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After making sure that the message received was accurate and not a boring prank by some media outlet, both Zhuang Mingge and Heynckes, who had rushed to hear the news, breathed a long sigh of relief: although the result of the game was irrevocable, the punishment of those responsible was somewhat good news for Fiorentina; Crucially, the revocation of the red and yellow cards received by the likes of Inzaghi and Zanetti in that game will give Heynckes more options to line up in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Although all the Fiorentina players went on vacation, Zhuang Mingge, who is the president of Fiorentina, could not do so. Although Karin and Groz Jr. often complain that he is more of a handler who only checks on the direction of the team and the transfer of players, there are some things he cannot afford to miss, such as the draw for the knockout stage of the Champions League at the end of the year......

However, before that, there are two other heavyweight awards to be announced, and that is the European Ballon d'Or hosted by French football and the World Footballer of the Year hosted by FIFA!

In the end, Rivaldo from Barcelona won the European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year, becoming the biggest winner of the year. The Brazilian striker has been the main contributor to the Catalan team's La Liga title over the past year, and his success in leading the Brazilian national team to the Copa America and his impressive performances on the pitch have made most journalists willingly give their first choice to the not handsome Brazilian.

David Beckham, who won the treble with Manchester United last season and the Toyota Cup with the team not long ago, finished second in both categories. On the one hand, it is because of Beckham's red card in the World Cup in France that many British journalists are reluctant to vote for him, preferring to give their ballots to others rather than write Beckham's name; On the other hand, because Manchester United can achieve the treble mainly depends on the excellent performance of the team as a whole, although Beckham is important in the tactical system of the Red Devils, but he has not repeatedly played the role of a single savior like Rivaldo, so in people's feelings, Beckham's role is not as important as Rivaldo.

The most important thing is that everyone knows in their hearts that Manchester United's brightest star will always be their manager, the red-nosed old man from Scotland, Alex Ferguson! With this Scotsman on top, it's hard for anyone to be the boss of the team in the true sense of the word.

As for the third-place finishers, the selection of the two awards is different. The choice given by French football is Christian Vieri, the super center forward not only completed the great cause of five consecutive Serie A championships with the team, but also added a lot of points to his Serie A Golden Boot status; The player selected by FIFA is also from Fiorentina, but it is their captain Effenberg.

There is no way around it, who makes the German tiger more famous around the world? Although Vieri has made a lot of fame by winning the World Cup and the Serie A Golden Boot in a row, there is still a certain gap between him and a player who has been famous for a long time like Effenberg, and the most important thing is that Vieri's way of playing is not as ornamental as Ronaldo and Rivaldo, otherwise he may be able to climb up the ranking.

Although the Fiorentina players only won a third-place consolation prize in both the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, Fiorentina had good luck in the Champions League draw on the second day.

This time the Champions Cup round of 16 can be described as a gathering of strong players, because Fiorentina qualified as the group leader, so except for Dynamo Kiev, who was in Group B with them in the group stage, and Lazio, also from Italy, the remaining six group runners-up may become Fiorentina's opponents in the quarterfinals.

However, despite Fiorentina finishing second in the group, none of these six teams are generosity, and the Champions League is not an empty phrase: whether it is Chelsea in the Premier League, Valencia in La Liga, Marseille and Bordeaux in Ligue 1, Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga, or even Porto from Portugal, they are not easy opponents to deal with. If Fiorentina players were to take things lightly before the game, Arsenal and AC Milan, who failed in the group stage of the Champions League, are a lesson for the Purple Lily.

Yes, as in history, although Arsenal and AC Milan faced different opponents in the Champions League group stage, the Gunners and the Rossoneri still failed to secure a place in the Champions League: the former was blocked out of the knockout stage by Rosenborg and Bordeaux by just one point, and had to go to the UEFA Cup; The latter simply won only one of their six group games, finishing bottom of the group and going straight home.

Monaco, who also bid farewell to the Champions Cup at the end of the group stage, is Monaco, and after selling the backbone of the team for many years, Spalletti can't support it even if he has the ability. To be able to lead this team that is focused on being human traffickers to qualify for the UEFA Cup with strong opponents such as Chelsea, Hertha Berlin and AC Milan is enough to show Spalletti's excellence, and it is possible to change to another coach to lead the team, and it is possible to finish at the bottom directly.

For Fiorentina, among the six possible opponents, Marseille and Bordeaux, two teams from Ligue 1, are better to deal with, after all, the decline of Ligue 1 over the years can be seen by fools, and the Ligue 1 team that relies on a few balloon stars to support the scene is naturally not Fiorentina's opponent. For example, Marseille is no longer the Ligue 1 hegemon of the Tapi era, and the biggest star in the team is the veteran Lavanelli, who is over 30 years old......

However, Zhuang Mingge does not think that Fiorentina will have such good luck, although he has a good personal relationship with Beckenbauer, and Fiorentina did not suffer any difficulties in the group stage draw, but Zhuang Mingge can be sure that in the work notes of UEFA, there must be a "try to put up obstacles for Fiorentina...... Who has made Florence out of the limelight over the years, and who else can it be prevented from if it is not guarded against?

Of course, with Beckenbauer's relationship, it is estimated that UEFA will not go too far, at most, it will pick a difficult team for Fiorentina when the draw is drawn, and it will still be fair on the field.