Golden Greenery

Zhuo Yang came to Brussels, Belgium again. The last time he came was to attend the knighthood ceremony of his younger sister Mydel at the beginning of the year. This time he was playing Champions League with AC Milan. The third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2006-07 season was away. against Anderlecht.

Belgium is known as the crossroads of Europe, meaning anyone who wants to do anything must pass through here. Anyway, whenever there is a war in Europe, no matter who is fighting whom, both sides will take the opportunity to press Belgium to the ground and rub it.

Belgium is really like a crossroads, a bit schizophrenic. The land area of ​​30,000 square kilometers is not as big as a prefecture-level city in China, but it is divided into three regions and a total of six governments, and none of these six governments are good at it. Who, the king is purely a mascot. There are Dutch speakers, French speakers, and German speakers in this country. There is no language called Belgian. The official language is French, Dutch, German, and English.

Dutch-speaking people never say that they are Belgians, they call themselves Flemish people, while French-speaking people always look down on Flemish people in their bones. As for German-speaking people, they think that they are Germans from the bottom of their hearts. Therefore, Belgians have no sense of national pride or national identity. They are a country that loves to follow fashion and follow the trend.

It's just such a thing. During the Eight-Nation Alliance, they couldn't send a single soldier to the east. After winning the battle, they jumped out and took away 10 million taels of silver from the Qing Dynasty. Who are you going to talk to?

This tangled character of the Belgians is also reflected in their football. They are also known as the "Red Devils" in history, but their occasional ferocity is far less famous than the internal strife within their national team. In terms of domestic competition, Belgium and the Netherlands are really well matched for a while.

Unlike the Dutch who fight with each other, the Belgians have clear boundaries between the Flemish and French groups. No one buys the other's fault, no one carries the other's sedan, and they undermine each other. Their head coach's main job is It's not about technique or tactics at all, but about appeasement and balance.

Belgian football has always closely followed Germany. The Germans played aggressively and toughly, and they also started to challenge. The Germans seriously reflected and began to pay attention to the technicalization of youth training, and the Belgians followed suit and studied the European Latin School. All in all, the strength is still there, but the Belgian football presence is not strong.

The last few years have been a low ebb for Belgian football. Since being the host nation and failing in the 2000 European Cup group stage, Belgium failed to enter the two consecutive competitions in 2004 and 2006. Therefore, even if Anderlecht is the same as Bayern in Belgium, its strength is not on the same level as AC Milan.

Zhuoyang and Inzaghi appeared on the front line together, and he felt much more comfortable looking at Jiuye's face than Ji Taozi. Inzaghi is also very comfortable with Zhuoyang. Why do you think he endorses Zhuoyang openly within the Knights of the Round Table? It's not because Zhuo Yang can pass the ball and knows how to pass it. There is no love without reason in this world, and people will be punished by heaven and earth if they don't do it for themselves.

There are many veterans in the team, but they have a bad side. As they get older, their ability to fight continuously is not strong. Every once in a while, there are always people whose physical condition is not up to standard. In this game, Maldini and Cafu sat on the bench for this reason. But the Laobangzi team also has a good side. It has a rich reserve of players and can be used by anyone. Kaladze and Bonela replaced the Cavaliers and Kasyan as the starters on the defensive line.

Italian teams are generally slow to warm up, especially the old Milan led by the self-cultivation Carlo Ancelotti. In terms of tactics, we basically don't engage in three-point axes. Instead, we rely on our strong area control ability to slowly push the mushrooms, patiently train the opponent, and then suddenly make a dodge of the blade after playing you submissively. The 1:0 doctrine will never fade away.

Pirlo firmly controlled the rhythm in the center of the midfielder. Gattuso, who was wearing the captain's armband, rushed left and right in the strategic area with Sleepy, pinching the opponent's seven inches, making Anderlecht's offense and defense unable to flow smoothly. .

When Madiburg’s vice-captain ‘Mad Dog’ Karl Lander made his debut in the Bundesliga, he was hailed as ‘Little Gattuso’ by the media. However, when it comes to the level of sweeping the midfield, Mad Dog is far behind.

After all, apart from daring to risk his life and teleportation that even he himself couldn't figure out, he basically doesn't know anything else. But Jiaba Ye has reached the pinnacle among dog-type midfielders. He is the master of this type of player, the ancestor. Whether it's interception or blocking, staying in place or attacking, looking at the overall situation or strategic vision, Jia Baye is the best. Apart from basically not being able to help with goals, Gattuso has nothing wrong with him.

AC Milan is like a martial arts leader with a prominent status and respected status. If you compete with him according to the routine, you will die without knowing how, and you will be dismembered in a horrible way without even realizing it. The whole world knows that when competing with AC Milan, you can only beat the old master to death with random punches, and win with speed and hardness. Milan people are afraid of this. This is how Super Deportivo and Liverpool became famous.

Anderlecht naturally knows it well. Their current football style is relatively rough, so it is understandable that they tried hard to scare AC Milan from the beginning.

In just 3 minutes, the 22-year-old Congolese forward Mohamed Chit was stuck behind Nesta and had no chance to get the ball. However, this stupid kid forced his leg and kicked Nesta directly in the calf. He was carried down at that time. Fortunately, the team doctor checked and found nothing serious. It only hurt from the head-on collision, and he ran up again after a spray. Next came Seedorf and Inzaghi, and the Anderlecht men were merciless when they knocked them down.

Not to mention Zhuoyang and Kaka, of course. It feels like the Belgians have no intention of letting them return to Milan alive. Because Anderlecht adopts a three-center-back formation, the one who often gets entangled with Zhuoyang is their full-back Argentinian Lucas Biglia.

Last year's World Youth Championship champion Argentina's Leo Messi was a blockbuster. In addition to him, there are two Argentine teenagers who have also received great attention from Europe. One is Gago, who was recruited by Real Madrid this summer, and the other one is this Biglia.

Biglia is only less than half a year younger than Zhuoyang. In fact, he is not a pure winger. He is better at the midfielder. His growth model is AC Milan's Pirlo. Placing him on the wing today is to use his pretty good skills and flexible movements at his feet to limit Zhuoyang's performance.

Zhuo Yang has seen all kinds of adhesive plasters. No matter how difficult Biglia is to deal with Zhuo Yang, he will not treat him as an onion. However, defensive ability aside, I didn't expect that this guy is still a talker.

"Zhuoyang, I don't think you have anything awesome." His feet and hands were moving, and Biglia was not idle. "Look, your ex-girlfriend is a supermodel, and my ex-girlfriend is also a supermodel."

Zhuoyang wanted to laugh, knowing that he was referring to Beverly Deng. The way these brothers talked was so strange.