The Era of Emerald

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After Fiorentina beat Vicenza 11-2003 in the No.[-] round of Serie A and took the lead in the league standings with an extremely strong posture, the time officially entered December [-].

For Florence, this month's schedule can be said to be extremely cheating.Not to mention the last round of the Champions League group match against Real Sociedad and the first round of the Coppa Italia that they need to worry about, just the Toyota Cup match that required the entire Fiorentina team to travel to Japan is enough for Hein Kex had a headache.

You know, due to the relatively tight schedule of the various events that Florence will participate in this season, the final of this Toyota Cup is scheduled for December 12rd!

This also means that after Fiorentina finished the No.11 round of Serie A on November 30, they will immediately take a plane to Tokyo, Japan, to prepare for the Toyota Cup final to be held three days later.At the same time, they have to cooperate with the requirements of the event organizers and sponsors, and participate in a series of commercial activities-after all, Japan is one of the few relatively mature and economically developed football markets in Asia, which has always attached importance to market development and commercial activities. The promoted Florence can't do anything stupid to self-destruct its image at this time.

If Florence really finds a reason to reject these commercial activities, perhaps the Japanese Football Association and local companies will not say anything, but in private, they will definitely not work hard to promote Florence as they used to. May turn their attention to other giant clubs, and Japanese fans are also very likely.Then, at that time, Fiorentina will face the unfavorable situation that their market share in Japan will be encroached by other clubs.

Don't overestimate the strength that an island country can have. Maybe they are humble enough when facing the strong, and try their best to learn the strengths and strengths of each other. In the process, people can't even be vigilant.But at the same time, once they have some skills, they will try their best to find a way to become a teacher or even defeat the "teacher", and even look for helpers to increase the possibility of a successful operation.This can be seen from Japan's attitude in a series of major events such as the Russo-Japanese War and the two World Wars.

Therefore, under the circumstances that Japanese football has made significant progress over the years, if Fiorentina wants to continue to have an advantage in this market, it must show that it is different from other European teams.For example, try to give face to the other party in the arrangement of some activities, so that Japan feels that it can get more respect due to cooperation with Florence, instead of being just raised by these tyrants as a chicken that can lay golden eggs.

If Fiorentina only needs to play two highly confrontational games in Japan and Italy, which are thousands of miles apart, within a week, that’s all. With Fiorentina’s current lineup depth, Heynckes can still arrange it.But the most deceitful thing is that after the final of the Toyota Cup, the Fiorentina team will fly back to Italy immediately to participate in the No.12 league round that will be held on the weekend, and they will fight against the strong and in-form AC Milan. one game!

Moreover, three days after this round of competition, Real Sociedad will come to the Frankie Stadium as a guest to make a desperate fight for the last place to qualify!

Now that the first five rounds of the Champions Cup group stage are over, the ranking situation of Group B is as follows: Fiorentina ranks first in the group with three wins, one draw and one loss, and has completely secured a place in the top sixteen ; Ajax and Real Sociedad have seven points in the first five games, but Ajax has a goal difference advantage when the two sides play against each other, and the latter is ranked second in the standings; only four points Although Dynamo Kiev is at the bottom of the list and has definitely missed the Champions League rematch, if they beat Ajax in the final round and Fiorentina beat Real Sociedad at home, then there is still hope for a UEFA Cup seat.

For Florence, it is obviously not enough to secure a place in the top [-] of the Champions League in advance.Leaving aside the reputation and sense of honor of those so-called giants, from a practical point of view, a top spot in a group can allow Viola to avoid most of the strong teams in the subsequent round of [-] draws, thereby better retaining strength and facilitating They competed for honor on three fronts simultaneously.

Therefore, for the four teams in Group B, the last round of the group stage absolutely cannot allow them to have any emotions of underestimating the enemy.Because if one is not done well, these teams will fall into an extremely pitiful situation, which will adversely affect their journey in the second half of the season.

Now to get down to business, on the night of December 12, when the Fiorentina team arrived at Tokyo Airport in a hurry, the faces of the players were full of exhaustion.Obviously, they have not recovered from the match against Vicenza the day before, and they need enough time to rest to recover from the huge energy consumption.At the same time, they have to adjust the time difference as soon as possible to avoid inattention during the game.

Noticing this situation, Boca Juniors coach Carlos Bianchi is beaming.The famous Argentine coach who established a great reputation in the player era and was hailed as the "King of the Copa Libertadores" after becoming the head coach is no stranger to the opponent of Fiorentina.

After all, during the coaching of Sarsfield, Bianchi had dealt with the Serie A team (the opponent was AC Milan at the time) in the Toyota Cup.Moreover, even in far away Argentina, he pays close attention to the trends of European football, so naturally he will not ignore Fiorentina, the most popular team in Europe, their tactical play against Viola and the technical characteristics of the players in the team It can also be said to be quite familiar.

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and the enemy is the key to winning a hundred battles. Bianchi may not know Sun Tzu's words, but his meticulous intelligence collection and preparation work before the game really proved this old saying well.

That's why Bianchi was so excited after learning that Fiorentina players were generally quite tired, because the worse the opponent's state and physical reserves, the higher their chances of winning!

You know, since the arrival of the Bosman era, it has become extremely difficult for South American teams to defeat these wealthy European teams.Because of the huge difference in personal treatment and living environment, the South American football club lost a lot of excellent stars, which made the gap between the two sides become larger and larger, and the victory of the Toyota Cup began to lose suspense.

Therefore, for Bianchi and his Boca Juniors, the news about Fiorentina can be said to be a pleasant surprise!

In this way, Fiorentina ushered in their first game after entering December at the Yokohama International Arena, and it also kicked off the prelude to Viola's hard-working journey.