On June 20, 2006, the Italian national team took a special plane to Hannover, the capital of Saxony, Germany, where they will welcome the first group stage of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Italy were drawn in Group E against the then world No. 8 Czech Republic, the United States, the CONCACAF champions, and African giants Ghana.

At this time, the Italian national team has fallen to 12th in the world ranking, and the country is in the whirlpool of the "phonegate" incident, so almost no one in the outside world is optimistic about them, and even the odds offered to them by the peripheral handicap are far behind Brazil, Argentina, Germany and other popular teams, and even inferior to their group stage opponent Czech Republic.

But in the midst of the world's distrust and the chaotic atmosphere at home, Italy began their magical journey to the World Cup.

It is undeniable that although Lippi is full of anxiety about the national team in four years, this Italian national team is the most perfect national team for the three generations of old, middle and young, 27-year-old Andrea Pirlo, 26-year-old Gattuso, 23-year-old De Rossi, 29-year-old Grosso, also 29-year-old Zambrotta and Toni...... The vast majority of the players in this national team are in their prime, and the team that was not favored before the tournament is actually in their prime.

Under the leadership of the old and cunning "Silver Fox" Lippi, this Italian team subverted the world's impression as soon as they appeared, they played offensive football in the group stage, two 2:0 draws with African powerhouse Ghana and the Czech Republic with the world ranking above them, and 1:1 with the United States, firmly holding the group top in their hands.

In the quarterfinals, the Italians also stubbornly held the door against the trend until the 93rd minute of extra time, when the "great Italian left-back" Grosso stood up! He secured a penalty for Italy with a brilliant fall in the box, and Totti slotted it home as Italy reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Perhaps Grosso would not have imagined that his goal would cost an impassioned football commentator far away in China his job.

I think everyone will remember Brother Jianxiang's surging commentary this night, as far as I know, this should be the most popular commentary by domestic football commentators, of course, I mean Tianchao TV.

In the quarter-finals, Italy met their easiest opponent in the group stage, Eastern European powerhouse Ukraine.

The "happy meeting" of several Milan teammates such as Pirlo, Gattuso and Shevchenko did not become the main tone in this match, because of the influence of "phonegate", the Ukrainian nuclear warhead has just made a difficult decision, and he is determined to leave Milan, which made him famous, and go to the fiery arms of his fellow countryman Abu manager.

I don't know if it's because of the resentment of being betrayed, Pirlo and Gattuso worked hard in this game, although another Milan leader Nesta withdrew from the national team due to injury in the third group game, but Pirlo and Gattuso attacked and defended, and easily sent the Ukrainians back to their hometown in the ice and snow with a score of 3:0.

It is worth mentioning that this match was the first time that Descartes had the opportunity to play in the World Cup.

However, Mr. Lippi's substitution of Descartes was in the 91st minute of the game, and this substitution was clearly aimed at delaying time.

However, Descartes did not get this in mind, and Mr. Lippi had already made it clear to him that he was brought to the World Cup just to give him a taste of the atmosphere of the World Series, and his future should be in 2010.

Even after only a minute of playing time, Descartes did not give up his efforts, he kept chasing the ball on the field, like an excited elk chasing a butterfly and jumping, although he could not even touch the ball once when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, he still felt uncontrollable excitement.

You know, 17-year-old Ronaldo didn't even get a minute of playing time in the '94 World Cup.

Although the media avenged Descartes after the game, believing that since Lippi brought him to the World Cup, but only gave him such a short playing time, it was clearly a teasing of him, but Descartes knew very well in his heart that what he gained was definitely not as little as those reporters said.

Just being able to train with world-class superstars like Andrea Pirlo and Totti has already made it much more than he expected.

It's not so important whether you can play or not, it's important to be able to learn more from these world-class teammates, so that you can grow faster, and in 2010, it will be the stage for Descartes.

Italy's magical journey continued, as they met an equally flamboyant Germany team in the semi-finals, led by Jurgen Klinsmann, who suddenly went from a wide-open, tenacious overlord to a delicate and pleasing sword of immortality, and they showed the youth of a new generation of German football by taking out Ibrahimovic's Sweden and Argentina in the quarter-finals.

The Italians, on the other hand, relied on more tenacious defense and sharper counterattacks, and forced the "storm" of the host to be extinguished at the Westphalia Stadium, and the 2:0 score did not look as tense as the situation on the field, in fact, the Italians were only scored by Grosso and Pirlo in 119 and 121 minutes of extra time, and successfully stepped on the host's corpse to advance to the final.

In such a tense atmosphere, Descartes certainly could not get playing time again. It is foreseeable that in the more tense final, Descartes is even less likely to get the opportunity to play, so his journey in this World Cup should end with a series of zero eggs with 1 minute played, 0 touches, 0 breakthroughs, 0 turnovers, 0 goals, and 0 passes.

And the process of the final also left fans around the world stunned.

After a dreary defensive battle for most of the half, the only thing the crowd could remember for the first 90 minutes of the game was the curtain call by Maestro Zinedine Zidane, who led the French to a firm hold at bay with his fluid passing and exquisite playmaking to keep the Italians at bay if it weren't for Materazzi's header in the 93rd minute......

The real drama of this game is the shocking "header", but the top of Qi's bare head is not the ball, but Materazzi's chest, and Materazzi fell down, completing Qi's sad World Cup curtain call.

The story after that is very clear to us, not many people care about the Italians who won the championship, all the media are discussing Zidane's "top man", they are relish in analyzing what Materazzi said, and tirelessly replay Qi Bald's "feat" to the world over and over again.

In Italy, the "phonegate" incident is in the midst of wave after wave, so that even the domestic media do not care much about the national team winning the World Cup, when the Italian national team returns to China, only more than 2,000 people go to the airport to pick them up.

You know, when Italy won the runner-up in Euro 2000, the number of fans who came to pick them up reached five or six thousand.

In short, in the midst of an extraordinary calm, Descartes miraculously won a world title, and like the 17-year-old Ronaldo, he is now part of the World Cup winners.

After a dreamy summer, and amidst the noise of distraction from the outside world, Descartes returned to the Pavia Club, where he was greeted with two offers of great promise.

AC Milan made a €10 million bid for Descartes and offered him a five-year contract with an annual salary of €1.5 million, increasing year by year.

Premier League powerhouse Arsenal have offered £5 million plus additional terms such as appearances to buy Descartes for up to £12 million, and they are ready to pay £18,000 a week for three years after tax.

In the face of these two appeals, Mr. Minnigos, the club's athletic director, personally asked Descartes about his intentions, and Descartes only considered it for five seconds, and then said to Mr. Minnigos: "I don't want to play for a dishonest club, please decline the invitation of the Milan club for me." ”

At this time, it was revealed that the Milan club had also played a disgraceful role in the "phonegate" incident, and Descartes' words were clearly disdainful of cheating in their league.

This sentence fell into the ears of Galliani, the general manager of the Milan club, and the chubby plus bald was extremely annoyed, and said to the club staff around him: "This little guy is too arrogant, and our club will never have a dime of contact with him in the future!" ”

Descartes just pouted after hearing this, he did like Milan very much before, but this "phonegate" incident made Milan's tall image collapse in his mind, if it weren't for the national team Pirlo, Gattuso and others gave him a lot of help, his refusal would have been even more ugly.

However, it was surprising that when Milan were rejected by Descartes, their rivals Inter suddenly jumped out again, this time with President Moratti bidding 11 million euros for Descartes.

Inter did not make an offer to Descartes before, but their offer of 7.5 million euros became a bit untenable in front of Milan's 10 million, so Mr. Minnegos did not consider the offer either.

But Descartes' rejection of Milan reached the ears of Monsieur Moratti, and he immediately went high, why? Because Descartes and Milan have obviously turned their faces, and Inter Milan is also Milan's sworn enemy, the so-called enemy of the opponent is a friend, and Descartes is now "his own person"!

Old man Mo has never been stingy with "his own people", from Ronaldo to Recoba, everyone on the earth knows that Moratti is a hundred times better to the players than the head coach, and a superstar like Descartes has a "blood feud" with Milan, not to mention 11 million, when he has money, he will not blink an eye at 20 million.

What's more, a discerning person can see at a glance that this 11 million is clearly a 10 million offer for Milan, if it weren't for the fact that Old Man Mo was not as thick-skinned as Professor Wenger, he would be able to shout out the estimated offer of 10 million and 1 euro.

Faced with this sudden offer, Descartes hesitated for a moment and decided to decline politely.

Although compared with Arsenal's "12 million" pounds with a lot of additional conditions, Inter's 11 million euros is real cash, but Descartes has been moved by Mr. Wenger's repeated sincere invitations, plus his father is a double fan of Pavia and Milan, and he has never been very cold to Inter, so he finally decided to accept Mr. Wenger's invitation to go to England to see the outside world.

For this reason, I would like to chant an advertising slogan: "I keep taking a bath, where is the greasy sister!! ”

Well, after the bad joke, let's take a look at the reaction of the Italian media to this transfer of Descartes.

In fact, at this time, reporters and paparazzi all over Italy were walking the streets and alleys to inquire about the various insider stories of "Phonegate", and they did not pay much attention to the transfer rumors of Descartes, only some regular sports newspapers published a news on the palm-sized ground:

"The superstar is moving abroad, and Descartes is about to leave for London to become a new member of the Gunners."

"Two years of sincerity finally impressed the super newcomer, Wenger hugged the Italian platinum star back to Highbury."

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On July 30, Descartes was about to go to the London Arsenal for a medical examination, and in order to say goodbye to his hometown fathers and villagers, the Pavia Club held a small farewell press conference for him.

At the press conference, in the face of many reluctant fans, Descartes only felt that his nose was sour, and he said to everyone sincerely: "Thank you for supporting me and my family for so long, I still remember 5 years ago, when I returned disappointed from Milan Vismara, it was you who gave me comfort and warm embrace, I am very grateful for these days in Pavia, it made me learn to grow, learn to be strong, although I am about to leave, but my heart will always stay in Pavia, always with you." I remember at the beginning of the season I said to Mr. Donatony that I wanted to give you a trophy before I left, but unfortunately I didn't, I will always remember that I owe you a trophy and I swear that I will come back in my lifetime and give this trophy to everyone, I ......"

By this point, Descartes had choked up with too much excitement to speak, and hundreds of fans who had come to the press conference comforted him in unison, and their warm words made Descartes even more uncontrollable, and bean-sized tears slid down his face.

Don't cry friends, I am still the destination of your soul, don't cry friends, believe in your own way.