I'm Kaka Kaka

Chapter 185 Choose One or Both

The draw ceremony for the 2002-2003 UEFA Champions League knockout stage was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The players watched the live broadcast together at the club.

This season's Champions League quarter-finals can be regarded as one of the most luxurious lineups in the history of the Champions Cup.

Real Madrid, Manchester United, Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Ajax, Barcelona, ​​and Valencia, all eight teams are members of G14. Except for Valencia, which has not won the Big Ears Cup, the other seven teams have all won the Champions League, and the total number of championships is as many as 25 times.

There is no avoidance principle in the quarter-finals, so any matchup may happen. The probability of missing the top three in Serie A, La Liga, Barcelona and Valencia at the same time is only 9%.

But this 9% is so magical.

Real Madrid v Manchester United;

Juventus vs Barcelona;

Inter Milan vs. Valencia.

AC Milan draws the upper lottery and will face Ajax, which is considered to be the weakest team in the group.

Both Italy and Spain were lucky enough to escape the early clashes between teams from the same country. Not only did the top three in the north of Serie A not meet, but they also avoided the two favorites, Real Madrid and Manchester United. It is conceivable that the Italian media are satisfied with the results of the Champions League final four draw.

Gazzetta dello Sport: The result was even better than expected!This should be the most satisfying result of the draw for the Italians. Except that Lippi is a bit difficult, Ancelotti and Cooper should be very happy.

Rome's "Repubblica" also has a similar view. "Although Barcelona performed poorly in the league, it has a completely different face in the Champions League. And even if the old woman can defeat Barcelona, ​​the opponents in the semi-finals will be the winners of Real Madrid and Manchester United. Many people think that the latter two teams should enter the final. In comparison, the promotion situation of the Milan duo is much more optimistic. There is a great possibility of an Italian derby in the semi-final."

"Nouvelle Gazette" said in a report titled "Avoiding the Civil War and Manchester United" that Cooper drew Valencia for the second consecutive year, and the last time he eliminated his opponent in the UEFA Cup, the psychological advantage is self-evident;

When looking forward to the semi-final situation, "New Paper" believes that this year's European Champions Cup is very likely to have two rare national derbies, namely Real Madrid vs. Barcelona and AC Milan vs. Inter Milan.

When the smug Ancelotti came back from Switzerland excitedly, he had to face a major choice: keep the Champions League or the league, or both at the same time?

The Champions League has entered the quarter-finals, and the opponent is still the big gift package of Ajax. If you don't fight hard and don't use the club's bigwigs to do it, the fans will tear him up first.

Ranked second in the league, only one point away from No. [-] Juventus, and there are only the last eight rounds left in the league. Not to mention winning all of them, as long as the loss of points is not too exaggerated, and they overwhelm Juventus, they may win the championship. After all, Juventus is also facing the same problem.

Milan's lineup can still barely satisfy the two-line battle. Although it is impossible to piece together a real 22-man lineup, it is not impossible to use rotation.

In the original time and space, AC Milan chose to fight for the Champions League with all its strength and herd sheep in the league. In the last eight rounds of the league, they won three wins and five losses. They lost the league championship and finally raised the Big Ears Cup.

And now, the biggest change is that the young Kaka replaced the "old" Rivaldo, and Kaka activated Shevchenko, who was supposed to be half dead this season-although Milan won the Champions League that year, Sheva ranked third in the Golden Globe selection because of his poor performance in various competitions, after Dego and Henry.

Of course, Fatty An doesn’t know what the original time and space are, but he sees the situation very clearly. Maldini and Nesta on the back line, Pirlo and Kaka on the midfield line, Inzaghi and Sheva on the forward line, whether you choose one or both, this must be the main lineup.

If you choose to have all of them, then in addition to Sheva and Inzaghi who can rotate, the remaining four will have to fight on two fronts, at least not absent in key battles. After all, there are still difficult opponents like Parma, Inter Milan, and Rome in the latter stages of the league.

Fatty convened the coaching staff, the captain, and the team deputy to discuss overnight, and then negotiated with the club management.

He did not say the final decision, and in the external interview is still the official argument that "every game is important, and the goal must be all champions".

But as soon as the starting lineup against Parma came out, everyone realized that this was not just talk.

Kaka suddenly felt that his injury a while ago was actually a good thing, because the 20-day absence gave him a rare recuperation and he was able to go all out in the latter part of the season.

AC Milan played 442, goalkeeper Abbiati, defenders Simic, Nesta, Costacurta, Maldini, midfielder Gattuso, Redondo, double midfielder Kaka, Seedorf, double forward Inzaghi, Thomasson.

"Four days later is the first game of the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but Ancelotti still arranged core players such as Nesta, Maldini and Kaka to start the league against Parma. It seems that they really want to compete for the championship. I hope they will not regret this decision after the end of the season."

"Palma's central midfielder, Hidetoshi Nakata, missed the game because of a thigh strain. Prand used Bresciano to replace the Japanese. The forward line is the hottest striker combination in Serie A this season. Adriano and Mutu, besides Bresciano, there are Ramucci, Barone and E. Filippini in the midfield, and Bonera, Cardone, Ferrari, Junior, and goalkeeper Frey in the back."

Ancelotti's expression was serious, and it could be seen that he was under a lot of pressure, so he was a little dissatisfied when he saw Kaka who was laughing and laughing with Adelaide on the field.

But Anshuai's dissatisfaction quickly dissipated after the game started.

"The absence of Rui Costa did not affect AC Milan's attack in the frontcourt. Kaka showed excellent pass scheduling ability, can you believe it? When this kid first came to San Siro, except for the last pass and a small range of coordinated passes, the pass organization in the midfield was a disaster..."

(End of this chapter)