Chapter 47: Rookie's Battle

Chapter 47: Rookie's Battle

San Siro Stadium!

For Degan, this place is already very familiar. He also played here in the 2005/2006 season and helped AC Milan win the UEFA Champions League that year. Gan is the most outstanding player in the AC Milan team. The combination of him and Kaka swept European football.

Although a trophy with the highest gold content was left here, in fact, Degan has never been the owner of this stadium. Here, people like Maldini, Pirlo, Inzaghi, and Kaka. The only thing I don't like is him.

Degan's arrogant character is doomed to make him unable to become the god in the hearts of the self-proclaimed noble Milan fans. Coupled with that unintentional remark, which was infinitely magnified, it made him ignoring Van Basten. cast aside.

Last season, in the last round, Degan even defeated AC Milan in the San Siro Stadium in three autumns, so that AC Milan, the defending champion of the Champions League, had to ask everywhere to be able to enter the UEFA Champions League this season.

AC Milan fans hate Digan, which seems to be justifiable!

When warming up before the start of the game, the Milan fans who entered the field early kept booing Digan, and the insulting scolding was even more endless.

But Digan looked as usual, he didn't seem to be affected at all, he just did what he had to do, and joked with his teammates from time to time, he couldn't see the tension before the big battle at all.

Ranocchia, who is about to represent Fiorentina for the first time as a main force, is completely different. If he was shocked yesterday and ecstatic this morning, then he is only nervous now.

Ranocchia didn't feel intimidated, just nervous, the nervousness of a young player before facing a big scene.

"Andrea! Go on!"

Digan yelled and passed the ball. Ranocchia didn't react for a while, and could only watch the football slide past his feet, which caused a burst of laughter from the stands.

"Hey! Boy! Go home! Go home and feed your mother!"

"San Siro is not a place for a little kid like you to come, get out of here!"

"Boy! Come to me, I'll treat you to a big banana!"

Ranocchia could not help turning pale when he heard the jeers and insults from the stands. He lowered his head and was about to chase the ball back when he heard Digan shout.

"Andrea! Hold your head up!"

Ranocchia was taken aback, and turned to look at Digan. Digan raised his head, and there was a kind of supercilious light in his eyes, and his heart couldn't help being lifted.

"Captain! I~~~~~~~"

Digan smiled, "I'll make you hold your head up!"

Although Digan's tone was very relaxed, he could not refuse. Ranocchia subconsciously raised his head to the same angle as Digan.

Digan smiled and nodded: "That's right! In this stadium, Fiorentina players cannot bow their heads, because we have always been winners! Winners should raise their heads."

Digan said as he walked up to Ranocchia: "Andrea! Last season, we beat AC Milan both home and away. I think you should know!"

Ranocchia nodded quickly: "Yes! Captain, I know everything!"

Digan looked around, and the Milan fans were still booing and cursing, and sneered, "Did you see that? Do you know why they did this? It's like killing our father and enemy, you know? This is what I told you before, the losers are afraid of the winners, they can only use this way to resolve the fear of us in their hearts, I don't understand, why do you bow your head in front of the losers, and raise your head up, As it is now, you are the winner, you are here to conquer again, understand?"

Ranocchia looked at Digan and listened carefully to every word Digan said. He felt his trembling body suddenly calm down. Not only that, he also felt an indescribable surge in his body. the power of.

Digan didn't continue to say anything to Ranocchia. If this didn't bring him back to the correct kneeling in the game, it would only prove that Ranocchia was an idiot who couldn't get up.

When Fiorentina finished training, just in time for the AC Milan players to come on the field, the Milan fans who booed for more than ten minutes in a row can finally rest now. It is obviously more lung energy to boo all the time than to cheer.

Especially when Kaka played, the cheers in the San Siro stands reached its peak. Because of his outstanding performance last season and his fiery state after the start of this season, Kaka has become a super idol in Milan City, and now there are even According to sources, Kaka is likely to become the captain of AC Milan after Maldini and Ambrosini.

Two brothers, in the same city, these two diametrically opposed treatment, can be considered a miracle.

Kaka saw Degan and greeted with a smile: "Rod!"

Digan smiled angrily: "Welcome! Big star!"

Kaka knew what Digan was talking about, and said with a smile: "No! I should welcome you, this is our territory! How do you feel now!?"

Digan looked at Kaka's smug look, if this guy wasn't his elder brother, he would have punched him in the face: "It feels very good!"

Kaka smiled: "Really? What a coincidence, I feel very good today! Rhodes! We will win today!"

Digan looked at Kaka: "What a pity! If you want to win, unless you pray that I won't be able to play today, would you like to make a bet?"

Kaka raised her eyebrows: "Of course! I'm very interested!"

Digan gritted his teeth and said, "Whoever wins today's game will pay for the vacation in winter!"

Kaka thought for a while, then raised her hand: "Deal!"

Degan raised his hand and gave Kaka a high five, then caught up with his teammates and walked towards the locker room.

Boom!

As soon as Degan entered the locker room, he kicked the locker hard: "We must win today!"

Many Fiorentina players saw the scene of Degan and Kaka talking on the sidelines just now, and they could imagine why Degan was so excited.

"Of course, Rhodes! We all want to win!"

"No! It's not just a competition, nor is it a personal grievance. In fact, Ricardo and I~~~~~~~ Forget it! Seriously, the reason why I want to win is because of Ricardo's confident appearance. Why do you think a bunch of old men can beat us? Don't you feel angry? A bunch of old men, they actually want to teach us how to play football, bastard! When the game is played later, everyone should keep this in their minds, Keep running, keep robbing, let those old men know that they are old, and the old ones can no longer compete with us, understand?"

The team members looked at each other in blank dismay, and to tell the truth, they really didn't feel that they were fighting against each other today, but they remembered what Degan said.

Keep running, keep grabbing!

When it was time to play, Degan led his teammates to stand at the entrance of the player tunnel. He knew what would greet him later, but he really didn't take it seriously!

The boos from the fans were deafening. Degan is definitely the only one who is hated by Milan fans.

Standing on the court, looking at Milan's grandparents' lineup, Digan couldn't help but sneer in his heart: Is Ricardo relying on the experience of these old men?

No matter how skilled you are, you are still afraid of kitchen knives!

If AC Milan's biggest reliance is their experience, Fiorentina's biggest advantage is that they are young enough.

Just look at the current starting lineup of AC Milan. Since Ancelotti took over, only a few positions have changed. The feeling is static and lifeless.

This summer, Galliani kept telling the media that the team was about to start rebuilding and the team needed to be younger, but what was the result?

Dida, who was about to leave, finally started to stay. At that time, there was a club in Brazil that wanted to introduce him, but at the last minute, Galliani stopped him.

Galliani also said: "AC Milan is not a club that sells people. We will never sell players with a contract year for money, and we will not send them because they do not renew their contracts. Grandstand."

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.

When such a statement was thrown out that year, Galliani showed unremitting management of Juventus, but Moggi's answer was: "There is nothing wrong with the company."

"Family-style management" won many championships for AC Milan between 2003 and 2007. The harmonious atmosphere in the dressing room has often become a magic weapon for the team's stable development and success.

However, as the average age of AC Milan's lineup is getting older, his competitiveness on the court is actually not as good as year after year. It is actually an accident to win two Champions League titles in a row. The first time is Degan , the second time is Kaka.

Without the help of the Wright Brothers, it would be impossible for AC Milan to win the championship!

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 so in recent years, only selling Thomasson and Raul. Sen and the two Danes earned 13 million euros in transfer income for the club. Most of the time, the club spends money, of course it is a small amount of money. Therefore, people cannot blame the club for being timid in transfer investment.

When Ancelotti first entered AC Milan, the lineup was in full swing and champions came one after another, but with Maldini, Costacurta, Pancaro, Cafu, Rui Costa and even Dida and others are getting older, their status is declining, and their injuries are increasing, and the problems of the team will come.

AC Milan is willing to renew the contract with the old players. Although Maldini is old, he really deserves a new contract because of their influence in the locker room. So what about Cafu? AC Milan is the club with the most frequent contract renewals among Serie A teams, but sometimes it is more like contract renewal for the sake of contract renewal. Cafu stayed, taking a place on the bench that could have been reserved for a youngster, even Mazzorati.

The team is getting older and the state is declining, and the strength of the lineup has regressed greatly compared to before. However, the club is still renewing the contracts of players who are aging and in decline. It is also a strange thing to maintain the current lineup. But the potential of this lineup has been exhausted. If it cannot be broken, it cannot be established. The old players cannot leave, and the newcomers cannot come in. There will be no qualitative improvement in the lineup.

Another disadvantage brought about by not selling players is the inability to achieve self-sufficiency in the transfer market. Furthermore, it is impossible to have more investment 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 restricted in the introduction of players.

Transfer funds are limited, the youth training system can't keep up, the lineup is occupied by old people, and young people have no chance to play in the Coppa Italia, like Andreoli played in the Inter Milan Champions League and the league, and Ranocchia When facing a strong enemy like AC Milan, such a thing as the main force is probably unthinkable in AC Milan.

Not selling people, resulting in limited funds, unable to fill the loopholes in the aging lineup through transfers, can only let the old people continue to play, but the youth training system is not rooted, and newcomers can't come up, so they can only continue to squeeze the "surplus" of the old people. Value", it is not difficult to understand that AC Milan's lineup has exhausted its potential.

In fact, two years ago, when Degan was still at AC Milan, he was tired of those players in the team who liked to put on old status.

look at us!

We are young, we are fearless, nothing is impossible for us!

When Degan was wandering, Ranocchia, who was standing on the back line, was clenching his fists tightly, preparing to face the first battle in his life.

Game start.

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 suddenly found that there was a familiar stranger in the Fiorentina team, Ranocchia ushered in the opponent His first test.

AC Milan steals the ball from the backcourt and hits a counterattack. The football quickly moves to the side, and Kaka suddenly makes a cross from the side.

Gilardino has already got stuck in the penalty area of ​​Fiorentina, Ronaldo is ready to respond at any time at the back point, but Fiorentina has invested too much force in the attack just now, and the defensive personnel in the penalty area are completely insufficient.

But at this moment, just when Gilardino was ready to head the goal, Ranocchia suddenly walked around in front of Gilardino, jumped high, and headed Kaka's cross. .

"It's Ranocchia!" The commentator exclaimed, "It turned out to be the young player Ranocchia. He accurately judged the landing point of the football and kicked the ball out!"

Gilardino was also dumbfounded. When Ranocchia jumped up just now, he blocked the sun.

Ancelotti was furious on the sidelines. Gilardino missed such a good opportunity.

Gilardino was also full of remorse. He really didn't take Ranocchia seriously just now, and he had already blocked Ranocchia behind him, but because of carelessness, Ranocchia stole this opportunity to score.

In the stands of San Siro, the old Ranocchia shouted excitedly: "It's my son! That's my son! Well done! Andrea! Well done!"

Ranocchia's mother and sister hugged each other, cheering for their son and brother.

The Fiorentina fans who followed the team's expedition to Milan also congratulated the family.

"Congratulations! You have a wonderful son!"

"Nocchia is a good boy, he can definitely become a big star!"

The old Nokia is a little carried away now. Nokia did give him a big surprise. When the game started just now, he was still worried. He was worried that Nokia would not be able to perform at his true level and ruin his future. , now it looks like he doesn't have to worry.

Although still a little nervous, Ranocchia's performance can be called sophisticated!

"Young Fiorentina central defender Ranocchia! Coach Prandelli actually sent Ranocchia in such an important game. Last season, Ranocchia only played five times for Fiorentina in the league, and there were two more. The Italian Cup appearance record, but in this game, this young man actually became the main force, it is hard to imagine that Coach Prandelli would be so courageous!"

"The defense just now was very successful. Ranocchia was stuck in the position and he had a good grasp of the football's placement. Gilardino suffered a big loss in front of him!"

"Good job! Andrea!" Thiago Silva patted Ranocchia's shoulder with a smile. When Erva stood in front of Ranocchia, he could already be called an old senior.

Ranocchia was a little dazed. He just reflected subconsciously, and unexpectedly helped the team resolve a crisis.

The Lano family looked towards Digan subconsciously, and saw that Digan was giving him a thumbs up.

The commentator of Milan TV said a little sourly: "Why do the people of Florence always find some pearls that are not noticed by people, but Milan can only rely on some veterans to win the world? None of the youngsters were able to break into Milan's starting XI."

Envious?

Really envious?

Florence already has a future, and AC Milan's future is still unknown!

Fiorentina resolved a crisis and the game continued. Fiorentina felt a little aggressive today. As long as they got the ball, they would spare no effort to launch a counterattack across the board. Even if they lost the ball, they would counterattack on the spot. Those veterans in Milan are in a hurry.

"Prandelli doesn't seem to want to fight a positional battle with Milan. He wants to solve the opponent quickly. However, he probably forgot who his opponent is, the champion of the UEFA Champions League for two consecutive times!"

Of course Prandelli knew who his opponent was, but it didn't matter. Like Digan, he didn't pay attention to the old men of AC Milan. Experience is indeed important, but compared with experience, Prandelli obviously I still prefer the indomitable momentum shown by the Fiorentina players on the court.

It's time for the Serie A league to change its dynasty, and it's time for a living fossil like Maldini to come to an end. Next, it's up to the Fiorentina Youth Guards.

"Attack! Attack! Everyone run, don't stop!"

Prandelli's shout made Ancelotti look sideways.

attack! ?

Don't look down on people too much!

On the field, Fiorentina attacked again to no avail. Degan's shot hit the side net of the goal. AC Milan quickly took the goal kick. After passing by Pirlo and Gattuso, the football was handed over to Kaka Now Kaka is the absolute core of AC Milan on the field.

After Kaka got the ball, he raised his head to observe the situation on the field, and made a gesture to break through. Ledesma, who was defending him, hurried up to grab the ball, but at this moment, Kaka passed the ball, and made a long pass over the top. Handed over to the left side of the Fiorentina penalty area.

Seedorf, who didn't know where he went just now, rushed here. He usually looks very lazy, and hardly runs when he is on the field, but once his speed is raised, it is still very scary. .

Just now Ma Qiao pressed a little forward, but at this time it seemed a bit reluctant to chase back, and was directly hit behind by Seedorf.

On Milan's front line, the double arrows formed by Gilardino and Ronaldo also exerted their strength at the same time, rushing towards Florence's penalty area.

Seedorf has two options at this time, one is to cut inside and hit the goal himself, and the other is to cross and let Gilardino compete for the top.

But before he could make a choice, suddenly a leg lay across in front of him, and the football was kicked off the sideline.

Seeing this scene, even Digan was dumbfounded.

Because it was Ranocchia who made the defense again!

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 hips and looked at Ranocchia who was standing up, feeling a little lost. When Ranocchia pounced on him just now, he was thinking of dunking the opponent, but he didn't expect this young man to tackle the ball. At that time, he was so decisive.

"It's Ranocchia again! I'm really surprised now, how many treasures are hidden in the Fiorentina team, look at their players on the field, there is no one over 30 years old, the game has been going on so far, people are the most impressive Yes, not Digan, but the youngest Ranocchia!"

Ranocchia slowly ran towards his position, still silently saying to himself: No problem! no problem! I can do it! I can do it!