Fiorentina are the envy of the crowd, and if you look at their squad, the oldest of the first team is only 29 years old, and the youngest is only 19 years old.

Future!

They represent the future!

When the Italian league is getting sluggish and all the giants are facing the embarrassing situation of aging lineups and lack of success, Fiorentina, the purple lily that has been reborn from the ashes, has completed the reform of youth.

The core player of the team, Degan, is 21 years old, and with his physical fitness and jishu characteristics, he can still fight on the court for at least fifteen years, and what does fifteen years mean, it will not take so long for a dynasty to be established to collapse and then rebuild.

At the end of last season, there were many teams who wanted to poach the corners of Fiorentina, and those young talents made many giants jealous, but in the end, only Roma succeeded, but the Gambellini who was poached by them was not the absolute main force in the Fiorentina team, at best he was an important young player.

The new season has begun, and Fiorentina's young storm has obviously become more and more violent, with Champions League qualifying, home and away defeats the Dutch powerhouse Feyenoord, and the first round of the league swept last season's Serie A dark horse Empoli 7:0.

Last season, there were also people who said that Fiorentina players were too young in age and lacked experience in the game, but looking back now, those who said those words should be silenced.

Young Guard!

Who doesn't want to have such a team, but it is not so easy to build a truly competitive Young Guard.

The Young Guards that fans are familiar with now are none other than the former white team Leeds United and Ferguson's 92 golden generation.

For Degan, what he admires most is the Leeds United Young Guards, which once caused a sensation in England, and the story of this white army began in 1998.

Of the 38 players in Leeds United's entry form at the start of the season, 17 were under 22, four were under 25, and only five were over 30. At just 18 years old, Smith has scored seven goals in nine appearances, an age structure that is enviable.

The old fox Graham made Leeds United his first team when he returned that year because he saw the youth and plasticity of the team.

The quality of the young group was astonishing, with two players playing for England Under 21, five for England Under 19 and several youngsters for the Irish national team and Northern Ireland Under 21.

Graham predicted at the time: "In three years' time, this group of players will play a major role in the England team, and Leeds United will also shake up English football." ”

In the 2000/2001 season, three years after Granham said those words, the "White Rose" from Yorkshire, England, was in full swing, and the energetic Leeds United elite made it all the way to the semi-finals of the Champions League, writing the most glorious chapter in the club's history.

After a brief period of glory, May 8, 2001, Estadio de la Mestalla, Spain. Alexis Sanchez, who scored twice, and Mendieta, who scored the icing on the cake, helped Valencia beat Leeds United 3-0, and the Champions League myth of the "Young Guard" came to an end.

If Leeds United was still regarded by the hot-headed British media as having one foot in the final after drawing 0-0 at home to Valencia in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, then the head-on attack of the "Bats" was enough to bring the flowering period of the "White Rose" to an early end.

Even so, the White Roses from England deserve respect as they emerged from the Group of Death, having been the only Premier League side to reach the last four of the Champions League that season, with their best result in the Champions League.

When Leeds United and Barcelona, AC Milan and Besiktas were in Group H, the vast majority of fans thought that the Premier League seedlings could "die of addiction", in such a group of death, the "Young Guards" had no chance of winning, and the two giants of Italy and Spain were the favorites to qualify, and Leeds United's first 0:4 defeat to Barcelona seemed to illustrate this.

However, the nightmarish start did not dampen Leeds' ambitions, and in the second group game, Bowyer's long-range strike in the 88th minute caused a low-level mistake by Dida, and with this goal, Leeds United beat AC Milan 1-0 and scored a valuable three points.

Immediately after Leeds United beat Besiktas 6:0 in the third round of the group, it was a classic, after Bowyer opened the scoring for the home team, the "White Rose" was full of firepower, and the goals of Viduka, Smith, Buck and Huckby completely collapsed the opponent's psychological defense, and Zuihou Bowyer's push in injury time drew a halt to the team's massacre.

In the next three group games, Leeds United drew three opponents in the group stage in a row and successfully qualified for the second stage of the group stage.

In the second group group, Leeds United are in Group D with Real Madrid, Anderlecht and Lazio, and the life of O'Leary's team is better than the first group, but Lazio is still a difficult bone to gnaw.

In the opening game of the group, Real Madrid gave Leeds United a 2:0 defeat, but the "Young Guards" quickly adjusted their state and narrowly defeated Lazio 1:0 in the second round with Smith's stunner.

Next facing the "point ambassador" Anderlecht, Leeds United will certainly not let go of the opportunity, in the first meeting with the Belgian powerhouse, they relied on the goals of Hart and Bowyer to win 2:1 after conceding a goal; In the second leg of the encounter between the two teams, Leeds United won 4:1 and won three consecutive victories.

In the fifth round of the away challenge to Real Madrid, Leeds United lost 2:3 to the opponent, and in the final round of the group, O'Leary's team played a high score of 3:3 with Lazio, and finally relied on three wins, one draw and two losses to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Champions League 1/4 finals, Leeds United and Deportivo La Coruna met in a narrow way, in the first leg of the battle between the two sides, the "Young Guards" decided the battle, Hart, Smith and Ferdinand's goals made the home team win 3:0, and the British media's comments after the game were concise: Leeds United's boys have grown beards, and they are more mature.

Although they lost 0:2 in the second game, Leeds United still reached the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 3:2.

However, in the end, the White Rose failed to break through the Iberian team's encirclement twice in a row, and Valencia put an end to Leeds United's forward pace, and the legend of the white coat came to an abrupt end.

However, in that season's Champions League, Leeds United used actions to interpret what it means to be a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and the miracle journey of the Champions League also made many young talents in the team famous, and thus started the glorious road of their careers.

That season, Leeds United had a strong record in the Champions League, and Leeds United in the Premier League were also far behind, finishing fourth behind Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.

The following 2001/2002 season was a brilliant Zuihou for Leeds United. In the summer of 2001, Fowler and Robbie were introduced in succession. After Keane, Leeds United's input reached an astonishing level.

From 1995 to 2001, the total investment of the team in the transfer market reached 126.08 million pounds, but in the past seven years, the "White Rose" earned only 45.995 million pounds from the sale of players, and its transfer deficit was as high as 80.09 million pounds. The most important thing is that Leeds United's high investment has not been rewarded with high returns, and at the end of the season, Newcastle United were squeezed out of the top four in the Premier League, and financial problems have also become an important factor plaguing the team. It is no exaggeration to say that the 2001/2002 season was a turning point in the decline of Leeds United.

In the 2002/2003 season, the wise head coach David Brown. Ollie retreated and handed over the mess behind him to Venables, who was powerless to control the "Young Guard" as internal strife grew.

In the middle of the season, despite the change of manager, no one was able to pinch the team together. Leeds United's results in the Premier League plummeted that season, with them narrowly relegated in 15th place, and the team's problems began to surface.

At the beginning of the 2003/2004 season, Colwill, Bowyer, Martin, Woodgate, Duckett, Duckett, Fowler and other famous players left the team, and the departure of many stars caused Leeds United's strength to suffer a serious setback. In a whole season, Leeds United have only won eight games, and the "White Rose" are 19th in the table with 33 points, and relegation is inevitable.

After the relegation, Leeds United did not have the capital to retain the stars in the team, and players such as Viduka, Mills, Robinson, Smith, Hart and other players left the team for their own futures.

In the first season of the new century in the Championship, Leeds United only finished 14th, and after the season, South African defender Radebey, who had played for the "White Rose" for 11 years, announced his retirement, and the team lost the anchor in the backline.

Leeds United's nightmare lasted until last season, completely accepting euthanasia, due to poor financial situation, Leeds United was heavily fined by the FA with a 10-point deduction before the season began, plus new manager Denis Brown. Wise failed to complete the team run-in as soon as possible, and the fate of the "Young Guards" relegation was already sealed.

Leeds United won just 13 games throughout the season, and finally ended their Championship campaign as 'vice-captain' and fell into League One.

Leeds United's young guards, who were heavily indebted due to the purchase of star players, have gone from being the initiators of the youth storm to becoming "fallen angels", from the Premier League to the Championship to League One, the White Rose has withered and fallen in a decade and has been forgotten in an inconspicuous corner.

A glass of wine, a glass of wine, a ten-year rain in the rivers and lakes, today's Leeds United has long since changed its appearance in the wash of time, but people will still remember the shining names of Viduka, Ferdinand, Duckett, Smith, and the conquest of the white-clad "Young Guard" in the Champions League, although they are no longer in the center of the stage, although their stories are so far away that they are like a dream. Even, those memories don't need to be awakened at all, they are always extremely clear.

Digan doesn't want his team to be synonymous with Leeds United's short-livedness, what he wants is conquest, complete conquest, and Fiorentina today have a greener age structure than Leeds United back then, and they have more potential.

In Degan's jihua, Fiorentina will not be emulated by Leeds United, who briefly flaunted their charm, but by the more charismatic Ferguson class of '92.

What is now commonly referred to as Manchester United's 92 golden generation, Ferguson's children, is generally referring to the youth team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1992.

At that time, Manchester United's 1992 youth team was full of talent and superstars, which can be said to be rare in history. At that time, the coach of Manchester United's youth team was Harrison, and the players were: goalkeeper Kevin Brown. Pilkington, the defender is Gary. Neville, John. O'Kahn, Chris. Casper, George. Swaitzer, the avant-garde is Ryan Giggs, David. David Beckham, Nicky. Bart, Simon. Davis, Colin. McGee, Gillespie, and the striker is Ben. Thornley, Robbie. Savage, Raphael. Booker, Andy. Norn, Richard. Ilvin, Jovan. Korovsky.

Of course, the class of 92 that people are talking about now also includes Philip who joined the team later. Neville and Scholes.

The teenager in the class of 92, who later became the backbone of Manchester United, included David Beckham, the Neville brothers, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Bart.

They created the first wave of glory for Ferguson's Manchester United, with three consecutive titles, trebles and a Champions League title. Ferguson's children won unimaginable achievements and glory that year.

Of course, Digan can't be counted on, Fiorentina, whose heritage and fame cannot be compared with AC Milan, will start from scratch and discover a group of young people from the youth team to dominate shijie football.

What Deegan wants is to follow the model of Leeds United and achieve the same success as Manchester United, and for two consecutive summers, Fiorentina has been in the transfer market, according to Degan's requirements, buying young talents, and gradually growing into a young guard force that can shake the hegemony of any giant.

If last season was just a warning, then this season is when the storm officially hits, the Fiorentina Youth Guard led by Degan has to destroy all the opponents in front of them, Empoli is just Fiorentina's whole season to start the money, sacrifice the flag, the real opponent should be a giant team like AC Milan.

What will be the level of the Florentine Young Guard?

Deegan doesn't want to predict!

All he knew was that the Purple Lily would overtake the White Rose and go after the Red Devils!