Chapter 070: Half-Way Champion!

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This anecdote has attracted a lot of attention from the media, and many Italian media have picked it up, and even the media in other European countries have reported it extensively.

In Milan, even some young fans began to favor pickup trucks, and all of a sudden, Ford pickup trucks actually began to sell well in Milan.

It is said that after hearing about this, Ford intends to ask three Inter Milan players to endorse their pickup truck.

"Hahaha!"

Looking at the newspaper photo of Carlos walking out of the pickup truck with Juan Mata and Sergio Aguero, there was a burst of laughter in the home team's dressing room at the Meazza stadium.

Everyone already knows that this is the punitive measures of coach Leon against Mata and Aguero, Aguero is a young striker introduced by Leon, which is very valued, and Mata is a player that Leon has brought since the youth team of Real Madrid, which can be said to be the descendant of the lineage, these two young people have been punished, which also makes the Inter Milan dressing room solemn, and the fluttering atmosphere that has just emerged has been strongly suppressed, and the atmosphere is clear.

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It was before the start of the second leg of the 2005/2006 Coppa Italia quarter-final between Inter Milan and Parma.

In this game, Leon once again made a large rotation of players.

Ronaldo was given a break.

Leon is a combination of Adriano and Aguero in the front line, although Adriano's contract renewal is deadlocked, but Leon said that it depends on Adriano's form, so he gave the Brazilian enough playing time to find the scoring feeling.

In midfield, Marchisio and David Silva were given starts, while Cambiasso and Stankovic started.

At the back, the team's captain Zanetti started, however, he did not appear in the right wing-back position, but appeared in the left wing-back position, after Pasquale left, Leon vowed that Zanetti played on the left side, if Zanetti can maintain a high standard in the left-back position, then, Zanetti can rotate the left-back when necessary, and Leon does not plan to bring in a left wing-back, he intends to promote a left-back from the reserve team, in case of emergency.

Zanetti went to play left-back, McCone got the opportunity to start at right-back, which is why Leon does not plan to bring in more reinforcements at left-back, on the one hand, it is difficult to have the right player in the winter transfer, the main thing is that there is not enough time for the player to adapt to the team, in addition, Zanetti can rotate left-back in some games, which also gives McCone the opportunity to start at right-back, Leon is very optimistic and attaches great importance to McConn, and he can't let McCone be wasted on the bench.

At centre-back, Leonardo Bonucci was once again given the chance to start, partnered by veteran Córdoba.

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"Gooooooooaaaal" the roar of the commentator Ferrari rang out, "Beautiful goal!Borriello, he turned and shot in the box!1-0, Inter Milan took the lead, 2-0 on aggregate!They are in sight of qualifying!"

It was the twenty-fifth minute of the second half, and substitute Sergio Aguero Borriello scored for Inter.

Briellio was excitedly celebrating the goal, while Adriano was slightly disappointed.

"Adriano's luck is really not good. The narrator said.

It was Marchisio's free-kick into the box, Adriano headed it in, the ball hit the post, bounced back, and Borriello volleyed home.

'Adriano's form has improved a bit. Banderas said to Leon.

Leon nodded, as coaches, they can't just look at the goal statistics, Adriano's form today has indeed improved a lot, there are four shots on goal, two of which forced the goalkeeper to make a save, and the header just hit the post again, it can be said that the Brazilian's form is slowly returning, as the commentator said, today's luck is just a little bad.

In the end, Inter Milan eliminated the Cows with a goal from substitute Borriello to beat Parma 1-0 and beat the Cows 2-0 on aggregate over two legs to reach the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia in the 2005/2006 season.

In this game, what satisfied Li Ang was the performance of the team captain Zanetti at the left back position, except for the opening stage, Zanetti was not very comfortable with this position that he was not familiar with, the Argentine star gradually adapted to the game, and the performance was decent, which has made Li Ang very satisfied.

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On January 18, the official website of Inter Milan announced that the team's Argentine goalscorer Julio Ricardo Cruz officially transferred to Roma for 12.5 million euros.

In the summer of 2003, Kros moved from Bologna to Inter Milan for 9.5 million euros, and two and a half years later, he went to Roma for 12.5 million euros.

Cruise transferred away, Leon did not worry too much about Inter Milan's striker, Borriello improved quickly, and his performance was remarkable, which could completely make up for the vacancy after Cruise left, and Crew's transfer and departure also provided more playing time for the young Borriello.

Now Inter Milan has Ronaldo, Adriano, Aguero and Borriello on the front line, although the four players seem to be a little thin, but Ronaldo has the skill card protection of Leon's [Wonderful Rejuvenation], which is extremely healthy, which is a stable scoring point, and Aguero and Borriello and Adriano rotate another forward position, but it is enough to deal with the three-line battle.

Therefore, in the winter transfer market of the 2005/2006 season, although Pasquale and Cruise left, Leon did not plan to bring in reinforcements in the winter transfer market, and he set his sights on the summer of 2006.

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All eyes of Italy are on the 19th round of the league.

In this round of the league, Inter Milan will host Cagliari.

At the top of the current Serie A table, Inter Milan are just one point ahead of second-placed Juventus, who need to win the 19th round of the league against Cagliari to win the halfway leg of the 2005/2006 Serie A season.

Although the league halfway championship is just a gimmick and has no practical significance for the final outcome of the league, the halfway championship is of great significance to Inter Milan, which has not won a championship for many years, and can also stimulate the team's morale and improve the team's self-confidence.

Therefore, Inter Milan is taking this match against Cagliari very seriously.

Cagliari coach Arrigoni lowered his stance before the game, praising Inter's strength and saying that a visit to the Estadio Meazza would be a tough one.

It's no wonder that Arrigoni is so low, for Cagliari, the departure of their captain Giando Zola last summer meant not only the loss of a good striker, but also the loss of a mental support. This makes Cagliari one of the favourites for relegation this season.

In fact, it is exactly the case, after 18 rounds of the league, Cagliari won 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, scored only 16 goals, conceded 29 goals, and only got 15 league points, currently ranking fourth from the bottom of Serie A, only one more league point than Parma, the bottom third place on the relegation line, and deep in the relegation zone.

In this game, Li Ang lined up Inter Milan's strongest lineup.

However, at the end of the first half, the score was 0-0.

'Inter played a little nervously, which was weird. ”

"Maybe they care too much about the halfway win, but they can't let go!"

At half-time, Leon was furious and scolded the players.

"It's so hard to kick a Cagliari, what are you doing?!"

"We are a team fighting for the league title, what is the half-way title?

"Fifteen minutes! I'll only give you fifteen minutes in the second half! Fifteen minutes, you have to take the lead!"

"Against a team at the bottom of the table!

"You're going to have to spend fifteen minutes to make up for the forty-five minutes of the first half!"

Cagliari coach Arrigoni was thrilled at half-time and praised his players' performances.

"Well done, boys! You tied the leader at half-time!"

"That's it, tell the Inter people that Cagliari are not afraid of them!" Arrigoni shouted with a flushed face.

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“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaal!”

"Materazzi, Materazzi, when Inter needed to score, centre-back Materazzi stepped up!"

"1-0! Inter Milan take the lead!"

Leon shook his fist viciously from the sidelines, his players didn't let him wait fifteen minutes, and just five minutes into the second half, Inter Milan scored.

Ronaldo dribbled the ball to the ground by Cagliari defender Agstini and Inter won a free-kick in front.

Figo drove the ball into the box and the tall Materazzi pressed for a header from Cagliari defender Loria.

The football flew straight into the top left corner of the goal, and Cagliari goalkeeper Brennell couldn't make a save, watching the football go into the net.

On the field, the Inter Milan fans celebrated the goal happily, and Materazzi, who scored the goal, patted the chest to the coach's box, meaning that he had scored in less than 15 minutes.

A smile appeared on Leon's face, a player like Materazzi, not to mention his style of play on the field, but this is a player that the manager will like very much, very bloody, very combative, of course, for the opposing team, this is a villain who is not very popular.

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Cagliari coach Arrigoni had an ugly face, he did not expect Inter Milan, who had been unable to attack for a long time in the first half, to score so early in the second half.

Arrigoni could only console himself with a goal conceded, and when Inter pressed hard, Cagliari only needed a counter-attack to sneak up and equalize, and then hold on, and there was still hope for a point.

However, it was not long before Inter Milan burst Arrigoni's bubble of hope with a goal.

Materazzi's goal opened the scoring account for Inter Milan.

Nine minutes later, Inter played a beautiful combination up front.

Zanetti made a long pass at the back, Figo chested the ball and crossed to the middle.

Luka Modric dribbled forward and attracted three defenders before suddenly splitting sides.

Juan Mata dribbled the ball quickly, was near the baseline, suddenly cut inside and then passed the ball towards goal.

Figo, who was inserted, did not stop the ball, but leaked the ball.

Ronaldo, who followed up in the middle, stabbed directly!

The ball passed through Cagliari's goalkeeper Brennell's wicket and rolled into the net behind him!

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“Gooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!”

"Ronaldo, a beautiful goal, Ronnie, he doubled the score for Inter!"

"This is Ronaldo! After returning to Italy, after the run-in at the beginning of the season, after opening the scoring account in the game against Juventus, the omnipotent Ronaldo is back!"

Ronaldo jumped and jumped to celebrate the goal, and his old partner Figo at Real Madrid climbed on his back and shook his fist in celebration, a scene that became one of the happy memories of Inter Milan fans later.

Cagliari coach Arrigoni's face twitched, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he knew that in the case of 0-2 down, his Cagliari was out of play, this goal not only means that Cagliari is two goals behind, with Cagliari's current weak attacking ability, this loss of goal will also make the Cagliari team demoralized, and they began to realize that the defeat of this game is decided.

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Seventy-six minutes into the game, Inter's third goal arrived.

After Inter Milan's continuous, dazzling passing and receiving in front, Ronaldo dribbled into the penalty area, faced the defensive defender Agstini, and after his beautiful smash, he pulled the ball laterally again, avoided Lloria's top grab, and then volleyed directly!

Cagliari goalkeeper Brennell made an incredible save when he flew sideways to keep the ball out.

However, then Cagliari defender Vega cleared in a panic and did not kick far, outside the penalty area, Modric squeezed away Conte, and after stopping the ball on his chest, he shot directly from a distance!

The soccer ball goes through a beautiful arc and goes straight to the goal!

Cagliari goalkeeper Brennell couldn't do anything about the goal!

The soccer ball hangs in the top right corner of the goal!

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaal!”

"Luka Modric, Modric, beautiful long shot!"

"3-0! Modric sealed the win for Inter! Inter Milan could have opened the champagne early, they won this game and they will also be the half-way winners of the 2005/2006 Serie A season!

The entire Meazza Stadium roared with cheers.