Chapter 55: Unexpected Clues
Pirlo continues to write in the rest of his diary β
"I know that at this distance, the shot of the magic foot is incomprehensible, so there is a hint of teasing, the power of the half-high ball I kicked is not great, but the ball jumps up and down very violently, which causes the opponent's goalkeeper Chimenti, to misjudge the flight trajectory of the ball, he pounced on the left side with his instincts, but failed to judge the landing point to hold the ball out, but blocked the ball into his own goal, 3-0! I could tell how frustrated he was at the time...... In first-half stoppage time, Nesta was booked for intercepting Chiellini, and Juve also won a free-kick from nearly 30 yards from our goal on the left rib, but Ibrahimovic's powerful shot was blocked by Gattuso's 'sacrificial shot'. β
Qin Hong saw this and thought: "Ibrahimovic's powerful and heavy shot really made many people sigh, I remember one year in the Champions League, big Ibrahimovic once used that kind of unreasonable 'heavy artillery' to stun a defender who formed a human wall on the spot when taking a free kick, the unlucky defender was urgently carried out of the stadium and sent to the hospital by a special ambulance, and the ball was because everyone was afraid of being suffocated by Ibrahimovic again, so it finally led to Ibrahimovic with a long-range shot!"
Qin Hong thought again: "I urged the ball shot by the magic foot, I don't know how many times more powerful than Ibu's shot, hey, it seems that I will not be able to hurt people in the future......"
After a burst of emotion, Qin Hong continued to read the following part of Pirlo's diary -
"At the start of the second half, Juve's attack did not improve. Within minutes of the opening period, Nedved burst into the box and was disrupted by a Stam tackle, limping back with an injury to his left leg, cursing uncleanly. And our Seedorf also seemed to hurt his knee, but he gritted his teeth and insisted on staying on the field. About ten minutes into the second half, Cannavaro was booked for kicking Gilardino from behind. With that, I was within 30 metres of the opponent's goal, ready to take the free-kick. But this time, the toe ring didn't vibrate smoothly again, so the kick I kicked wasn't strong enough, and it bounced off in front of Chimenti, but it almost caused him trouble again! However, Chimenti managed to lift the ball off the line and AC Milan won another corner. β
Qin Hong looked at it, and felt an itch in his heart, he really wanted to go on the field and kick it for the big brother Pirlo at that time!
The diary goes on to write -
"After I took a corner, I was knocked out of the danger zone by the goalkeeper's double fists and landed less than 20 metres in front of goal, and our defender's right-footed shot was again blocked by the Juventus defender, the brave Thuram. About fifteen minutes into the second half, Nedved raised his right foot and fired a low shot from nearly 20 yards on the left that was confiscated by Dida. Two minutes later, Seedorf volleyed a right-footed volley from more than 10 yards from goal on the right side of the penalty area, but he was a little unlucky and the ball skimmed over the crossbar. β
Qin Hong thought to himself: "Seedorf may want to score too much, so he will shoot vigorously in front of the goal." In fact, you can't use too much brute force to kick the ball, so you will often lose your accuracy! There are many examples of the ball being thrown away by pushing too hard in front of goal......"
Pirlo wrote this game in great detail, which made Qin Hong admire his meticulous thinking even more.
The following notes, although the handwriting is a little sloppy, can still be read very clearly, and it is written below-
"A few minutes later, Nesta broke the dangerous ball in the penalty area, Mutu continued to rush forward, knocked Nesta to the ground with his left knee forward, and there was a clear stampede when he landed, this kind of hurtful way to vent his anger aroused the anger of our Milan players, I remember the situation was terrible, Dida grabbed Mutu's neck and said something, and those Milan fans in the stands around him angrily threw water bottles into the field, Bertini hurriedly intervened and calmed down the situation very sensibly."
"Alas, on the field, everyone should go for the ball, not for the people!" Seeing this, Qin Hong secretly thought to himself, "Otherwise, the football game will turn into a barbaric brawl, what's the point?" He thought as he eagerly read the following part of Pirlo's diary about the battle of focusβ
'Because we were already 3-0 up, the manager replaced Inzaghi with Vieri, about 20 minutes to go. Not long after, Gattuso fell to the ground and was trampled on the soles of Nedved's feet on his back, and it seemed that the injury was not light! As a result, Piero replaced Nedved. And the Yongmeng Gattuso was also maliciously knocked down by the other party again, and was carried down by the stretcher that ran into the stadium at high speed. To be honest, I really smelled gunpowder at that time! Sure enough, in the 74th minute, Juventus' Chiellini tackled Kaka with a very unreasonable move and received a yellow card. The other party seems to have vented all the resentment of losing on people! β
"Hey, when it comes to Kaka, the Brazilian striker, I always feel that he is really unlucky...... Qin Hong couldn't help but think, "If it weren't for the fact that he was hit hard at his peak and had surgery to recuperate for a long time, how could he have been in a slump since then, and at a good age, he lost the aura of a superstar?" It seems that technique and courage are not enough, we also need to use our brains more in the game and learn to protect ourselves from injury. β
At this time, the diary he was reading in his hand was nearing the end, and he continued to writeβ
In the 76th minute, Juve's Vieira passed straight from the right rib, and after Trezeguet fell to the ground 10 meters in front of our goal, he hooked the ball into the net with his right foot and toe to chase the score to 1-3. Although the goal looked offside at first glance, we showed through the slow camera after the game that at the moment of Vieira's pass, Stam on the other side of the box was indeed dragged behind, which was a good goal. It was Trezeguet's 104th goal for Juve, and he equalled the tally of his predecessor Michel Platini at Juventus on that day. Ten minutes before the end, Vieri volleyed a left-footed shot from the edge of the box in front of goal, but the ball failed to hit the woodwork and went high...... After that, Gilardino and Seedorf were substituted off the pitch and the rest was brought on by Cafu and Kaladze. In the last few minutes, the waves were unfazed. Vieilla brings down Piero and is booked. In stoppage time, I sent in another long diagonal cross for Milan from the left, and Vieri was in a perfect position in front of goal to shoot low with his left foot, which was close to the far post. After that, Zambrotta picked up a cross from the right at the back post and Piero fired a right-footed volley in front of the six-yard box on the left side of the box, which was also confiscated. Finally, the whistle of referee Bertini put an end to the high-profile match.
Qin Hong read this note with great interest, only to find that Brother Pirlo had written a text in parentheses at the end of the full text - "(I really want to get another toe ring of the legendary 'Magic Twin Toe Ring', I always feel that one may be appropriate to wear on my toes.) However, the waters of the Blue Lagoon are so vast that finding it is really like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the spell it matches is on the mysterious cliff ......)"
Qin Hong's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, and the clue implied at the end of the diary made him feel an indescribable feeling in his heart!