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August 4, 2003 was just an ordinary day for many. But for all football fans, it's a big day they'll never forget! Because on this day, Fernando Redondo and Stefan Effenberg, two superstars who led Fiorentina to dominate European football throughout the mid-to-late nineties, will officially announce the end of their illustrious careers this evening!

And this means that tonight's farewell match at Frankie Stadium will be the last game of Redondo and Effenberg's playing career! From now on, if fans want to see the two galloping on the pitch again, they can only look for the heroic posture that has brought them countless classics from TV videos and online videos.

Of course, if given the chance, fans may also be able to see them in the retiring star team, which is still in the preparatory stage. However, for most European fans, it may not be easy to see this team in action. Because under the recommendation of Zhuang Mingge, Redondo arranged the itinerary of the Star United in Asia, and mainly in East Asia and West Asia. After all, unlike the rigorous Euroleague, the level of football in these two regions is relatively weak, and the local fans are also very willing to buy the accounts of these stars and are willing to pull out the money in their pockets for them; In European countries, where most fans belong to each other, Redondo is unlikely to be able to earn money on a European scale based on the popularity they have accumulated as a player.

The gap in this can be seen from the fact that the Galaxy Battleship made a lot of money in several Asian trips in its previous life, while it played a few warm-up games in Europe during the same period but did not make much money.

What's more, Redondo and their play in Asia will also help Fiorentina develop the market in Asia, so that more fans will support the purple lily, instead of becoming fans of other giants such as Real Madrid and Barcelona - after all, Redondo and Effenberg have too much of a Florentina brand, even if the two have retired, the first thing that comes to people's minds when they mention them will definitely be how majestic and unstoppable they are when they wear the Fiorentina shirt.

Since Redondo and Effenberg are both superstars in international football, coupled with Fiorentina's important position in European football, there are naturally many celebrities who came to help this farewell match. For example, FIFA President Johansson, UEFA President Beckenbauer and others all appeared in the VIP box at Frankie Stadium this evening, talking and laughing with Zhuang Mingge, and the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.

After all, for Johansson, the Florentine president, who had given them a lot of energy and helped them, was the most important ally they needed to woo. So this time, when they received a letter from Zhuang Mingge inviting them to come to the farewell match between Redondo and Effenberg, Johansson and Beckenbauer did not hesitate to put aside what they were doing and rushed to Fiorentina to cheer on the match.

In addition, celebrities and football bigwigs from various countries such as Di Stefano, Cruyff, Rummenigge, and Florentino also appeared in the stands of the Frankie Stadium on time to cheer for the farewell match between Redondo and Effenberg.

By the way, Beckham originally wanted to take this opportunity to show his face and brush his presence. But it's a pity that as the captain of the England national team, he really couldn't find any intersection with Effenberg and Redondo, and he didn't receive invitations from the two. And if he was allowed to run to Effenberg to play a trick and recommend himself, it would be too cheap, so Becky finally had to abandon this plan and chose to appear in the stands of Frankie Field as a regular spectator.

It is not surprising that David Beckham was not invited, and given the historical grievances between England and Argentina and Germany (such as the Battle of the Falklands and World War II), it is clear that Redondo and Effenberg would never allow an Englishman to appear in their farewell game.

Now let's turn our attention to the pitch, where the players from both sides have stepped out of the tunnel and are performing a solemn but not extravagant pre-match ceremony for the two protagonists of the match, Redondo and Effenberg.

While the host told the audience about the glorious deeds of Redondo and Effenberg in the past, the large screen of the stadium continued to play various classic shots of the two midfield giants in their playing careers for more than ten years, and the appropriate background music moved the fans to tears.

Under the influence of this atmosphere, the fans kept shouting from the hearts of the fans, hoping that Redondo and Effenberg would change their minds and continue to stay on the pitch to show their superb football skills - although they knew in their hearts that Redondo and Effenberg would never retract the decision they had made, but if they did nothing, they would always feel uncomfortable in their hearts and need a channel to vent their sentimentality at the moment.

Luckily, this sentimental pre-match ritual didn't last very long. Otherwise, there might have been a river of tears at Frankie Stadium today.

Here's a quick look at the starting line-ups for both teams. On Redondo's side, the contacts that the Argentine prince and Batistuta have accumulated over the years have played a huge role at this time, and the starting eleven players are almost all stars in their playing years, except for Redondo: Buffon, Carlos, Nesta, Samuel, Zanetti, Deco, Pirlo, Vincent, Vieri, Ronaldo...... Add to that Redondo himself, and that's their starting lineup for tonight's game.

It can be said that if someone takes this squad to the Champions Cup now, even if they can't win the Big Ears Cup, they will definitely not be able to run for a place in the quarterfinals.

It is worth mentioning that the person who served as the head coach of Redondo's friends team was not what fans had guessed before, and Valdano, who had a pleasant cooperation experience with Redondo in Tenerife and Real Madrid, was not Capello and Ranieri who led him to the peak of his career, but the legendary Argentine coach who led the Pampas Eagles to win the Hercules Cup for the first time, Luis Menotti!