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In this way, Fiorentina have three wins, one draw and one defeat in five matches played in February. This is not a glamorous list, but it also allowed Fiorentina to advance to the Coppa Italia final while maintaining their lead in the standings, thus preparing for the upcoming sprint with a more relaxed mindset.

With the arrival of March, the Serie A league began to enter the final sprint stage, and the eighteen Serie A teams at this time no longer retain some strength in the game as before, but have shown their hidden killer moves or hole cards, and began to work hard for their own goals!

Before that, though, Fiorentina will have to deal with their opponents in the Champions League first, and that is.

Just when the Fiorentina players were sweating on the training ground under the supervision of the coaching staff and preparing for the game seriously, Zhuang Mingge, who is the president of Fiorentina, left his base camp with Karin and quietly arrived in London, the world-famous fog capital.

The reason why Zhuang Mingge arrived in London early with two days to go was because he received a call from Arsene Wenger himself on the evening after Fiorentina were held to a draw by Salernitana. On the phone, Wenger was very nostalgic for the friendship between the two in Monaco, and then solemnly invited Zhuang Mingge to his London home as a guest.

And out of such a passionate curiosity about the professor, Zhuang Mingge, who couldn't stay idle, naturally readily agreed.

"I said, Arsène, it's my first leg between Fiorentina and Arsenal in two days, isn't it a little inappropriate for me to be at your house at this time?" On the evening of March 1, Zhuang Mingge was invited to Wenger's home in London, "If the paparazzi find out, I am afraid that tomorrow the front page of all British sports newspapers will be the news that 'Arsenal manager meets with Fiorentina president on the eve of the decisive match'." ”

"Haha, what's this? Antonio, I don't think you have seen how worthless these Brits' festive practices are, have you? Wenger didn't seem to care about Zhuang Mingge's banter, "For them, as long as they win the game, then all your decisions are extremely wise, no matter how mentally retarded your arrangement is; But if you lose, then no matter what kind of decision, you will be devalued by these disgusting guys! ”

Speaking of this, Wenger couldn't help but put on a sad expression, it seems that this "professor" is really annoyed by these pervasive media in the UK.

"Win or lose, the British can be regarded as taking this thing to the extreme." Hearing Wenger's comment, Zhuang Mingge shrugged his shoulders, he had seen the undisciplined reports of the British media in his previous life, and he had long had no good expectations for these paparazzi, "By the way, at this time, Arsanna, you invited me to London, do you have something to tell me?" ”

"Well, Antonio, you're definitely overly hearty this time." Wenger waved his hand, suppressed the melancholy in his eyes, which was not easily noticed, and put on a warm smile, and said, "Tonight, it is purely for our two old friends to catch up, so there is nothing else." ”

"Cut, since you say so, then I'll believe you once." Saying this, Zhuang Mingge shrugged his shoulders, and then led Wenger to walk towards the living room.

At the same time, Zhuang Mingge also secretly guessed Wenger's intention to invite him this time.

If, as Wenger said, this time is just a reminiscence between two old friends, then there is no need for him to invite Zhuang Mingge to come to London at this sensitive time before the start of the game, and he can wait for the game to end and then talk slowly!

From this point of view, Wenger's purpose in inviting Zhuang Mingge to visit before the game should be obvious, that is, to create some news that can disturb the morale of the Fiorentina army, so that Arsenal can take advantage of the game.

"Hey, it turns out that Wenger is also going to create psychological warfare......" Zhuang Mingge thought indifferently, he didn't believe that Capello's old fritter would be in this kind of plan that can be said to be self-explanatory. At the same time, Zhuang Mingge was still wondering in his heart, with Capello's cunning, whether he would do his tricks and let Wenger, who thought he had a plan, drink a good pot in the hands two days later.

In this way, Zhuang Mingge, who kept making conjectures in his heart, chatted with Wenger about various interesting things that have happened in football recently, and at the same time tasted a delicious French meal, and spent a rather fulfilling evening.

At 6 p.m. on March 3, the entire Fiorentina team appeared at the Highbury Stadium in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, where they will challenge the Arsenal team led by "Professor" Arsene Wenger this evening!

This is also the first time in four years that Fiorentina has met Arsenal on the European stage again!

During Zhuang Mingge's tenure as Fiorentina chairmanship, the Purple Lily and Arsenal have only met twice, and this can be traced back to the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 94-95 season, when Fiorentina, who had just returned to Serie A, defeated the defending champion Arsenal with an aggregate score of 2-0 in the two-legged battle, shattered the opponent's dream of winning the Cup Winners' Cup back-to-back at the same time, qualified for the final, and defeated Zaragoza from La Liga in the final to win the first Cup Winners' Cup in the club's history!

However, compared to the last competition, this time it is clear that Fiorentina have already won the Champions League three times in a row, rather than Arsenal, who were not reborn under Arsene Wenger until last season.

After all, four years is enough time to change a lot of things. For example, Fiorentina, which was only a promoted horse in the eyes of everyone, has now grown into the top giant club in Europe; Graham's boring Predator was a thing of the past, replaced by Arsene Wenger's flashy attacking football.

For this match, Capello has a lot of importance in his heart. After all, although the gold-medal coach already has plans to change jobs at the end of the season, it also means that he must lead Fiorentina to a record worthy of his identity, otherwise, who will hire a manager who can't even play the strength of the team at a high price?

Moreover, Capello, who attaches great importance to pre-match intelligence gathering, naturally learned about his boss's night visit to Arsene Wenger through relevant channels after coming to London. However, as Zhuang Mingge expected, Capello was not fooled, but smiled coldly in his heart, and said Wenger, you dare to play this kind of trick in front of me, do you think I'm an idiot?!

Therefore, whether it is for the sake of face or for the sake of his own future, Capello must go all out in this game and prove to everyone with ironclad facts that only he Capello is the best manager!