Chapter 1 Dig Your Own Grave

2005 was not a big year, and the whole summer was very peaceful. Degan took Belen, Kaka and Caroline on a holiday in the Maldives, which was also a compensation for Belen.

However, this vacation is not as easy as Degan thought. From time to time, there are some paparazzi with cameras around. Kaka seems to be used to all this and doesn't feel anything. Belen is very enthusiastic about those shots and doesn't mind showing off her hot figure at all. In comparison, Degan, who is majestic on the court, is now more like a fresh rookie, and he seems a little at a loss or even angry in front of the camera.

Of course, Degan on the court doesn't mind these things. He has never broken the topics around him, but Degan doesn't want to be paid too much attention to his private life, but it doesn't work out. Who made him the most popular star in the world football now? Although he doesn't crush his opponents on the court, he still The stars are shining, and others can't ignore it even if they want to.

Of course, the outside world is most concerned about Digan's where he will go next season. The loan contract with Atlanta has ended, but because of the clause of the priority buyout right, it is not impossible for Degan to stay in Atlanta.

Of course, this possibility has been ignored by everyone. No one thinks that Degan, who has become one of the top stars, will stay in a small team that is still not ambitious even if he becomes a double champion.

What's more, can the stingy Riodo meet Degan's current salary requirements?

Returning to Milan is the best way out for everyone. AC Milan can participate in the European Cup next season, and it is also a rich team with a deep background.

AC Milan finally won the third place in the league last season, but in the final of the Champions Cup, AC Milan encountered a cruel Istanbul night.

Although Degan complained a lot about the management of the team, as a Milan fan and Kaka's younger brother, he still came to the scene, hoping that his little butterfly could change something and witness AC Milan clinking glasses.

Before the start of the game, the biggest suspense was Milan's frontline combination. Finally, between Crespo and Dainzaghi, Ancelotti chose the Argentine.

Liverpool's list was beyond all pre-match predictions. Benitez did not use three backs, but sent an additional offensive player, Cowell. Cowell suffered from injuries in the season and only played seven games in 2005. He appeared in the starting lineup, which was indeed beyond many people's expectations. In the selection of forward, Benitez used Baroche, and Cise, who won two yuan in the last round of the league, sat on the bench.

In the end, the whole process of this game meets all the elements that can be called a masterpiece, and even more. Because it not only has a profound connotation, but also a rich extension.

AC Milan's goal in the first minute, Liverpool's six-minute storm in the second half, the three-goal reversal, and Dudek's magical save in the penalty shootout. These scenes were all condensed by one game and took place between the former two European overlords AC Milan and Liverpool, which was enough to put on the classic mark. Signing, and behind it is the 20th anniversary of the Hessel tragedy and the rise and fall of Liverpool's Red Dynasty. How can there be anyone else?

After 1985, Liverpool was banned from the European arena for seven years. Seven years of flickering, but enough to stare at the Italians to seize power. Five years later, when Liverpool's European qualification was restored, the world belonged to others.

The great red dynasty can only be recalled by fans in their dreams, and it was AC Milan, who took over Liverpool's hegemony.

For 20 years, it has been difficult for Liverpool to really get out of the trough. Liverpool's decline is not only a nightmare for Liverpool, but also a nightmare for the whole English football world. Since then, they have been insulated from the glory of Europe. When time is about to record a major turning point in 2005, Liverpool in Istanbul, In a miracle of six minutes, the redemption was completed.

After the game, Reuters reporter Mike. Colette wrote in an article entitled "2005, Unforgettable 6 Minutes of Madness": "Although Liverpool's head coach was Spanish Benitez and there were only two English players on the field at that time, Liverpool's victory still represents the great success of English football."

At the end of the half, Liverpool felt that when the end of the world came, another change of clothes was immersed in uncontrollable excitement, as if dreaming back to 1994.

Although Ancelotti denied that his team lost the calmness of Milan in the half of the game, Gatuso's words revealed the secrets of the Milanese: "The football we made flashed the word Athens in my mind, and I feel that we will repeat the scene of 4-0 breaking Barcelona."

was also driven by the unrealistic dream of creating the largest score record in the history of the Champions Cup final, and with an extremely wrong understanding of Liverpool, AC Milan suffered a devastating blow in the second half.

After the Champions League final, AC Milan was depressed for a long time. In addition to failure, they have to withstand continuous speculation, questioning and rumors from the outside world. One of the biggest negative news is that AC Milan players began to celebrate at halftime. They thought the victory was in hand, and they felt that Liverpool was vulnerable. For Milan, who lost the Champions League, the reason for the failure that is worse than others is self-esteem, which seems to be stupid and amateur. Milan players led by Maldini angrily refuted the rumor angrily, but no one explained why they lost three goals in 6 minutes.

As an AC Milan fan, it is obviously difficult to forget such a night. Although he had experienced it once in his previous life, when he witnessed the birth of this miracle on the spot, he still felt that such a game was simply an impossible task, the most incredible reversal, and a permanent miracle in the history of football. Unanswerable mystery, the night when God comes.

52 seconds, this is the time taken by the record for the fastest goal in 50 finals in the history of the UEFA Champions Cup scored by Milan captain Maldini. Before the game, it is generally believed that the final goal between Liverpool and Milan, which has lost a goal in four consecutive knockout matches, and Milan with the world's best defense, will not exceed Pass one.

In the 20th minute, this was the time for Cowell, who had just recovered from injury, to persist on the court. From his sad expression when he left the court, Degan seemed to see his bloody heart. Liverpool, who was one goal behind, was forced to hurriedly mobilize and replaced the veteran Mitchell. Liverpool's short offensive after conceding the ball followed this time. Replacement and termination.

Gerard and Cowell, Liverpool's proud world-class double backs, just in their defensive position, AC Milan's handsome teenager Kaka entered the no man's land, countless fatal direct passes, stabbing Liverpool's heart again and again.

Finally, after several offside and missed opportunities, Liverpool's portal was pierced twice in 39 and 44 minutes by the opportunist Crespo.

Milan people are celebrating, Liverpool fans are silent, and the commentator asserts that the two teams are not on the same level.

At that time, Degan's mind was indeed blank. He already had foreseeing that disaster was coming, which was certainly the beginning of a miracle.

At the end of the half, the TV picture locked the close-up on the big screen of the scene, on which the dazzling 0:3 could be clearly seen. The commentators were still repeating their hopes. They sincerely wish Liverpool not to be humiliated in front of the people all over the world and not to surpass Barcelona's swallow Milan. The nightmare.

The second half has not yet started, and he has seen Harman's figure. Benitez decided to make a final fight, freeze Kaka with Harman and play three defenders at the same time. After the opening scene, the scene still did not improve. In the first half, Troure, who was sleepwalking, continued to sleep, and Haipia's slow pace was still easily thrown away by Kaka. Milanese want to take advantage of the victory to chase the poor, break through, long-range free throws and corner kicks, which made Degan feel that it was more realistic to aim at Barcelona.

In six minutes, a person's fate can be changed in one decision, and the result of Istanbul night can also be changed in six minutes. Without warning, captain Gerrard pulled the horn of the counterattack with his rare header.

So far, lying on the warm beach of the Maldives, Degan can still clearly remember that captain Gerrard kept waving his hands in the middle circle after scoring, using his spirit to encourage his teammates to cheer up.

Liverpool fans began to sing "You will never walk alone" again. Then, replacing Cowell, the veteran Mitchell, who will end the contract after the game, once again made Dida helpless with an impeccable long shot.

At this time, he, who had learned that the club would not renew his contract with him, pulled up the emblem of the team uniform on his chest, kissed him affectionately twice, and then put it down. The scene began to boil. Once the long silent Red Army fans recovered, the whole football field was immediately submerged by the red sea.

In a blink of an eye, the Milanese have not yet breathed. Gerard has been pulled down in Milan's penalty area. Liverpool has never had an excellent penalty shooter. Who will play this one-in-a-lifetime penalty for many players?

is Alonso, a Spaniard who has just joined the team for less than a season. Carrying everyone's hope, Alonso started and ran, one step, two steps, three steps, the ball was like an arrow from the string. In the lower right corner of the goal, as he was about to enter the door, Dida's long arm spread, touched the ball with his fingertips, and unexpectedly saved it.

The Milanese haven't reacted yet. Alonso has rushed forward with an arrow step, shoveled on the ground, and hung the ball in the corner, 3:3!

The Olympic Stadium in Istanbul is completely out of control. The camera is aimed at the grim face of Milan head coach Ancherotti, and behind him is the red fans who are reveling and a huge screen showing 3:3.

When a person's physical strength has been overdrawn, the only thing he can rely on is will. When the game entered overtime, Liverpool had a series of Garcia and Mitchell cramps, and even Gerrard's range of activities was greatly reduced, and the expressions on the players' faces changed from excitement and tension to numbness and even pain. The pace of both sides slowed down, technology dominated created many opportunities, and Liverpool's doors swayed in the wind and rain. The most common scene in the camera was central defender and deputy captain Carragher, who stole, blocked, competed for the top, fell to the ground again and again, and then got up again and again. After falling to the ground again, he lay on the ground and struggled, but could not move. The team doctor came in and he was carried off the court. Judging from the pain of his expression, he was afraid that he could not continue the game. At this time, Liverpool had run out of three substitution places.

The commentators began to talk about the prospect of Liverpool, which lost its main central defender and played one less. They were generally pessimistic. Just as the commentator shook his head and regretted, the camera once again aimed at Carragher. Under the gaze of the crowd, he stood up again, dragged an injured leg and limped into the field.

The commentator discussed how long he could hold on. At this time, the ball flew into the heart of Liverpool. Carragher used his last bit of strength and desperately stretched out the injured leg and shoveled the ball out of the boundary before the Milan striker.

When he slowly got up, he touched the other leg. Obviously, his other leg was also injured due to the extreme action just now. Carragher, who had a strained groin, finally played 120 minutes, and Milan did not score again.

There is another reason why the ball is not conceded, that is, God's blessing. I'm afraid that Dudec has never dreamed of how he blocked Shevchenko's strong shot less from the goal. Rather than his save, Shevchenko deliberately kicked the ball in his face with all his strength. At this time, there are only four minutes before the end of the game.

Before entering the final penalty, except for the 22 players on the court, everyone seemed to understand what happened tonight, and the penalty seemed to become a routine. From the comparison of the eyes of the players of the two teams, the results are obvious. The wandering Milan players can't believe the first 120 minutes at all, while Liverpool's warriors are only firm and murderous.

Dudek is an exception to Liverpool players. His funny pole dance and water snake waist are the only anger in the suffocating penalty shootout.

Shepchenko did not defeat the pole dance in the end. No, it should be said that he was not defeated by God in the end. Two years ago, his last penalty made Milan win the championship, and two years later, his last penalty allowed Liverpool to reach the top of Europe again after 20 years!

All the Liverpool players rushed into the court, hugging, jumping and running crazily.

Although he had watched the TV in his previous life, Degan still couldn't believe everything in front of him. He even doubted whether the first half was his dream, or he fell asleep after the first half. Is the winning scene in front of him a dream?

The stands where Milan fans gathered were filled with a sad atmosphere. Tears slipped from their faces, and Milan players in white sweatshirts also showed the same sad expressions. Behind them, a group of people in red jerseys were celebrating, and the whole stadium was covered with red pieces of paper, like tears in the sky. General.

After the game, when everyone woke up a little, the chaotic brains of Milan fans were instantly angry. They were accusing and accusing everything they suspected, especially the striker.

Crespo's performance was acceptable, but Shevchenko's performance was very disappointing, and the Ukrainian nuclear warhead, which they had high hopes for, was completely dumb in this game.

"If Degan is on the field, we can start celebrating the victory now!"

I don't know who it was. The first sound shouted like this, and then the voice filled the crowd.

Digan!

AC Milan's abandoned son has now become a proposition for Milan to forgive their arrogance.

After that game, Galliani called Degan in person for the first time. Perhaps he had felt that AC Milan needed to change his blood and always relied on those old guys. It was difficult for them to reproduce the Milan dynasty.

Go back?

This is indeed an opportunity to go back to become a savior, become a member of Milan, and create a great dynasty.

But what about after you go back?

AC Milan's current coach is Ancelotti. Everyone knows that he is a conservative fat man. Will he accept himself as an outsider?

Digan is a little hesitant!

Maybe he still has a glimmer of fantasy about Riodo.

But soon, Riodo smashed his fantasy with his own hands. Pacini and Montolivo packaged the transfer fee to Florence, and the transfer fee was only 2 million euros, which was enough for Delaware. Otherwise, he only needed to pay 1 million euros to buy out directly.

Last season, Atlanta's No. 2 striker Pacini, known as Albertini's successor, was sold like this.

The fans are angry, and Degan is even more angry!

Pazzini and Montolivo are his best friends in Florence, and now his good friends have been thrown out.

Then Albertini also left, perhaps hoping that his career could become more perfect. Albertini also went to Florence and left freely.

followed by Maxwell, which has long been expected. He transferred to Inter Milan, and Atlanta can use him for half a season in vain.

Then came Casetti, who was hit by Rome for 7 million euros with his excellent performance in the second half of last season. This number is enough to make Rio more excited.

And Nor Cherino, who moved to Palermo for 5 million euros. Before deciding to leave, he called Degan and signed the contract.

Himenez transferred to Lazio. Although he often existed as a substitute player after Montolivo's recovery from injury, his excellent performance still aroused the idea of Lazio, who was in the stage of rebirth. Riodo obviously could not refuse 6 million euros.

Montero and Mara were also a little frustrated and chose to cancel their contracts with the team in advance and return to South America to continue their careers.

Collapse, this is called collapse!

In the end, only the main players of last season were Tibi, Lazare and of course Degan, but he obviously won't stay.

Riodo is obviously still excited to make a lot of money, and his head is obviously not very awake. He actually called Degan on vacation and said bluntly, "Rod! What kind of person do you want to buy? Just talk. I know you have the ability to find the pearl of dust. We will surround you in the new season and build a stronger team!"

Degan's response to this is only two words silly. Forced!

Degan is not a fairy, let alone the constant victory in The Winner is the King. Does Riodo still count on Digan as a scout to help Atlanta buy at a low price, sell at a high price, and make a lot of money?

Although Atlanta bought a large number of players during the winter transfer last season, the main framework of the team has not been changed.

Especially with Albertini, the midfielder and his help to sort out the midfield, this temporary team can also form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Otherwise, even if eleven Beckhams or eleven Ronaldo are made, it is useless.

Does Riodo have the ability to find another Albertini now?

Obviously, this is impossible.

Then it was Degan who made up his mind to leave Atlanta. Mandolani also resigned. Probably because he was desperate for Riodo, and Mandolani decided to leave Atlanta.

He is now the champion instructor and has no place to go. Soon he found a new job in Lazio. After making this decision, he called Degan.

"Rod! Atlanta is not the place you should stay. Riodo is not in the mood to run Atlanta into a rich family at all. Everything he does is to dig his own graves. I don't want to see my team collapse next season and become a laughing stock in people's eyes, so I can only be a deserter!"

Digan understands Mandolini's choice very well. I'm afraid it's anyone's turn to choose this. As the head coach of the double crown, when he was preparing to show his fists in the new season, he found that his stingy chairman had hollowed out his team. Anyone else would be angry.

What should go, what shouldn't go, now all gone. After a short period of glory, Atlanta was actually eaten up by his owner, which is simply a great irony.

Since it's all like this, what else does Degan insist on?

"Rod! Come to Milan! Our two brothers fight side by side!"

Kaka also saw that Digan was a little frustrated. As a brother, Kaka knew his brother very well. He knew that Digan actually wanted to stay in Atlanta, but unfortunately it backfired.

In the face of Kaka's invitation, this time, Degan couldn't say anything to refuse, but he didn't want to agree so happily: "I still need to discuss with my agent before I can decide, Ricado! This is related to my future!"

Kaka also knows that there are concerns in Degan's heart. Every time Digan played against Milan last season, his behavior is no different from traitors in the eyes of Milan's players and fans. If he choose to go back now, he is likely to encounter great resistance.