Diego Maradona stood up and walked back with his head lowered.
His life has not been easy.
The year 1978 belongs to Argentina, belongs to Kempes, but does not belong to Diego Maradona.
Menotti gave up the 17-year-old Diego Maradona, preventing him from becoming the World Cup champion at the age of 17 like his idol Pelé.
A year later, at the World Youth Championship in Tokyo, he won the MVP and won the trophy as the captain, which could not make up for Diego Maradona's regret.
If you miss it in life, you will miss it. After that, his pursuit of football became even more extreme.
After joining Boca, he had to play a trick in several games.
That means not only conquering everything, but also conquering everything perfectly.
Let everyone face the name Diego·Armando·Diego Maradona. There is no way to say no.
He worked hard today and played well.
But a score like 3:1 made him feel that he was becoming mediocre.
Even Diego Maradona admits that it makes no difference whether you pass Baresi and Verchowod in succession and score a goal and lose the game, or whether you score a goal and lose the game with a lucky penalty kick.
The biggest tragedy in football is that it is about winning and losing, but football is also about winning and losing.
Diego Maradona certainly knows that some runners-up and losers will be remembered forever, but he doesn't want to be that person.
When he joined Barca, he said that the wealthy Spain paid the high price because he played well and his skills were priceless.
Diego Maradona is such an arrogant person.
If he heard Song Shixiong explain that World Cup called him little Pelé in 1982, Diego Maradona would probably masturbate and go over to find trouble.
Keeping his head down doesn't mean he's admitting defeat.
Just to save more energy for the next time I look up.
Napoli restarted to organize the attack.
The substitutes were already standing on the sidelines and starting to warm up.
After a few passes, Diego Maradona is still responsible for getting the ball.
Even though he Diego Maradona has gained a lot of weight, his feet are still very nimble.
This extraordinary movement has been integrated into his body and is completely subconscious.
When dribbling, he doesn't look at the ball but looks at people. Diego Maradona is a born game master.
Determine the opponent's intention and then counterattack, so it always seems to be one step ahead of the opponent.
Baggio had no good way to face Diego Maradona, so he tried to lower his center of gravity.
But in the end, you still have to press for it.
The moment Baggio stretched out his foot, Diego Maradona knocked the ball forward and forced his way past Baggio.
"Diego Maradona still maintains his previous habits when playing football. In the past, the penalties for tackles from behind were not strict. Players with excellent skills will also let the ball escape the control range, use continuous man-ball separation to reduce contact with the ball and reduce the risk of being tackled. Although the rules have been changed, the playing habits developed cannot be changed just like that."
Cruyff explained to the fans.
It's so easy to control the ball at your feet with the feel of Diego Maradona.
But when he breaks through from the wing, he is still willing to knock the ball out and then catch up.
Albertini quickly went to the side to cover the defense.
However, Diego Maradona dunked the ball and immediately called back, touching the ball twice in a row to deceive Albertini's center of gravity and continue to hit the bottom.
As for Costacurta, he simply chose to eat it raw with speed.
Diego Maradona almost instantly penetrated Milan's right wing and passed forward from the baseline.
Al Frey De·Aglietti is 1.9 meters tall. He jumped up with the help of inertia and Milan's defense really couldn't stop him.
At the critical moment, Buffon rushed out of the goal and hit the ball with one punch, finally resolving the crisis.
The forward's goal-scoring level is far inferior to his fulcrum role.
Cruyff said in the live broadcast room, "Aglietti's forward's shooting level cannot reach the level of Serie A, but his fulcrum function is still relatively good. If you want to score goals against Serie A teams, you have to think too much. This forward scored very few goals against Serie A teams, but Italian Cup scored a lot when he met low-level teams."
A few simple sentences highlighted the characteristics of this striker.
He is not a goal scorer at all in Napoli's system.
Not every forward who is 1.9 meters tall has the same footwork as Van Basten.
The relatively slow speed and adjustment make it difficult for him to find opportunities to shoot when facing slightly better defenders.
It can also be seen from here that the situation of Napoli is not good.
Aglietti only received one transfer request of US$800,000 in the summer. When Italy's account balance is rising, it is difficult to evaluate this price. The relegation team will also put some effort into the forward position.
Diego Maradona didn't complain, gave a thumbs up and ran back.
The ball is still in the center circle of Milan's half.
Redondo is located at the back, and it is a bit slow when going up.
However, Altomare was very fast and got up first. When Totti got the ball, he was still a step slow in adjusting, and the ball was intercepted by Altomare.
The Little Prince immediately reached out and pulled the opponent.
Altomare obviously knew that Totti was not easy to deal with. After getting the ball, he immediately hit Turini with a cross kick.
Turini took the initiative to meet the ball and quickly passed it out without waiting for the ball to stop.
Diego Maradona, who had just run back, took the ball again, and Verchowod grabbed it immediately.
Diego Maradona raised his right foot and made a feint, then reversed and sent a through ball. Unfortunately, when Turini was advancing forward, Baresi was stuck outside the penalty area, and the ball rolled all the way out of the penalty area.
Careca in the stands squeezed his hands tightly.
He has moved to Japan to play football, but now he is not the main player in Japan.
However, I took time off specifically to watch the game.
Seeing Diego Maradona alone and helpless, the former top scorer of World Cup in 1986 felt like his heart was being pulled.
Careca, who has always regarded Diego Maradona as a brother, really doesn't want to see such a scene.
Even if Diego Maradona declines, it is no worse than newcomers like Verón like Argentina.
But his salary destined Napoli to be unable to bring in Verón's teammates. This may be the biggest dilemma for a superstar at the end of his career.
If you accumulate enough fame, you will get enough salary.
But if you take several times other people's salary and only play the role of a first-class star, the team has already lost.
If his physical condition allows, Careca is even willing to return to Napoli and play football with Diego Maradona for free.
It's a pity that at 36 years old, he is no longer young.
In the 68th minute, Napoli still used the first substitution.
Nikolai Caccia replaced Aglietti.
The only impressive thing about him is that he later became a member of the coaching staff of Montella coaching AC Milan.
Napoli players also took the opportunity to go to the sidelines to replenish some water.
This substitution came in a timely manner.
The afternoon sun is too strong.
Dejan Lu was fine. He simply rinsed his mouth, threw away the water bottle and returned to the field.
He didn't have much power in the second half.
Napoli players played too hard. They competed for five or five goals more fiercely than Milan.
The substitution is completed, Paolo Maldini stands in the backcourt and takes a free kick.
He had no other thoughts at all, he just knocked forward and passed it to Dejan Lu.
Beto came up quickly, but he didn't dare to stretch his feet.
Dejan Lu simply started riding the bicycle in front of him, riding the bicycle continuously.
Milan players saw this and moved forward very quickly.
Beto, who had been retreating, couldn't bear the pressure and stretched out his left foot.
Dejan Lu's right foot did not scratch the ball this time, but started directly with the outer instep.
Snap,
The ball rolled diagonally towards the middle, and Dejan Lu burst past Beto in an instant.
Totti had already rejected the ball in the middle. This action made Bodin hesitate, fearing that Dejan Lu would pass the ball directly.
At the moment when the opponent was thinking, Dejan Lu moved his left foot and then pulled back.
A cow's tail successfully tricked Bodin into running in front of Totti.
Although it was only one step, he could not continue to defend. Dejan Lu, who was holding the ball, flicked his right ankle and gave the ball to the left side, and continued to advance with the ball from the wing.
Baldini had almost no hesitation, facing Dejan Lu was like a sliding shovel.
The full-back knows that failure to be decisive in the face of Dejan Lu is a slow death.
But this obvious tackle is unlikely to have any effect.
Click——
Dejan Lu rubbed his feet, and even the ball flew past Baldini.
San Paolo Stadium cheered.
Colonnese had no choice at all when he came over. He could only come up and try to suppress Dejan Lu, allowing Dejan Lu to dribble the ball and continue down the field.
The smaller the angle, the fewer choices.
Dejan Lu Suddenly stepped forward with his right foot, adjusted his center of gravity and tapped the instep of his left foot horizontally.
Snap - Colonnese, who thought Dejan Lu was going to continue dribbling the ball, took a step forward and just made space.
Dejan Lu passed the ball laterally from behind his right foot into the penalty area with his left foot.
Van Basten starts up very quickly, and this old guy controls the timing very accurately.
Unfortunately, the Napoli goalkeeper realized the danger and simply ran out of the goal and pinned the ball down with a tiger pounce.
Sacchi, who was originally preparing to celebrate, waved his arms back fiercely.
He really thought he was going to score a goal.
"Marco, should Marco retire?"
Sacchi joked.
Marco·Tardelli rolled his eyes and said, "Actually, we don't need a forward like Van Basten. Totti plays a part of the fulcrum role. Our forwards only need to move to harass the opponent's defense and have a very keen sense of smell in front of the goal. Instead, they do not need such comprehensive personal abilities."
Sacchi nodded.
This was also something he considered.
Milan's frontcourt quartet has a high content of golden goals. Van Basten alone has three of them.
But it may not be the best choice.
Fortunately, Van Basten is about to retire.
Otherwise, he still needs to find opportunities to clean up the team's heroes.
No matter how good a big-name player is, he will inevitably decline at the end of his career.
Again, the coach won't like a star with a high salary and high status but who is difficult to manage. He would rather use a player with a low salary and a little less obedient than him.
If it weren't for the fact that the old guys on the team were retiring.
Sacchi won't play any game with them, and a general purge will begin last summer.
There is no need to be that evil person in the last season.
Now it seems that they still have some gas and can last through the final season.
A few minutes later, Milan launched a counterattack again.
Dejan Lu has no way to counterattack on the left, and Diego Maradona can only come over frequently to cover up defense.
"Dejan's Genoa Spin has a wide range of movements and is also very stretched. With his height and long legs, sometimes he can even pass two players and pass! The most important thing is that Dejan's Genoa Spin may cover his pass. It is rare to see other players copy this."
"Totti took the ball in the middle and advanced. Today Napoli's defense in the middle was very tight, but Totti has the strength. Dejan moved forward. He reached out at the same time, but I didn't think he wanted the ball. Sure enough, Totti took the opportunity to break through Bodin and then shot a lob from the top of the arc. Oops, it was a little missed and the ball went over the crossbar."
"Totti himself said this in an interview. Influenced by Dejan, he began to try mid-range lob shots and found that this shooting method was very suitable for him. As a player with good body and strength, Totti is very proficient in lob shots outside the penalty area. He can calculate the distance and how much force to use every time."
"Milan's continuous offensive has put a lot of pressure on Napoli. It seems that the home team may lose by a big score today."
Napoli fans in front of the TV are also worried about this.
Diego Maradona's condition doesn't look good, he is too tired.
Today, he was everywhere on both offense and defense. As a result, in just 70 minutes, Diego Maradona frequently put his hands on his knees and gasped after running.
Even through the TV screen, I could imagine how heavy his breathing would be.
After a short break, Diego Maradona returned to his position again.
His spirit was still high and he wished he could play for another three days and three nights, but his body's protests made the legendary player realize that he might not be able to last the entire game.
As for the walking kick, that's not his style.
Napoli used up the second substitution spot, and Roberto·Policano replaced Crasson, who did not perform much today.
This is already the twelfth time this player has played in Milan on behalf of Napoli. Roberto·Policano lowered his head and touched the turf, hoping that he would have good luck and score the first goal against AC Milan.
It is not easy to score goals as a full-back, and he is not the style of a knife-carrying defender.
However, this Italy local full-back still hopes that Diego Maradona can really win for once.
Policano, who has been with Napoli for a long time, knows very well what Diego Maradona means to this city.
Roberto·Policano immediately received the return pass from Bodin in the backcourt. The full-back dribbled the ball forward from the left.
Today, apart from Diego Maradona trying to attack Dejan Lu's side several times in the opening stage, most of Napoli's attacks would choose Baggio's side.
After all, behind Baggio is Costacurta instead of Paolo Maldini.
Turini always pays attention to his position when running forward, keeping distance and using the width of the field to connect with his teammates.
Baggio is somewhat temperamental.
This time Baggio simply chose to slide and shovel the ball out of the sideline.
The menacing Napoli was interrupted immediately.
Policano stood outside the sideline and observed.
Dejan Lu and Totti also came nearby to defend the foul ball.
Milan's defense against Diego Maradona was still very tight. He could only throw the ball to Altomare. Altomare was a little anxious when passing the ball. He stood near the center line and wanted to pass it to the back line. This direct pass was blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta quickly moved forward, and Albertini, who was still on the wing, received the ball with his back. When he turned around, Turini had already rushed forward to press for the ball.
Albertini turned sideways and tapped the instep of his feet, and found Dejan Lu in front of him.
Totti saw this and ran forward quickly.
Facing the sideline, Dejan Lu caught the ball and knocked it with his left foot, avoiding Baldini's outstretched foot. Then he turned around and pulled with his left foot, causing Diego Maradona to miss again.
Already facing Napoli at halftime, Dejan Lu knocked the ball forward.
Snap——
The ball passed.
Dejan Lu began to rush forward.
The terrifying explosive power was instantly displayed.
There are three defensive players near Diego Maradona and Dejan Lu.
But it only took an instant to rush to the center line, and only Diego Maradona was still beside Dejan Lu.
Dejan Lu knocked the ball out again.
When running, the body is also pressed forward.
This action made Cruyff's eyes widen.
"Dejan's dribbling method seems to be Diego Maradona, Diego Maradona is still chasing back, and Colonnese is grabbing the ball outside the penalty area."
The defender chose to turn his back and stretch his feet, but Dejan Lu saw his action and immediately dunked his right foot, knocked the ball from the right to the center, and bypassed Colonnese on the other side.
The tall defender lost his chance to defend in an instant.
San Paolo Stadium There was a sound of gasping for air.
Napoli fans don't even know how to express their feelings when faced with this familiar yet unfamiliar scene.
In front of the penalty area, Borges immediately gave up Totti and rushed towards Dejan Lu.
I want to double-team defense with Colonnese who is chasing after me.
Borges moves a lot, even on its hands.
Dejan Lu knocked the ball gently again, and jumped over the opponent's feet while breaking away from Borges's hand.
He took the ball in front of the penalty area and rushed into the penalty area again, with only Colonnese still chasing after him.
Boccalino, who just came on the stage, also rushed towards Dejan Lu.
Napoli's defense line has no other players in its sights.
Goalkeeper Giuseppe·Tagliaferri simply rushed out of the small penalty area and quickly fell to the ground. Dejan Lu, who judged in advance, moved the ball slightly with his left foot and moved his right foot forward to avoid the goalkeeper sitting on the ground.
Many Napoli fans have closed their eyes.
Colonnese wanted to take the opportunity to steal from behind, but when he couldn't find the opportunity, the defender suddenly changed his mind and simply fell to the ground to tackle.
Snap——
But at this moment Dejan Lu had kicked the ball out. Colonnese, who was lying on the ground, realized the problem, but couldn't control his feet and knocked Dejan Lu down, but the ball rolled all the way into the empty goal.
Beep——
Collina's response is very fast.
He immediately blew the whistle and pointed it at the center circle to indicate that the goal was valid. He immediately blew the whistle in his hand, took out the red card and raised it high to Colonnese.
There is no chance for Milan players to come up and find trouble.
At this moment, fans from both sides were scolding.
Rossoneri are afraid that Dejan Lu will be injured, while Napoli fans are not satisfied with the player being sent off.
"Dejan is up, thank God!"
"Fortunately, Dejan was not injured. Dejan scored a Diego Maradona-style goal in San Paolo Stadium. The reason why I say this is because this time Dejan's dribbling was full of Diego Maradona style."
"I mentioned just now that players born in the 60s like to knock the ball away to reduce dribbling, but Dejan does not have such a habit. Even because of the change in the behind-the-back tackle rule, Dejan prefers to keep the ball at his feet, or simply knock the ball out hard. He uses his speed to eat his opponents alive, but he doesn't like to use this kind of frequent small-scale passing. This is a typical dribbling characteristic of players born in the 1960s. So even though Dejan scored a lot of goals in one go, I would say this is a Diego Maradona-style goal."
"When San Paolo Stadium scored in Diego Maradona's way, it was obviously not that Dejan wanted to provoke the opponent, but to express his respect. The Napoli fans at the scene applauded Dejan, which proved that they understood so well."
"What's interesting is that Diego Maradona chased all the way back just now, but he still couldn't run before reaching the penalty area. I said the same thing in the first half. It was difficult for Diego Maradona to last for 70 minutes today. Luigi Simone was already discussing with Diego Maradona whether to make substitutions, and Diego Maradona seemed to have rejected his proposal."
This guy!
Diego Maradona also doesn't think Dejan Lu is provocative.
It was even nice to see the goal.
But this was no reason for him to admit defeat.
He is indeed in some physical condition, but Diego Maradona still wants to persevere.
There are always times when people need to challenge themselves.
Even if it doesn't last until the end of the game, it's still good to play for a few more minutes.
Even though there are still many games in this season, Diego Maradona stubbornly believes that this is the end of the season.
For him, other things are not as important as the showdown with Dejan Lu.
All the celebrities in the stands also felt a little sorry.
This was not a fair match to begin with.
If Diego Maradona was born ten years later and went to a wealthy club like Juventus or Inter Milan, not to mention whether he could win, at least the situation would not be so difficult.
Today, many opportunities created by Diego Maradona were wasted by his teammates.
Even the world champion needs his own wingman.
After the restart, Diego Maradona still found Baggio with the ball.
Just like Don Quixote, he continues to pound the rotating windmill.
Again!
Baggio felt angry but also a little helpless and moved.
After all, as someone who almost retired early, he can understand Diego Maradona's reluctance.
But this is not the reason for him to let go.
Baggio is still approaching Diego Maradona with a focused attitude.
Failure to prevent is a matter of ability.
Not being defensive is a matter of attitude.
Two top stars faced off head-on. Diego Maradona easily passed Baggio with two consecutive spikes.
This time Albertini went up very quickly.
But Diego Maradona changed his attack method and suddenly walked to the middle to avoid Albertini.
Redondo saw this and quickly went up to press for it.
Diego Maradona did not insist anymore, but passed the ball directly to Caccia who had just appeared.
Caccia was holding the ball behind his back and was suppressed by Verchowod, unable to turn around. However, Diego Maradona had already stepped forward, and Caccia quickly knocked it to Diego Maradona.
Paolo Maldini grabbed it immediately.
Diego Maradona, who got the ball, dunked again and went to the wing.
The attack launched from Milan's right wing then moved to Milan's left wing, with Diego Maradona holding the ball from beginning to end.
Fans in the stands nearby felt a sense of sadness.
On the side of Paolo Maldini, Diego Maradona cannot break through so easily.
He took the ball towards the corner flag area, obviously unable to run.
Paolo Maldini carefully attached it, and when he found an opportunity, he quickly stretched out his right foot.
Diego Maradona finally showed a smile, Argentina turned sideways and let Paolo Maldini kick his heel.
Beep——
"Diego Maradona made a free kick that was not in a good position. He played really hard today."
"This position shouldn't pose any threat. Maybe trying to hang into the penalty area will have some effect."
Diego Maradona himself stood at the spot of the foul.
He really wanted to cut inside just now, but he really couldn't run.
Paolo Maldini is not an easy defender to deal with either.
He knew that the position near the corner flag was not good and the angle was very tight.
The most sensible thing is to take this free kick as a corner kick.
But he was still unwilling and wanted to give it a try.
Perhaps this is his last chance to attack today.
Feeling the burning pain in his lungs, Diego Maradona knew that he really couldn't hold on any longer.
But he didn't regret his previous indulgence, after all, he also got happiness.
The only thing he regretted was that he shouldn't have touched that thing.
He patted his cheeks with both hands and rubbed his rough face hard, forcing himself to calm down and stop thinking about the past.
Diego·Diego Maradona tried to adjust his breathing.
But he still couldn't help but think of his unwillingness to lose to the national team in 1978.
Maybe it's because it's somewhat similar to the current situation?
Huh——
Ignoring the cheers from the scene, Diego Maradona exhaled a breath of foul air before taking off with his left foot.
Bang——
Curve ball!
But it's spinning closer.
Buffon You could tell at a glance that something was wrong. This ball was going straight to the goal.
Buffon, who was already standing outside the door, quickly jumped up and stretched out his fists. Unexpectedly, the ball came faster than he expected. Before he could adjust his movements, the ball hit his hands and bounced into the goal.
When Diego Maradona, who was standing near the corner flag area, saw this scene, he jumped over the billboard and waved his arms wildly, as if he had won the world.