"Unbelievable game!" This was the most common adjective spoken by the commentators on the second day of the major sports programs, because they never imagined that Fiorentina would be able to win the final championship trophy at the Ferraris Stadium, "The Fiorentina lads showed amazing fighting spirit and tenacity, and their efforts paid off in the moment in Zuihou! "That's what most people would say about this game.

After all, the Italian Cup is only a domestic cup, and its influence is still limited, and the wave set off by Fiorentina's victory has passed quickly, as for how many undercurrents are hidden under the calm sea, this is not what Zhuang Mingge can expect now.

A week has passed since Fiorentina defeated Sampdoria to win the Coppa Italia, and the calendar has flipped to May 18, and the most eye-catching game in Europe this season has finally arrived, that is, AC Milan, who have completed the third consecutive Serie A title, and Barcelona, who have won four consecutive La Liga titles, and Barcelona, known as the "dream team", have finally reached the European Champions Cup final!

In this season's European Champions Cup, fans did not see the defending champions on the starting line.

Because of the "Marseille match-fixing case", last season's Ligue 1 champion Marseille team champion was banned by UEFA. Interestingly, the 1992-93 Ligue 1 runners-up, Paris Saint-Germain, disdained to replace Marseille in the tournament, allowing Ligue 1 runners-up Monaco, who were supposed to play in the UEFA Cup, to participate in the club competition, which represents the highest level of club competition in Europe.

Only eight teams competed in the 93-94 European Cup, with Barcelona, Monaco, Spartak Moscow and Galatasaray in Group A, while AC Milan, Porto, Bremen and Anderlecht were in Group B. Although Monaco was playing in the European Champions League for the first time, the Monaco first team at the time included stars such as Jurgen Klinsmann, Shifo and Djokaef (who moved to Fiorentina during the winter break) and although they lost twice to Barcelona in the group stage, they finished second in the group and qualified for the semi-finals. In Group B, AC Milan won the top spot with 8 points from 2 wins and 4 draws, while Porto beat Bremen to finish second in the group.

It is important to note here that the 1993-94 Champions League semi-finals were not home and away, but a knockout round, with the team that won the group having the home advantage.

On 27 April 1994, AC Milan hosted Monaco and scored goals from Desailly, Albertini and Massaro to make it 3-0 to the final. Barcelona also won 3-0 in the other semi-final, with a brace from Stoichkov and a goal from Ronald Koeman to see the Spanish giants beat Portuguese giants Porto to meet AC Milan in the final.

AC Milan vs. Barcelona, this match is regarded by many media as the pinnacle of attack and defense, spear and shield, because this season, Barcelona has scored a total of 104 goals in La Liga and the Champions League, while AC Milan has only scored 35 goals in this season's Serie A title, an average of only 1 goal per game, but the Milanese defense has only conceded 15 goals in the long league.

As the founder of the "dream team", Barcelona coach Cruyff was very high-profile before this final, he came to Athens a week in advance to inspect the venue, the final venue, in an interview, the Dutch coach said: "The real AC Milan is the Milan with Sacchi and the 'Dutch Three Musketeers', and now Capello only likes to use pure defensive players like Desailly to build the lineup......

It is not difficult to see from Cruyff's words that the attacking Dutchman was quite disdainful of the conservative Capello.

Although Zhuang Mingge knew the result of this game from his "memory", since he had the opportunity to witness such a classic moment with his own eyes, how could he give up?

Before the start of the final, the media and experts were generally not optimistic about AC Milan, not only because of their weak attacking ability this season, but also because of the central defensive combination that formed the steel defense - Baresi and Costacuta were both suspended, while the opposite Barcelona was full of personnel, and public opinion believed that AC Milan, which lacked the strongest shield, could not stop the "dream team" from winning the championship.

However, AC Milan coach Fabio Capello carefully studied Barcelona's game before the game and managed to find a breakthrough. In the absence of the central defenders of Baresi and Costacuta, Capello has found the most suitable replacements - Philippe Gurry and Maldini Jr.

As a "pure defensive player" mentioned by Cruyff, Desailly hit back at the Dutch coach before the game: "We AC Milan are only afraid of ourselves! ”

On May 18, 1994, this spear and shield duel was finally staged in Athens!

AC Milan's starting lineup for this game is goalkeeper Rossi, the four defenders are Tassotti, Maldini, Filippo Galli and Panucci, Desailly, Albertini, Boban and Donadoni form the midfield, Savčević and Massaro are at the front of the team; For Barcelona, Cruyff put on his most commonly used 433 formation, with legendary goalkeeper Subisareta in goal, four defenders being Ferrer, Ronald Koeman, Nadal (uncle of tennis king Nadal) and Sergi, three midfielders Pep Guardiola, Amor and Barquero, and Romario, Stoichkov and Begiristain forming a trident.

After the start of the game, AC Milan first extinguished the Barcelona central axis composed of Ronald Koeman, Pep Guardiola and Barquero by actively counter-attacking in front of Jihuahaode in advance, and then relied on the help of the back line and excellent individual defensive ability to limit the individual play of Romario and Stoichkov, forcing Barcelona to not play the way they are used to.

At the end of the first half, fans were surprised to find that AC Milan had not only managed to limit Barca's firepower, but also scored twice through veteran Massaro, which almost gave them one hand to touch the Big Ears Cup, with Savicevic and Donadoni providing an assist each.

In the second half, the Milanese's counter-attack became more comfortable. Just two minutes into the restart, Yugoslav midfielder Savčević fired a cross-and-shoot from the right side of the pitch that flew past Subisareta's 10-finger mark for the most spectacular lob in the history of the Champions League final. After the score became 3-0, Barcelona's "dream team" completely collapsed, the Barcelona players sleepwalked on the field, and Desailly received an assist from Albertini in the 58th minute to put the team on the cake, putting Barcelona into the abyss of no return, and at the same time drawing a perfect end to this masterpiece of Italian defensive counter-attack.

In his post-match press conference, Capello couldn't contain his feelings, praising Desailly as "the greatest midfielder on Shijie", declaring that "the final result proved that only the best team can win, and the greatest tactical intelligence, and I thought we were perfect tonight." Savčevic, who scored a brilliant lob, said it was "the most beautiful game of his life", and Desailly, who also "defended" the Champions League after winning with Marseille in 1993, countered the pre-match arrogance of the "Dream Team" as a winner, "I think the Barcelona people despise us a little bit. ”

As a loser, Cruyff could only admit with a sour taste that "the Milanese won the game and we couldn't finish it according to our habits." ”

Victor Siné, a special correspondent for the French newspaper Le Teams, commented after the match: "More than 60,000 fans from Spain and Italy turned the final into a Latin derby. At the same time, we also saw a fantastic and outstanding Milan! The Italians weren't favourites ahead of the final, but they totally put the game into their own tracks. At first, it was assumed that Capello's broken side were powerless against Barca's attacking football – because they had been so good and so irresistible – that Cruyff's attacking football was being praised throughout Europe. ”

The impact of the game on Barcelona was very far-reaching, after the heavy defeat to AC Milan in the Champions League final, Barcelona's players generally lost more than half of their value, and the Barcelona management, which used to look monolithic, began to be conflicted, after the game, the chairman Nunez expressed dissatisfaction with Cruyff's tactical arrangement and on-the-spot command in the final, and the Dutchman began to openly oppose Nunez's dictation of the team.

A dynasty team that Barcelona had spent years building collapsed because of this Champions League final.

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