Section 177: The Miracle of Riazor (Act VIII: Cloud Movement in Eight Directions)
03-04 In the last game of the 8-to-4 European Champions Cup, Deportivo La Coruna, ranked first in La Liga, fell behind 1:4 in the first game and swept last season's Champions League champions 6:0 at home.
AC Milan, the veteran powerhouse that ranked first in Serie A this season, ended up with a total score of 7:4. After eliminating last season's Champions League runner-up Juventus in the previous round, they eliminated the Champions League champion again and advanced to the semi-finals!
When the result of this game spread across Europe for the first time, almost all professional players, coaches, and commentators were at a loss. According to their expectations of the game before the game, Deportivo could not defeat AC Milan no matter what.
Judging from the past record of both sides and their respective personnel, not to mention the experience of the Champions League, AC Milan looks like a champion. No matter how much Deportivo makes waves in La Liga, it still looks like a supporting role.
Including the reporters watching the game, they could not explain how Milan lost or how Depor won after witnessing the game. Many professional football people who received the news from them were even more crazy.
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The people of Deportivo held a carnival all night long. Luke, the biggest contributor to this game, accepted an interview with a local radio station overnight after the game. At the same time as him, there was also a man who issued a "heroic oath" before the game in the radio live broadcast room.
Vice Chairman Ramon. In an interview, Luke said excitedly: "At this moment, I really dare to think about the European championship!"
The next day, major media outlets in various European countries published this blockbuster news. Among them, the banner headline of Spain's "Marca" was: "The defending champion is eliminated in shame, Super Depor makes a shocking comeback."
The French "L'Equipe" report was "Deportivo 6:0 Milan, eliminated the champion again after eliminating the runner-up". The article had no shortage of praise for Deportivo and looked forward to the Champions League this season.
The Italian media "Turin Sports" conducted a systematic statistics on the major reversals in the history of the Champions League: it is not uncommon in history to be behind by three goals in the first round and then overtake in the second round. There are 16 times in total, and the first round is 1-1.
There were 2 occasions when the team came back from 4 behind or tied the score and then eliminated the opponent through penalty kicks; there were 4 times when there was a comeback after 0-4 behind; in addition, it was unimaginably difficult to win 0-5 or 0-5 in the first round.
There were actually three comebacks when trailing 1-5. So Depor’s comeback was nothing special...
"Gazzetta dello Sport" pointed the finger at Ancelotti, who claimed to underestimate his opponent.
Even the major bookmakers in Europe have adjusted the odds of Depor winning the championship.
As soon as the news came out, it shocked the European football world!
That night, Roy Markett, who moved to Bayern last season, called back specifically to congratulate his teammates one by one. He even called Wang Ai's cell phone to express his congratulations. Many stars who had played for Deportivo also showed up one after another.
Accept interviews, such as Bebeto et al.
Reporters from various European countries quickly flooded Deportivo's poor club, and the interview invitations could not be exhausted in three days. For this reason, Deportivo was forced to hold a press conference. Head coach Iroue
Ta, on-field captain Mauro Silva, and Luke all attended the press conference. Wang Ai was originally invited, but declined politely on the grounds of going to school.
This reason is very powerful! The second place in the Champions League scorer list "I want to go to school" is under heavy protection from the University of Deportivo La Coruña, and reporters can only look at it in despair.
Fortunately, everyone knows that although Wang Ai scored two goals in this game, the biggest contributor and most important goal was actually the first four goals of Pandiani, Belleron, Luque and Forlan.
The next two were the icing on the cake, good-looking, but not so practical. It was the previous four goals that kicked Milan into the abyss, and Wang Ai's goals were more of Deportivo
The embodiment of man's unyielding will.
With reporters' financial support, the grievances between the two clubs before the game were quickly exposed: the brave men from the small fishing village were forced into a corner by the Royal Knights and rose up to resist, creating a heroic myth. This was greatly touted in Europe, which advocates heroes.
Even the Spanish royal family said: In the next round of the Champions League, members of the royal family will come to Riazor to personally support this heroic little club!
Wang Ai avoided European reporters, but he couldn't avoid domestic phone calls. In fact, just after the game, he unexpectedly received a congratulatory call from Xu Qinglian. During the phone call, Wang Ai learned about the support of the National People's Congress for his game. If it weren't for him
, the school team wants to go into the lecture theater to watch the game in the middle of the night? What are you thinking? It's not the World Cup in China!
When the call was about to end, Xu Qinglian suddenly discovered that the school team members not far away were looking at her eagerly, so she smiled and handed the phone to them. Then Wang Ai heard incoherent congratulations from a large group of senior students.
This game was like a shock bomb dropped in the European football world, with endless repercussions. And in China, thousands of miles away, the shock was also not small. For AC Milan, which has a wide range of fans, it was actually able to be beaten by Deportivo La Coruni
Asia's performance is definitely beyond the imagination of most Chinese editors, reporters, coaches, players and fans!
The name "Super Depor" jumped up and was officially called in Chinese society. Even though many people felt sour in their hearts when they saw their beloved Milan lose so miserably and lose their temper, they had to admit that they
We must change our understanding of European football. Milan is very strong, Italian football is very strong, but this almost invincible strength is only the understanding of the Chinese. In Europe, in the five major leagues, there are brave men who slay the dragon. Fortunately
, this Deportivo team also has one of our Chinese members, the youngest and most powerful Xiao Wang, there to share this honor and experience this game.
As a result, Depor's trip to China this summer has greatly increased expectations in Chinese society, and Beyond Sports, which is hosting the event, has received advertising invitations like a snowflake.
The benefits for Depor are not limited to these. A great victory brought a rapid increase in the popularity of Deportivo. It also brought an increase in the price of game broadcasts and advertising, and even the career prospects of the players also changed.
Things have become brighter. For example, Luke, who moved to Deportivo two years ago, has always had injuries in the past two years, so his statistics are not good, and his value has shrunk by 40%. After this game, Barcelona’s current head coach Li
Jaccard openly expressed his admiration for Luke in an interview with Daily Sport.
Of course, Wang Ai, who scored two goals in a row and still performed extremely well in Europe's top competition, has also attracted the attention of European giants.
Only by defeating a wealthy team head-on can you win the respect of the wealthy team. This is the same for the club, the team, the coach, and the players. Just like after defeating the ambitious Chelsea head-on, Monaco coach Deschamps
Only then did he catch the attention of Abramovich, who is sitting on a golden mountain. He is very likely to succeed Ranieri at Stamford Bridge next season.
