Chapter 104: The Beginning of the War
On the field, Degan was moving his body, waiting for the kick-off, and the singing of Barcelona fans came from all around, and the feeling of oppression, even if it was Degan's thick line, I couldn't help but feel nervous.
Rijkaard lined up in a 4-3-3 formation for this game: goalkeeper Valdés, Belletti, Marcos, Puyol, Van Bronckhorst at the back, midfielders Deco returned from injury, Edmilson, Iniesta, and up front, Giuli, Eto'o and Ronaldinho.
On the side of AC Milan, Carlo Ancelotti still lined up his favorite 4-3-1-2 Christmas tree formation: goalkeeper Fiori, Stam, Costacuta, Kaladze, Serginho in the back, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf and Kaka in midfield, and Inzaghi partnered Digan in the attack.
It was Barcelona's 100th Champions League game and Barcelona have gone nine consecutive home games unbeaten in the Champions League since losing to Juventus in the quarter-finals of the 2002/2003 season.
And due to the postponement of the league last weekend due to heavy rain, Barcelona also got extra time to recuperate, and Rijkaard only had Oleg, Xavi and Messi absent, and Barcelona can be called a full squad.
AC Milan will reach the final for the third time in four seasons if they can achieve a comeback, but in the 14 seasons since the expansion of the Champions League, only Ajax in 1996 has come back from 1-0 down in the first leg of the semi-finals to advance, and AC Milan's away record in the Champions League this season has been very poor.
Among the many injuries that attracted attention before the game, Nesta, although he came to Barcelona with the team, failed to recover from a thigh muscle strain and was not included in the squad, and Costacuta, who turned 40 in two days, was replaced and captained on the field, Cafu was on the bench, and Simic, the favorite at right-back before the game, continued to sit in the stands to watch the game.
Degan was preparing for the referee's whistle while he was warming up, when he suddenly felt two sharp eyes lock on him, and Deegan looked over and saw that it was Eto'o.
Before the game, although the Barcelona fans seemed very unfriendly, the two teams were still at peace, after all, Rijkaard had played for AC Milan for a long time and reached the peak of his career during his time at AC Milan, and he still had a lot of feelings for AC Milan.
But Barcelona has a big mouth, and they like to spoil the atmosphere, and the more harmonious they are, the more they like to jump out and do something.
"It's obviously the right thing to do with AC Milan and to warm up for our Champions League final, I hate all the teams in white and AC Milan is no exception!"
Eto'o suddenly came up with such a nonsense, obviously no one expected that AC Milan was also confused by the previous harmonious atmosphere, and they were not ready to talk to each other at all.
Speaking of which, AC Milan is also lying down this time, everyone on the earth knows that the Cameroonian cheetah hates Real Madrid the most, and it happens that AC Milan's away team uniform is white, this time AC Milan just helplessly became Eto'o to vent his anger to Real Madrid.
In Degan's view, Real Madrid has treated Eto'o a little too much, and now Eto'o's rise in Barcelona is at the same time as Real Madrid's deepening crisis in the downward trajectory, but it seems that Real Madrid's top management has no reason to regret it, because when they sold Eto'o, they only had euros in their eyes, and when Cameroonians were in Real Madrid, the club treated him even worse than a piece of grass at the Bernabeu.
When Samuel Eto'o was brought to Real Madrid Stadium by scouts in 1997, he thought he had come to heaven. Indeed, for most players, the Bernabeu is synonymous with heaven, and many see playing for Real Madrid as their ultimate dream. But in the years that followed, he played only once for Real Madrid.
There are many reasons why Samuel Eto'o is not valued by Real Madrid, but none of them have anything to do with his ability, and the two most important of these are his image and tough personality.
Eto'o was already admired by Aragonés during his time at Mallorca, but he still openly competed with his boss after being substituted in the middle of the game, and it was clear that Real Madrid would not appreciate such a disobedient thorn.
In fact, in the 1998/1999 season, Samuel Eto'o had a falling out with the Real Madrid manager because of his main position. In addition, Real Madrid's trend of paying attention to the appearance of players did not start with Perez, and the image of Eto'o Jun ~~~~~~~~ haha! This doomed Eto'o to be in heaven but better than hell.
In the summer of 1999, Real Madrid transferred half of Eto'o's ownership to Mallorca for 7.5 million euros, and this year also coincided with the peak of the appearance of young players such as Casillas, Pavon and Bravo in La Liga.
Eto'o was furious about this half of ownership, and for that reason he hated Real Madrid. He had been drifting outside and once approached Baldano in the hope that he would call him back to the club, but was refused. In this case, Eto'o hoped to play with his mentor Aragonés to Atletico Madrid, but failed because of Real Madrid's lion's big mouth.
Real Madrid don't want their city rivals to get such a good goalscorer, and they want to make a fortune from Samuel Eto'o. Cameroon cheetah thinks, since you don't need me, weishenme is still making things difficult for me everywhere, is it just that I am a money-making machine?
Many players see joining Real Madrid as the crowning glory, but Samuel Eto'o would rather spend the rest of his life at Mallorca than return to his old club. Real Madrid used him to knock on the bamboo pole of the athletic club, which made him completely sad.
At Mallorca, he became the team's all-time greatest goalscorer. At the same time, it was added a nickname: Real Madrid killer.
During his time at Mallorca, the Cameroonians were red-eyed every time they met Real Madrid, scoring almost every time. He will burst out with a very strong motivation, as if he is a different person, as if he wants to seek justice, as if he wants to make his opponent absolutely regret it.
At the end of the 2002/2003 season, Samuel Eto'o relied on his pace to create a number of dangerous counter-attacks, playing Carlos, who is arguably Shijie's best left-back, in the palm of his hand. In the 52nd minute of the game, it was also a counterattack, and he scored a non-long and strange goal, which seemed impossible to many in the eyes of many, but it was scored. Carlos and Casillas fell to the ground and did not get up for half a day.
At the end of the 2003/2004 season, Real Madrid, who had suffered a lot of crises, met Mallorca and then Eto'o. He used his speed to score the first goal, and then the perfect combination of speed and jishu to create the best goal of his career. After winning the ball in midfield, he crossed Figo, Beckham, Pavon and Bravo in succession, and easily shot the ball in front of Casillas. It should have been a shocking goal, one that was enough to break the confidence of a Real Madrid player in need.
He shouted to the rostrum after the goal: "I'm Eto'o, I belong here!"
Mallorca is a small temple after all, Eto'o has long wanted to leave, Real Madrid is certainly reluctant to push the players they have cultivated into the Camp Nou, but because the forward line is already overcrowded and the non-EU places have been used up, Eto'o was almost subloaned to Atletico Madrid, and Barcelona is not only willing to pay 24 million euros for Eto'o, but also guarantee his main position. On the balance of the two, Samuel Eto'o chose Barcelona almost without hesitation.
Of course, Pérez didn't care about Eto'o's betrayal, as the 'dark horse' flying to Camp Nou brought back a lot of euros for him. Samuel Eto Eto'o showed that his love for the red and blue shirt was not for the sake of flattery, as it was Aymeric Laporte who helped him break free from the reins and shackles of Real Madrid, and from this point of view, he finally found himself in his own place in the summer of 2004, and the Bernabeu was nothing more than a "pseudo-paradise" left behind by him.
Eto'o's hatred for Real Madrid reached a certain point after Barcelona won the league title ahead of schedule some time ago, and at the club's celebration ceremony, Eto'o shouted to countless fans at Camp Nou: "Real Madrid dog mongrels, come and salute the champion!" ”
AC Milan, who was lying on the gun, was naturally unwilling to be silent, and Gattuso, the number one powder keg in the team, exploded first: "If that kid thinks AC Milan is weak and bulliful, when we play, we will tell him what is called Liliang of an Italian man!" ”
Eto'o was clearly dismissive of Gattuso: "I'm not going to fight with an idiot who only knows how to play with his muscles, AC Milan!? Are they anyone other than one Shevchenko? ”
Grandma's!
There is no one in sight!
There is no one else but Shevchenko?
So what is Maldini? What is Pirlo? What is Kaka? What is Inzaghi? What is Degan?
"I'm going to kick that ugly guy in the middle of the game! Let him know who else is at AC Milan? ”
Degan is really angry, and he originally admired Eto'o, but at this time, his feelings for Eto'o plummeted, and he was blacklisted, and he was the one who was locked.
Glaring at Eto'o, Degan directly chose to ignore it, who is a hero and who is a hero, see you on the field!
Soon after the opening, there was a hole in Barcelona's defense, Kaka kicked the ball straight, just like Digan said before the game, no one on the Barcelona back line could stop him, in terms of speed, Barcelona's defenders are fast, but Digan is faster, after he received the ball, he drove straight along the right rib, Belletti stepped forward to defend, but was hit by Digan an an unreasonable charge, directly hit his grandmother's house, and then Digan was at the front of the penalty area, and shot low with his right foot, the football was subconsciously blocked by Puyol in the process of running, The result was just wide of the far post.
Seeing that the ball did not go in, Degan was also annoyed, if he could score a goal at the beginning, it was very important to boost morale.
Rijkaard also saw the danger and stood on the sidelines and shouted, signaling the team to steady.
Then Pirlo took a corner, Digan failed to top the ball under Marcos's close defense, the football was lifted to the midfield by Puyol's big foot, Deco received the ball, a right rib pass, Eto'o inserted into the penalty area to buckle the defender, and pushed the ball with his left foot 11 meters in front of the goal, but Fiori's attack speed was still timely, and he fell to the ground and blocked the ball with his body.
As soon as the game started, the two sides gave two wonderful attacks, and the fans at the scene were also addicted.
"Both sides have worked hard in this game and it looks like it will not be easy for either side to win."
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