On June 17, 1994, the opening match was played between Germany, the winner of the last Shijie Cup, and Bolivia, the "Plateau Tour", and the German team, which was dominated by veterans, finally got off to a good start with 1-0.

The reason why the aging German was able to get through the danger has a lot to do with the Bolivian "devil" Echeverri being sent off with a red card after 5 minutes on the field, which is also the biggest "highlight" of this game. In this year's Shijie Cup, the referee in order to follow FIFA's commitment to "severely punish the tackle in the back", the opening game naturally became a benchmark to measure the referee's penalty scale, so Echeverri became the first unlucky "guinea pig", which also led to the early exit of Bolivia, which belonged to half of the home game, and the "devil" who was suspended for two games did not have the opportunity to show his talent to the world, Echeverri became the most hurried passer-by in the Shijie Cup with a record of 5 minutes.

The host United States team first drew 1-1 with Switzerland, and then won 2-1 with an own goal from Colombian defender Escobar, although they lost to Romania led by "midfield schemer" Haji in a group stage, but still managed to rank among the third place in the four groups with the best results (a total of 24 teams in this Shijie Cup are divided into six groups, and the top two teams in each group and the four most finished groups advance to the round of 16).

Italy, on the other hand, continued their tradition of "slow heat in the tournament", losing to Ireland in the first round of the group stage and narrowly beating Norway by one goal in the second round, but the main goalkeeper Pagliuca set an inglorious record in this game: he became the first goalkeeper in the history of the Shijie Cup to be sent off the field with a red card for a handball foul outside the box.

Italy, who were missing Pagliuca, were forced to draw by Mexico in the first round of Zuihou and only qualified for the round of 16 by finishing third in the group.

Italy's sluggish performance in the group stage has caused many people to criticize Sacchi, who believes that the old man who once created the "Milan dynasty" is too old to play the full strength of Italy.

Also in the first round of the zuihou match, the match between Germany and South Korea in Group C also followed the trajectory of history and caused a lot of turmoil.

It's not that there was anything wrong with the decision, but in the 75th minute of the second half, midfielder Effenberg, who played for Fiorentina, was replaced by head coach Vogtz with Helmer.

Due to the poor performance of the German team in this game, more than 10,000 German fans who were dissatisfied with the team's performance booed the "Tiger" when Effenberg left the game.

The boos from the fans seemed to infuriate Effenberg, who walked off the pitch and did not return to the dressing room directly from the players' tunnel after the manager's handshake, but rushed directly to the stands where the German fans were, smiling and extending his middle finger to the crowd!

When Effenberg's behavior was captured by the cameras and sent to the whole body through the TV signal, the fans who were sitting in the stands and in front of the TV were all furious! They called the media and television after the game, and of course the Football Association, to express their dissatisfaction with Effenberg's "insulting move".

FIFA, which has always been sluggish, also made a quick decision this time, and after carefully watching the video of the game, banned the "tiger" from participating in all the next Shijie Cup matches in Germany on the grounds that he had "insulted fans" on the field.

Effenberg is a rare handsome talent in the German national team after Schuster and Mateus, he runs aggressively, has a broad vision and a strong style of play on the field, but he also has the same problem as his predecessors - arrogance.

So when the proud Effenberg was booed by the fans in his country, the inherent pride of the tiger did not allow himself to suffer this "humiliation", and the middle finger incident happened under such circumstances.

The impact of this "middle finger incident" on Effenberg is far more than the hostility of fans, and the FIFA ban punishment is just a trivial matter, but unfortunately this happened in Germany, which emphasizes team discipline very much, even the talented player Schuster was also absent from the national team for a long time because of discord with the national team coach and the German Football Association (of course, the German team also suffered repeated failures in various major competitions in the 80s, until the rise of Mateus), The fate of the "Tiger", which is far inferior to Schuster in terms of fame and personal charm, is self-explanatory: German coach Vogts announced on the spot at a press conference after the game that Effenberg would be expelled from the German squad for the Shijie Cup in the United States, and the "Tigers'" first Shijie Cup trip ended hastily.

The subsequent punishment by the German Football Association was even more severe: in view of Stefan Effenberg's provocative and insulting behavior in the 75th minute of the match against South Korea in Group C at the 15th Shijie Cup, we announced that Eeffenberg will be permanently expelled from the national team and will never be hired!

In the original shijie, Fiorentina, where Effingberg played, would also sprinkle a handful of salt on the wounds of the German "tiger", and they also sold Effenberg to the former giant Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga for this reason, thus indirectly fulfilling Bayern Munich in the future.

But will the Florentine, which Zhuang Mingge is now in charge, make such a move? The answer, of course, is no.

To tell the truth, Effenberg's behavior was placed in 2012, when Zhuang Mingge crossed over, and at most it was criticized by the media for about half a month, think about it, in the 2010 South Africa Shijie Cup, the members of the French national team collectively "admonished" the French Football Association, and in the 2012 European Cup, Nasri insulted reporters after the game, which one was lighter than Effenberg? However, at most, their club gave an internal warning or a certain amount of fine, but they did not turn around and sell them to other teams.

Of course, not to mention the incident of Cantona kicking Crystal Palace fans that will happen in half a year, everyone knows that Ferguson and Manchester United's board of directors are looking forward to the stars and the moon and waiting for the "Manchester United King" to return from the ban.

Don't think that the fans are just cheering for their home team when they watch the game, they can do anything to disrupt the players they don't like or the away team, just to interfere with the performance of the opposing players and let their team win. If you can understand the local language, you'll find a mix of abusive and personal attacks on players on television, such as the well-known Barcelona fan throwing a pig's head at Portugal's Figo, or the Coke thrown at Artest by a Pistons fan during the '04 NBA regular season......

Therefore, when the expected "middle finger incident" occurred, Zhuang Mingge immediately called Antonioni and Kenyon, instructing them to appease Effenberg as much as possible and calm the resentment of the local fans against the Germans as much as possible.

After all, as long as the Florentine locals don't trouble the "tigers", Effenberg, who is already in an "embattled" situation, must be very willing to stay in Florence, which takes care of him a lot and is not harassed by others.

Of course, after all, Effenberg is on the stage of the Shijie Cup this time, and he also represents Fiorentina more or less, and punishment and warnings within the club are inevitable.

Zhuang Mingge, who was the "remote" commander of the incident, was staying in the spacious and shady manor of the Groz family at this time (in fact, Zhuang Mingge and Karin stayed here after the Tai, Zi, and Party gatherings), enjoying a delicious dinner with several beautiful women.

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