Leaving Lyon, Zhuang Mingge did not rush back to Florence, but traveled south with Groz Jr., once again to Monaco in the south of France, because in two weeks' time, the tiny country will host a new format of the UEFA Super Cup.

According to the historical development, this season's UEFA Super Cup should have been a two-legged home-and-away system, and the game time was also scheduled in the middle of the season, which can be said to be quite a chicken competition, although it has a good name - the top of Europe, but no one will really take it seriously, and it is the champion team of the European Champions Cup who really stands at the top of Europe.

The reason why the UEFA Super Cup was reformed several years earlier than in history is also very simple, everything is a butterfly effect caused by the early emergence of the Boseman Act.

In July, after the complete failure of the campaign to block the implementation of the Bosman Act, UEFA President Johansson, who had accepted the reality, was clearly aware of the huge impact that the Bosman shock wave would have on the landscape of European football.

So, after the Boseman Act was officially announced, Johansson urgently gathered his subordinates together and began to study how to make the influence of several cups controlled by UEFA, especially the European Champions Cup, even higher. UEFA Super Cup, which is easy to plan and plan:

After UEFA officials worked overtime and communicated with the participating teams, in early August, Johansson publicly announced the plan to reform the UEFA Super Cup with a smile on his face:

First, the two-legged system of home and away was cancelled and replaced with a winner-winner, and the venue of the match was determined at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco.

Second, the schedule was moved from the middle of the previous season to a weekend in Zuihou in August, a change in the schedule that led to the postponement of Fiorentina's first Serie A game of the season.

Third, after the UEFA Super Cup, UEFA will award a series of awards according to the performance of the players last season and the number of votes, such as the best rookie award in Europe, the best player in the European Champions Cup, etc.; At the same time, UEFA has also set the group stage of the UEFA Champions Cup on the day before the UEFA Super Cup match, with the aim of using the popularity of the UEFA Champions Cup to attract more fans' attention.

Therefore, in the case of the restructuring of the European Super Cup, Zhuang Mingge did not return to Florence as scheduled on the grounds of "finding out news for the team in advance", but came to this small country in southern Europe.

Monaco, the second smallest country on Shijie, with an area of less than two square kilometers and a total population of no more than 30,000 people, is a very special country on the European continent. Monaco has an excellent team in the country, that is, Monaco Football Club, which has produced well-known stars such as Thierry Henry and Trezeguet......

Moreover, the most important reason why Zhuang Mingge came here was that Little Groz had to pull him over, saying that Monaco was one of the three major gambling cities in Shijie, and it was not easy to enter by himself, so he needed to have a bodyguard......

Although Zhuang Mingge scoffed at Little Groz's statement in his heart, he did not dare to oppose it on the surface, so he had to obediently come to this "European gambling city".

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The Casino de Monte Carlo, the largest casino in Europe, has a history of more than 100 years, and the only one that is more famous than it is Las Vegas in the United States.

When Zhuang Mingge and Little Groz came to the front of the casino gate, they saw two security guards, whose job was to check whether the guests who were going to enter the casino were over 18 years old - and at this point, Little Groz also made a joke: when entering the door to check his identity, Little Groz was too young to mistakenly think that Little Groz was an underage girl who was trying to sneak into the casino by falsifying his age......

After "haha......" walked into the casino, Zhuang Mingge's first action was not to sigh at the scale and luxury of this casino, but to bend down and try to suppress his expression, so as not to laugh out loud.

"No, don't laugh! What's so funny! Little Groz stood in front of Zhuang Mingge, and threatened with teeth and claws, but no matter how she looked at it, she was more like a big cat disguised as a tiger.

"Okay, let's go in and have a look, Rebecca 'Ma'am'." When speaking, Zhuang Mingge emphasized the word "lady", and the embarrassed little Groz walked into the casino angrily after stomping Zhuang Mingge hard.

After the limping Zhuang Mingge followed little Groz into the casino, under the guidance of the waiter in the casino, he changed a stack of chips of about 10,000 euros - originally he was here just to play.

After getting the chips, Zhuang Mingge found that the total amount of chips in his hand seemed to be a lot more than 10,000 euros, he looked at the waiter strangely, and Xiao Groz, who was standing on the side, explained: "If you exchange 100 euros now, you can also give 50 euros of chips, and there are other discounts...... Of course, unless you gamble enough money in this casino to exchange your chips for cash, the casino staff will not give you the opportunity to cash in vain. ”

Zhuang Mingge scratched his head, he really had the idea of exchanging these chips directly into cash just now......

Wheels, slots, baccarat...... Zhuang Mingge and Little Groz observed every play in the hall with great interest, and also placed their own bets on some items that they were interested in, of course, they were all some things that did not require jishu content, Zhuang Mingge did not think that he came up to play Texas Hold'em such a brain-consuming thing.

However, Zhuang Mingge is obviously not the only football player who came to Monaco ahead of schedule......

When the chips in his hand were almost lost, Zhuang Mingge clapped his hands, ready to leave this world-famous casino, no, he was stopped by another visitor, and the voice of this benevolent brother is what Zhuang Mingge swore never wanted to hear here:

"What a coincidence, President Corleone, it turns out that you are also in Monaco!"