Chapter 011 Red Star Belgrade
On the beautiful Balkan Peninsula, there was once a great country, Yugoslavia. Although Zhuo Yang is a post-80s generation, he grew up in a military compound and has watched a lot of old movies since he was a child, such as "Walter Defends Sarajevo", "The Bridge" or something, so he, like those in the sixties and seventies, is very curious about the name Yugoslavia.
Later, Yugoslavia ceased to exist, and when the gun went off, it was gone, and it became five countries, and the smoke of war dissipated, and the Yugoslav blood was called the Yugoslav Union. However, a few years ago, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was also gone, the name was changed to Serbia and Montenegro, and the name Yugoslavia completely disappeared into the dust of history.
Just this summer, Serbia and Montenegro became history, and on June 3, with a gentle wave of goodbye, Montenegro declared independence, leaving a large lump called Serbia. However, they have all been dismembered into this bloody and miserable scene, but there is still a broken urge called Kosovo inside.
Savicevic visited Milan last week with the real intention of getting the support of AC Milan and the Italian Football Federation, and he wants to be the president of the newly formed Montenegrin Football Federation, which is a Montenegrin native. He also got what he wanted in Milan, and as the greatest star in Montenegro's history, there is little suspense that Savčević will be elected, although Montenegro has no history.
The capital of Montenegro is the famous Sarajevo, and today Zhuo Yang and AC Milan are in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Of course, the book friends of "Golden Green" are high-level football lovers, and they will definitely not confuse the names Serbia and La Liga Sevilla.
The city, which on the surface seems to have lost its scars of war, has its own football derby, Red Star and Guerrilla. Speaking of which, the Belgrade derby is a whole other realm compared to other derbies. Compared with here, what Milan, London, Madrid, which is called Ruhr, Liverpool, Manchester, are all scum.
Founded at the end of World War II, the Red Star Belgrade was nominally a university team, but in fact it was secretly formed by the underground organization of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. As a result, Red Star quickly became a team of toiling people at the bottom, surrounded by very populist, very extreme, very Serbian nationalist young people, who were violent, extremely aggressive, and deeply rooted in Serbian supremacy.
The Belgrade guerrillas, the rivals of the Red Star, were formed to commemorate Tito's guerrillas who fought hard to liberate Yugoslavia, and had a deep military background. The great Comrade Tito was a Croat, and the supporters of the partisans were also federalists who resolutely defended the unity of Yugoslavia. They have a much broader composition and a deep hatred of the anarchists who are 'patriotic'.
From a political standpoint, the two groups of fans are-for-tat, and they are irreconcilable.
Every year Derby dies every year, that's not a problem at all. Finally, in that year, because the fans attacked each other, which eventually caused various ethnic groups to be hostile to each other, and then all international forces with ulterior motives joined in due course, and the war broke out.
Just as the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo became the trigger for the First World War, the clash of fans in Belgrade became the fuse that ignited the demise of Yugoslavia.
Other people's derbies are essentially just football and city topics, and the Belgrade derby divides and shatters a country. If you don't do it, you can't die.
Without further ado, the book gets back to business.
Today, 80,000 fans arrived at the Maracanã Stadium in Belgrade, and the stands were filled with fireworks like purgatory.
Carlo Ancelotti fielded the same starting line-up as a week ago, with Zoyang still partnering Gilardino up front, but it is clear that the two have yet to find a sense of coexistence.
Gilardino was not in great form, and in fact it wasn't just him, most of the AC Milan players were in a situation where they were barely fit for the game. This is easy to explain, firstly, the age is generally older, and secondly, many people are internationals from various countries, who have just finished the World Cup in the summer, especially the Italian internationals in the team, the state of the World Cup is too vigorous, and it is a due thing to have a callback at this time.
Gilardino is the most obvious, although he only scored one goal in the World Cup, but his overall performance is quite outstanding, and some media have called him 'Gilardino who can play the violin with his left foot', and he is not suspected of copying Davao Sukehan......
Coupled with the fact that this guy had some ideas in his heart, his handling of many balls in the first half was very unreasonable, either forcing himself to fight alone, or turning a blind eye to the vacant space that Zhuo Yang ran out. Zhuo Yang is not a fool, and gradually realized the name of the hall, the ball passed basically can't come back, then I won't pass it to you, if you want to talk about the spirit of a lone wolf, Gilardino is still very tender compared to Zhuo Yang!
Less than two minutes into the game, Zhuo Yang knocked back on the left side of the penalty area, Kaka fired a powerful low right-footed shot from 20 meters in front of the goal, and Gilardino made a follow-up shot from the edge of the small penalty area, but goalkeeper Landlovic was the first to confiscate.
In the 7th minute, Serginho made a defensive error, Milovanovic burst into the right side of the penalty area and knocked back, Zhikic outflanked the back, but Cafu broke the bottom line first. Red Star takes a corner from the left and Zhikic heads it high from 7 yards in front of goal.
None of the three center forwards over two meters in world football today, Crouch, Jankoler, and Zhikic, are good stubble. The 40-year-old and 182-centimeter-old Costacuta wants to deal with the 203-centimeter-old and 25-year-old Zhikic, in addition to relying on the old disrespectful actions, he can only try to push him out of the penalty area, and Dida can solve the problem by attacking and picking up a high-altitude ball.
Zhuo Yang had a chance to shoot in the ninth minute, and after he picked and shook off three defenders, he volleyed over the top and was saved. Gilardino scored again, but Danish referee Larsson blew for offside. Gilardino didn't complain that Zhuo Yang didn't pass the ball, nor did he nag Zhuo Yang to forcibly eat alone, nothing, he didn't even look at Zhuo Yang.
Once Zhuo Yang is alone, there are more opportunities to shoot on goal, because unlike Gilardino who needs to be fed the ball, Zhuo Yang himself can use his skills to create opportunities with various flashes. In the first 25 minutes, Zhuo Yang had five shots on goal, compared to four in the whole of the previous round. It's just that five shots on goal failed to get a goal, and the king of wave shooting has the meaning of repeating the old ways.
The Red Star team did not score away goals, and AC Milan had a two-goal advantage, so in the face of the home team's rapid counterattack, a group of old guys were not arrogant or impatient, and the mushroom pushing tactics were played perfectly, pushing and pushing and scoring again.
In the 28th minute, Kaka broke through the ball on the right rib, Cafu leaked to Gattuso on the side, Gattuso crossed and touched the defender Basta's leg and folded, and the football went to Zhuo Yang on the outside of the corner of the penalty area. Zhuo Yang feint flickered Pantic's soul, but he didn't let his teammates be fooled, his heel knocked to the middle, and Pirlo, who strode up, ejected in one fell swoop, and AC Milan led 1-0!
It's a game like this, and AC Milan's rhythm and passing feel are firmly in control of the rest of the game.
In the 34th minute, Kaka sent another through pass, but unfortunately Kafu did not run in place.
In the 39th minute, Milan broke through again on the right flank, Zhuo Yang crossed from the bottom, but Gilardino grabbed the shot in front of Pirlo, who was in a better position, but was cut off by the opposing defender. Gattuso yelled at Gilardino twice, and the eighth master is qualified to train people.
At the end of the first half, AC Milan made a substitution at halftime, and the ninth master Inzaghi's axe was already hungry and thirsty.