Chapter 1219: Another Strong Enemy

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When the news of Fiorentina's draw away from home to Ajax spread across the continent through the media, almost all the general managers and managers of the teams breathed a long sigh of relief in their hearts - thankfully, this Fiorentina team is not strong enough to compete for the title on multiple fronts at the same time, they still have weaknesses and shortcomings, and they can be defeated by other teams.

For those who lived through the dynastic era established by Fiorentina in European football in the mid-to-late 90s of the last century, the last thing they want is to see Fiorentina, whose dominance began to decline after the aging of the duo of Redondo and Effenberg, become an invincible team that is difficult to defeat. After all, no one wants to be a foil to someone else all the time, and it's always the same team.

And the media obviously will not ignore the easy to let go of this game that has attracted countless people's attention at this time, and they have picked up the pen and praised all the Ajax players who have played in the game, especially Ibrahimovic, who scored a world-class goal in the game, has become the object of media praise.

As a result, in such a public opinion environment, Ibrahimovic's popularity has achieved another leap, successfully surpassing teammates such as Van der Vaart and Sneijder, and becoming the hottest new star in European football at the moment!

According to reliable sources, after this game, a number of big clubs, including Juventus and Inter Milan, have asked Ajax about Ibrahimovic's price, trying to preemptively recruit the talented new star to strengthen their own strength, and by the way, they can also hit other competitors.

In the face of inquiries and tentative offers from all sides, Ajax has been very calm, and they have very calmly told all the clubs who come to inquire that Ibrahimovic is not for sale and is not for sale. Of course, no one takes Ajax's reply seriously. Because they all know that in this day and age, it is impossible for Ajax, who are in the Eredivisie, a second-rate league in Europe, to retain a young man like Ibrahimovic with superstar potential.

Ajax's executives, who have been involved in the reselling of players for many years, are not short-sighted, they have long set their sights on next summer's European Championships, and plan to wait until the European Championships are over, and then decide whether to put Ibrahimovic on the shelves according to the actual situation.

I have to say that Ajax's calculation of waiting for the price to sell is really very shrewd. If Ibrahimovic performs well at next summer's European Championships, then Ajax can sell him for a higher price and thus make more money; And if Ibrahimovic does not perform well at the European Championships, then the Swedes, who are already in the mood to leave, may change his mind and choose to stay, and Ajax's results next season are guaranteed.

After all, despite Ajax's world-famous star factory, it takes a long time and a little luck to develop a player.

Although the winning streak was ended by the Ajax man, the Fiorentina were not discouraged by the draw and were preparing seriously for the weekend's game against Sampdoria under the leadership of Heynckes. The reason why the Fiorentina players seem so calm is that most of them have a lot of experience and a strong ability to self-regulate, and they don't take this draw too seriously; On the other hand, because Fiorentina still occupy the top spot in Group B, and the other three teams in the same group are in the group, there is a certain gap between the points and the purple lily, and a draw will not have much impact on Fiorentina's qualification situation.

In this way, the Fiorentina players, who had adjusted their mentality and came out of the shadow of being held to a draw by their opponents at the last moments, arrived on the afternoon of October 26. Then, at ten o'clock in the evening, they had a fierce battle with Sampdoria, the local snake here!

With the behind-the-scenes boss Berezovski no longer pouring large sums of money into the club, but instead learning from Udinese and starting to see Sampdoria as a lucrative business, the Seablue lost a lot of blood in the past summer, and their strength also fell sharply.

Sampdoria fans are depressed about this change in their own owners, but they can only choose to accept the reality - after all, in any case, the team is in a much better situation now than it was in the Mantovani Junior era, and although it is not out of the league title, it will definitely not fall into the relegation zone. If you're lucky enough to buy one or two talented new stars, and the other players play a little harder, you might even be able to take a spin on the European stage.

Sampdoria fans who lived through the dark times of Mantovani Jr. are still fairly satisfied. Although the team has been reduced to the middle level of Serie A, they still have no doubts and dissatisfaction with Berezovsky's decisions.

In the face of such a declining Sampdoria team with insufficient tacit understanding, although the Fiorentina players were a little tired because of the two games in a week and consecutive away games, they still won a 1-0 victory at the Ferraris Stadium with their absolute advantage in strength, and led the Serie A standings this season with seven wins!

Fiorentina's narrow win away to Sampdoria forced the bricks who had been singing about the purple lily before the game to keep their mouths shut. Although Fiorentina only won by one goal in this game, the Purple Lily had the absolute upper hand on the field, and the number of shots on goal was more than three times that of the opponent!

If it weren't for the poor goal luck of the Fiorentina players led by Vieri that night, and the ball shot was either saved by the opponent's goalkeeper or out of the goal, then by the end of the game, the score on the field would definitely not stay at a mere 1-0, I am afraid that the door of Sampdoria would have been shot into a sieve by Vieri.

After the win over Sampdoria, the players who returned to Fiorentina were disbanded on the spot at the behest of Heynckes, and the experienced German coach decided to give the players a day off to rest and adjust. After all, Fiorentina's next game won't be played until next weekend, and with Juventus being a formidable arch-rival, the Germans will have to be doubly careful.

And so, after a week of preparation and training, the Fiorentina players at the Stadio Franqui had their first match in November. The opponent is Juventus, the Bianconeri led by the silver fox Lippi!