Golden Greenery

At the end of April and the beginning of May, Serie A deliberately left about ten days of breathing time in the schedule to allow the twenty princes to adjust and recharge before going to fight for the last few games. This also made it easier for some people who were aspiring to Europe. The team can kill the enemy separately. But at this juncture of the season, only AC Milan is still maintaining the dignity of Serie A in Europe, and the other seven teams have been eliminated from the Champions League and UEFA Cup.

Speaking of this year's UEFA Cup, it's quite interesting. The semi-finals became civil wars between Ukraine and Germany, Dynamo Kyiv vs. Shakhtar Donetsk, and Hamburg vs. Werder Bremen.

AC Milan not only reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, but also entered the semi-finals of the Italian Football Association Cup. Therefore, in this schedule gap where Serie A giants are taking a breather, Milan still cannot relax at all. Instead, there are two fierce battles waiting for them, a Champions League semi-final and a Football Association Cup. The first to bear the brunt is the second leg of the Italian Football Association Cup semi-final against Juventus.

In the new competition format of the Football Association Cup, only the semi-finals adopt a home and away two-leg elimination system. All other rounds, including the final, are determined by one game. In the wild seven-game winning streak last month, Zhuo Yang's hat trick led Milan to a 3-2 victory over Juventus in the first round at the Alpi Stadium. During that time, the schedule was very intensive, basically every three days, and AC Milan had to cling to Inter Milan in the league and Juventus also needed to compete with Fiorentina and Roma for the third position. Therefore, both teams carefully formed a lineup of semi-main players and substitutes. Milan won because Zhuo Yang bullied the small ones.

AC Milan's competitive goals this season are already very obvious. The Champions League is always the favorite of the wealthy clubs, and it is always the arena where Milan fights hard. The Serie A championship has not been won for five years and has been dominated by neighbors for the past three years. Last season, Zhuo Yang was absent and missed opportunities in the last two rounds. With four rounds left this season, AC Milan has a 5-point lead and is destined to win the championship.

Relatively speaking, the Football Association Cup is naturally the most useless event among the three major fronts. Not only AC Milan, but also several giants in Serie A played casually in the first few rounds. If they were lucky, they only took it seriously in the semi-finals. Juventus The same goes for Milan. In the first round, the two teams tacitly competed with two lineups. Milan's score of 3:2 did not make the situation clear, so this game still has to be played.

The last time AC Milan won the Italian Cup was back in the 2002-03 season, when a German third-division team called Madiburg won the German Football Association Cup. After many years, I have seen the hazy shadow of the trophy again this time. Milan undoubtedly has an idea. But the schedule is so difficult. In three days there will be the Champions League semi-finals against Arsenal, which cannot be missed. The team must have enough fighting strength. Therefore, AC Milan prepared this game in accordance with the practice of wealthy teams in domestic cup competitions. .

At the beginning of the season, the top teams in the five major leagues all ranked the domestic cup competition last in importance, allowing the second line of substitutes or even the echelon to play wherever they wanted. Once the team is lucky enough to still survive at the end of the season and sees the dawn of the trophy, the team will not let the main lineup pick the fruits, but will continue to reward those substitutes and echelon players who have performed well and made great contributions in previous games. trust,

Then supplemented by some of the main players to form a mixed lineup, let them complete their campaign.

If they can win the championship in the end, everyone will be happy. The trophy is a reward for those second-tier players. If they fail in the end, it won't hurt.

According to the physical report given by the Milan laboratory, Zhuoyang, Ronaldinho and Pengpeng were the three absolute main players in leading this game, plus Flamini, Bonera and Duck, Dida were the four main rotation players. The starting four are all substitutes this season. Darmian, Senderos, Cardassio, Emerson.

Moistened by lust and 'love', Duck Pato was so happy that he became a flower these days. Equally relaxed and happy like him was the relieved Zhuo Yang.

Barbara's entanglement was finally clarified, and the sharp sword hanging above his head finally disappeared. Zhuo Yang was undoubtedly more confident when he went to express his heartfelt loyalty to Kou Kou. Moreover, in the continuous tracking of physical condition in the Milan laboratory, his data is the best in the team, so it is natural to wear the captain's armband again.

Because of the dispute with Buffon last year, Zhuo Yang had some troubles with Juventus, but he restrained himself in both cases and did not cause any more trouble. However, Zhuo Yang has recently opened fire on Juventus, not at Buffon, but at their head coach ‘Tinker’ Ranieri.

In the 33rd round of the league a week ago, Juventus unexpectedly lost 2:3 to Genoa in an away game, with one red and six yellows throughout the game. After the game, Ranieri, who was under pressure, pointed his finger at the referee, criticizing his unfair penalty that led to Juventus' defeat. Let’s not discuss right and wrong, but Ranieri’s words caused an uproar and angered Zhuo Yang.

"The referee looked like a Chinese and kept giving us yellow cards."

The phrase "like a Chinese" is sometimes a mantra-like joke in Italy and Europe, but its meaning is basically positive, meaning a hard-working, busy, and rigorous person. It generally refers to a person who works too hard or studies hard. If a person works hard and often works overtime in the company, everyone will say that he "looks like a Chinese".

But Ranieri's words at this moment did not mean this at all. Instead, he made a pun by taking advantage of the media hot spots, scolding the referee and slandering China.

Cheng Hao, Zhuoyang's "Queen's Note", stepped forward to expose the "fake and ugly" shady story of Chinese football in the first half of last year. It not only caused huge waves in the country, but also became a focus of attention in world football. To this day, the domestic crackdown on organized crime and counterfeiting is still in full swing, with many monsters and monsters showing their true colors and being arrested, and European mainstream media still follow up and report from time to time.

The mouth is like two skins, and the pros and cons of words are decided by others. The "Spring and Autumn Brushwork" is applicable to the world. In your reports, you can make the public feel that Chinese football is as dirty as garbage, or you can make the audience admire China's determination and courage to resolutely punish evil and promote good. What the media is best at is setting the pace, and they can lead and eat whatever they want. The nose of the masses can go as they please.

However, the Italian media’s reports on China’s football crackdown on gangsters are quite mediocre, and they mostly talk about matters. It’s not that they are noble, but that they actually have no shame. The lingering news of "Calciopoli" has not faded away. His ridicule of Chinese football in this regard is nothing more than a competition to show off one's ugliness, and the Italians are also feeling guilty.

Ranieri cleverly vented his dissatisfaction with a pun, but was criticized by all Italy because it was an extremely disrespectful move. Although China's strong rise has made Europeans generally have a sour grapes mentality, coupled with the long-standing slander and prejudice, people here are happy to see and hear people slandering China, but that is done in private, in newspapers and media, It goes against political correctness. Those who are taking advantage of the heat, those who are pretending to be virgins, and those who are sanctimonious have all singled out Ranieri to accuse Ranieri of being vulgar and rude.

Europeans are quite hypocritical!

The Juventus club is also very angry. They are the main protagonists of the Calciopoli. How dare they set fire to themselves. Besides, the Chinese market and fans are the targets of fierce competition among Serie A giants.

Juventus executives slapped the table directly on Ranieri and gave him an ultimatum. ()