Chapter 198
The talks between Leon and the Cross family went relatively smoothly.
Inter Milan are giants and one of the best teams in Europe at this stage, and Leon's fame is what attracts the Kroos family. Especially the latter, Li Ang's famous coach and Bole aura are too strong, and it is rare for a young player to refuse his call.
In addition, Toni Kroos is an Inter Milan fan, to be exact, he admires Leon and the little guy is excited to play under him.
In the end, Leon succeeded in achieving the goal of the trip: convincing Tony Kroos's family and his agent to nod his head, Tony Kroos decided to join Inter Milan.
After getting the players out of the way, all that's left is to negotiate with Bayern Munich.
Although maybe Bayern Munich will be more interested in Toni Kroos and is not very willing to let him go, but Toni Kroos signed an amateur contract with Bayern Munich, which is far less binding than a professional contract.
Leon did not stay long in Munich and took a flight back to Milan the next morning, leaving Massimiliano Mirabelli in Munich to assist Oriari, who was due to leave for Munich that day, to communicate and deal with the transfer of Toni Kroos.
On the very day that Leon returned to Milan, he was urgently involved in the final talks for Marchisio's transfer to Juventus.
The winter transfer window is about to close, and Juventus are in a hurry, so they have to hurry.
Juventus' offer reached 18 million euros, however, this still did not satisfy Leon, because he knew that this was not Juventus' final psychological price, and there was still talk about it.
Inter Milan proposed a transfer value of 26 million euros for Marchisio, which was regarded by Juventus as a lion's mouth, and the talks broke up unhappily.
At this point, both sides have figured it out, and Juventus also knows that Inter Milan basically agrees to the deal, but on the final offer, there is still a final communication, and the most likely outcome is that both sides take a step back.
On 30 January 2008, at the Stadio Alp in Turin, Juventus played Inter Milan at home in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the 2007/2008 Coppa Italia.
"Goooooa
It was forty-one minutes into the game, and Inter Milan broke the deadlock on the field. 1-0, they lead Juventus 1-0 away from home.
This time it was Balotelli who scored with a header from David Silva's cross from the wing. It was clear from the goal that Juventus had broken through the defence and were so overwhelmed by Inter's dazzling passing and coordination that they would allow the striker Balotelli to easily jump up and head the ball when he was unguarded in front of goal.
This kind of powerful header against the goalkeeper, Buffon is unable to recover no matter how good he is.
Buffon looked angry after conceding the ball, and he directly picked up the football and kicked it to the front of the court with a big foot to vent his inner dissatisfaction.
"Balotelli's goal! beautiful goal, beautiful attacking coordination!" commentator Ferrari said with heartfelt admiration, "Inter Milan's midfield is very fluid, Marchisio is the playmaker today, his passing and scheduling are very clear, David Silva's insertion and passing and the final pass are also beautiful, and of course, Balotelli's header is also very powerful and wonderful!"
"1-0, 4-0 on aggregate! Inter Milan also got an away goal. The game ended early. The Juventus are finished. Ferrari shook his head and said, he turned to his commentary partner Rossi and said, as he said, Inter Milan changed the aggregate score to 4-0 and got an away goal, which means that Juventus must score five goals in a row and make sure they don't concede goals again, and the probability of this happening is comparable to the difficulty of making Leon a good baby who can't fire in the future......
Inter Milan's second goal of the game came at the beginning of the second half, Bonucci launched an attack with a long pass directly from the backfield, Aguero successfully countered offside, and went directly into the penalty area.
“Gooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!”
"2-0! 5-0 on aggregate! Inter Milan won big!"
"Leonardo Bonucci's long facsimile is accurate, Aguero's insertion is also very well timed, beautiful anti-offside!"
"5:0......" Ferrari couldn't believe his eyes, "0-5 on aggregate!" Juventus regards the Coppa Italia title as the most likely honor to compete for this season, but no one would have imagined that Juventus, who played the main team, would be so vulnerable in front of Inter Milan, who mainly played the bench...... Is Juventus too weak, or is Inter too strong?"
At this time, no one can answer his question, because the commentator does not need to answer at all, everyone knows that this should not be a question mark, but an exclamation mark......
The game continued after another centre circle kick-off.
Although there is still more than half an hour before the end of the game, it can already be clearly felt that Juventus people have no intention of fighting, or that the players have been beaten a little lost in their souls, only Buffon has worked hard and made many beautiful saves, but his efforts more intuitively illustrate Juventus's passive situation......
After Inter Milan took a 2-0 lead, Leon replaced Muntari with Stankovic to continue to strengthen the aggressiveness of the midfield. The Serbian has not played many games this season, mainly because Stankovic has been injured too much this season, and in half a season, he has been injured three times, which is also a reason why Leon has to consider continuous reinforcements in the midfield.
Five minutes later, Leon made another substitution, bringing on Arshavin for David Silva.
This is to protect David Silva, and if a Juventus player gets angry and maliciously fouls Silva who was active today, it will be too late for him to regret it.
Leon's move to replace David Silva seems to mean that the game is over early, in the eyes of some, which means that Ming Jin will withdraw his troops?!
However, in the 81st minute of the game, Inter Milan scored again, changing the score to 3-0, and at the same time, it also showed everyone their strong attacking strength and desire to score.
It was a quick push from Inter Milan after a successful break in midfield.
Marchisio sent a diagonal ball, Arshavin showed his ability to dribble at high speed, he got rid of two Juventus defenders in a row and crossed in front of goal, Balotelli's shot was blocked by Buffon, and the follow-up Marchisio fell to the ground and slid the ball into the empty net!
“Gooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!”
After scoring twice in the first leg, he continued to score in the second leg, scoring three goals in two legs, and he was the hero of Inter's big win over Juventus!"
"As in the first leg at the Meazza Stadium, Marchisio still didn't celebrate after the goal, and seeing the performance of the former Juventus youth captain is now the most unpleasant in the hearts of Juventus fans. ”
Seeing Marchisio's goal, the corner of Leon's mouth, who was sitting in the coach's seat, showed an imperceptible smile, this goal will be a very heavy weight to promote Juventus's decision......
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In the ensuing game, Inter Milan, who had a three-goal lead and an aggregate score of 6-0, finally slowed down the pace of attack, and even in such a situation, Juventus still struggled to organize an effective attack. This made the Turin commentator a little angry and claimed that most of the players in Juventus are not worthy of the black and white striped shirt.
In fact, the commentator is also right, among the players on the field at present, Juventus, which is placed in front of the 'phonegate', more than half of the players are not to say starters, and it is difficult to even enter the substitute lineup, and it has been nearly two years since the 'phonegate', Juventus's strength has been greatly damaged, but Inter Milan is thriving and stronger, which is the true reflection of the score on the field now!
From Marchisio's third goal, the Inter fans sang in the visitors' stands until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, and the singing turned into a huge cheer for the Juventus at home.
"0-3! another 0-3! 0-3 at home, 0-3 away! 0-6 on aggregate over two legs! Juventus ended their Coppa Italia season by a humiliating score......
"Juventus have said goodbye to the Coppa Italia with a heavy defeat and their favourite title of the season! ”
"Inter Milan won 3-0 at the Stadio Alp, 6-0 over two legs, and they advanced to the semi-finals of this season----'s Coppa Italia!
The six-0 win over two legs over arch-rivals Juventus made the Inter Milan players ecstatic, and the victory was so morale-boosting that they had a strong sense of self-confidence that they would be invincible.
In the away dressing room at the Stadio Alp, Inter Milan celebrated uncontrollably.
They took off their wet jerseys and swung them vigorously, jumping and jumping.
"It's really--cool!" Materazzi looked extremely excited, banging the locker and screaming at the sky.
"6:0!6:0!6:0!oh!" Materazzi then shouted a slogan as his players chanted the final score of the two legs.
Their voices were so loud that I believe the staff at the Alp Stadium in the corridor must have heard them well and hated them.
However, the Inter Milaners don't care, they even wish the Juventus people heard this, they wish they had itched their teeth but couldn't do anything about it.
Despite the fact that Leon and members of the coaching staff were in the dressing room, the players did not stop their frantic celebrations. There were even people who threw water on the coaches, making them embarrassed.
Li Ang didn't stop it, but smiled triumphantly and watched all this.
Maybe it's normal to eliminate Juventus, but, considering that Inter Milan only sent a 'second team', they eliminated Juventus with a big score without sweating easily, which makes everyone very happy, which is the most powerful manifestation of their strength to crush their opponents!
Leon was smiling smugly there, but he was targeted by his own players.
Leon was spotted by the sharp-eyed players, and the strong man duo of Materazzi and Adriano rushed up and grabbed Leon, hugged him, hugged him and pulled him over, and then everyone swarmed up, pouring all the drinks in their hands on Leon's head.
Although Li Ang tried his best to resist, he was surrounded by more than 20 chi-luo upper body and only wearing underwear, he couldn't escape at all, and he was easy to accidentally injure birds with a shake of his hand, so he could helplessly be tossed to death by these guys.
After the players dispersed in a hurry, everyone saw a man who had just been tossed by dozens of big men and then fished out of the water, and the locker room erupted in laughter.
Leon wiped the water from his face with his hands, craned his neck in embarrassment, and glared at his players viciously.
However, Mr. Manager at this moment does not seem to have much deterrent power.
"! Lao Tzu's image has been ruined!" Li Ang scolded.
When everyone heard this, they laughed even more, and the initiators, Materazzi and Adriano, laughed so much that their stomachs hurt.
Leon glared at these gloating guys, looking angry: "Look at what you guys have done." So how do I go to the press conference?"
Naturally, this remark drew another burst of laughter.
In the laughter of everyone, Li Ang finally couldn't hold back anymore, he couldn't pretend anymore, the pretended anger turned into a big laugh, he grinned wide, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and smiled extraordinarily brightly.
Among the players laughing, Marchisio looked at this scene, looked at the embarrassed and laughing coach, looked at the happy teammates who were also laughing, he suddenly felt a little dazed, a little reluctant, he didn't know whether his choice was right or wrong.