ball magic

January 2002, 1, Tokyo National Stadium.

Coming to this stadium again, most Inter Milan players only have one feeling——

It's cold, it's so fucking cold!

Although the fans are still extremely enthusiastic and powerful, no matter how enthusiastic the fans are, they can't bring them warmth under the erosion of the bone-chilling wind.

How cold is it?

Let's put it this way, even Raphael put on the black collar that was silly in his eyes, awkward, and affected his personal image, and put on black gloves on his hands.

But even if he was fully armed, Raphael was obviously the most beautiful boy in the eyes of the fans.

After all, the guys standing with him all hide their heads and shrink their chests, and a certain Brazilian player who is afraid of the cold wants to shrink his butt too.

Competing in such weather, their only consolation is that the opponent is as miserable as themselves.

Boca Juniors players are more than miserable now?

If Inter Milan players are miserable now, they are even worse!

You must know that when they flew from South America, it was summer, summer, summer!

As a result, they arrived a few days earlier than Inter Milan, and the cold wind blew a few more days. On this night, not only the power of the cold wind escalated, but even snowflakes were blowing.

The weather forecast even said that it might turn from light snow to heavy snow, which made Boca players even more depressed.

But no matter what, the pre-match warm-up was over, and the players all returned to the locker room to eat the brainwashing package of their respective coaches.

Laotuo has already explained what he should have explained, and his mentality is much better than that of the opposite counterparts.

But considering that after winning this game, he will become the coach of the Intercontinental Champion, so he patiently emphasized...defense.

That's right, our old Tuo is actually impatient to ask about any defensive problems, but Boca is a team that specializes in counter-defense. This time Bianchi also learned the experience and lessons of the last matchup. In fact, Riquelmedo has assigned a few thugs.

In other words, it may not be so easy to limit Riquelme in this game, but he requires the midfielders to do it, because this is one of the key means to determine the outcome.

Of course, he also trusted his disciples unreservedly.

"Be yourself, keep an eye on Riquelme, and we will definitely win!"

This is Lao Tuo's last speech.

After Lao Tuo finished speaking, his unfilial disciple took the lead in applauding perfunctorily.

Perhaps because he was wearing gloves, even the applause sounded awkward.

Lao Tuo glanced over and saw that villain had already clapped his hands, and said to the other players: "If you win this game, I will ask for leave for you."

What the hell?

Lao Tuo then noticed that the other players were all looking at him, as if waiting for him to nod.

This made Lao Tuo couldn't help but give them a big roll of eyes, especially the one who took the lead in forcing the palace, little bastard, little bastard.

But under the eyes of so many disciples who "make trouble if they don't have a holiday", can Lao Tuo not nod?

He must not!

The moment he nodded, there was a huge cheer in the locker room.

At this moment, the Boca Juniors players had already walked out of the locker room. After hearing such a big movement, they all looked in the direction of the visiting team's locker room.

After realizing why the other side made such a big commotion, their faces all sank.

The game hasn't been played yet, and the people of Inter Milan have already started to celebrate in advance?

At this moment, the cameras installed in the players' tunnel also broadcast this scene to thousands of households, but because of the angle problem, they can only see the scene of Boca players saluting in unison, but can't see more content .

Just when the audience thought that it was the players of Inter Milan who had done something, they waited for another half a minute before Raphael appeared in the camera.

Yes, at this time Inter Milan's talents came out to line up.

Standing shoulder to shoulder with Raphael at the forefront is none other than Riquelme, who was talked about by Toshack.

Yes, after a lapse of one year, Riquelme was also promoted to captain.

But the two Argentine midfielders obviously have a tacit understanding.

Riquelme didn't even look at Raphael when he walked to the entrance of the players' tunnel, shoulder to shoulder with him.

Similarly, Raphael did not look at him.

Obviously, at this moment they reached an amazing tacit understanding.

The famous commentator Martin Taylor laughed in the live broadcast room of British Sky TV: "We saw that the expressions of Rafael and Riquelme at the moment are surprisingly similar. Except that they did not greet each other, the Boca players did not communicate with each other. Simeone and Redondo greeted each other.

That obviously means a lot, and we can look forward to a great showdown.

Now I will introduce to you the list of the two sides.

Boca Juniors coach Bianchi still adopted the 442 formation.

Their starting goalkeeper is Colombian goalkeeper Córdoba.

He was teammates with Rafael in Maradona's farewell match last year.

And the line of defense in front of him is composed entirely of Argentine players.

The defense from left to right are: Jorge Martinez, Schiave, Burdisso, Rodriguez.

The midfield adopts a diamond-shaped midfielder, and the Colombian Serna is in the midfielder position.It is worth mentioning that he was also invited to participate in Maradona's farewell match.

The left and right wingers are Villarreal and Christian Traverso,

Up front are Xie Luoto and Delgado. "

"For Inter Milan, although Toshack adopted a 433-[-]-[-] formation, he made some adjustments.

The goalkeeper is still Toldo.

At the back, Ashley Cole, Samuel, Stam and Zanetti got the chance to start.

In the midfield, Redondo sits in the middle, and his partners are Simeone and Jaminha.

In the frontcourt, there is a trident composed of Rafael, Irving and Figo.

This is somewhat different from our expected lineup. In the position of the main central defender, Samuel replaced Cannavaro.We don't know whether Toshack made this adjustment because he thought Samuel knew Boca better, or because of other reasons.

In the midfield, Jaminia got another chance to start, but his partnership with Redondo and Simeone also surprised many people. This also shows that Toshack strives for stability.

Up front, Vieri was on the bench again, but we have reason to believe he got a chance in the second half..."

In Martin Taylor's introduction, players from both sides have also entered the field and completed the pre-match ceremony.

However, Martin Taylor still couldn't help joking: "When I came to Tokyo last year, the Boca Juniors players were very depressed because this was Raphael's 'concert'. Today they looked very calm, and they didn't know it was Because the snowflakes falling in the sky quenched their anger, or because they thought of the World Cup that would come in a few months.

After all, they have reason to expect that there will be so many fans cheering for Argentina in the upcoming World Cup..."

At this time, both Rafael and Riquelme walked in front of today's referee.

Today's referee is Nielsen from Denmark.

Rafael has played in the Champions League for many years, and has also been officiated by the Danish referee, so he can barely be regarded as an acquaintance.

Riquelme is obviously not very good at English, but it is no problem to go through the process.

After guessing the side, Raphael saw him frowning.

This picture made Raphael smile, and then rubbed his head, "Roman, you know, I won't wish you good luck. I think you are too."

Riquelme kept his face sullen, but whoever wanted to persevere until the end, Raphael was the first to fail.

He also laughed, then patted Raphael on the shoulder, and then returned to his own half.

Martin Taylor thought that this was the only friendly interaction between players from both sides before the game.

Or rather, this is their only interaction.

But Martin didn't have time to say this, he was busy introducing Bianchi and Toshack who appeared in the camera.

"At the pre-match press conference, Toshack complained about the schedule. Because Boca Juniors had finished all the games in A-[-], they even had a pleasant week or two of Christmas break, and then came to Tokyo earlier. .

Toshack felt it was unfair that they could come to Tokyo so early to adapt to the venue. "

"Bianchi responded sharply to Toshack, who thought he was talking too much.

Because of Inter Milan, the Intercontinental Cup was postponed, and he and his players should now enjoy the holiday.

Bianchi also emphasized that flying from Argentina to Tokyo takes about ten hours longer than flying from Milan to Tokyo, and the round trip takes 20 hours, so they deserve more rest time. "

In Martin Taylor gossip, Toshack and Bianchi are each watching their players.

As Nelson blew the whistle to start the game, the game between the champions of the South American Copa Libertadores and the European Champions Cup officially kicked off.

Boca Juniors, who got the ball, did not rush to attack after the game started. The football was sent to Riquelme's feet after several passes.

But at this moment, Riquelme had already appeared at the top of the arc in the penalty area, and before he could go any further, he was knocked down by Samuel.

The referee of this game, Nelson, may not have thought that he would blow his whistle after the game started.

Less than ten seconds into the game, Nelson, of course, would not draw his cards, but gave Boca Juniors a free kick in the frontcourt.

Because of the location of the foul, coupled with the fact that Riquelme and Serna are free kick masters, this also made Martin Taylor complain about the necessity of this foul.

But Toshack on the sidelines didn't think so.

Although this foul was a little earlier, it still has a deterrent effect.

And in the defense of set kicks, Inter Milan has made great progress now, and a team like Liverpool can survive, let alone Boca Juniors.

Sure enough, Riquelme, who only touched the ball once in the opening game, did not make a good penalty. Although the ball passed through the wall, it flew into the stands like a cannonball.

This made Riquelme shake his head helplessly, obviously dissatisfied with himself.

But Riquelme didn't have more time to vent his emotions, and the camera shifted to Boca's half after Toldo took the goal kick.

Who is galloping at extreme speed in the snow?

Raphael, Owen!