Chapter 244: Leon's irritability
In the 2007/2008 Italian derby, Inter Milan finally beat the Bianconeri Juventus 1-0 at home thanks to a goal from Toni Kroos.
Leon's Inter Milan, despite the rotation of a number of main players, still defeated Juventus, continuing his Inter Milan's winning record against Juventus.
In this game, Inter Milan's 'second team' faced Juventus, who played the main force, and the whole team did not fall behind on the field and did not give Juventus any chance.
After the game, at the home of Meazza, Inter Milan held a grand celebration of the third consecutive Serie A title, of course, only in the stadium, there was no parade of floats, the season is not over, Inter Milan still has the Champions League and the Coppa Italia to play, the club decided to have a bigger celebration, everything will wait until the end of the season. On the one hand, this also reflects the ambition and confidence of the Inter Milan club in the other two competitions, especially the Champions League title.
After the game, the media also exclaimed that Inter Milan is now strong and unshakable in Serie A.
The media was also full of praise and praise for Leon.
The headline of the front-page report in the Milan Sport newspaper was 'The Three Years', and they reviewed the three years since Leon came to Inter Milan, counting the changes that have taken place in Inter Milan, the honors he has achieved, and the praise he has made.
Banderas put down the newspaper and said to Leon: "I admire and praise you very much." ”
Leon smiled, "You also have a credit for this, Pablo." ”
What he said is not polite, Banderas has been his assistant since he was in Real Madrid, the two have worked together for six years, Banderas is very serious about doing things, the coach's basic skills are very solid, and he is his right-hand man.
"However, this summary gives the feeling that you are leaving Inter Milan. The newspaper says that you have achieved everything in Italy and that you are afraid that you and Inter Milan will lose the motivation to keep going. Banderas joked.
Li Ang was stunned at first, and then laughed too.
For some reason, Banderas vaguely felt something different in Leon's hearty laughter.
Lee: Is this leaving Inter?!
Banderas was taken aback by his own idea, but then he dismissed the speculation himself, he is Leon's right-hand man, and he is also a good friend outside of work, and if Leon is really ready to leave Inter Milan, he will definitely communicate with him in advance. They are a team of coaches, and they naturally move forward and fall together.
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Banderas didn't know that his ridiculous words made Leon stunned, and at the same time, his heart was touched in a certain way.
The media's words actually make some sense.
In Leon's first season at Inter Milan, Inter Milan won the treble, and the whole team was in a state of revelry and excitement, which was a grand carnival after Inter Milan had been away from the title for a long time.
The following season, Inter Milan were the reigning champions of the Champions League and fell in the semi-finals of the Champions League. This result is also acceptable, and Inter Milan successfully defended their title in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, which is the double of this season.
And this season, Inter Milan won the Serie A nine rounds ahead of schedule, and won the championship with a record of 29 rounds of league wins, which made the history of Italian football, in addition, in the Coppa Italia, Inter Milan also reached the semi-finals, so to speak, Leon has established a dynasty in Inter Milan, he and his team have no rivals in Serie A.
This is also the reason why the media said that in this case, a coach like Leon may gradually lose interest in coaching in Italy because of the conquest of Serie A.
Back at home, Leon had dinner and went out for a walk with his wife Alice, and then went into the study by himself.
He first watched the recent game footage of Lazio's opponents in the next round of the league, while thinking about the match against Lazio, as is customary, he was ready to make his own deductions on the tactical board, but soon Leon found it difficult to calm down.
I had to put aside the match against Lazio for the time being, and then began to study the match against Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, and this change of thinking immediately gave him a sense of inspiration.
In the notebook, on the tactical board, Leon wrote densely.
Subsequently, he opened his laptop and edited some game footage in a targeted manner, which are to be explained to the players in the tactical analysis before the game, although he now has two assistants, Banderas and Mihajlovich, are also doing similar work, but in such an important game, Leon must be hands-on, Banderas and Mihajlovich's analysis is to play a role in filling in the gaps.
"Not bad. Li Ang glanced at the results of his work, for the game with Arsenal, he already had a spectrum in his mind, and then met with his coaching team to analyze, he was basically able to form a tactical plan and targeted tactical deployment and arrangement.
Smoking a cigarette and lifting his spirits, Leon began to try to continue his work and pick up the idea of the match against Lazio, but he was a little irritated to find that he still couldn't calm down.
He then got up and went out into the garden, made a cup of tea, and relaxed, only to find it difficult to find a satisfactory job.
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It's a very irritating state.
Although he didn't want to admit it, Leon knew that it was not just because Inter Milan had already won the Serie A title that made the game against Lazio less important, but also because he began to realize that he was a little tired and tired of these opponents in Serie A.
Even against opponents like Juventus or Roma, Leon knows that it is difficult for him to maintain the same level of excitement as before, and in this round of the league with Juventus, Inter Milan has made a large rotation, although there is a reason to preserve strength, but it is not without this reason: he does not think that Juventus will pose a threat to Inter Milan, and this opponent has been difficult to mention his excitement.
Maybe it's just the Milan derby that gets him excited.
Suddenly, the words from the newspaper that Banderas had brought up appeared in Leon's mind, and they could not be dispersed for a long time......
I am really tired of the Serie A arena and have lost the motivation I had at the beginning?!
This made him even more irritable.
It was already late at night, and Alice subconsciously turned over in her sleep and touched her side, but the person next to her was not there.
Getting up and coming out to see that the light in the study was still on, and there was a strong smell of smoke coming out, Alice frowned, made a cup of hot milk, and sent it into the study.
I saw my husband sitting there in a daze.