On June 17, 1994, the opening match started between the last World Cup champion Germany and the "Plateau Journey" Bolivia. The German team, mostly veterans, finally got a good start with a one-to-zero.

The reason why the old Germans were able to pass the game has a lot to do with Bolivian's "devil" Echeviri being sent off by a red card in 5 minutes on the court, which is also the biggest "highlight" of this game. In this World Cup, in order to follow FIFA's promise of "severely punishing tackles behind the scenes", the opening game naturally became a benchmark for measuring the referee's penalty standards. So Echeviri became the first unlucky "villain" who played half of the home court was eliminated early, and the "devil" who was suspended for two games had no chance to show the world his genius skills. Echeviri became the most hasty passerby in the World Cup with a 5-minute record.

The host US team first drew Switzerland one-to-one, and then won two-to-one with an own goal from Colombia defender Escobar. Although he lost to Romania led by "midfield conspirator" Haji in the last group stage, he still successfully ranked third in the four best-performing groups (a total of 24 teams were divided into six groups in this World Cup, with the top two in each group and the third in the four best-performing groups advanced to the semi-finals).

The Italian team continued its tradition of "slow-hot competition" and lost to Ireland in the first round of the group stage. After narrowly defeating Norway with one goal in the second round, the main goalkeeper Paliuka created a disgraceful record in this game: due to a handball foul outside the penalty area, he became the first goalkeeper in World Cup history to be kicked out of the field by a red card.

The Italian team, which lacked Paliuca, was tied by Mexico in the last round and advanced to the semi-finals with the third place in the group.

Italy's sluggish performance in the group stage has caused many people to criticize Saki, believing that this old man who once founded the "Milan Dynasty" is old and cannot exert all of Italy's strength.

Also in the last round of the game, Germany's match against South Korea in Group C also followed the historical trajectory, causing quite a stir.

It's not that something went wrong with the penalty in this game, but in the 75th minute of the second half, midfielder Effenberg, who played for Fiorentina, was replaced by head coach Fogtz with Helmer.

Due to the poor performance of the German team in this game, when Effenberg left the court, more than 10,000 German fans who were dissatisfied with the team's performance booed the "Tiger".

The fans' booed Effenberg, who walked down the court, did not return to the locker room directly from the player channel after the head coach shook hands, but rushed directly to the stands where the German fans were, and extended his middle finger to the audience with a smile!

When Effenberg's behavior was photographed by the camera and sent to the world through the TV signal, both the fans sitting in the stands and in front of the TV were angry! After the game, they called the media, the TV station, and of course the Football Association to express their dissatisfaction with Effenberg's "insulting behavior."

FIFA, which has always been slow, made a quick decision this time. After carefully watching the video of the game, it banned it from participating in all the next World Cup events in Germany on the grounds that the "Tiger" had "acts of insulting fans" on the field.

Effenberg is a rare handsome man in the German national team after Schuster and Matteus. He runs actively on the court, has a broad vision and a strong style of play, but he is talented and has the same problem as his predecessors - he is arrogant and arrogant on his talent.

So when the proud Effenberg encountered booing from his own fans, the Tiger's inherent pride did not allow him to suffer this "humiliation". The Zhongxing incident happened under such circumstances.

The impact of this "middle-finger incident" on Effenberg is far more than just the hostility of fans. FIFA's suspension is just a trivial matter. Unfortunately, this happened in Germany, which emphasized team discipline very much. Even the talented player Shuster, who was at that time, missed the national team's head coach and the German Football Association for a long time (of course, the German team failed repeatedly in various competitions in the 1980s, until Mattus's rise later). The end of "Tiger" who was far inferior to Schultes was self-evident: German coach Vogtz announced on the spot at a press conference after the game that drove Effenberg from Germany's roster to the US World Cup, and the "Tiger"'s first World Cup journey ended in such a hurry.

The subsequent punishment of the German Football Association is even more severe: given that Stefan Effenberg was provocative and insulting fans in the 75th minute of the last round of the Group C game against South Korea at the 15th World Cup, we announced that we would expel Effenberg from the national team forever and never hire!

In the original world, Florence, where Effenberg played, would sprinkle a handful of salt on the wounds of the German "tiger". They also sold Effenberg to the former giant Borussia Mönchengladbach for this reason, thus indirectly fulfilling the future Bayern Munich.

But will the Florence, which Zhuang Mingge is now in charge, still make such a move? Of course the answer is no.

To be honest, Effenberg's behavior was criticized by the media for about half a month at most in 2012 when Zhuang Mingge traveled. Think about it, at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, members of the French national team collectively "recommended" the French Football Association. During the 2012 European Cup, Nasri insulted reporters after the game. Which behavior was lighter than Effenberg? But the club they were in at most gave an internal warning or a certain amount of fine, but did not turn against each other and sold them to other teams at a low price. Who would do this kind of "investor" behavior?

Of course, let alone Cantona kicks the Crystal Palace fans that will happen in half a year. Everyone knows that Ferguson and Manchester United's board of directors are waiting for the moon to wait for the "Marte d'Or King" to release the ban and return.

Don't think that the fans on the scene are just cheering for their home team when watching the game. They can do everything for players they don't like or away teams, just to interfere with the performance of the opponent's players so that the team they support can win. If you can understand the local language, you will find that TV broadcasts are often mixed with various insults and personal attacks on players, such as the well-known Barcelona fans throwing a pig's head at Portuguese star Figo, and for example, in the 2004 NBA regular season, the Pistons fans threw a cup of Coke at Artest...

Therefore, when the expected "middle-finger incident" occurred, Zhuang Mingge immediately called Antonioni and Kenion to inform them that they should comfort Effenberg as much as possible and calm the resentment of local fans in Fiorentina towards the Germans as much as possible.

After all, as long as the Florentine locals do not cause trouble for the "tiger", Effenberg, who is already in a "embrace" situation, will definitely be very willing to stay in Florence, which takes good care of himself and has not been harassed by others.

Of course, after all, Effenberg's appearance on the World Cup stage this time also represents Fiorentina more or less, and the club's internal punishments and warnings are inevitable.

Zhuang Mingge, who was "remote control" instructing the handling of this incident, was staying in the spacious and shady manor of the Groz family (in fact, after that party gathering, Zhuang Mingge and Karin stayed here), and enjoyed a delicious dinner with several beauties.
Chapter completed!