Chapter 1242: Busy December (10)

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Although Sun Jihai's election as the All-Star Vote King caused dissatisfaction among some fans, the election of an Asian player as the Serie A All-Star Vote King has also become a good gimmick for the Italian Football Association to publicize externally, and it has indeed attracted the attention of many people. After all, people are always curious about things that don't make sense.

Of course, it's okay to do this once in a while. After all, although the Italian Football Federation has been following the example of the NBA across the ocean and trying to promote the commercialization of Serie A, it also does not want to treat everything as a business like the NBA. Therefore, in some matters, such as the final ownership of the all-star ticket king, the Italian Football Association still hopes to be more reasonable, and try not to appear Sun Jihai, a ticket king who was deliberately brushed out by domestic fans.

I believe that the Italian Football Federation, which has learned enough lessons from the holding of this All-Star Game, may not make such a mistake next time, and they will definitely find a way to avoid this situation from happening again in the voting system.

But these are all later words, for Celestial Empire fans, when they learned that Sun Jihai was elected as the All-Star vote king and will represent the World Stars United as a starter, this Serie A All-Star Game is the festival they are most looking forward to in December, even more than their attention to the NBA!

Not to mention the fact that there is a huge gap in the impact of football and basketball itself, and the Houston Rockets, the Little Giant's team, have also had a fairly average season season, and Van Gundy's conservative and dull style of play is even more tiresome. In contrast, although Sun Jihai is only a substitute in Fiorentina, the purple lily is a well-deserved European hegemon, and Zambrotta is the first choice of Fiorentina and the Italian national team at right wingback! Sun Jihai can serve as Zambrotta's first substitute in such a powerful club, doesn't it show his strength?

Moreover, compared with the little giant who was only a rookie in the NBA and did not win any outstanding honors, Sun Jihai, who has played for Fiorentina for many years, is far superior to the other party in terms of team honors. Among other things, Fiorentina's victory in the new century, the Big Ears Cup, which symbolizes the highest honor of European clubs, is enough to overshadow the Rockets, who have not reached the playoffs in the last four years and have only won two championships since the team's founding.

What's more, the football craze brought by the 02 World Cup has not completely subsided in the Celestial Empire at this time, and the fans of the Celestial Empire have not yet experienced the dark period in their previous lives that made many of them give up supporting their own football. Coupled with the fact that CCTV began to broadcast the Serie A league in the early nineties of the last century, the fans of the Celestial Empire have a high degree of recognition of Serie A, so at this time, the influence of football and the Serie A league in the Celestial Empire is far from relying on the NBA, which is the first champion of the Celestial Empire in history, to squeeze into the public eye.

Due to the huge difference in influence between the two sports, football and basketball, and the stark contrast between Sun Jihai and Yao Ming, it is only natural that Celestial Empire fans will pay more attention to Serie A and the upcoming Serie A All-Star Game.

For this situation, NBA commissioner David Stern is naturally very worried. Determined to globalize the NBA, he finally used the influence of Jordan and Yao Ming to open up the Chinese market, but he was still easily defeated by football, the world's No. 1 sport. At this moment, Stern is most fortunate that the Serie A All-Star game date did not collide with the NBA All-Star Game, otherwise it is really unknown how many viewers Yao Ming's signature can attract to the NBA. But these are all digressions, and that's all there is to it.

The news that Sun Jihai was selected into the first Serie A All-Star starting lineup and was elected as the vote king greatly stimulated the promotion of Serie A in the Celestial Empire market, and many new fans who had just begun to pay attention to football paid attention to the Serie A league and the Fiorentina club that Sun Jihai played for, and took this opportunity to become a loyal fan of Serie A and Fiorentina.

It is precisely for this reason that many manufacturers of the Celestial Empire, who have smelled huge business opportunities, have taken the initiative to contact the Italian Football Federation and Fiorentina, hoping to reach a strategic partnership with them or sign a sponsorship contract, so as to take this opportunity to enhance their popularity and expand their market share in the country.

According to incomplete statistics, after Sun Jihai was elected as the All-Star vote king, the Italian Football Federation had to open two additional large rooms, and at the same time sent commissioners to reply to letters from manufacturers and fans of these Celestial Dynasties. Otherwise, it is unknown whether the Italian Football Federation will be able to work properly.

For this kind of enterprise that takes the initiative to send money to the door, the Italian Football Federation and Fiorentina will naturally not make more excuses. However, being part of their sponsor army requires a very careful vetting process. After all, no one wants to ruin their hard-earned reputation and reputation because of a little money.

After the final voting results of the All-Star starting line-up were announced, the bench line-up voted for by the managers of the 18 Serie A teams this season was also released at the same time. As the dominant player in Italian football for the past decade, Fiorentina, who are at the top of the table this season, are the biggest winners.

With both the starting and substitute lists announced, Fiorentina has as many as 11 players selected for the inaugural Serie A All-Star Game. They are Vieri, Inzaghi, Pirlo, Albertini, Nesta, Zambrotta, Buffon, Barak, Robert Carlos, Stam and Sun Jihai.

With a quarter of the 44 players in the Serie A All-Star Game (22 players from each team), Fiorentina has an impact on the fan base and professionals alike.

It would be added here that although Sun Jihai's selection was questioned by many, the players did not express any doubts about it in the Fiorentina team. After all, no matter what, Sun Jihai is Florence's "own person", and Ballack is happy to have one more teammate who has enough tacit understanding with them and is not bad at all. What's more, it could also increase their say in the All-Star Game and allow Zeman to take their opinions more seriously when laying out the lineup.

So, since there are so many benefits, why should they oppose Sun Jihai's shortlisting?