Chapter 433: We Will Always Be Friends
The European Championship qualifiers are still in full swing and do not seem to show the slightest sympathy for the NATO bombing.
Football has nothing to do with Zheng Zhi, and the Japanese Football Association, as the first East Asian country, to stand up and no longer allow southern players to protest against the matter on the field.
However, Stojkovic, who works for Nagoya, said: "As long as NATO does not stop bombing, my protests will not stop." β
The manager of Nagoya told reporters: "The notice of the Football Association was not directly communicated to the players in the southern country, which is a very delicate issue. β
"We respect the decision of the Football Association, but we have to think carefully before we can convey it to the players..."
However, as the gaffe has expanded, many players have shown the words "protest atrocities" on their chests after scoring goals or winning games to oppose NATO's bombing of those innocent people. These players are not limited to southerners, they come from any country or region in the world, and it is the peace-loving that brings them together.
Ou Chuliang, who plays in Serie A, also said in front of the media and cameras the day after the bombing ended, that he protested against a series of actions by NATO, and was ashamed of them to extend their butcher knives to innocent people. At the same time, it will support any activities of the players in the southern country, and will also call on more people in the community to join in the anti-war movement.
With a clean sheet record in Serie A, Ou Chuliang's words and attitude were known by more fans for the first time, including the Italian Football Association.
Italian Football Federation officials urgently contacted AC Milan to keep Ouchulian shut.
Originally, the players of the southern country have already made a big fuss, and if players from other countries are involved to form a chain reaction, then Serie A football may lose its "original appearance".
Berlusconi, however, thought more, and he wanted Acchulian to retract what he had said.
But was rejected by Ou Chuliang's words.
Even some threatening words were uttered in reverse.
For the first time, the arrogant Italian capitalist discovered that the young Chinese teenager was not as easy to control as he had imagined.
"If it was half a year ago, I would definitely have let him sit on the bench for the past four years and not be able to participate in a single game!" After Ochulian said goodbye, Berlusconi thought fiercely to himself.
But unfortunately, he can only think about it.
Looking back at all the games in Milan in the new year, Ou Chuliang's ability to break Rossi's record is definitely golden, and it is not rubbing the residual heat of his teammates.
This is obvious to all Italians, including Berlusconi himself.
He had to think about what Milan would become in the league if someone took Ouchuliang next season, and the person who took Ouchuliang was some kind of rival.
But let him be "succeeded" by Ou Chuliang like this, and he was still unwilling.
Finally, at the Rome Olympics on April 3, when fans found out that Ouchulian did not follow Maldini on the field, but sat silently on the bench, it caused an immediate uproar.
"Zaccheroni is crazy?"
"Berlusconi is crazy?"
"Such an important, crucial game, and you don't send Europe to play?"
"There are still four points with Lazio and there are only eight games left in the league... Don't you want the league title? Don't you want a centennial celebration? β
"Hmph, I don't believe you can't win the championship without Europe!" On the rostrum, Berlusconi pouted with a gloomy face.
Ou Chuliang announced that he was "taking turns off", and Zaccheroni was also helpless.
From the beginning of the year to the present, Ou Chuliang has been starting for 4 months, and he has not rested for a single game, and it is normal to take a turn to rest.
But the crux of the matter is that this game can be called a do-or-die battle for Milan, and the opponent is only Lazio in front of him, not to mention, the opponent is still four points ahead of him.
If this game is lost again, the difference will widen to 7 points, and the right to win the championship will be completely handed over.
What is Mr. President thinking?
Doesn't he really want to dedicate the championship to the centennial celebration?
Or is he going to fasten the big uncrowned hat of Milan's centennial celebration on Ou Chuliang's head?
Did Ou Chuliang pick it up? Will the fans accept it?
Zaccheroni thinks a lot, but it's not something he should think about.
What he should be thinking about is how to use the existing group of players at his disposal to beat strong opponents on the road.
The only good news may be that the Eagles' defender Mihajlovic also did not play, and he was on the bench like Ouchulian.
Despite this, the Blue Eagles also have Mancini, Vieri, Nedved, Salas...
Picking out any one of these people was enough to give Zaccheroni a headache.
"Let's hope the home team doesn't press too hard!" Zaccheroni drew a cross on his chest, "I hope Sebastian can also take the lead!" β
Milan took the initiative to shrink the backfield after the opening, and it was safer for them to play defensive counterattacks instead of playing away from home. In the first few minutes, Lazio didn't have many good chances until the sixth minute, when the home side took the lead to threaten.
Mancini broke down the right and resulted in a corner, Nedved drove the ball into Milan's penalty area, where Vieri grabbed the first spot. To the dismay of the home fans, the ball he headed out flew out of play against the crossbar.
After Lazio's first shot was a threat, the rest was even more comfortable. Just two minutes later, it was Mancini who received Nedved's overhead pass on the right and suddenly accelerated to break through to the edge of the line to cause a corner.
This time the corner went straight to the back post, and the unmarked Salas scored with a volley from 10 meters in front of the goal!
"Salas has scored!"
"He's the hero of the Blue Eagle!"
"Compared to him, Bierhoff is nothing!"
Bierhoff has had a bit of a high start in Milan this season, with eight league games remaining, and he has only scored 13 goals so far. On the other side, Salas also scored 13 goals before the game.
So fans often compare the two of them, but Milan fans are too demanding of Erhoff, and his goal is not like a Serie A Golden Boot at all.
Milan began to prepare for a counter-attack after conceding a goal, but it did not have much effect. The combination of the front, middle and back was very stiff, but Lazio played a beautiful combination again in the 28th minute.
After Nedved and Mancini played a one-two, he slammed his left foot and gently pushed the ball to the front of the small penalty area, looking for the tall Vieri.
Vieri leaned on Costacuta with his strong body, won the ball and turned and pumped straight away, and the ball grazed the post and flew off the line.
Off!
"Oh!"
"What a pity!"
"Vieri missed the chance to extend the score!"
"If this ball is a little more calm, adjust and play again, the Milan defenders may have to foul and send points."
The home commentator's voice was full of regret, and he, like other Lazio fans, had the same view of the so-called "battle for the top spot" as to make Milan "completely lose the idea of winning the championship".
At this time, Vieri missed the opportunity, and he naturally felt a little "distressed".
"The Milan defense without Europe is like papier-mΓ’chΓ©!"
"Just like Milan at the beginning of the season, the defense is not worth mentioning! Against a team like that, chances can easily arise and we have to be patient enough to take every chance to score. β
"Nedved and Mancini's passes couldn't have been smoother, any of our strikers would have scored the ball!"
Vieri shook his head after turning and volleying unsuccessfully, and although he regretted it, he did not show his chagrin.
The intensity of the game was not high, and with the fact that it was the home stadium, the atmosphere was not at all as depressing as the San Siro in the first half of the league. If he gets the ball again, he thinks he'll definitely get it!
Just three minutes later, Vierica, who missed a good chance to score, cut inside with the Milan defender, and when he received Favali's cross, he collided with Maldini hard, and the two fell to the ground in an instant.
Favali's pick and turn was not very powerful, but Vieri's mind was on Costacuta next to him and he didn't notice Maldini in front of him.
Unsuspecting, when he turned around and jumped to the top, he collided directly with Maldini's head.
In an instant, both of them had a big bag on their sideburns. Both are the main players of the Italian national team, which can be said to be a "cannibalism".
But this is the league, it is the top battle of Milan's "life and death", and no one will think about the national team.
As the two of them wrapped their sideburns, Vieri's forehead also flowed a string of red.
In desperation, the referee had to let Vieri go out of bounds to bandage his wound and award Lazio a free kick.
Nedved's set-piece grazed the post and Abbiati's save was beautiful, but it wasn't destined to find the back of the net.
Soon Vieri was back on the pitch, which Abbiati had yet to deliver.
"Vieri is in great shape today!"
"It seems that he doesn't want to miss the opportunity to 'beat the water dogs' either!"
"Milan without Europe, even Serie B teams can score!"
"Let the Milanese see how good we are!"
To the cheers of the home fans, the ball was back at Lazio's feet. This time, Nedved's cross found Vieri in the box, who headed the ball to the front of the spot, and Mancini didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and kicked the ball directly to the bottom right with the instep of his right foot.
Swish!
Abbiati's body fell to the ground, and behind him was a white wave kicked off by the football.
"The ball is in!"
"The ball is in again!"
"This time it's Roberto!"
'He took his chance and didn't give the Milan any time to react!'
Roberto scored his eighth league goal of the season.
'He has a strong belief that he will win, and this goal is the best reward for the 35-year-old.'
The home players gathered on the sidelines to cheer and celebrate with the fans.
Playing at home, gaining the upper hand and leading by two goals...
Those away fans covered their faces, they saw despair.
The camera pans across Milan's dugout, with Zaccheroni on the sidelines with his head bowed, his hands in his trouser pockets, biting his lower lip and taking small steps.
Ou Chuliang stared ahead with both eyes, and there was no reaction.
Li Tie and the discussion did not even enter the squad, and sitting next to Ou Chuliang was a group of equally disappointed Milan players.
"Zaccheroni must be very upset at this moment because he put Ouchulian on the bench." Huang Jianxiang's voice came from the microphone.
I don't know what Ou Chuliang was thinking at this time, it seems that he has been prepared for the current situation on the court. The first time he joined Milan, he had a chance to win the title, and now, Milan have all but given up their hopes of winning the title. I don't know if Ou Chuliang will regret it when he thinks back to the helplessness of this game after many years..."
2 to 0. Lazio continued their march towards the title, while Milan, who had finished second, seemed to be sliding into an endless abyss.
'Eriksen was smiling like a kid on the sidelines and he looked very happy with the team's performance.
"Maybe in his heart, the energy of Mihailovich and Stankovic is not as good as that of an Ochulian."
"Swapping two southern players for Ou Chuliang not playing, this deal is a good deal."
"Now Milan is already two goals behind in the first half, and if they don't seize the opportunity to fight back in the second half, they may really lose the possibility of winning the championship!"
Milan, who were two goals down, wanted to respond, but they had already been beaten and they had to passively accept such an outcome.
At the end of the first half, the tempo of both sides slowed down, and everyone seemed to want to end the first half like this.
Nedved held the ball in midfield, skimming the time card of "2" held aloft by the fourth official.
At this point, neither player was too far to open his legs, and the Czech midfielder leisurely dribbled the ball through the half.
Just as the Milan midfielder was guessing which side the Czech would put the ball on, Nedved suddenly took a step on his feet, and he unexpectedly picked up speed on the spot and dribbled past Ambrosini.
He glanced up at his teammates who had just woken up on both sides, and then glanced forward at the Milan penalty area.
In the next second, the Czech titan dribbled the ball forward with his right foot, supported the body of the post with his left foot, and hit the instep with his right foot without hesitation.
Rumble!
The knocking on the mountain from 35 meters away stunned the entire Olympic Stadium in Rome.
Burst~~
Swish!!
"Roar Roar Roar !!"
"Walter ???"
"It's Pavel!"
The ball flew over the second half of Milan like a cloud-piercing arrow and hung into the corner of the goal.
At this moment, all the Milan fans behind the goal were stunned.
The first second is fine, but the next second, how can you let people in?
Is this still the same Milan team that have kept 10 clean sheets in a row?
Belch... No, Ou is not on the field!
This is not the Milan team that have kept a clean sheet in 10 consecutive games!
No!!!
"it!"
"Milan's backline is really papery!"
"How can you get him on his feet so easily?"
"This goalkeeper looks quite tall, why can't he save this ball?"
"I don't feel like Ou Chuliang has a big save range!"
The Chinese fans in front of the TV scolded non-stop, they didn't know the inside story of Ou Chuliang's failure to play like Huang Jianxiang and Zhang Lu and others. They simply believed what Zaccheroni said to reporters before the game: Ou is resting!
"This Milan manager has a brain in water, right? Such a critical game, let Ou Chuliang rest in turn? β
"Milan don't want the title anymore?"
"This guy doesn't want a job anymore?"
While many Italian fans felt that Acchulian's clean sheet record was a credit to Milan's overall backline, today's game swollen their faces.
They will never understand what Chinese fans are thinking at this time, because Chinese fans have always believed that if Milan wants to win the championship, Fio Chuliang must not !!
Nedved's long-range bombardment once again took the game to a new climax, even as time ran out in the first half.
The Milan fans who reacted were doused by Nedved's goal, and many stood up in the stands and cursed.
"What a bastard!"
"Such an important game is to adjust the lineup arbitrarily!"
"Deserved to let the family score in the first half!"
"What do the coaches eat? What do the players eat? β
"Don't you even know the importance of this game?"
"If you continue to play like this, don't you have to let people score in the second half?"
The Milan fans, who couldn't stand it, stood up and walked towards the outside of the stadium with a curse. Milan's performance today was like a disjointed game, and even if they regained their fighting spirit in the second half, they did not believe that they could equalize or even overtake the score at the home of the Blue Eagles.
Eriksen's laughter grew louder as he and the assistant coaches hugged each other as if to greet the champion.
Now, he can walk into the dressing room and lay out how to keep the win.
At the start of the second half, Lazio did not attack with all their might. However, they avoided being counter-attacked by Milan, so possession was still at the feet of the home team.
"Lazio have the game in their hands."
"It's not easy for Milan to replace Ou on the field!"
"He's just a goalkeeper and he can only prevent the opponent from scoring goals."
"And today, his young understudy, has screwed it all up!"
"Milan doesn't have a chance..."
The game went into garbage time very early, and the Milan players wanted to counterattack, but each attack was quickly cut off by the opponent, and then the opponent counterattacked.
And every time they defended, they were scrambling, and for the three centre-backs of Costacuta and Maldini and Sala, it was an awkward game for them.
It seems to have returned to the timid scene at the beginning of the season, rushing forward for fear of being hanged, and being afraid of being kicked by a long shot after pressing. Without Ou Chuliang as their solid backing on the field, the heart of gains and losses is getting more and more serious. At the end of the day, they didn't have much to do to stop the home team's offense other than fouling.
In the 71st and 79th minutes of the game, Eriksen brought on Mihajlovic and Stankovic.
Although the two responded to the call of the Southern Football Association to boycott the game, in a giant club like Lazio, it was only a protest at best.
At this moment, Lazio almost sealed the victory, in order to show the "arrogance" of the big club, as well as the "sympathy" for the south, so let the two southland players show their faces on the field and promote their own ideas.
Even if you are "passive and slacking", you are not afraid, anyway, you are already 3 goals ahead. And for Miha and Stankovic, scoring goals is more meaningful than "slacking off", because they also wear anti-war words printed on the underside of their jerseys.
But Milan are different, even if Zaccheroni is clear about the role of Acchulian on the pitch, there is no way to bring about any change in the current situation of the scoreline by changing a goalkeeper in the middle of the game.
In the second half, Zaccheroni was blocked by the team's attack, and he had no choice but to immediately change the formation. Replace the defender to prevent the score from expanding, and replace the main player to protect it.
Eventually, when the referee's whistle blew, Milan lost 3-0 away to Lazio and were stretched to eight points by the Serie A leaders.
After the match, the Stade Olipic in Rome burst into cheers and all Lazio fans were ready to welcome the champion.
Just as Ou Chuliang got up and walked towards the players' tunnel, a hand suddenly came to his shoulder from behind.
Looking back, it was Miha.
"Oh, anyway, I want to thank you, thank you country." Miha thanked him sincerely.
Being in the middle of this whirlwind, Miha naturally knew how much pressure Ou Chuliang would have to endure on their side.
"There is nothing to thank, China and Nanguo are friends." Ou Chulian stretched out his hand and shook hands with Miha and Stankovic, "One day is a friend, always a friend." β
"Friends forever!" Stankovic held Ou Chulian's hand, and two strings of tears couldn't help but flow down the corners of his eyes.
Miha also burst into tears, for the first time after knowing that his homeland had been bombed, he felt the real warmth of people from other countries.
At this moment, what UEFA Football Association, Italian Football Federation, Lazio club, and those hypocritical teammates around him...
These people all showed sympathy to them with some purpose or wearing false masks, and only Ou Chulian and the country behind him were genuinely on their side.
Miha wiped the corners of his eyes, "Ou, you're right, we'll always be friends!" β
Many years later, the personalities of these formerly sharp former Yugoslav players changed dramatically after the country split. Especially Mihajlovic, before retiring, he almost became an old Serie A fritter who choked one by one, and no one was convinced by anyone. Especially the rookie of the European Union, who was almost sprayed by him, even lost the confidence to continue playing.
But when there were young players from China competing in Serie A, Miha suddenly became a different person. Among the many young players in Serie A, Miha is like a kind elder, sheltering them from the wind and rain and holding up a piece of the sky when they first arrive in Italy.
And when Miha retired, he also directly gave up the conditions offered to him by major European clubs, and resolutely came to China to continue to shine in the field of football.
On this day, Milan lost the most crucial battle on the way to the championship in the battle for the top spot; However, Nanguo football is completely closely linked to Chinese football and has played a great role in promoting the development of Chinese football.