Chapter 737: San Siro's Final Battle
In the 22nd second of the game, captain Maldini received a knock back from Zhuo Yang, which was his first touch of the ball. Just such a simple and ordinary stoppage, the 70,000 San Siro thundered with joy. It was Maldini's 645th Serie A game and his 901st competitive game for AC Milan.
It was Maldini's last home game, and possibly even his last. If they can win this game against Roma, AC Milan will win the 08-09 Serie A title one round earlier, and the last round away to Fiorentina will not be involved.
The president of the Italian Football Federation, Abette, offered to hold a farewell match for Maldini, but he refused. Maldini said: "My retirement game is in Rome on May 27th. "It was the Champions League final.
This summer, several heavyweights will retire, and among those who Zhuo Yang knows are Figo, Nedved, and Bundesliga players Bowman and Schneider. But only Maldini can use a Champions League final at the highest level as a farewell performance, which is a great show of flaunting and pride.
If he can win the title early today, Maldini will concentrate on preparing for the final in ten days' time. The main players of the team, including Zhuo Yang, Kaka, Inzaghi and others, will also miss the final round of the league against Fiorentina. Provided, of course, that you win today.
Three days ago, Carlo Ancelotti accidentally sent the 'all-ocean class' team to win the FA Cup, creating a great wonder in world football. Perhaps An Fat was conscious of overkill, and he sent as many Italian players as possible in this game, especially at the back, which was the 'all-Italian class' of the horses, Bonella, Zambrotta and Favali.
Midfielders Zoyang, Kaka, Pirlo, Ambrosini, strikers Inzaghi, Pato. Dida was lucky, and this season he and Abbiati had a clear division of content, with Abi in charge of the league and he dedicated to two cup competitions. However, as the season drew to a close, Abbiati was injured in a collision with Favali in training, so Dida was ready to come and win the league title in person with joy.
Milan failed to get their hopes in the last round and are desperate to get their hands on the title today, but their opponents Roma are also thinking a lot.
After 36 rounds of Serie A, AC Milan topped the list with 83 points with 24 wins, 11 draws and one loss, followed by Inter Milan with 79 points. Juventus 66 points, Fiorentina 62 points, Roma 60 points.
Roma are now fifth, with their only target now being to replace Fiorentina in fourth place and qualify for next season's Champions League. Udinese broke AC Milan's 76-game unbeaten run in the last round and gave the Roma great courage, as the terrifying Milan were no longer an invincible team.
And once Milan loses its undefeated aura, Roma even has a certain psychological advantage. Because in Milan's splendid journey of 76 games of old and young, only Roma remained unbeaten in the face of Milan, and the two teams played all three meetings to a 2:2 draw. Going back a little further, in the past three seasons, including the FA Cup, Roma has won 6 games, won 5 and drawn 6 games, and it was on this field that the 06-07 season beat Milan, and after the game, the whole Roma team and Zhuo Yang had a tunnel brawl. In other words, Roma is the only team that has not yet been beaten since the Apennines.
If they can beat AC Milan in this game, Roma will not say that they will increase their points, and they will force Milan to fight Fiorentina for the next game of the title, and Roma will face the relegated Torino in the last round. This form is very interesting, and Rome has a lot of hope of surpassing the purple lily.
So, despite Totti's high respect for Maldini before the start of the game, he still had to beat AC Milan today. Compared with Milan, only Nesta and Abbiati are out of the team with minor injuries, and Roma has a total of five goalkeepers, Doni, De Rossi, Aquilani, Ciciño, and Tonetto, who cannot play for various reasons.
Just three minutes into the opening period, Tadei burst into the box to receive a wonderful pass from Vuzzini and shot from a tight angle, and Dida blocked the ball off the line. In the fifth minute, Zambrotta made a mistake in clearing the ball and couldn't go far to Totti's feet, and the Wolves volleyed over the crossbar from 20 yards. In the ninth minute, Matteo Brigi, who started in place of Aquilani, fired a long-range shot from outside the box that grazed the post.
The Roman three-plank axe was no ordinary menace, and the Romans tore off their pre-match hypocritical disguises, revealing their bloody fangs. AC Milan didn't have their first shot on goal until the 14th minute, when Kaka's long-range shot was saved by Roma substitute goalkeeper Artur Moraes.
The 28-year-old is a Brazilian-Italian who started his goalkeeping career in Brazil. Among the Brazilian goalkeepers, Roma No. 1 Mendoni and Inter Cesar belong to the European type, which is not much different from other outstanding goalkeepers in Italy, but Artur is a traditional type, the same as Dida, who eats by talent and reflexes, and is a little neurotic.
After the 25th minute, Totti made two more consecutive strikes from the right ribs, and after both shots posed a great threat to AC Milan, Maldini couldn't stand it anymore and called out to Zhuo Yang: "You take a little and pay attention to protect the lower front." ”
Today, Milan are similar to Roma, with a formation similar to 4-4-2, with Zhuo Yang almost as a right-back and Tadei in front of him mainly tossing the ugly and lively Tadei. At the end of last year, the Sun newspaper selected the top 10 ugly stars in football today, and Tadej and Camoranesi were on this list in Serie A, and Tadej was the top player. Scar Ribery is only sixth, and it is conceivable how ugly Tadei is.
Perhaps because he was submerged in the Milan group of beautiful men, Ronaldinho magically did not appear on this list.
After receiving Maldini's order, Zhuo Yang retracted it slightly in the middle and sealed the gap in front of the right rib, just like Master Guan guarding Huarong Road. Totti hid behind Vucinic and played a shadow striker, and Pirlo was a little out of luck with him, but Zhuo Yang would never let Cao go.
Pizarro stabbed the ball obliquely, Totti was fiddling with his feet while thinking about how to deal with Zhuo Yang in front of him, but he didn't know that the second goods on the opposite side hit him directly with a 'whew', and the unsuspecting Totti was stunned, and the ball was lost, and was swept to Pirlo by Zhuo Yang.
Looking for a free time, Totti called out to Zhuo Yang and said, "I see that you have regressed in defense and are becoming less and less skilled. ”
Zhuo Yang held back a smile, pretended to be sad and said, "Who said it wasn't? Alas—" He felt that His Majesty Totti had not made any progress in the past three years, and the method of agitation was still as lame as ever.
"Have you analyzed the reason? Think about it a lot, it's not good for your career prospects. You should be careful to correct it during the game. ”
"Why should I correct it? Franco, don't forget that I'm a striker who has scored 33 goals, and I wonder how to defend myself. ”
Totti: "......"
"Hey, Franco, you should be in your 20s this year, right? I didn't count them. Congratulations, it's much better than last year. ”
Totti regretted coming together to get into a fight with Zhuo Yang, who scored just 13 goals in the league last year after losing to Kaka by one goal as top scorer last year. With only two rounds left in the season, Totti scored exactly 10.