Chapter 420 What a pity
Chapter 420 What a pity
Dida, still in shock, turned his head and asked Nesta who was lying next to him, "Did you catch it?"
Nesta raised his left leg: "It's just the toe of the shoe."
Dida breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately after, Stam rushed up and pulled Nesta up from the ground, and pulled him directly into his arms: "Thank you!"
The Dutch iron guard is also rarely so emotional.
Of course he would like to thank Nesta, and thank him very hard.
Because if it wasn't for Nesta's tackle, if he didn't touch the football, maybe the football would really fly into the goal in the end!
By then, Stam will be the culprit for AC Milan's elimination!
Nesta, who was held in Stam's arms and rubbed his hair vigorously, focused on Rong Guang who was near the bottom line, as if he was in a daze.
Can't accept this result?
Nesta has seen such a scene many times in his career.Losing the game but not reconciled, unwilling to accept the reality...
But this kid is different from those people.
He was really close to rewriting the situation, he was only short of being a hero... the toe of his shoe.
it's a pity……
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Kaka was also hugged by Gattuso: "We are the top four!"
He growled in Kaka's ear.
Then he dropped Kaka again, ran to Pirlo, hugged Pirlo, and continued to shout: "We are the top four! Yeh!"
Then, he dropped Pirlo and ran to the next teammate.
Pirlo found that Kaka was looking at him, so he rolled his eyes at Kaka, expressing helplessness.
Kaka smiled knowingly.
He is also very happy to be promoted, but everyone expresses their excitement in different ways.
He can't learn the wild and unrestrained style of Gattuso.
Then he turned his head and searched among the crowd.
In the end he found the man he was looking for near the baseline next to his own goal.
That person stood still, out of tune with the carnival AC Milan players and fans around him.
It's like a picture in Picasso's abstract painting, abrupt, blunt and uncomfortable.
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"The attack just now, from the counter-grab to the breakthrough, to the shot, was perfect."
Rong Guang was in a daze when Kaka's voice suddenly came to his ears.
He came back to his senses, refocused his gaze, and landed on the face of the man in front of him.
"But it's a pity..."
Kaka shrugged and pouted.
"The other goal is also very beautiful. But it's still a pity that your teammates are too far behind you, and they can't help you too much. So no matter how hard you try, you can't change the result. We are the winners, we go to the semi-finals, and you..."
His tone was slightly sarcastic.
"what a pity……"
He shook his head and sighed and turned away.
For the first time, Rong Guang didn't refute Kaka's sarcasm, but stared at Kaka's back in a daze.
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"Yes, it did. When Rong shot, Nesta's toe must have touched the football..."
"It's such a pity! If Nesta didn't touch the ball, it's really hard to say what happened!"
"Nesta's kick is very critical! He saved AC Milan!"
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During the TV broadcast, the scene of Rong Guang's last kick just now was still playing, and the slow-motion replays from all angles ensured that everyone could see it clearly.
On TV, everyone saw that Nesta's toe touched the football.
"Werder Bremen is only a tiptoe away from breaking through the history of the club and advancing to the semi-finals... This is really a pity! Rong almost became the hero who saved Werder Bremen again and made history! But all of this... has become a story from another plane..."
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While the AC Milan players cheered and celebrated their promotion, Schaaf stepped onto the pitch.
One by one, he comforted the Werder Bremen players he passed.
But instead of specifically looking for frustrated players, he's been walking in one direction.
Until he came to the forehead of the glory.
He put his arm around the child's shoulder, very hard.
Only at this time can people feel standing here alone, helpless Rong Guang is still a child.
"I'm sorry, coach..." Rong Guang whispered on Shaf's shoulder.If the football he shot could prevent Nesta from touching it, the final result might be different.
"No, Rong, I am the one who should say sorry. Rong, you have performed well enough. There is nothing to be depressed about. Your performance today is at the level of a wealthy family, but it is a pity that Werder Bremen is not a wealthy family... so I am sorry..."
Shaf put his arms around Rong Guang and whispered in his ear.
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Watching this scene, Molly in the media seat couldn't help but gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Around her, the Chinese reporters were silent.
It stands to reason that a Chinese player can score ten goals in a single season in the Champions League and performed so well against AC Milan. They should be happy and proud of Rongguang's performance.
But now, no one wants to talk.
The great frustration of failure makes them reluctant to speak.
They feel reconciled.
For the first time, they felt that Werder Bremen should advance to the semi-finals, because Rong Guang worked so hard, but lost the game in the end...it's not fair!
They believe that as long as the last goal can be scored and the score is tied at 2:2, AC Milan will collapse, and it is not impossible for the highly motivated Werder Bremen to eliminate AC Milan in overtime...
So it is not wrong to say that Rongguang almost beat AC Milan.
"It's a pity..." After a long time, someone sighed.
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"...After 93 minutes of fierce fighting, Werder Bremen finally defeated AC Milan 1-0 in the away game, but this did not change their ending. In the end, Werder Bremen lost to AC Milan with a total score of 1:2 and were eliminated. Although Werder Bremen was eliminated, Rongguang's performance was impressive, especially in his attack at the last moment. Although he did not score...But look at the ecstatic celebration of AC Milan players and fans after the game. What a pressure light put on them! I can say that Werder Bremen lost the game, but Glory earned respect!"
This is the report of the game by the Chinese media that appeared in the newspapers the day after the game.
If people who haven't watched this game saw these words, they might spit out: "You're bragging again! If you lose, you lose, and you still have fucking respect!"
But no one who watched the game would agree with him.
Because Rong Guang almost killed those Milanese!
In his post-match press conference, Ancelotti also admitted he was nervous after Glory's goal. "Rong's goal made the game very difficult. I had to bring in Kaka and Andriy Shevchenko on the counter-attack to take the pressure off our defense... That last ball was a torment and thankfully we had a reassuring defender Nesta."
Some AC Milan players revealed to reporters that after the game, everyone hugged Nesta one by one in the locker room, thanking him for his tiptoes.
"...Gattuso even kissed the toe of that shoe," said the AC Milan player, who did not want to be named, with a smile. "We narrowly escaped death thanks to Nesta and his shoe. We advised Nesta not to wear the shoe anymore, but to keep it in a glass case... Ha!"
The German media also praised Rong Guang's performance.
"Without Rong, this game is not worth mentioning. Without Rong, Werder Bremen's exit is not worth mentioning. But thank you Rong, he made the elimination of Werder Bremen into a 'glorious defeat'! ... This game can be divided into two parts, one is before Rong's goal, boring and meaningless. Everyone is just mechanically waiting for the moment when the result is announced. On this very cold night for German football, you helped us defend the dignity of German football!"
This is the comment of the German "Bild", which represents the voice of almost all mainstream German media.
Before this day, although Bayern Munich defeated Chelsea 3:2 at home, they still lost to Mourinho's Chelsea with a total score of 5:6 and were eliminated.
No one believes that Werder Bremen can still create miracles, so Werder Bremen went to the away game with an unpopular image.
But because of Glory, their elimination seemed less unacceptable...
Even UEFA's official website paid attention to the result of the game immediately after the game.
The official website published an article with the title: "Unfortunately, the Parrot Legion is only one toe away from the top four!"
In the article, the official website affirmed Rongguang's performance, but also regretted that he still missed the semi-finals despite his hard work.
"...From the perspective of the overall strength of the team, AC Milan is far stronger than Werder Bremen, and their promotion is a matter of course. But anyone who watched this game may feel sorry for Werder Bremen's elimination... But it doesn't matter, everyone believes that Rong will have a great future. There are not many people who can make the world's first defense line so embarrassed!"
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After returning from the away game, Rongguang has been silent all the time, which made Deborah a little worried-it was never like this after Rongguang lost a game before.
He was even more silent than after the first round.
Deborah worried that this defeat would completely destroy Rongguang.
She was also there at the time and saw Rong Guang's performance at the last moment.
When he missed the goal and ran to chase for a corner kick, the referee ruthlessly blew the whistle to end the game.
Then he froze in place, like a wax figure.
To be honest, it was the first time she had seen the glory of this look.
The glory she saw before was heartless, carefree, and she didn't know what pressure was, let alone depressed.
but now……
For some reason, Deborah suddenly felt heartbroken seeing such glory.She couldn't help covering her heart.
Rong...
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The day after the game, Schaff gave the team a full day off, so the players didn't have to practice.
In fact, Schaff felt that it was too little to use one day off to appease the players' wounded hearts because of being eliminated...
What worries him the most is Rong Guang.
At that time, Rong Guang's lifeless eyes made him feel chilled.
I am afraid that this failure will cause a huge blow to Rongguang's confidence and fighting spirit.
That will affect the next team's competition for the league championship...
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Deborah didn't sleep well that night, when she closed her eyes, all that came to mind was Rong Guang's expression when the half-time whistle blew.
Shock, disbelief, disbelief, unwillingness, frustration... These emotions are mixed together, which is indescribable.
Every time she sees such glory, Deborah can't help feeling a little heartbroken.
Because she didn't sleep well, she woke up very early.
She wondered if she should take the initiative to ask Rongguang out to play once, let him relax, forget about failure for a while, and maybe feel better.
But when she opened the door of her own room, she found that the door of Rong Guang's bedroom opposite was open.
When she turned her head, she saw the empty bed.
Rong went to morning exercise?
She looked up at the clock hanging on the wall.
It's only 05:30!
He didn't come home until almost one o'clock this morning...
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Rong Guang gritted his teeth and ran wildly in the pitch-black smoothness. He didn't choose the flat avenue, but chose the woods.
There is no road here, only dense tree trunks. In order to avoid these tree trunks, he had to stop and change directions constantly, circling around in the woods.
And under his feet... there is even a football!
In a place with such a complicated terrain, he even wanted to run with the ball!
Even during the day, the light in this dense forest is very dim, not to mention the darkest time before dawn.
Without paying attention, Rong Guang bumped into a tree head-on.
He was thrown backwards by the reaction force, and fell firmly to the ground.
Football does not know where to go.
The branch that was slightly shaken by him knocked down some leaves, covering his head and face with glory.
There was a slight rustling sound from the swaying of the branches, like the whispering of the woods.
"The attack just now, from the counter-grab to the breakthrough, to the shot, was perfect. But it's a pity..."
"That goal was also beautiful. But it's still a pity..."
"No matter how hard you try, you can't change the result. I will go to the semi-finals, but you... What a pity!"
Rong Guang clenched his fists tightly, got up from the ground, and shook off the fallen leaves on his body.
Come again! !
Then he found the football in the dark, took a deep breath, and continued to sprint with the ball in the dark dense woods!
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(End of this chapter)