Chapter 14 Another Spaniard

The configuration of the three midfielders was this tactic that helped Fiorentina grab points crazily in the second half of last season. Three midfielders took turns to pass the ball and inserted the attack in turn, making the opponent defenseless.

But Florence's staffing also has a lot of hidden dangers when carrying out this tactic. Whether it is the old players Ledesma, Mota, Donadale, or the newly joined Altata and Modric, their creativity is enough, and almost everyone can execute Pirlo in AC Milan. Wave, but there is no real butcher among them.

Just like Pirlo, the reason why he can calmly complete the scheduling in the midfield and backcourt and insert it to assist in offensive shots from time to time is because he has a Gattuso beside him.

This is exactly what Florence lacks.

So last season, when the opponent intercepted the ball in the midfield and counterattacked, Fiorentina's midfield interception was always not strong enough, and more often, he could only use fouls to delay the opponent's attack.

Since Degan wants to make a breakthrough in the new season, it is imperative to block this shortcoming.

It's just surprising that this time Digan looks up to another Spaniard. In the words of the Italian media, Carlos, a Spaniard who is not adapted to the Italian football style. Marchena!

Machena was born in Seville in southern Spain and currently plays for Valencia in La Liga as a midfielder.

Machena may not be famous yet. Everyone who knows that he also added a butcher's footnote in front of his name, but he is the main member of the Spanish team to win the 2008 European Cup in the future. In that cup, he made five first appearances, all of which were played, and the Spanish team played in him. Only two goals were conceded in time.

Machena is strong and has good ability to deal with high balls and staring, but the Spanish midfielder has a hot temper and many fouls on the court.

In the 2003/04 season, Macenna was sent off in the first 47 seconds of the match between Valencia and Osasuna Football Club, making him the fastest person to get a red card in Valencia's history.

Of course, what made Machena most famous was last season. Valencia played against Inter Milan in the Champions League. After the game, the two teams clashed. Machena and his teammate David. Navarro was acquainted with a number of Inter players. After the incident, two clubs were fined 100,000 euros by UEFA, and Machena himself was banned for four games.

The situation at that time was that after the game, Macena kicked the ball out of the border and then said something to Burdiso, who was grabbing the ball.

After the failure, Burdiso's emotions were complicated, so the two had a fierce quarrel and the two sides took action under the circumstances of verbal discord.

Subsequently, many players from the two teams joined the fight. Originally, most of them came to persuade them to fight. After a series of physical entanglement between Burdiso and Macenna, the players from both sides pulled them away.

But at this time, Valencia substitute Navarro, who did not play in this game, suddenly rushed from the sidelines to the court. Due to the chaos of the scene, Navarro went straight to Burdiso and punched Burdiso hard on his face.

This move angered the complete Inter players. Many Inter players rushed to Navarro. Navarro ran away when he saw the situation. Cruz flew away and kicked empty. Codoba did not entangle Navarro. McCon suddenly ran out of the crowd and kicked Navarro, finally found balance for Inter.

This accident also angered most of Valencia's players, and the players from both sides broke out again in a collective conflict, and a long quarrel broke out between the disappointed Inter players and Valencia players.

At the last moment, a bald Valencia official even wanted to rush into Inter's locker room, but the riot police blocked him. It's hard to imagine whether he can really retreat once he rushes in and is surrounded by many Inter players.

The police at the scene were facing a big enemy, but fortunately, the dispute between the players on the court did not affect the fans. Inter Milan fans, known as **, were escorted out of the stadium by riot police in disappointment.

And the trigger for the whole incident is Macenna. Most La Liga fans wonder why Macena from Valencia is so grumpy, which may start from his hometown.

Marchena was born in the southern Spanish city of Seville on July 31, 1979 and joined the Seville B team to participate in the official competition at the age of 18. As the main force of the Spanish U19 national team, he participated in the World Youth Championship held in Nigeria in 1999 and entered the top four with the team. In 2000, Marcena participated in the Sydney Olympic Games and won a silver medal with the team.

In the 2000/01 season, Macena, who has played the main force in Seville, suddenly left La Liga and joined the Portuguese Super League's Benfica Football Club.

However, Marcena did not gain the trust of the head coach there. After a season, he returned to Spain to join Valencia as part of the player deal.

In the 2001/02 season, Marchena helped Valencia win the first La Liga title in 30 years. 2003/04 was Valencia's glorious season. The team not only won the La Liga championship again, but also won the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup.

After the 2002 World Cup, with the "teacher", former Spanish youth team head coach Seth was in charge of the national team, and Macena also naturally entered the national team.

In the 2004 European Cup final, Macena participated in two group matches with Greece and Russia as the main force. However, due to the accumulation of yellow cards, it missed the last key game with Portugal, and Spain was also eliminated after that game.

Everyone knows the story of the 2006 World Cup European qualifiers. In the decisive battle with Belgium, Marcena came on as a substitute, but unfortunately he failed to save Spain's fate of being blocked from the threshold of the World Cup.

The reason why Degan chose Marcena is that he has a strong defensive ability and hot temper. Now there are enough geniuses of the Florentine gentleman type. It's time to inject some factors of violence into this team. Marcena is the most suitable candidate.

And Macena can not only play the midfield, but also play the central defender. He often partnered with Pujol in the Spanish national team and served as a defender. After Gamberini left, once the central defender in the team is injured, he can even go up.

The negotiations with Valencia are not complicated. Now Valencia is not the Black Bats that beat Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga in previous years and can reach the final in the Champions League for two consecutive years. They are also affected by Due to the impact of the financial crisis, selling players for cash out has also become the most important way to solve the problem.

It's just doing business with Italian teams. Now Valencia has a few more intentions. Why?

Gate Tower!

In July 2001, Lazio bought the best midfielder in Europe from Valencia for 48 million euros. At that time, Valencia agreed to liquidate the transfer fee in installments, and former Lazio chairman Cranotti also guaranteed it in his own name. However, the economic crisis experienced by Lazio in 2002 forced Cranotti, the club's largest shareholder, to resign.

According to the provisions of the Valencia and Lazio contracts for installments, the latter must pay 7.1 million and 600,000 euros to the former before June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003, respectively.

However, Cranotti has not fulfilled the contract after his resignation, and Valencia has never seen the Italian's 7.7 million euros in arrears.

Valencia originally intended to use the 7.7 million euros to offset Lopez's transfer fee, but unexpectedly, Lopez eventually stayed in Lazio.

In desperation, Valencia took out the weapon of the law. Through a law firm in Rome, Lazio and Cranotti were accused of arrears.

In the end, in order to compensate for the arrears, Lazio Club officially transferred two major generals, Corardi and Fiore, to Valencia.

However, the Spaniards can only express their performance in Valencia that they are not Caponi, nor can they become Capone. The final result is that the two left freely.

Valencia did not receive the arrears and shared the salaries of Lazio, which is not worth the loss.

Of course, Valencia has no problem with Florence's purchase of Macena. In fact, Macena is not indispensable within the team, at least David trained by the club itself. Navarro is no worse than Marcena.

But on Modric and Arteta, Delaware has spent more than 40 million. He is not a rich man like Berlusconi and Ranieri, and it is obviously difficult for him to spend a lot of money on Machena.

Pajinva, who went to Valencia Club to negotiate, also proposed an installment payment, but he refused more harshly than Valencia's chairman Soler and suffered a great loss on Lazio. He didn't want to do it again.

There is no problem with the transfer of Macena, Soler, and even clearly marked the price of 12 million euros, which is less than this price.

12 million euros. If this money is spent again, Florence's investment will be nearly 60 million this summer. Not to mention Pakinwa, even Dela, the boss of Florence, can't agree.

However, Digan's side urged, and Prandelli also expressed his concern about the transfer deal, and the team is about to start to gather. If the personnel are not in place, how to prepare for training at that time?

Finally, Pakinwa found a breakthrough. Although the executive chairman was stingy, he was very smart in business. Since Jogensen was no longer in the team's plan for the new season, he simply joined the deal.

Sure enough, after Pakinwa put forward this plan, Valencia immediately expressed interest. Vicente, the number one star in their team, was often injured and missed, and he also needed to find a stand-in. Jogensen's strength was no problem at all, and many Nordic players have succeeded in La Liga, which made Valencia less. Some concerns.

Finally, the two sides balanced that Jogensen priced 9 million euros, that is to say, Florence only needed to pay another 3 million euros to bring Machena back to Florence.

Although Marcena is a little reluctant to transfer to Fiorentina, it is clear that the team no longer needs him, and he is not stubborn. After negotiating the terms, the deal was successfully completed.

After Florence's official website announced the news of Marcena's joining, the Italian media exclaimed that he was another Spanish!

This is not the first Spaniard introduced by Florence, nor is Arteta. As early as the season when Florence returned to Serie A, they had the experience of introducing Spanish players.

However, whether it is Portillo, who is highly expected by people, or Elgra Jr., the younger brother of a famous player, their experience in Serie A can only be described as failure, but now Florence is unrepentant and is still introducing Spanish players. Although people don't know the quality of the players, there are already Waiting to see the joke.

While introducing players, Fiorentina is also cleaning up some people in the team. Jogensen went to Valencia as part of the transfer of Machena, and Livilani also transferred to Sampdoria for 4 million euros, leaving only one Gambellini.

Parkinwa bit 10 million and killed Rosela, who was used to careful calculation. Sensi was also unwilling to compromise easily. After promising to give Gamberini a high salary, she really couldn't agree to make concessions on the transfer fee, and the deal was also stuck.

Gamberini is also difficult to get off now. He has made it clear that if Fiorentina refuses to give him a raise, he will transfer. Now if he goes back, how can he make face down?

In the end, Old Sensi, the chairman of the Rome Club, came forward and called Delava, and the transaction was completed. Gamberini joined Rome for 951 million euros, and Florence agreed to pay in Rome's installments.

It can be seen that in the current economic environment, everyone's life is equally difficult.

The people who should leave have left, and the people who should come are also in place. Fiorentina immediately announced that the transfer door this summer had been closed, leaving those rich clubs that were still jealous of Florentine players to bite hedgehogs one by one.

Of course, there are still some people who don't give up, but then Prandelli said in an interview with reporters: "No one will leave anymore. Our transfer work is over, and the players are happy to stay. Fiorentina is a team with great potential, and we will also have higher in the new season. Pursue!"

Higher pursuit?

What is that?