Chapter 243: I can't say
Although Inter Milan has a good squad and a good bench thickness, the players' fitness has begun to crisis when they enter the season sprint stage in the case of third-line operations.
As Leon said, having won the Serie A nine rounds ahead of schedule, the biggest help for Inter Milan now is that they can focus more on the Champions League.
Now that the league title is in hand, Leon has decisively started to rotate more drastically in the league.
On March 22, in the thirtieth round of Serie A, a key battle, Inter Milan welcomed the sworn rival Juventus at the home stadium of Meazza Stadium.
The duel between Inter Milan and Juventus, known as the Italian national derby, shows how hot and unusual the confrontation between them is.
However, after the start of this game, people were shocked to find that Inter Milan had made a considerable rotation.
Toldo, a veteran who has rarely played this season, gets a start.
At the back, substitutes such as Maxwell and Burdisso were also given starts.
In midfield, young German teenager Toni Kroos started for the first time in the league.
Up front, Diego Milito started with another young youngster, Balotelli.
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"It's really hard to imagine that in such an important game as the Italian national derby, Coach Leon actually made such a large rotation!" said the commentator Ferrari, shaking his head, "Isn't he afraid of losing this game?"
He was a little puzzled, Inter Milan had won all 29 league games before, if they could end this season's Serie A journey with a winning record, how great and magnificent it would be!
Besides, the opponent is Juventus, the sworn enemy of Inter Milan, who loses to whom, and can't lose to Juventus...... In such a game, Li Ang really dared to make a large rotation.
"After Genoa won the away championship, Leon's mind and goal may have long been out of the league. The glory of winning the championship, in the face of the Champions League trophy, how to choose, Li Ang is very clear. Rossi shook his head, as a former Italian international and celebrity, he can understand Li Ang better, the so-called all-win season to win the championship, it does sound very exciting, but, in fact, what about Inter Milan has won the championship in advance, even if the next game is all won, it is at most the icing on the cake, it sounds better to say, the historical reputation is even louder, but what is the actual value? If Inter Milan is obsessed with winning the championship with a winning record, but it affects the performance of the Champions League, it is obviously more than worth the loss.
That's right, as Rossi said, Leon has a clear understanding of this.
In fact, there have been discussions within Inter Milan and within the coaching staff, and Mihajlovic has asked about the possibility of ending this season's Serie A journey with a complete victory.
Li Ang immediately had a clear response to this: the focus has been adjusted to the Champions League!
He was resolute and decisive in unifying this perception within the coaching staff and within the team.
This is also an important game with Juventus, and Leon has made a big rotation.
Of course, it doesn't mean that Leon conceded defeat in this game against Juventus, no one likes to lose, and Leon's character is even more so.
In his opinion, the later league is a good opportunity for the team to rotate and give the bench players a good opportunity to play and sharpen. Moreover, even if it is rotated, it does not mean that Inter Milan's strength has dropped to the point where they can easily accept defeat, for these rotation players, now they get the opportunity to start, but they are a good opportunity to show Leon, their desire to fight, no less than the main players, and it can even be said that they are more hungry!
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The course of the game illustrates this very well.
At the end of the first half, the score on the field was 0-0, Juventus, who played the main force, was not able to score, not only the score was a draw, Juventus did not have any advantage in the field mountain, Inter Milan in addition to the beginning of the game, a little passive, and then began to gradually compete for the initiative, in the first half of the game in terms of shooting data and possession, but Inter Milan slightly advantaged.
"It's a terrible team, Juventus can't beat Inter in such a situation!" Ferrari said.
The camera gives a close-up of the Inter Milan coach's bench on the sidelines.
"In fact, the reason for Inter's passivity at the start was more due to the poor understanding of the players after a large rotation, but after the integration of the game, Inter Milan performed better than their opponents. ”
"This is because the tactics of Inter Milan, the Li-on tactics of Coach Leon, have been deeply integrated into this team, even if the rotation players are a little weaker, but when they start to get rid of the tension, this team starts to play their overall strength!"
"Of course, if I have to point out Inter's problem today, it's the young Toni Kroos, the German youngster is still young, he looks a little less confident in midfield!" said Ferrari.
Before his words fell, his mouth opened wide.
In the 69th minute of the game, Inter Milan broke the ball in the midfield.
Then, they played a flurry of action, Deco, Balotelli and Arshavin passed the ball in succession, Deco sent an over-the-top pass, Milito in front of goal headed back, and Toni Kroos followed up with a knee to cushion the ball into the net.
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“Goooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaal!”
"Toni Kroos!" the young German scored, and although the shot was awkward, the young man was in the most crucial position at the right time to send the ball into the net!"
"Toni Kroos!" Ferrari froze for a moment, then exclaimed, "I have to apologize to this young man, he told everyone how good he was with a goal!"
"Say, did that kid hear you criticizing him?" quipped Rosie, the commentary partner.
"Hahaha!" Ferrari was slightly embarrassed, then laughed, "Inter Milan's players, like their manager, can't say. ”
Leon rushed out of the coach's box, raised his arms, applauded the goal, he saw that Tony Carlos, who was extremely excited after the goal, was surrounded by his teammates to celebrate, the young man also subconsciously looked at the sidelines, Leon gave the young man a thumbs up, and the smile on the latter's face was instantly extremely bright.
Leon is really happy, he rotated the big score, the purpose is to train the team, give rotation players like Tony Kroos the opportunity to perform and sharpen, and now, Tony Kroos's goal has arrived, and he believes that this goal will go a long way to boost the young man's self-confidence.
It can even be said that even if Inter Milan ended up losing this game, with this goal from Toni Kroos, Leon would have been acceptable.
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