Chapter 126: The Prodigal Son Turns Back
Dugan is no stranger to the stadium of Meazza and this season alone is the third time he has played here, with his Fiorentina winning the first two times, against AC Milan and this time with Inter.
Although before the game, Deegan and his teammates were trying to convince themselves that it was just an ordinary game, but when the league came to this point, when the championship was within reach, it was just self-defeating to calm down.
Standing in the centre circle, moving his hands and feet as he waited for the referee to blow the whistle to start the match, he couldn't wait, all he could think about was crushing the opponent in front of him and snatching the league championship trophy into his arms.
"Calm down! Rod! Standing in front of Degan, Mutu smiled.
Because Pazzini has just recovered from injury, although he has already played in the game against Regina and scored a hat-trick, he has not been able to shake Mutu's main position.
Seeing Mutu smile, Digan was a little surprised, in the Fiorentina team, the relationship between the two is not close, at least compared to Pazzini, Mutu always gives people a very cold feeling.
Mutu can be called a teenager to fame, he was recruited by Inter Milan at an early age, but he failed to succeed at Inter Milan, and it was not until he met Prandelli in Parma that he ushered in the glory of his career.
Fame has come with depravity, and the arrogant Romanian phenom continues to impress on the pitch after a high-priced move to Chelsea, and is one of the few non-English players to have achieved success in the early days of Chelsea's Ruble.
However, off the field, Mutu is a complete villain, and after testing positive for a urine sample, the conflict with manager Jose Mourinho completely broke out, and Mutu even told reporters that he almost couldn't help but beat Mourinho hard.
Jose Mourinho, who had just taken charge of Stamford Bridge at the time, was indirectly critical of his predecessor Ranieri's strategy of buying players, saying that the purchase of Romanian striker Mutu was a mistake and that the club would have lessons to learn from future transfer work.
Mutu later angrily told reporters: "I did warn Mourinho that I wouldn't let him get better if he went to Romania, and there was even a time when I couldn't help but beat him up." ”
Mourinho was furious after hearing Mutu's remarks, and in addition to clarifying that he was not responsible in the Mutu incident, he also unceremoniously pointed out that signing in Mutu was a mistake.
Mourinho said: 'It was a serious mistake for Chelsea to spend so much money on Mutu from Parma, but he was here before I took over Chelsea, so it wasn't my fault. For the guy who brought him here, sometimes in football 2 plus 2 doesn't equal 4, and when you spend a lot of money to buy a player, you can't just give it a try, you should be clear about what you want to buy him. You don't know if he likes it or if he will accept him here, but you have to try to understand it in training. When a player appears tired on the training pitch and can't concentrate, or even lies to avoid training for other purposes, there must be something wrong with his spare time, and that's when you should pay attention to him. ”
Mourinho's words were clearly directed at Mutu, who had lied to Ranieri about returning to Romania to join the team.
The discredited Mutu subsequently received a dismissal letter from Chelsea Football Club because of the drug abuse incident, and Mutu subsequently admitted to FA officials that he was a long-term drug addict and admitted that the drug use had begun earlier this year, which experts said meant that the cocaine toxin remained in Mutu's body while playing certain games for Chelsea.
According to some people familiar with the matter, it was because of Mutu's daily bizarre behaviour that Chelsea officials demanded that Mutu be tested for drugs, and Mutu, who tested positive for the test, was eventually forced to admit to the FA and the Premier League players' union.
Mutu said he ended up addicted to drugs because of a failed marriage, injuries and a lack of long-term consistent appearances.
It cost Chelsea £15.8 million to bring in Mutu, and while Chelsea don't even get a penny out of his outright dismissal, it is clear from a moral point of view that principles are more important than money lost.
Chelsea Football Club is also hoping that this decision will be used to build the team's image and social stigma, and to be accountable to all fans, players, staff and others who invest in the game. From the club's point of view, a clean competition environment is more important than the financial efficiency of the business.
The once highly-anticipated Romanian "talent" Mutu was eventually banned by the FA for seven months for drug use, and his club, Chelsea, swept him away.
At the time, Mutu's career was at its lowest ebb, but now he has regained his status as one of the top players in European football.
Romania's ace was already looking forward to returning to the good of the 2002/2003 season at Parma, but for various reasons it took him longer than expected.
A move to Chelsea has made him an important part there, and in that regard, as in his self-destruction, he was supposed to be a season in west London only to be ruined by a drug ban.
In Florence, however, Mutu finally showed a revival. He has already scored 32 goals in Serie A over the past two seasons.
This season, Mutu is second to Fiorentina behind Dugan and his performances have recaptured the attention of some big clubs.
In the absence of the ability to bring in Digan, the purchase of Mutu seems to have become a way for many big teams to weaken Fiorentina.
However, just before the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Fiorentina officially announced that Mutu had renewed his contract until 2012.
After a couple of poor seasons at Stamford Bridge, Mutu is now back at the top of his career at Serie A powerhouse Fiorentina. An important figure in the Purple Lily's attack, Mutu is now also a hot striker in the transfer market.
In particular, Roma, who lacked strikers, expressed their desire to bring in the Romanian striker after being eliminated from the Champions League by Manchester United, and officially made a transfer offer of up to 20 million euros to Fiorentina. As the two sides were close to reaching an agreement, Fiorentina ultimately decided to keep the Romanian star.
It can be said that Mutu is a model of the prodigal son in football, and he used his hard work and persistence to win a place on the football field again.
Although the relationship between Degan and Mutu is not close, Degan still attaches great importance to this forward partner.
"Nope! Adrian! I'm not nervous, I'm just excited! ”
Mutu smiled again, and like Digan, he was very excited, Inter Milan was his old club, and there was no one who didn't want to put on a good show in front of the team that had abandoned him.
Fiorentina ended Inter Milan's winning streak last season, as well as the first leg of this season, Mutu missed due to a foot injury, speaking of which, this is the first time Mutu has played against Inter Milan after joining Fiorentina.
At the same time, this is Mutu's first league title, he won it once before when he was at Juventus, but he was deprived of the Italian Football Federation because of the phone time, and now is the real first time.
The referee's whistle sounded, and the battle of Tianwang Mountain officially began.
After a few passes of the football, it arrived at the feet of Hamsik, the young Slovak international, with one kick, gave the ball to Digan, and inserted it forward from the left side, after Digan received the ball, it seemed that he was going to do a wall-hitting cooperation with Hamsik, Vieira saw this, and moved in the direction of Hamsik at the first time, wanting to intercept Digan's pass.
Although Degan had his back to the goal, he knew the running position of every teammate on the field well, seeing that Inter Milan's defense was moving to the left, he suddenly turned around, Cambiaso was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to prevent Degan from breaking through, but at this time, Degan chose to pass the ball, and flew past Cambiaso's leg.
"Deegan passes! It was Mutu, Mutu received the pass, there was a huge gap in front of him, Inter's defensive attention seemed very unfocused, Mutu's chance! ”
At the beginning of the game, Fiorentina suddenly sneaked up, Inter Milan was obviously defenseless, seeing Mutu get the ball, the two central defenders Samuel and Rivas wanted to step forward to defend it was too late, and Mutu's speed was so fast that they didn't have time to react at all.
Although the personal relationship is general, but in the cooperation on the field, Digan and Mutu have reached the point of understanding, before Digan's pass, Mutu has already started, back to receive Digan's pass, Mutu quickly drilled through the middle of Samuel and Rivas, stepped in, and observed the position of Inter goalkeeper Cesar, directly shot with a horizontal foot, hit the far corner of the goal.
Cesar made a timely paving move, but it was too late, and the ball passed straight under his armpit, grazed the turf of the pitch, and burrowed into the net.
The Inter Milan fans at the scene were stunned, they never imagined that their team would be so vulnerable in front of Fiorentina.
Mancini didn't even wait to sit down, he watched Inter Milan's goal be breached, yesterday he was still talking to the players about the dignity of the defending champion, now look, what dignity is there, bullshit dignity, now Inter Milan, even the underwear is going to lose.