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After Fiorentina defeated Vicenza 3-0 in the 11th round of Serie A and led the league standings with an extremely strong attitude, the time officially entered December 2003.

The schedule of this month is simply a huge loss for Fiorentina. Not to mention the last round of the Champions League group stage with Real Sociedad and the first round of the Italian Cup, the Toyota Cup game that requires the whole Fiorentina team to go to Japan to participate is enough to make Heinquez feel troubled.

You should know that due to the relatively urgent schedule of the events that Fiorentina participated in this season, the Toyota Cup final is scheduled to be held on December 3!

This means that after Fiorentina finished the 11th round of Serie A on November 30, it will immediately take a plane to Tokyo, Japan to prepare for the Toyota Cup final three days later. At the same time, they also have to cooperate with the requirements of the event organizers and sponsors to participate in a series of commercial activities. After all, Japan is one of the few relatively mature and economically developed football markets in Asia. Florence, which has always attached importance to market development and commercial promotion, cannot do anything stupid to destroy its image at this time.

If Fiorentina really finds reasons to turn off these business activities, perhaps the Japanese Football Association and local companies will not say anything, but in private, they will not work hard to promote Fiorentina as they used to, and they may turn their attention to other giant clubs, and Japanese fans are also very likely. Then, Fiorentina will face the unfavorable situation of their market share in Japan being embezzled by other clubs.

Don’t overestimate the energy a island country can have. Perhaps they are humble enough when facing the strong, and try hard to learn from the other party’s strengths and strengths. In this process, even if they have some skills, they will try their best to find ways to get a teacher or even defeat the "teacher", and even find helpers to increase the possibility of success in the action. This can be seen from the attitude that Japan showed in a series of major events such as the Russo-Japanese War and the Two World Wars.

Therefore, as Japanese football has made significant progress in recent years, if Fiorentina wants to continue to gain an advantage in this market, it must show that it is different from other European teams. For example, try to give it to the other side in the arrangement of some activities, so that Japan feels that cooperation with Fiorentina can get the due respect, rather than just being raised by these powerful people as a chicken that can lay golden eggs.

It would be fine if Fiorentina only needs to play two games with a very high level of confrontation in Japan and Italy within a week, with Fiorentina's current lineup depth, Heinquez can still arrange it. But the most detrimental thing is that after the Toyota Cup final, the entire Fiorentina team will immediately fly back to Italy to participate in the 12th round of the league held on the weekend, and play a game with AC Milan, who is strong and in good shape!

Moreover, three days after this round of game, Real Sociedad will come to Frankie Stadium as a guest and make a desperate attempt to qualify for the last qualifying spot!

Now that the first five rounds of the Champions League group stage have ended, the ranking situation of Group B is as follows: Fiorentina ranked first in the group with three wins, one draw and one loss, and has completely secured a seat in the top 16; Ajax and Real Sociedad scored seven points in the first five games, but Ajax beat the latter in the second place in the standings with the goal difference advantage of the two sides when they fought each other; although Dynamo Kiev, who had only four points, has been determined to miss the Champions League rematch at the end of the ranking, if they beat Ajax in the last round and Fiorentina defeated Real Sociedad at home, then there is still hope for a seat in the League Cup.

For Fiorentina, it is obviously far from enough to lock a place in the top 16 of the Champions League in advance. Regardless of the so-called reputation and sense of honor of the wealthy families, from a practical perspective, the position of the top group can allow Zi Lily to avoid most strong teams in the subsequent draw of the top 16, thereby better retaining strength and facilitating them to compete for honor on three fronts at the same time.

Therefore, for the four teams in Group B, they will definitely not be able to underestimate the opponent in the last round of the group stage. Because if one is not done well, these teams will fall into an extremely scam situation, which will have an adverse impact on their journey in the second half of the season.

Now back to the point, on the evening of December 1, when the entire Fiorentina team arrived at Tokyo Airport in a storm, the players' faces were full of fatigue. Obviously, they had not recovered from the game with Vicenza the day before, and needed enough time to rest to restore the huge physical energy. At the same time, they also had to adjust the jet lag as soon as possible to avoid inattention during the game.

Noting this situation, Boca Youth Team head coach Carlos Bianchi smiled happily. This famous Argentine coach who made a name for himself in his player age and was known as the "King of the Copa Liberators" after becoming the head coach is no stranger to the opponent of Fiorentina.

After all, during his coaching at Saasfield, Bianchi had dealt with Serie A team (the opponent at that time was AC Milan) in the Toyota Cup. Moreover, even though he was far away, he was paying great attention to the trends in European football, he naturally would not ignore Florence, the team that is now the most popular in Europe. He is quite familiar with the tactical style of Purple Lily and the technical characteristics of the players in his team.

As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and your opponent can you win a hundred battles. Bianqi may not know Sun Wu's words, but his meticulous intelligence collection and preparation before the game really proves this old saying well.

Therefore, Bianzi will be so excited after learning that Fiorentina players are generally quite tired, because the worse their opponents' condition and physical reserves are, the higher their winning odds are!

You should know that since the arrival of the Boseman era, it has become extremely difficult for South American teams to defeat these wealthy European teams. Due to the huge differences in personal treatment and living environment, South American clubs have lost a large number of excellent stars, making the gap between the strength of the two sides bigger and bigger, and the victory or defeat of the Toyota Cup has also begun to lose suspense.

Therefore, the news about Fiorentina that is now rumored is simply an unexpected surprise for Bianchi and his young Boca players!
Chapter completed!