For this game against Dynamo Zagreb, Ranieri did not think that his opponent would cause him much trouble.

Poor logistics supply, backward tactical thinking, and rapidly declining player quality... As long as Fiorentina performs normally, there is no possibility of losing.

Therefore, in this game, Ranieri replaced a large number of substitutes and young players, leaving only a few main players to support the team.

Fans of Dynamo Zagreb are also very clear about the current situation of the team. They know that when they meet Florence from Serie A, the hope of advancing to the next round is shattered. Therefore, this time they are watching the game with the attitude of appreciating the performances of both sides.

When Zagreb players got the ball, all the fans cheered him; when Fiorentina attacked, there was no booing in the stadium.

It’s not that no miracles will happen, but when the strength gap between the two sides reaches a considerable level, the probability of a miracle will be reduced to an infinite extent.

Obviously, in this game, Dynamo Zagreb did not receive the favor of the goddess of luck. They were beaten by Fiorentina in the game and had no power to fight back.

Effenberg's pass like a scalpel, Djokav's sharp breakthrough, and Lanner tirelessly ran back between the two bottom lines...

Batistuta's power and impact were also fully revealed in this game. When the God of War, who won four goals in this game, was replaced by Vieri in the 60th minute of the second half, he was cheered by all the fans.

Ranieri was embarrassed to bully his opponent too much, so he replaced the only major players on the field early and used a substitute to deal with his opponent on the field.

In the end, the score was frozen at 4-0, and Fiorentina won a great away game, and it was basically a foregone conclusion to advance to the quarterfinals.

After returning to Fiorentina, Zhuang Mingge told Antonioni about the agreement between himself and Dynamo Zagreb. The General Manager of Florence, who had long been drooling with the talented players in Eastern Europe, "had to accept this great and glorious task."

As for the funds for the acquisition of the team, Zhuang Mingge naturally transferred to Antonioni's account in the form of "bonus". The reason he chose Antonioni was because Zhuang Mingge believed that this celebrity was loyal to the club and could stay in Fiorentina without a single champion, and was paid a second-rate Serie A salary and worked as a first-line star. Antonioni's character was enough to make Zhuang Mingge admire him.

When acquiring the club, Antonioni raised a little objection, that is, Croatia did not join the EU at this time. That is to say, even if the final judgment of the EU Court of Justice favors Boseman, the bill will not be forcibly implemented in Croatia.

But Zhuang Mingge, who knows the future world trend, eliminates Antonioni's doubts with words: "When the Eastern European system led by the Soviets collapses, how could the EU let go of these fat meats that come to the door!"

...

On October 30, the entire Florence team headed north to the small town of Brescia located in northern Italy, on the southern foot of the Alps.

Speaking of Brescia, I'm afraid many Chinese fans will immediately think of Robert Baggio. In the summer of 2000, Brescia used most of the team's transfer funds to introduce Baggio, who was suppressed by Lippi in Inter Milan. This successful signing not only allowed Brescia to succeed in relegation for four consecutive years, but also qualified for the European Cup in the 2000-01 season.

Due to the loss of the team's midfield core in the summer, Romanian national team captain Haji, Brescia's performance in the league this season was extremely bad, with only one win, one draw, four losses and four points, ranking third from the bottom in the league, and the relegation situation is worrying.

Since there is another match in the second leg of the Cup against Dynamo Zagreb in the middle of next week, head coach Ranieri still rotates to a certain extent for the starting lineup in this game.

In this way, in the eighth round of Serie A, Fiorentina won Brescia without any blood on the road. Batistuta, who was in excellent form, gave Brescia players a gift of "three consecutive losses" with his iconic "Batti GOAL".

So far, Batistuta has scored goals in all eight rounds of the Serie A in the new season, scoring a total of 11 goals, ranking first in the league scorer list. Fiorentina also scored 26 goals and conceded 7 goals with six wins, one draw and one loss in eight games, and 19 points were tied for Parma, who has achieved the same record.

However, Batistuta's feat of scoring eight consecutive rounds did not make the front pages of major sports newspapers the next day, because yesterday's Serie A, there was a heavyweight match, that was AC Milan's away game against Juventus.

Juventus coach "Silver Fox" Lippi decisively used his outstanding skills to face the old AC Milan coached by Capello. In the whole game, Juventus players, led by the new core Viali, used tireless running and crazy pressing to make the arrogant AC Milan passive everywhere. Robert Baggio scored a goal to completely tore the myth of the Milan dynasty.

After the eighth round of Serie A, Juventus followed Fiorentina and Parma with five wins, two draws and one loss. After Milan lost four consecutive league games, Capello, who was worried about the team's poor record, began to suggest to Galliani that he should strengthen the recruitment work during the winter break...

At the same time, Zhuang Mingge was sitting in his office looking at the newspaper of that day.

"Tsk tsk... Milan has lost four consecutive times. It seems that the old man Berlusconi is going to get angry again." Zhuang Mingge commented casually and turned to the next section, "Ho! Parma is doing really well! He actually surpasses Juventus and ranks first with Florence..."

"Hey, Antonio! Look at what I found!" At this time, Antonio rushed into Zhuang Mingge's office with a videotape and said excitedly.

"Ha?" Zhuang Mingge was a little scared by the excited and twisted face of the general manager. He didn't react for a while, "Jan Carlo, what are you excited about?"

"Genius! Genius!" Antonioni excitedly waved the videotape in his hand. "This tape records a genius young player! I have never seen an Italian player of the same age who is better than him!"

"Uh, a talented young player?"

"That's right!" Antonioni nodded vigorously, "I watched his performance throughout the game, and he was simply the Italian version of Bailey!"

"Uh, Giancarlo, are you talking about the Francisco Totti of the Club Rome?"

"Francisco Totti? So you're optimistic about him too!" Antonioni shrugged humorously and said, "But it's a pity that you guessed wrong."

"Okay, what's his name?" Zhuang Mingge felt that he was helpless to deal with Antonioni, who was obviously in a state of fanaticism. He stroked his forehead with his right hand and said helplessly.

"Andre Pirlo."

"..." Damn! How did you find him!

PS1: "Additional updates and completion plan" Chapter 9
Chapter completed!