Chapter 99 Dignity and Ugly

Chapter 99 Dignity and Ugly

In the end, four teams advanced to the Champions League knockout stage. For Italian football, this is a rare event. However, judging from the results of the draw, the road to promotion for the Serie A teams does not look smooth.

After returning from Zurich, Fiorentina will face Livorno at home. In this game, Prandelli continued to use the rotation lineup. Even Degan sat on the bench, but even with the rotation lineup, It was not something the weak Livorno could compete with. In the end, with Ranocchia's corner kick in the second half, he scored with a header. Fiorentina beat their opponents 1-0 and continued to consolidate their advantage in the standings.

At the same time, in a game at San Siro, AC Milan defeated the opponent 2:1 with Kaka's two goals in the first half and the second half.

After the game, the AC Milan club officially announced that it had officially renewed its contract with Kaka. The new contract between the Brazilian star and AC Milan will expire on June 30, 2013, when Kaka will be 31 years old. Kaka's contract renewal also made a series of transfer rumors self-defeating.

"Kaka has been emphasizing that he looks forward to becoming a symbol of AC Milan. He is the greatest player in the world. He has decided to fight for the red and black of Milan all his life." Yani said excitedly in an interview with the media, "The newly signed work contract allows Kaka's career to continue in Milan. If both parties can successfully fulfill this contract that expires in 2013, we will continue to cooperate with him. Signing a new contract, Kaka's contract renewal, is the best news for AC Milan fans."

Before the contract renewal, Kaka's original work contract with AC Milan expired in 2011. Last year, although the team did not win the league title, Kaka helped the team win the UEFA Champions League and the Club World Cup. The national team also performed very well, so he won the 2007 European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year award from FIFA, and his career has thus stepped onto a new level.

Kaka chose to renew his contract with Milan, which was beyond Degan's expectations. When the two brothers talked on the phone before, Kaka expressed his disappointment with Milan's current situation. Now he suddenly decided to renew his contract. According to Degan's estimation, it may be Bei Lusconi promised something to Kaka in private.

As Kaka's younger brother, Degan also accepted an interview with reporters afterwards: "I respect his decision, although I still think that this is not the best choice, but if Chairman Berlusconi is willing to increase Investing in Milan, maybe this will turn out to be a good decision!"

When asked if AC Milan's increased investment would threaten Fiorentina's current dominance over Italian football, Degan said: "If they can really threaten Fiorentina, in my opinion, that would be a big deal. It's a good thing, if there is no opponent, what's the point even if Fiorentina wins all the titles!"

No opponent?

Degan's words soon became popular with many traditional strong teams in Serie A, especially Juventus, the next league rival Fiorentina will face.

However, before the game with Juventus, Fiorentina must face an opponent Sampdoria in the Coppa Italia semi-finals.

In the first round of the contest between the two teams, Fiorentina drew 2:2 with Sampdoria in the away game. After returning to the home court, Degan continued to rest. Fiorentina's rotation performed very well in the game, and the whole game was firmly established. Controlling the situation, although Sampdoria's defense was in place, Cassano was sent off in the 53rd minute of the second half, which became a turning point for the entire game.

In the end, Fiorentina defeated Sampdoria with Mutu's brace in the second half. At the same time, in another duel, Roma defeated Inter Milan 5:3 in two rounds and joined Fiorentina in the final.

When Degan played for Atlanta, he defeated Roma in the final and finally won the Coppa Italia. Now three years have passed. Unexpectedly, after a reincarnation, Degan will have a showdown with Rome in the final male and female.

The following weekend, Fiorentina will go to the away game to challenge Juventus again. After returning to Serie A, Juventus's performance is obviously not as good as before, but considering that the Bianconeri have just been reborn from the ashes, and most of the league has passed. It is already very rare to be ranked fourth in the standings.

Digan's remarks before made Juventus, the former Serie A overlord, furious. Now that they have the opportunity to compete face to face, Piero, the banner figure of Juventus, said in an interview before the start of the game: "I Never liked that guy, arrogant, arrogant, if he thinks that there is no opponent in Serie A that can shake Fiorentina, then he is very wrong, we will let him understand in the game, Juventus What is the dignity of Tusi!"

The dignity of Juventus?

Degan really felt it in this game. When the first half ended, almost everyone thought that Fiorentina would suffer their second defeat of the season.

The goals of Chiellini and Del Piero helped Juventus take a two-goal lead in the first half, while Fiorentina showed fatigue and continuous fighting, which made this young team's physical fitness reach its limit .

Some reporters even wrote articles during the intermission, telling people all over the world that Florence was about to collapse.

But in the second half, Florence let people all over the world see another story-youth has no limits!

First, Degan's header in the 57th minute scored a point for Fiorentina. Then, Montolivo's long-range shot from outside the penalty area helped Fiorentina equalize the score.

The two-goal lead was tied, which made Ranieri on the sidelines a little panicked. Seeing his team being suppressed by the opponent on the field, Ranieri then made a very wrong decision and ordered the team Recover defense across the board.

Juventus started to defend, and Fiorentina got more space on offense. After continuous impact, finally in the 86th minute of the game, Juventus' defense was overwhelmed, even though they had Buffon, the best goalkeeper in the world, can only help in vain in the face of Degan's shot from close at hand.

In the end, Fiorentina defeated Juventus 3:2 away and continued to lead the standings. Now it seems that no one can stop them from winning the championship.

In the league field, Fiorentina has been advancing all the way, and almost no one can stop their progress. The next thing they have to face is the Champions League.

In the 1/8 finals of the Champions Cup, the Milan duo will take the lead. AC Milan will go to London to challenge Arsenal in the first round. The fans who have always supported them.

Ancelotti's self-confidence is not completely unreasonable. Although the strength of the two teams is not what it used to be, but in terms of experience, AC Milan, which has won the championship trophy eight times, will definitely overwhelm Arsenal.

Moreover, in the UEFA Champions League final last year, AC Milan defeated Arsenal and finally won the cup. Although it was an away game, AC Milan had an absolute advantage in terms of psychology.

But after 90 minutes of fighting, the result was obviously difficult to satisfy the Milan soldiers.

0:0!

Speaking of which, this result is already a good result for the current AC Milan. Although it has never scored an away goal, it is not a perfect result in the two rounds of the game, but for the current team For AC Milan, which is not in good condition, it is already quite good.

At the press conference after the game, Ancelotti said: "0:0, this is not a safe result, we worked very hard today, we could have done more, but Arsenal is indeed a good team. We know we will face pressure in the second round, but we hope to beat our opponents anyway and move on."

For this game, Ancelotti analyzed after the game: "Because Arsenal's defense is good at emptying, we used the younger Gilardino, hoping that his speed can bring some to Arsenal's defense. Trouble. We probably could have done a little bit better attackingly, but Arsenal were fighting for 90 minutes, putting a lot of pressure on us, we needed more possession, but in fact, we were more Take the destructive tactics, wait until the second leg, you will see a brand new AC Milan, because some players have not fully recovered, then they will have a better state."

Kaka, who had just renewed his contract with Milan, did not perform well in this game and was completely frozen by the opponent. Kaka also said after the game: "I know that my performance today is very bad, but we still have a chance, as you can imagine Going back to San Siro and playing in front of 80,000 fans, with the support of the fans, we will definitely be more active. From a personal point of view, now I still need to find the rhythm of the game."

Although the words of the Milan general seem to be dissatisfied with this score, for the current AC Milan, it is already a lucky result to be able to draw with Arsenal 0:0 in the away game, because Arsenal played at the end of the game. Dominant for the vast majority of the time, Adebayor missed a golden opportunity and saved Milan just before the end of the game when he headed the ball over the crossbar.

In the technical statistics after the game, Arsenal had far more possession of the ball than AC Milan. Judging from the chances of the game, Arsenal was also much stronger than AC Milan.

Although both teams focus on possession of the ball, the styles of play of the two teams are not the same. AC Milan's possession of the ball only focuses on passing and cooperating with the ball, and does not forcefully look for opportunities. Ball control is a more active and more ball control. In addition to ball control, the focus is on the running and fighting of the whole team, especially the frontcourt. This kind of play that compresses the opponent's space through active running gives AC Milan caused great oppression.

Ancelotti also admitted after the game: "The opponent put a lot of pressure on us and destroyed our offense, making it difficult for us to choose to organize with the ball in the backcourt."

Compared with Arsenal's multi-point blooming, AC Milan's division of labor is too clear, and it can even be said to be rigid. AC Milan's running tasks are too concentrated on individual people, but after all, one person cannot cover the entire field. In turn, everyone in Arsenal was running, forming an oppression on AC Milan and causing the audience to take the initiative.

Of course, with the running ability and age of AC Milan's current lineup, it is difficult to transplant Arsenal's more active style of play.

Of course, the problem of age is only one aspect. AC Milan is suppressed by Arsenal as a whole, and the performance of the stars in the team is also not satisfactory.

Kaka's poor performance can be imagined. We all know that he is a dangerous figure in AC Milan, and Wenger is no exception. Therefore, Flamini kept a close eye on Kaka and did not give him a chance to speed up the ball. The defensive force was placed on Kaka, which was when Seedorf got space to play, but the Dutchman "evaporated".

Seedorf's poor state directly caused AC Milan's midfield to be completely out of touch, and in defense, he was the only one among the 10 players on the starting field who did not have tackle data.

Due to the passiveness of AC Milan, almost everyone participated in the defense. Even Gilardino and Kaka had tackles in the midfield, but Seedorf had zero tackles.

Not only that, but during the game, he also made a mistake in a clearance in front of the penalty area and almost "assisted" the opponent's one-handed goal. If Karachi hadn't attacked in time, I am afraid that AC Milan would have broken the gate that time.

It can be said that Maldini and Ambrosini on the left are quite tight because of Seedorf's insufficient participation in defense.

Where did Seedorf's poor form come from?

In the final analysis, he paid the price for the frequent matches in recent times, but Seedorf was the one with the most rest among AC Milan players due to his previous minor injuries.

Judging from the progress of the game, Seedorf's "one slow, two look" feature is indeed not suitable for this kind of game rhythm. Since the game is brought into Arsenal's fast pace, it is often the process of Seedorf still holding the ball and looking for someone. In the middle, the ball was cut off, and his advantages of good ball control and good technique could not be used at all.

It has been two years since Seedorf put on the No. 10 jersey of AC Milan. In the two years, AC Milan's goal in the league has dropped from the championship to the fourth. Although there are many reasons for this, one of the problems is Indeed, after Rui Costa left, AC Milan did not find a real helper for Kaka. This not only dragged down the team's performance, but also dragged down Kaka. Playing with a knee injury and feeling uncomfortable after every game and after training.

And two years was exactly the day when Rui Costa left.

Although Seedorf thinks he is a qualified attacking midfielder, in terms of stability, he is far worse than Rui Rui. Even in the season before Rui left AC Milan, he started 9 games, AC Milan Achieved a record of 8 wins and 1 loss. It was also that year that Shevchenko was injured. AC Milan played the "Christmas tree" in the Champions League. Rui started all the way and helped the team reach the final and finally win the cup. In the final, people remember Degan's hat-trick more, but Rui Costa's performance in the game is also impressive.

Of course, Seedorf is also a capable player, but the problem is that his strength is always difficult to play stably, and he often has to wait until the team is in a smooth state before he can play.

Now when it comes to AC Milan's attack line, people are talking about forwards. In fact, AC Milan also lacks a midfielder who can really share the pressure for Kaka.

Gourcuff is good, but he obviously has difficulty gaining Ancelotti's trust.

AC Milan reluctantly accepted a draw that could be called a surprise, but what about Inter Milan, who rushed to Anfield like a rainbow?

Once again he went away full of confidence, but finally returned with disappointment. Although the score of 2:0 cannot be said to have sentenced Inter Milan to a "death sentence", there is no doubt that the Nerazzurri are suffering from a huge psychological gap. Look, the score of 2:0 is considered lucky.

As Mancini said after the game: "We have done everything we can."

Inter Milan fought for 85 minutes, only to fall short at the last moment, but there was an inevitability in the process, as if from quantitative change to qualitative change.

As Materazzi was sent off early in the game, Inter Milan lost their combat effectiveness early on. As time went by, Liverpool's opportunities gradually became better and better, like a locked door pushed by external forces. Start to loosen gradually.

Judging from the results, it is a bit wronged to insist on not conceding a goal until 85 minutes, but finally lost the game 0:2, but from the process point of view, 0:2 should be regarded as a reasonable score, and Inter Milan should be glad that they are lucky.

Judging from the whole game, Inter Milan couldn't find the rhythm at all. Their performance was almost like AC Milan in the second half of Istanbul.

Of course, it was Materazzi's red card that directly caused such a tilted situation. Perhaps the referee's penalty was indeed a bit too harsh. Two fouls, one tripping, one pulling, and no yellow card was given for any single time. Problem, but in the case of a yellow card, the second yellow card is somewhat unreasonable.

Even the commentators on ESPN in the UK complained about Matera: "If these are all red cards, then there may be five players left on both sides at the end of the game."

However, there is not much to say about the referee. Mancini should also reflect. Before Materazzi was sent off, Inter Milan was extremely passive. No single attack into the opponent's penalty area. From the point of view of the formation, Mancini's parallel 4-4-2 has some problems, which directly leads to the disconnection between the two forwards and the midfielder under the pressure of the opponent's attack. Waist, such as Stankovic, change to 4-3-1-2, or even if Ibrahimovic's position is withdrawn, the situation of Inter Milan may be better.

Facing a score of 0:2, although there is still a chance of a comeback in theory, Inter Milan is more likely to face the embarrassing exit of the Champions League for the third time after the Stadium of Love and the Tardini Stadium, regardless of the Champions League this season. How far Milan can go and how to break the curse of the Champions League is what the club needs to seriously consider.

Although Mancini said after the game: "I have experienced countless comebacks at Inter Milan."

But judging from the current situation of the two teams, the difficulty of Inter Milan's comeback is beyond imagination.

The first is the opponent Liverpool. Benitez's team emphasizes defense, especially in the Champions League. In the six knockout games before the Champions League final last season, Liverpool only conceded two goals. A team that is good at defense and counterattack without losing its sharpness, the task facing Inter Milan is far more difficult than imagined.

For Inter Milan, it may be more realistic to be able to beat the opponent 2:0, and then look for opportunities in overtime and penalty shootouts, but there are two prerequisites, one is that the first goal should be early, and the other is Can't concede the ball, but this seems to be another pair of contradictions. The first condition requires Inter Milan to press the attack from the beginning, but the second condition needs to prevent the opponent from successfully counterattacking when pressing the attack. In fact, Liverpool with Torres has a strong counterattack ability.

Inter Milan's defense is also facing huge troubles, first Materazzi will not be able to participate in the next game because of the red card, and then Cordoba is injured in this game, if Cordoba cannot play after two weeks, Inter Milan It is equivalent to winning a main central defender combination. Burdisso and Chivu may be the main players, but it is this combination that failed to withstand Liverpool's attack at the last moment.

Of course, no one can predict the result until the last moment, but if Inter Milan wants to make a comeback, they must not underestimate the current severe situation. When Inter Milan is too optimistic, it is always difficult to make a difference in the Champions League. At the Love Song Stadium, Inter Milan died because of underestimating the difficulties. I hope this severe situation can stimulate Inter Milan's true potential.

Losing to Liverpool 0:2, Ibrahimovic is more disappointing than Inter Milan. Looking at Inter Milan as a whole, there are still some bright spots. Cesar made a single-handed save. The rescue and Cambiasso's active running are all commendable, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who had been placed high expectations before the game, was once again disappointing.

At the press conference before the game, a reporter asked Mancini: "Do you want Ibrahimovic to be the decisive figure?"

Mancini replied: "As always, Ibra has been performing very well, so I hope he can play at a high level in this game."

But unfortunately, the Swede evaporated more completely than Seedorf at the Emirates Stadium.

It is true that Inter Milan's midfield loss prevented Zlatan Ibrahimovic from getting too much support, but with one less player, the Swede's running support was also a little bit too little. In any case, his partner Kroos also had a shot, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic played the full 90 minutes without even one.

In the Serie A league, Sweden's Gao Lao made countless opponents terrified. He didn't try it in this game. The only shot that Ibrahimovic left a positive impression in the whole game was to give Cannon a shot shortly after the second half. When Biaso made the ball in front of the penalty area, Cambiasso took a long shot over the lintel after receiving the ball.

Obviously Mancini trusted the Swede too much. Even in such a bad state, he still stayed on the court for 90 minutes. If Ibrahimovic's role on the court is just to contain the opponent's defense line, but press it up , then it might as well be the faster Su Yazuo who had a greater restraint effect.

Ibrahimovic has been in good form this season. Although it is not as good as Digan who has been crazy and has not been good, the performance of the Swede is enough to be worthy of his salary, but in the most important game , the Swedes lost the chain.

The result of the game may be a bit surprising, but it also reflects the completely different mentality of the two teams from one aspect. When defending the Serie A title is gradually hopeless and urgently needs to show its strength in international competitions, Inter Milan is psychologically Put a shackle called stress on yourself.

Liverpool, who also lost all four in the Premier League and the Cup, chose to put all their eggs in the UEFA Champions League.

Benitez's Liverpool approached the game in the right way, Inter Milan, on the other hand, were unlucky and underwhelmed, and the result couldn't have been worse.

After the game, Moratti gritted his teeth and praised his players. Moratti said that his team performed well for most of the game. Moratti said he had nothing to criticize Mancini. Moratti Severely criticized the referee, saying that Materazzi's red card did not exist at all. Moratti said that Gerrard's goal was wonderful. Moratti said that Inter Milan was unlucky this season and often played games with 10 people.

Certain statements made by Chairman Moratti are worthy of approval. For example, Gerrard's goal was wonderful, and Materazzi's two yellow cards basically did not exist. The referee's penalty is indeed not just debatable.

But is there really nothing wrong with Mancini's work?

Can Inter Milan's performance be called good?

The luck of Inter Milan is indeed very bad. Materazzi was very wronged, but there were some self-inflicted red cards. Cordoba went off because of a knee injury, which had a decisive negative impact on the final result of the game. .

After 90 minutes of the game, Inter Milan, through a very bad and very unfortunate game process, got an even worse result: 0:2.

Even if Moratti is still very confident in the strength of Inter Milan, even if Moratti fully considers Meazza's court factors, but considering Materazzi's suspension and Cordoba's injury, considering the Spaniard With Benitez's cunning and ability, it can only be estimated that Inter Milan has only a 20% to 30% chance of making a comeback, and this is still a rather optimistic estimate. Inter Milan is tantamount to sending itself into a desperate situation.

Some people may say that now is not the time to shirk responsibility, but people still want to know who should be responsible for Inter Milan's nightmare.

Should it be an overly harsh referee?

Or Mancini, who made mistakes in substitutions and game preparations?

Should it be Materazzi who received two yellow cards for a foul within 10 minutes?

Or was the whole team never able to get into shape?

Are all four factors at work, or is one factor dominating?

There is another question, why does Inter Milan always make mistakes when entering the knockout stage of the Champions League? !

The Inter Milan fans who accompanied the team on the expedition surrounded Mancini at Liverpool Airport and vented their dissatisfaction with the team's failure with provocative words. Mancini did not remain silent this time. He was emotional and chose to fight back. Then the two sides clashed The sharp rise, the airport had to dispatch guards to prevent the situation from expanding. In the end, Mancini chose to leave, and things were left alone.

Lost the game, and although the Champions League is not out yet, trouble has come.

It is only one problem that Mancini put himself on fire, and another problem is that Ibrahimovic said something he shouldn't have said after the game in the locker room turmoil.

Because the Swede played poorly in this game, a reporter asked him after the game: "What happened?"

Ibrahimovic actually replied: "0:2? You should ask Materazzi this question."

The Swede seems to imply that Materazzi received a red card that should not have been received, causing the whole team to fall into a passive position, but in fact, in some media's ratings, Ibrahimovic scored lower than Materazzi because Materazzi's red card was somewhat harsh, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic's performance was really poor and disappointing.

Inter Milan lost and lost, so that the Italian media, which had four teams breaking into the Champions League knockout round, was poured cold water in their pockets.

On the second match day, Roma played away to Real Madrid, and people didn't even dare to expect anything from them.

But Spalletti's team has shown people what the dignity of Italian football is.

2:1!

Roma surprisingly won an away game and took a step forward on the road to the European Champions Cup. Although the state of the Roma team in the league has not been very good in recent times, they beat Real Madrid in the trough. His strong opponent, and he completed the reversal after falling behind by one goal first, the head coach Spalletti is naturally happy.

At the press conference, Spalletti praised the team, saying: "From our past mistakes, we have matured and it is very difficult to come back against a team as strong as Real Madrid, you sometimes Had to take some risks, we showed patience today, we always played our own game, it was an open game and I think Roma deserved this win. Real Madrid did a good job with quick passes, even in the We were in a tight midfield situation, which caused us some problems, but we tried to pick up the pace and created a few good scoring chances, but today's game, the team did a good job in all aspects , I am proud of my players, their hard work, let them finally taste the joy of victory!"

However, Spalletti also reminded the players not to be complacent: "We still have a game to play, it is not time to celebrate, we have to face Real Madrid at home, it will be a completely independent game, We need great performances, we can't rest on the laurels."

Indeed, as Spalletti said, in the two rounds of the game, the score of 2:1 is far from optimistic. It is worth mentioning that Rome's 1:7 defeat at Old Trafford last season was It came after a 2-1 home win.

In terms of state, although the Roma team completed the reversal, they were relatively passive on the scene. Real Madrid did have more opportunities than Roma, and Ruud van Nistelrooy also hit a goal post. In addition, Totti's state was not active, although He assisted Mancini and scored a go-ahead goal, but the Roman prince ran very little in the game, and often disappeared. After the game was accepted, he was also very dissatisfied with his performance, but fortunately, there was still time. The team can fully adjust, after all, the road to victory has taken the first step, and the Roma team, which was not seen by people after the draw, has begun to see hope.

2:1, the comeback Roma needs to accept another 90 minutes of severe test at the Bernabeu. At this time, I should really suggest that Inter Milan, especially Mancini himself, seriously learn the "simplicity" of Rome.

Don't talk nonsense, but like Spalletti, you should put more effort into tactical arrangements.

Roma was able to defeat Real Madrid in such a predicament, which reflects the "true strength" of this team in times of crisis.

This is an important step for Roma to become a truly great team. It is true that the game at the Bernabeu will be very difficult. The lessons Manchester United taught Roma last season are still in people's minds. With Roma's current strength, it will be very difficult. It is expected that Rome can get involved in the "Big Ears Cup", but Rome that can beat Real Madrid and maintain this "simple spirit" can cause difficulties for any opponent and allow Rome to win the respect of all opponents.

After the game, even Digan, who had been at loggerheads with Roma because of the "eating laxatives" incident, said in an interview: "I was very surprised to see this result, but all of this is reasonable. They worked very hard and they deserved this victory. Although it would be strange for me to say this, Rome in this game really showed the dignity of Italian football. As for Inter Milan and AC Milan, AC Milan's draw , can already make Ancelotti laugh, Inter Milan, I really don't know how long Mancini plans to stage the ugliness!"

The first performances of the top three Italian teams in this season's Champions League knockout rounds are over, and it's Fiorentina's turn next.

At the same time as the match between Rome and Real Madrid ended, the Fiorentina team also boarded the plane to Barcelona.

At the Nou Camp, Fiorentina will be there to take on Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and Messi's Barcelona.

Degan said in an interview at the airport: "We didn't feel nervous at all. For us, this is just one of the games in a long season. If there is any difference, I can only tell you that we will challenge a A Spanish team with a completely different style! Barcelona is really strong, but like I said before, we also have an advantage! Afraid!? It makes no sense!"

When he was in AC Milan, Degan met Barcelona in the semi-final of the Champions League. At that time, the team was so strong that Degan could not help but feel suffocated, but in the end Degan won, but at that time, he It was Ronaldinho who defeated.

And now, the owner of this team has gradually become a younger Leo Messi!

The accomplished Ronaldinho has gradually lost the trust of Rijkaard. This season is like a nightmare for Ronaldinho.

At the beginning of the season, his private life was exposed by the media, and the club was very dissatisfied with the indulgence of the Brazilian off the court. Even teammate Edmilson dubbed it "the black goat."

In the days that followed, Rijkaard gradually got used to the team without Ronaldinho, and the bench and stands became the places where the former World Footballer of the Year appeared more often.

The national derby in December 2007 was Ronaldinho's last chance to prove himself to the club. As a result, Barcelona lost 0:1 to the defending champion, and Ronaldinho has been completely relegated to the "cold palace" since then.

While Ronaldinho lost power, his little brother, the once intimate Argentine dwarf Messi, took the opportunity to take the opportunity to gradually replace Ronaldinho's position and become the core of Barcelona.

"Messi! I know him!" Degan seemed casual. "He did a good job in Barcelona, ​​but in my opinion, he is still too young. Of course I am looking forward to it. He caused us some problems during the game. , but it seems that this is not easy!"

Degan is not launching psychological warfare. In fact, the current Messi is indeed not worthy of Degan's attention. He is not the famous Mr. 250 million in the future, at least not yet.

Although Barcelona seems to have shifted its core position to Messi, what is the truth?

Barcelona's offense is still relying on Eto'o!

Of course, anything you say now will be regarded as a mouthful, and the only thing that can prove it is the scoreboard after the game.

"There is no doubt that we will win, and for this goal, our whole team will do our best. We have to prove that no one can stop Fiorentina from advancing, not in the Italian league, nor in European football!"

It is difficult for the reporters to understand why Degan said such a sentence. This is simply pushing himself to a dead end. It is conceivable that if Fiorentina does not achieve the achievement that Degan said this season, what will Degan face? The cynicism, perhaps the sarcasm is light.

After boarding the plane, Prandelli also said distressedly: "Rod! You don't have to do this at all!"

Digan just smiled and said: "Cesare! Don't you think that I am being more modest at this time, and when we really need sympathy, those reporters will treat us kindly, Cesare! Dignity is not given by others , I fought for it myself!"