Chapter 652: Camp Nou fights to the death
The next day, Inter gave up their morning training session and let the players catch up on sleep in the hotel.
It was unplanned, but Mourinho couldn't do anything about it, he couldn't let the players train with a sleepy look on their faces.
In his pre-match press conference, Jose Mourinho angrily complained to reporters about the harassment of Inter Milan by Barcelona fans.
"Barcelona is a top team with top coaches and top players. They have been sticking to the same football philosophy for many years, holding high the banner of artistic football, but yesterday I experienced something with the team that made me feel that Barcelona was sorry for their traditions, the police took away our players, the fans sang and danced in front of our hotel and set off firecrackers, I didn't know that such a low action could help Barcelona win a few goals, but I knew that even the most utilitarian Italian fans could not do such shameless behavior. β
'It's 4-0 and there's 90 minutes to go. The second leg will be very different from the first, as everything will fall out after today's match. It's more important than the first leg, and from now on, we're going to forget about the first leg and start from scratch. β
"Someone asked me if I owed Barcelona, and I made it clear that I owed Bobby Robson because he gave me the opportunity to work in Barcelona. I owe it to the president of Barcelona at the time and to everyone who worked at this club at the time, because they helped me a lot, but I don't owe it to anyone now. β
Gao Xiaodong, who followed Mourinho to attend the press conference, spoke more directly, "Yesterday's incident was simply a scandal, I think Barcelona really doesn't mean anything to do this, the result is impossible to change, this can only be a loss and a loss." β
However, Guardiola understated Mourinho's face-to-face criticism with a Tai Chi pusher.
"I watched the semi-final between Manchester United and Lyon yesterday and went to sleep after watching it, I don't know what happened during the night, maybe it really happened what the coach Mourinho said, but the fans are always passionate, and God forgives the mistakes made by passionate fans, and Inter might as well treat him as a volcanic ash. β
'We made mistakes in Milan and this time we have to do more and we have 90 minutes to succeed. Tomorrow whether it's Messi or the other players will be doing their best to put in the game. β
"Last time I talked about refereeing and I don't want this question to bother us this time, I'm not worried because I think it's going to be a good referee who will officiate tomorrow's game. β
"What we need to win is ourselves. We're excited for the game because it's a Champions League semi-final, Inter Milan are a great team and we respect our opponents. We have to stay calm and come into the game with humility and we hope to beat the best team in Europe and reach the final. We have the best team in the world and no matter what happens, there will be a game to remember tomorrow. But now I need the players to remember that tomorrow we are just playing a football game. β
Guardiola spoke more politely, but Pique, who attended the press conference with Guardiola, was very arrogant, he said: "Inter can win 4 of us at home, we can win 5 of them, and we want to make Inter Milan players hate professional football." β
Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola exchanged words at the press conference, and Inter Milan president Moratti did not sit idly by this time.
Although Moratti has a mild temperament, he was also angry with Barcelona this time, first condemning the Barcelona fans and then saying that he did not want to watch the game with Barca president Raburta.
"I am very sorry for the behavior of the Barcelona fans, I don't believe it was instructed by the club, I am friends with La Burta, Barcelona and Inter Milan have a very good relationship, but this time Barcelona really lack discipline on the fans. β
"Although La Liga has the custom of two club executives sitting together to watch the game, but this time I don't want to watch with La Burta, of course it's not that I'm angry with La Burta, he's my friend, it's never going to change, I just want to be able to go to the 5,000 Nerazzurri fans on the expedition and cheer for the team with them. β
"Jose Mourinho doesn't like to talk about referees before the game, but I want to mention that the referee of this game is Belgian De Bricquere, who whistled Inter Milan against Liverpool in 2008 and sent off Inter's Materazzi in a short period of time. The Italian media is very worried about the referee. But I don't worry like Pep Guardiola, I think De Bricle is a good referee, he's got a lot of experience, he knows how to officiate the game, and he's going to do a good job. β
In the end, Moratti publicly talked about Gao Xiaodong, "Just as Barcelona has Messi, our Inter Milan has Gao Xiaodong, they are all the best players in the world, Gao Xiaodong is now the vice-captain of Inter Milan, I believe he will become the leader of Inter Milan and bring Inter Milan back to the glorious era of the big international." β
In the morning, due to the continuous condemnation of the Inter Milan coach, there were no fans to disturb Inter Milan when he was training at Camp Nou in the afternoon, but it was very close to the game, and it was impossible for Inter Milan to do any decent training, just train for set-pieces, warm up, and then go back to the hotel.
At 6:30 p.m., the Inter Milan players departed from the hotel by bus to the Camp Nou, the European Theatre of Dreams, to compete with six-time champions Barcelona for the last ticket to the Bernabeu.
At this moment, the whole of Barcelona has become a red and blue city, and the streets are full of Barcelona fans in red and blue jerseys, who passionately chant the slogan "Reverse Inter, enter the Bernabeu" to the Camp Nou, hoping to help the team create a shocking comeback that has never been seen in the history of the Champions League.
On the Internet, Barcelona fans all over the world are also supporting Barcelona on social media such as forums, live posts, Facebook, Twitter, Weibo, etc., attacking Inter Milan fans, whether in the real world or the virtual world, almost everywhere is talking about this upcoming peak showdown.
Barcelona's on-site commentator arrived at the commentary table half an hour early, and he first introduced the starting line-ups of both sides: Barcelona (4-3-3): 1-ValdΓ©s/2-Alves, 3-Pique, 5-Puyol, 18-Gabi Milito/6-Xavi, 15-Keita, 16-Busquets/10-Messi, 9-Ibrahimovic, 17-Pedro Inter Milan (4-3-1-2): 12-Cesar/13- Maicon, 25-Samuel, 6-Lucio, 4-Zanetti/20-Sneijder, 8-Motta, 19-Cambiasso/10-Gao Xiaodong/9-Eto'o, 22-Diego Milito
After introducing the starting line-ups of both sides, the on-site commentators began to cheer up the 90,000 Barcelona fans in inflammatory language, asking them to put pressure on the Inter Milanese.
"The enemy is coming, they have come to Camp Nou with a half-century of longing for the Big Ears Cup, led by Jose Mourinho, the former BarΓ§a translator!
This is war! The final war, life or death, there is no middle choice!
They're four goals ahead of us now, they're at their highest morale, they've not been so close to the Big Ears Cup for a long time, they're so hungry, they want to kill us completely, go and take the Big Ears Cup.
But we have no way back now, with the Camp Nou behind us and the Bernabeu in front!
At the beginning of the season, there are countless voices in my ears. Going to the Bernabeu to complete a Champions League final, for us, the happiness of winning the Champions League at the Bernabeu is not less than six titles.
We know what kind of difficulties we face, but difficulties are not a problem, as long as we are united, as long as we are united, as long as we fight hard, any enemy will fall at our feet!
Forward! Arzugna! Every inch of land at Camp Nou will sound with the horn of a charge!"
Advance!Arsugna!Crush the enemy in front of you!