Chapter 1: Digging Your Own Grave
Updated: 2013-11-01
2005 was not a big year, the whole summer was very peaceful, and Degan took Belen, Kaka, and Caroline to the Maldives for a vacation, which can be regarded as compensation for Belen.
It's just that this vacation is not as easy to have fun as Degan thinks, and there will be some paparazzi with cameras around from time to time, Kaka seems to be accustomed to all this, and he doesn't feel like it, Belรฉn is very keen on those shots, and he doesn't mind showing off his hot body, in comparison, the majestic Degan on the court is now more like a new rookie, and he looks a little confused and even angry in the face of the camera.
Of course, Degan on the field doesn't mind these things, the topics surrounding him have never been broken, but for his private life, Degan doesn't want to receive too much attention, but it backfires, who makes him the most popular star in shijie football now, although he is not crushing opponents on the field, he is still star-studded, and others just want to ignore it.
Now the outside world is most concerned about the question of his whereabouts next season, the loan contract with Atalanta has ended, but because of the first refusal clause, it is not impossible for Degan to stay in Atalanta.
Of course, this possibility was ignored by everyone, and no one thought that Degan, who was already among the top stars, would stay in a small team that would still have little ambition even if it became a double.
What's more, will the stingy Leodore be able to meet Degan's current salary requirements?
Returning to Milan, in everyone's opinion, this is the best way out, AC Milan can play in the European Champions Cup next season, and it is a big team with a deep heritage.
Last season, AC Milan finished third in the league, but in the final of the Champions League, AC Milan suffered a brutal night in Istanbul.
Although Digan complained a lot about the team's management, as a Milan fan and Kaka's younger brother, he still came to the scene, hoping that his little butterfly could change something and witness AC Milan clink cups.
Before that match, the biggest suspense was Milan's attacking combination, and in the end, between Crespo and Inzaghi, Ancelotti chose the Argentine.
Liverpool's squad was contrary to all pre-match predictions, with Benitez not using a back three, but adding an attacking player, Colwill, who has been plagued by injuries this season and played just seven games in 2005, and his appearance in the starting line-up did surprise many. In terms of striker selection, Benitez used Baroshe, and Cisse, who scored two goals in the league round, sat on the bench.
In the end, the whole process of this game met all the elements that a game that could be called a masterpiece and more. Because it not only has a deep connotation, but also a rich extension.
AC Milan's first-minute goal, Liverpool's six-minute storm in the second half, the three-goal comeback, and Dudek's miraculous save in the penalty shootout are all condensed by one game, and they happened between the two European hegemons in the past, AC Milan and Liverpool, which is enough to wear a classic label, and behind it is the background of the 20th anniversary of the Heysel tragedy and the rise and fall of Liverpool's red dynasty.
After 1985, Liverpool were banned from European competition for seven years. Seven years is a flick of a finger, but it is enough for the Italians to seize power. When Liverpool's European qualification was restored five years later, the world was someone else.
The great red dynasty can only be remembered by supporters, and it is AC Milan who has the Dutch trio to take over Liverpool's supremacy.
For 20 years, Liverpool has been difficult to really get out of the trough, Liverpool's decline is not only a nightmare for Liverpudders, but also a nightmare for the entire English football world, they have since been insulated from European glory, when time is about to wave goodbye to record a major turning point of the times in 2005, Liverpool in Istanbul, with a miracle six minutes, completed the redemption.
After the game, Reuters reporter Mike Murphy . In an article titled "2005, Unforgettable 6 Minutes of Madness", Colette wrote: "Despite the fact that Liverpool were coached by Spaniard Rafael Benitez and there were only two English players on the pitch at the time, Liverpool's victory still represented a huge success in English football. โ
When half-time came and the Liverpudlians felt like the end of Shijie was coming, the other dresser was immersed in irrepressible excitement, as if dreaming back to 1994.
Although Carlo Ancelotti denied after the game that his side had lost their composure at half-time, Gattuso's words revealed the Milanese's secret: "The football we made made the word Athens flash in my mind, and I felt like we would repeat the 4-0 defeat against Barcelona." โ
Driven by the unrealistic dream of setting the record for the biggest score in the history of a Champions League final, and a grossly mistaken understanding of Liverpool, AC Milan suffered a devastating second-half blow.
After the Champions League final, AC Milan was depressed for a long time. In addition to their defeats, they also endured constant speculation, questioning and rumours, with one of the biggest negatives being that the AC Milan players started celebrating at half-time, thinking they were winning, and they felt Liverpool were vulnerable. For Milan, who lost the Champions League, the reason for the defeat was arrogance, which seemed to be stupid and amateurish, and the Milan players led by Maldini angrily refuted this rumor, but no one could explain that Weishenme would concede three goals in six minutes.
As an AC Milan fan, it is obviously difficult for Digan to forget such a night, although he has experienced it once in his previous life, but when he witnessed the birth of this miracle on the spot, he still felt that such a game was simply an impossible task, the most incredible reversal, a permanent miracle in football history, an unsolvable mystery, and a night of God's death.
52 seconds, that's the time it takes for the young Milan captain Maldini to score the record for the fastest goal in 50 Europa League finals in the history of the Europa League, and it was widely believed that there would be no more than one goal in the final between Liverpool, who have not conceded a goal in four consecutive knockout games, and Milan, who have the best defensive line in Shijie.
In the twentieth minute, this is the time for Colwill, who has just returned from injury, to hold on to the field, from his sad expression when he came off the field, Degan seemed to see his bleeding heart, Liverpool, who was one goal behind, was forced to make a hasty transfer and replaced the veteran Smitchell, and Liverpool's brief offensive after conceding the goal ended with this substitution.
Steven Gerrard and Colwill, Liverpool's proud Shijie-level double midfielders, just in their defensive position, AC Milan's handsome teenager Kaka is like no one, unleashing deadly through balls countless times, stabbing Liverpool in the heart again and again.
Finally, after several offsides and missed chances, Liverpool's goal was broken twice by opportunist Crespo in the 39th and 44th minutes.
Milan were celebrating, Liverpool fans were silent, and the commentator asserted that the two teams were not on the same level.
Degan's mind was indeed blank at that time, and he had a premonition that disaster was coming, and of course it was the beginning of a miracle.
At half-time, the TV screen locked the close-up on the big screen of the scene, on which the dazzling 0:3 could be clearly seen, and the commentators kept repeating their hopes, and they sincerely wished Liverpool not to lose face in front of the whole Shijie people, and not to surpass the nightmare of Barcelona who swallowed Milan's four eggs.
Before the start of the second half, Hamann had already been seen, and Benitez decided to make a Zuihou move, using Hamann to freeze Kaka and switch to a back three. The scene did not improve after the opening period, Traore, who was sleepwalking in the first half, continued to sleep, and Hyypia's slow pace was still easily thrown away by Kaka. The Milanese wanted to take advantage of the victory to chase the poor, and the breakthrough, the penalty shoot, the corner kick, for a while, made Digan feel that it was actually more realistic to target Barcelona.
In six minutes, the fate of a person can be changed in a single decision, and the outcome of the Istanbul night can be changed in six minutes. Without warning, captain Steven Gerrard sounded the horn of the counter-attack with his rare header.
To this day, lying on the warm sands of the Maldives, Deegan can still vividly remember captain Steven Gerrard waving his hands in the centre circle after scoring a goal, using his spirit to encourage his teammates to cheer up.
Liverpool fans are singing "You'll never go it alone" again. Immediately afterwards, the veteran Smitchell, who replaced Colwill and whose contract will end after the game, once again left Dida helpless with an impeccable long-range shot.
At this time, he had learned that the club would not renew his contract, he pulled up the emblem of the jersey on his chest, kissed it affectionately twice, and then put it down, the scene began to boil, and once the long-dormant Reds fans recovered, the entire football stadium was immediately flooded with a sea of red.
In the blink of an eye, the Milanese have not yet breathed their breath, Gerrard has been pulled down in the Milan penalty area, penalty, Liverpool has not had an excellent penalty shooter, who will kick this once-in-a-lifetime penalty for many players?
It's Alonso, the Spaniard who has been with the team for less than a season. Carrying everyone's hope, Alonso started, run, one, two, three, the ball was like an arrow out of the string, and the lower right corner of the goal really flew into the goal, when he was about to enter the goal, Dida's long arm stretched out, and his fingertips touched the ball and saved it.
Before the Milanese could react, they saw that Alonso had already pounced forward with an arrow, lying on the ground and shoveling, and the ball hung in the corner, 3:3!
The Stadio Olimpico in Istanbul is completely out of control, with the camera focused on the grim face of Milan coach Carlo Ancerotti, while behind him, red fans are partying and a huge screen showing 3:3.
When a person's physical strength is exhausted, the only thing he can rely on is his will. When the game entered extra time, Liverpool successively had Garcia, Smitchell had cramps, and even Gerrard's range of motion was greatly reduced, and the expressions on the players' faces changed from excitement and nervousness to numbness and even pain. The tempo of both sides slowed down, Jishu dominated the creation of plenty of chances, and Liverpool's door was again in the wind and rain. The most visible on camera is centre-back and vice-captain Carragher, who steals, blocks, battles, falls to the ground again and again, and then gets up again and again. After falling to the ground again, he struggled on the ground, but could not move. The team doctor came in and he was carried off the pitch, and judging by the pain on his face, it was likely that he could no longer continue the game, and by this time, Liverpool had used up three substitutions.
The commentators began to talk about the prospect of Liverpool losing their main centre-back and playing one man less, and they were generally pessimistic, and just as the commentator shook his head in regret, the camera turned on Carragher again, and he got back to his feet under the watchful eyes of everyone, dragging a broken leg and limping into the pitch.
The commentator discussed how long he could hold out when the ball flew into the heart of Liverpool, only to see Carragher use a little more strength to desperately stick out of his injured leg and shovel the ball out of bounds before the Milan striker.
As he slowly climbed up, he touched his other leg, apparently injured as a result of that extreme move. Carragher, who suffered a groin strain in both legs, played 120 minutes and Milan did not score again.
There is another reason for not conceding a goal, and that is God's favor. Dudek probably never dreamed of how he could block Shevchenko's powerful shot less than a metre from goal, not so much as his save, but Shevchenko's deliberate effort to kick the ball in his face. At this point, there were only four minutes left before the end of the game.
Before entering the Zuihou penalty shootout, except for the twenty-two players on the field, everyone seemed to understand what happened tonight, and the penalty seemed to become routine. From the comparison of the eyes of the players of the two teams, the results are already obvious, the wandering Milan players are completely unable to believe what happened in the first 120 minutes, while the Liverpool fighters have only determination and murderous spirit in their eyes.
Dudek was the exception for Liverpool's players, with his hilarious pole dancing and water snake waist being the only life in the suffocating penalty shoot-out.
Shepchenko did not defeat pole dancing in the end, no, it should be said that he did not defeat God in the end, two years ago his Zuihou penalty made Milan win the championship, two years later his Zuihou a penalty, let Liverpool climb to the top of Europe again after 20 years!
The Liverpool players all rushed onto the pitch, hugging, jumping, and running wildly.
Despite having watched the TV in his previous life, Deegan still couldn't believe what was in front of him, and he even wondered if the first half was his dream, or if he had fallen asleep after the first half, and the championship scene in front of him was a dream?
There was an atmosphere of sadness in the stands where Milan fans gathered, tears sliding down their faces, and the Milan players in white sweatshirts showed the same sad expression, and behind them, a group of people in red jerseys were celebrating, and the entire stadium was covered with red pieces of paper, like tears in the sky.
After the game, when everyone had come to their senses, the still chaotic brains of the Milan fans were instantly furious, and they were blaming and accusing them of everything they suspected, especially the striker.
Crespo's performance was acceptable, but Shevchenko's performance was very disappointing, and the Ukrainian nuclear warhead, which they had high hopes for, was completely dumb in this game.
"If Deegan was on the pitch, we could have started celebrating the victory by now!"
I don't know who it was, but the first one shouted such a voice, and immediately after, this voice filled the crowd.
Degan!
AC Milan's outcasts have now become a proposition for Milan to forgive their hubris.
After that game, Galliani called Digan personally for the first time, and perhaps he already felt that AC Milan needed to change blood, always relying on those old guys, and it was difficult for them to reproduce the Milan dynasty of the past.
Get back?
This is indeed an opportunity to go back and become a savior, to be part of Milan and to create a great dynasty.
But what about when you go back?
AC Milan's current coach is Carlo Ancelotti, everyone knows that he is a conservative fat man, will he accept himself as an outsider?
Deegan hesitated!
Perhaps he also had a glimmer of fantasy about Leodore.
But soon, Riodore shattered his illusions with his own hands, Pazzini and Montolivo packaged and transferred to Fiorentina for a transfer fee of only two million euros, which is still Delava is kind enough, otherwise, he only needs to pay one million euros for a direct buyout.
Atalanta's second-leading scorer Pazzini last season, Montolivo, who was hailed as Albertini's successor, was actually sold.
The fans were outraged, and Deegan was even angrier!
Pazzini and Montolivo were his best friends in Florence, and now his best friend was thrown out like that.
Immediately afterwards, Albertini also left, perhaps hoping that his career could be perfected again, and Albertini also left for Fiorentina on a free transfer.
Then there is Maxwell, which has long been expected, he transferred to Inter Milan, and Atalanta can use him for half a season for nothing, which is already satisfied.
Then there is Cassetti, who was selected by Roma for his outstanding performance in the second half of last season, 7 million euros, such a figure is enough to make Riodore excited.
And Nocerino, who for 5 million euros, moved to Palermo and before deciding to leave, he called Digan and then signed the contract.
Jimenez transferred to Lazio, although after Montolivo returned from injury, he was more often present as a substitute, but the outstanding performance still caused the idea of Lazio, who was in the rebirth stage, 6 million euros, Riodo obviously could not refuse.
Montero and Gamarra were also a little disheartened and opted to terminate their contracts with the team early and return to South America to continue their careers.
Falling apart, that's called falling apart!
Last season's main players ended up being only Taibi, Lazzari and, of course, Degan, but he obviously won't stay.
Leodore was obviously still excited about making a lot of money, and his head was obviously a little unconscious, and he actually called Deegan on vacation, and said unashamedly: "Rod! Whoever you want to buy to come in, just talk, I know you have the ability to discover the pearl of the dust, and we will build a stronger team around you in the new season! โ
To this, Degan's response was only two words stupid. Force!
Deegan is not a fairy, let alone the perennial winner in "The Winner is King", does Leodore still count on Deegan to be a scout and help Atlanta buy at a low price, sell at a high price, and make a lot of money.
Although Atalanta bought a large number of players in the winter transfer window last season, the main framework of the team has not changed.
Especially with Albertini as a midfield metronome and him to help sort out the midfield, this improvised patchwork team can also form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
Otherwise, even if you make eleven Beckham, or eleven Ronaldo, it will be in vain.
Does Leodore have the skills to find another Albertini now?
Obviously this is not possible.
The next thing that made Digan completely determined to leave Atlanta was that Mandolini also resigned, probably despairing of Leodore, and Mandolini decided to leave Atlanta.
He is now the head coach of the champions, and he has no place to go, and soon he found a new job in Lazio, and after making this decision, he called Digan.
"Rod! Atalanta is not the place you should be, Leodore has no intention of running Atalanta into a big club, everything he does is digging his own grave, I don't want to see my team collapse next season and become a laughing stock in the eyes of people, so I can only be a deserter! โ
Mandolini's choice, Degan understands very well, this matter is anyone's turn, I'm afraid it will be this choice, as the head coach of the double champion, when he was preparing to show his strength in the new season, he found that his miser chairman hollowed out his team, and whoever did it would be angry.
What should have been gone, what should not have been gone, and now all gone, after a brief period of glory, Atlanta was actually eaten up by its owner, which is simply a great irony.
Now that it's all like this, what else does Deegan insist on?
"Rod! Come to Milan! Two of us brothers are fighting side by side! โ
Kaka also saw that Degan's mood was a little lost, as an older brother, Kaka knew his younger brother very well, and he knew that Deegan actually wanted to stay in Atlanta, but unfortunately it backfired.
In the face of Kaka's invitation, this time, Degan couldn't say anything to refuse, but he didn't want to agree so happily: "I still need to discuss it with my agent before I can decide, Ricardo!" My future is at stake! โ
Kaka also knows that Degan has concerns in his heart, last season's game against Milan, every time Degan was extraordinarily energetic, his behavior is no different from a traitor in the eyes of Milan players and fans, if he chooses to go back at this time, it is likely to encounter huge resistance.
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