Chapter 18: Feyenoord

Fiorentina's Champions League qualifier opponent Feyenoord, when people think of the Eredivisie, Ajax first comes to mind, and then Eindhoven, Feyenoord is always the one who is easy to be the man of the past.

In the Netherlands, Feyenoord is known as the big three of Dutch football together with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, although since the 80s and 90s of the last century, Feyenoord has won the league title less times than the latter two, but it is undeniable that the only one who can compete with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie is Feyenoord.

Since the club's inception in 1908, they have won 14 Eredivisie titles, 10 Dutch Cups and two UEFA Cups, as well as becoming the first Dutch team to lift the European Cup in 1970.

In 1908, Feyenoord was founded by two young men who played football, Feyenoord was nothing more than the name of one of their neighbours.

On July 19, 1908, they gathered in a bar in Rotterdam to form the football club, which they named Wilhelmina, from a local church that the Queen of the Netherlands named after herself.

The name of the club was changed twice after that, and in 1912 they finally decided to change the name to Feyenoord. They played in the Dutch league in their first year and 16 years later won the first Dutch league title in the club's history.

In the years that followed, Feyenoord won the league and the Dutch Cup, but most memorably on 6 May 1970, they became the first Dutch side to dominate Europe by beating Scottish Celtic in Milan to win the European Cup.

In front of 25,000 Dutch fans, Feyenoord beat the Scottish champions 2-1 at the San Siro with a goal in the 117th minute of extra time.

The next day, thousands of Dutch fans cheered their heroes all the way back to the Netherlands from Milan to the Netherlands, the only Champions League won by Feyenoord.

After entering the new century, in the Champions League, Feyenoord was more often just playing the role of accompanying the prince to study, but today, Fiorentina want to let them lose even this qualification.

The Stadio Franki was already buzzing, and after going through that darkest period, Fiorentina is back at the top of European club competitions once again. Affair.

Who doesn't want to see this historic moment in person, and who doesn't want to see their team in the Champions League again.

Boom!

Deegan slammed the locker room door shut, then looked at his teammates who were taken aback by him, and suddenly smiled: "Don't mind, guys! I just want to calm everyone's fanatical brains, nothing else! ”

Calm down!

Fiorentina really need to be calm now, the excellent results in the warm-up games have made them look a little impetuous these days, Deegan can see it, Prandelli can also see it, if in the past, Prandelli would have stepped up and let his teammates regain their composure, but now that he has Degan, he naturally doesn't need to bother with everything, and Degan has that ability, while cooling the heads of his teammates, he can also stimulate everyone's fighting potential.

"The enemy has come to the door!" Degan smiled easily, but in the next second, his face suddenly became hideous, "But you give me the feeling that this team from the Netherlands is not worth mentioning." ”

The teammates were stunned, and then thought carefully in their hearts, it is undeniable that Feyenoord, the opponent, was indeed not taken seriously by them.

In particular, Feyenoord's head coach Erwin. Koeman also took the initiative to show weakness in the pre-match press conference: "Fiorentina are a very strong team, they have a lot of good players, especially Digan, he is an unbelievable player, this game will be very difficult for us, we are ready to accept any result!" ”

Look at what people say, it is clearly holding a flag and shouting: The slogan of begging for light abuse!

But Deegan and Prandley saw through this guy's heart, liver, spleen, stomach and kidneys at a glance, and there was a bad heart hidden in the soft words!

Irwin. Coman clearly intends to fool the whole Fiorentina team, and then he will take advantage of the left-handed fisherman!

Fiorentina is indeed strong, but it is not strong enough to ignore the existence of Feyenoord, and they are also one of the three giants of the Eredivisie.

Of course, if it weren't for the captain's point of view, he needed to use some means to calm down his teammates and face today's opponent, and Degan didn't take Feyenoord seriously.

Prandelli had already been given the Feyenoord line-up for this game, and Deegan had seen it once, and there were really no acquaintances other than Charlisteas on the front line.

Charlistias's goal rate has not been high, but if you ignore him, you will definitely be unlucky, in the 2004 European Championship Greece miraculously won the championship, Charlisteas is the biggest hero, his three goals are all key: in the group stage, his goal helped Greece draw 1:1 with Spain; In the quarter-finals, his goal helped the team eliminate France 1-0; It was his goal in the final that allowed Greece to defeat the host Portugal 1:0 and finally win the cup. Charlistias himself, who was selected for the best team of the tournament, was hailed as a national hero by Greek fans.

There's an interesting story that happened before the European Championships, when Charlie Steas, who was playing for Bremen in the Bundesliga, made a bet with his teammates: If Greece can reach the final of the European Championship, I will hang up my boots.

In the end, the Greek team not only reached the final, but also won the cup, and Charlesteauas's bet became a beautiful and sweet joke.

The 191cm tall Charlie Steias has an incomparable advantage in the forward line, and what is even more valuable is that he also has a very haode bounce, which makes him often a nightmare for opposing defenders. When the team is passively defending, he can return to help his teammates, and when the team is counterattacking, he can actively return to the gap of the opponent's defense, jumping high in the crowd, seeing the mountains at a glance, and killing with one blow.

Digan didn't want that to happen, and he didn't want Fiorentina to become one of those megalomaniacs who were eliminated at Euro 2004 for belittling their opponents.

"Guys! Don't forget how we got this qualification, if you just want to show your face in the Champions League, you can say it now, I think the coach will put you on the bench and put a place in the most visible position for you to make sure that the cameras are there all the time, but if you remember what I said to you before, then when we get on the pitch, we have to fight from the first second. ”

"Erwin. Koeman is deliberately showing weakness, he wants us to take his team lightly enough so that they have a chance to stab us in the heart when we are careless, so what do we do? ”

"Tell them, fuck it, we're going to turn their little hope into despair! We have to control the game from the first second and let the coach teach him how brutal football really is! ”

The Fiorentina players listened quietly, feeling their blood burning, this was their first game of the new season, and as Digan said, it would be a great start, and there was no room for mistakes in a great start.

Prandelli was very happy with everything that happened in the dressing room and he now felt that it was a genius decision to give the captain's armband to Degan, with whom he didn't need to bother combing through the dressing room at all, because Deegan could do everything for him.

UEFA staff came to inform them, and when it was time to play, Deegan packed his gear, walked to the door, and pushed the door open with all his might, and the cheers of the mountains and tsunamis outside poured in like huge waves.

"Listen to the shouts of the fans, they are here today to see their beloved team back on the pitch at the highest level, we have no choice but to win, let's go! Guys, let's go kick those enemies in the ass and tell them whose territory this is! ”

The Fiorentina players, who were almost beastly stimulated by Digan, jumped up one by one, shouted and rushed out, and Prandelli watched from behind, laughing and saying to his assistant Antonelli: "See? That's Ruder Finn's true value! ”

Antonelli also smiled: "That kid was born to be a leader!" ”

Prandley nodded, "That's right! It's Fiorentina's luck, but it's also my luck, and it's only now that I've found out how easy it is to be a manager. ”

It's time to play, in the players' tunnel, the Feyenoord players looked at the opponent standing next to them, all of them were full of doubts, and the momentum exuded by the opponent gave them the feeling that it was not a football stadium to be boarded later, but a gladiatorial arena in ancient Rome.

The Fiorentina players were gladiators, sharpened their knives and guns, ready to go on a killing spree at any time.

Feyenoord's captain Vlaar couldn't help but worry that just now in the dressing room, their head coach Erwin Fernandes. Koeman is still saying that he should take advantage of the opponent's underestimation to break the deadlock first, and then use defense to fight for victory, but looking at the appearance of these opponents now, will they really underestimate the enemy?

Vlaar was a little unconfident in his heart!

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