I'm Kaka Kaka

Chapter 176 Dreamy February, the perfect golden boy

The No. 16 rounds of the league did not reveal any surprises, and the standings did not change much. Although they had just returned from vacation, the players' status did not fluctuate much because there was no impact of the FIFA virus.

Two days later, in the first round of the Italian FA Cup quarter-finals, AC Milan drew 0-0 with Chievo. However, Milan played veterans such as Leonardo and Thomasson or Wannian substitutes, and there was a taste of "I am lucky to lose my life", so the fans and the media did not have any opinions on this result.

Compared with the Coppa Italia, the Champions League and the League are the focus.

On January 2003, 1, in the 19th round of Serie A, AC Milan 17:2 Piacenza at home, Kaka scored a goal and created a penalty, once again becoming the number one contributor to the team's victory.

On January 2003, 1, in the second round of the quarter-finals of the Italian FA Cup, AC Milan beat Chievo 22:5 in an away game. Karadze scored the first goal, Seedorf scored twice, Brocchi and Darabona scored respectively, and AC Milan advanced strongly.

On January 2003, 1, in the 26th round of Serie A, AC Milan challenged Udinese away.

Udinese is the only team in Serie A that has not lost a home game this season. It started aggressively and once beat Milan.

In the 35th minute, Jankulovski took the ball in the penalty area, and Maldini touched the ball in the air when he tackled and fell to the ground. AC Milan was sentenced to death, and Chilean midfielder Pizarro made a penalty kick.

The two sides entered the midfield with a score of 1:0, and changed sides to fight again in the second half.

At the beginning of the game, Kaka took advantage of the opponent's goalkeeper's inattention and lobbed a midfielder. Although the goal missed, it also sounded the clarion call for the team to counterattack. Milan scored three goals in a row from the 46th to the 66th minute.

The first goal was a cross from Maldini, and Shevchenko scored with a header;

The second goal was Rui Costa's through pass, and Seedorf succeeded in pushing;

The third goal was Kaka and Pirlo's free kick cooperation, and finally the sleepy deciduous ball scored.

Although Kaka didn't score a goal, the first two goals were all attacks planned by him. The third goal was not only from a free kick created by him, but also directly assisted by him. He scored 8.5 points in the post-match media rating.

It is worth mentioning that Baggio scored again in this round of the league, helping Brescia draw with Parma, increasing the Serie A scoring record of active players to 188 goals. At present, only Batistuta is the closest to this record, but Judging by Batty's state, it is estimated that it will be difficult to break.

And when AC Milan was singing their triumphant song, the top two Juventus and Inter Milan capsized at the same time in Serie A, and the red and black fans were suddenly one step closer to the dream of the Triple Crown.

Time entered February, AC Milan continued to triumph in the league and the Coppa Italia, and the Christmas tree formation killed the Quartet and reaped all the victories.

2月2日，意甲第19轮，主场2:1摩德纳；

On February 2, in the first round of the semi-final of the Italian FA Cup, they beat Perugia by one goal in an away game;

On February 2th, in the 9th round of Serie A, in an away game against Perugia 20:3 again, Kaka created a penalty kick hat-trick, Pirlo made two of three penalty kicks, and Kaka assisted Inzaghi to score the last goal;

On February 2, in the 16st round of Serie A, AC Milan played against Lazio at home.

The Blue Eagles collapsed and broke through the gate guarded by Dida twice, but AC Milan was superior and won 3:2 in the end. Kaka shined the audience with one pass and one shot.

On February 2, in the third round of the second stage of the European Champions Cup group stage, AC Milan beat Lokomotiv Moscow 19-3. Kaka came off the bench and assisted Thomason to score the only goal of the game.

On February 2, in the 22nd round of Serie A, AC Milan challenged Turin away.

The Rossoneri were imposing, and they played a fantastic attack in the first half. Kaka scored twice with a head kick, and then assisted Shevchenko to score with his left foot, leading 307:3 in the No.0 minute of the game.

Who knew that the situation would change suddenly in the second half.

Only 2 minutes after the easy side rematch, the Turin fans smashed the transparent plastic baffle on the protective fence and were about to rush into the stadium. The riot police stepped forward to stop the game and the game was resumed.

At the gap in the protective fence, fans clashed with the police, and more than a dozen people rushed to the track. The police were forced to release tear gas, and the fans responded with stones and other objects.

Half an hour later, the referee Palanca announced the suspension of the game in the locker room. After the game, the Italian Football Association ruled that Torino lost 0 to 3 and suspended for 5 games at home.

While the AC Milan fans were celebrating the victory, Inter Milan was tied after taking the lead and fell to third in the standings.

On February 2th, in the fourth round of the second stage of the European Champions Cup group stage, AC Milan challenged Lokomotiv Moscow in an away game. In the end, Kaka created a penalty kick and made a penalty kick. Milan won 25:2.

Throughout February, they won seven games and scored 14 goals. Counting the games in January, AC Milan achieved a terrifying record of complete victory in 2003, and going back to 2002, their last loss was on November 11. In the Champions League group stage, they lost 23:1 to Deportivo Deportivo.

Ten consecutive victories, eighteen games unbeaten.

The media almost blew up AC Milan, and "Turin Sports Daily" reporter Johnny talked about Kaka in his column.

"It's time to talk about Kaka."

"22 league games, 11 goals, 11 assists, fifth in scorer list, first in assists list; two Champions League qualifying games, three goals, one assist; 10 Champions League games, 6 goals, 5 assists, since joining AC Milan in August last year, this kid has created 34 goals for AC Milan in 37 games, and these are not counting the penalty kicks he created but did not take."

"Of course, when we evaluate a player, we can't just talk about the number of goals and assists, but also look at his contribution to the team, his tactical execution, his performance on the court, and his explosive power at critical moments."

"I have watched many of Kaka's games. It can be said responsibly that this kid has shown the world's top offensive ability. If he can be a little more selfish, then his number of goals may even increase by a third..."

"He is currently the player with the most dribbles in Serie A, and also the player with the most dribble successes. Even in the five major leagues, his dribble success rate is also one of the few players with the highest. Unfortunately, we rarely see him scoring goals like the healthy Ronaldo and the young Baggio, because his position is farther away from the goal, and because he chooses more assists when opportunities arise..."

"The second thing I want to talk about is Van der Vaart."

"The Dutchman started his career in the Ajax first team in 2000 and soon became the core of the team's frontcourt."

"In the 2001-02 season, van der Vaart scored 16 goals in the first 14 league rounds of the Eredivisie, but then he was reimbursed for the season due to a knee injury in February 2002. Ajax finally won the Eredivisie League and the Dutch Cup after the end of the season. Kicks into the quarter-finals..."

Kaka was surprised at how the Torino Sports newspaper put so much effort to praise himself, but he realized it after seeing Van der Vaart.

This year is 2003, and "Turin Sports News" released this kind of article at this juncture, in all likelihood, it was creating momentum for the first European Golden Boy Award.

If memory serves me correctly, the European Golden Boy Award was founded by "Turin Sports News" in 2003. More than 30 European sports media voted to select the best young player of the year.

The results of the voting are finally counted by the "Turin Sports News" and the "Golden Ball" is awarded, but in order to distinguish it from the Golden Globe, it is called the Golden Boy Award.

In the original timeline, the winner of the first Golden Boy Award was Van der Vaart.

At this time, Van der Vaart was called the second Cruyff, and he was so popular that he was of course not enough compared to Kaka.

Kaka’s birthday is in April, which is exactly on the standard line of “under 21 years old”. If the Golden Boy Award is selected after April, strictly speaking, his age is beyond the standard. Of course, this is organized by an Italian media organization after all. If possible, they definitely don’t want the first Golden Boy Award to be missed, so even if the age does not meet, “Turin Sports News” will probably remove the “below” thoughtfully.

In other words, the Golden Boy Award is a sure thing.

(End of this chapter)