In the previous article, the author introduced players who mature late, but it can be known that such players as Vardy and Ton who have become a blockbuster player after the age of 25 are only a small part of the late bloomer. There are more players who just lack kind of luck. Relatively, people are actually very easy to find their talent, and as long as giving them a bigger stage, these players will also reward good performance.
The most typical of this kind of player, Argentine striker Diego Milito deserved! In many people’s eyes, Milito, born in 1979, was only known after 2010 for transferring to Inter at the age of 30. At the age of 31, he was famous for the first champion landing in Europe.
Indeed, most people know Diego Milito’s name is because his fantastic season at Inter Milan. 2009–2010 season, Serie A Giants Inter Milan won the first “triple crown” in the history of Italian football, and Diego — Milito contributed 30 goals in that season, and scored in the three key battles with 4 balls! This performance also ensured him to win the 2010 UEFA’s best striker.
In fact, the fans who pay attention to Milito’s football career must know that 30 goals in a single season are not unusual for the Argentine striker. Milito, born in a football family, has demonstrated his shooting skills in early years. Just because his brother Gabriel Milito joined Barcelona earlier, his older brother Diego Milito was in the middle and lower class of the club before he was 30.
Although due to the overall strength of his clubs, Milito’s exposure has been very limited. However, if you look at his data before Inter Milan and his performance in key battles, you will find that it is not very clear that the Argentinian striker was described as having a late bloomer. Diego Milito already played as a top striker, but he just didn’t have the chance to climb to the bigger stage.
It’s no wonder that Milito is not the kind of player who can see talent at a glance, especially compared to the predecessors of the Meazza Stadium: Vieri or Adriano, the Argentine is not very fast and not tall. However, solid basic football skills makes Milito good at seizing every opportunity that is fleeting.
The action of one stop and one buckle, and then with the outstanding shots of the Argentine, Milito always use the seemingly unappealing technical moves to pierce the opponent’s door again and again, and his stable goal rate in Serie A And La Liga have a very good embodiment.
In 2004, he transferred to Serie B club Genoa, and he played 51 games and scored 33 goals in that period. However, Genoa was forced to drop to the Serie C in the 2004/05 season due to fraud. Therefore, Diego — Milito had to choose to leave the team and travel to Spain to join Real Zaragoza and his brother Gabriel.
Milito scored 16 goals at his first La Liga season, becoming the team’s top striker, and he scored 4 in the Spanish Cup semi-final 6:1 victory over Real Madrid. After the leaving of his brother Gaby to Barcelona, Diego became the captain of Zaragoza, and Milito’s personal performance reached its peak in the 2006–2007 season. It was the first time that people were shocked by this Argentine striker.
Milito is one of La Liga’s 2006/07 season best forward. He scored 23 goals in the league and fell behind only the two-goal striker Van Nistelrooy. He also had only 3 goals difference with European Golden Boot winner Totti. His constant scoring helped Zaragoza finish the season with sixth place. Until January 2008, Milito scored more than one goal every two games, making him one of the most productive prospects in the world.
However unfortunate occurred in the 2007–2008 season, although Diego — Milito is still a steady stream of goals in the season, Real Zaragoza fell to second grade after that season. The club knew that Milito was reluctant to play the second grade, so it did not set too many obstacles for his departure. However, in the summer transfer window, the substantial price that the Argentine received was very limited.
On September 1, 2008, only a few minutes before the end of transfer window, Milito’s agent, Fernando Hidalgo, announced that Milito had chosen to return to Genoa. The completion of this transfer was very embarrassing. The Argentine striker’s value in the transfer market was not practical, and many interested clubs did not take practical action.
Subsequently, in Genoa, Milito maintained his good condition and stabilized the scoring rate, and scored 24 goals in the league, setting a new record for individual league goals. After the end of the season, Serie A giant Inter Milan paid a 40 million euro transfer fee for Milito and midfielder Thiago Motta. In this deal, although Inter Milan paid for such potential shares as Bonucci and Destro, the arrival of Milito and Motta pave the way for the subsequent magic season.
At the age of 30, he quickly became the absolute main force on the Inter Milan frontline. The most important thing was that at the time, Inter Milan’s head coach was Jose Mourinho. The 4–2–3–1 formation he was good at and the defensive counterattack style was suitable for Milito. When the season, he and the Dutchman Sneijder and Eto’o’s cooperation was very understanding, both in Italy and the Champions League can give opponents a considerable threat.
In the 2009–2010 season, Milito scored a total of 30 goals, including 22 in the Serie A, 6 in the European Cup and 2 in the Italian Cup. This data may not be comparable to Inter Milan’s “predecessor” Ibrahimovic or Vieri, but the Argentinian striker’s play in critical situations is decisive. When the season faced Milan, Juventus and Rome, Milito all scored goals, and the final goal against Siena also completely shattered hopes of Rome’s reversal.
In the face of Rome in the Italian Cup finals, Milito scored a long-distance goal. In Inter Milan’s most important Champions League game, Milito played opponents in the final match with Bayern Munich and his two goals also made Inter Milan re-embark in the UEFA Champions League 45 years later.
After this, Milito became the new king of Meazza Stadium, and the Inter Milan fans cordially called him “Prince.” To know that two years ago, the Argentine striker once fell into the dilemma of football, but just two years later, Milito got everything a professional players can get. This is naturally considered a famous counterattack in international football, but compared to Tony and Vardy’s obscurity in his youth, Milito is only a lack of stage to show himself.
However, in reality, these talented professional players will be less? Milito was very fortunate to be able to come to Inter Milan at the age of 30. Italian football also has various examples such as Huppner and Di Natale have spent their lives twirling into small clubs. People can easily discover their talents, and as long as they are given a better stage, they can show excellent performance.
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