"18 years ago, a young player named Daniele De Rossi made his debut against Anderlecht. The final round of the season against Parma will be the last time De Rossi will wear a Roma shirt at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. It will be the end of an era! ”
Eighteen years of Red Wolves, two years of Roma captaincy, 615 appearances, 63 goals. 2 Coppa Italia winners, 1 Italian Super Cup, 1 Champions League Semifinals, 9 Serie A runners-up, 2006 Fifa World Cup winner.
"My loyalty to Rome will never change. If I had a magic wand, I'd like to add a few more trophies to the team. ”
Goodbye, Captain Roma, goodbye, "YoungSter" De Rossi!
In 2001, after winning the league title at Roma, De Rossi was promoted to the first team. Unfortunately, in the next 18 years, the Red Wolves could not win another league title. But De Rossi also has a lot of glory that professional players can't reach in their lifetime, that is, winning a Hercules Cup.
At the 2006 World Cup, all 23 players on the belt were from Serie A, with De Rossi, born in 1983, the youngest. There are 5 post-80s in that Italian squad, in addition to De Rossi, there are Gilardino, Balzagli, Zakardo and Ameglia.
36 days before the start of that World Cup, the phone door incident that shocked world football was exposed, and the Italian team went to Germany under the clouds.
In the first game against Ghana, Pirlo and Yakunta scored to win 2-0 with Italy. In the second game of the United States, Gilardino scored, Zakardo Oolong, De Rossi was sent off for malicious elbow strikes, and the United States team was also sent off two in a row, and finally drew 1-1 with Italy, 10-9.
De Rossi was suspended for an additional four games, and unless Italy reached the final four, De Rossi's first World Cup trip would come to an end.
In a life-and-death battle with the Czechs, Nesta retired injured, Materazzi made a substitute, and Inzaghi single-handedly sealed the victory. In the quarter-finals against Australia, Materazzi was red, and "the great Italian left-back" Grosso made a point in stoppage time, and Totti was killed.
In the quarter-finals against Ukraine, Zambrotta scored from a distance to break the deadlock, Tony scored twice, and Italy won 3-0 to reach the final four. The semi-final with Germany was a classic, with the two teams going crazy against each other. In the 119th minute, Pirlo pulled laterally in front of the penalty area and then passed a wonderful pass to Grosso, and the magical left-back pulled out a perfect arc, a perfect kill! Piero then sealed the victory in a familiar area and Italy reached the final!
At the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Zidane and Materazzi became the protagonists. Materazzi sent a penalty and Zidane scored a spoon penalty. In the 19th minute, Materazzi scored with a header to redeem himself.
In the 61st minute, youngster De Rossi came on in place of Perotta. In extra time, Zidane put Materazzi on his head, and a generation of grandmasters dyed red, and the game entered a penalty shootout. Pirlo and Materazzi scored successively, and Trezeguet lost the kick.
De Rossi, who was less than 23 years old, stood in front of the penalty spot when his blast shot hit the corner of the net!
Subsequently, Abidal, Piero and Sannior scored consecutive free throws. In the 5th round, Grosso made a final decision, and the Italian became the champion! They became World Cup champions for the fourth time!
That Italy created their summer legend, that touch of blue, and how many people's youth!
Later, the person in that blue gradually said goodbye. Buffon, Balzagli and De Rossi became the last members of that championship team. In the 2017 World Cup play-offs, de Rossi refused to play in the case of Italy falling behind, hoping that the coaching staff would send attacking players, and in the end, blue sad, Italy was out.
Now, De Rossi say goodbye, Balzagli retires, Buffon leaves France, the memories of Italy's youth are about to come to an end!