Chapter 30: The Battle of Meacha (I)

After getting Carnevale, Zhuang Mingge continued to take Karin around Italy to see if he could find some "stars" and told them to go to Qatar to play.

Under the lobbying of Zhuang Mingge, Paulo Rossi, winner of the Golden Boot and Golden Ball Award of the 1982 Shijie Cup, announced that he would join Qatar Al Arabi Club to promote the "development of football" in the region;

Fervio Colovati, the 1982 Shijie Cup winners, also joined Al Arabi alongside Paolo Rossi, who was offered a two-year, $2 million contract.

Time always flies, when the Italian players are "working hard", in a blink of an eye, it is the second leg of the Coppa Italia quarterfinals, and the whole Fiorentina team will go north to the Meazza Stadium to challenge the traditional Italian giants Inter Milan.

In the first leg, Fiorentina beat Inter Milan 1-0 thanks to a goalmouth strike from Filipe Inzaghi on the cheers of 45,000 home fans.

Before the start of this game, Inter Milan was not in good form in Serie A, having gone four games without a win and falling down the rankings, Inter Milan manager Osvaldo Banogli was anxious, but fortunately the team performed well in the League Cup, which was able to retain his position.

Since this match is related to whether Fiorentina can advance to the next round, Zhuang Mingge also put down the affairs at hand and took Karin to the VIP box of the scheduled Haode Meazza Stadium.

Originally built on August 1, 1925 and completed on September 15, 1926, the Meazza Stadium has undergone three expansions, one of which was made to host the 1990 Shijie Cup, expanding the stadium's capacity to 85,000 people.

The Estadio Meazza is a stadium jointly owned by AC Milan and Inter Milan, and the stadium is named in honor of Italy's legendary goalscorer Giuseppe Meazza, but due to the rivalry between the two Milanese and Meazza himself's "identity" as Inter, AC Milan fans usually call the stadium by its previous name, San Siro.

"Hello, Chairman Corleone." As soon as Zhuang Mingge stepped into the VIP box, he heard an old man's voice, and his tone was quite arrogant.

"Hello, Chairman Pellegrini." Zhuang Mingge nodded to the old man sitting in the box, and pulled Karin, who had a "signature smile", to sit on the other side of the VIP box.

But Pellegrini obviously didn't want to let go of Zhuang Mingge so easily: "Fiorentina have played really well this season, and after a large-scale rebuild, they can actually rank at the top of the second division...... By the way, Chairman Corleone, which team do you think has a better chance of winning this game? ”

When Zhuang Mingge heard this, he just smiled and didn't make a sound, but he couldn't help but scold in his heart: Pellegrini, an old bastard, do you still want me to say that your team will lose?

Seeing that Zhuang Mingge was silent, Pellegrini looked even more proud, chattering to himself: "Zeng Jia is the holder of the Shijie Cup record for no goals conceded, Toldo is too young to be stable enough; Bergomi's defense line is also first-class in Serie A, by the way, Fiorentina's defensive line is also first-class, but it is a Serie B level ...... "In short, the implication is how strong Inter Milan's various positions are, and the current Fiorentina is not the opponent of this Inter Milan team at all."

Zhuang Mingge sneered in his heart: If it weren't for last week's midweek game, your Inter Milan eliminated the Premier League team Norwich to enter the quarterfinals of the League Cup, just Inter Milan's current Serie A four consecutive rounds of winless is enough to make you upset, wait and see, I remember very clearly, in Serie A, Inter Milan from the 21st round of this season to the end of the 93-94 season only won two games, Zuihou's points are only one point above the relegation line...... If my little butterfly doesn't know when to accidentally flap her wings and make your Inter Milan lose one more game, then you can find someone to take the Nerazzurri to play in the second division next season.

Zhuang Mingge, who calmed down a little, decided to ignore the smug "Mr. President", and motioned Karin to turn on the TV in front of him so that he could watch the performance of the players on the field up close, and then the two put on headphones together to listen to the commentary.

"Good afternoon, friends from the audience, this is Italian national television, I am the commentator of this game, Rao, and I will explain the second leg of the Coppa Italia, which was unfortunately relegated last season by Fiorentina away to Inter Milan."

"With Inter Milan only losing one goal in the first leg, I don't think Barnogli wants to throw in early in this game...... Oh, and Barnogli set up a four-four-two: the goalkeeper was the veteran Walter Zenga, and the defenders from left to right were Antonio Paganin, Ricardo Ferry, Sergio Batistini and Bergomi; In midfield, Nicola Berti and Alejandro Bianchi split the pitch, with Manikone and Wim Jonk partnering in the middle; The forward line consists of Dennis Bergkamp "The Ice Prince" and Ruben Sousa "The Greycat".

Let's take a look at Fiorentina's line-up for this match: goalkeeper Francisco Toldo, left wing-back Gianluca Pexoto, right-back Alessandro Billindelly, centre-back combination of Aldo Filicano and Marc Iuliano; Luigi Di Biagio, Stefan Effenberg and Massimo Kripa started together, with Di Biagio playing a little further back and playing as a midfielder...... Fiorentina still adhere to the habit of not having a full-time full-back since the start of the season; Up front, Gabriel Batistuta plays as a central striker, teenager Filip Inzaghi roams behind Barty in search of the back of the net, and Yuri Djokaeff in Zuihou connects the midfield, and the Frenchman has been relegated to a midfield ...... after joining Fiorentina.

'Both sides were the main players in this game, and it seems that the two managers Barnogli and Ranieri are very serious about this game. Here's a quick look at the recent performances of both sides, with Fiorentina leading the Serie B so far, with 18 wins, three draws, four defeats and 39 points from their 25 league games and a 19-match unbeaten run in the second division.

Inter Milan, on the other hand, have been in poor form of late, having knocked out Premier League side Norwich City in the UEFA Cup last week to reach the quarter-finals, but Inter Milan are on a four-game winless run in Serie A and Bergkamp have been disappointing in the league......

At this time, the on-site commentator of the Meazza Stadium also began to introduce the list of players on both sides, and what Zhuang Mingge heard was more of a tsunami response from the fans...... The showdown on the pitch is finally about to begin!

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