Speaking of the impression of Chinese fans on Chilean football, in addition to the two Copa America titles in the era of Sanchez Vidal, there is also the Chilean double Sassa at the end of the last century. In that year, Ivan Zamorano can be said to be the symbol of Chilean football, the famous Chilean striker in Europe, with outstanding physical fitness and strong shooting ability, with the nickname of "Ivan the Horror", today we will review his career.
Ivan Zamorano was born in Santiago, Chile in 1967, the 60s was the golden age of Chilean football, in 1962, Chile was the host of the seventh World Cup, he reached the final four with a home advantage, and finally lost 4-2 in the semi-finals to Brazil, and won the third place in the World Cup. Of course, Zamorano's father is no exception, although the family is very poor, but when Ivan Zamorano was born, the father planned to train his son to become a football player, from the age of three, his father accompanied Zamorano to play football, but unfortunately, when Zamorano was 13 years old, his father died unexpectedly.
This reinforced Zamorano's conviction to become a footballer, and he then joined the youth academy of The Cobcel el Salvador in Chile's copper mining district, where Ivan, who possessed super physical fitness, finally became a member of the team's first team in 1985. In 1987 Zamorano became the team's main striker, he scored 21 goals for the team, the unknown El Cobcel club won the Chilean Cup that year, excellent performance made him the first time in the Chilean national team, but also let Zamorano attract the attention of European scouts, in the summer of 1988, the Swiss team st. Gallen like Zamorano threw an olive branch, Zamorano also boarded a plane to Europe.
In the Swiss League, Zamorano showed outstanding scoring ability, helping the team to reach the Swiss First Division as a Second Division champion, and in the following 89-90 season with 23 goals to win the league's top scorer, and Zamorano showed the strongest scoring method at that time was actually the head, only 1.78 meters tall, Zamorano, with excellent bounce and point grabbing ability, he touched the ball very little, but he could score when he touched the ball, and his speed and physical fitness on the field were also commendable.
Logically, Zamorano's turnaround, Chilean football should make a difference in the World Cup, but did not expect to just become a Chilean international, Zamorano encountered a major event that has not been encountered in a hundred years, in the 1990 World Cup qualifiers, Chile challenged Brazil away, Brazilian fans in the Maracaná Stadium were excited, throwing firecrackers to the field, the result was thrown to the side of Chilean goalkeeper Rojas, and then saw Rojas cover his face and fall to the ground, the team doctor came on the field to see, blood flowing, directly carried down the field to the hospital, The contest was therefore terminated. Chilean fans even ran to the Brazilian Embassy to protest, but a reporter took a photo of the moment the firecracker landed, a meter away from Roxas, and no mine could injure a person. Later, FIFA investigation found that Rojas's wound was a neat knife wound, stitched with five stitches, it turned out that he had taken a small blade to the court, self-harmed a knife in the game, ready to use bitter meat to kill the soldier without fighting. Since then, Chile has been severely punished, not only 0-2, but also cancelled the 90-year World Preliminary Round, and more tragically, the 1994 World Cup qualifiers have been disqualified.
So after 1990, Zamorano's peak period basically did not have the task of playing for the national team, and he was also photographed by Sevilla in La Liga and successfully joined La Liga from the Swiss League. In his first season in La Liga, Zamorano scored nine goals for Sevilla, when he was already famous, and the Italian brand lotto had already sponsored Zamorano at that time. In the 91-92 season, Sevilla introduced Croatian striker Suq, and in the competition between the two, Zamorano was even better, scoring 12 goals in the league that year, and the lethality in the penalty area was even more nerve-wracking at la Liga defenders, which attracted the attention of Real Madrid clubs.
Real Madrid's super-shooter Ugo Sanchez had just returned to Mexico for retirement, and Real Madrid were looking for a striker of a similar type to Sanchez, who also looked like an Indian, and became their first choice. In his first season at Real Madrid, Zamorano went against the grain, and with the support of a stronger midfielder, he scored unbeatable goals, scoring 25 goals to help Real Madrid finish runner-up in La Liga and win the Copa del Rey. In the 93-94 season, Zamorano scored 11 league goals at Real Madrid, but Real Madrid performed poorly that season, being hit by Barca by five goals in the Spanish national derby, ranking fourth in the league.
In the summer of 1994, Barca midfield core Laudrup joined Real Madrid, Zamorano found the best partner, with the help of Laudrup, Zamorano was in the water, in the Spanish national derby in early 1995, Zamorano scored a hat-trick, Real Madrid 5-0 revenge snow hate, after the game Zamorano stretched out five fingers, fans called this the white terror that shrouded Barcelona, the horror ivan got its name. That season, Real Madrid finally won La Liga, and Zamorano also won the title of La Liga's top scorer with 28 goals.
In the 95-96 season, Zamorano scored 12 goals in 29 rounds for Real Madrid, and at the end of the season, a familiar person appeared, and Real Madrid brought in From Sevilla, who had performed well at the European Championships, and Yugoslav striker Mijatovic. At this time, the 1998 World Cup qualifiers qualifiers had begun, Zamorano was playing for the country in South America, after learning of the arrival of the former South, Zamorano directly fell out with the Real Madrid club, asked for a transfer, and finally Inter Milan defeated Bayern Munich in the negotiations, bringing the Chilean striker to the Meazza Stadium. Zamorano's joining Inter made headlines in The Milan Sports newspaper at the time, and in the end Inter gave Zamorano the shirt number he was most familiar with. We will continue to share the following story next time.