next team Platini will draw is Fiorentina's opponent in the quarter-finals.

"Fiorentina's opponent in the quarter-finals is Manchester United from the Premier League!"

As soon as Platini's words fell, Zhuang Mingge's eyes turned black, and among the remaining four teams, the last thing he wanted to meet was Manchester United. At this time, I am afraid that no one knows Manchester United's resilience better than him. You know, last season's Manchester United was a team that was able to reverse the championship when the league was 12 points behind the leader Newcastle!

Moreover, Manchester United's current squad is also quite strong, although their old captain Steve Bruce has moved to Birmingham, the Red Devils still have Parlist, Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Cantona and other good players in various positions. Facing such a team with strong psychological quality and not bad player ability, it is natural to imagine how hard Fiorentina will face in the quarter-finals.

Although there are no weak teams in the Champions League, Fiorentina met Manchester United in the quarterfinals, and Fiorentina's luck was really unlucky......

Another Italian side, Juventus, has not had a good run of signings, as they face last season's La Liga champions Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals; On the contrary, the two Bundesliga teams in the bottom half were lucky, with Borussia Dortmund meeting Monaco who had lost the soul of Zinedine Zidane, while Bayern Munich met Ajax, arguably the weakest in the quarter-finals.

I'll it, this shouldn't have been Platini's intention, I remember that although this guy played at Juventus, he didn't seem to be very interested in seeing Serie A teams and the English Premier League...... Zhuang Mingge suddenly remembered a report he had read about the shady lottery before, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

What Zhuang Mingge didn't know was that at this time, in distant Manchester, a red-nosed old Scottish man who was also sitting in front of the TV watching the draw ceremony saw that Manchester United's opponent in the quarterfinals was actually the championship team Fiorentina, and suddenly squirted out all the red wine he had just drunk: "UEFA, are you deliberately trying to kill Manchester United, and let us run into Fiorentina at this time!" ”

After the Champions League draw, Fiorentina have a strange schedule, as they will play Vicenza twice in a week, and two away games......

First there was a Serie A round of 18 league matches, followed by a Coppa Italia quarter-final second leg...... To be honest, the officials of the Italian Football Association did not expect such a strange situation when they arranged the schedule for these two teams, but since the schedule has been set, it is too late to change it now, so it can only be done like this.

Since Fiorentina were beaten by the opposing striker Otero with a senior in the last meeting with Vicenza, this time in the league, Fiorentina hopes to teach a good lesson to the Vicenza team who have lost their shit luck with a big win.

Therefore, Capello played the main force in this game, Ronaldo and Inzaghi, who have scored consecutive goals in recent rounds, partnered up front, Djokaeff and Effenberg delivered shells behind them, and Davies and Di Biagio were in charge of the defense in midfield; At the back, with Fortunato, Nesta, Stam and Angeloma in the quad, Capello thinks his door is quite safe.

As a result, the vengeful Fiorentina were once again met by an inexplicable Otero, the Uruguayan striker who received a header from Toney in the 25th minute of the game and scored with a right-footed volley with his back to the goal under Nesta's close defence, and almost led Vicenza to a great victory - if it had not been for Inzaghi's injury-time equaliser for Fiorentina, Fiorentina would have been on a 44-game unbeaten run in the league today.

Capello in the dressing room after the game rarely criticized any player, after all, Fiorentina's backline did not make any low-level mistakes in the game, and even the conceded goal can only be said that Otero's way of shooting is too unbelievable - who would have thought that the Uruguayan striker would dare to shoot with his back to the goal?

Ronaldo and Inzaghi showed no signs of slacking off in this game, and the two had a number of shots on goal in the game, but they were either stopped by Ambrosini and others who returned in time or saved by the goalkeeper of Vicenza. Moreover, Fiorentina's players hit the post a total of five times in this game, and the tragic luck was also one of the reasons why Fiorentina failed to win.

As a result, the Fiorentina had no choice but to swallow the breath and wait for the Coppa Italia match to be back on the pitch three days later.

Three days later, the second leg of the Coppa Italia match between Fiorentina and Vicenza began as scheduled, and Capello sent Barty and Vieri on the wing, as well as Glen Char, Robert Carlos, Zambrotta and others on the wing, intending to bypass Vicenza's increasingly powerful midfield defense and break the opponent's goal in the simplest and most brutal way.

As for Vicenza's side, Guidolin naturally can't hold a lot of good cards in his hands like Capello can be combined at will, in order to qualify for the Italian Cup, he had to put all the main players on the starting list, fortunately, these players in Vicenza are young enough, most of them are not yet 23 years old, and the main center Tony and midfielder Ambrosini are not even under 20, and they can fully support it in terms of physical fitness.

In this way, the crucial battle to determine whether Fiorentina can continue to continue in this season's Coppa Italia is about to begin!