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The battle for the pinnacle in the Bernabéu stadium was about to begin. The starting players of Real Madrid and AC Milan lined up and entered the stadium.
During the Champions League kickoff ceremony, AC Milan's Kaka looked up and inadvertently saw Qin Xiong standing in front of the window in the VIP box.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart was full of fighting spirit!
They had played against each other three years ago, but in that season, it was Qin Xiong's Ajax who finally made the name of the legendary youth team!
In the second year, Kaka had the opportunity to dominate the world with AC Milan. Unfortunately, the night in Istanbul became a nightmare that the players who played for AC Milan at that time did not want to recall!
Another year later, Qin Xiong reached the top of Europe for the second time with Arsenal and had already become a superstar. He was even one step ahead of Kaka to become a superstar!
Today, three years later, Kaka was competing with Qin Xiong for the position of the world's best midfielder with his excellent performance on the pitch.
This was the battle of the kings in the superstar domain!
Unfortunately, Qin Xiong could not play today. Even the live camera frequently locked onto Qin Xiong's box and then stayed on Kaka's figure for a few seconds. It was as if the camera language was telling the world that what everyone wanted to see was the pinnacle confrontation between the two young superstars!
The first leg of the Champions League 18 finals began at the Bernabéu.
Real Madrid was playing at home. Encouraged by the enthusiasm of the fans, the team hoped to have the advantage at home. However, from the beginning of the game, the rhythm of the game was not in the hands of Real Madrid, and the overall advantage was impossible to talk about.
The reason was simple. AC Milan, built by Ancelotti, was far more capable of controlling the game than Real Madrid.
Whoever controls the midfield will control the world!
AC Milan knew this very well.
With Pirlo and Seedorf joining forces to control the midfield, and Gattuso and Ambrosini joining forces to defend, it was difficult for Real Madrid to gain the upper hand on both sides of the midfield. To put it bluntly, they were completely passive!
This, on the contrary, made Real Madrid's mentality anxious. The players could not achieve good results by organizing the offense through conventional positional play, so they would fall into the most basic thinking: pile up the attacking players!
As more and more players pressed forward, the strength of the rear defense slowly weakened.
AC Milan's counterattacks and quick attacks became smoother.
If it wasn't for Casillas's heroics, they might have already lost two goals in the first twenty minutes of the first half.
In the 27th minute of the match, Kaka made a long-distance dash in the middle, and his unreasonable dribbling made Emerson look bad. Then, with the support of Siddarth, he easily broke through Diarra's defensive zone by crashing into the wall.
In the last hit, Kaka showed his true colors, a strong breakthrough!
He dribbled diagonally from Cannavaro's side to break through, and Cannavaro lost the opportunity to intercept Kaka after he turned around. Then, he could only watch as he shot the ball into the far corner of the goal!
Casillas was really helpless. The gaps in the rear defense were too big, especially when the full backs also rushed up to participate in the attack. There was almost no protection on the two wings of the penalty area, and Kaka's breakthrough was extremely sharp.
The fans in the Bernabéu stands were anxious and even began to boo.
President Calderón, who was also sitting in the box to watch the game, looked quite upset.
He was constantly pressured by the members and the media, and he knew that it was time for him to make a decision.
However, the business goal of based on competitive results could not be shaken, so he had to refer to the performance of Real Madrid when Capello led them to play in the Champions League.
The Champions League had always been a thought in the hearts of Real Madrid members.
Because if they won another Champions League title, it would mean that Real Madrid won their tenth Champions League title!
Qin Xiong sat in the box to watch the game expressionlessly. Real Madrid's overall technical and tactical strength, as well as the individual point-to-point offensive and defensive competition, were difficult to say that they could compete with AC Milan.
If Capello could completely turn Real Madrid into a utilitarian team, then they might have a fighting chance.
Unfortunately, in the genes of Real Madrid, the team itself was resistant to this kind of defensive football philosophy. The resistance came from all aspects, and the team naturally could not perfectly implement the coach's coaching ideas.
This made Real Madrid's tactics chaotic in the game, and there was a phenomenon of inconsistent execution.
Their combat effectiveness was sharply reduced!
At the start of the second half, Real Madrid stepped up their offense in order to equalize the score. This was like completely releasing Kaka, making Real Madrid's back half of the field into Kaka's back garden.
In the 61st minute of the game, Kaka, who was the acceleration point of the offense in the front field, once again performed an individual dribbling raid. Then, in front of the defensive line, he directly assisted Inzaghi to break through Casillas' ten fingers!
Real Madrid was behind 0: 2 at the Bernabéu!
Qin Xiong stood up. He put on his coat and turned back to gesture to Sylvia. He could not sit there and continue to watch the game.
He could not have expectations for Real Madrid's next performance, and his heart was full of disappointment.
At this time, it did not make any sense to think about who was right and who was wrong.
He knew that Real Madrid had no hope of winning this game, which meant that his hope of defending the Champions League title in his heart was almost shattered!
The live broadcast camera captured the scene of Qin Xiong leaving the VIP box, as if also hinting that the abandoned superstar could not look straight at the team's dignity being crushed by AC Milan at home.
Although Qin Xiong was gone, AC Milan's performance was not over yet.
In the 79th minute of the game, Kaka was fouled by Diarra in the front field. AC Milan was awarded a direct free kick. Pirlo took the free kick and kicked the iconic falling leaf ball, sending the ball into Real Madrid's goal for the third time!
The Bernabéu boos filled the sky!
The fans waved white handkerchiefs to express their strong anger at the team's performance.
Calderón's face was livid in the box.
Capello's face was numb on the sidelines.
Raúl, who ran hard on the field, wiped his sweat. Van Nistelrooy, who had few chances to touch the ball in the game, was disheartened. Guti, who was suppressed, could only roar hysterically to vent …
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the AC Milan players celebrated at the Bernabéu.
Ancelotti held back his laughter and shook hands with Capello. It seemed that the whole world was sure that AC Milan would undoubtedly break into the top eight of the Champions League this season!
Calderón looked at the dazzling scene of white handkerchiefs waving in the stadium and was slightly absent-minded.
After a long time, he stood up from his seat. He straightened his suit, then turned his head and whispered to Mijatović.
"Start the change of manager! Find a successor for Capello! "
Mijatović was not surprised.
When the team was humiliated by AC Milan at home, Calderón, as the chairman, wanted to relieve the pressure. The simplest and most direct way was to put the blame on the manager.
This was exactly the same as Florentino's approach in the past!
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