The Era of Emerald

"Unbelievable game!" This was the adjective that the commentators said the most in the major sports programs on the second day, because they never thought that Fiorentina would be able to reverse and win the final championship at the Ferraris Stadium Trophy, "The Fiorentina boys showed amazing fighting spirit and tenacity, and their efforts paid off at the last moment!" This is most people's evaluation of this game.

After all, the Coppa Italia is only a domestic cup competition, and its influence is still limited. The turmoil caused by Florence's victory soon passed away. As for how many undercurrents are hidden under the calm sea, this is beyond what Zhuang Minge can expect now. up.

It has been a week since Fiorentina reversed Sampdoria to win the Coppa Italia, and the calendar turned to May 5th. The most eye-catching game in the European arena this season has finally arrived, that is, it has completed three consecutive Serie A matches The European Champions Cup final between the crowned AC Milan and Barcelona, ​​which has achieved four consecutive La Liga titles and is known as the "Dream Team"!

In this season's European Champions Cup, fans did not see the defending champion on the starting line.

Because of the "Marseille match-fixing case", last season's Ligue 1992 champion Marseille was banned by UEFA.Interestingly, because Paris Saint-Germain, the runner-up of Ligue 93 in the [-]-[-] season, disdained to replace Marseille, Monaco, who was supposed to participate in the UEFA Cup, was able to participate in this club event representing the highest level in Europe.

In the European Champions Cup in the 93-94 season, only 8 teams participated in the main match. Barcelona, ​​Monaco, Spartak Moscow and Galatasaray were in Group A, while AC Milan, Porto, Bremen and Andrei Hurt is in Group B.Although Monaco participated in the European Champions Cup for the first time, the first team of Monaco at that time had stars such as Klinsmann, Schiff and Djorkaf (who had moved to Florence during the winter break). Although they lost to Barcelona twice in the group stage, But still won the second place in the group and successfully entered the semi-finals.In Group B, AC Milan took the first place in the group with 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 points, and Porto beat Bremen to win the second place in the group.

It must be explained here that the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in the 1993-94 season were not two home and away rounds, but a knockout match. The team that won the first place in the group had the home court advantage.

On April 1994, 4, AC Milan ushered in the challenge of Monaco at home. With the goals of Desailly, Albertini and Massaro, the Rossoneri beat their opponents 27-[-] and entered the final.In the other semi-final, Barcelona also won [-]-[-]. With Stoichkov's brace and Ronald Koeman's goal, the Spanish giants defeated the Portuguese powerhouse Porto and met AC Milan in the final .

AC Milan vs. Barcelona, ​​this game is regarded by many media as the pinnacle of attack and defense, spear and shield, because in this season, Barcelona scored a total of 104 goals in La Liga and the Champions League, while AC Milan scored 35 goals in La Liga and Champions League. Only 1 goals were scored in the process of winning the Serie A this season, and the average goal per game was only a poor one, but the Milanese defense only conceded 15 goals in the long league.

As the founder of the "Dream Team", Barcelona coach Cruyff was very high-profile before the final. He came to the final in Athens a week in advance to inspect the venue. In an interview, the Dutch coach said: "It's true. The current AC Milan is the one with Sacchi and the 'Three Musketeers of the Netherlands', and now Capello only likes to use a pure defensive player like Desailly to build a lineup..."

It is not difficult to see from Cruyff's words that the Dutch who advocates offense are quite disdainful for the conservative Capello.

Although Zhuang Mingge knew the result of the game from his "memory", since he had the opportunity to witness such a classic moment with his own eyes, how could he give up?

Before the start of the final, the media and experts were generally not optimistic about AC Milan, not only because of their weak offensive ability this season, but also because of the central defender combination that formed the steel line of defense - both Baresi and Costacurta were suspended. On the other hand, Barcelona is fully staffed, and public opinion believes that AC Milan, which lacks the strongest shield, cannot stop the "dream team" from winning the championship.

But AC Milan coach Fabio Capello carefully studied Barcelona's game before the game and successfully found a breakthrough.In the absence of the "absolute main combination" of central defenders Baresi and Costacurta, Capello found the most suitable replacements-Philip Galli and Maldini Jr.

As a "pure defensive player" mentioned by Cruyff, Desailly hit back at the Dutch coach before the game: "We at AC Milan are only afraid of ourselves!"

On May 1994, 5, this peak duel between spear and shield was finally staged in Athens!

AC Milan's starting lineup for this game is goalkeeper Rossi, the four defenders are Tassotti, Maldini, Philippe Galli and Panucci, Desailly, Albertini, Boban and Donado Ni built the midfielder, with Savicevic and Massaro cruising at the forefront of the team; for Barcelona, ​​Cruyff set up his most commonly used 433 formation, and the legendary goalkeeper Zubizarreta guarded the goal. The first defenders are Ferrer, Ronald Koeman, Nadal (uncle of the tennis king Nadal) and Sergi, the three midfielders are Guardiola, Amor and Baquero, Romario, Stanley Teichkov and Begiristan formed the trident.

After the start of the game, AC Milan first extinguished the central axis of Barcelona composed of Ronald Koeman, Guardiola and Baquero through a pre-planned active frontcourt counterattack, and then relied on the defense and support of the back line. The excellent personal defensive ability restricted the personal performance of Romario and Stoichkov, forcing Barcelona to not play in the way they are used to.

At the end of the first half, the fans were surprised to find that AC Milan not only managed to limit Barcelona's firepower, but also scored two goals from veteran Massaro, which almost made them touch the Big Ears Cup with one hand, Savich Vichy and Donadoni each sent an assist.

In the second half, the Milanese's counterattack became more comfortable.Just 2 minutes after the game restarted, Yugoslav midfielder Savicevic kicked a pass-like attack on the right side of the front field. The most exciting sling shot in the history of the Champions League final.After the score became 58-[-], Barcelona's "dream team" completely collapsed. The Barcelona players were like sleepwalking on the field, and Desailly received an assist from Albertini in the [-]th minute to add to the team's icing on the cake and scored Barcelona. At the same time, it also drew a perfect end to this masterpiece of Italian defensive counterattack.

At the post-match press conference, Capello couldn't contain his emotions. He praised Desailly as "the greatest midfielder in the world" and preached that "the final result proves that only the best teams can win Proved the greatest tactical wisdom, I think we are perfect tonight." Savicevic, who scored the Jingjing looshe, thought it was his "best game of life", and Desailly also played in 1993 After winning the Champions League with Marseille in [-], he "defended" the Champions League. He countered the pre-match arrogance of the "Dream Team" with the attitude of a winner, "I think the Barcelona people despise us a bit."

As a loser, Cruyff can only admit with a sour taste that "the Milanese won this game, we can't finish the game according to our habits."

As a special correspondent for L'Equipe, Victor Sine commented after the game: "More than 6 fans from Spain and Italy made the final a Latin derby. At the same time, we also saw a fantastic and Brilliant Milan! The Italians weren't favorites before the final, but they totally took the game into their own. At first it was thought that Capello's broken side were powerless against Barca's attacking football - as they had been So good, so irresistible, the whole of Europe went on singing about Cruyff's attacking football."

This game had a profound impact on Barcelona. After the disastrous defeat to AC Milan in the Champions League final, the value of Barcelona's players has generally shrunk by more than half, and the formerly monolithic Barcelona management also began to have conflicts. Spencer expressed dissatisfaction with Cruyff's tactical arrangements and on-the-spot command in the final, and the Dutchman began to publicly object to Nunes' dictating the team.

A dynastic team that Barcelona spent years building collapsed because of this Champions League final.

ps1: Since yesterday’s recommendation votes exceeded 1300, we will add an update today, but due to something in the afternoon, readers can only see the second update until the evening~

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