Chapter 88 Pato
After the winter break, the Italian field rekindled the flames. The first was the second round of the Coppa Italia. Fiorentina, who played with a full substitute lineup, defeated Treviso 3:0 at home and easily advanced 6:1 in the two rounds.
The strong teams of Inter Milan, Rome, Lazio and Juventus also passed the game and defeated their opponents.
AC Milan, also a giant in Italy, drew 1:1 away from Catania, with a total score of 2:3 in the two rounds. The Coppa Italia could not go any further. However, due to the intensive schedule, the Coppa Italia is a game that AC Milan wanted to give up. It can be seen from the fact that Pirlo was replaced after 0:1 behind. A little.
It's not a big loss to lose the Coppa Italia, and it is impossible to win the championship if you continue to play. The only loss is that the momentum young player Paroschi has lost more opportunities to exercise in the future. In this game, he scored the team's only goal.
He played twice for AC Milan in the official game, and once was a substitute and scored two goals. Speaking of AC Milan's Cup this season, all goals came from the feet of the 17-year-old star. Such efficiency is a miracle for a "post-90s" striker.
Perhaps Ancelotti should send Paroschi in the starting lineup. The single-arrow formation proved to be ineffective again in the face of the defensive team. In the first half, the commentator kept saying: "Gilardino lacks support, and AC Milan should come up with more ways to attack."
In the second half, although Pirlo was replaced by the team's best performance in the first half, Paroschi still brought vitality, and his appearance gave AC Milan more opportunities on the front line.
Parozchi, who idolizes Inzaghi, is the first striker, but because Gilardino is in the front, his position has to retreat a little this time. There are not many opportunities for him to take the ball in this game, but his pulling line on the forward line is clear. The single-knife ball Gilardino got in the second half, from a slow perspective, Paroschi pulled away a defender for him, causing a huge empty run to be smart and critical. Then when Gilardino's single shot was saved, Parozchi lost the opportunity to plug in and almost made up for it.
Despite being a substitute, Parozchi still got a chance to score a goal, which was also his only shot in the second half. At that time, Gilardino's offside right rib broke into the penalty area and passed across. Paroschi, who was inserted in the middle, ran out of the excellent air. Facing the attacking Bizari, he calmly pushed away. Corner, rewrite the score to 1:1.
After the game, Parozchi also had regret in his joy: "The goal is always wonderful, but it would be better if we could advance. We have a lot of opportunities, but we are not lucky enough. Gilardino's volley was very beautiful, but the opponent's goalkeeper made a wonderful save. Coach Ancelotti gave me tonight. It's close to Gilardino. I think I did it, but it's a pity that I didn't score the second goal.
Because of Paroschi's goal, Ancelotti was not only not disappointed, but also very happy: "Paroschi's scoring ability is very strong. He still has time and opportunities to show his strength in the future. I think he is a promising star."
AC Milan's youth training system has been a hot topic recently. Although Pato has brightened everyone's attention, after all, his value is as high as 22 million, and AC Milan does not have many 22 million to put into the transfer market.
In contrast, if more Paroschi emerges, the team's lineup will be much smoother. Over the years, AC Milan has also launched many newcomers in the cup and warm-up matches, but none of them is as prominent as Paroschi, from Matri and Piccolo, to Pozi, who did not represent AC Milan in official competitions, Borriello, who is not from AC Milan's youth training camp, to Mazo, who is not in the frontline position. Lati, Antonelli, Guelchi, Abat, Anthony and Donadale, none of them are as good as Paroschi. Maybe they have shown eye-catching technology to Di Giannaro, who played in Udinese last season, but he is not as data-supported as Paroschi.
Moreover, Paroschi is only 17 years old. He is the youngest of these new stars. At this time last year, he was still participating in the "National Student League" and has now scored in the Coppa Italia. Perhaps the last newcomer who made such an eye-catching debut can be traced back to Martini 24 years ago.
While people's eyes are focused on Pato, another new AC Milan star, whose name also begins with "PA", is also performing a big miracle.
Two Coppa Italia matches and two goals, people are now discussing the fear of Roski and even regard him as the best in the Italian youth cup.
But Degan from later generations knows very well that Parowski does have talent and potential. If he is given a chance, he will definitely have the ability to surprise everyone, but he obviously won't get such an opportunity in AC Milan.
AC Milan is not so much supporting Paroski as building momentum for Pato's debut.
He joined in a high-profile transfer in the summer, but because of Brazil's domestic protection policy, Pato has been training and playing in Milan's youth team until January.
In the 18th round of the league, Pato finally came out with a lot of calls, and Ronaldo, the alien who had previously returned to Brazil to recover from his wounds, returned with him.
AC Milan's game against Naples is curious about not only fans, but also insiders. At this time, many players and coaches of other teams watched the game at their own homes or hotels.
People want to see how powerful Pato is, so that AC Milan did not hesitate to put all the transfer funds on him alone in the summer.
The final result of the game was a little surprising. 5:2, AC Milan won a big victory after losing the Milan derby. More importantly, Pato scored a goal, and Ronaldo, who returned from injury, also scored.
At the post-match press conference, Ancelotti spoke highly of Pato's performance: "From his performance, he is an alien. It seems that his skills are definitely not like an 18-year-old child, but like a 30-year-old star."
However, in the face of successful debut and sudden praise, Pato behaved calmly, but after learning that he had been called a "phenomenon" by some people, he quickly said, "No, no, in my opinion, there is only one 'phenomenon', he is Ronaldo, and he is the real 'phenomenon'. Fight side by side with him and Kaka as if it were a dream.
"Yesterday, I was very calm," Pato continued. "Because President Berlusconi and his teammates told me that I needed to be calm, I have to say that everything is going well. Another reason is that my family in the stands is watching me and I dedicate the goal to my family."
Ten years of looking for guns, ten gunmen.
AC Milan's home game against Naples, it's time for the eleventh red and black shooter to play!
He will be the youngest striker to represent AC Milan in Serie A in ten years, and the Brazilian duckling who has waited for too much hope after joining Milan, and will finally appear in Serie A for the first time in Milan jersey.
Last summer, AC Milan had collected Pato for a surprising 22 million euros, but because the young man was under 18 years old at that time, his league registration had to be postponed to January this year.
During this period, Pato can only train with the team in Milan Nello and participate in some informal competitions such as the Kiev Invitational. At the beginning of the new year, the whole Milan team started winter training in Dubai, and Pato had to return to Brazil for the tedious transfer process. This duck, which has been cooked for half a year, is finally going to fly.
Compared with nearly 10 years of predecessors, Pato's new gun has given Milan fans great expectations. His ability may not exceed other red and black killers, but at the age of 18 can be defined by Ancelotti as "stronger than Ronaldinho", which shows his great influence. More importantly, Pato has shown his strength more through the youth team's games. He has not participated in the real top league, and the more mysterious it is, the more it is worth looking forward to.
Ancelotti spoke highly of Pato: "Pato has Inzaghi's sense of grabbing points, Ronaldo's technology and Kaka's ability to carry the ball, except that he is a perfect striker, no need to say more."
Pato is 1.79 meters tall and weighs 70 kilograms. He is indeed an attacker with comprehensive quality and good scoring ability in both left and right feet and headers. Moreover, his physical coordination inherits the talent of Latin players, so there is no doubt about his skills.
From Pato, people can easily think of a Spaniard: Jose. Mali!
When he joined Milan 8 years ago, Jose. Mali is only 21 years old and is the future star of Atletico Madrid and the Spanish youth team, with a transfer value of 19 million euros.
But the Spanish with good skills will not look for shooting opportunities in Serie A defenders. In addition, he is not strong enough. In two and a half seasons, he has only scored five league goals.
Later, Trim tried to make him change to a forward and give full play to his technical advantages, but after Tomasson joined in more comprehensively, the decadent Jose. Mali could only be leased back to Spain and eventually sold at a low price.
José. Marino, a compatriot of Mali, also came to Milan with the title of La Liga high-production striker and UEFA Cup runner-up. What is worse than the former is that Moreno, which was originally full of impact, only performed in a few cup games in a season, and immediately said goodbye to the cruel Serie A and disappeared from people's sight.
Although the two Spaniards mentioned above have outstanding abilities, the reason why it is difficult to succeed is the difference between the leagues. In La Liga, their personal ability is particularly obvious in the game, and the defensive strength faced by the striker is not as severe as that of Serie A.
Speaking of ball style, let's take a look at several of Pato's compatriots.
It is ironic that Oliveira, the Milan striker who was considered a complete failure last season, is brave again after returning to La Liga this season.
The striker in Serie A who can only detour and can't go straight to the middle. Last season, the most impressive thing was a headless fly.
Although he bent his bow and shot the "Blue Eagle" in his first league appearance, he failed to integrate into Milan in the end. He grabbed it with his partner and midfield teammates many times, which was even more ironic.
Olivier's lesson reminds little Pato that personal talent is very important, but it is definitely not an inevitable factor for the success of Serie A. How to integrate into the team's tactics is the most critical.
Kaka, who once lost his temper with his teammates because of cooperation problems and coaches in Brazil, has now paid great attention to the cooperation with his teammates and won countless personal honors.
Even Ronaldo, who has been struggling in Serie A for many years, came to Milan last winter and paid great attention to partnering with his teammates on the offensive line, and his technical grasp is more used in assists and planning attacks.
It is Pato's effort to overcome impetuousness and humbly integrate into the Italian football system. Like Rivaldo, who is only addicted to his own ball performance will eventually fail.
In fact, in terms of the type of striker, the Brazilian young player should be closer to the European striker, and Crespo should be the most outstanding striker who successfully landed in Serie A from the South American continent and transformed and strengthened.
In 2004, Crespo was seconded to San Siro. Although he only had one season, he successfully integrated into Ancelotti's overall offensive system, especially during Sheva's absence. The good game of leading Milan to eliminate Manchester United in two rounds of the Champions League showed his killer nature. With not so many fancy moves, grabbing points and goals as everything, such a striker seems to have more room to play in Milan.
What is the reason?
At least from the perspective of Ancelotti's tactics of leading the team over the years, it is obvious that it is a reasonable opportunity to stabilize the defense, control the ball in the midfield and the front line.
Therefore, "opportunists" have a lot of room to play. Crespo is like this, Tomasson is like this, and Inzaghi is even more so, and the previous German heavy gun Biehov is also a typical efficient point grab center.
In terms of physical characteristics, Pato can learn more from Inzaghi, and the activity technology of "Super Pippo" on the offside line can definitely be imitated by Pato's reference.
Compared with centers like Crespo and Biehoff, Pato is not suitable in size, but if he can learn the key to the success of his predecessors and his incomparable desire for goals, the little guy can immediately integrate into the team.
Gilladino can be said to be a negative example.
When he was in Parma, he was the best center. Although his skills were average, he was very lethal in front of the goal. After joining Milan, he may have been under too much pressure at 24 million euros. In addition, Milan's offensive tactics used Gilardino more as a lighthouse. Girardino gradually became mediocre and lost his age. Now he has to take no mistakes as the standard in every game, and even the embarrassment of not shooting the whole game.
The club also understands that Gilardino's problem is not in ability, but in psychology, so they have not abandoned Gilardino and have always regarded him as a frontline leader in the next 10 years.
Now that Pato, the pressure on Gilardino should be reduced, and the media also analyzed that Gilardino is likely to play the two abilities that cannot be played alone with Pato, a center, a second striker, Gilardino's body and impact, and Pato's technology And consciousness should make them a good partner.
Of course, this is just a hypothesis, and Pato has to be ready to take turns to "test" with Inzaghi and Ronaldo.
Speaking of which, where is Pato's role model?
Perhaps the answer is about to be the No. 7 jersey on him, the treasure left by Milan's greatest striker in 10 years. Becoming or even surpassing Shevchenko is Pato's real goal.
Sheva is not a standard penalty area center, but he does not lack the strength and body to fight in the penalty area. More importantly, he also has the perfect essence of speed, technology and team cooperation.
It can be said that the Ukrainian is one of the greatest No. 7 in Milan's history, and after this jersey was "spoiled" by Oliveira last season, this season is destined to bring important inspiration to Pato.
Kaka once commented that Pato's biggest advantage is his age: "He can keep learning, and there is a lot of room for improvement."
Kaka was 22 years old when he joined Milan, and Pato was only 18 years old. The Milan club should introduce the "duck" into a direction suitable for the Serie A offensive system and train it into a world-class striker with a perfect combination of body, technology and consciousness.
Milan has a lot of time, Pato also has a lot of time, and the game with Naples is just the beginning, the beginning of a new Milan gunner legend.
Pato officially joined and Ronaldo returned to play. After the winter break, AC Milan played the Brazilian trident in San Siro and won the first home victory of the league this season.
Pato, a Brazilian young player who has been paying attention for half a year, finally made his debut in San Siro and was amazing, talking about the love that he had been given high expectations.
Ancelotti said: "In the internal vision of the team, we hope to keep Pato relatively low-key. Now we want him to slowly integrate into the team. Pato played a very beautiful game, but he also has to learn how to operate as a member of the team and how to serve the team, just like the team also Learn how to serve him better. Pato needs protection. He is still very young. We must help him. We will help him look at his achievements calmly and humbly.
AC Milan's 5:2 victory over Naples was the real debut of young player Pato after joining AC Milan, and he turned that night into a real Pato night.
In the game, Pato's wonderful performance seems to indicate that the 22 million euros spent by AC Milan last summer were not invested in bamboo baskets, but in a real potential stock.
Berlusconi is also very excited about his investment: "He has the conditions to become a champion player, and he has proved this through incredible performance. I noticed that in addition to his amazing speed, he also has a natural sense of location. You can see him everywhere. He is definitely a genius.
The excited Berlusconi began to recall Pato's joining: "We first heard some news from our friends in Brazil, and then we saw the DVD with his performance and goals on the field. Those pictures made us feel excited when we saw Van Basten's performance, and Ronaldo also assured us that he was absolutely right. Therefore, we unanimously agreed that Pato was the best person to strengthen AC Milan, although the competition for him made our expenses from the original offer. 10 million euros rose to the final deal of 22 million.
Berlusconi then made bold words. The arrival of Pato has made AC Milan make up for the regret of missing Digan and Ibrasimovic.
At the same time, with Pato's stand out, Berlusconi seems to have finally given up his intention to introduce Ronaldinho: "Ronaldinho has never been our real goal. There will always be questions about him in the locker room. He has his questions in Barcelona, and we now have Pato, we I don't need him."
The golden boy Kaka, who accompanied Pato to complete his AC Milan League debut, also said after the game that Pato was enough to deserve the title of "Little Golden Boy" and become his successor.
Many football experts have also said that Pato's characteristics are very perfect. The perfect combination of Shevchenko and Kaleka can be seen in him, and Saki said that "you can forget Ronaldinho now."
Blusconi won the bet. He began to build momentum for this game six months ago and carefully repackaged Pato. Ancelotti was also very knowledgeable and began to prepare for this early. In order to let Pato start, he did not hesitate to cut down last season's successful Christmas tree and release Gulkuv, who had just shown his talent and ability. On the bench.
Pato was lucky that the opponent fell right in front of him, and then he only needed to easily dump his opponent with speed. Looking back on the previous hard attacks, they were repeatedly fruitless. This is a typical one with no intention to plant flowers and no intention to plant willows.
Thousands of calls began to come out, and half a year of hype and waiting were all rewarded at that moment.
All the media unanimously exclaimed that a new myth was born, and the culture of "newcomers immediately outstanding" in Serie A was continued.
In fact, Milan has always liked to play such games. Via, Bierhov, Shevchenko and Kakamo did not book early and made momentum for the debut early, but they were so powerful that only Pato was alone.
A very natural question is in front of us. Will Pato be Shevchenko or Oliveira?
You know, Oliveira also had such a "dream start" in the first round of last season against Lazio, and won the game in seven minutes, but this has become his permanent memory in Milan.
Pato came to AC Milan at a special time, just as Shevchenko was regarded as the "new Basten", and Pato was also regarded as the "new Sheva".
After Shevchenko's departure, AC Milan urgently needs a flag striker, a role that even the fully recovered Ronaldo cannot play.
The whole team, from the boss, coach to senior players, spoiled him and protected him. At that time, it seemed that he was afraid of flying in his hand and melted in his mouth.
Sedov sacrificed his place, and Ronaldo sacrificed his glory, so that Ronaldo was still ignored after two yuan alone that night.
Last season's Oliveira was far from such luck. In fact, he was only regarded as a pawn to seduce Ronaldinho, because his agent was Ronaldinho's brother Assis.
In addition, he is just an "ordinary" Brazilian player. Without Pato's sunny appearance or the popularity of Ronaldo and Kaka, no one helped him when he encountered difficulties, so that he went sleepwalking all the way after getting a dream start.
Of course, Pato will encounter difficulties in the next game. All the defenders are carefully observing his running route and habitual areas from TV, but Pato is very popular.
Everyone tried their best to pass the ball to him, just like Ronaldo chose to cross the middle when he could get up by himself, and Pato still hit the ball on the goalkeeper who had given up almost facing the empty goal.
Since he has made so much effort to design and win the first bet, just like the signing of Shevchenko, Berlusconi has no reason to give up halfway. He will only continue to follow.
After signing Shevchenko, he used a luxury yacht**, which stunned Shevchenko, who came from the bitter cold place of Ukraine, and the Ukrainians gave back with the best scorer in Serie A in the first season.
Now Shevchenko is full of fame and gets a high salary without performance. Of course, he doesn't care about a few yachts.
Berlusconi will not care about his first pet, because he has a new pet, is younger and worth continuing to invest in.
Will the duckling turn into a white swan?
People are looking forward to it. Only Degan knows Pato's future development trajectory. After a stunning hit, he quickly fell down and even became the spokesperson for injuries for a period of time. Today, his head hurts and his buttocks hurt tomorrow. After a season, he hasn't played several consecutive games for AC Milan.
It is often a high-profile comeback and then return to the sick bed.
Digan does not deny Pato's talent and potential. He is definitely the best among the young generation in Brazil, and even better than Neymar, who was fired by countless people. However, his mentality and injury ruined him. Coupled with the identity of Milan's son-in-law for a period of time, he couldn't figure out his position and finally had to escape awkwardly. Go back to Brazil to lick the wound.
So when AC Milan fans cheered and thought they had found a new front-line killer, Degan broke a basin of cold water in time: "The game is good. I want to congratulate Ricado. They finally got a victory at home. I don't judge anything about Pato. A game can't determine anything. In my opinion, Ronaldo wants to be better!"
Ronaldo scored twice in the game and was also the best player in the game after the game.
"Is Pato really as powerful as you said? I'm very interested in doing a test. We will meet soon. At that time, I hope he can bring some surprises to everyone!"