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Chapter 393 - 114: Andrés’s Redemption, [Super Football] Column

Liverpool has won the championship!

The fifth place in the Premier League has won the Champions League!

The world-recognized top team, AC Milan, lost!

They lost even after leading three to zero in the first half!

A collapse of such a big lead in a final, looking back over the past century of world football, has never happened before... Wait, was there another case just last week?

It’s AC Milan again!

They got overturned after leading three to zero again?

This...

It’s explosive!

Absolutely explosive!

Football media workers from around the world are stunned.

This is big news!

In the post-match interview, Jelando, who was awarded the best player of the match and also the best player of the Champions League, was so excited that he was speaking incoherently.

Reporter: "Congratulations! You have won the championship! This was unexpected for many people."

Jelando: "Yes, very few people believed in us, AC Milan indeed looked stronger."

Reporter: "You were once behind three to zero, but in the second half you seemed to be reborn from the flames. Can you tell us what happened during the halftime? How did the head coach reignite your fighting spirit?"

Jelando: "We have to thank our chief assistant coach, Mr. Laird, for all of this."

Reporter: "Did he employ any special tactics or say anything particularly inspiring?"

Jelando: "No, he just showed us a video he had edited."

Reporter: "Uh... are you sure? What kind of video was it? It’s hard to believe."

Jelando: "A week ago, the Italian Cup final!"

Reporter: "You mean the match between San Remo and AC Milan? But AC Milan rotated their squad in that match, they weren’t..."

Jelando: "That’s not important. What’s important is that San Remo and Lu showed us that even at zero to three, there is still a chance to win!"

"Considering Lu’s physical condition, the situation they faced was even more desperate than ours, but they held on! That’s the San Remo spirit! That’s the Lu Yang spirit! He made us know we never walk alone!"

The reporter expressed that this was amazing, you perfectly combined the spirit of Liverpool and the spirit of San Remo, awesome!

Reporter: "So in the second half of the match, what did it mean when you kept shouting ’San Remo’ and ’Lu’?"

Jelando: "It was to motivate ourselves as well as disturb the AC Milan players. San Remo and Lu are like a mysterious power from the East, always causing some inexplicable mistakes among AC Milan’s players."

"Perhaps, these two words have become a mental demon for some of their players, I suggest they see a psychologist after the match."

The reporter was sweating, really daring to speak.

This might just be tomorrow’s headline.

An Italian Third Division player becomes a mental demon for AC Milan’s team, making the entire AC Milan team seek psychological counseling?

Just ask, does it scare you!

Similarly, the reporter also found the disheartened Izalelt.

This match was supposed to be Izalelt’s highlight, he scored twice, once leading the team close to victory.

But... what a pity.

Reporter: "Will you regret this match? If so, what do you regret the most?"

Izalelt: "No one would not regret facing such a situation. However, my biggest regret isn’t from this match."

The reporter was startled.

Not in this match?

Why?

Isn’t the laxity after leading three to zero the fundamental reason for AC Milan’s defeat?

Izalelt: "My biggest regret is that during the Italian Cup final a week ago, I didn’t give my all and was substituted early. This made, or rather made our entire team’s pursuit of the championship less firm."

"Such belief can play a huge role at critical moments, and we voluntarily abandoned it."

"If I could do it again, I would not abandon any trophy that we could strive for. Because a championship... is a gene, a faith, it flows deep in our blood, once activated it will be inexhaustible, but once abandoned, it will face the backlash of glory!"

"This year we are the most disgraceful team in all of Europe, but next year, we will certainly regain the championship belief and stand at the pinnacle of Europe!"

Izalelt’s gaze was impressive, this always smiling and kind-hearted young man at this moment, was sharp and outstanding.

Izalelt transformed.

He became even more eager for glory!

This is a good thing because he might continue to lead AC Milan to the pinnacle of the world.

But it may not be a good thing as well because once AC Milan ages and is no longer the top powerhouse in the world, Izalelt may be driven by his desire for championships to other places.

A match, perhaps, changed the lives of countless people.

Finally, the reporter interviewed Andrés, whose performance differed greatly before and after the match.

Reporter: "Andrés, you performed very well in the first half, but in the second half, one of Liverpool’s three goals came from your passing error, another from your dribble being intercepted, many people think your second-half performance was disastrous, what do you think of this view?"

Andrés: "When I lead the team to the top, no one sees my sweat. When the team falls from the throne, suddenly there are people pointing at me, who has collapsed on the ground, saying look, he didn’t give it his all."

"I got used to such public opinion long ago, but I want to tell all the fans of AC Milan who insult me, you don’t understand football at all!"

"You ignore the benefits I bring to the team, you ignore the biggest contributor to the team’s three to zero lead in the first half, so this defeat isn’t my failure, but your failure!"