Chapter 404: Easily Continuing the League Cup

It wasn't until a 0-0 draw at Parma ten days later that AC Milan picked up their 12th league game of the season that a group of veterans were able to shake off the negativity of Ronaldo's injury panic.

In this match with Parma, the Milan generals are not as good as they were against Rosenborg, and to tell the truth, it was lucky to be able to draw with Parma. AC Milan were behind in all their stats on the pitch, including their proud possession.

But AC Milan is AC Milan, even if the game is not exciting, but it is never willing to be obscure in tidbits and anecdotes. At halftime, the TV cameras were focused on Zhuo Yang, Maldini and Pirlo, who were warming up, but Dida instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Dida, who was substituted in this game, suddenly sat on the bench and grinned in pain, as if an invisible ghost was desperately gnawing at his back, and everyone was horrified to see.

Zhuo Yang held Maldini's hand tightly: "Horse team, horse team, take a look, is he evil?" ”

Doing nothing, not making any extra moves, with no one else around him, and just about to get up to warm up, former Brazilian international Dida inexplicably sprained his back on the bench and was carried directly into the dressing room on a stretcher.

Later, Dida on this day ranked 10th in the 'Top 10 Bizarre Injuries in Football'. The first is the man in England more than 30 years ago named Loftus-Cheek Brody, who was a goalkeeper like Dida. This guy was bitten by a dog that suddenly rushed into the field in the game, and he broke his knee to pieces, and retired directly. What is sad is that when the dog bites him, the game does not stop.

A draw that was a regrettable draw for the Parma, and in the second half, Milan successively replaced Zhuo Yang, Pirlo and other heavyweights, but they were only able to defend their own goals. After the game, C. Lucarelli came to Zhuo Yang to exchange jerseys.

Last summer, communist striker Comrade Clu defected from Livorno to the Donetsk miners in Ukraine for 8 million yuan, because the Eastern European boss offered him an annual salary of 4 million. But Comrade C. Lou was, after all, a staunch communist fighter, and when the moon clashed with a sixpence, he resolutely chose a noble conviction.

In order to be able to catch the Italian shuttle of this summer's European Championships, Comrade Clou, who scored 8 goals in half a year in the Ukrainian league, transferred back to the Apennines, where Parma, who is racking his brains for relegation, is calling him, with a transfer fee of 6 million, and Clou's salary is only 2.4 million.

"Hello, Zhuo Yang, I'm Cristiano Lucarelli." "China is my favorite country, and I think China is the freest and most beautiful place," Lu said. "Lucarelli has feelings for China, and he seems to have found a sense of belonging.

There's no one who doesn't like to hear people boast about their family. "Thank you, I also love Italy, I think it's as beautiful as my home country."

"Nope! I don't like Italy. "Italy is full of decay and degeneration, where exploitation and class oppression are everywhere, where all capitalists and popes are reactionary. ”

Zhuo Yang was dumbfounded and looked at the back of Comrade C Lu under the light of the red star, and for a long time, he muttered to himself: "A ghost, the ghost of communism, hovering on the European continent......"

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Three draws in a row, two consecutive league draws have seen AC Milan drop from fourth to fifth, and now Milan's three games have been completed, without the advantage of being a late starter on the schedule. The league has been played for 23 rounds, and the schedule is over sixty percent, not to mention that the club is not satisfied with this fifth place, and the pair of Mr. Zhuo Yang and Kaka cannot accept it.

Originally, AC Milan wanted to take advantage of the slump of this season's lack of a heavyweight Champions League to play in the Champions League, turn the disadvantage into an advantage, and concentrate on wrestling with neighbor Inter Milan in Serie A. Milan can not win the championship, it can not win the championship for several years, but it absolutely cannot tolerate being ridden on the head by the rivals of the same city to show off their might.

Although there are no big moves in the two transfer windows in summer and winter, in the eyes of Milan management, it is still more than enough to focus on only one front. The unbeaten streak in 23 games, 11 wins and 12 draws may prove something, but the fifth place position is unavoidable.

If it is said that the forward line has dragged the results, Zhuo Yang has single-handedly carried the decadence of Luo Jiutao and the three, and Pato also showed that it is worth the money. Blame the back line, knock on the blackboard: unbeaten in the season! It seems that there is still a problem in the midfield, and the support given to both the offensive and defensive ends is a little insufficient.

It is better to understand that Zhuo Yang and Kaka cannot tolerate fifth place, as the Golden Globe Award and Mr. World, it will be ridiculed for missing the Champions Cup qualification for two consecutive years.

The problems have to be found one by one, and the game must be played one game at a time. Four days after the sullen draw with Parma, AC Milan welcomed the second leg of the League Cup round of 32 at home.

At this time, ten days have passed since the day of Ronaldo's injury, and the Milan generals have finally come out of that terrifying and depressing atmosphere. In fact, the veterans have seen a lot, and they have experienced all kinds of stadium tragedies, and the three of them who have the deepest impact are still the three of them.

Ten days have passed, Ronaldo flew back to Brazil by special plane to heal his wounds alone, time is the medicine for all wounds, and it is also the spring breeze that drives away the clouds in his heart. At the end of February, when spring was about to bloom, the Milanese in San Siro did not give the Norwegians another chance to go wild.

Just five minutes after the opening whistle, Milan's most logical routine: Gattuso broke the ball, Pirlo plugged through, and Kaka shook off a few big steps and fired from a long corner in the corner. The shot from 24 yards out was of very high quality and although it was saved by Rosenborg goalkeeper Hirschfeld, it was impossible for him to hold it on. After Zhuo Yang, who was following closely, shot into the net from a small angle, Hirschfeld didn't even have time to get up.

When Pirlo broke through with Pato in the 20th minute to disrupt Rosenborg's defense, Pato's diagonal plug caused a panic in the penalty area, and Zhuo Yang suddenly grabbed a stab shot to rewrite the score to 2:0, and the game was basically no suspense.

The first goal just now came from Kaka's long-range shot, and the young master was ruthless, and then tested the goalkeeper with three long-range shots, each farther than the other. In the 40th minute, Pato's breakthrough in front was disrupted, and after the ball was turned back, Kaka fired his fifth long-range shot from 33 yards. Goalkeeper Hirschfeld's vision was blocked, and this low shot that was not too fast jumped past him and into the goal, 3-0.

At the beginning of the second half, Jiu Ye replaced Kaka, and Zhuo Yang was pulled back to the midfield. Such a certain victory in the game is naturally very suitable for Inzaghi to wait for the flowering, and the other Milanese, including Zhuo Yang, are the gardeners who fertilize and water.

Zhuo Yang was not as good as Kaka today, and his long-range shot in the 68th minute was only 29 yards from goal, but it still allowed Hirschfeld to get rid of it. Although the ninth master lost his inspiration because of the flowering period, he did not bury his diligence, he pounced in time to make up for the empty goal.

Zhuo Yang was obviously more excited than Inzaghi, he rushed up and grabbed the ninth master's shoulder, and he was about to shake up: "Is it blooming?" Is it on? ”

"I didn't ...... Not...... Didn't feel it...... Don't shake it, I almost bit my tongue......"

A 4-0 win saw AC Milan reach the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup with an aggregate score of 5-1 and recalibrate the club's goals for the season.