Chapter 328: The goal record that is about to be broken
Quaresma doesn't know what impact his statement will have on world football, he just knows that the situation is good for Arsenal.
Under Milan's anxiety, Kaka and Shevchenko hurriedly refuted the rumors, but due to the flood of public opinion, no one knew which news was true and which was false.
It seems that all of a sudden the summer transfer window has arrived early.
The only regret is that neither Chelsea nor Real Madrid have stepped up to join in the fun, and if they both express interest in the Milan player, it will certainly add fuel to the fire.
After several days of excitement, until the day of the game, everyone's attention was turned back to the game, which is probably a very rare trend of public opinion in football.
However, at this time, someone found out that in this game, Quaresma actually had the possibility of breaking the Champions League goal record.
It's not a record for individual goals scored in the Champions League, it's a record for individual goals in a single season in the Champions League.
Prior to that, the record for individual goals in a single season in the Champions League was held by Milan's Altafini, who scored a total of 14 Champions League goals in the 62-63 season.
This record has not been broken to this day!
And because the record was set in the ancient times of the Champions League, it is not of high reference value.
Under the 14 goals, there is also a single-season goal record of 12 goals, set by Real Madrid legend Puskas and Ruud van Nistelrooy in 02-03.
In this season's Champions League, Quaresma has scored 13 goals, surpassing Puskas and Ruud van Nistelrooy's 12 and closing the record of 14 goals in a single season.
This is definitely an impressive achievement.
In the group stage, Quaresma scored just five goals, which he did without playing in his last two group games.
And after entering the knockout round, Quaresma's goals began to explode.
There were two braces at home to Real Madrid, as well as away goals, and after the first knockout round, Quaresma's tally now reached eight.
The quarter-finals against Juventus were a replica of the stunning performance against Real Madrid, with a brace at home and still on the road, so that Quaresma's goal reached 11 before the semi-finals.
In the first leg of the semi-finals against Milan, Quaresma scored a brace, and if this goal pattern is calculated, then Quaresma will definitely score a goal against Milan away.
The tally then reached 14, tying Altafini's record.
It's a bit incredible.
If Arsenal can really make a difference in the Champions League this season, then Quaresma must be Arsenal's number one contributor.
Even Henry would not have been able to achieve this, and Quaresma had already gone on a meteoric path out of control.
Now it seems that Henry and Quaresma, Arsenal's golden twin guns, are a perfect match, Henry is a god in the Premier League, and Quaresma assists; In the Champions League, the positions of the two people are reversed, and there is always one person who can step up and lead the team forward at a critical moment.
And statistically, some people have found a very interesting point, Henry is sharper, while Quaresma is more motivated against strong opponents, so that no matter what kind of opponent Arsenal are facing, they don't have to worry about scoring.
After the media rendering, it seems that everyone knows that Quaresma may want to break the Champions League single-season goal record in this game, and for a while, the crowd is excited.
When interviewed, Quaresma didn't show much desire to break the record, but for Milan fans, this is not what they want to happen at the San Siro.
It would be a huge shame for Milan to let Quaresma play the single-season Champions League goal record held by a Milan player at the San Siro.
There are even fans who have shouted the slogan "I'd rather be eliminated than be broken by Quaresma", which shows this.
Of course, this is also due to the fact that Milan are too far behind and have little hope of making a comeback, otherwise an inconsequential record would not have been compared to advancing to the final.
In fact, Quaresma really didn't pay much attention to this record, after all, the most important thing now is to send Milan out of the tournament safely.
As for the record, he is very Buddhist, and it doesn't matter if it's broken, or if it's broken.
Anyway, there was the final Champions League final, in which he swore to score a goal to show Barcelona what they had missed.
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Walking into the San Siro Stadium, Quaresma was greeted by huge boos and insults, and in the eyes of Milan fans, Quaresma was a demon they hated.
Quaresma doesn't care, he's used to being taken care of by rival fans, even if the Milan fans may be more aggressive, but he's still calm and doesn't take it personally.
Just sympathize with the feelings of the loser!
In fact, Quaresma would now prefer to see the expressions on the faces of the Milan players across the line-up, and he would be curious to see if the Milan players would be furious after seeing Arsenal's starting line-up.
He swore that if he were a Milan player, he would have wanted to draw a circle and curse Arsene Wenger because Wenger had gone too far.
Obviously, a 3-0 scoreline has largely ensured Arsenal to advance to the final, so it is pointless and irrational to attack Milan on the road.
So Arsenal's tactic in this game is to defend and counter-attack.
Maybe that's not the right thing to say, only defending, no counter-attacking.
The 442 starting formation, with Quaresma and Thierry Henry up front, was less of a surprise, but in the arrangement of the midfielders, Arsene Wenger threw a solid thunderbolt.
Pire didn't play, Ljungberg didn't play, Cesc Fabregas didn't play, and none of the four players in midfield were pure attacking players.
Gilberto Silva, Flamini, Alexandre Song and finally Lauren in the wing-back position......
They don't need to attack, they just need to line up in midfield and make sweeping interceptions, and that's all Wenger has given them.
There is not even a minimum cover-up, Wenger just made it clear to everyone that we will not attack in this game, only defend, if you have the ability, you will attack, and you will win the goal!
Such an attitude simply broke everyone's mind.
Is this still the arsenal that Europe is famous for its beautiful attacking football?
I may have seen a fake Arsenal!