Chapter 464: The Great Purge
A week after Inter Milan returned to Italy, the Italian TIM Cup began. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The TIM Cup is a summer warm-up match between the traditional three finalists of Serie A organized by Tim Telecom, with the participation of three teams: Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus, and the three teams play against each other for 45 minutes, and the final ranking is determined by the results of the three games.
Serie A is about to kick off, and the traditional TIM Cup triangle is a comprehensive test of the summer preparations of the three giants in the north.
In the first game with Juventus, Mourinho unexpectedly discharged a 433 formation, Quaresma and Mancini Jr. played wingers, Eto'o played center, Gao Xiaodong, Cambiasso, Stankovic three backs, of which Gao Xiaodong burst forward, more to organize the attack, Cambiaso and Stankovic are responsible for defense.
In order to play 433 last season, Mourinho bought Quaresma and Mancini Jr., but one was loaned and the other was substituted, and the 433 formation failed, and Mourinho had to replay the 4312 formation used by Manich.
The failure of the 433 formation and the buying of people dealt a big blow to Mourinho's authority, and Moratti took away some transfer rights, and the Argentine gang also had more and more say in Inter Milan.
Mourinho is obviously unwilling to fail, he believes that the failure of 433 last season is mainly due to the lack of playmaker in the midfield of Inter Milan, and now with Gao Xiaodong organization, and Lucio who can insert the attack, he wants to test the 433 formation again.
The Argentine Gang does not support the 433 formation, if you play this formation, Cruise, who can only play the center, has no chance, the third back is tall and the young Cambias Sostankovic is absolutely the main force, the captain Zanetti can only play left back, Burdisso can't even mix with the first substitute, playing the 433 formation, the Argentine Gang can only have two main places, Samuel is substituted, and playing 4312, the Argentine Gang can also have two opportunities to be substituted.
In the game with Juventus, Quaresma and Mancini Jr., who regained their chances, performed very positively and broke through on the side many times, but Gao Xiaodong was embarrassed in the middle, because his position was very close to Cambiaso and Stankovic, and the defenders took the ball more to give them the familiar Cambiaso and Stankovic, and Cambiaso and Stankovic could take the ball directly with the wing, or pass to the center Eto'o, there is no need to let Gao Xiaodong transition again.
Gao Xiaodong has no ball, he can only do the rough work of stealing and intercepting, Gao Xiaodong is also very good at playing defensive back, but this is not what Mourinho wants to see, he spent 50 million, and he never let Gao Xiaodong play defensive back.
After Juventus adapted to the changes in Inter Milan, they immediately strengthened their defense on the side, blocking the breakthrough of Quaresma and Mancini Jr., the side attack failed, and the weakness of Cambiaso and Stankovic's poor organization and scheduling in the midfield was exposed, their passing could not break through the Juventus defense, and they did not have the ability to break through individually, and they did not want to give the ball to Gao Xiaodong, and Inter Milan's attack soon fell into a state of constipation.
With only 45 minutes played, Mourinho ran out of time and space to adjust as Inter Milan drew 1-1 with Juventus.
After the game, Mourinho was very dissatisfied with the South American gang's behavior of isolating Gao Xiaodong, and strengthened his determination to break up the South American gang and fight the Argentine gang.
In the second game with AC Milan, Mourinho changed the formation to 4213 and tested the formation and playing style of the forward + winger.
In this game, Mourinho put Cambiasso, Samuel, Cruz, and Burdisso from the Argentine gang all on the bench, only captain Zanetti started alone, Stankovic was also put on the bench, the back position was started by Montari and Vieira, the forward is Gao Xiaodong, the wingers are Quaresma and Eto'o, and Milito plays the center.
Mourinho's blow to the Argentine gang had an immediate effect, and Gao Xiaodong finally won the ball and took on the task of organizing and scheduling.
It's just that AC Milan lost the last warm-up game, and this time AC Milan coach Leonardo made targeted adjustments, strictly restricting Gao Xiaodong, compressing the space of Inter Milan wingers, and strengthening the pressing in the middle.
Inter Milan's midfield has only three people, Gao Xiaodong is responsible for attacking, Vieira is old, his running ability is very poor, and the defense is only Montari alone, which makes Inter Milan's central defenders Lucio and Cordoba often exposed to AC Milan's guns, and the back line is stretched.
The defense was unstable, Gao Xiaodong was also difficult to organize the attack with peace of mind, and could only defend frequently, Inter Milan played very embarrassed, and was finally forced to draw 0:0 by AC Milan and lost the TIM Cup championship.
The Argentine Gang thought that Mourinho would learn his lesson and reuse Cambiasso, Samuel and others as they did last season, and continue to play the 4312 formation that players are familiar with.
But the Argentine gang people don't know Mourinho, and they miscalculated the situation in the team, Mourinho reconciled with the South American gang last season, that was because he was alone, now he has Gao Xiaodong and Quaresma, and new blood Lucio, Eto'o, Milito and other heavyweight players, Mourinho has the confidence to clean the Argentine gang.
In addition, if AC Milan is defeated, maybe Mourinho is in a good mood, and maybe he can still allow the Argentine gang to exist, and now that he is forced to draw by AC Milan and Juventus, Mourinho, who is embarrassed and angry, finally waved the butcher's knife mercilessly.
Mourinho immediately announced the purge of fringe players who were not part of his tactical system.
The next day, Cruise was directly given to Lazio for free, Vieira was loaned to Manchester City, Burdisso was sold to Roma for 3 million when he was playing, and Cambiaso was also pushed to the transfer market, and he was sold at the right price.
At the same time, 15 million euros were offered for Genoa midfielder Motta, who was ready to replace Argentine midfielder Cambiaso.
Seeing that the Argentine gang was about to collapse under the blow of Mourinho, Zanetti and Samuel did not dare to speak for their compatriots because of Mourinho's obscenity, at this time the chairman Moratti couldn't bear it, he told Mourinho that the Argentine gang had made great contributions to Inter Milan, Cruz and Burdisso had no place in Inter Milan, and they sold it, but Cambiaso was in his prime, and it was very important to Inter Milan, so he couldn't just sell it.
Mourinho did not accept Moratti's intercession, insisted on selling Cambiaso, and even said that he would not guarantee Inter Milan's record in the Champions League this season if he did not do what he asked.
Just when Mourinho and Moratti were about to fall out, Cambiaso injured his meniscus in training, and he couldn't recover from the injury in two or three months, and no one bought it if he wanted to sell it, so Mourinho gave up the blow to the Argentine gang.
Although Mourinho no longer started the Argentine gang, but the purge of other marginal personnel has not stopped, the day before the start of the Serie A game, Inter Milan sold and loaned defenders Bonucci, Rivas, Borzoni, midfielders Pele, Gimenez, striker Obina and other 8 players, plus the previously sold Cruz, Burdisso and Vieira, in just one week, Mourinho cleaned 11 players.
Jose Mourinho's iron fist and ruthlessness shocked the entire Italian football scene, and the Milan Sport newspaper called Mourinho a cold-blooded animal. "Torino Sport" believes that Mourinho is creating white terror, and "Sky Sports" reporter Marchio also implicitly said that Mourinho's approach is unsuccessful or benevolent, if Mourinho cannot win the Champions League for Inter Milan this season, it will be difficult for him to gain a foothold in Inter Milan and Italian football in the future.