Zhuang Mingge's trip to Zagreb was not entirely improvised, and he had been extremely curious about these secessionist countries from Yugoslavia before he crossed over to this shijie.

If the prosperity of Yugoslav football is due to Tito's economic policies, which gave the wealthy Yugoslavs enough energy to play football; After the civil war, the Yugoslav region, where the economic level plummeted, still emerged countless well-known stars, such as Modric, Olici, Dzeko, Ibisevic, Vidic...... It's an incredible thing.

On this trip to Zagreb, Antonioni and Kenyon did not approve of Zhuang Mingge going to the place that had just been far away from the war, but Zhuang Mingge's reason was a crown spring:

"I, the owner of the club, should pay attention to the team's performance in Europe with practical actions, you know, there are not many heavyweight trophies in Fiorentina's honor room so far!"

Who would dare stop Fiorentina from competing for the first Cup Winners' Cup in the club's history? Kenyon didn't dare, and Antonioni didn't dare and didn't want to, so they wisely stopped opposing Zhuang Mingge's seemingly meaningless trip to Zagreb.

The welcoming citizens of Zagreb almost invariably welcomed the arrival of Florence in a way that is unthinkable in many parts of Europe.

Intuitively felt the enthusiasm of the citizens of Zagreb for football, and also witnessed the real and simple spiritual life of the locals, Zhuang Mingge, who was in a good mood, decided to take the initiative to visit the opponent of the Cup Winners' Cup without waiting for anyone to find him.

The Dinamo Club Zagreb is not far from the hotel where he stayed, and the taxi driver also took Zhuang Mingge and his party to the destination with ease, but as soon as he got off the car and saw the scene in front of him, Zhuang Mingge was a little dumbfounded:

"Karin, are you sure this is the headquarters of Dinamo Zagreb?"

I'll you, won't you? The headquarters of Croatia's largest club stands in ruins!

Zhuang Mingge's eyes were greeted by a slightly dilapidated small office building, which could be seen to be a certain number of years, because from the outside, after years of wind and rain, the entire surface of the building could not help but be eclipsed.

What's even more outrageous is that not only are the ruins of the building destroyed and torn down everywhere around the building, but the only perimeter wall of the building has left rows of shocking bullet marks.

"It should be, UEFA gives the position is indeed this, you can't be wrong." Karin replied with some hesitation, and it seemed that she was also taken aback by the low standard of living in Croatia.

"Oh, that's right, you see, there's not even a gate here, so let's just go inside."

Also, a country that has just experienced a war really can't be guessed by common sense.

……

"Excuse me, what are you doing here?"

Zhuang Mingge and Karin walked unhindered all the way, and it was not until they reached the innermost two rooms that a middle-aged uncle came out to inquire about the arrival of the two strangers, Zhuang Mingge and Karin.

Zhuang Mingge pondered in his heart: It seems that the current social order in Zagreb is good, and it is almost night long......

"Hello, I'm Antonio Corleone, the president of Fiorentina FC, and this is my secretary, Karin Siglan." Zhuang Mingge took the lead in introducing himself, but when introducing Karin, Zhuang Mingge felt that it was better to say that Karin was his secretary, after all, this was also the agreement between the two before, and when he was in public, Karin would appear by his side as a secretary.

"Well, that's, I'm the general manager of this club, Vladimir Babich." The sloppy-looking uncle said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, we didn't end that damn war here until last year, and there's nothing to entertain now, please forgive me." ”

With that, Manager Babich walked into his office with Zhuang Mingge and Karin.

"Come, you two, please sit on this couch, it's leather." Manager Babich diligently served tea and water to Zhuang Mingge and the others, and he couldn't tell that he was the general manager of a club at all, "This office of mine is the most luxurious in this headquarters." ”

"Uh, Manager Babich, isn't your boss going to pay for your work environment?" Zhuang Mingge asked with some puzzlement, it was difficult for him to understand the bitterness of people who were on the verge of life and death all the time in an era of peace.

"Boss?!" Manager Babich seemed to remember something, and said with a wry smile, "Mr. Corleone, you may not know the previous system of our country, when Yugoslavia was not divided, our club was funded by the Yugoslav Football Association, and the so-called chairman basically did not have any strong personal assets, just an ornament." Three years ago, after the independence of Croatia, we broke out a large-scale war with the Serbs, where would anyone choose to invest in us? ”

"That'...... The salary of the players in your team ......" Zhuang Mingge didn't know whether to ask this question, after all, it was a bit suspicious of probing into the other party's internal affairs.

"It's been a good season, because we reached the round of 16 of the Cup Winners' Cup and the money we paid for the Croatian Cup last season, which is enough money for us to pay the players for a year." Babic's expression was very light, but the words he said were with indescribable bitterness, "In the first two years, due to the war, the players did not play football, in order to maintain the operation of the club, we could only sell a lot of good seedlings to foreign leagues at low prices." ”

Speaking of this sad history, Manager Babich couldn't help but burst into tears.

Well, I didn't expect the team in Yugoslavia to be so difficult, and sure enough, everything was the fault of the war.

"Well, Manager Babic, I wonder what you think about Bosman's appeal to UEFA?" Zhuang Mingge felt that the topic would be too heavy if he continued to talk, so he provoked a conversation again.

"Bosman? Appeal to UEFA? How can it be! "I remember that Boseman was the captain of the Belgian youth team, and now he is still playing for Standard Liege, which is a promising child. ”

"Even though Croatia has just suffered a war, we don't know anything about what is going on in football." As he spoke, Manager Babich puffed out his chest proudly.

"Uh......" Zhuang Mingge didn't know how to change the general manager's perception that he had lagged behind the development of football for many years, but fortunately, Karin next to him relieved himself in time.

"Manager Babic, you are talking about Bosman six years ago, and it is undeniable that he was indeed a promising rising star in football at that time; However, it is also true that he has been forcibly detained by Standard Liege Club for a long time due to injury and not allowed to transfer, and I have here some newspaper clippings about Boseman's lawsuit against Standard Liege and UEFA, please take a look. ”

Well done! Zhuang Mingge gave Karin a thumbs up in his heart, if it weren't for this clever and lovely man of Bingxue, Zhuang Mingge didn't know how much work it would take to convince the Babich manager of this.

After all, the Bosman Act is an important issue related to Zhuang Mingge!

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