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Fiorentina have no opinion on the Italian Football Federation's choice to host the Italian Super Cup, as they have long been accustomed to playing in various parts of the world; Vicenza was reluctant to do so, as they don't have much of a fan base in Japan, and if they play in Tokyo, there is no guarantee that the stadium will not become Fiorentina's home stadium, which is obviously detrimental to Guidolin's title plans.

But within a few days, Vicenza changed its mind and said in a righteous way that in order to better expand the overseas market of Italian football, a championship trophy is nothing. As a member of Italian football, Vicenza has an obligation to contribute to the cause of football in his country...... Anyway, it just sounds like a lot of flesh.

In fact, the reason for the change of attitude of the Vicenza people is very simple, that is, the Japanese side has impressed them with monetary interests.

In order to prove to people that they are capable of successfully hosting such a high-level tournament, the Japanese Football Association paid a large sum of money to the two clubs: not only did they promise to pay Fiorentina and Vicenza $1 million each, but they also said that all the ticket revenue for the final would go to the participating teams, which would be divided equally between the two clubs.

Faced with such favorable conditions, the Vicenza club, which had been complaining about flying halfway around the world before the start of the season, immediately made a 180-degree turn, saying that they would definitely participate in the Super Cup in Tokyo on time.

Naturally, Fiorentina has no objections, anyway, they will come here to play the Toyota Cup in half a year, so they should be used to the venue in advance......

Since Fiorentina had previously won three consecutive victories in the Italian Super Cup, except for a few people such as Ze Roberto and Cruise, no one else in the team was eager for the championship trophy of this chicken rib competition. Therefore, in this final held in Japan, the players were more interested in warming up before the season and looking for the feeling of the official game. After all, just one Italian Super Cup can no longer whet the appetite of the Fiorentina players who are full of honors.

At 5 p.m. on August 17, the Tokyo National Stadium was already packed, even though there was still an hour before the start of the Italian Super Cup final.

However, there was an embarrassing thing that happened in the stadium, that is, almost all the fans who arrived at the stadium entered the stadium wearing Fiorentina's purple jerseys, so that the stands on all sides were dyed purple, and those who don't know the way may think that this is Fiorentina's home stadium.

It is understandable that Japanese fans prefer Fiorentina, and like Celestial Empire fans, most people prefer and support strong teams, especially Fiorentina, a giant team that can appear in the field of vision of Japanese fans every once in a while, is naturally more popular with fans than the little-known Vicenza.

This is the gap between the giants and other small and medium-sized clubs, because of their popularity, the giants will attract a large number of fans to help wherever they go; And for a small club like Vicenza, these fans may not even be able to tell who is in this team.

For this Italian Super Cup final, Vicenza coach Guidolin still attaches great importance to it, and he needs to decorate his book of honour with this championship trophy from the grassroots.

Therefore, in this Super Cup final, Vicenza can be said to be the main force: the goalkeeper is the introduction of Balota from Reggiana, who was relegated last season, although the strength of the 32-year-old goalkeeper is not first-class, but for Vicenza, Balota is indeed the best choice for this small club in this position, and its solid goal-line skills and stable play are enough to become the team's most difficult insurance.

At the back, Viljoward and Repka are partnered in the middle, with youngsters Francisco Koko and Massimo Odor on the left and right, and the two youngsters will take on the attacking and defensive responsibilities on the flanks of Vicenza for this game.

In midfield, Guidolin opted for Koyz as the last barrier in midfield. In front of Koiz are two young men who can attack and defend well, with the talented striker Mofeo from Atalanta replacing Okocha in the starting line-up. Because the Nigerian star suffered a minor injury during the summer training camp, Guidolin did not include Okocha in the 18-man squad to protect him.

Up front, Luka Toney, who had a good season last season, was given a start, and his partner was Swedish striker Henrik Larsson, who was newly introduced this season.

After the departure of Otero, the shooter who had a convulsive performance as soon as he met Fiorentina, Guidolin, who had more resources in his hands, began to try other ways of playing, and no longer blindly held the four-three-three formation and did not let go.

On the Fiorentina side, Capello did not send all the main players for the purpose of observing the newcomers, and also changed the formation from 442 to 433.

The goalkeeper is still Toldo, with four players lined up at the back: Roberto Carlos, Materazzi, Nesta and Zambrotta. The reason why Capello did not send Ferrara or Stam to partner with Nesta in central defence is mainly to observe what level of Materazzi's frontal defensive ability is, so as to rotate the team's lineup during the season, so as not to encounter Materazzi being blown up by opponents at times.

In Capello's view, Luca Toney, the main center forward of Vicenza opposite in this game, is the best litmus test to test Materazzi's ability.

Of the three midfielders, Redondo and Effenberg were in charge of the tempo of the game, while the Argentine's precise mid-length passes and the German's and Dutchman's Boar Davies were mainly responsible for sweeping the midfield. Although Redondo and Effenberg are not bad at defense, Capello, who values defense, still feels that putting a fierce player like Davis on the court can better intimidate the opposing attacking players.

In terms of strikers, Ze Roberto, another newcomer brought in by Fiorentina this season, has been given the opportunity to start, and he will play as a left winger in this game, echoing his Brazilian countryman on the other side of the pitch, "alien" Ronaldo, and in the middle is the powerful center forward Christian Vieri, who has risen rapidly in recent years.

Batistuta, who has been in a slump since the second half of last season, has not improved much in this year's summer training camp, and has repeatedly squandered scoring opportunities in team training matches, so he was removed from the starting line-up by Capello and had to sit on the bench to watch his team-mates perform.

Fiorentina's first official match of the 97-98 season is about to begin.