Chapter 54 Eastern European Cavalry

Degan's declaration of victory spread to Ukraine, which immediately caused dissatisfaction among the fans of Shakhtar Donetsk. In recent seasons, with the rise of the Shakhtars, even the dominance of Dynamo Kyiv, an old Ukrainian strong team, has been lost. It is no longer guaranteed, and the appetite of the fans is naturally getting bigger and bigger. They entered the Champions League for the first time. They are preparing to show their strengths and let the whole of Europe see the emerging power of Ukrainian football. It's okay to ignore it.

"The Brazilian bastard who betrayed his motherland can only do his best in Italy. He doesn't have the ability to defeat the powerful miners!"

"Is he the number one striker in world football? It's a joke. All he can deal with is the poor defense of those bad teams. Ziglinski will let him know what a football field of blood and fire is."

"The miners must win, the Brazilian clowns go home!"

"The final victory must belong to the Shakhtars, Fiorentina will be smashed to pieces at our home court!"

The match hadn't started yet, but because of Digan's words, there was a strong smell of gunpowder, and Prandelli could feel that the match might not be easy.

Prandelli also wanted to advise Degan to keep his voice quiet before the game, because of Digan's restlessness, Fiorentina was about to become a professional hatred team.

But before Prandelli could speak, Degan said in an interview with reporters after arriving in Ukraine: "A dog that bites does not bark!"

Depend on!

This sentence became a super spark that ignited the powder keg. In an instant, the whole Donetsk was about to explode, and football was promoted to the first place. That night, when the Fiorentina players were resting, the hotel where they were staying was censored. Angry Shakhtar fans surrounded.

The quietness of the night was broken in an instant. The noise and cursing outside the hotel made it impossible to sleep. The club staff in Florence quickly contacted the hotel, but the reply was that there was a rock and roll downstairs. concert!

Dog days!

"What kind of reason is this? My players need to rest. As a hotel, you are obliged to guarantee our legitimate interests during the hotel!"

Prandelli found the energy of the hotel angrily, the noise outside and the sudden sound of music almost exploded his head.

Through the translator, the hotel manager said with an innocent face: "I'm sorry, Mr. Coach, Ukraine is a free country, we have no right to interfere with people's normal entertainment activities, this is a rock concert, maybe their music influence It's time for you and your team members to rest, but I don't think this concert will last too long. When the concert is over, you will have enough rest time. Of course, as a way of apologizing, we will excuse you Part of the cost during the hotel break!"

Hearing the unreasonable words of the hotel manager, Prandelli understood that they had fallen into the wolf's den. Originally, in order to prepare for this game, Prandelli also let the team set off in advance to familiarize themselves with the environment in Donetsk. , now it seems that it is a bad move.

It is said that Turkish fans are unreasonable. No matter which team's home court is hell, it seems that Ukraine is not far behind. The fanaticism of these Eastern European soldiers for football is not bad at all.

In the hotel room, Degan was lying on the bed with a calm face, as if the noise outside hadn't affected him at all, and he would fall asleep anytime.

Montolivo, who lived in the same room as him, was not so lucky. Lying in front of the window, looking at the crowd downstairs who were having fun and tossing their hearts out, Montolivo felt like he was about to be driven crazy.

"Rod! We should find a way to quiet them down!"

Digan still closed his eyes, and said indifferently: "What can we do, should we go down with a submachine gun and expel them all? Don't kill them! Ricardo! This is the territory of the Ukrainians, what they did here Everything is reasonable!"

Montolivo said angrily: "Damn Ukrainians, when they go to Florence, I will call on the Italian government to conduct a military exercise where they live to see who is the best!"

Digan was also amused by Montolivo's words: "Ricardo! I think you'd better recruit a group of beauties and make their legs weak, so that you can achieve your goal of revenge!"

When Montolivo heard the news, he muttered, "It's too cheap for them!"

"Okay! Ricardo! Go to sleep! If you are like me and don't take everything outside seriously, you will be able to sleep naturally!"

Although Digan said it lightly, he didn't feel that way in his heart. He had already been blown away by those rotten people outside, but he also knew that he couldn't stop all of this. Shakhtar Donetsk These small tricks of the fans are indeed infuriating, but Degan didn't expect to wait until their home court and follow the same pattern. The most decent way to defeat the opponent is to speak with strength on the court.

In the end, under Prandelli's constant protests, the manager of the hotel still chose to call the police. Ukraine is indeed not free enough to be unscrupulous. The police quickly dispersed the crowd, and the world finally became quiet. The Fiorentina players had been exhausted for a long time, but just after falling asleep, they were awakened by the sound of firecrackers downstairs, and their sleepiness disappeared immediately.

The players looked at each other in blank dismay, wry smiles written all over their faces!

These Ukrainians are really going to be weird!

The next morning, all the Fiorentina players had dark circles under their eyes, they were out of breath, and their faces were full of sleepiness, which made Prandelli and his coaching staff frown again and again.

After some discussion at the end, Prandelli could only reluctantly announce that the training in the morning would be canceled and the players should go back to catch up on sleep. Otherwise, the players would be trapped to death in the past two days without waiting for the game.

"What should we do now?" Prandelli looked sad, and called all the members of the coaching staff and Digan together to discuss a solution.

Digan was the most energetic among all the people. He was born with a big heart. To put it bluntly, he was heartless. He was not affected at all by the lively scene last night.

Degan was also aware of the seriousness of the problem. Obviously, his teammates were not as generous as he was, and they were all tormented last night.

"Let the club come forward! Negotiate with the other party. I don't think they are shameless enough to rely on this method to win the game!"

Prandelli also knew that this was the only solution.

The Fiorentina club immediately protested to the Shakhtar Donetsk team. Fortunately, the Ukrainians are not so shameless. The behavior of the fans last night was to avenge Digan's arrogance. After the protest, Shakhtar Donetsk didn't say anything like "that's a personal behavior of the fans", but the club chairman Akhmetov stood up in person and immediately called on the fans to keep calm and they can play on the court. To defeat the opponent, stop engaging in these small tricks and affect the image of Ukrainian football.

The club has spoken, and the fans will naturally be at ease. You must know that with the rise of the Shakhtar team, Akhmetov's influence among the fans is beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Basically, he said the last sentence, It can be compared with the imperial decree.

The world is quiet. After a solid day of rest, it's time for the competition. Although the sleep problem has been resolved, it's impossible to say that it has no effect after being tossed all night.

But things have come to this, and it is useless to say anything.

The first time I arrived at the Donbass Stadium, the players in Florence felt as if they were bumpkins in a big city. Compared with the Volaki Stadium, this place is simply heaven, and it is the venue that players dream of playing. It's just a pity that this is not Florence. home field.

The stadium, which cost more than 200 million euros to build, is one of the best in the whole of Europe.

"This course is awesome!"

Montolivo, who vowed to make Ukrainians look good yesterday, instantly adjusted his hatred mode to worship.

The Donbass Stadium is really great, with the highest standards in all aspects in Europe, especially the lawn. Compared with here, the original good condition of the Volaki Stadium has become a rotten vegetable field.

However, there is no way around this. All stadiums in Italy belong to the local municipal government, and each club can only rent them out. Moreover, Italian law clearly stipulates that no club can build a stadium privately, even if it is Delaware. Money, it is impossible for Florence to have a home court of its own.

Now Degan suddenly discovered that the rise of Shakhtar Donetsk in the future is not completely unreasonable. It has a club president who is rich, understands football and is passionate about football, has fanatical fans, and is very good in all aspects If the Shakhtar Donetsk team can't rise, it can only be their own problem.

Although before this, Degan kept asking his teammates to be more careful about the first opponent in the Champions League group stage, but now after seeing the tip of the iceberg of Shakhtar Donetsk, the alarm in his heart has been raised several levels in an instant .

After a simple warm-up, Prandelli summoned the players to the locker room. Tactical training and the like were useless. Who knows how many intelligence personnel of the opposing team are here. After explaining everything, Prandelli has no place to cry.

As soon as Fiorentina left, the Shakhtar players arrived. At present, this team has many players who will become famous in the future, such as Srna, Ziglinski, Lewandowski, Fernandini Oh, William, and of course Lucarelli from Italy!

The Ukrainian league started later, so this Champions League group match became Shakhtar Donetsk's first official game of the season.

Digan deliberately lagged behind, looking at the Shakhtar players who were doing warm-up activities on the court, I have to say that this Eastern European team is indeed very distinctive, except for a few Brazilian foreign players, the other players are tall Big horse.

This team may be unknown at the moment, but it will attract the attention of the entire European football world in the future. The old and strong Ukrainian domestic team Dynamo Kiev have been picked off by them, which shows the strength of this team.

Degan left before attracting the attention of the Miners coaching staff. He didn't want to be treated as a spy, and Degan had always been very experienced in dealing with such a powerful team.

In the locker room.

Prandelli is making pre-match tactical arrangements. In this game, he sent a new combination on the defense line. Ranocchia, who played two consecutive league games, gave way, Ujfalusi and Thiago Schiller Va formed a central defender combination, and the two full backs were Pascual and Abate. Obviously, Prandelli is going to make a big fuss on the two wings in this game.

In the midfield, Prandelli still sent three defensive midfielders, but what is surprising is that Prandelli took down Modric, who had been outstanding in the previous games, and replaced him with a strong midfielder Marchena. , and his partner is Mota, and Ledesma.

"Carlos! In this game, you will be the key to our victory!"

Since moving to Fiorentina, Marchena's situation is far worse than that of his Spanish fellow Arteta. Although Arteta has not been able to get the main position, he is an important rotation player for the team. In addition to the second round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round against Feyenoord, Marchena has the experience of coming off the bench, and has not... started.

Hearing that he would become the main force in this game, Marchena was also very excited, but after hearing Prandelli's tactics, he was a little confused.

Prandelli looked at Marchena and smiled, "What? Carlos! Don't you have confidence?"

no confidence?

What a joke!

At this time, even if I bite the bullet, I still have to go: "No! Coach! I think I can do well!"

Prandelli smiled, and continued: "Okay! The next midfielder is Montolivo! Ricardo! You have a heavy task in this game. I don't need you to execute the last pass. After the ball, play freely, I will give you absolute freedom, your task is to disrupt the opponent's defensive deployment!"

After that, it was the striker. In this game, Prandelli actually sent two powerful centers, Digan and Kavinaji. Obviously, Prandelli planned to fight Shakhtar Donetsk. .

"Okay! Boys! Do you have any questions? If not, get on the field later and enjoy the game. This is Fiorentina's first game since returning to the Champions League. I hope for a good result! Use a victory to repay those who support you!"