Chapter 554: Defeat Blue Eagle and Bid Farewell to 09
On December 21, in the 17th round of Serie A, Inter Milan hosted Lazio. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
It was the last game before Christmas and the last game of '09, and Inter Milan, who were unbeaten in 16 league games, were a must-win for this game.
Lazio lost the Super Cup to Inter Milan at the Bird's Nest in China and will be hoping to get revenge on Inter Milan on the road and break Inter's unbeaten streak.
Although Inter Milan has stumbled in the Champions League this season, it has an excellent league record, and has not lost a game so far, the enthusiasm of the fans is high, the home attendance has been high, and Lazio's last game before the winter break, the Meazza Stadium has more than 70,000 people, which makes the president Moratti very happy.
One of the highlights of the game was the return of Inter Milan veteran Cruza to Meazza.
Although Cruz was purged by Mourinho to Lazio and had a lot of complaints about Inter Milan, Inter Milan fans still remembered his contribution, and before the start of this game, the stands hung "We have not forgotten you, Cruise, welcome home." banners.
Another focus is on Lazio star Pandev, who is about to move to Inter Milan.
Pandev wanted to transfer during the summer transfer, but Lazio President Lotito did not agree, and asked for a sky-high transfer fee from Inter Milan, Juventus and other clubs that wanted to buy Pandev, Pandev and the club had a stalemate, and the poisonous dish Lotito directly put Pandev into the cold palace, so far Pandev has not played a game, and he is not allowed to train with the first team.
Pandev also came for this game, but he was in the stands of neutral fans.
During the Bird's Nest Super Cup, Lazio and Inter Milan were still inseparable, and Inter Milan won the championship with Gao Xiaodong's hat trick.
After half a season of running-in, Inter Milan has greatly increased its strength, and can already wrestle with Barcelona, while Lazio has died by himself, putting the core Pandev and Ledesma into the cold palace, and now it is only one step away from the relegation zone, losing 0-1 at home to Sofia Levski in midweek, and the Europa League also failed to qualify from the group, the two teams met again, and Lazio was left with only a defensive counterattack.
Under Gao Xiaodong's organization and scheduling, Inter Milan's attack played very smoothly, penetrating in the middle, and flying on both wings, but Moratti's attention was not on the field, and he was actively communicating with Lazio President Lotito.
"President Lotito, I think you should think about it, if the court decides that Lazio loses the case, you don't get a penny, and if you agree to a transfer fee of 5 million euros, you can go on loan for free to our top scorer in the youth team, 18-year-old centre-forward Destro. ”
Moratti said very sincerely, he already knew through his connections the possible outcome of Pandev's lawsuit against Lazio, Pandev will win, but Lazio and Inter Milan have a good relationship, Inter Milan does not want to have a stalemate with Lazio, so that it will not be able to buy players from Lazio in the future, so the 5 million euros is to give Lazio face money.
But Lotito was very indignant, "5 million to get Pandev, it's a joke, Massimo, don't be delusional, it's impossible." ”
Moratti said very unhappily: "Lotito, you have to face the reality, Pandev would rather not play than stay in Lazio, he is very determined, he really needs to go to the court to face off, I think it is not good for anyone, I still hope that you will settle it peacefully before the judgment of the arbitration court of the professional league." ”
Lotito said: "Peaceful solution? no, Massimo, there is no peace anymore, this is the reality, Pandev is still a Lazio player, this is also the reality. ”
Moratti wanted to continue to persuade Lotito, but the loud cheers from the stands drew his attention to the pitch.
On the pitch, Gao Xiaodong got rid of two Lazio players in a row with the ball and passed the ball to Samuel Eto'o, who will play in the Africa Cup of Nations in January.
Gao Xiaodong's cross was very accurate, and Eto'o, who was not good at headers, also grabbed the landing point, but Eto'o's header skills were not high, and the top angle was a little positive, and the ball was saved by Muslera.
However, Samuel Eto'o reacted quickly and scrambled before a defender to bolster the ball into the net with his chest to give Inter the lead.
After the goal, Eto'o was very excited and ran halfway across the pitch to thank Gao Xiaodong.
Eto'o is very shrewd, he knows that in the month when he goes to play the Africa Cup of Nations, Inter Milan will definitely replace him with Balotelli or possible transfer Pandev and Sneijder, if the newcomer performs well, it is difficult to say whether he can maintain the position of the absolute main force after he returns, and now he is trying to do everything possible to have a good relationship with Gao Xiaodong.
Milito is also under pressure, although Inter Milan is now vigorously bringing in Pandev and Sneijder are not center forwards, but Balotelli can play center forward, Gao Xiaodong can also play center forward, he must perform better to be able to keep the main position.
After Samuel Eto'o's goal, Milito was more aggressive, running up front in search of any opening goal.
In the midfield, Muntari is also going to play the Africa Cup of Nations, and he is also worried that he will come back after the Africa Cup of Nations and find that the main position is gone, so he is more active than everyone else in this game, and he can even be regarded as desperate, which makes the Ghanaian fans sitting in front of the TV scared, for fear that Muntari will be injured.
Mourinho nodded frequently from the sidelines and was very satisfied with the performance of the players, such Inter Milan is the Inter Milan in his mind.
Lazio was ready to launch a counterattack after losing the goal, but Inter Milan did not give them a chance, under the strong attack of Inter Milan, Lazio could not attack if he wanted to, so he could only continue to defend reluctantly.
Inter Milan were attacking like a tide and played very well, but the ball luck was mediocre, and the shot was either saved by goalkeeper Muslera bravely, or blocked by the post and defender, or could not score the second goal.
At the end of the first half, the embarrassed Lazio magically held on to the score of 0:1 and kept a chance for themselves to equalize.
At half-time, Mourinho praised the players, believing that they played the best first half of the season for Inter Milan, and the only fly in the ointment was the poor ability to grasp the opportunity in front of the goal, and he told the players not to rush and calmly handle the final kick.
After the start of the second half, Inter Milan continued to launch a fierce attack, Gao Xiaodong, Eto'o, Milito, Muntari, Motta passed in succession, tearing apart Lazio's defense, and finally Motta slanted the ribs, Gao Xiaodong faced the attacking goalkeeper Muslera crossed, Milito pushed at the penalty spot and scored the ball into the empty goal.
2:0
Inter Milan made ten consecutive passes to complete a Barcelona-like attack, and finally passed the ball into the goal.
Jose Mourinho was so excited to see that he rushed out of the dugout, waved his arms into the stands and chanted for the fans to applaud the players' performances.
The stands have long been boiling, Inter Milan fans are used to seeing players win in the league, but such a beautiful attack has really not been seen, in the Mancini era, the attack is very constipated, every goal scored seems to stumble, Mourinho's team goals are sharp, concise and efficient, but not beautiful, and today, they finally saw a beautiful Inter Milan.
The on-site commentator Reka couldn't help but praise: "This is not like a team trained by Mourinho, but I want to ask, since the team can win and play so beautifully, why do you want to buy Sneijder and Pandev again, Pandev is still down, he is very likely to join for free, but Sneijder doesn't want to come to Inter Milan, he really bought him, is he willing to sit on the bench? Let Sneijder and Pandev play, can Inter Milan still play such a beautiful match?"
Obviously, Inter Milan was also moved by their ability to play such a beautiful combination, in the latter part of the second half, they were a little too much pursuit of passing and cutting coordination, and less sharp and tough, in the case of absolute superiority, but did not achieve a hearty victory, in the end only defeated Lazio 2-0, ending all the games in 09.