Chapter 1241: Busy December (9)

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In the quarterfinals of last season's Champions Cup, Ajax, who played 180 minutes with the eventual champion Fiorentina, was only regrettably eliminated because of the relationship between being killed by their opponents at the last moment, and it was a big surprise that they did not even get a place in the round of 16 in this season's Champions Cup.

If they were simply locked out of the Champions League round of 16, Ajax and its fans could at least console themselves by saying that they were lucky to have a UEFA Cup game to play. Now, with Ajax losing to Dynamo Kyiv in the final round of the group stage, they are at a disadvantage with the same number of points, so they have to face the cruel reality of saying goodbye to Europe early after being squeezed into fourth place in the group at the last minute.

Ajax will suffer such a bitter fruit, and it is self-inflicted. If it weren't for Koeman's overly iron-hearted and self-righteous coaching skills that caused dissatisfaction among the players, and at the same time failed to deal with the relationship between several young players in the team in a timely manner, so that the two pillars of the team, Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, would have been on the pitch without passing the ball to each other, then the team that advanced to the round of 16 in Group B would probably have the name of Ajax now.

After all, when everything is normal, it will be difficult for Real Sociedad, who are slightly inferior in overall strength, to snatch qualification from Ajax. But it is a pity that with the outbreak of various contradictions, especially when Koeman's prestige was lost, and Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart were not convinced by each other, Ajax, which once brought people countless surprises, has become a team that cannot even qualify for the group stage.

The Champions Cup exit and early farewell to Europe have caused Ajax huge financial losses, not to mention the loss of commercial sponsorship and ticket revenue, and the value of its players has also fallen because of this incident. Whatever the reason, it will be difficult for a team that has not even qualified for the Champions League group stage to sell their players for a good price, even if they had a sufficiently impressive performance in the previous season.

Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart, in particular, have been deterred by their rivalry at Ajax. After all, even the most talented players must know that they cannot seek their own interests at the expense of the team, let alone make the team a miasma. Otherwise, wouldn't they be asking for trouble by bringing in this player?

It is foreseeable that if the two do not perform well at next year's European Championship in Portugal, it will be basically impossible for Ajax to sell them for a high price.

As for Fiorentina, who suffered two consecutive defeats in the Champions Cup, no one made any criticism of the purple lily at this time. Because everyone knows very well that it is not easy for Fiorentina to get the current results in this situation, and it is not easy to change to another team to play such a schedule, and it will be a wave of N consecutive defeats.

If nothing else, just look at Florence's opponents during this time, apart from the promoted team of Torino, which one is easy to match? Dynamo Kyiv with home advantage, AC Milan and Boca Juniors with a home advantage, none of these teams are easy to deal with!

Now, although Fiorentina have suffered two consecutive defeats in the Champions League, they have beaten their biggest rival AC Milan in the league and are firmly at the top of the table; He also beat Real Sociedad as the top of the group to advance to the round of 16 of the Champions Cup, trying to win enough advantages for the quarter-finals later. The most important thing is that in the face of the extremely cheating schedule of two matches in a row, Fiorentina actually defeated Boca Juniors and won the Toyota Cup!

me, how rebellious is the willpower of these guys? In this kind of fixture, you can only lose one game, can you still have a good time with us? It was the only thought that popped into the minds of all potential Fiorentina opponents after learning about Purple Lily's experience during this time.

I have to say that Fiorentina's strong bench depth and the players' strong continuous fighting ability are vividly reflected at this time, and they have really shocked many teams. Now, clubs aspiring to the Serie A title are hoping that a defeat at Real Sociedad will be completely out of the way for the Purple Lilies to do so and give them a good chance to catch up in the table.

Those who are likely to play Fiorentina in the Champions League will not be able to expect that from the quarter-finals of the Champions League until February. By that time, Florence would have already adjusted and was waiting for their arrival.

So, these teams can only pray in their hearts that when they meet Fiorentina, these guys with explosive willpower and ability are not in good shape......

Shortly after the list of the top 16 of the Champions Cup was announced, the voting for the first Serie A All-Star Game also came to an end. Sun Jihai, who owns the huge football market of the Celestial Empire, received more than 10 million votes and unsurprisingly became the first All-Star vote king, while Robert Baggio, who has confirmed that he will retire at the end of this season, is second with a narrow disadvantage of 500,000 votes, unfortunately missing the throne of the All-Star vote king.

In this regard, many Baggio fans are naturally extremely dissatisfied. However, there is no way for them to oppose this result, after all, the Italian Football Federation has said that the all-star starters are voted on by fans. Since Sun Jihai has the largest number of votes, and all the votes come from in accordance with the relevant regulations, then he should naturally be elected as the king of votes, instead of losing this title under the impetus of the so-called "public opinion".

If the Italian Football Federation really cancels Sun Jihai's all-star title and his starting qualification because of these public opinions, it will cause irreparable damage to the reputation of the Serie A All-Star Game.

While these fans still have a way to boycott the All-Star Game, let's not forget that this is the first and last All-Star Game of Robert Baggio's career. If you miss this village, you won't have this store in the future.

Therefore, although this part of the fans is very dissatisfied with Sun Jihai's election, they can only accept their fate. After all, missing Baggio's debut at the All-Star Game would be something they would regret for the rest of their lives.