Chapter 511: Nemesis Strikes

The defeat in the Champions League did not have much impact on Inter Milan in the league, and after three consecutive titles, Inter Milan have played with absolute confidence in the domestic league, and neither mid-table Genoa nor relegation side Udinese can stand in their way. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Udinese squatted in the pit and defended to get a point, and was finally defeated by Inter Milan by 2 goals, Genoa played at home, trying to give Inter Milan three points, but lost worse than Udinese, and was slaughtered by Inter Milan by 5 goals.

After playing Genoa, Inter Milan turned all their attention to the Champions League.

At present, Group F Barcelona, Inter Milan, Dynamo Kyiv, and Rubin Kazan all have 3 points, and have formed a chain set, Dynamo Kyiv with the most goals is ranked first, Rubin Kazan with the most goals conceded is ranked last, Inter Milan is second, and Barcelona is ranked third.

In the third round of the group stage, Inter Milan vs. Dynamo Kiev is a game that cannot be lost.

This round of Barcelona hosts Rubin Kazan, obviously Barcelona will never lose to Rubin Kazan, if Inter Milan can't win Dynamo Kiev at home, the next three games, respectively, away to Dynamo Kiev, away to Barcelona, home to Rubin Kazan, the danger of being eliminated is too great.

Inter Milan and Dynamo Kyiv have only met once in the Champions League, in the group stage of the 03-04 season, with Inter winning 2-1 at home and drawing 1-1 away, but both teams also failed to qualify from the group.

Dynamo Kyiv is a regular in the Champions League, having beaten Barcelona by seven goals in the 9798 season, and Shevchenko, who scored a hat-trick at half-time, is now back at Dynamo Kyiv.

The Ukrainian nuclear warhead is not only the enemy of Barcelona, but also the henchman hated and feared by Inter fans, Shevchenko, who has played for AC Milan for 8 years, is an absolute Inter nemesis, he scored 8 goals for Inter in Serie A, 3 goals for Inter in the Italian Cup, 3 goals for Inter Milan in the Champions League, and many of them are key goals that tear the hearts of Inter Milan fans.

Although Sheva has no more courage and can only return to the Ukrainian league, he has played under Mourinho and is very familiar with Inter Milan, and Inter Milan fans are also worried about whether Inter Milan will regain his nemesis nature.

Before the match at Dynamo Kiev, there were two good news from Inter Milan, "French Football" magazine and "Torino Sport" announced the 2009 "European Golden Boy Award" and "European Golden Ball Award" shortlist, Inter Milan in the "European Golden Boy Award" shortlist of 3 people, and in the "European Golden Ball" list of 4 people selected.

Thornton, Balotelli and Gao Xiaodong were selected for the "European Golden Boy Award", and Cesar, McConn, Gao Xiaodong and Eto'o were selected for the "European Golden Globe Award", of which Gao Xiaodong was selected for two lists and was the biggest favorite for the European Golden Boy Award.

The reporter then interviewed Balotelli, Eto'o and Gao Xiaodong.

Selected for the Golden Boy Award list again, Balotelli looked very arrogant, when asked by reporters, Ba Shen said: "Among the forty candidates, only Gao Xiaodong is about the same as me, and I don't know anyone except Thornton, I and Gao Xiaodong may win the award, I think I have a greater advantage, because I am more handsome and smart...... The previous 6 Golden Boy Award winners, Messi is a little better than me, everyone else is not as good as me, my goal is to win the Golden Boy Award this year, and in the near future, win the European Golden Ball Award without any age limit. ā€

Compared with Balotelli, Gao Xiaodong is a lot more cunning, Gao Xiaodong is very happy to say that being selected for the shortlist is a reward for his excellent performance in the game, he is very grateful to the favor of "French football" magazine and "Torino Sports Newspaper", and also said that compared to being selected for these two awards, the return from the ban makes him happier, because now Inter Milan is not in a good situation in Group F, and he hopes that he can help the team.

The reporter asked Gao Xiaodong maliciously, "Mario thinks that you are the only candidate who is similar to him, but he is more handsome and smarter than you, what do you think?"

Gao Xiaodong joked very seriously: "I'm very happy to occupy such an important position in Balotelli's heart, it's not easy, what Balotelli said is right, he has always been very self-aware." ā€

Samuel Eto'o is also a thorn in the head, although he is 28 years old, he is not much better at dealing with journalists than Balotelli, he knows that he is not the favorite for the Ballon d'Or, he is very light on being in the squad, and he prefers to win the treble again at Inter Milan and then win the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year award.

Eto'o is not arrogant, during his time in Barcelona, Eto'o actually had the strength to win the Ballon d'Or, but when he was at his peak, Ronaldo was still at his peak, last year he reached the peak of his career again at Barcelona, and the team also won the treble, but Messi is at the peak again, Eto'o can be said to be born at the wrong time.

Now to Inter Milan, although Inter Milan is also a star, but Lucio, McConn, Zanetti, Stankovic and others are old, Gao Xiaodong, Balotelli is too young, the only superstar of the year is Eto'o, if Inter Milan can win the Champions League, Eto'o has a very big hope of winning the Ballon d'Or.

Mourinho was delighted to have six players in his squad for the Golden Boy and Ballon d'Or and congratulated them in his pre-match press conference and wished them success in both categories.

"We have six players selected to show that we are very strong and have the capital to compete with the best teams in the world, and if they can win the Golden Boy Award and the Ballon d'Or, it will be a great incentive for the team and for himself, I wish them well. ā€

Against Dynamo Kyiv, Mourinho said the opponent was strong, but Inter Milan had to win, "Dynamo Kyiv is the champion of Ukraine. Half of the players in their squad are members of the national team, and the rest of the players are also very strong. Dynamo are also currently leading the league. They lost to Barcelona but they could have scored at any time in that game. They are a team with everything in place: physical strength, excellent organisation, an experienced and high-level coach, pace on the wings, and two of the best centre-forwards in Ukraine. On the football field, it only takes a moment to go from heaven to hell and if we want to win the game we have to concentrate all our attention and give it our all and not regret and regret it after the game. ā€

The Champions League has always been a problem for Inter Milan, and many journalists believe that Inter Milan suffer from Champions League phobia, when the reporter mentioned that the last time the club won the European Cup was in the 1960s. Mourinho couldn't help but get angry, "I don't know if Inter Milan has a phobia of the Champions League, but my Inter will never have it."

If Inter haven't won the Champions League since 1965, that's not my responsibility. Inter Milan didn't win the Champions League last season and that's my responsibility.

Last season we played average in the group stage, but we advanced two rounds early. Then we met the defending champions at the time, who made it to the final again and we were eliminated in a close contest.

This season we met the defending champions again, we beat them 2-0, against the Russian champions, we lost the midfielder Gao Xiaodong, Balotelli was sent off, we only lost 0:1, I don't think we should criticize.

If Inter had played the same performance, the same attitude and the same focus as against Barcelona, we would obviously be able to beat Dynamo Kyiv. But I reiterate that we have a lot of respect for our opponents and we all know that they won't be easy to play against. ā€

A reporter mentioned Inter Milan's nemesis Shevchenko and asked Mourinho how he would defend against Ukrainian nuclear warheads, Mourinho said: "Shevchenko is the second most goals scored in the Champions League after Raul, I respect him very much, I have no happy cooperation with him at Chelsea, it is a tactical problem, there is no grudge between us, I will not take any special measures against Shevchenko in this game, he is no longer the Shevchenko of the year." ā€

Dynamo Kyiv's coaches are cautious when they are away at Inter Milan, and coach Gazaev met Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in the Champions League group stage when he was in charge of CSKA, when Chelsea won 1-0 and 2-0 over two legs, and now Gazaev says that his first goal in Meaza is to get a point, and his second goal is to win.

Shevchenko said that Inter Milan have a lot of quality, and there is a great coach like Mourinho, it is difficult to win, but Sheva believes that he has good luck with Inter Milan, and during his time at AC Milan, he met Inter Milan in the Champions League four times, and arranged three of AC Milan's four goals, and this time Sheva hopes to continue his good fortune against Inter Milan.