I'm Kaka Kaka

Chapter 228 Two Portuguese

August 2003, 8, New Jersey, USA, Giants Stadium.

This is actually a rugby stadium, but it has been slightly modified and turned into a football stadium. It was the venue for the 1994 World Cup final in the United States. This year's Italian Super Cup was held here.

The Supercoppa Italiana is played between the Serie A champions of last season and the Coppa Italia champions, and if the two are the same team, the Coppa Italia runners-up will be on top.

So this match is Milan vs Roma again.

The ghost knows that the Coppa Italia played for Mao's two Italian teams will go to the United States, but it seems to be quite popular anyway.

There are still some things to watch in this game. Cafu will face his old club as soon as he transfers, and Rivaldo will play for the Rossoneri for the first time after he transferred to AC Milan.

Kaka watched the live broadcast of the game, but fell asleep after watching half of it.

A boring game.

The two sides scored 0-0, and the final penalty shoot-out ended in Roma winning the game.

Five days later, distant Portugal.

In order to celebrate the completion of the new home stadium after the renovation, the super powerhouse Sporting Lisbon specially invited Manchester United for a friendly match. Now the first half has just ended, but Manchester United coach Ferguson can't sit still.

Not for the 1-0 score, but for the opposing players on the field.

It's only been 45 minutes, and the kid has had O'Shea ready to go find the oxygen tank.

Instead of entering the dressing room, Ferguson couldn't wait to find Manchester United chief executive David Gill.

"David, sign him! Sign that kid, if you don't sign, I won't go home!"

Of course David Gill knew who Ferguson was talking about, but he didn't expect the old man's reaction to be so exaggerated, "Is it that good?"

Ferguson repeated: "He's a hundred times better than you think! Sign him! Give him a contract and let him sign!"

David Gill: "~~"

At the end of the game, Sporting Lisbon won the game 3-1. The Manchester United players packed up and were about to return, but the bus did not start for a long time, and the Manchester United coach was nowhere to be seen. It was not until an hour and a half later that Ferguson arrived late.

The bus finally moved.

The players didn't ask where Ferguson was, only Ferdinand, Scholes and Butt sneaked into his seat. Ferdinand said: "Boss, that kid is a bit amazing, we need to sign him."

"Don't worry," Ferguson squinted at him, "it's done."

"what?"

Two days later, Sporting Lisbon announced that Cristiano Ronaldo would transfer to the Premier League giants Manchester United for a transfer fee of 1224 million pounds.

He will wear the No. 7 jersey left by Beckham and appear on the right side of Manchester United.

……

Just when everyone was guessing how this little guy from Portugal, He De, would allow Ferguson to award the No. [-] jersey, another Portuguese also began to appear on the football pages of major sports newspapers.

On August 8, the European Super Cup, the European Champions Cup champion AC Milan VS UEFA Cup champion Porto.

Strangely, when it comes to AC Milan, people pay attention to Shevchenko, Kaka, and Inzaghi, but when it comes to Porto, people pay more attention to their coach Mourinho.

It took Mourinho ten years to become the assistant coach of Robson and Louis van Gaal, and then to become the coach of Benfica. However, after becoming the head coach, he only coached 9 league games before breaking up with the new chairman and the board of directors.

A year and a half ago, Mourinho became the head coach of Porto Football Club. In the first season, he led Porto to win the Portuguese Football Super League, the Portuguese Cup and the UEFA Cup.

A triple crown one size down.

This year's UEFA Super Cup is played at the Louis II Stadium, the home stadium of the Monaco Club. The two sides went to Monaco three days in advance to prepare for the match and were warmly welcomed by the local fans.

Although the Monaco club participates in the Ligue [-] league, the principality of Monaco where they are located does not belong to France, but one of the four principalities in Europe. It is surrounded by France on three sides and the Mediterranean Sea on the other.

The country covers an area of ​​2.02 square kilometers and has a population of about 3.8. It is a veritable pocket country. In addition to the most famous casinos and F1 competitions, there is also the famous Monaco Film Festival. However, the first Monaco Film Festival will not be held until December this year.

On the day of the game, the 1.8 people in the Luis II Stadium were packed. For the two teams that stood out from the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, this is of course a small scene, but the UEFA Super Cup is not comparable to a small game like the Italian Super Cup, so everyone is not very relaxed.

"The game is about to start. AC Milan has a Christmas tree formation, single striker Shevchenko, double attacking midfielder Kaka, Rui Costa, three defensive midfielders Pirlo, Gattuso, Seedorf, four defenders Cafu, Nesta, Costacurta, Maldini, goalkeeper Dida."

It is no exaggeration to say that if Costacurta is younger and Dida is more powerful, this team can beat any opponent in the world today.

The ambitious Mourinho certainly knows this well, so he resorted to his bus tactics without hesitation.

"Portuguese goalkeeper Baia, defenders Paulo Ferreira, George Costa, Ricardo Carvalho, Nuno Valente, midfielders Marchini, Costinha, Alenichev, Deco, forwards Delle, McCarthy."

After all, after winning the junior triple crown, many people in Porto's team are no longer unknown, but in front of the bright starlight of AC Milan, this Porto team looks bleak, even Deco, the most famous among them, has a bitter look on his face. It seems to be unlucky.

They soon learned the hard way.

In the first minute of the game, Sheva kicked off, Kaka hit Costa horizontally, Costa passed back to Pirlo, and Pirlo passed to Cafu.

Cafu, who was eager to make contributions, immediately dribbled the ball.

The Roma midfielder came to Milan and returned to his position in the national team. He and Maldini formed the left and right wings of AC Milan. Although he did not fly in the Italian Super Cup, his teammates still have high hopes for this veteran.

Unfortunately, as soon as he took the ball to the midfield, he encountered a strong interception by Porto. Not only did the two midfielders Kostinia and Alenichev come forward together, but even the striker McCarthy rushed up, attacking from three sides and intercepting Cafu's ball.

In Mourinho's team, the striker can also be used as a defender.

(End of this chapter)