Chapter 47: The Rookie's Battle
San Siro Stadium!
It's a familiar place for Degan, who also played here in 2005/2006 to help AC Milan win the Champions League that year, and it is safe to say that Deegan was the best performer in the AC Milan squad that season, and his combination with Kaka swept European football.
Although he left one of the most prestigious trophies here, in fact, Digan never became the owner of this stadium, and here people like Maldini, they like Pirlo, they like Inzaghi, they like Kaka, but they don't like him.
Degan's arrogant personality doomed him to not be able to become a god in the hearts of the self-proclaimed noble Milan fans, coupled with that unintentional remark, which was infinitely magnified, and made him spurned by Milan fans for ignoring Van Basten.
Last season, in the first round of zuihou, Digan defeated AC Milan at the San Siro Stadium in three autumns, so that AC Milan, the defending champion of the Champions League, could only go around begging for help in order to qualify for this season's Champions League.
AC Milan fans hate Degan, and it seems understandable!
During the warm-up before the start of the game, the Milan fans who entered the stadium in advance kept booing at Digan, and the insulting scolding was endless.
But Di Gan's expression was as usual, he didn't seem to be affected at all, he did whatever he had to do, and he joked with his teammates from time to time, and he couldn't see the tension before the big war at all.
Ranocchia, who is about to make his first appearance for Fiorentina as a regular player, is a different story entirely, and if yesterday it was shock, this morning it was ecstasy, now he is only nervous.
Ranocchia didn't feel intimidated, just nervous, nervous for a young player before facing the big picture to come.
"Andrea! Then! ”
Deegan shouted and passed the ball over, and Ranocchia did not react for a moment, only to watch the football slide past his feet, causing another burst of laughter in the stands.
"Hey! Brat! Let's go home! Go home and go to your mom for milk! ”
"San Siro is not a place for a little hairy kid like you, hurry up and get out!"
"Boy! Come to me and I invite you to eat a big banana! ”
Ranocchia listened to the ridicule and insults in the stands, his face couldn't help but turn a little pale, and he lowered his head and was just about to chase the ball back when he heard Digan shout.
"Andrea! Lift your head up! ”
Ranocchia was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Degan, who looked up with a light in his eyes called Empty Eyes, and his heart couldn't help but be shaken.
"Captain! I ~~~~~~~"
Deegan smiled: "I'll let you put your head up!" ”
Although Degan's tone was relaxed, it could not be refused, and Ranocchia subconsciously raised his head to the same angle as Degan.
Deegan smiled and nodded: "That's right!" On this pitch, the Fiorentina players can't afford to bow their heads because we've always been winners! The victor should have his head up. ”
Deegan said and walked up to Ranokchia: "Andrea! Last season, we beat AC Milan home and away, I think you should know! ”
Ranocchia hurriedly nodded: "Yes!" Captain, I know it all! ”
Deegan looked around, and the Milan fans were still boosing, swearing, and sneering: "See? Do you know that they weishenme want to do this? It's like we're the enemy of our father, you know? That's what I told you before, the loser is afraid of the winner, they can only use this way to relieve the fear of us in their hearts, I don't understand, you weishenme have to bow your head in the face of the loser, raise your head, just like now, you are the winner, you are here to conquer again, understand? ”
Ranocchia looked at Degan and listened carefully to every word Deegan said, he felt that his body, which was still trembling just now, suddenly calmed down, not only that, but he also felt an indescribable liliang suddenly surging in his body.
Digan didn't continue to say anything to Ranocchia, and if he couldn't get back to the right game and fell to his knees, it would only prove that Ranocchia was a man who couldn't get up.
Fiorentina finished training just in time for the AC Milan players to come out, and the Milan fans, who had been booing for more than ten minutes in a row, could finally rest, and it was obviously more important to boo all the time than to cheer.
Especially when Kaka came out, the cheers in the stands of the San Siro reached its peak, because of the excellent performance last season, and the hot form since the start of this season, Kaka has become a super idol of Milan City, and now there is even news that Kaka has a good chance of becoming the captain of AC Milan after Maldini and Ambrosini.
Two brothers, in the same city, these two diametrically opposed treatments can be regarded as a miracle.
Kaka saw Deegan and greeted with a smile: "Rod! ”
Deegan smiled angrily: "Welcome!" Big star! ”
Kaka knew what Deegan was talking about and smiled, "No! I should welcome you, this is our territory! How do you feel now!? ”
Deegan looked at Kaka's smug look, if this guy wasn't his brother, he had to bang his fist over: "It feels very good!" ”
Kaka smiled: "Really? It's a real coincidence, I didn't feel very good today! Rod! We're going to win today! ”
Deegan looked at Kaka: "What a pity! If you want to win, unless you pray I won't play today, do you want to make a bet? ”
Kaka raised his eyebrows: "Of course! Very interested! ”
Digan gritted his teeth and said, "Whoever wins today's game will pay for the vacation when it's winter!" ”
Kaka thought for a moment and raised his hand: "Deal!" ”
Deegan raised his hand and high-fived Kaka, then caught up with his teammate and walked towards the locker room.
Boom!
As soon as Deegan entered the locker room, he kicked hard at the locker: "We have to win today!" ”
The scene of Digan and Kaka talking on the sidelines just now was seen by many Fiorentina players, and they can imagine that Digan Weishenme would be so excited.
"Of course, Rod! We all want to win! ”
"Nope! It's not just a game, it's not a personal vendetta, in fact I'm ~~~~~~~ with Ricardo! Seriously, the reason why I want to win is because of Ricardo's well-conceived appearance, why does he think that a bunch of old men can beat us? Don't you feel angry? A bunch of old men, they're actually going to teach us how to play football, bastards! When we are going to compete later, everyone has to remember one thing in their minds, keep running, keep grabbing, let those old men know that they are old, and the old ones can't compete with us anymore, understand? ”
The team members looked at each other and said in their hearts, they really didn't feel the same hatred today, but they remembered what Deegan said.
Keep running, keep grabbing!
When it was time to play, Deegan and his teammates stood at the entrance to the tunnel, he knew what would greet him later, but he really didn't take it seriously!
Hush~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The boos from the fans were deafening, and a player like this hated by Milan fans, Degan was absolutely unique.
Standing on the pitch, looking at the lineup of Milan's grandfathers, Digan couldn't help but sneer in his heart: Is Ricardo's reliance the experience of this group of old men?
No matter how high the kung fu is, I am afraid of kitchen knives!
If AC Milan's biggest reliance is their experience, Fiorentina's biggest advantage is that they are young enough.
Looking at the current AC Milan starting lineup, you can see that since Ancelotti took over, there have only been a few changes in a few positions, and this so-called golden line-up that has brought Ancelotti countless honors now feels unchanged and dull.
This summer, Galliani kept telling the media that the team is about to start rebuilding and the team needs to be younger, but the result?
Dida, who was already almost leaving, finally began to stay, and at that time, it was clear that a Brazilian club wanted to bring him in, but at the juncture of Zuihou, he was stopped by Galliani.
Galliani also said matter-of-factly: "AC Milan is not a club that sells people, we never sell players for money, and we don't send them to the stands because they don't renew their contracts. ”
In fact, this is the "family management" that Galliani has always been proud of.
AC Milan is like a family, Juventus is like a company.
At the time, Galliani showed his relentlessness in the management of Juventus, but Moggi's answer was: "There is nothing wrong with the company." ”
Between 2003 and 2007, "family management" won many trophies for AC Milan, and the harmonious dressing room atmosphere was the key to the team's steady development and success in many cases.
But as the average age of AC Milan's squad is getting bigger and bigger, his competitiveness on the pitch is actually worse year by year, and winning two Champions League titles in a row is actually an accident, the first time is Degan, the second time is Kaka.
Without the help of the Wright brothers, AC Milan would have won the championship, which is completely out of the blue!
In fact, such a development trend is inevitable, Galliani advertised the principle of "AC Milan is not a club that sells people", in fact, AC Milan has indeed done this over the years, just selling Tomasson and Laursen two Danes for the club in exchange for 13 million euros in transfer income, more often, the club is spending money, of course, it is a small amount of money, therefore, people cannot blame the club for shrinking on transfer investment.
When Carlo Ancelotti first took charge of AC Milan, the squad was in its prime, and the title was coming one after another, but with Maldini, Costacuta, Pancaro, Cafu, Rui. As Costa's and even Dida and others get older, their form declines, and injuries increase, the team's problems come.
AC Milan are happy to renew their old players, and Maldini, despite his age, really deserves a new contract with their influence in the dressing room, but what about Cafu? AC Milan are the club with the most frequent contract renewals among Serie A teams, but sometimes it's more like a contract renewal for the sake of renewing it. Cafu stayed, taking a place on the bench that could have been reserved for a youngster, even if it was Mazzolati.
The squad has regressed a lot as the team has aged, the form has declined, and the strength of the squad has regressed a lot compared to before, but it is also a miracle that the club is still renewing the contracts of players who are getting older and in form and maintaining the current squad. But the potential of this lineup has been exhausted, if it is not broken or established, the old people can't go, the newcomers can't get close, and the lineup won't be qualitatively improved.
Another disadvantage of not selling players is that they cannot achieve self-sufficiency in the transfer market, and further, they cannot invest more in the transfer market, and the funds from selling players are mostly used to flow back to the transfer market to buy new players, but AC Milan's income in this area is close to 0 every season, so it is naturally constrained in the introduction of players.
Transfer funds are limited, the youth training system can't keep up, the squad is occupied by the elderly, and the young people don't even have the opportunity to play in the Italian Cup, like Andreoli playing in the Inter Milan Champions Cup and the league, and Ranocchia playing as the main force in the face of a strong opponent like AC Milan, I am afraid that AC Milan can't think of such a thing.
If you don't sell people, you will have limited funds, and you can't fill the loopholes in the aging squad through transfers, so you can only let the old people continue to play, and the youth training system can't be rooted, and the newcomers can't come up, so you can only continue to squeeze the "residual value" of the old people, and it is not difficult to understand that AC Milan's squad has exhausted its potential.
In fact, two years ago, when Digan was still at AC Milan, he was already tired of the players in the team who liked to play with the old qualifications.
Check us out!
We are young, we are fearless, and nothing is impossible for us!
As Digan wandered the world, Ranocchia, standing in the backline, was clenching his fists tightly, ready for the first big battle of his life.
The game begins.
When Ranocchia was still looking for the rhythm of the game, when the commentator in the studio was still busy introducing the lineups of the two sides, and was suddenly surprised to find that there was a familiar stranger in the Fiorentina team, Ranocchia ushered in his first test.
AC Milan broke the ball at the back and played a counter-attack, and the football quickly moved to the side, and Kaka suddenly crossed from the side.
In the Fiorentina penalty area, Gilardino has been stuck in the position, Ronaldo is ready to respond at the back point, but the Fiorentina side has invested too many troops in the attack just now, and the defenders in the penalty area are completely insufficient.
But at this moment, just as Gilardino was ready to head the goal, suddenly Ranocchia went around in front of Gilardino, jumped high, and headed Kaka's cross out.
"It's Ranocchia!" The commentator exclaimed, "It turned out to be the young player Ranocchia, who accurately judged the landing point of the football and pushed the ball out!" ”
Gilardino was also dumbfounded, when Ranocchia jumped up just now, he blocked out the sun.
Ancelotti was furious on the sidelines, such a good opportunity, Gilardino actually missed.
Gilardino was also full of remorse, he really didn't take Ranocchia seriously just now, and he had obviously blocked Ranocchia behind him, but because of carelessness, Ranocchia stole this opportunity to score.
In the stands of San Siro, old Ranocchia shouted excitedly: "It's my son!" That's my son! Good job! Andrea! Good job! ”
Ranocchia's mother and sister also hugged each other, cheering for their son and brother.
Fiorentina fans who accompanied the team to Milan also congratulated the family.
"Congratulations! You've got a great son! ”
"Ranocchia is a good lad, he can definitely be a big star!"
Old Ranocchia is a little carried away now, Ranocchia did give him a big surprise, just now when the game started, he was still worried, worried that Ranokchia was nervous, couldn't play at his real level, ruined his future, and now it seems that he doesn't have to worry.
Although he was still a little nervous, Ranocchia's performance can be called sophisticated!
"The young Fiorentina centre-back Ranocchia! Last season, Ranocchia only made five appearances in the league for Fiorentina, and had two appearances in the Italian Cup, but in this game, this young man actually became the main force, it is hard to imagine that Coach Prandelli will be so bold! ”
"The defense just now was very successful, Ranocchia was in a good position, and he had a very good grasp of the landing point of the football, and Gilardino suffered a big loss in front of him!"
"Well done! Andrea! "Thiago. Silva smiled and patted Ranocchia on the shoulder, even though the two were about the same age, Thiago had already stepped into the top star with one foot. When Silva stood in front of Ranocchia, he could already be called an old-timer.
Ranocchia was a little dazed, he was completely subconsciously reflected just now, and he didn't expect to help the team resolve a crisis.
The Rano family subconsciously looked over to Degan and saw that Deegan was giving him a thumbs up.
The commentator of Milan TV said a little sourly: "Weishenme Florentina people can always find some pearls that are not noticed, but Milan can only rely on some veterans to win the world, for many years, except for Kaka, no young man can enter Milan's starting lineup." ”
Envy?
Envy indeed?
Fiorentina already have a future, but AC Milan's future is unknown!
Fiorentina resolved a crisis, the game continued, Fiorentina today feels a little aggressive, as long as they get the ball, they will immediately spare no effort to launch a full counterattack, even if they lose the ball, they will also start a counter-robbery on the spot, so fierce that Milan these old rivers and lakes are a little scrambling.
"Prandelli doesn't seem to want to fight Milan in a positional battle, he wants to get a quick deal out of the opponent, but he probably forgot who his opponent is, the winner of two consecutive UEFA Champions Leagues!"
Prandelli certainly knows who his opponent is, but it doesn't matter, like Degan, he doesn't take the old men of AC Milan seriously, experience does matter, but compared to experience, Prandelli obviously still prefers the indomitable momentum that the Fiorentina players show on the pitch now.
It's time for a new dynasty in Serie A, and it's time for a living fossil like Maldini to come to an end, and it's up to the Fiorentina Young Guard.
"Attack! Offensive! Let's all run, and no one stops! ”
Prandelli's shouting made Ancelotti also look sideways.
Offensive!?
Don't look down on people too much!
On the field, Fiorentina attacked again to no avail, Digan's shot was on the side netting of the goal, AC Milan quickly kicked the goal, and the football passed through Pirlo and Gattuso, and then handed it to Kaka's feet, and now Kaka is the absolute core of AC Milan on the field.
After Kaka got the ball, he looked up and observed the form on the field, and was about to break through, Ledesma, who was defending him, hurriedly grabbed it, but at this time, Kaka passed the ball, a long pass over the top, and handed it to the left side of the Fiorentina penalty area.
Seedorf, who didn't know where he had just gone, arrived at the horse, usually he feels very lazy, and he hardly runs much when he is on the field, but once his speed is raised, it is still very terrifying.
Just now, Maggio pressed a little forward, and at this time the chase seemed a little reluctant, and he was directly hit behind by Seedorf.
On Milan's forward line, the double arrows of Gilardino and Ronaldo also made a simultaneous effort and pounced towards Fiorentina's penalty area.
Seedorf had two options at this point, one was to cut inside and shoot himself, or the other was to cross and let Gilardino go for the top.
But before he could make a choice, suddenly a leg was crossed in front of him, and the football was kicked off the sideline.
Seeing this scene, even Degan was dumbfounded.
Because it's Ranocchia who defends!
If the header clearance just now can be said to be luck, then this beautiful tackle is a manifestation of ability.
Seedorf staggered two steps, crossed his waist and looked at Ranocchia who was standing up, a little distracted, when Ranocchia pounced just now, he still wanted to deduct the opponent, but he didn't expect this young man to be so decisive when he tackled.
"It's Ranocchia again! I'm really surprised now, how many treasures are still hidden in the Fiorentina team, look at the players on their field, none of them are over thirty years old, and the most impressive thing about the game so far is not Degan, but the youngest Ranocchia! ”
Ranocchia slowly ran towards his position, still silently saying to himself in his heart: No problem! No problem! I can do it! I can do it!