After the draw for the Champions League group, the managers of the other participating clubs went home, but the two managers of Louis van Gaal and Ranieri cannot just leave, because at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, the winners of last season's European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup will be in Monaco at the Stade Louis II in Monaco to challenge for the UEFA Super Cup.

In the days leading up to the game, a large number of sports media were trying to stir up the atmosphere of the UEFA Super Cup, although Ajax, who won last season's European Cup, lost a lot of blood this summer, and Fiorentina, the winner of the Cup Winners' Cup on the other side, did not have much fame, making this UEFA Super Cup a little lacking.

But it is not easy to see the many journalists who rely on the pen and the lips to eat, and with the strong and secretly encouragement of UEFA (as the main promoter of the Super Cup reform, Johansson naturally does not want to let his first reform of the European competition face failure at the beginning), and the articles that can attract the attention of fans are vividly put on the page.

What Gianni Kaida and Collini teamed up to fight against their former teammates, what Ronaldo and Davis resolved old grudges and laughed at grudges, all kinds of topics were dug up by these reporters and published in the newspapers.

Even the deeds of the head coaches of the two teams, Van Gaal and Ranieri, were put in the newspapers by this group of paparazzi, and a special title was chosen, called "Europe's top new generation coaches peak showdown".

Louis van Gaal and Ranieri are both 44 years old, barely in the range of a young manager (generally a manager under the age of 45), and both have achieved good results in recent years. The former led Ajax to the UEFA Cup and Champions League, while the latter re-emerged from the second division quagmire of Fiorentina to the Serie A and European Cup Winners' Cup double last season. So from this point of view, this report is also relatively reliable.

However, this has caused many fans of other teams to be dissatisfied, such as Real Madrid fans believe that their 40-year-old manager Baldano is also worthy of being called a top coach, and the Argentine coach first led the little-known Tenerife to a European place in previous years, and then overturned Barcelona's four-year domination of Spanish football in his first season in charge of Real Madrid.

How could the manager of the great Real Madrid not be the best in Europe?!

But the opinions of Real Madrid fans were quickly drowned out by other voices, if they only won a league title and were embarrassed to be called a top young coach, then the head coach with this name is still dissatisfied with the street, at least Blackburn head coach Dalglish and Dortmund head coach Heathfield, who also led the team to win the league title last season, should also be included, anyway, Dortmund also won two consecutive Bundesliga titles......

So, before the start of the European Super Cup, a debate about "who is the top young coach in Europe" unfolded vigorously.

Regardless of the outcome of the controversy, UEFA and the journalists achieved their goal anyway, and the newspapers increased their sales because of the controversy, and the UEFA Super Cup, which UEFA vigorously promoted, increased a lot of attention, which can be described as a great joy for all.

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August 27 is the official start of the first round of the new Serie A season, but as the defending champions, Fiorentina will obviously not be able to face the first opponent of the new league at this time, because today is also the day of the UEFA Super Cup!

Since the Stade Louis II of Monaco as the organizer can only accommodate 18,000 fans, the tickets provided to fans of both sides are only 5,000 tickets each, and the number of fans of the two teams in Monaco is definitely more than 10,000, so in addition to the fans who can buy tickets to enter the stadium to watch the live match, the fans from Florence and Amsterdam were guided by the police to the square around the Louis II Stadium, and a large screen was set up on the square. It's enough to make sure that fans who don't buy it can watch the game live directly on the big screen in the square!

In the end, the French Football Association contacted the French Ministry of Public Security and seconded a large number of police forces from nearby cities to Monaco for "reinforcements".

Fortunately, Florence and Amsterdam are not known for being football hooligans, and if they were replaced by the English or even more popular Turks, the few hundred police comrades sent by the French police to maintain order off the field may not be enough......

When the Florentina bus drove into the Louis II Stadium, the Fiorentina fans watching outside the stadium immediately let out loud cheers and cheers, this is the first time in the history of the Fiorentina club to participate in the UEFA Super Cup! For Fiorentina fans, the trophy that the team has never won before is unrivalled in their appeal.

There is a good saying: what you can't get is the most haode.

In an event like the UEFA Super Cup, winning the championship once or twice may bring a huge sense of excitement and pride to the fans, but it doesn't feel interesting to win it more than once.

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At 7:30 p.m. on the 27th, Zhuang Mingge took two ladies to the Louis II Stadium, after he had booked seats in three VIP boxes directly from the organizers of the match.

"Oh! It turned out to be Chairman Corleone! It's great to be able to watch this wonderful game with you this time! ”

Zhuang Mingge fixed his eyes and saw that it was his old acquaintance, Van Praag, the vice president of the Ajax club.

"Hehe, Manager Van Praag...... No, it's time to call you Vice President. Why are you the only one coming to watch this game this time? What about Chairman Ark? ”

"Chairman Corleone, as you know, we at Ajax are in an eventful situation right now, although thanks to your care, two excellent players on loan to us Colini and Gianni Keida helped us get out of the midfield crisis, but there are still a lot of other positions that need to be strengthened, Mr. Chairman is actively liaising with all parties, so I have to attend this game."

"That's right, if you need my help, please speak up, we in Florence will support you as much as possible." In this case, it is obviously a very good choice to make friends with Ajax and Van Praag.

"Thank you, Chairman Corleone."