Three days after the 1993-94 Champions League final, Zhuang Mingge, who had returned to Fiorentina, unexpectedly received an invitation.

"What? Sister Karin, you said that Cruyff invited me to Barcelona? Zhuang Mingge looked at Karin in surprise, "I heard you right, right?" The Italians are now second only to Real Madrid in Barcelona in terms of unpopularity. ”

"I'm pretty sure Tony doesn't have any hearing problems."

In this way, at the invitation of coach Cruyff, Zhuang Mingge took his group of people to Barcelona, Spain by plane.

Is flying non-stop to Barcelona just to chat with that old Dutch man and have tea? If you look at the people who accompanied you, you can see that things are not so simple:

"No. 1" entourage: Antonioni; Main task: to observe the characteristics and on-field performance of Barcelona players at all levels up close.

Such a "task" sounds a bit outrageous - how can it be observed that there are so many players in Barcelona's echelons at all levels? No way, who let Antonioni's top boss, that is, Zhuang Mingge, assign him such a task, of course, Antonioni will not go through the entire Barcelona club by himself, and these senior Fiorentina scouts who came to Spain with him will also assist Antonioni in his work. And Pep Guardiola, the "genius" player who has recently risen in popularity and is known as a "genius" in Spanish football once in 50 years, is naturally among Antonioni's key investigations.

"Two" entourage: Hercule Poirot; The Belgian, who is one of the club's three managers with Antonioni, is not going to Barcelona for a simple holiday trip. The reason why Zhuang Mingge also brought him to Barcelona was to prevent Cruyff from carrying out a "surprise attack" like the unscrupulous Crown Prince Said, and once there was any negotiation during the talks, the Belgians who were good at this work could naturally take it at any time.

In addition to the two accompanying managers, it is natural that the "almighty" secretary Karin, who follows Zhuang Mingge all the time, is indispensable as for her task? Zhuang Mingge sometimes wondered if she might be the busiest of the people who came to Barcelona

Before coming to Barcelona, the most memory of this ancient city is not the ancient churches there, nor the exciting bullfighting performances in the bullring, nor the enthusiastic and unrestrained folk dances that can be seen everywhere on the streets and seashores.

What he thinks about the most is naturally the grand event two years ago, which was dominated by flamboyance and sexiness, and the Olympic flame that burned over Barcelona for 15 days.

Catalans, who can sing and dance, also have a passion for sports beyond ordinary imagination. Because of this, they seem to be able to easily win the right to host the Olympic Games. When he heard from Karin's introduction that there were 200 stadiums in the whole of Barcelona, Zhuang Mingge's brain network suddenly completely "crashed" - NN's, no wonder the Catalans, often mocked the later Madridians, saying that their bid for an Olympics is more difficult than milking, regardless of the quality of these stadiums, think about it, the terrifying number of "200" can scare the officials of the International Olympic Committee to death!

Of the 200 stadiums, large and small, there is undoubtedly one that Catalans often talk about: Barcelona's home stadium – the 92,000-seat Camp Nou.

(Note: Before the Zuihou renovation of the main grandstand at the Camp Nou, the stadium had not reached its "peak" of 98,000 seats.) ）

The entourage has important "tasks", and what Zhuang Mingge is most concerned about is what kind of trend Barcelona is still coached by the old man Cruyff in the future of European football. Others may not know, but Zhuang Mingge has a thorough understanding of this question: other small clubs may not be able to ask, but for a giant like Barcelona with a strong influence on the European continent, it must not be taken lightly. Especially when Zhuang Mingge thinks that the current Barcelona has undergone a "big" change - such a change involves too many complex issues, and how many of these "complex" will be directly or indirectly related to Florence?

"Sister Karin, how are you, have you met Coach Cruyff?"

Zhuang Mingge originally planned to visit Cruyff in person, but whether it was the old Dutch man or his own goals, they were too conspicuous, not to mention that in the "sensitive" period after the Champions Cup match between Barcelona and Milan, the two sides still tried to "avoid suspicion", no matter what, if it spreads from the Barcelona media tomorrow, rumors similar to "Barcelona coach Cruyff is going to move to Fiorentina", then both sides will cause a lot of trouble.

"Yes, yes, but I can't believe it. Those Barcelona players were more respectful in front of Cruyff than schoolchildren when they saw their teachers. ”

Karin went nominally to visit Cruyff, who had been claiming to be "sick" since the final, but if he could change his identity and sign such a "special" Barcelona player, Zhuang Mingge would also be happy to see it.

"Oh? Are they there too? So, Cruyff's influence in Barcelona is still as strong as ever? You won't tell me that Barcelona FC is still in charge of the recruitment work, or is it his old man who has the final say, right? "When some media said that Cruyff's power at Barcelona was drastically reduced after this Champions Cup final, why did we believe it so easily?

"I don't know if it's up to him, but at least I can see that these Barcelona officials still take Cruyff's words very seriously...... Why, Tony, do you still have any doubts? Karin, who was thoughtful, asked.

"Ah, it's nothing, I'm just thinking that those reporters from the "As" newspaper, who are full of lies, actually told the truth in this matter."

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In front of the "truth", Zhuang Mingge wanted to despise Cruyff: two days ago, when Barcelona lost 0-4 to AC Milan in the Champions Cup final, the Dutch may have thought of carrying out a "reform" to Barcelona, but the Dutch, who probably wanted to save face, were unwilling to publicly admit "failure", so they chose to complete such a "reform" in this "hidden" way.

"Yes, yes, it seems that we can establish a more friendly relationship with Barcelona when we come to Barcelona this time, and Fiorentina can also get some benefits from this relationship...... By the way, Sister Karin, besides, you should have gained a lot of extra from visiting Mr. Cruyff this time, right? ”

Sometimes, Zhuang Mingge became more and more convinced that there was something called the existence of a heart between himself and Karin, as if a casual demeanor of the other party could make the other person feel a lot of touch.

"Well, how do you say that...... Coach Cruyff seems to have something to do with you, and it has nothing to do with Fiorentina. ”

"Something to do with me?" Zhuang Mingge was a little surprised, when did his little butterfly attract the attention of this great god? "Then let's pay a visit to Monsieur Cruyff to-morrow, Sister Karin."

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