Chapter 097: Baggio's Apple
Zhuo Yang was suspended for four league games, perhaps by providence, and these four Serie A games were neatly interspersed with three other games, two Champions League games and one Italian FA Cup, and three days after the home draw with Messina, AC Milan will go to Brescia for the second leg of the FA Cup round of 16.
The city of Brescia is close to Milan, and the two are similar to the geographical and urban relationship between Shanghai and Suzhou, with many castles and churches in Brescia leading the way in Italy, and also similar to the gardens of Suzhou.
Waiting in the Riga Monti stadium to greet AC Milan and Zhuo Yang is the old prince of the Apennines, Robert Baggio.
Baggio has played for seven Italian teams in his career, Vicenza, who played for the first team at the age of 15, is where he debuted, Fiorentina is a love-hate relationship, Juventus is the place where he is most hoped, both Milan and Bologna in one year have a feeling of unfinished Baggio, and Brescia, who played for four years in the twilight of his career, is the place where Unprincipled loves him the most.
The last four years of his stay in Brescia made Baggio the greatest player in the history of the small club, and it was because of Baggio that most fans around the world began to understand Brescia. In those four years, whether it is football skills or personal charm, Baggio single-handedly established this weak team in Serie A, attracting many famous players at that time, such as Pep Guardiola, Toney and so on.
The world has many praises for Baggio, but only Pep Guardiola spoke of Baggio in spirit.
- Being with him always calms your heart, even if the sea is no longer rippling.
If the '94 World Cup made Baggio a god, then the four years in Brescia made him a Buddha.
Baggio retired from Brescia in 2004 and his last professional game was at the San Siro, when AC Milan took on Brescia in the final round of Serie A. At that time, the city of Milan was empty, and it was the only time that Rossoneri and Nerazuri stood together in solidarity.
"Zhuo Yang, there is no need to worry about the things in front of you, you can't stay cold, the ice is blowing and freezing all over the Ping Lake, and everything has its own certainty. You are still so young, Shaohua still ...... "Baggio is comforting Zhuo Yang, afraid that he will not be able to think about it because he is young because he is suspended."
"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it, big brother Robbie, what are you doing in Brescia?" Zhuo Yang and Baggio are already very familiar, the old prince helped him twice, broke through the bottleneck and Madibao nine and a half, Baggio can be regarded as a noble person in Zhuo Yang's life.
"Hunting, of course, hunting. Don't you know, the roe deer in the nearby mountains are running all over the ground, and the shot goes out ......, which is very fulfilling. At the mention of hunting, the eyes of the Buddhist Baggio lit up instantly.
"Is roe deer meat delicious?" Zhuo Yang's focus is really different from Baggio's.
"It's okay to burn, it's a little fishy to eat when it's baked, and it can't be suppressed without brushing butter." Foodie Baggio.
"In my hometown, they are all marinated in advance with white wine and green onions, ginger and garlic, so that they can cover the fishy smell of meat." When it comes to eating, Zhuo Yang's ability is not small, and it is estimated that Baggio may not be an opponent.
"I don't know about this, but as a Buddhist, the precepts are that I can't eat pungent meat and alcohol, such as onions, ginger and garlic. Nam no Amitabha ......"
Zhuo Yang: "......"
"Brother, you've killed all the creatures and eaten all the meat, so you still care about this?" Three black lines hung out on Zhuo Yang's forehead.
Before the summer, Baggio had been trying to persuade Zhuo Yang to go to Juventus, but after the phonegate incident broke out and Juve's future was in doubt, he stopped mentioning the topic. After the summer, not only did Zhuo Yang not go, but even his second brother Montolivo, who was regarded as the heir to the mantle by Baggio, fled there, which made Baggio very embarrassed.
"I was worried that you would be banned, but it seems that I was worried about it." Baggio always laughs with an unfathomable look. "When you live to my age, you will know that there are not many things worth caring about in life, and there are only one or two places left in your heart."
"Big Brother Robbie, what do you have in mind? Can I know? Isn't it the penalty in '94...... Bah, my mouth stinks, don't you mind! The mouth was too fast, Zhuo Yang quickly slapped himself twice.
"Hehe, don't talk about that penalty, football doesn't leave anything in my heart." Baggio turned around and looked up at the sky at the top of the hill at forty-five degrees. "There's only one thing left in my soul, and that's an apple."
"Apple? What apples? Eat or cell phone? ”
Baggio held the Buddha salute with one hand, twisted the beads, and smiled without saying a word.
Twenty-five years ago, at the Caldonio High School in Vicenza, 14-year-old Robert Baggio said to Andrena, a beautiful girl a grade above him: "Andrena, turn around and if my free kick hits the apple above your head, you will be my girlfriend, okay?" ”
Twenty-five years later, Baggio and Andrena's third child is already two years old.
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The following season after Baggio's retirement, Brescia was abruptly relegated to the second division, where they remain to this day.
Facing a second division team and winning the first leg 4:2, the club did not regard the FA Cup as the focus of competitive results, so AC Milan played as usual all substitutes + second teams, and those team heavyweights were all at home and did not come, except for Zhuo Yang.
Idle is also idle, Zhuo Yang not only came, but also volunteered to play the whole game. So, the captain's armband was once again on his right arm, which he felt was normal, as did several veterans.
The FA Cup is a match for AC Milan's bench and second-team youngsters, but Antonelli and Lunatti, who were selected in the last leg, performed poorly, which disappointed everyone, but the opportunity cannot be given only once, and today Lunati started again, and he and Brockie sat in the back two.
Captain Zhuo Yang and Ancelotti mud also have to support Oliveira on the wall to partner in the front, this kid looked at Zhuo Yang when he came on the field as if he was going to stuff him with a red envelope. As the saying goes: Who doesn't eat dumplings during the New Year? People can't always drink cold water, stuff their teeth, and memorize words.
In the 15th minute, Jankulovski, who played as a full-back today, broke through and got a corner kick, after Gourcuff was penalized, Zhuo Yang jumped up in front of the point, turned around in mid-air to look back at the moon, aimed at Oliveira and rubbed the ball over, Brazil floated in the middle of the small penalty area in the air relay, and the football was about to be exploded by him.
After scoring the goal, Oliveira's eyes were red, and he rushed over to hug Zhuo Yang as wild as a primitive person, but he was directly put on the ground by Zhuo Yang's hand, and then beckoned: Come, press up.
At this moment, Zhuo Yang returned to Madibao in a trance.
Oliveira was not easy, and the '7' he left behind on Shevchenko's back has now become a travesty. The decline in level is one thing, and his well-balanced but not outstanding style in all aspects is also a very important reason for not being able to adapt to Serie A. In the Apennines, unless you have a balanced balance of everything, like Zhuo Yang, if you want to get ahead, one move will always be more effective than everything.
You look at the Ninth Master, and then think about Bierhoff, right?
Not only Oliveira, a striker who is in urgent need of rebirth, wants to tie up with Serie A to feed the cake king, but even the young players of the second team on the bench off the field looked at Zhuo Yang with their eyes full of flattery.