Chapter 853 Who?
In the first three rounds of the Champions League group stage, Inter Milan only achieved one win, one draw and one loss, ranking third in the group with 4 points. However, other opponents in Group D did not widen the gap. Ajax tied Rosenberg, and the gap between the four teams was not really widened.
The four Italian teams are moving forward in Europe at different speeds. AC Milan and Juventus are strides forward, while Roma and Inter Milan are moving slowly. This can be seen from the points and the future of qualifying: AC Milan has 3 wins and 9 points, almost qualifying; Juventus has 2 wins and 1 draw and 7 points, so there should be no problem qualifying. Roma and Inter Milan both have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss and 4 points. Inter Milan tied for second place with Ajax. Qualifying requires effort, and perhaps a little luck...
It was raining all night long. During Friday's training, Vieri's knee was discomfort and was then examined by a team doctor, ruled out the possibility of Vieri's ligament injury, but he was still advised to undergo necessary rest and treatment, and the treatment content would be mainly massage. In this way, Inter Milan has not much choice for strikers, Tony, Recoba and Adriano, and only Adriano looks OK.
At the suggestion of Zheng Zhi, the young Trident wrote a review letter of thousands of words to the club and published it in the "Milan Sports Daily". Such a "sincerity" attitude towards admitting mistakes was naturally recognized by Inter Milan Club and Mourinho.
So Mourinho recalled the three of them in a timely manner and adjusted the formation to 433 on the training ground. He needed the return of Ronaldo and Ronaldo, and Ronaldo and Adriano were used by him as the first choice.
There is still little pressure to play Piacenza away on the weekend. The two teams only played 14 games in the history of Serie A. Piacenza was at a disadvantage with 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses, scoring 8 goals and conceding 21 goals; of which, 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses at home, were at a disadvantage, scoring 6 goals and conceding 11 goals.
Perhaps, Piacencha will become Inter Milan's punching bag?
However, the day before the Piagen Cha, Inter Milan suffered another bad luck!
Buffon and Matrachi were injured one after another, which was a terrible thing. Buffon had an old injury to his right thrust, while Matrachi had a muscle strain during training.
Mourinho is really cursing this time. Even God seems to want Inter Milan to lose, right? Will he still have to hurt Cambiaso, Zheng Zhi, and Adriano when he looks back?
Mourinho admitted in an interview with reporters: "We do have two or three important players who will miss Sunday's game. I wonder if the team is cursed by God, otherwise why so many injuries will come in just one week. On Sunday's game, I will change the team. We will not make excuses for the team because of the lack of soldiers. Our goal is to win. Don't forget that we are still the leader now."
Since Buffon cannot play, substitute goalkeeper Fontana will definitely replace him. There are still choices in Matrazi's position. Carvalho, Stam and Cordoba can all be used, but it really doesn't work. There is also Zheng Zhi.
Although there is a shortage of soldiers, Spinach still believes that Inter Milan will win away games, which only gave Inter Milan a handicap that draws half of the game. There is great hope of winning, but a small win.
However, the media is not optimistic about Inter Milan. Before the war, "Milan Sports" wrote an article titled "Crisis", which directly pointed out that Inter Milan lacked soldiers and was in a state of unstable status and may lose points in future games. AC Milan and Inter Milan will widen the gap with Inter Milan.
The Turin Sports Daily also holds a similar view - this weekend, Inter Milan will likely lose the top spot, and their lineup and form are not enough to support them to continue to win!
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The young Trident returned to the starting position.
After the game started that afternoon, everything seemed to be verified. Inter Milan did not play well after the start. Piagenza's defense was fine. Inter Milan did not get any good chance to score. Although they had been controlling more balls in the first half of the hour, the score was not changed until the 36th minute. Ronaldo dribbled the ball on the right and broke through the ball. Adriano grabbed the spot in the penalty area, but the opponent's defender first rushed out of the baseline. Zheng Zhi took a corner kick from the right. Dibiagio headed the ball from the extremely small angle near the post, and the ball hit Richo in the midfield and bounced into the goal.
Inter Milan took the lead.
At the end of the first half, Inter Milan led 1:0.
Two minutes from the second half, Piacenza made a cross from the left bottom line. Hubner, who was unmarked, rushed to the far corner 7 meters in front of the goal. Fontana, who moved in advance, incredibly blocked the ball with his toes in the air, ensuring that Inter Milan still maintained the lead.
Mourinho asked Tony and Recoba to warm up on the sidelines early. I wonder if this gave Ronaldo and Robben great pressure. In the 51st minute, Inter Milan launched a counterattack, and Zheng Zhi initiated an attack to divide the ball to the left. Robben passed the ball to Sanetti from the left. After Sanetti stopped the ball, he dribbled the ball forward and passed the ball to Robben on the right. Robben was kicked up with his right foot outside the penalty area. Adriano understood and inserted his chest to stop the ball. The left side of the penalty area pushed the ball into the net!
2:0.
In the 55th minute, Dibiagio hooked Maresca from behind on the edge of the penalty area. He was lucky enough to escape punishment with a yellow card. Hubner asked for a penalty, but the referee gave a free kick. Maresca's shot was blocked by Fontana.
Three minutes later, Piacencha suffered another misfortune. Hubnell dribbled near the right bottom line. Sanetti and Panucci stepped forward at the same time to block the ball. The former blocked the ball from the baseline. The assistant referee judged the goal. Hubnell was sent off against him.
11 against 10, this is a pattern that Inter Milan is happy to see, but Piacenza, who played less and more, maintained a strong offensive, and Inter Milan seemed passive. In the 62nd minute, Fontana performed a miracle again. Richo shot with his left foot away from 22 meters away, and Fontana flew over and blocked the ball with his fingertips. After that, Zheng Zhi passed the long pass to Adriano, and Adriano defeated the offside and won a one-on-one strike, but he failed to beat goalkeeper Guadalben in the end.
Adriano missed the opportunity to score twice, but soon after, Zheng Zhi made a pass in the middle again with his left foot. Adriano attracted two defenders and immediately knocked on the Little Ronaldo who was diagonally inserted into the penalty area on the right. Little Ronaldo scored with his right foot on the edge of the small penalty area.
3:0.
In the 72nd minute, Piacenza scored a return, Montanho was knocked down by Dibiagio, Maresca took a free kick 30 meters away, and his right foot shot was swept into the upper left corner into the net.
3:1, but Inter Milan still led two goals, and Piagencha did not give up and continued to put pressure on Inter Milan. However, in the 86th minute, Inter Milan once again made a quick counterattack. Zheng Zhi sent a long pass in the backcourt, and Robben inserted from the left at high speed and broke into Piagencha's penalty area. As a result, the ball under his feet was shoveled out of the baseline in front of the goal.
Zheng Zhi took a corner kick, Piagencha headed the ball in front of the goal, Zheng Zhi started a curve ball again at the baseline, and the ball fell to the back point, Robben responded at the far post and headed the ball 4 meters in front of the goal!
Another 4:1, the final game ended, Inter Milan ushered in a four-game winning streak.
The Trident was also powerful at the same time, with Robben, Ronaldo and Adriano each scoring a goal.
After losing the Champions League, Inter Milan quickly regained the feeling of victory in the league. The trident is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the victory. However, Mourinho did not mention the trident at the post-match press conference...
Mourinho said after the game: "It was a tough game, but I saw my players perform well and we made good use of the number of advantages. I was very satisfied. Although Buffon failed to play today, Fontana's performance was amazing, especially when he saved Hubner's shot. For us, it was an important victory. We have completely come out of the shadow of the Champions League defeat to Lyon, and we are still at the top of the list. In the subsequent games, we should continue this momentum."
Mourinho praised Fontana, who played substitute Buffon, and said: "The players who played today are in excellent form. I am very happy to see our work performance this week, especially Fontana, who performed very well! He saved at least three must-scoring goals. Of course, the most important thing is that we took the lead with one goal early, putting ourselves in a favorable position."
However, the process of winning this game is far less relaxed than the score. He said: "In the first half, we were passive. Many times we lost the ball when we fell down in the midfield, but we persisted. Of course, the so-called "crisis theory" before the game is not a bad thing for the team, it stimulates my players to perform better."
Inter Milan captain Zheng Zhi also said: "I'm glad that we were able to get out of the shadow of the Champions League defeat and maintain the top spot. This is a very difficult and very important victory."
He also praised Fontana: "He guarded very well today! He resolved Hubner's shots many times. I think that today we can defeat Piacenza, and he is an important hero."
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In the away locker room, Ronaldo and Robben didn't even take a shower. They moved the bench and sat in front of the TV, quietly watching the press conference. However, from beginning to end, neither of them heard the boss talk about them and the boss, but they kept praising Fontana.
"It's over?" Until Zheng Zhi and Mourinho left the press conference, Ronaldo couldn't believe that they didn't mention them at all.
"It's over." A trace of disappointment flashed in Robben's eyes.
Who doesn’t want to be praised after an excellent game? The two of them are just children. But there is nothing, not a word.
"It's too much, I forgot us all. It must have been intentional." Xiao Xiao Luo muttered.
"Maybe...because we are not good enough?" Robben was not sure.
At this time, Vice Captain Sanetti walked up to them, rubbed his hair and smiled, "How many goals have you two scored together?"
"Just like this, I want to get praise from the head coach? At least you have to maintain this state for several consecutive games so that the boss will speak. What's more, if you make a mistake on Tuesday, you need to continue to take action."
"Oh," Ronaldo nodded, "but I, Fonsetta, just played one game?"
"Without him, we might just be a 4-4 draw now, aren't we? But without you? Can't we win?" Sanetti smiled again.
"this……"
"this……"
Ronaldo and Robben really had no words to refute. Fonsetta is really awesome. A good goalkeeper is equivalent to half a team, and they are indeed not irreplaceable...
It seemed that they could see their thoughts, and Zanetti said again: "In the past two years, Ronaldo's goals were forty-five. When will you reach half of his data be? Let's talk about it. People must have goals, otherwise what is the difference between them and Salted Fish? Look at Ade, he never thought of getting praise because he knew he was not good enough..."
Ronaldo's half of the goal scores will have to score at least 20 goals. This goal is too high? In the football world, there are not many players who can score 20 goals in a season?
Roben shook his head with a wry smile in his heart, but Rob's gaze flashed with a hint of imperceptible sharpness...
Not only did Inter Milan not praise it, but even the Italian media did not praise it because their popularity was stolen by the next door.
AC Milan defeated Torino 6-0 at home, and Inzaghi scored his second hat-trick of the season, scoring 15 goals in 9 games this season, while her partner Shevchenko scored twice, and another starter Kaka contributed 3 assists.
With such gorgeous data, it would be strange if Inter Milan players are not stolen...
Looking at the overwhelming news about AC Milan players the next day, Ronaldo and his team could only train silently, looking forward to the arrival of the next game. Only when they performed better than the next door would the media favor them.
On Monday afternoon, Mourinho's office welcomed a familiar guest, Zheng Zhi's cousin and agent Wu Di.
“Jose,”
"Mr. Mendes and I gave a completely different recommendation report. I think since your team is playing the Youth Storm now, we should carry out the storm to the end. The players recommended by Mr. Mendes are from the Mesozoic generation, but the one I recommend to you is the absolute junior generation..."
"He is definitely a top genius."
"Another genius? Not everyone in this world is Robben and Ronaldo. It takes absolute luck to discover a real genius. But you should talk about what is his name when you are talking about?"
"I think he may be even better than Robben and Ronaldo, at least in dribbling, not on the same order of magnitude." Wu Di smiled.
"And, he was younger, too young to believe it."
"Ha," Mourinho was obviously hooked up with interest.
Chapter completed!