Golden Greenery

There is a kind of luxury called Florence.

In Italy, there is a famous love saying: Instead of diamonds, I want the iris you brought back from Florence. This is the birthplace of the European Renaissance, and buildings and artistic statues with strong literary and artistic atmosphere can be seen everywhere on the streets. Compared with the modernized Rome and Milan, Florence better represents the spirit and temperament of Italy.

There is a saying in Italy: Milanese people look down on everyone except Rome, Roman people look down on anyone except Milan, and Florentine people look down on anyone except Florence, because they feel that they are the only aristocrats.

If Greece gave birth to ancient Europe, then the origin of modern Europe comes from Florence, which is the spiritual home of Europeans. Western tourists often burst into tears in Florence, and then tourists from China will feel that they are very strange. The deputy looks like he has never seen the world.

In the past, the Chinese called this place Feilengcui. It is said that the name came from Xu Zhimo's translation. Only a poet can come up with a place name that is so poetic and unlike a place name. Florence is its Italian transliteration. Later, it was called Florence according to the internationally accepted English translation. Florence is more suitable for this city, but Florence has not diminished its urban atmosphere of perfect integration of art and commerce. .

It is acceptable for people to change the name of Florence into Florence, and the change of Cambridge into Cambridge is also not lacking in charm. Fortunately, people's names do not have to be called according to the English translation. Andersen is still called Andersen, otherwise according to the current name, the name Anderson It doesn't sound like a fairy tale at all.

This is Zhuoyang's first time in Florence. From the moment he followed the team out of the Santa Maria Novella train station, he was full of affection for the city. You won’t see the dirty and messy scene of an ordinary train station at all here, but it looks clean and slow-paced.

At the Stadio Franchi, AC Milan and Zhuo Yang were cheered by Florence fans, because this was his first game back after lifting the ban, and it was also his first appearance after winning the European Golden Ball. The Fiorentina fans seemed very friendly, because the FIFA annual awards ceremony will be held in a few days. Fans who did not know the inside story held many banners to support Zhuoyang as the World Footballer.

Although the European Ballon d'Or and World Player of the Year are not counted live, and the scores have been tallied in advance, compared with the European Ballon d'Or, there is a big gap between FIFA's sense of confidentiality and the sense of presence in this regard. Zhuo Yang and others Well-informed people in football circles already know their respective rankings. However, Zhuoyang still benefited from the love of Florence fans.

Fiorentina has historically had a good relationship with AC Milan. After being relegated in 2002, Fiorentina went bankrupt and was demoted to the Category 2 League (equivalent to Category D). In 2004, it was able to replace Cosenza Club in the Segunda División in 2004 as the Category 2 champion. As a result, AC Milan returned to Serie A within two magical years, and AC Milan played a great role in it.

AC Milan was penalized 8 points this season due to the Calciopoli scandal, while Fiorentina received 15 points. Do you think the two companies are of the same breed?

But even starting from -15 points, Fiorentina had 12 wins, two draws, and three losses in the first fifteen rounds of the league and accumulated 23 points. Now it is temporarily ranked 8th. It feels that it is not on the same level as AC Milan, which is 18th. The record also shows the coaching skills of Florence head coach Prandelli.

The 50-year-old Prandelli not only achieved great results in Verona and Parma, but also discovered heavyweight stars such as Gilardino, Adriano and Mutu. Last summer, Prandelli took over the Fiorentina coach from former national coach Dino Zola, who had a poor record. Last season, he immediately led Viola to fourth place in Serie A. If it weren't for Calciopoli, they would have had to fight this year. Champions League.

Speaking of Fiorentina, we have to mention the three most famous stars in the history of their team: Roberto Baggio, the prince of Apennines, Rui Costa, the most elegant attacking midfielder, and Gabriel Batistuta, the god of war.

If AC Milan is a good friend of Florence,

Juventus is Fei Lengcui's sworn enemy. In the summer of 1989, Fiorentina owner Count Pontello and Juventus owner Agnelli privately signed an agreement to forcibly sell the 22-year-old Baggio, the darling of Viola, to Albiceleste. The leather ball court pushed this hatred to its peak. Baggio loves Florence. Although he has played for all three of the Northern Powerhouses, Baggio has never hidden that Florence is his favorite place and he still lives here.

Count Pontello was a businessman. In order to make a big sum before selling the club, his net worth of US$13 million, totaling 25 billion lire, was the highest in world football at the time. The cunning businessman later blamed Baggio for all this, and a 'war' broke out in Florence, where Baggio became a mixture of Judas and a saint.

Baggio returned to the Stadio Franchi in the league the following year. Juventus received a penalty kick during the game, but the sad Baggio refused to take the penalty, and D'Agostini, who replaced him, missed the penalty kick. Perhaps, from that moment on, the fuse was laid for Baggio to be quickly replaced by Del Piero at Juventus many years later.

The departure of Rui Costa, who had played for Florence for seven years, made Viola fans shed tears. He went to San Siro with a record transfer fee of 42 million euros for AC Mira at the time. Like Nesta, he left to save the club. Clubs facing bankruptcy.

During the seven years in Florence, Rui Costa and Batty formed the most efficient offensive combination in the world. His wonderful pass to the God of War still appeared in the dreams of Viola fans many years later.

In the 1996 European Championship, the Portuguese team, which had the most gorgeous midfield in the world, only had a group of mediocre forwards. Portugal was as mediocre and weird as a stupid cow with a sharkskin and gold saddle. Rui Costa jokingly told reporters: Maybe I should call Gabriel to see if he can come and help us score a goal on the forward line.

Batistuta, who was on vacation in Argentina, responded remotely: Okay, I'll take a look at the schedule.

Baggio and Rui Costa fill the Viola with endless good nostalgia and painful memories, but together they cannot compare to the influence of the God of War Batistuta in Florence.

One person is a city!

The 22-year-old Batistuta dedicated the best nine years of his career to Florence after arriving here from Boca Juniors. There was a saying in that era: There were only three and a half forwards in the world - Batty, Romario, Vieri, and the other half was Ronaldo.

The top scorer in the history of the team and the only player in world football who has scored a hat-trick as a guest at San Siro and Meazza. After scoring his goal, his iconic image of akimbo and hand on the corner flag was erected in the square in Florence. Even in the year when Florence was relegated to Serie B, Batty did not leave. He explained to the world what loyalty means.

However, loyalty comes at a price. There was only one Coppa Italia trophy in nine years, but Batty, the god of war, sighed. When he was about to grow old, the god of war even left a year earlier than Rui Costa.

The day before leaving for Rome, Batistuta lay alone on the turf of the Stadio Franchi and had a long dream.

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