Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Chapter 341 Replace Melo and become the new peerless duo!
《Red Wolves lost miserably at Anfield! 》

"Humiliating defeat, Roma created the worst record in the Champions League!"

"Spalletti is responsible for the team's defeat!"

"Lack of leadership qualities? Wolf King Totti is to blame for the defeat!"

"Adrien scored a goal but was injured, Inter Milan's former player became Roma's last face!"

《Inter Milan beat Manchester United twice and advanced to the semi-finals! 》

"Lin Feng breaks the Champions League record with two free kicks!"

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After the game, major Italian media reported the two games on their front pages.

Although Inter Milan won and advanced, they were not the focus of media attention. Most of the media people and even the fans who were watching the fun were attracted by another game with an exaggerated score.

It's not that Roma is more popular than Inter, nor that they have more fans.

It’s simply because Roma’s loss was so exaggerated!
The 1:7 defeat to Liverpool not only broke Roma's record for the biggest losing score in the history of the Champions League, but also directly broke the record for the biggest score difference in the Champions League knockout stage.

This score was destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame, which is why the Italian media and fans are so angry.

It’s okay to lose, because before the game, few people thought Roma could win.

But losing like this, with no face left, is unbearable.

Your Roma team is at least second in Serie A, and Liverpool is only third in the Premier League, even ranking higher than you.

Logically speaking, the strength of the two teams should be comparable, so how could they lose so miserably?
Even if we really can't win, can't we play more conservatively?

Serie A teams have always been famous for their defensive skills. As a Serie A team, you can't even defend well and have conceded so many goals. Isn't this a shame?
The fans curse Roma, and of course they have their reasons.

But Roma obviously has its own difficulties!

Roma lost 1:3 in the first leg and faced huge offensive pressure in the away game in the second leg.

Unless they don't want to advance to the semi-finals, they will definitely have to risk their lives to see if they can get a chance of survival.

But after the team pressed forward to attack, the defense was definitely unstable. After all, the lineup they arranged was mainly based on offense, not defense.

Roma's attack was not completely ineffective. In the first half, thanks to Adriano's heroic performance, Roma scored the first goal.

But their luck was too bad. Ade was injured in a fight shortly after scoring the goal. He was forced to be replaced due to the serious injury.

To make matters worse, another Roma winger known for his speed, Mancini Jr., is also out due to injury.

This resulted in Roma losing the ability to play fast breaks after Ade was substituted.

With no worries, Liverpool began to take advantage of their home field and launched an unscrupulous attack on their opponents.

Liverpool is a really evil team, even though they haven't won the Premier League championship for many years.

But in the Champions League, they always achieve outstanding results and even created the Istanbul miracle.

In this game, Liverpool, playing at home, showed the outside world their terrifying offensive ability. They scored five goals in the first half, which directly broke the morale of the Roma team.

If Liverpool had not replaced a large number of main players in the second half, the score of this game might have broken double digits.

The score of 7:1 has already shocked the European football world. If the score really breaks double digits, who knows how much of a shock it will bring to the outside world!

But no matter what, this humiliating score has nailed Roma to the pillar of shame.

Whenever someone mentions this game in the future, they will inevitably be dragged out and criticized.

Fortunately, Inter Milan got through this, which gave Serie A fans some comfort.

Considering that they eliminated the leader of the Premier League, the overlord of the Premier League for the past nearly 20 years, this victory can be regarded as a vindication of Serie A.

What is worrying is that in Serie A, it seems that only the top three teams can compete with the Premier League giants.

A pseudo-strong team like Roma has no qualifications to go head-to-head with the Premier League giants.

After the results of the match between Roma and Inter Milan came out, all the pressure came to AC Milan.

The score of the first leg was quite unfavorable for AC Milan. Not only did they fail to beat their opponent at home, they even allowed their opponent to take away two valuable away goals.

AC Milan is under a lot of pressure in this away game, and has little room for tactical options.

Because of the disadvantage of away goals, they have to attack with all their might.

However, with the example of Roma's previous disastrous defeat, Serie A fans and AC Milan supporters are all very afraid that AC Milan will follow in Roma's footsteps.

Although Liverpool is fierce, Bayern is even more fierce!
This person is a well-known tragedy creator in European football. Who wouldn't tremble when meeting him?

After the game started, Bayern did show their dominance as the Bundesliga overlord.

The first 20 minutes of the first half were almost all Bayern's performance time.

AC Milan wanted to attack, but was constantly suppressed by the opponent. The defense was in danger and they almost lost the ball several times.

However, Milan's tenacity exceeded the Germans' expectations. After withstanding Bayern's fierce attack, AC Milan, led by Kaka, began to counterattack.

In the 27th minute, Kaka seized the opportunity, stepped forward decisively and successfully stole the ball from Bayern striker Podolski, and then made a wonderful pass to Seedorf, assisting his teammates to score.

After this goal was scored, the situation of the game took a sharp turn for the worse.

Bayern went from being the advantaged side to being the disadvantaged side.

Feeling the pressure, Bayern had to launch a more fierce counterattack, but they didn't know that this was exactly what AC Milan wanted.

In just four minutes, Kaka dribbled the ball through the defense alone and scored another goal, helping the team extend the score to 2:0!

Although Bayern launched a more fierce counterattack in the second half, trying to equalize the score.

But AC Milan guarded their goal firmly and did not let the opponent succeed.

In the end, thanks to Kaka's pass and shot, Milan advanced to the semi-finals!
Although from the process point of view, AC Milan's advancement was quite thrilling and far not as smooth as Inter Milan.

But every time at the critical moment, Kaka always stands up and leads the team out of the siege.

Even though the lineup is aging and teammates are in poor condition, as long as Kaka is there, everything seems to be hopeful!
Originally this season, Kaka's form in the Champions League was already terrifying.

Now, under someone's stimulation, his performance is even better than in the original time and space.

Fans originally thought that Inter Milan's Lin Feng was already terrifying enough, but they didn't expect that there was another team in the same city that could rival him. After watching the performance of the Milan twins in the Champions League, many European fans began to rank them as the two greatest players in Serie A.

As this statement spread, the idea of ​​the two most outstanding heroes was recognized by more and more people.

It’s just that when people discussed them, they subconsciously ignored the word Serie A and directly listed them as the two greatest players of the younger generation in today’s football world!

"Kaka and Lin Feng are definitely the best among the younger generation of players. It's almost impossible to find any young players who can match them!"

"Indeed, I used to hear people bragging about how great Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo is, but after watching the two games between Manchester United and Inter Milan, I found that he is just so-so. He may be a little better than others, but compared with phenomenal players like Lin Feng and Kaka, he is still far behind!"

"Isn't there Messi? Isn't he better than Kaka and Lin Feng?"

"Messi? Let him replace Ronaldinho's core position first!"

"Messi's body is indeed a bit fragile. He has been injured many times this season. Every time he gets into a good state, he gets injured again if he is not careful. Although his goal statistics are still good, his assists are too poor. He is completely incomparable to Lin Feng and Kaka!"

At this time, there were still several years before Ronaldo joined La Liga and Messi was promoted to the position by Guardiola, ushering in the era of the two superstars in La Liga.

But in the neighboring Serie A league, the twin stars Lin Feng and Kaka have completed more than ten assists.

Especially Lin Feng, his number of league assists this season has reached an astonishing 13 times.

If you count the three assists in the cup and the six assists in the Champions League, his assists in a single season have exceeded 3.

In the entire top five leagues, this is a rare existence.

With this data, he would be the mainstay and strong thigh of the midfield in any team, an absolute core that is irreplaceable!

However, what is even more shocking is that in addition to his outstanding assist ability, his own scoring ability is also terrifying.

So far, Lin Feng has scored 17 goals in Serie A this season, and this was achieved while he missed at least five games.

In the more competitive Champions League, Lin Feng's number of goals has exceeded that of last season, reaching 10 goals, ranking first on the Champions League scorer list.

Kaka's data is slightly worse than his, and he is currently in second place with 9 goals.

Behind the two, ranked third is Cristiano Ronaldo who scored 3 goals. The gap between him and the two is ridiculously large.

In addition, Manchester United, where Ronaldo is, has been eliminated, so there is no possibility of catching up with the two.

Just from the ranking of the Champions League scorer list, we can see that Lin Feng and Kaka are far ahead of other competitors.

So it seems there is nothing wrong with fans calling these two the peerless duo.

Even in view of the outstanding performance of the two, many fans have different opinions on whether Serie A is really in decline.

Some people believe that the decline of Serie A is an objective fact, and there is a lot of direct or indirect evidence to prove this.

But some people also believe that the fact that Serie A can still produce phenomenal top stars like Lin Feng and Kaka shows that Serie A has not declined.

After all, if Serie A is not the best league, how can it attract such outstanding young players to join?
If the Premier League is as good as Premier League fans say, why didn't Lin Feng and Kaka choose to go to the Premier League?
Despite such debate, the Premier League has indeed been in the spotlight recently.

While AC Milan defeated Bayern Munich away, the Blues Chelsea, playing away, also defeated Valencia and advanced to the semi-finals with a total score of 3:2.

Since then, the four teams that have entered the Champions League semi-finals have all been determined.

They are Inter Milan, AC Milan, Liverpool and Chelsea.

Among the four teams, there are two Premier League teams and two Serie A teams.

With the only two teams from La Liga and the Bundesliga being eliminated, the Champions League final became a head-to-head battle between the Premier League and Serie A.

To some extent, this also reflects the current situation in European football.

The two giants of La Liga are currently in a slump due to various reasons.

They are all facing the problem of aging lineups and the need to rebuild the team. It will probably be difficult for them to return to their peak in a short period of time.

The Bundesliga champion Bayern is facing the dilemma of not being able to find a suitable head coach, and the frequent changes of coaches have brought considerable turmoil to the team.

The collective decline of Real Madrid and Barcelona has given other teams opportunities.

In addition, the strength of the Premier League giants and the two Milan giants is not weak, so it is normal for them to break through the siege in the Champions League.

This is also a great opportunity to prove the question of whether the Premier League is stronger or Serie A is stronger, which has been debated for several years.

The only pity is that AC Milan's opponent is the Blues Chelsea, not their own nemesis Liverpool.

If they had drawn Liverpool, the game would have been interesting.

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Lin Feng was also shocked when he learned that the fans gave such nicknames to himself and Kaka.

This title made him feel very pressured. After all, Messi and Ronaldo, who opened the era of the two greatest players, were truly the most powerful among all the other players, making all the other players unable to raise their heads.

Before Messi and Ronaldo, the European Golden Boot often only required scoring thirty or even more than twenty goals.

But these two great players can easily score forty, fifty or even fifty or sixty goals, and Messi has even created a miracle of scoring 91 goals in a natural year!

Ronaldo's record of 17 goals in a single season in the Champions League is also shocking.

From the group stage to the final, even if no single match is missed, there are only 13 games.

17 goals in a single season means an average of at least 1.3 goals per game!
And this is not just a flash in the pan. Ronaldo has scored double-digit goals in a single Champions League season many times.

The strength of these two people has led to a monopoly of the Golden Globe Award, and no one else has had the chance to win this honor in the past decade.

Compared with them, anyone would feel pressured.

However, things have come to this point, and even if he denies it himself, it probably won't change the fans' minds.

The only thing he can do is to play as well as possible and strive to achieve better results on the field, so as not to disappoint the fans' expectations!

However, what is very unfavorable for Inter Milan is that they have just finished playing in the Champions League and are about to face two tough battles in the league.

On April 4, three days after the end of the Champions League, they will face the challenge of Palermo, who is ranked sixth in the league, at home.

On April 4, in the make-up match of the 18nd round of the league, Inter Milan will continue to host Roma to face the challenge.

This means that Inter Milan will have to play three high-intensity games in just six days.

This schedule is not much different from the Premier League’s Christmas devil schedule!

(End of this chapter)