Wednesday, November 23, 1994, working day. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Prato at home to the Cup Winners' Cup match against Spartak Moscow.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the sea-blue Scania bus drove out of the Ventino training base. The whole city seems quiet, there are many fewer cars on the road than usual, and there are not many people in sight on even a few prosperous commercial streets, and it seems that there is a depressing atmosphere brewing in the whole city.

The situation was only slightly better until it approached the Bisenchio Stadium, which was still full of people as usual, but when they saw the team's bus, no one cheered or waved as usual, most of them just watched the team's bus pass by.

And before each expedition, there is silence on the bus, which is always full of laughter and laughter, and everyone either closes their eyes and rests or listens to the music in the headphones alone. After arriving at the stadium, no one said anything, and one by one they walked into the locker room in silence. Everyone silently went about their business, and after a while, the outside informed the visiting team that they had warmed up and adapted to the field, and it was their turn.

Prato and a group of players just went out one by one, the only good news today is that Vieri, who has been resting for nearly a month due to injury, returned from injury ahead of schedule under the fine care of several high-level experts in the Prato Medical Center, so Spalletti adjusted the lineup again, the center was naturally replaced by Vieri, and he was partnered with Montella, Ma Minyu and Doni served as left and right forwards respectively, Tomasi and Jonty formed a double back, and Sun Chenghai, Youriano, Li Weifeng, and Billindelli lined up on the back line.

Soon, the Prato players warmed up, and before they arrived, the coach had already laid out the tactics for the game, so they did not return to the dressing room, but waited on the sidelines for kick-off.

At this time, the Prato fans were still entering, and the whole stadium seemed noisy, but compared to the silence outside the stadium before, the Prato players missed this noisy feeling even more.

In the summer, Prato finally funded the renovation of the stands of the Bisenzio Arena and replaced them with a batch of new plastic seats, which cost a lot but at least ended the history of the concrete seats at the Visenzio Arena. And Shen Yan, who was called the "golden hand" by Prato fans in later generations, developed advertising spaces on the seats, and he announced that whoever can provide Prato with a seat sponsorship fee will be able to put his brand trademark sticker on the 9,000 seats at the Bissenchio Stadium, and finally the first phase of advertising space was bought by the Fiat Group, so every Prato fan who entered the venue can see a Fiat car logo on their seats.

While the few fans who entered the stadium late were still looking for their seats, and everyone else was chatting lively, the players on both sides of the game were already waiting for the players to enter the tunnel, but compared to the elation of the Spartak players, the Prato players seemed unusually quiet. At this moment, a beautiful melody suddenly sounded from the loudspeakers around the Bisenchio Stadium, which had been quiet.

"We have breath, we have heartbeats and dreams;

For that emotion that never dies; ”

The Prato players waiting in the players' tunnel were suddenly stunned, and some people were still twisting their bodies to do warm-up exercises, but they all stopped at this time and listened attentively;

"Firm and powerful wings are for flying, courage is for dreams;

We never give up halfway;

Here we are, no matter what the weather, whether we end up leaving or not;

Always face the wind with open arms, because there is hope in your heart; ”

The Prato player's originally numb face gradually became expression, and the empty eyes became firm;

"A thousand voices, one mind, all breathing at the same time;

This festival of light and magic;

We and you, you and us, for a dream that never dies; ”

At this time, the originally chaotic stadium was also quiet, and only the beautiful song melody fluttered on the court.

"We and you, you and us, are more determined than ever;

Here we are, with blue hearts, like the color of our sky;

Transparent, powerful, like our sea;

We are a pacemaker that no one can stop;

It's like being on the cusp of a giant wave. “

This "cuoreazzurro" is the team song of the Italian national team in later generations, and the name translated from Chinese is "Blue Heart", and it just so happens that the traditional color of the Prato team is blue. The song is as if it was written specifically for the Prato team.

Lola. In order to perform this song, Baucini's father also specially invited several of his old friends, and several old boys who sang Italian folk songs all their lives but failed to become famous not only sang the weight of the song, but also sang the fighting spirit of never giving up and never getting discouraged. So when the song was played on a loop for the second time, the fans were already consciously singing along, and by the time the Prato players came out, all the fans stood up and sang in unison.

Can you imagine what it feels like for nearly 10,000 people to make one voice at the same time? Most of the players in the Prato squad are young, and the oldest on the pitch, Toldo, is only 24 years old, and being young certainly means impulsive, reckless and inadequate, but it also means hot-blooded, fearless and easily motivated. At this time, there were already Prato players on the field with tears in their eyes, and even Dunga, Ayala, Zanetti, Materazzi and others, who were sitting in the stands in suits, seemed to be infected, and they all stood up to cheer for their teammates.

In this case, Prato opened the game without hesitation to reach the Spartak half. Montella ran like the wind on the pitch, he had never felt as relaxed as he did today, as if the opening song was singing in his heart, and he couldn't help but hum it as he dribbled the ball against two Spartak defenders.

The ball kept bouncing between Montella's feet, first dribbling the ball to the net, then slamming back to break through the baseline, shaking the Spartak defender who was defending him head-on, and then when the second defender came over, he slipped between the two tall defenders with a slight click.

The Russian defender is tall and strong, but God will inevitably take something away from him when he gives him something, and the Spartak defender's slow turn and lack of flexibility in this game are clearly exposed, especially in front of a nimble small player like Montella, who is both fast and technical.

At this time, Montella was like a flying squirrel coming out of the tall woods, so fast that it almost seemed to fly, and by the time the Spartak goalkeeper reacted, Montella was already close to the goal, and in front of Montella's powerful shot, he only had time to wave his hand and watch the ball fly from his side into the goal.

In the fourth minute of the first half, Prato scored a goal through Montella's lightning breakaway, which seemed to foreshadow what would be a legendary game.