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Chapter 334 Saving Private Nesta (Please Subscribe)
The major European leagues have resumed play.

Lu Deyang was still somewhat unaccustomed to it.

The main reason is the European Super Cup.

The match was later scheduled to be a single-elimination game at the end of August or the beginning of the season, either before or at the start of the season.

At this point, it's still two rounds.

What's even more outrageous is that the first round was on January 7th, and the second round was on March 11th.

Why doesn't UEFA just arrange a match every month? Best of nine games, that would be so much better. If they played Barcelona every month, they'd give them a bad reputation over the course of a year, haha. They could average one goal per game and rack up nine European goals.

This two-round final format is not something that only a genius could come up with.

These two rounds spanned two months; if it were Takehiko Inoue, he could have drawn over 70 episodes of anime directly from that time.

And who knows, maybe by the time the series ends after 70+ episodes, the final match won't even be played yet.

Lu Deyang raised this issue with Johansson several times, but his opinion remained unchanged. It seems that UEFA still believes that the two matches are more profitable.

He and his teammates made headlines by watching the World Cup final in Italy live.

However, Lu Deyang's former club, Manchester United, still stole the spotlight.

Before Cantona retired, there was much speculation about a possible comeback, but the Frenchman gave his answer: he retired when he said he would. Even though he later admitted he regretted it.

Giggs and Davina Taylor's relationship was also very high-profile. The woman was a soap opera star, and Giggs was considered a heartthrob in his early years. This couple continuously provided newspapers with news to write about, constantly hyping up what they did and ate. The British were very interested in this kind of thing.

Influenced by David Beckham, David Beckham and Victoria Adams didn't get together; Giggs and Taylor were the more popular couple.

However, Beckham will still outperform Giggs in the future, even if his girlfriend is not Victoria.

Beckham's appearance has a wider appeal than Giggs'.

A sunny and cheerful young man.

Giggs has a somewhat fierce appearance.

There's also the feud between Gascoigne, an alcoholic, and Rangers. As a player who doesn't follow discipline, he has many conflicts with head coach Walter Smith.

The two sides continued to hurl insults at each other in the newspapers, and Gascoigne eventually transferred to Middlesbrough and returned to England.

Then there's Liverpool's Collymore and his celebrity girlfriend. Their on-again, off-again relationship has given the tabloids plenty of fodder for stories. Together with Giggs, they're considered the two giants of the Northwest, making headlines every now and then.

Due to the influence of the British media, news about Premier League stars does indeed spread more widely.

Lu Deyang's favorite newspaper, Green Hollywood, was often sparsely covered in news; to learn more, he had to buy German newspapers, especially Bild.

Bild newspaper can create negative news about Bayern Munich based on even a few micro-expressions.

In contrast, the Italian media seemed somewhat dull, simply going through the motions of their job.

The fact that Marco Lanna is still unforgettable shows how poor the Italian media's ability to create stars is.

They won't take the initiative; they can only wait until the star player runs into trouble.

With the four major leagues resuming, fans' attention has finally turned to the leagues.

On the last day of August, Milan defeated Piacenza. In a post-match interview, Inzaghi said, "I'm very happy to see Piacenza playing in Serie A. I hope the team can stay in Serie A at the end of the season. I had a great time in Piacenza, but my life has changed a lot since I joined AC Milan. There is a lot of pressure when playing for a big team, and I hope I can do better."

Ah Jiu didn't say anything out of line to his former employer.

His numerous goals, however, have garnered significant media attention.

Since joining Milan, he has scored in every match he starts, whether in friendlies or official games.

At this point, Inzaghi's ability to seize opportunities became apparent; his instinct for goal seems innate.

Neither of the two La Liga giants managed to win in the first round.

The biggest news in English football is that Shearer may miss the rest of the season. Newcastle had been keeping quiet about his injury since the end of last season, and now that Shearer is still not recovered, Fleet Street has lost patience.

It must be said that Newcastle did a very good job of keeping things secret; no definite news has been leaked out.

It's said that paparazzi have already gone to the hospital to steal the treatment records, but they were unlucky and were caught red-handed by the doctor who was serving coffee.

Their news is quite interesting, as exaggerated as his mother's movies.

The English people's willingness to read newspapers, and the newspapers' willingness to spend money on big news, fostered this highly competitive environment.

Photos of Lu Deyang and Beckham's children are worth at least six figures. Even if the injury details of a British superstar like Shearer are not so entertaining, they are worth at least several thousand pounds.

Of course, some people will risk their lives.

On September 13, Milan played their second league match.

Eriksson's Lazio.

This is also one of the strong teams in the league.

Lu Deyang, who did not attend the press conference, chatted with his teammates in the locker room.

It's not time to warm up yet.

“I’ve heard there’s a compression technology even more powerful than VCD, where one disc can hold several movies,” Redondo said, turning his head slightly.

He wasn't very satisfied with the current CDs.

Often, I'm getting really excited halfway through watching something when I have to change the disc.

The movie-watching experience was not good.

“Yes, DVD, I suppose. Speaking of which, the capacity of this technology is indeed astounding,” Lu Deyang nodded and said.

Even the most basic DVD discs have eight times the capacity of VCDs, which can indeed solve many problems.

A gasp of surprise rippled through the locker room.

I never expected such an exaggerated capacity.

Most players nowadays have VCD players at home.

"Can the machine still play it now?" Wiljoward asked.

"Definitely not."

Lu Deyang said.

The formats are all different.

“Then we’ll have to spend money to buy it again,” Maldini asked.

"Yes, you don't have to buy it."

Totti said.

Redondo then said, "Then the original disc should still be a VCD, right? Or maybe a DVD with a portion of it missing?"

Lu Deyang silently gave a thumbs up.

Good stuff! It immediately hit the nail on the head.

No matter how large the DVD capacity is, if you buy legitimate movies, they can't possibly install two extra movies on it; they'd rather leave it empty and waste storage space.

Although it seems extravagant to waste storage space now.

But later on, storage space became less and less valuable, since it was all prepared for content.

I used to store a few Word documents on a 3.5-inch floppy disk, but who would have thought that a USB drive could hold tens of MB, and later even tens of GB?

Speaking of floppy disks, Lu Deyang recalled the early days when he first started using computers, thinking that dragging desktop shortcuts to floppy disks was how to save games.

This can save you the money you would have spent on pirated DVDs.

Pirated game discs are expensive, but many are unusable or not as advertised, which is the most frustrating thing.

It's incredibly frustrating to spend several hours installing a game only to find it unplayable.

After changing his clothes, Lu Deyang chose to participate in the lottery. [Your good brother Gianluigi Buffon comes from a sporting family, but his parents and sisters are not football players. Therefore, you will draw a player whose family has football genes. Ding! You have obtained a single-match trial card for the 13th round of the 2019-2020 Serie A season, Lazio vs. Juventus, Sergei Milinkovic-Savic.]

Milinkovic!
This is also a player who has never played in a league outside of Serie A.

He went to Saudi Arabia to make a lot of money at a young age.

However, he performed exceptionally well in Italy. Even though Serie A has declined, winning the Best Midfielder award several times still speaks volumes about his ability.

"By the way, that Nesta, the newspapers said the team wanted to buy him, right?" Totti suddenly asked.

"Yes, it's not what the newspapers said, the team really has this idea."

Maldini said.

The team has also communicated with him about this matter.

After all, he is the team's new captain, a guard, and the new leader of the Knights table.

Regardless of the circumstances, we must consult Maldini before bringing in an Italian defender.

At least ensure that Maldini and he have no personal grudges.

Otherwise, if the locker room leader leads the way in isolating the new player, the signing will likely be a waste.

"Tch, what's so great about a team like Lazio? They even rejected us. I'll teach them a lesson later," Totti said with a sneer.

As a Roma fan, he has never had a good impression of Lazio.

"Good luck with your performance, Nesta is doing very well."

Maldini stood up and said, "Guys, it's almost time. Let's go, warm up on the field."

……

As the entire Milan team entered the field, the San Siro erupted in thunderous cheers.

As one of the few teams that can fill the stadium, the Rossoneri are indeed very passionate about Milan's matches.

There weren't any major tournaments during this summer's transfer window, and fans are eagerly awaiting the resumption of the league.

Every time a player enters the field, the DJ at San Siro will call out that player's name.

The fans cheered along with them.

No wonder they all want to work for a top club.

When you play for Udinese, there are only about 10,000 people cheering for you at their home stadium, which is a world of difference compared to the nearly 80,000 people at the stadium.

Inzaghi was thrilled to be making his first official appearance at the San Siro and felt he should quickly implement his new Milan trio plan.

"AC Milan spent less than $3000 million to strengthen their squad in the summer, which is considered mid-range in Serie A, while Lazio spent around $8900 million to bring in stars such as Almeida and Jugovic, showing that they are full of fighting spirit for the new season."

"It is precisely because Lazio has no shortage of money that Sergio Cragno made a huge investment, which is why Milan suffered such a huge setback in their pursuit of Nesta. However, today Nesta faced Dejan in person for the first time, and perhaps the young defender's thoughts will change after the match."

"Alright, let's take a look at the starting lineups for both sides."

AC Milan's 4-4-2 formation with two defensive midfielders:
Goalkeeper: Buffon
Defenders: Zieger, Stam, Costacurta, Maldini
Midfielders: Ludjohnsen, Redondo, Ambrosini, Baggio
Forwards: Inzaghi, Totti.

Lazio's 4-3-3 formation with a single defensive midfielder:
Goalkeeper: Marchegiani

Defenders: Favalli, Nesta, Giovanni Lopez, Pancaro

Midfielders: Nedved, Amelia, Jugovic
Forwards: Sigrino, Casiraghi, Alen Bokšić.

"Looking at the starting lineups, both sides have some new faces, and both teams are quite strong."

“Milan brought in Stam in the summer, and so far he has solved Milan’s problems well. But whether he can maintain his form in the long league season is something we should be concerned about.”

"Alright, the competition is about to begin. Let's leave our questions for the competition to verify."

At 1:30 p.m., the referee blew the whistle to start the match.

Inzaghi passed the ball across to Totti, who immediately dribbled with his left foot to create distance.

Sighlino pressed forward quickly, but Totti didn't rush to pass the ball, deliberately taunting his opponent with the ball.

The moment Sighino extended his leg, he pulled back and turned, forcing Sighino to kick off course and fall.

There was no other way, otherwise they would have gone for Totti's heels.

This Roman lad is a bit cunning.

"Francisco!"

A cheer erupted at the San Siro stadium.

Milan fans never hesitate to praise their players, especially the young talents.

"Pass the ball!"

Lu Deyang shouted.

However, Totti clearly still wanted to get past Nedved.

While both are attacking players, Nedved is far more difficult to deal with than Sigrino, a purely forward-oriented player.

By the time Totti realized the danger, he was unable to turn around and had no choice but to pass the ball back.

Yugovic immediately gave chase.

Kasiraj is also retreating.

However, Ambrosini didn't wait for the ball in place either; instead, he went forward and took possession of it.

Milan players have put in a lot of effort in terms of off-the-ball movement.

As soon as Ambrosini got the ball, Jugovic was already close behind.

The main reason this player left Juventus because he lost his place under Zidane was that he was not good at anything. As a player who could play both offense and defense, he was not top-notch in either area.

Even so, Ambrosini did not let his guard down. Instead, he shielded the ball with his body to the side and waited for Maldini to come up and receive the pass before making a short pass with the inside of his foot.

Maldini was eager to push forward, but Favalli had already crossed the halfway line.

Maldini, who had the ball, chose to dribble laterally. Seeing this, Ambrosini quickly moved to the wing and switched positions with him, as they couldn't allow any gaps to appear on the flanks.

Just then, Maldini heard a familiar shout.

"Pass the ball!"

He turned his head to observe, and all he saw was a straight pass, sending the ball out.

Lu Deyang actually retreated to the vicinity of the center circle.

Maldini's pass was powerful, and Jugovic couldn't stop it. After the ball rolled past the middle, Lu Deyang flicked it with his heel with his back to goal.

Snapped--

The ball changed its trajectory and went directly to the edge of the penalty area.

Inzaghi started very quickly, breaking through the opponent's defense.

"Single sword!!!"

Marchegiani clearly sensed the danger and rushed out of his goal to intercept, but Inzaghi immediately shot with his right foot as soon as he touched the ball, and the ball rolled past Marchegiani into the left side of the goal.

stunned!!!

Lazio fans had considered the possibility of their team losing.

But no one expected the team to concede a goal so early.

The goal was conceded without any warning, and their defense was in excellent form.

Filippo Inzaghi once again continued his record of scoring in his first start.

(End of this chapter)