Chapter 570: Revisiting Japan

PS: I didn't see the message, so forget about the book friend group~

With this draw and Real Madrid's unexpected defeat on the other field, defending champions Fiorentina secured the top spot in the group one round earlier!

Real Madrid was really miserable, they still led Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 five minutes before the end of the game, but unfortunately at the last moment, the spiritual leader of the pharmaceutical factory and the big brother Kirsten stepped up, and two shots in five minutes pierced the ten fingers of compatriot Ilgner, leading Leverkusen to complete a wonderful comeback!

After this round of matches, Fiorentina secured the top spot in the group with 11 points from three wins and two draws, Bayer Leverkusen is second with six points, and Liverpool and Real Madrid are tied for third with five points.

This means that Bayer Leverkusen only need to win the last group game, and then Real Madrid and Liverpool will have to face the reality of being eliminated in the group stage even if they are divided between the winners and losers in each other's battles.

This situation is extremely alarming to Real Madrid fans, because it reminds them of the scene two years ago, when Fiorentina and Real Madrid were also placed in the same group, and the final result was that Real Madrid were eliminated in the final round by Rangers and Fiorentina.

This time, it should be, probably, probably, maybe not in the same situation as it was two years ago, right? This is what Real Madrid fans thought after learning about the team's current qualifying form.

Considering that there was no unpleasantness between Fiorentina and Fiorentina on and off the field this time (many people believe that Fiorentina deliberately lost to Rangers two years ago and pitted Real Madrid in the group stage because of a malicious collision by Sanches on Barty), many Real Madrid fans and pro-Real Madrid media are calling loudly, hoping that Fiorentina can carry forward the spirit of fair play and never release water in the final round of the group stage.

Zhuang Mingge has always been quite uninterested in this kind of request - in his opinion, football games are all about their own abilities, and what is the matter with always relying on others in life and death? Besides, we Fiorentina have now locked up the top spot in the group, and how to play the last game will have to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. If you think about it, Bayer Leverkusen, who are desperate to make a name for themselves in European football, will be desperate in the final round of games, driven by the idea of "win and qualify".

Fiorentina don't have to play for Real Madrid without any benefits.

However, Zhuang Mingge also knew that his thoughts could not be directly told to the outside, otherwise he would have to cause an uproar in European football. Therefore, he sent Kenyon, who is good at handling interpersonal relationships, to hold a brief press conference, saying that Fiorentina will take every game seriously and there will be no passive slacking in the game......

All in all, Zhuang Mingge's purpose is to appease the two clubs of Liverpool and Real Madrid, so that they are always chirping with themselves on the side, affecting the state of the Fiorentina players.

After the match at Anfield, the Fiorentina team did not return to Italy, but flew directly to Tokyo, Japan on a special plane provided by Qatar Airways. As everyone knows, Fiorentina's local tyrant's move is envious of Liverpool's players: you must know that they sometimes take the train to play away games on the European continent.

As for the staff in charge of market development and logistics, they had already flown to Tokyo to make preliminary preparations when the team went to Liverpool to play the game.

The Japan Football Association (JFA) would like to extend a warm welcome to Fiorentina, especially Zhuang Mingge's return visit, and the two sides have had a very pleasant cooperation in the field of football in the past few years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mutually beneficial relationship. Coupled with the relationship of Japanese fans, after all, Fiorentina, as the hegemon of Europe, has much more influence in this part of the group than Cruzeiro.

Therefore, compared to the Copa Libertadores champion Cruzeiro who came all the way from Brazil, the realistic Japanese Football Association will naturally give more care and preferential treatment to the Fiorentina side before the game, and the Japanese fans who worship advanced European football have wrapped the surroundings of the Tokyo National Stadium like Fiorentina's home stadium in the past few days. While it made Cruzeiro feel extremely unhappy and even protested to the tournament organizers, it also made the Fiorentina players happy as they were trying to beat the jet lag - this support from the Japanese fans gave them a bit of a feeling of playing at home.

In the past few days before the start of the Toyota Cup, in addition to the Japanese Football Association handling various matters step by step, its Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi also avoided the paparazzi's attention one night, quietly appeared in the hotel where Florence was staying, and walked into Zhuang Mingge's room.

"Good evening, it's been a long time, Chairman Kawabuchi." Zhuang Mingge, who had already learned the news of Chuan Yuan's visit from Kenyon, pretended to shake hands warmly with the other party and let the other party into the door, "I don't know what Mr. Chairman is visiting late at night, what are you doing?" ”

Although Zhuang Mingge knew the purpose of Saburo Kawabuchi's visit, it was impossible for him to break this kind of thing, so he still had to do superficial work.

"That's right, Chairman Corleone." Walking into the presidential suite where Zhuang Mingge was staying, finding a seat and sitting down, Saburo Kawabuchi said very respectfully, "I came to visit you this time, first of all, to express my sincere gratitude to you, thank you for bringing our players to the stage of European football. ”

Although Zhuang Mingge never made it clear what he did, Saburo Kawabuchi knew in his heart that the other party played a huge role in these two transfer transactions.

As a top domestic giant, why can Anderlecht, who is not well-known in Europe, fall in love with Shunsuke Nakamura, who is not well-known in Europe? And not because Andracht is a satellite club of Fiorentina in Belgium!

As for Hidetoshi Nakata, the leader of the new generation of Japanese football, not to mention, being able to join Parma, a strong team ranked best in Serie A, to say that Zhuang Mingge has not contributed, it is estimated that he doesn't even believe in ghosts.

You must know that when the Japanese Football Association went to Italy for the first time to promote players, no one was willing to take care of them when they begged their grandfathers and grandmothers everywhere, and almost all Serie A teams thought that it was just a football desert, and what good players could be produced?

Chira Miura? What's that? If it weren't for the face of the large sponsorship fee, ** would not have let this guy who took up the foreign aid quota enter the door of the club at all.

Therefore, just by operating Shunsuke Nakamura and Hidetoshi Nakata to Europe, it is enough to make the Japanese Football Association headed by Saburo Kawabuchi grateful to Zhuang Mingge.

Of course, this also made Saburo Kawabuchi and the Japanese Football Association more determined to hold Zhuang Mingge's big thick legs.