Recaps

Dejan Lu led Manchester United through a dramatic Champions League comeback, completed the treble, and continued to dominate matches as the team pursued more trophies. The stretch ended with Manchester United facing Ajax in the Champions Cup quarterfinal and Dejan Lu once again asking an opposing star to join him.

• Dejan Lu helped Manchester United overturn a 4–1 halftime deficit against AC Milan to win the Champions League final 5–4, then encouraged Paolo Maldini after the defeat.
• Manchester United won the FA Cup to complete the treble, and Dejan Lu joined teammates and football stars on a filmed mountain trip during the break.
• After drawing a Frank Lampard experience card, Dejan Lu scored a powerful free kick against West Ham, then scored a hat trick as Manchester United beat Blackburn to win the Charity Shield.
• Dejan Lu’s five goals helped Manchester United beat Liverpool 6–1, while Ferguson and the Professor escalated their public feud before Manchester United faced Arsenal.
• At Highbury, Dejan Lu scored repeatedly in a chaotic 4–2 win over Arsenal, which ended with Redondo, Keane, Cantona, and Petit sent off.
• Dejan Lu helped Manchester United defeat Gremio 7–0 to win the Toyota Cup, then scored four goals in a 5–0 victory over league leaders Newcastle.
• Manchester United beat Zaragoza 5–0 as Dejan Lu scored four, won the Super Cup, and traveled to Amsterdam for the Champions Cup quarterfinal against Ajax.
• After choosing to play up front against Ajax, Dejan Lu had a volley saved by Van der Sar and asked whether the goalkeeper would ever join Manchester United.

Dejan Lu led Manchester United through domestic triumphs and a dominant Champions League run, culminating in a 7–1 final win over Real Madrid. After the club celebrated its trophies, Dejan Lu accepted Galliani’s offer to join AC Milan.

• Dejan Lu scored four goals as Manchester United beat Ajax 5–1, then helped the club win the League Cup and reach the Champions League semifinals.
• Dejan Lu scored a hat-trick against Chelsea and helped Manchester United secure the Premier League title, then Manchester United overwhelmed Dortmund 8–2 and Arsenal 6–3.
• Manchester United defeated Juventus 5–0 in the first leg of their semifinal, then completed a 100-point league season and beat Liverpool to win the FA Cup.
• Dejan Lu led Manchester United past Real Madrid in the Champions League final, scoring twice and setting up goals in a 7–1 victory as the club won the Seven Sisters.
• After the celebrations, Dejan Lu urged Ferguson to pursue Ronaldo and joined Manchester United’s trophy parade before Ferguson named him the world’s best player.
• Dejan Lu welcomed Totti and Buffon to Manchester, watched England draw 1–1 with Switzerland at Wembley, and accepted Galliani’s offer to join AC Milan.

Dejan Lu joined AC Milan with Redondo and Totti, then led the team through a run of dominant victories while building friendships with his new teammates. The stretch ended with Milan advancing from its Champions League group and Dejan telling Beckham the truth about Maria.

• Dejan Lu left Manchester United for Milan with Redondo and Totti, while Buffon also joined, and Germany beat the Czech Republic in the European Championship final.
• Sacchi took charge of Milan, named Baresi captain and Dejan Lu third captain, and Dejan Lu scored a hat trick against Fiorentina to win the Italian Super Cup.
• Dejan Lu starred in Milan’s victories over Sampdoria and Rosenborg, then helped the team come back from a 2–0 deficit to beat Roma 5–2.
• Dejan Lu scored four goals against Napoli, praised the retiring Maradona after the match, and then scored six goals in Milan’s 9–1 win over Gothenburg.
• Milan beat Juventus 3–1, with Dejan Lu scoring twice, and Dejan Lu later scored five goals as Milan defeated Inter 7–0 in the derby.
• After Milan beat Piacenza, Dejan Lu and Redondo investigated the woman Beckham had met online and found that Maria had lied about her identity and family.
• Milan finished its Champions League group with a 3–0 win over Rosenborg and beat Reggina 3–0, while Beckham wondered whether Maria had lied because she feared being hurt again.

Dejan Lu led Milan through major victories over Lazio, Sampdoria, Atlético Madrid, and Napoli, while helping the team maintain its unbeaten run. Milan clinched the Serie A title with nine rounds left, but Baresi reminded the team that the season was not over.

• Dejan Lu scored and assisted in Milan’s 3–1 win over Sampierdarenese, then filmed Monica’s Hamburgers commercials and won the Ballon d’Or and World Footballer of the Year awards.
• Dejan Lu helped Totti score five goals as Milan defeated Lazio 6–1, then received his awards at San Siro and honored Filippo Galli before Milan beat Vicenza 3–0.
• Dejan Lu scored a scorpion kick and four more goals against Sampdoria, then helped Milan defeat Bologna and remained with the team as it prepared to face Atlético Madrid.
• After Atlético Madrid took an early lead, Dejan Lu replaced the injured Baggio and scored a hat trick in Milan’s 3–1 win, though he pretended to suffer an injury and was suspended from play for a week.
• Dejan Lu met Maradona before Milan’s showdown with Napoli, then scored the opening goal and assisted Totti as Milan took a 2–1 halftime lead at San Paolo.
• Dejan Lu helped Milan extend its lead over Napoli, while Maradona scored from a free kick before leaving to applause, and Milan won, and Dejan Lu and Maradona exchanged shirts and promised to meet again as coaches.
• Dejan Lu joined Milan’s players in entertaining children at an orphanage, and the team clinched the Serie A title with nine rounds remaining after Milan beat Fiorentina and Juventus lost.
• Dejan Lu and Baresi lifted the league trophy together, while Baresi noted that Milan’s 1996–1997 campaign was not over.