Chapter 4 New Teammate
The arrival of Degan has caused a great sensation in Milan, but this sensational effect does not have much practical effect on his journey in Milan. Degan wants to stand out, gain a foothold in Milan, and finally conquer the city. In the final analysis, it depends on his performance on the field.
In Milan's history, I don't know how many came to this team under the name of genius and savior, but finally left sadly.
Of course, Degan doesn't want to be one of them. He came here to succeed and conquer. At the beginning, he had to leave sadly because he was labeled as unqualified. Now he returns to Milan with the title of European Golden Boot Award. This time he wants to completely become the king of this team.
AC Milan is very ambitious this season. In the face of last season's failure, AC Milan seems to have made up its mind to fight hard in the new season. Although there are not many acquisitions, the gold content is not small. Gilardino won the Italian summer transfer championship with 24 million euros, Janculowski 8.5 million euros also ranked in the top ten of the transfer. In addition, the free joining of Vieri and Vogel also excited AC Milan fans, and Elep Seropoulos also made up for the vacancy of AC Milan's substitute goalkeeper.
Of course, what excites Milan fans most is the return of Degan. Milan's dedication last season is really difficult for them to satisfy. In everyone's view, the greatest significance of Degan's return is to bring a large number of goals to the team.
In terms of transfer, the departure of Tomasson and Dorasu returned some of the funds for Milan, and Abbiati also went to Madrid to find a position as a main player, but the transferred players did not have much impact on AC Milan's strength.
The day after Degan arrived in Milan was the day when the team concentrated. After a summer of adjustment, the AC Milan officially set sail again.
As an old minister who has played for Milan for two seasons, Kaka naturally became the patron saint of Degan, who came out to the newcomer. The first thing to do is to get to know his new teammate.
Nelson Dida is also a fellow villager of Degan. The two also met during the training in Rio de Janeiro before. This is a funny guy, and Degan has a very good impression of him.
Like other Brazilian players, Dida has been obsessed with football since he was a child, but it was not until 1993, when he was 20 years old, that Dida really represented Brazil's Victoria team in the professional league.
And the real representative of the Brazilian national team was in the 1995 game against Ecuador. Brazil won 1-0, but in fact, what Dida really did was to look at Brazil's attackers from the backcourt and waste a chance to score goals, and occasionally received a long pass from the opponent's midfield.
The really impressive game was the Olympic Games in 1996. In that year, Dida was the main goalkeeper of the national Olympic team, but the trophy that should have been Dida's first player's career was deprived by Africans with incredible performance. The men's football match of that Olympic Games made Kanu in Nigeria.
Dida's performance can only be described as moderate. It is precisely because of the Brazilians' contempt for Nigeria and their lack of importance to this game that young Dida is doomed to be far from the number one goalkeeper in Brazil.
Tfarel, Marcos and Cesar are all excellent goalkeepers in Brazil, each with their own unique characteristics and defensive methods, but what they have in common is that they can't stand being shocked.
Dida doesn't look like a Brazilian at all. He frowns in any minute of the game and looks straight at the direction of the ball, so some people say that this is his weakness and lacks **.
Dida is much calmer than his compatriots and always seems to be suppressing something, which also makes it difficult to pay attention to the Brazilian on the field, although he performs well.
Therefore, when he first came to Milan, no one had much hope for him, because at that time Milan had a talented Abiati, the national gate of Italy, and the Abiati who squeezed Rossi. Moreover, in people's eyes, the goalkeeper was the last to waste a foreign aid quota in the Italian team at that time. Almost everyone's idea was that Dida would be a substitute for a few years and then transfer to its club.
But it didn't take long for Dida to make herself famous for the passport incident and was loaned back to Brazil for the first time. That year, Abbiati did not bring too many surprises to people, and Milan could not make a breakthrough.
The next year, Dida returned to Milan, and his opportunity came. Abbiati was accidentally injured. He became Milan's temporary main goalkeeper, but it only took three games to conquer all Milaners, so he became Milan's most trusted patron saint standing in front of the door and guarding Milan's honor.
Dida is such a late hero. He spent ten years letting the players remember this person's name. He sat on the bench in the national team for long enough, and he brought it to the fans with the power hidden in his heart**. He can coolly save the opponent's shots again and again, and then pat his defender. With me, don't worry. Every attack he makes the opposing players depressed, and he is the only one in the whole penalty area.
In the shocking turnaround with Inter last season, he singled out Adriano. When almost everyone believed that Milan failed again, he ate his compatriots and saved his last hope for Milan.
He is a Brazilian, but he is not "Brazilian" when he throws the ball. His solid basic skills give him enough confidence. His good reaction and physical fitness make him not afraid of long-range shots, and even give people the illusion that he will always predict the future.
Milan once fell into the dilemma of no available defenders and veterans frequently came out, but Dida's stable performance gave Milan a leisurely time to wait for Nesta's return and wait for the addition of strong reinforcements.
The most worrying thing is that in the competition for the 2003 Champions Cup, Milan defeated Inter in the semi-finals, dashed the last glimmer of hope of Inter that season. In the final, he fought hard against Juventus, and finally relied on Magic Dida's performance to save the opponent's penalty kick three times. Finally, Shevchenko made a final sound and once again engraved the name of AC Milan in the Champions League, which has been separated for nine years.
Dida is tall, with long arms, quick response, strong concentration, excellent doorline technology, and little range of movement, but his excellent standing and rescue skills and physical coordination ability are enough to make up for this weakness.
Dimitrios Elef Seropoulos, a former Messina goalkeeper with a height of 1.90, quietly transferred to Milan, but Degan knew very well that the Greek finally left quietly, and even some fans did not know that there was this person. I'm afraid his only value was It is in line with the club's transfer idea and is a free agent.
Valerio. Fiori, an old Italian goalkeeper, played for many Italian teams before coming to Milan, including Lazio and Fiorentina in the first class. He has been the main goalkeeper for a long time, but in AC Milan, he can only serve as the third substitute goalkeeper.
Fiori gave Degan a very quiet feeling and was very satisfied with his role in the team. He worked conscientiously during the training and waited for the opportunity to come.
"Welcome, Rod! Work hard, God sees everything you have done in the training!"
Degan knew that Fiori wanted to tell him that God would leave the opportunity to those who were prepared. Degan also wanted to tell Fiori that he did not believe in God at all, but he still resisted. In short, this Italian gave him a very good feeling. At least Fiori was the first new teammate to talk to him.
"Welcome! Rod!"
Towards Degan is the Milan flag, the greatest left-back Maldini on the stone steps, and one of the most admired players in Degan's previous life.
When 16-year-old Maldini first entered the field on behalf of AC Milan in 1985, no one would have thought that this would be the beginning of a great legend.
At that time, the legendary head coach Niels Lidholm said to Maldini, "Go out and play, it's just a game."
On January 20, 1985, he made his first appearance in Serie A in the away 1:1 draw with Udinese for AC Milan.
On September 8, 1985, he made his first appearance in Europe in the 1:3 away defeat to Auxerre of France for AC Milan.
On March 31, 1988, he made his first international appearance in the away 1:1 draw with Yugoslavia on behalf of Italy.
Martini's full and mature performance quickly won a major position for AC Milan and won the Serie A championship with the team in 1987/1988. When the first golden medal was hung around his neck, he was only 19 years old, three years before his father won the first gold medal that year.
When Maldini is on the court, he is energetic all the time. No matter what happens on the field, he will keep his mind clear, not impulsively, and defend his opponent accurately and cleanly. The technology of his left foot is perfect day by day. If space allows, in order to avoid the opponent, he will first kick the ball more than 3 meters, and then divide the ball.
in 1988. In the 989 season, Maldini won the first European Cup in his life. In the final, he and his teammates such as Baresi's impenetrable backline made the Bucharest Stars return. While maintaining a solid defense, he frequently inserted assists and defeated the Bucharest Stars 4-0 with AC Milan.
The following year, Maldini and his teammates defeated Benfica 1-0 and won the European Cup. It ushered in another golden age of AC Milan after his father Cesar.
In the 1994 European Champions Cup, due to the suspension of Baresi and Costakuta, he was unable to participate in the final against Barcelona. Coach Capello transferred Maldini to the middle. He let people learn his skills with his broad vision and extraordinary general demeanor. . In this game, Barcelona, which has superstars such as Romario and Stoichkov, lost 0-4.
People praise Maldini as the best defender on the planet. His movements are effective but not rough, and he is a moderate player. Although there are occasional foul actions, because he has a good impression in the referee's mind, he is often able to escape the penalty. This should be due to his father Maldini's real pass. It is his father's advice to play football instead of kicking his opponent.
Maldini is a modern defender in a true sense. In the confrontation with the opposing striker, he always wins with wisdom and rarely uses foul tactics. The spirit of fair play is best reflected in him, which is also an example for young players to learn from. With excellent technology, excellent physical conditions, broad vision, good judgment of the game situation and just the right assists, the left side of the court is completely under his control.
As the world's first left-back, no matter how good the striker is in the game, he is unwilling to break through Maldini. His biggest feature is the combination of close-on and stuck position, clear-headed, strong judgment, no jam, no foul. He has been fighting on the green field for so many years, and no striker has ever been injured by him. He does not quarrel with the referee. He is like a brother to his teammates. He is the absolute spiritual leader of the team.
"Milan is a big family, and I think you will fall in love with it here soon!"
Then Maldini took over Kaka's work and went to introduce other teammates to Degan. Listening to Maldini's words, Degan felt very comfortable, gentle but dignified.
Next is Degan's fellow right-back Carford, the captain of the Brazilian national team and one of the famous magical wings. In 1994, Carford won the World Cup with the Brazilian national team and has become a world-class star. After the World Cup in the United States, Cafu spent a disappointing season with Spain's Real Sarajevo. The next year, Cafo returned to Palmeiras Club in Brazil. With his wonderful performance for two seasons, Cafu returned to Europe in 1997 and joined the Serie A team Roma.
In 2001, Cafo helped Roma win the Serie A championship for many years, and Cafo played an important role in Capello's team.
In the 2002 World Cup between Japan and South Korea, he served as the captain of the Brazilian team. At that time, Cafu was 32 years old. Although he was at the age of the degenerate stage of his football career, Cafu's defensive ability in the right-back was still very strong and active running, so that the Brazilian team's defense line was strongly guaranteed. In the end, he led the Brazilian team to defeat the major teams on that World Cup and won the World Cup championship with an unlostable result.
Although he is old now, Kafu is still in a stable state, with a balanced attack and defense, sharp assists, and a stable defense. He is always a right guard with a smiling face. He is good at attacking from the right wing, ** to the front court, and even in the opponent's penalty area. He often relies on long-range shots to score goals. After joining AC Milan, he made the team's right wing offensive and defense more coordinated.
However, the meeting between Degan and Cafoe seemed a little embarrassing. After all, Cafoe had severely criticized Degan after the Brazilian national team's refusal to play.
Degan did not appreciate it. Football speaks with strength, not with his mouth, or emotional relationships. He believes that he can succeed in Milan and regain the respect of his teammates.
Alessandro. Costa Cuta, AC Milan's back-of-mouth battle, is also a representative of Italian football defensive culture,
His career almost coincides with Berlusconi's reign in charge of Milan, witnessing every detail of the establishment, decline and revival of the Milan dynasty in the past 20 years.
Except for one season when he was loaned to Monza in the 86/87 season, Costa Cuta devoted all his football life to Milan, and he is one of the symbols of Milan's loyalty.
As a central defender, Costa Kuta's physical condition is very ordinary and has been criticized for his speed for many years. In the face of various types of strikers, Costa Kuta relies purely on superb defensive skills to maintain a high level for a long time.
It can be said that Costakuta itself is a textbook of defensive technology, which condenses the defensive consciousness accumulated in Italian football for decades.
The golden period of Costa Cuta's career focused on the Milan dynastic stage initiated by Saki and Capello. His defense with Baresi, Maldini and Tasotti was not only invincible to the club, but also transplanted to the national team. During this period, Costa Cuta won almost all the championships.
But from the 1994 Toyota Cup, Costa Kuta began to decline. In the game against Sarsfield, Costa Cuta first sent a penalty to his opponent, and then made a return error that caused the team to conceive another goal. He received a red card before the end of the game and was sent off. Milan, who lost 0:2, missed the Toyota Cup for the second consecutive year.
With the retirement of a group of veteran ministers such as Baresi, Costacuta and Milan fell into a trough together. He lacked leadership temperament and was constantly accused of making mistakes, and his belief in only effective loyalty to Milan has never changed. At the end of the 01/02 season, Costacuta, whose contract expired, announced the end of his 17-year career. Just as he was preparing to go to the major leagues to search for gold, the Milan club recalled 36-year-old Costakuta at the end of August and reassured the team's defense before the transfer.
Since then, Costa Cuta has been playing a good substitute role and enjoying the last happiness of his career. Whenever Nesta or Maldini is injured, Costakuta can always stand up and play the game with all his heart. In the 2003 Toyota Cup, Costa Kuta replaced the injured Nesta and Maldini. His near-perfect performance washed away the shame of 10 years ago. Unfortunately, Costa Kuta missed the penalty in the penalty, and Milan lost to Boca Youth, continuing the regret of the Toyota Cup.
Different from Maldini's innate leadership, Costa Kuta feels more like a good man. When Maldini introduced him to Degan, Costa Kuta just sat quietly and then took the initiative to extend his hand like Degan to welcome him.
Then I met a Milan new Ding, Czech Yankulovski, a left-foot offensive midfielder, but in the national team, his position is a left defender. He has excellent physical fitness, outstanding skills, often inserts assists to score points, and has a good experience in penalty kicks.
This summer, Czech international Janku spent 8 million euros to transfer from Udinese. The reason why Milan introduced him is probably because they hope that he can improve the offensive and defensive ability of the team's left-back.
Kaha. Karadze, an excellent defender from Georgia, is qualified for central defender, left defender, left forward and other positions, with strong assist ability and high quality of cross.
In 2001, he came to San Siro for 16 million euros and immediately became an important part of the team's defense, making an important contribution to Milan's victory in the 2002/03 Champions Cup. To commemorate this achievement, the local post office of Georgia specially published a stamp with the theme of Karadze's head.
As Georgia's most famous player, Kaladze is the idol of young people in China. He played for the national team in 1996 and was elected Georgian Footballer of the Year twice in 2001 and 2002. Although Georgia has never reached the finals of the competition, Kaladze's image of captain has been Deep into people's hearts.
As an old minister of Milan, Kaladze is also a member of the Milan locker room round table and plays an important role in the team. He also welcomed the arrival of Degan.
"You made us suffer enough last season. I hope that in the new season, you can also let the defenders of other teams see it, especially those Inter Milanians next door!"
The next person I know is Nesta. I don't know why Digan saw Nesta off the field for the first time. He always felt that this guy should go to the catwalk instead of working hard on the court.
It is hard to imagine that such a gentle person would be the offensive terminator who scared all the strikers on the field. Last season, Degan and Nesta also had a chance to play against each other. That time Digan completed a hat-trick, but Nesta also made him suffer enough during the game.
Nesta can be said to be the best central defender in Italy in the past 15 years and one of the world's top central defenders. In the nine years from 1998 to 2007, he was a well-deserved number one central defender in the world.
Nesta appeared in the league on behalf of Lazio at the age of 17 and slowly stabilized Lazio's main central defender from the second season.
In 1998, 22-year-old Nesta took over the captain's armband of Lazio and became the flag of the North Stand of the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
In 2002, Lazio was in an economic crisis, and the defendants who owed his salary to his players did not go to court, and it is likely that he will not be able to register for next season's Serie A. The flag bearer Nesta changed from a non-sale to a victim. He became the life-saving grass of Cranotti and the savior of Lazio. Lazio needed to exchange him for a sum of money to ease the tense economic crisis. Nesta, who loves Lazio deeply, is as messy as his hair at this time. In the end, AC Milan bought Lazio's soul for 30 million euros.
When Nesta left the Forhello training base, everything about the transfer had been finalized. Outside the gate of the base, more than 100 fans gathered. They surrounded Nesta's Mercedes-Benz sports car, sadness more than anger.
Someone was persuading him, someone was holding him, and a fan even knelt in front of his car. At this time, Nesta's heart was also very sad, because he had signed with Cranioti, and he really couldn't bear to tell the fans this.
"I don't know anything. I haven't signed it yet."
This is a well-intentioned lie, but the fans saw the dodge from his eyes, so Nesta explained, "If I leave for Lazio's good, I hope you can understand."
After transferring to AC Milan, Nesta formed the world's strongest central defender combination with Milan's old captain Maldini, which also made up for the lack of veteran Costa Cuta's slow turn. Nesta's arrival greatly improved the strength of Milan's defense and made Milan win the European championship in the 02/03 season. Military league.
In the next 03-04 season, Milan won the league championship again, but Nesta was seriously injured. Fortunately, veteran Costa Cuta stepped forward and filled the vacancy left by Nesta. At the same time, at the end of the league, Nesta's timely comeback helped Milan hold the advantage.
While playing for AC Milan, Nesta was an indispensable defense leader in AC Milan, helping the team achieve various honors, including the European Cup.
He is a veritable steel guard. His sense of position and position selection are almost impeccable. He shoveling and interception are almost impossible. Moreover, he rarely eats cards. Speed is not his strength, but it will never hold him back. He is a natural leader and a calm superman.
Simic, in the talented Croatian team that won the third place in the World Cup in France, people's eyes have always focused on the final collective performance of Boban, Suc and other art masters. In fact, behind them, a 23-year-old young defender also silently made great contributions to Croatia's bravery. .
His excellent performance was favored by Inter boss Moratti, who intended to rebuild the "Greater Inter Milan", and Simic moved to the Nerazzurri in the winter of 1999. But like Inter Milan's performance, Simic has been ups and down there and is in an unstable state.
After adapting to Serie A, Simic and Sedorf came to AC Milan in the same city. Here, Simic was transformed into a qualified right-back by Ancelotti. In the first season, Simic took the main position and won the Champions League championship with the team. The only regret was that he did not play in the final. .
However, with the arrival of Brazilian Cafu, Simic lost his position as the main force and spent most of his time on the bench. Last season, he only played twice due to injury. Despite this, Simic was willing to stay in Milan.
It seems that as long as the players who have played for AC Milan, they will have an unimaginable feeling for this team. Even if they have only played for one season, they will still be reluctant to leave here.
Like Dorasu, the Frenchman who played for Milan the previous season, although he didn't get many opportunities in Milan, he didn't complain at all, and even thanked everyone when he left.
If it weren't for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, maybe he would stay here and be Pirlo's stand-in, waiting for not many opportunities to prove himself.