Football red and black years

Olympic Stadium, Athens, May 2007, 5

Where Milan won an epic victory 13 years ago, Milan in the Capello era 13 years ago defeated Baresi and other generals 4-0 against Cruyff's Barcelona dream led by Guardiola Team.

And Milan's opponent in the final turned out to be Liverpool, who fought against Milan in Istanbul two years ago.

Tonight, is Milan copying the victory two years ago or Liverpool revenge Athens?

All eyes are on the Olympic Stadium in Athens tonight!

In this game, Milan still chose a white away jersey, because Milan has never lost in a white away jersey in all previous Champions League finals.

Since the restructuring of the Champions League in 1992, AC Milan has reached the finals for a record 7 times and dominated Europe four times. If it wins tonight, it will be the ninth Champions League Gold Cup in Milan's history. Tied the number of Champions League trophies won by Real Madrid.

So tonight's victory must not be left behind.

Machiavelli was talking to Scarlett in the VIP stands in Milan, while Sacchi, Lippi, Donadoni, Baresi... The players who won the championship in Milan in 1994 except Kos who was still sitting on the bench Except for Takuta and Maldini, who is going to lead the team, everyone is sitting in the stands.

To be honest, Machiavelli breathed a sigh of relief after learning that Milan had successfully entered the Champions League final. Now he feels overwhelmed when he sees Inter Milan and Fiorentina.

Wasn't Florence just fined tens of thousands of euros?As for the direct group can't get out of the line?Inter Milan is even more speechless, the Champions League round of [-]!Or was eliminated by Valencia, a team that has always relied on luck in the Champions League knockout rounds, where did your people go?

Roma entered the quarter-finals, which is the best result in 23 years. As a result, they were kicked 1:7 by Manchester United twice in two rounds. I really don't know whether to celebrate or cry.

If Milan hadn't made it to the final this year, the face of Italian football would be lost in Europe by those three wonderful guys!

For the chairman of the Italian Football Association, there is actually no difference who wins the Serie A championship. They are all Serie A teams, but the difference between the Champions League championship and the team from that country is quite big.

Therefore, for a country's football association, Milan's level of civil war is average, and occasionally the results plunge, but the team that is absolutely professional in foreign wars is extraordinarily amiable.

The director also switched the camera to Scarlett, "I have to say that today's achievements cannot be separated from Milan having a good chairman. During the eight years since this lady became the chairman of Milan, the championship trophies Milan has won are enough to make many The century-old giants are envious."

Players from both sides had already entered the field when the director boasted about the achievements Scarlett had brought to Milan.

Ancelotti and Benitez lined up a single striker formation, and Inzaghi served as a single striker.Sheva did not play. In fact, this season, the laboratory intends to allow Sheva to recuperate in the first three months and rebuild in the next three months.The midfielder added Ambrosini. Captain Maldini participated in the Champions League final for the 9th time, surpassing the record of former Real Madrid superstar Gento.

At the age of 38 years and 331 days, Ma Damiao became the oldest non-goalkeeper in the history of the Champions League final. This is also the fourth time that Maldini participated in the Champions League final as captain, and broke the record of the 4-year-old Barcelona goalkeeper Ramalez in 1961. Record, becoming the oldest captain in the history of the Champions League.

Midfielder Seedorf became the 11th player to have participated in at least six Champions League finals.In Liverpool, Spaniard Alonso won the starting lineup, forming a double midfielder with Mascherano.Cenden and Pennant, who have recovered from ankle injuries, fly on both wings. Kewell, who started 6 years ago, can only sit on the bench.And Liverpool's goalkeeper has also been replaced by Dudek Reina.

The referee for this campaign is the 43-year-old German Vander.Liverpool had 2 losses and 1 tie without scoring under his law enforcement, while AC Milan won all 5 games under his auspices.After the opening, like all major finals, both teams focused on stability.

In the 5th minute, Ramos made a diagonal pass from the right, Carragher shoveled out the baseline in front of Inzaghi, Pirlo took a corner kick from the right, and Carragher nodded again.

In the 8th minute, Kaka passed the ball from the left rib, but Seedorf stopped the ball too much on the left side of the penalty area, and the ball went directly out of the bottom line.

Liverpool made their first threat in the 10th minute. Maldini stopped the ball too far from the front of the penalty area. Pennant broke into the right side of the penalty area with a steal. A low shot from a small angle 9 meters in front of the goal was blocked by Dida!

In the 12th minute, Liverpool made a wide shift from the left. Pennant knocked back from the bottom right side of the penalty area. Gerrard volleyed with his right foot 12 meters away from the goal but missed it!Nesta gets the ball.

In the 17th minute, Maldini made a cross from the left. Kaka stopped the ball in the chest and swiped away from the defender. He shot low with his right foot at the lower right corner 25 meters in front of the goal, and Reina made a side throw to get the ball.Then Maldini took the ball from the left again, the ball bounced high on Finnan, and Reina picked it up.

Nesta fouled Gerrard, and Zenden's left free kick did not pose much threat.

In the 22nd minute, Milan played a fast break, Kaka received the ball and turned around to break through, Agger blocked the foul and was verbally warned by Van der.

In the 23rd minute, Pennant made a long pass from the right, and Gerrard stopped the ball with his chest 18 meters in front of the goal and volleyed with his right foot out of the corner.

In the 25th minute, it was Pennant who kicked the ball from the right to the far post, and Ramos headed ahead of Gerrard to destroy it.

In the 27th minute, Pennant instigated the attack for the third time in a row. Cenden then nodded the ball and ferried the ball. Ni fell to the ground and shoveled out. Alonso did not shoot vigorously from 3 meters in front of the goal. Instead, he chose to shoot with his right foot and slid out of the left post!The players on the Liverpool bench are very sorry.

Pennant, who was active, faced Maldini and cut across the middle. Riise received his cross-knock and shot with his left foot over the crossbar 28 meters in front of the goal.

In the 36th minute, Seedorf made another mistake on the left. When he received a cross pass, his foot slipped. Pennant got the ball first and passed it. Gerrard broke into the penalty area and knocked on the right side. Interference, a weak shot 13 meters in front of the goal was blocked by Ramos' body.

Gattuso and Zenden accidentally touched their noses and were bumped. The Milan savage then shoveled Alonso, and Van der showed his first yellow card.

The Milan players looked a bit bad. It was Gattuso who fouled Gerrard two years ago and gave Liverpool a penalty. Alonso scored the equalizer.If it weren't for Ramos' "9248" later, the ending might be a bit hard to say.

"A familiar scene, but this may be a free kick." Many commentators commented.

Sure enough, the referee gave a free kick, but this time Alonso who took the penalty was not so lucky, and the goal was not scored.

In the 44th minute, Kaka turned around and broke through and was knocked down by Alonso. Pirlo took a free kick with his right foot 21 meters in front of the goal. With a block on the left upper arm, the ball was refracted into the net, allowing Reina to throw the ball to the left. (Click to watch the goal video), AC Milan leads 9:1!It was Inzaghi's 0th Champions League goal and 37th European goal.

But at the moment of the ball, Liverpool players signaled

Inzaghi had a handball in the penalty area, but the referee did not adopt it, and the goal was still considered valid, but when the goal was replayed, it showed that the ball did hit Inzaghi's shoulder.

Luck is also a part of the football game, and Liverpool players can only accept that they are one goal behind.

The camera showed the location of Milan's management team. Berlusconi and Galliani were high-fiving, and they had a fist bump with Scarlett.Although these two may not be all the way, it is normal to be excited at such a time.

There was a smile on Scarlett's face, but her eyes were fixed on the man on the football field. Even though the distance was too far, she couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but she could still imagine that the man's face was grim because of the excitement and celebration at the moment. look.She is proud of that man,!

At this moment, Inzaghi kissed the wedding ring on his left ring finger in the direction of the Milan fans stands, and Scarlett also kissed the wedding ring.

The director put this scene on the big screen, and the inner thoughts of countless single dogs at the moment are: mmp, these two are not the type of daily show of affection, but if these two show affection, then it will definitely show until your blood tank is empty until.

For example, last year's "Victory Day Kiss", when making a documentary about the World Cup in Germany, the director really blurred the background of that photo and used it as a promotional poster.

The effect of the poster made many people exclaim that it was made by editing the footage of that art film.

Shortly after Milan's goal, the first half was over and Liverpool had to work hard in the second half if they were to be crowned champions.

For Liverpool, two years ago they were three goals behind Milan in the first half, but they just tied the score in the second half. Now Milan is only one goal ahead of Liverpool, which is not safe at all.

At 118 seconds into the second half, Dirk Didier headed the ball and Gerrard broke into the right side of the penalty area and was brought down by Nesta behind him!There was an uproar in the stands, the referee van der gave Liverpool a corner kick, from the slow motion, Nesta accurately poked the ball between Gerrard's legs.Zenden took a corner kick from the right, and Agger's header was 9 meters away from the goal and missed the near post.

In the 53rd minute, goalkeeper Reina rushed to the left sideline to clear the siege, but he did not kick far under the active pressure of Inzaghi. Fortunately, the ball fell at the feet of teammate Agger, and the Dane took a big kick.

The leading AC Milan played a solid counterattack. Maldini tripped Pennant behind his back and was warned by a yellow card.

In the 56th minute, Pirlo volleyed a pass over the top, and Kaka unloaded the ball to form a single goal, but was called offside first. However, from the slow motion, it was Inzaghi not Kaka who was in the offside position.

In the 58th minute, Kaka made a long-distance attack in the middle, and Mascherano shoveled from behind to destroy it accurately.Mascherano uprooted Pirlo and also got a yellow card.

Benitez had to make adjustments, and Kewell replaced Zenden.

In the 60th minute, Seedorf went straight from the left, Carragher and Agger gave each other the ball, and Kaka quickly started to pass the Red Army vice-captain. Luo took a right-footed free kick 20 meters away from the goal on the left and went over the wall.

In the 63rd minute, Gattuso made a mistake in the midfield pass. Gerrard stole the ball from the left rib and dunked Nesta. Leave!

In the 68th minute, Kuitra made a pass from the right, and Gerrard stopped the ball in the chest and was blown a handball.Subsequently, Riise 25 meters away from the door on the left left-footed low shot wide of the far post.In the 72nd minute, Gerrard shot low with his right foot 27 meters in front of the goal and missed the left post.Gattuso then made a pass from the right, but Kaka's sudden attack in the middle was unsuccessful.

In the 76th minute, Pirlo's right corner kick was topped to the back point, and Seedorf's volley from 16 meters in front of the goal was blocked.

With just over 10 minutes left for the Red Army, Benitez replaced Mascherano with Crouch, who had scored 6 goals in the Champions League this season.

In the 82nd minute, Kaka took the ball from the right rib and put it straight into the gap between the three defenders. Inzaghi succeeded in countering offside. He waded over the goalkeeper Reina who knocked down the ground to save, and was 6 meters away from the goal on the right side of the penalty area. Right foot shot from a small angle to score an empty goal, 2:0! ! !

"Super Pipo" excitedly ran to the corner flag area, knelt down on his knees and raised his arms and shouted.In the total goals list of the European war, Inzaghi tied with Raul with 58 goals and tied for third place, second only to Gerd Muller (3 goals) and Andriy Shevchenko (62 goals).

Crouch's right-footed volley from the top of the penalty area was lifted off the crossbar by Dida.Arbeloa replaced Finnan, and Benitez ran out of substitutions.Goal hero Inzaghi was replaced by Gilardino.

In the 89th minute, Kewell took a corner kick from the left side. Agger nodded the ball forward and licked Cannavaro's head to the back point. Dirk Didier headed the ball into the far corner 4 meters in front of the goal. Liverpool tied for 1 :2!This is the first Champions League goal for Dirk.Seedorf is replaced by Favalli.

But after all, Liverpool failed to realize the miracle of chasing three goals in a row two years ago, and AC Milan finally won 2:1.This is the number of Champions League titles, Serie A has won 13 times more than 11 times in the Spanish First Division.

At the moment when the final whistle sounded, the entire stadium was boiling, and the Milan fans far away in Italy were also boiling, even the fans who had no home team position and only supported the Italian national team were also boiling——AC Milan won the European Champions Cup, Not only the honor of a team of AC Milan, but also the honor of the whole of Italy. Not only the fans of Milan, but also the whole Italian football community are happy for this.

After the game, the official website of the Italian Football Association published a public letter of thanks to AC Milan. The Italian Football Association said: "Thanks to coach Ancelotti, captain Maldini, and all other AC Milan players. Seven members of the Italian national team. Thanks to AC Milan, Italian football has successfully conquered Europe once again, and after Lippi led the Italian team to win the World Cup, AC Milan has brought Italy another important trophy."

The statement believes that this is a victory for Italian football: "This victory proves the strength of Italian football and is the best way to end a difficult season for Italian football."

After confirming that Milan will once again dominate Europe, Machiavelli almost jumped up excitedly. God knows how difficult he, the chairman of the Italian Football Association, has had this year.

What Machiavelli took over was not the brilliant little World Cup, but the Apennines football that had been hit by the Calciopoli incident.

After the game, Machiavelli also publicly expressed his gratitude to AC Milan: "From the perspective of all Italian football, I would like to express my joy, and at the same time express my sincere congratulations to AC Milan. I congratulate the head coach Anche. Lotti and all the members of AC Milan, especially those on the field."

Machiavelli said that this is another joy after the World Cup: "When the AC Milan team walked up to the field to receive the trophy, I was so happy to see the familiar faces, they deserved this honor , from captain Paolo Maldini to the players with whom I shared the joy of winning the World Cup in Germany."

At the award ceremony, Maldini lifted the gold cup for the fourth time as captain in Athens, where the gods overlooked.This is the ninth Champions League gold cup in the history of the Milan team. At this moment, Milan officially tied the number of gold cups won by Real Madrid in the Champions League.

This is also Maldini's seventh Champions League gold cup. If you count Cesar Maldini's first Champions League gold cup for Milan, then eight of the thirteen Champions League gold cups in Italian football history have the same of the Maldini family.

After the game, some media made a joke: All the Milan players who started the Champions League final have at least two Champions League gold cups, and some players even have six (Seedorf, he also won the Champions League in Real Madrid and Ajax). One of each.) Or seven (Maldini) Champions League gold cups.This number is less than the UEFA Champions League trophy in the history of all European teams except Real Madrid and AC Milan.Even captain Maldini lifted the gold cup four times, and the number of times he has won the cup alone can catch up with the sum of the four generations of captains of Liverpool or Bayern Munich, who have the third most in the Champions League.

But that's why Milan is called a dynasty, isn't it?

Four finals within five years to win the cup, never missed the Champions League semi-finals, the miracle created by Milan in these five years is second only to Real Madrid's five consecutive Champions League titles in the Bernabeu era.

What no one expected was that Milan would be able to stand on top of Europe once again due to stumbling and continuous injuries this season. When Maldini once again held the Holy Grail high and the past reappeared, the glory of nine crowns will surely With the era of the Rossoneri forever, this moment of carnival will belong to everyone who loves Milan.

Scarlett came to the court after the award ceremony, and she and Inzaghi kissed the trophy together.

In the night of champions, all those who work hard for this trophy will choose to kiss this St. Blair Cup that belongs to them piously.

Scarlett looked at the trophy in her hand and asked Inzaghi, "Where do you think the trophy should be placed tonight?"

Inzaghi...

Inzaghi gently put his arms around Scarlett: "What do you think?"

"Hmph!" Scarlett kissed the trophy, rolled her eyes at Inzaghi, and said that the bed in the hotel room she booked was big enough, right?

The two groups standing on the side looked at the trophy in Scarlett's hand, and Francesco poked Christiana, his small eyes were obvious: "Why do I feel that we are not as good as that trophy to my mother?" Is it important?"

Christiana looked at her stupid brother with eyes like a fool: "You think too much, it's not "we", but "I". At most, our parents think that you are not as good as that trophy. After all, you are at home. No father has a place yet."

Well, as the little padded jacket in the family, Christiana's status in the family is probably only lower than that of mother Scarlett, mainly because Master Jiu dotes on his wife and daughter!

Francesco looked at his elder sister a little unconvinced, and made up his mind to sleep with his parents tonight to prove his importance.

Of course, in the end, Francesco, who was planning to go back to the bedroom with his parents, met his mother's eyes and obediently went to bed by himself.It's just that the aggrieved Francesco sniffled when he saw the trophy in Scarlett's hand, isn't it just a trophy?I will get many such trophies in the future, so many that it is not unusual at all!

To this we can only say, Mr. Francesco, you have not understood what is going on at all!

Inzaghi leaned against the head of the bed, hugging Scarlett and looking at the trophy on their bed.

"This trophy means to me probably the most certain!" Inzaghi said.Although Inzaghi also has many seats in the Champions League, he has played in the Champions League final several times, not only in Milan, but also in Juventus.But as the mvp Inzaghi of this Champions League final, he believes that this is his best performance in so many Champions League finals.

"Any trophy is certain to us." Scarlett hooked her lips.

Inzaghi looked at his beautiful wife in his arms, his eyes darkened, "Sure?"

"uh-huh."

"uh-huh!"

Emm...

It's eleven o'clock at night, but maybe these two need at least twelve hours of sleep, but what the hell?