I am Kaka

There were no upsets in the sixteenth round of the league, and there were not many changes in the standings. Although they had just returned from vacation, the players' state did not fluctuate much because there was no impact of the FIFA virus.

Two days later, in the first round of the Italian FA Cup quarter-finals, AC Milan drew 0-0 with Chievo, but Milan played all veterans such as Leonardo and Thomasson or Wannian substitutes, all of them were full of blood. There is a taste of "I am lucky to lose my life", so the fans and the media did not have any opinions on this result.

Compared with the Coppa Italia, the Champions League and the League are the focus.

On January 19, 2003, in the 17th round of Serie A, AC Milan 2:1 Piacenza at home, Kaka scored a goal and created a penalty, once again becoming the number one contributor to the team's victory.

On January 22, 2003, in the second round of the quarter-finals of the Italian FA Cup, AC Milan beat Chievo 5:2 away. With a goal, AC Milan advanced strongly, and the fans who had no desire for this cup began to dream of the Triple Crown.

On January 26, 2003, in the 18th round of Serie A, AC Milan challenged Udinese away.

Udinese is the only team in Serie A that has not lost a home game this season. It started aggressively and once beat Milan.

In the 35th minute, Jankulovski took the ball in the penalty area, and Maldini touched the ball in the air when he tackled and fell to the ground. AC Milan was sentenced to death, and Chilean midfielder Pizarro made a penalty kick.

The two sides entered the midfield with a score of 1:0, and changed sides to fight again in the second half.

At the beginning of the game, Kaka took advantage of the opponent's goalkeeper's inattention and lobbed a midfielder. Although the ball missed, it also sounded the clarion call for the team to counterattack. Milan scored consecutively from the 46th to the 66th minute. Three goals.

The first goal was a cross from Maldini, and Shevchenko scored with a header;

The second goal was Rui Costa's through pass, and Seedorf succeeded in pushing;

The third goal was Kaka and Pirlo's free kick cooperation, and finally the sleepy deciduous ball scored.

Although Kaka did not score a goal, the first two goals were attacks planned by him. The third goal was not only from a free kick created by him, but also directly assisted by him. It scored 8.5 in the media rating after the game high score.

It is worth mentioning that Baggio scored again in this round of the league, helping Brescia draw with Parma, and increased the Serie A scoring record of active players to 188 goals. At present, only Batistuta is the closest to this record, but look at Batistuta It is estimated that it will be difficult to break the state.

And when AC Milan was singing their triumphant song, the top two Juventus and Inter Milan capsized at the same time in Serie A, and the red and black fans were suddenly one step closer to the dream of the Triple Crown.

Time entered February, AC Milan continued to triumph in the league and the Coppa Italia, and the Christmas tree formation killed the Quartet and reaped all the victories.

On February 2, the 19th round of Serie A, 2:1 Modena at home;

On February 6, in the first round of the semi-final of the Italian FA Cup, they beat Perugia by one goal in an away game;

On February 9th, in the 20th round of Serie A, in an away game against Perugia 3:1 again, Kaka created a penalty kick hat-trick, Pirlo made two of three penalty kicks, and Kaka assisted Inzaghi to score the last goal;

On February 16, in the 21st round of Serie A, AC Milan played against Lazio at home.

The Blue Eagles collapsed and broke through the gate guarded by Dida twice, but AC Milan was superior and won 3:2 in the end. Kaka shined the audience with one pass and one shot.

On February 19, in the third round of the second stage of the European Champions Cup group stage, AC Milan beat Lokomotiv Moscow 1-0. Kaka came off the bench and assisted Thomason to score the only goal of the game.

On February 22, in the 22nd round of Serie A, AC Milan challenged Turin away.

The Rossoneri were imposing, and they played a fantastic attack in the first half. Kaka scored twice with a header kick, and then assisted Shevchenko to score with his left foot, leading 3-0 in the 37th minute of the game.

Who knew that the situation would change suddenly in the second half.

Only 2 minutes after the easy side rematch, the Turin fans smashed the transparent plastic baffle on the protective fence and were about to rush into the field. The riot police stepped forward to stop the game and the game was resumed. However, the Turin fans did not calm down. Glass bottles and other debris were constantly thrown from the stands, and even seats that were removed from the stands.

At the gap in the protective fence, fans clashed with the police, and more than a dozen people rushed to the track. The police were forced to release tear gas, and the fans responded with stones and other objects.

Half an hour later, the referee Palanca announced the suspension of the game in the locker room. After the game, the Italian Football Association ruled that Torino lost 0 to 3 and suspended for 5 games at home.

While the AC Milan fans were celebrating the victory, Inter Milan was tied after taking the lead and fell to third in the standings.

On February 25th, in the fourth round of the second stage of the European Champions Cup group stage, AC Milan challenged Lokomotiv Moscow in an away game. In the end, Kaka created a penalty kick and made a penalty kick. Milan won 1:0.

Throughout February, they won seven games and scored 14 goals. Counting the games in January, AC Milan achieved a terrifying record of complete victory in 2003. Going back to 2002, their last loss was on November 23. Lost to Deportivo Deportivo 1:2 in the Champions League group stage.

Ten consecutive victories, eighteen games unbeaten.

The media almost blew up AC Milan, and "Turin Sports Daily" reporter Johnny talked about Kaka in his column.

"It's time to talk about Kaka."

"22 league games, 11 goals, 11 assists, fifth in scorer and first in assists; two Champions League qualifiers, three goals, one assist; 10 Champions League games, six goals, five Assists, since joining AC Milan in August last year, this kid has created 37 goals for AC Milan in 34 games, and these are not counting the penalties he created but did not take."

"Of course, when we evaluate a player, we can't just talk about the number of goals and assists, but also look at his contribution to the team, his tactical execution, his performance on the field, and his Explosiveness at crucial moments."

"I have watched many of Kaka's games. It can be said responsibly that this kid has shown the world's top offensive ability. If he can be a little more selfish, his goals may even increase by a third. ..."

"He is currently the player with the most dribbles in Serie A and the player with the most dribble successes. Even in the five major leagues, his dribble success rate is also one of the highest. Unfortunately, we rarely see him. He scores behind goalkeepers like a healthy Ronaldo and a young Baggio, because he is farther from the goal and because he assists more when the opportunity presents itself..."

"The second thing I want to talk about is Van der Vaart."

"The Dutchman started his career in the Ajax first team in 2000 and soon became the core of the team's frontcourt."

"In the 2001-02 season, van der Vaart scored 14 goals in the first 16 rounds of the Eredivisie, but then he was reimbursed for the season due to a knee injury in February 2002. Ajax finally won the Eredivisie after the end of the season. In the 2002-03 season, Van der Vaart only represented Ajax in 21 league rounds due to injury and scored 18 goals; in the UEFA Champions League, Van der Vaart played 6 times and scored 2 goals. Helping Ajax reach the quarter-finals..."

Kaka was surprised at how the Torino Sports newspaper put so much effort to praise himself, but he realized it after seeing Van der Vaart.

This year is 2003, and "Turin Sports News" released this kind of article at this juncture, in all likelihood, it was creating momentum for the first European Golden Boy Award.

If the memory serves me right, the European Golden Boy Award was founded by the "Turin Sports News" in 2003. More than 30 European sports media voted to select the best young player of the year. The selection object must be playing in Europe The club's youth players under the age of 21.

The results of the voting are finally counted by the "Turin Sports News" and the "Golden Ball" is awarded, but in order to distinguish it from the Golden Globe, it is called the Golden Boy Award.

In the original timeline, the winner of the first Golden Boy Award was Van der Vaart.

At this time, Van der Vaart was called the second Cruyff, and he was so popular that he was of course not enough compared to Kaka.

Kaka's birthday is in April, which is exactly on the standard line of "under 21 years old". If the Golden Boy Award is selected after April, strictly speaking, his age is beyond the standard. Of course, this is an Italian media organization after all. If possible, they definitely don't want the first Golden Boy Award to be left behind, so even if the age does not meet, "Turin Sports News" will probably remove the "below" thoughtfully.

In other words, the Golden Boy Award is a sure thing.