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"Although we didn't draw the weakest Marseille and Bordeaux, fortunately, our opponent in the quarterfinals this time is not Valencia, otherwise it would be a bit troublesome." Zhuang Mingge, who walked out of the lottery ceremony, said to Karin and Groz, "It seems that our luck is not particularly bad. Although Chelsea's opponent is a bit difficult, it is much better than encountering Valencia..."

"Antonio, I've heard you talk about it several times since just now. Why do you think it's better to face Chelsea than to face Valencia?" Groz Jr. was a little strange about Zhuang Mingge's judgment and asked, "Although Chelsea is not a traditional English powerhouse, their development momentum has been quite good in the past two years. Not only did they win a League Cup championship, but they also reached the final of the Winners Cup. There are also well-known stars such as Zora, Poyette, and De Huye. No matter how you look at it, it is the most difficult one among these six options, right?"

"Uh..." Zhuang Mingge couldn't help but talk a little when Groz asked this. He couldn't say that he valued Valencia so much because this team has been through the qualifying season in history and reached the Champions League final. As a result, Redondo and Raul, who are at their peak, joined forces to teach people?

Of course, Zhuang Mingge can't say that unless he wants to be treated by Groz and others as mentally abnormal and sent to the hospital for treatment.

According to common sense, Groz Jr.'s view is the most in line with the outside world. After all, Chelsea has basically been able to make a round of European stadiums every year in the past few seasons. If you are lucky, you can also give people some surprises. There are also many familiar stars in the team. Look at Valencia, the Bats have been in the middle of the league for most of the past years, which means that last season, under Ranieri's leadership, and then they have won a place in the Champions League... So, no matter how you look at it, Chelsea looks to be one level better than Valencia.

Realizing his mistake, Zhuang Mingge quickly used his brain to find a reason that sounded logical: "Well, in fact, Valencia's player configuration is not much worse than Chelsea. On the front line, they have Claudio Lopez, and on the midfield, there are powerful players such as Kili Gonzalez, Mendeta, Farinos and Gerard. On the back line, there are also Angeloma and Jukic, and on the back line, the goalkeeper position is in the front.

Real Madrid goalkeeper Canisares has a considerable combat power. The most important thing is that Valencia's current coach Cooper is the guy who led Mallorca to the final of the Cup of Winners last season. He is a head coach who advocates defensive counterattack tactics. This tactic just allows these Valencia players to exert their maximum power. In this regard, he is much stronger than the fledgling Viali of Chelsea."

When Zhuang Mingge was very talked, Karin and Groz felt that the other party was indeed very reasonable. After all, they have been in contact with football for a long time. Whether it is the more professional former or the latter who entered the industry as a ball blind, they all know one truth, that is, having a coach suitable for the team is far more valuable than a few stars - the latter may allow you to sell more tickets, but the former can make the team's performance better!

Only when the results are good can the income be guaranteed. This is a very simple fact. After all, who would be willing to watch a team that always loses?

After the lottery ceremony, Zhuang Mingge took Karin and Groz to the Maldives for vacation, preparing to spend the last Christmas and last day of the 20th century there, and wait for the league to start again before returning to work.

No special happening in the last few days of the 20th century. Apart from the issue of the millennium bug that has made countries around the world nervous, it is worth paying attention to, that is, the storm that Carlos Roa caused last year is worth mentioning: As the main goalkeeper of the Argentine national team, Roa actually announced his retirement when his career was still at its peak, because of his religious beliefs and the upcoming world-destroying disaster!

Although Roa's approach made many people very puzzled, since he had no personal opinion, others just watched the fun and there was nothing to regret.

In fact, the most unlucky thing about this is the Mallorca Club where Roa plays. This island team lost their main goalkeeper without any preparation. This is undoubtedly a double blow to this club that needs to rely on reselling players to maintain its operations.

After the New Year, the Fiorentine players who had spent a Christmas holiday returned to the team as scheduled, and under the supervision of the coaching staff, they re-entered the intense and orderly preparation work, striving to win a victory in the first game of the new century and give the team a good start!

Especially in the selection of World Footballer and European Golden Ball Awards, Effenberg and Vieri, who only won one bronze ball award, were very motivated by this. The result of Rivaldo's winning of the Golden Ball Award made the two feel very dissatisfied. Therefore, they were determined to perform well in the next game and let those who voted for Rivaldo see who is more qualified to win the Golden Ball Award!

In fact, if Beckham won the award, Vieri and the others would not have such a big opinion. After all, they won a triple-champ at Manchester United, and they were not as good as the honor. But what does Rivaldo have? There is only one La Liga champion!

Even Rivaldo won the championship again, it would be useless. Who made Fiorentina even stronger? It has won five consecutive Serie A titles. Besides, it should not be included in the European Golden Ball Awards!

As a result, as soon as these two guys came, Florence was in trouble with his first opponent in the New Year. Driven by Vieri and Effenberg, the players of Florence performed very well in this game. The players of Florence kept running under the leadership of the two, looking for opportunities to launch an offensive. The beautiful and simple pass and cut cooperation made Lecce players unable to defend!

On the defensive end, they also performed quite positively. Vieri even retreated to his own half to intercept Lecce's pass. At that time, a crowd of spectators were shocked. He thought to himself when would any of the stars of Vieri be willing to put down their figure and do such a cool job?
Chapter completed!