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A few days after Italy comfortably defeated Norway to advance to the quarter-finals, the list of the quarter-finals of this World Cup was newly released under the eagerness of thousands of fans.

Brazil beat their old neighbor Chile, also from South America, 4-1, but Salas left his mark on the game with his fourth goal of the tournament. Without Zidane, the French team relied on a golden goal from their own central defender Blank in the 113th minute to make the tenacious Paraguay die instantly; Aging German tanks; Davies, who was expelled by Guus Hiddink at the European Championship two years ago, saved Yugoslavia with a long-range shot just before the break; between Croatia and Romania

While there was no shortage of highlights and gimmicks to attract fans in the above seven games, the highlight was the confrontation between England and Argentina.

Although there is such an unexpected factor as Zhuang Mingge in this world, the Anglo-Argentine battle is still as passionate as in history: Owen scored the classic goal that made him famous overnight in this game, and Ayala and other famous players became the background of this 18-year-old chasing teenager at that moment; Batistuta took his tally of goals in this World Cup to five with a penalty, catching up with Vieri; The brilliant free-kick combination between Veron and Zanetti was a delight to all who saw the goal.

Similarly, the youthful and vigorous Beckham, as in history, was provoked by the old Diego Simeone with a series of small gestures and received a red card, because of this red card, Beckham was also regarded by everyone after the loss as England's sinner for the ages......

After all the matches in the round of 16 of the World Cup, Italy will next welcome their opponents in the quarter-finals of the World Cup at 4:30 p.m. on July 3, and the host of this World Cup, the French national team led by Zinedine Zidane, Didier Deschamps and Blanke.

For this game, Zhuang Mingge is naturally very concerned, because he knows in his heart that the historical Italy team fell at the feet of the French team in this quarter-final, and it was only after watching this penalty shootout that he defeated his opponent and finally reached the top, winning the Hercules Cup that everyone dreamed of.

This time, with the disruption of Zhuang Mingge's little butterfly, will the match between Italy and France have a different result?

By the way, before the big game between Italy and France, the door to Italy's summer transfer was slowly opened at 0:00 on July 1, and Serie A teams have made moves to bring in targets that have been scheduled or just met, and Fiorentina is no exception.

Hyypia, Makellele, Ljungberg...... In addition to the three who had confirmed their transfer to Fiorentina long before the start of the World Cup, the remaining players who did not have World Cup tasks were also poached into the Renaissance capital under the operation of Antonioni and others.

Swiss midfielder Vogel has moved from Zurich Grasshopper for just $1.5 million, and Zurich's poor financial situation and the player's desire to join the big club are the key reasons for such a low transfer fee.

Anderson Deco was sold to Purple Lily by Benfica for a fairly low price of $8 million. It stands to reason that the Brazilian had a pretty good run at Benfica last season, winning the long-lost league title for Benfica with a team-mate, and with such a feat, Deco should never have sold for a few million dollars in an era when transfer fees have gone crazy up.

However, due to the relationship between his own style of play and personal image, Deco's personal number is not very good, so he is just an ordinary forward in the eyes of this Portuguese Super League giant, and he can't ask for any price at all, so Benfica's senior management has not set a high threshold for Deco's transfer fee at all; Coupled with the fact that his Brazilian nationality made it impossible for him to enter the talented Samba Army, and the fact that he was not even a fringe international also depressed Deco's value in a big way.

Deco himself is also very excited about the opportunity to join Fiorentina, although he knows very well that going to the Purple Lily can only be used as a substitute for midfield superstars such as Redondo and Effenberg, but with Ze Roberto as a role model, Deco thinks that if he also joins a top giant, maybe he can knock on the door of the Brazilian national team like Ze Roberto!

So, when the Benfica hierarchy didn't realise what they were doing, the peasant-looking Deco arrived in Fiorentina in a low-key manner, signed his name on a six-year contract and joined the top European club. (Note: It was only in 2001 that the European Commission set a maximum contract period of five years for professional players, so it is not illegal to have a six-year contract in '98)

Madavecchia and Sun Jihai also announced their arrival on this day, and these two transfers made Fiorentina appear as an Asian player for the first time. (Note: Although there were Japanese players who came to Florence for training before, they were all trained with the youth team and were trial players, so they could not be counted as Fiorentina's own people)

Sun Jihai's transfer also made Fiorentina the most popular team in China overnight, and the number of sales of Fiorentina merchandise and jerseys also increased significantly because of this transfer; At the same time, after Sun Jihai's transfer to Fiorentina was confirmed, the club received hundreds of sponsorship contracts from Chinese companies in just one week.

Although Kenyon did not sign all of these sponsorship contracts, but only selectively ate some of them, these sponsorship fees alone are enough to offset Sun Jihai's transfer fees and wages, making Fiorentina a lot of money.

In addition to these signings, Materazzi, who was originally planning to leave, agreed to continue playing for Fiorentina for another season under the persuasion of Antonioni to help the team through the current difficulties - although he is an out-and-out villain on the pitch, Materazzi is not ruthless off the pitch, because he still clearly remembers that when he was blamed all over Europe for inducing Mateus to leave the pitch, it was the club and his own owner who stepped in to gradually avoid this catastrophe.

Therefore, when Florence was in difficulty, he should have helped out, anyway, just one year, and he should repay the help of the year. When promised Antonioni to stay in the team, Materazzi thought.

In this way, when the World Cup has only reached the quarterfinals, Fiorentina has basically completed all the recruitment work, laying a good foundation for the upcoming new season!