Chapter 151 Messi? He's not qualified enough!(1/2)
The media is still hyping Zhang Yang's zero-angle goal, and Inter Milan fans and AC Milan fans are still fighting over Zhang Yang.
Three days later, in the middle of the week, the 29th round of the Serie A season 2007/2008 has arrived.
AC Milan will play against Torino away.
The name Turin is not unfamiliar with Zhang Yang, because in this big Italian city, there is an Italian giant, yes, Juventus.
However, after coming to the Apennines, Zhang Yang realized that in fact, Turin, a team that is now very inconspicuous, is the symbol of the city of Turin. Even today, many hardcore Italian fans in Turin think so.
As the earliest team in Italy, Turin was founded in 1890, formerly known as Turin International. In 1906, they almost won the first national championship after their establishment. Because they were tied by Genoa in the last game, they handed the championship to AC Milan by one point. In the 1927/28 season, Turin won the first league trophy in club history.
Italian football from the 1930s to 1940s belonged to a city - Turin.
In the first decade, under the leadership of his boss Edo Aldo Agnelli, Juventus won the only five consecutive championships in the history of Serie A for more than 100 years. From the 1930/31 season to the 1934/35 season, they won 115 wins in 166 games, 30 draws, 21 losses, scored 384 goals, and conceded 151 goals.
In the 1940s when many Juventini's grandfathers were not born, Turin was the undisputed overlord of Serie A football. The red Bulls' iron hooves were rampant in Italy and trampled everywhere. 45/56, 46/47, 47/48, 48/49. Turin dominated Serie A for five consecutive seasons. The only thing that could stop them was war. If it weren't for the terrible "World War II" fire that blocked the Turin dream of dominating the Turins, almost everyone believed that the Red Bulls, who had three super forwards, Mazzola, Gaberto and Ferraris, and 9 Italian main internationals, would achieve the highest and greatest feat of seven consecutive championships in the five major leagues set by Soleon many years later!
However, what the war cannot erase is the unprecedented strength of the Turin team. Except for the first time, all of the five league tops, they almost locked the championship early with an absolute advantage. The season Torino scored 104 goals in the whole season with a record-breaking advantage, leading second place Juventus with a huge advantage of 10 points to win the championship. In this fantastic season, the Turin team took advantage of the champions and almost wiped out all their powerful opponents. Mazzola also won the top scorer with a record of 29 goals.
However, in the next 1947/1948 season, Torino defended the champion with an even more jaw-dropping brilliant result: the terrifying 125 goals in the whole season set a new record that surpassed Milan, who scored second goals, with a huge 49 goals, and reached the top with an unprecedented super advantage of 16 points ahead of second place Milan and Juventus. It was still a 2-point system at that time, which was equivalent to the gap of 8 games. It is also worth mentioning that in the season, Torino also created the most "bloody tragedy" in Serie A history: they defeated Alesandria with a terrifying score of 10:0 at home. The only drawback of the season was that Juventus' first-generation flag won the best scorer from Mazzola in Turin with a 2-goal advantage.
At that time, Turin was not only in the league, but the Italian team also completely took Turin as the team. In several international games, the Red Bulls actually won 10 of the 11 starting players. When Turin was the most brilliant, the Italian team started eleven, except for the goalkeeper, the rest were all Turin players. According to legend, there was a friendly match. Since almost all the starting players on the court were Turin players, the Italian head coach simply let the Italian team wear a red Turin jersey match, and Mazzola also wore the captain's armband like in Turin.
With the powerful and perverted team as the team, the Italian national team will not be much worse. They are also the invincible team in the world football world.
That team has produced many Italian football elites, Grandi, Gunberto, Ferraris... but the most famous and most accomplished here are Valentino Mazzola, the city heroes trained by the Turin team themselves. In the eyes of many people, Mazzola is even greater to Turin than Maradona is to Naples.
People have been discussing: Who can defeat this invincible army of that year? Destiny, the terrible fate gives the most cruel and accurate answer: it is fate itself!!! If the Munich air crash is the pain that the Red Devils can never be erased; the Heiser tragedy is the black memory that Tini never wants to recall; then the Suniga air crash is the heel of the invincible Turin team in the 1940s, as well as the unforgettable painful memories of Turin fans and the roots of the long ice age.
Then maybe such achievements are too dazzling, and even God is jealous, or maybe it is just because "God is not a Turin fan". The greatest invincible team in the history of world football, the Turin team! However, it was wiped out due to a sudden air crash.
On May 4, 1949, Turin returned home after the Latin Cup match between Lisbon and Benfica in Portugal. The plane crashed. The plane carrying the greatest players of that era and the greatest team hit the Sunica Mountain near Turin. The great soldiers of Turin went to Lisbon. However, they never came back and could never come back when they were only one step away from their doorstep.
When the bodies of the dead players were carried back to Turin, all the Turin fans surrounded the streets and burst into tears, and the whole city was filled with tears.
Even the fans of Juventus, the city's arch rival, came to mourn. This day was not only the sad day for Torino, but also the darkest and most sad day for the entire Italian football world.
Italian football lost the greatest group of stars, while Turin lost a complete team. The entire team is gone!
That day, the red uniforms in Turin became dazzling because of blood.
After the air crash, with a few rounds left in the league, Torino had no more first-teams, so they had no choice but to send a youth team to participate. At this time, the most touching scene happened, and their remaining opponents all sent their respective youth teams to compete with them. This allowed Torino to win the championship and complete their four consecutive championships, but they were no longer able to catch up with the "five consecutive championships" set by Juventus in the last decade. In the second year of the league, Torino, which was seriously injured, did not even enter the top three.
Since then, not only the invincible Turin team disappeared, but the Turin club has also begun to have a real and complete decline. Apart from the championship in the 75/76 season, the runner-up in the 91/92 season, and the three Italian Cup championships, they have been trampled on by their opponents in the same city for a long time, and they cannot create a competitive spirit: the team has frequently revolved around Class A and Class B and has mostly fallen into Class B! This team has no one of the oldest teams in Italy, and has faded out of people's sight for a long time.
However, even so, the stubborn and loyal Turin people can still gain the upper hand in the number of fans in this city with the most successful club in Italy and force Juventus to reduce the scale of Alpi Stadium! It can be seen that the pride of the fans of this team!
Although the fan group in Turin is extremely powerful, they can never replace the team to play, and they can never change the team's weak essence.
Later, in the 1980s, the Italian foreign star market, which had been closed for many years, opened up. The Italian Football League was therefore full of stars and gradually became known as the "Little World Cup". However, due to the lack of strong consortium support, the Turin team was unable to buy big-name stars to enrich themselves. Then they became a league lift and kept struggling between Class A, Class B and Class C.
By the 1992/93 season, when they defeated Rome and won the Italian Cup, the once glorious "Red Bull Dynasty" left only a depressed back to the world, which made countless people sigh.
There have been many football tragedies in history. The Heiser tragedy is the most well-known due to media publicity, as well as the Manchester United Munich air crash. However, since Zhang Yang learned about the history of Turin, he always believed that the most heartbreaking thing was the Suniga air crash in Turin. Because a once glorious dynasty suddenly disappeared at the most dazzling moment, an invincible great team was gone with that explosion!
The Munich air crash left several seeds for Manchester United, while the Suniga air crash in Turin did not even leave seeds for Turin.
The match between AC Milan and Turin is coming soon, and some reporters with ulterior motives are trying to provoke misunderstandings and festivals between Zhang Yang and Turin.
However, they didn't know that this young Chinese man always paid a respect to this team.
"I know the great history of Turin. They are one of the greatest teams on the planet. Although they are not in a good situation now, Turin fans are one of the greatest fans on the planet. They are just like this team and deserve the respect of others."
Zhang Yang said this when he was interviewed by the media.
The reporter was surprised to hear him say this. They did not expect that Zhang Yang would say such words, and never saw this person paying such respect to his upcoming opponent.
The reporters could even feel that Zhang Yang's words were sincere and those words were not polite.
Zhang Yang kept his respect for Turin, and Turin fans also voted to repay him with their support.
The fans of Turin thanked Zhang Yang for his respect for Turin, and they also praised Zhang Yang as the most talented shooter in football today.
"He is a good kid, working hard, never giving up, and deserves respect. He uses his goals to bring joy to the fans. We can imagine how happy a team will be with them. The media always says he is not good, but we don't see those, and the Turin people like him." said Pasquaré, the leader of the Turin fan organization.
Zhang Yang did not expect that his words would win him the love and praise of Turin fans. This made him feel very moved.
Something happened during this period. In the game between AC Milan and Sampdoria at home, Zhang Yang scored a zero-angle goal at the last moment of the game, helping the team equalize the score. After the goal, Zhang Yang took off his clothes and celebrated. However, the referee on duty seemed to be stunned by Zhang Yang's goal and did not show Zhang Yang a yellow card. Otherwise, Zhang Yang would have turned yellow and red and was sent off.
This also caused protests from Juventus, Inter Milan and Rome. Obviously, they all know the importance of publicity to AC Milan.
When Kaka's form this season declined compared to last season, Zhang Yang occupied more places in Ancelotti's offensive territory.
The referee on duty also responded to the matter. He admitted that he was also shocked by Zhang Yang's great goal, but he denied that he forgot to give the yellow card. He said that his idea at that time was that in the face of such a goal, the players' madness was understandable, and the behavior of undressing and celebrating should be allowed.
"If I had a yellow card at that time, you would probably say I was confused again." said the referee.
Inter Milan, Roma and Juventus were dissatisfied, and they believed that the referee had violated the referee rules and asked the referee committee to add a red card to Zhang Yang.
At this time, the referee committee firmly stood on the referee's side and said that although yellow cards are usually given to slap off the clothes, whether yellow cards are given depends on the referee. Since the referee on duty believes that there is no need to give yellow cards, then it is not necessary.
It is worth mentioning that Sampdoria's goalkeeper Castellazi, the opponent of AC Milan, also stood up and spoke, thinking that it was right for the referee to not give a yellow card.
The opponent AC Milan is about to face, and did not protest at any of this. Although if Zhang Yang is suspended, it will be more beneficial to Turin, now the Turin team has a good impression of Zhang Yang. The President of Turin also publicly stated, "The referee's behavior must be praised. I saw that goal, such a great goal cannot be celebrated."
Since the miser Sampdoria and AC Milan's next opponent, Torino, didn't say anything, the media hyped it up and it was left alone.
March 22, 2008, the 30th round of the Serie A; Turin vs. Milan.
In this game, AC Milan defeated Torino 2-0 away.
When Zhang Yang was 31 minutes into the game, he took advantage of a corner kick to head the ball and scored the first record for the team. This was also his 24th goal in the 2007/2008 Serie A season.
Zhang Yang did not celebrate after scoring the goal to thank the Turin fans.
When Zhang Yang was replaced by Girardino in the 71st minute of the game, the applause of Zhang Yang was thunderous. Not only the AC Milan fans in the away team's stands, but also the Turin team at home also gave Zhang Yang an applause.
This moved Zhang Yang very much.
This also touched Zhang Yang very much. Respect is mutual. He revered and sympathized with the team's former glory and suffering, but he gained more.
This incident also made the young man's mood mature. Of course, if someone provokes him, he will still be the same as the one who will be punished with flaws.
In fact, to be honest, he rarely causes trouble.
AC Milan defeated Torino 2-0 away, and in this round, Inter Milan lost 1-2 at home to Juventus, ending the 18-round unbeaten record at home since April 7 last year, and its point advantage shrank to 4 points. In the first half, Stankovic headed the ball to the crossbar. Shortly after the second half, Camoranesi broke the deadlock, but he was suspected of offside. Trezege then expanded the score and continued to consolidate the third place in the scorer list with 17 goals. Inter substitute Maniche recovered a point before the end of the game, and he also shot the post.
Losing to Juventus at home gave AC Milan hope of winning the league. Now, AC Milan is only four points behind Inter Milan in the league!
With eight rounds left in the league, the four-point difference is no longer a big problem.
In the game against Juventus, Ibrahimovic failed to score. Now, in the scorer list, Zhang Yang has led Ibrahimovic by four goals.
In addition, in the key game against Juventus, Ibrahimovic once again "drip", which also made Ibrahimovic receive criticism. People began to say that at critical moments, Zhang Yang was more manly than Ibrahimovic.
Obviously, we can completely imagine how angry Ibrahimovic would be when he heard such a discussion, but he had no choice, because at the critical moment, he was indeed not powerful enough.
After Inter Milan lost to Juventus, the most popular media attention was not Ibrahimovic, but Inter Milan head coach Mancini. In the face of media accusations, Mancini resigned angrily. Afterwards, after the club owner Moratti and Mancini communicated, Mancini took back his resignation decision. Mancini announced his resignation and took it back, and then complained to the media: "In Serie A, winning is the coach's credit, and losing is definitely the coach's responsibility."
The media obviously did not let Mancini go and began to criticize him. However, the focus of the media's accusations was not Inter Milan lost to Juventus one-to-two, but to settle the old score with Mancini. They still talked about the game where Inter Milan lost to Liverpool in the two rounds of the Champions League quarter-finals.
"Double defeat by Liverpool, Mancini once again proved that when the real big scene came, he could do nothing, just like the 1992 Champions League final, he could only accept failure. The difference is that he was lucky to be a coach, repeating the Champions League trial year after year; while as a player, he had very few opportunities.
Mancini is much luckier than those coaches who struggle at the bottom. With his fame as a player, he started at a higher starting point, and specialized in cup competitions, becoming a cup coach. Usually, the Italian Cup is a competition for the second team that few people care about, and his Lazio second team and Inter Milan second team are much better than other teams.
Mancini entered Inter Milan by successfully coaching Lazio. But he won in a special environment by controlling the Blue Eagles: At that time, Lazio was on the verge of bankruptcy and could not afford to pay. Mancini won the team with his personal relationship with the players. Afterwards, Mikhailovic, Stankovic and Cesar all had close ties with Mancini. After coaching International for four seasons, Mancini had almost no player who could get the top position, but instead broke up and abandoned many international originals.
Some are quite effective combat combinations. The most obvious ones are Adriano and Martins, who were originally known as "partners for the next ten years", and now they are all different. How fierce Ade was in the 2004-05 season? In some occasions, he was completely a savior of Mancini, but the Brazilian has now become a typical example of being used. That year, the Italian Cup final conflicted with the Federation Cup schedule, and Ade played 4 games in 12 days; time has changed, and Mancini has turned against him now.
Whether it is qualifications, skills, on-the-spot dispatch or interpersonal relationship processing, Mancini is more suitable for teams in special environments like Lazio. He is unable to control an international team like a century-old giant. Now Mancini is the coach with the longest-serving time under Moratti, and has a very special historical reason. At the end of the 2005-06 season, Mancini is actually unable to last, but a "phone" saved him. He dominated the league given by Quito Rossi, and opened the situation by taking a penalty kick during the stalemate, but when it was time to take all the capital, his ability disappeared.
That rash "I quit" is like a 180-degree turn the next day. This is a child who has been spoiled since the time of Bologna, Sampdoria and Lazio. Even as a coach, he still has not grown up." This time, Turin Sports News took out the strength of black and black Mancini.
Juventus still insists that the "phone door" incident was planned by Morati, so as long as he gets a little chance, he will shoot at Inter Milan, fearing that Inter Milan will be too comfortable.
As for Juventus to fire at Inter Milan, AC Milan is naturally happy to see that if Inter Milan has problems due to excessive pressure, it will undoubtedly be a blessing for AC Milan, who is eager to catch up with points in the league.
On March 30, 2008, the 31st round of the Serie A; AC Milan vs. Atlanta; in this game, AC Milan defeated his opponent 1-0 at home, Zhang Yang played for 60 minutes but failed to score. In the words of "Milan Sports News", "The Ferrari sports car that has been fully activated finally stopped."
In the same round of the game, Ibrahimovic's goal helped Inter Milan win the opponent, and he also increased his league goals to 21 goals. Now, he is still three goals behind Zhang Yang.
Now, the entire Apennines are beginning to talk about a game, and AC Milan's first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals in the 2007/2008 season is coming.
AC Milan faces Barcelona in the first leg at home!
AC Milan vs Barcelona, at any time, it is a battle between Mars and Earth.
The media are also paying attention to AC Milan's home match against Barcelona. In the 2005/2006 season, this season before the phone door broke out, the two teams met in the Champions League knockout match. AC Milan lost 0-1 at home and was eliminated away. However, until now, AC Milan insists that the goal that AC scorer Shepchenko was blown away at the Camp Nou Stadium was fatal.
Misjudgment, that goal will ensure that AC Milan tied the score, but it was cancelled by the referee.
"We will always remember this goal at Camp Nou in Schepchenko's goal for AC Milan," said Galiani.
The old grudges two years ago have provided too many topics for the two teams to have this fight.
"The strong lineup of Barcelona is unquestionable, but AC Milan's home power cannot be ignored. What will this game look like? There are many voices before the game. We interviewed AC Milan's scorer Zhang Yang to hear what he said." The Chinese media is more active and started reporting on this game two weeks ago. They regard this game as the most important game after Zhang Yang joined AC Milan, and it is even more eye-catching than the previous showdown with Arsenal.
Because in Barcelona, there is a Messi who is now famous for being up to date.
AC Milan has last year's World Footballer Kaka, while Barcelona has last year's World Footballer Ronaldinho, the previous year.
"He said that Barcelona is very strong, but AC Milan will not be afraid of Barcelona at all, because AC Milan is stronger than Barcelona. Zhang Yang said that his goal is to score goals in the game, win the victory for AC Milan and win the duel with Messi!"
"When did I say that?" Zhang Yang learned from Zhong Dajun's mouth that the media reported this and asked in surprise, "You are just how I view the game."
To be continued...