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Chapter 108 Doubt
Chapter 108 Doubt
After returning from China, Fiorentina took a three-day vacation. After returning to the team, the forward No. 8 Predrag Mijatovic, who performed poorly in the China game, lost the main position, and the Portuguese golden boy Nuno Gomez put on the main vest.
Predrag Mijatovic was very unconvinced about losing his main position, knowing that Shaqi came to training earlier than others every day.
He came to the club early the next morning, but he didn't do enough homework.
Shaggy arrives at the club at seven o'clock every day, like Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles at four o'clock occasionally, but it will actually affect the health of athletes in the long run.
Florence's training time is from 10:16 am to [-]:[-] pm. There are breakfast, lunch and post-meal breaks in between. The real training time is four hours, sometimes not even four hours. This is because all Italian coaches like to explain tactics during training time.
Foreigners seldom talk about working overtime. The head coach talks about tactics during the four-hour training, which is also a kind of training.
There is an anecdote: In 1999, 22-year-old Andriy Shevchenko transferred from Dynamo Kiev to AC Milan for $26 million.
When he arrived at Milan, he was immediately struck by the way the team trained.
The Ukrainian "nuclear warhead" recalled the scene when he first arrived in Milan:
That was my first week in Milan.After two and a half hours of training, I approached Costacurta and asked him: "When does training start? Why do you keep talking about tactics?"
I think talking about tactics is fleeting.At the time I thought it wasn't training.So I did ask Billy (Costacurta's nickname): "Has training started yet?" Billy was very funny.He laughed, and then he told the whole team about it as a joke.
It can be seen from Sheva's memoirs that it is a common problem for Italian coaches to talk about tactics on the training ground, and it takes two or three hours to talk.
Mijatovic thought it would be very early when he arrived at 50 o'clock, but after changing into his training clothes and walking to the training ground, he saw Shaqi, who was sweating all over his face, doing a [-]-meter back-and-forth run, which was training his explosive power.
Xia Qi's positioning for himself is very clear, that is, to assist Baggio and Batty. He is here to be the best supporting role, not to grab the jobs of the two rescued targets.
Batty's center forward can't turn him into a fulcrum center like Crouch, but let him become a terrifying Ronaldo. Of course, the way of playing has been fixed and cannot be changed, but the number of goals must be on par with Ronaldo and Muller.
Baggio was reborn in Brescia. At that time, he played the trend of No. 9 and a half to reorganize and define the meaning of No. 9 and a half, so the two tasks of threading the needle and advancing forward must be done by Baggio.
There is actually very little that Xia Qi can do for these two people, that is, to attract firepower for them, and to be a real wingman, just like Rooney sacrificed for Ronaldo.
Then his speed, breakthrough and passing have become the focus of usual training.
Mijatovic wanted to make a good impression in front of Shaqi. Ranieri is the boss of the team, but Shaqi is a sweeping monk. They are all human beings and not stupid.
As a result, Xia Qi was earlier than him, and his favorability did not reach full marks.
"Hi, Shaggy!"
"Hi, Poppy!"
Mijatovic wanted to make a good impression on Shaqi, so he invited Shaqi to train together, of course Shaqi would not refuse.
The two started training with the ball together. Of course, there will be extra points for this kind of goodwill. At least Shaqi and Ranieri think that Mijatovic is a good person, knowing the shame and then being brave.
Ranieri was still a little proud at one point, thinking that he used a yellow vest to create healthy competition in the locker room, which was a good start.
However, on the football field, it is ultimately up to strength to speak. Mijatovic's extra training after losing his main force did allow Ranieri to give him several opportunities.
However, he is too slow on the football field, how can he compete with the Portuguese fast horse?
Although another competitor Chiesa is not very fast, he is diligent and active on the court.
The head coach's eyes are discerning, so in the warm-up match with Naples, Mijatovic officially sat on the bench in front of the public.
From that day on, Shaggy was alone again at seven o'clock in Florence...
This seems to be just a small episode, but it actually laid a hidden danger for the later conflicts in the dressing room...
Time passed quickly during training and talking to the goddess on the phone, Xia Qi slowly gained the recognition of the whole team through sweat.
It's like reincarnated and rebuilt people will definitely improve faster than ordinary people.
Club training is divided into main players and substitute vests. European club training is usually free to fans or charges 5-10 euros.
Fiorentina is not Real Madrid. Their training is free and open to the public. Not only is it free, but fans are encouraged to watch it.
At the beginning, everything was fine, but the little boss wanted to play football and become a water dispenser manager, who would have any objections?
Fans will also applaud the young man who stepped down as general manager for his beloved football.
Time goes by day by day...
When Xiaqi fits the body and can gradually apply his later skills to the football field, especially his speed, he defeated Chiesa and conquered the coaching staff, allowing him to wear the main vest.
For a while, the smell of lemons of envy and hatred spread in Florence.
"I never believed in what was chosen by heaven. Now I believe it. Xiao Gaoli has never undergone systematic training, and now he can play in the league?"
Ranieri's assistant coach Jimmy Auditore held a thick stack of Shaqi's growth data for the past six months, and said sourly to the boss Ranieri.
"Jimmy, I smell lemons." Ranieri said jokingly when he saw that his old friend was a little annoyed.
"Head, can I not eat lemons? Young, rich and handsome, this is what my parents gave me. I'm not jealous. You said that it took half a year for someone to be promoted from an amateur to a professional. Do you believe it?"
Ranieri was silent for a while and said: "But we can all see the efforts of Xiao Gaoli, and the amount of training is eight hours a day."
"Eight hours of training can turn a person from an amateur into a professional. If I quit my job, I will also train."
"Okay, if you succeed, I will resign too. If you can play football, who the hell would want to be this ghost coach. But if Jimmy fails, I won't support you."
The two looked at each other and smiled. Miracles can never be replicated. Now the two have a headache how to explain to the media and fans.
If Shaqi is not the grandson of the club chairman, he will become the inspirational idol of the public like Vardy later.
But he is!
This requires him to face doubts and scolding from black fans!
The same is true!
As a coach, Ranieri also faces doubts and opposition.
Fortunately, Xia Qi, the second generation ancestor, did not put pressure on the coaching staff to start.
However, it was this kind of indisputability that instead allowed Ranieri to leave him a position.
Owen of England in the 98 World Cup became famous in the first battle, which made people envy England.
Now in team training, Shaqi's speed is faster than Irving's. He and Batistuta and Nuno Gomez's one high and two fasts are more complementary.
So in Ranieri's mind, the starting three strikers are Shaqi, Batistuta and Nuno Gomez.
The grandson of the chairman of the Fiorentina club actually squeezed out the Italian national football team Chiesa, and Shaqi himself was an amateur player half a year ago.
Do you think this can not be questioned and opposed?
Can there be no sour smell in the locker room?
A dark battle is fermented in the lemon flavor.
2000 was the year of the European Cup, and the start of Serie A was later than last year, and it would not start until September 2000, 9.
而欧冠小组赛9月13日就开赛了。在这之前，8月16日欧足联在尼翁举行2000-2001赛季欧冠32强分组抽签。
Fiorentina just reached the top 32 through qualifying rounds and is not the favorite team to win the championship, and Ranieri is just a well-known tinkerer who is far behind Sacchi, Capello and others...so no one from Fiorentina was invited to the scene.
At the invitation of Lao Gaoli, Ranieri led the whole team to the chairman's house to watch the UEFA Champions League top 32 group draw.
Fiorentina was fourth in Serie A last season and was rated as a third-tier team by UEFA, which made Lao Gaoli very unconvinced.
"If Gabriel hadn't been injured, we would have been champions."
Batistuta smiled awkwardly, but didn't answer.
Real Madrid, Lazio, Lyon, Galatasaray, Juventus, Bayern, Manchester United, and Barcelona are the first tier teams.
Leverkusen, Arsenal, Valencia, Monaco, Deportivo, Paris Saint-Germain, PSV Eindhoven, AC Milan are in the second tier.The other third and fourth gears will not be described one by one.
These four files are classified and placed on four transparent glass containers.
The draw for the top 32 was Klinsmann, the famous German football player. The golden bomber first took out a ping-pong ball from the first glass container and opened it to Real Madrid.
Leverkusen was drawn in the second tier, and the Fiorentina generals who were watching the live broadcast became nervous. No one likes to be assigned to this group, and these two teams are not easy to play.
Klinsmann knew that the third ball was the key, and he didn't read the team's name as quickly as before. He smiled and asked the invited guests: "Are you nervous?"
The audience booed him.
Klinsmann accepted him and read: "Sporting Lisbon"
Those watching the live broadcast in the audience and in front of the TV took a breath of air. As soon as the lottery began, Group A became the death group. The teams that were placed in the fourth tier were suffering, and they didn't want to be in this group.
Sparta Moscow has won the lottery. This group of Real Madrid has the highest probability of qualifying, but it is not absolute. Regardless of whether Leverkusen and Sporting Lisbon are divided into two grades, it is actually a [-]-[-] love and killing scene. Sparta Moscow is completely in the role of accompanying the prince to study.
Klinsmann was drawn to Lazio in the first tier of Group B. Because the same league will not be divided into the same group, the Fiorentina players are much more relaxed.
When the Arsenal team was drawn, Lao Gaoli was very excited and shouted for a drink, but the responder Liao Liao said that the game was about to start, and the players tried to keep themselves away from alcohol.
But the opponents in the third and fourth gears were Donetsk and Sparta Prague, which made Lao Gaoli very unhappy: "Fuck, the Yankees are so lucky."
"Grandpa, Donetsk is not weak, maybe Lazio will capsize."
"We're going to root for Ukraine."
"No, Grandpa! We cheer for ourselves!"
"Nicoli, Florence!" Shaki's words were supported by several teammates.
In the third group, the first ball was drawn to Lyon, and the second ball was drawn to Valencia. In this way, whether this group is strong or weak, it is considered a lottery for Fiorentina, so the generals are also looking forward to it, but unfortunately they did not win the lottery.
In the first draw of the fourth group, Turkey's Galatasaray is the weakest in the first draw, and the second rank is the weakest Ligue [-] Monaco. This is the top draw for Fiorentina.
Shaggy held Baggio's hand in one hand and Batistuta's in the other, and murmured: "Florence, Florence!"
Baggio and Batty were also very nervous. Don't look at Batty's usual aggressiveness, but he was also nervous at this time.Which of the remaining first-tier Bayern, Manchester United, and Barcelona is not tough?In the same group as them, they can almost only compete for second place.
At this time, Klinsmann was not cute at all in Xia Qi's eyes. He knew that the first and second gears were weak and had become the weakest group in the Champions League.
He got the ball and didn't open it right away. He said to the guests in the audience: "Guess who it will be?"
He was booed again from the audience.
Amid the boos, the famous football star slowly opened the table tennis ball and said, "Congratulations to Florence!"
At the moment when Klinsmann announced his name, Shaki's right hand was pinched by Batistuta, and Batistuta must have been very excited at that moment.
Old Gaoli looked at Shaqi, the old man couldn't believe that his luck would be better than the Romans (Lazio is a district of the capital city of Rome)
The Fiorentina generals were stunned for a moment, and cheered for a while, and they didn't even hear the fourth-tier team that Klinsmann read on TV.
I don't know if the Glasgow Rangers will shout angrily after knowing: Am I so shameless?
The final Champions League groupings are as follows:
Group A: Real Madrid, Spartak Moscow, Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting Lisbon
Group B Arsenal, Lazio, Donetsk, Sparta Prague
Group C: Valencia, Lyon, Olympiacos, Heerenveen
Group D: Fiorentina, Galatasaray, Rangers, Monaco
Group E: Deportivo, Panathinaikos, Hamburg, Juventus
Group F: Bayern, Paris Saint-Germain, Rosenborg, Helsingborg
Group G: Anderlecht, Manchester United, PSV, Dynamo Kiev
Group H: AC Milan, Leeds United, Barcelona, Besiktas
The four participating teams in Italy, Lazio, Juventus, and Fiorentina, are all considered by the media to be lucky, with a probability of qualifying for more than [-]%. Only AC Milan is worrying. They believe that Barcelona has already locked a qualifying spot, and AC Milan and Leeds United are pecking each other for another spot.
After the Champions League grouping, the game time and opponents will also come out.
On September 2000, 9, Fiorentina played at home against Monaco, their first opponent in the Champions League.
Subsequently, Florence began to enter the intense preparations.
Soon it will be the next day when they will play against Ligue [-] powerhouse Monaco at home. As usual, a press conference will be held, and Ranieri will bring Fiorentina's business card Batistuta to the stage.
Ranieri is a good old man, and his press conferences start with praising opponents, and this time is no exception.
But this time is different, the confrontation between the north and the south in Italy is not only the club but also these uncrowned kings.
"Corriere dello Sport" took the lead in attacking: "Mr. Ranieri, did you hear that the grandson of the president of Fiorentina, Xiaqi Gauri, is your player?"
"Yes, he's a very good player."
"Gavriel, do you also think that Gauri is a good player?"
"Yes."
"But I learned that Xiaqi Gaoli was still an amateur player half a year ago and his left leg was injured. It is such a rich third generation who squeezed the international footballer Mr. Chiesa to the bench. Mr. Mijatovic, the club's meritorious player, has no ball to play... You are tarnishing football by doing this!"
"No! No! No...Shaggy is a good player?"
"An amateur player can become excellent after half a year of training. Thank you for letting me find out why we lost the European Cup..."
A gunpowder filled the venue...
(End of this chapter)