I'm Kaka Kaka

Chapter 248 Kaka Riding the Wind and Waves

As long as he is a player, it is impossible to have no ambitions for the Ballon d'Or and the World Player of the Year. The list of candidates is usually announced between the end of November and the beginning of December, and then will be awarded around the end of the year, so Kaka still has about a month to canvass for himself.

The best way to canvass votes is of course to score goals.

Of course, as he said to Redick, even if he wants to score goals, he will not use despicable methods that harm others and benefit himself.

He will assist when it is time to assist, but he will choose to shoot himself when both shooting and passing may score.

On November 11th, in the 5th round of Group H of the 2003-2004 UEFA Champions League group stage, AC Milan went to Belgium to challenge Bruges.

Milan lost the game 0-1 in the last duel, and it was at home. This undoubtedly gave hope to all Belgians. Although this game still adopted a defensive counterattack routine, its determination was not firm. After all, the group stage is not a knockout match.

All I can say is courage.

They paid for their courage shortly after the start.

Cafu was intercepted with the ball, Brugge quickly counterattacked, counterattacked on the counterattack, and pressed heavily, but the ball was intercepted before it reached the edge of the penalty area.

Pirlo made a long pass with a big foot. After Kaka picked the ball continuously in the penalty area, he baked a fragrant and round pie for Sheva, and Sheva scored with a low shot.

Just 5 minutes later, the situation was almost exactly the same. Bruges failed to counterattack and was counterattacked. This time, Sheva returned the favor, picked a pass to Kaka, Kaka volleyed, and the football went straight to the dead end.

After the goal, Kaka and Sheva ran to the sidelines, and the rumors of discord were self-defeating.

It was only now that Bruges realized what kind of monster he was facing, but it was too late, the score was behind, and they couldn't allow them to attack.

Then the game turned into an attacking show for Milan.

In addition to Sheva's first goal and Kaka scoring twice, Pirlo, Rui Costa and Rivaldo who came off the bench made contributions respectively. AC Milan created a 6-0 massacre, which made all the opponents in the same group shudder.

On November 11th, the ninth round of Serie A, AC Milan challenged Parma away.

With the power of the Champions League victory, Milan launched a stormy attack at the Tardini Stadium, but Parma was very pragmatic and protected the penalty area so that no water could get in. Almost all 11 players on the Milan field except Dida rushed up and kicked them a few times.

Until the stoppage time, Kaka once again staged a good show of passing five players in a row. He single-handedly overwhelmed Parma's entire defense, passed the goalkeeper and scored an empty goal.

Milan won 1-0, with seven wins, one draw and one loss, ranking second in the standings.

Two days later, "French Football" announced the list of 30 candidates for the Ballon d'Or.

Shevchenko, Kaka, Maldini, Nedved, Henry, Ruud, Raul, Carlos, Buffon...

They are all the influential figures in European football last season. Various media and fans have also launched heated discussions around this list. According to the odds offered by the major gambling companies, Shevchenko, Kaka and Henry are the biggest favorites. Most of the others are accompanying runners.

The next day, unwilling to be lonely, FIFA probably didn't think it was lively enough, and immediately announced the list of candidates for the World Footballer of the Year.

But unlike the Ballon d'Or, there are only three candidates for World Footballer of the Year.

From this list, we can see how nonsense the World Footballer's selection is.

Kaka, Ronaldo, Zidane.

Except for Kaka, none of Shevchenko, Henry, Nedved and Maldini, who have been the most beautiful since the 2002-2003 season, were selected.

Of course, if you understand the details and history of FIFA's selection of this award, people will also find that there is not much surprise in this situation.

For the 2003 national team coaches who participated in the 142 World Footballer of the Year voting, perhaps more than half of the Asian and African brothers did not pay attention to the five major European leagues and the Champions League. Due to the different viewing conditions in different countries, the players of AC Milan and Juventus are far away from many coaches. In their eyes, they are more concerned about the big stage where the national team performs, such as the World Cup.

Throughout 2003, the French national team was undoubtedly the most prestigious national team. They not only won the European Championship qualifiers, but also successfully defended the Confederations Cup in the absence of many main players.

As a result, Zinedine Zidane, the leader of the European Championship, and Henry, the soul player of the Confederations Cup, naturally became the favored objects of many coaches from small football countries, but Henry still lost the election.

As for Ronaldo, at most he is eating his laurels. After all, the World Cup has not been too long. The scene of aliens killing all sides in the World Cup in Korea and Japan may still stay in their minds. Kaka even suspects that his selection is not because of his performance in the league and the Champions League.

In contrast, although Nedved led the Czech Republic to successfully block the Dutch team, his performance in this highly integrated national team was not as eye-catching as in Juventus.

The captain of the Champions League champion Maldini had already quit the national team a year ago. In the minds of some head coaches in "outlying areas", Maldini is probably already a retired player.

As for Sheva, Ukrainian football is just like a bird, and its sense of presence is probably not much different from Chinese football.

So it cannot be said that the coaches of each national team vote with their feet. It can only be said that these people choose the best players in their minds based on their fame and personal preferences, not the best players in world football this year.

From this aspect, Kaka's selection is actually quite unexpected.

This also means that he wants to defeat Zidane and Ronaldo, the two football portraits in people's minds from the late 90s to the beginning of the new century, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Kaka had no choice but to attack with all his might.

On November 11, in the tenth round of Serie A, Milan played against Chievo.

Inzaghi, who returned from injury, sat on the bench, and Kaka and Sheva, the two favorites for the Ballon d'Or, continued to start together.

Although there was an uproar in the outside world, and even the fans of the two began to show signs of biting each other, the two were not affected in any way, and they completed many connections in the game. Unfortunately, Sheva's foot feeling was not good and he wasted three consecutive goals.

In the end, AC Milan won the game with Kaka's free kick and Inzaghi's goal after his comeback.

Three days later, the Champions League faced Ajax, Kaka was in the middle, and Sheva and Jiuye joined forces as strikers.

The two sides played inextricably in the first half, and it was not until the second half that the situation opened up.

In the 52nd minute, Cafu broke through with a steal from the right and passed the ball to Inzaghi, who was responding in front of him. Inzaghi immediately knocked on Cafu who was on the edge.

In the 55th minute, it was Cafu's cross from the side. Inzaghi made a ghostly attack to grab the ball and then cleverly passed back with his heel. After the follow-up Kafu passed the goalkeeper, he scored AC Milan's second goal.

In the 62nd minute, Kaka dribbled the ball on the right side of the penalty area and was knocked to the ground. The referee awarded a free kick and Pirlo hit the wall.

Just when the Ajax defender was about to clear the siege, Kaka unexpectedly succeeded in stealing the ball and scored with a lob.

3-0.

This is also the final score of the game.

On November 11, in the 30th round of Serie A, AC Milan faced Modena at home.

To the cheers of the San Siro fans, Kaka dominated the game.

Long-distance raids, grabbing points in front of the goal, and a left free kick scored before being replaced by Rivaldo, Kaka once again staged a hat-trick.

It was also his third hat-trick in AC Milan.

Seven days later, the away game against Empoli, the two sides fought fiercely for 10 minutes, and it was about to end in a draw.

In stoppage time, Rivaldo won a corner kick.

Kaka scored from a corner kick.

Now everyone has nothing to say.

On December 12th, in the No.7 round of Serie A, Milan challenged Empoli away.

The two sides drew 10-1 in six 1-minute games, and Kaka came off the bench to seal the victory.

This is Kaka scoring in 7 consecutive games and scoring in [-] consecutive Serie A games.

On December 12, the final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, AC Milan played against Celta Vigo at home.

Faced with the bus set up by Celta, the Milan generals were helpless. Until the No. 70 minute of the game, Kaka tripped over the penalty area and won a penalty.

Pirlo hit it off and scored the only goal of the game.

Kaka's consecutive goals were interrupted, and the results of the World Footballer's selection will be announced soon.

　I'm rushing to Chapter 3, I don't know if I can get out

　　

　

(End of this chapter)