Ivan Zamorano is third in the Chilean national team's all-time top scorer list and has won many championships with Real Madrid and Inter, but these goals and trophies do not fully reflect all the value of "Horror Ivan", and the Football Planet website will give you a look back at the brilliant career of a Chilean star...
To understand The Greatness of Zamorano, you have to watch him play with your own eyes. Every time a Chilean steps on the turf, his passion, his desire and his determination are something that the data cannot represent. With 41 goals in 149 games, it doesn't seem to be a legendary striker, but this is a player with blue and black blood, and it's a story of love.
Gigi Simeone, who coached Inter for a season, described Zamorano as the soul of the team, "I still remember how Zamorano agitated the whole team before every game, every game was a war for him, in addition to the determination to win, from a technical point of view, of course, he is also an excellent player. ”
Because of injury, Zamorano played only 20 games and scored four goals in Simeone's 1997/98 full season, but the Chilean's role was not just to score goals, he was also a fantastic forward partner, attracting the attention of the opposing defense and opening up attacking space for his teammates. Ronaldo scored 34 goals that season, many of them with Zamorano by his side.
The Chilean's last of four goals was the opening record against Lazio in the UEFA Cup final, which ended with Inter beating their opponents 3-0 to win the cup.
Zamorano and Ronaldo complemented each other that season, while Roberto Baggio also came to Inter in the summer of '98 and insisted on wearing the no. 10 shirt, alien adult beauty, but instead put on Zamorano's no. 9. The generous Zamorano also has his own solution, he has always been a fighter, and this time the flash of inspiration is not surprising. He placed a plus sign between the two digits of the number 18. He knows what number 9 means, and of course how to become number nine.
In addition to the number anecdotes with Ronaldo and Baggio, Zamorano competed with Adrian Mutu, Alvaro Recoba and Christian Vieri, although the Chilean was a key figure for the Nerazzurri until leaving Italy in December 2000 to join América Mexicano.
Just like Simeone, Hodgson and the previous Inter managers know the importance of Zamorano, and the fans are even more fond of him. "I'm flattered that Inter fans still spoil me to this day," Zamorano told Inter in 2015, "you know what Inter means to me." ”
Although Zamorano's goal numbers in a blue-and-black shirt are not conspicuous, elsewhere, the horror Ivan's goal feels quite impressive. In 1987, at Cobsell, Zamorano began his career, scoring 13 goals in 14 appearances, with the young Ivan helping the team win the Chile Cup, the only time in their history that they won the trophy. His outstanding performance also gave the national team an olive branch for him, and Zamorano scored in his debut for Chile in 1987.
In 1988, Zamorano's name had spread to the European continent, he was brought to Serie A by Bologna, but then he was loaned out to San Gallen in Switzerland, where the Swiss team subsequently bought out the Chilean, scoring 34 goals in two years in St. Gallen. Sevilla then took him to La Liga. This year his national team career also ushered in a breakthrough, scoring 6 goals in 9 appearances. In Spain, he scored 21 goals in 59 appearances. By 1992, Real Madrid had signed Zamorano, and chairman Mendoza described him as an "extremely rare Number 9".
At Real Madrid, Zamorano had the most prolific period of his career, scoring 101 goals in 173 appearances at the Bernabeu, helping the team to a five-year la Liga title in 1994/95, and he was also named the top scorer with 28 goals.
The combination with Davao Souk at Sevilla was already terrifying, and with Michael Laudrup at Real Madrid, Zamorano achieved even more. The Chilean was one of the best strikers in the world at the time. Having already helped Real Madrid win the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup in 1993, Zamorano's crown came from the national derby in the middle of the 1994/95 season, and in Real Madrid's 5-0 win over Barca, the Chilean won three yuan and assisted two other goals, making a legend in the first game.
In 1996, when the young Raul began to make his mark, Zamorano moved to Inter Milan, who was very fond of him. At the time, he and Salas scored 11 goals in 19 appearances for Chile, and the "double sass" was famous all over the world. At the 1998 World Cup, Salas scored four goals and Zamorano provided two assists, and the stats simply did not show Zamorano's actual contribution to the team. In 2003, Zamorano ended his 16-year career in Colocolo, Chile.
"I just want to play, nothing else matters," Zamorano said in the face of the Marca newspaper, while Zamorano on the pitch treats every game as a battle, and the legend of "Ivan the Terror" will continue to circulate in football.
(Yang Gun Gun)
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