While Zhuang Mingge and Van Praag were talking in the VIP box, the players of Fiorentina and Ajax were all gathered in the dressing room, and the managers of both sides were mobilizing before the game:

"Boys, our opponents in this game are Ajax, although they have lost almost half of their main players this summer for some reason, but we can't take this game lightly because of the decline in the quality of the opponent. Actually, let's look at the current Ajax team, Van der Sar, Blind, the De Boer brothers, Littmanning, plus the Colini and Gianni Keida that we are all familiar with, they are still a very good team, so we must not take this game lightly! ”

Listening to Ranieri's analysis, Fiorentina's players couldn't help but put away their relaxed minds, although the manager who always looked sad often made some conservative mistakes, but as a traditional Italian coach, his pre-match preparation and analysis really deserve the attention of every player.

In addition, Ranieri has indeed led the team to a lot of honors in the past two years, which has also played a very important role in establishing his prestige in the dressing room, at least no player in the Fiorentina team dares to openly contradict his opinion.

Now that Ranieri has told them that they can't despise Ajax, then the players naturally have to be vigilant, if Fiorentina with a full squad can't even win a half-crippled Ajax, then the whole team will be embarrassed, and the weak will beat the strong or something, this kind of thing is enough to become a topic of conversation in European football for many years.

Think about the Greek myth of '04, which is still often talked about after nearly a decade.

Fiorentina's players don't want to be nailed to such a pillar of shame.

"Van Gaal's main formation last season was three, four, three, but due to the departure of Kluivert, Kanu, Fineti George and others, Ajax's attacking players in the front field have been seriously insufficient, so judging from the previous warm-up games, Van Gaal removed a midfielder and added a defender to the backline, and changed to a four-three-three formation in order to strengthen the team's defense without sacrificing attack."

"Of the three players in Ajax's midfield, due to the retirement of Rijkaard and the departure of the other two (Ranieri is not good to say Davies' name directly, after all, he is now his own player), the only remaining main midfielder, Ronald De Boer, is better at breaking and playing with his team-mates than controlling the tempo, and in fact Eugenio (Collini), who has been on loan from us, has become the heart of their organisation this season. I think there are a lot of people here who are familiar with his style of play, relying on constant passing to organise the whole team's attack, rarely using breaks, long-range shots and direct threats to the goal, but watch out for his set-pieces, for him we have to focus on defense. Massimo (Kripa), your main task in this game is to keep an eye on him, interfere with his ball, don't let him be able to organize the attack calmly, as long as we can control him, we can dominate in midfield. ”

Kripa nodded, he knew what he was good at.

"But you have to be careful with your movements, Collini's style of play is very steady and careful, it is difficult to make him lose his balance with a general foul, just defend close or cut off the pass that someone else gives him, there is no need to be sent off the pitch by the referee before halftime." Ranieri reassured him again.

"Boss, don't worry, you know Massimo's defensive ability, let him have no problem against Paulo Sousa, can that old boy of Corlini be better than that Portuguese?" Vice-captain Effenberg's breezy words broke the originally solemn atmosphere in the dressing room.

Ranieri looked at his main midfielder angrily and said: "Okay, Stefan, I'll assign you a task today, if the Ajax team scores a goal in this game today, I will ask the boss to deduct a month's salary for every time you score one, how about it?" ”

"Don't worry, Chief! Mission completion guaranteed! Effenberg pretended to be serious, and gave Ranieri a decent military salute, "Hey! Have you heard of it, this game is related to my salary, if you keep a clean sheet against them, I will invite you to have a big meal at the most haode restaurant in Monaco after the game! ”

"Oh!" The momentum of everyone in the locker room was stirred up by Effenberg, although many people's thoughts were: the vice-captain is finally willing to treat, this time he must perform well, and wait for the game to be poor......

'Behind Collini was Gianni Keda, who was responsible for sweeping the tail and protecting the backline, and his task meant that he could not play his attacking game in the game. Ajax's three strikers are Finn Littmanen and their homegrown striker Overmars, as well as Michel Laudrup, who has been on a free transfer this summer. You should be familiar with Ovimas, he is very fast, and last season's Champions League final made Milan's golden defense suffer, so be careful not to give him too much space to sprint in the game; As for the other striker, Littmanning, his impact and liliang are far inferior to Kluivert, he uses his jishu and playmaking skills more to create opportunities for teammates and wait for opportunities to score, and although he is Finnish, his physical confrontation ability is insufficient, so the best way to deal with him is to constantly use his body to interfere with him, and not give him room to maneuver; As for the big Laudrup, now thirty years old, he naturally can't be as energetic as he was when he was younger, and relies more on his own experience to organize the team, which can be dealt with in the same way as Litmanning. ”

'In attack, I think we're probably going to have a bit more trouble, Frank de Boer has a lot of head-on and a good long ball, so, Gabriel, we need you to keep him at bay; The other centre-back is also their captain Blind is experienced, but he is a bit older after all, Ronaldo, this is your opponent last season, I believe you can deal with him; As for Ajax's two full-backs, Van Bronckhorst, who has moved from Feyenoord, is quite solid and it will be difficult for us to find a breakthrough from him, but Bogard on the right is only a temporary cameo, and the tall man can look rather clumsy when defending on the wing, which can be exploited, so Yuri, you can think more about attacking from the left when you break through for a while. ”

After carefully explaining the basic situation of the Ajax players to the players, Ranieri started to mobilize before the game: "Now, boys, let's go and win the first UEFA Super Cup in Fiorentina history!" ”

"Oh!" A large group of Fiorentina players, inspired by Ranieri, walked out of the locker room door with enthusiasm, and they were greeted by a game that everyone was looking forward to!