Inter Milan eliminated Arsenal 5-3 in the first leg and 3-0 at home in the second leg to reach the 2005/2006 Champions League final.

After the game, the Italian media were cheering for Inter.

"The Nerazzurri are back!" – The Milan Sport newspaper used a huge headline to congratulate Inter Milan on reaching the Champions League final.

"La Repubblica" praised Inter Milan coach Li Ang, saying that Moratti was advocating inviting a young Chinese coach to coach, which seemed to be a risky and gambling move, but it brought brilliant results that no one expected.

The Spanish newspaper "Marca" focused its report on Leon, and the Madrid media, which had a vendetta against Leon, also praised Leon rarely, and once again mentioned the topic of inviting Leon to coach Real Madrid.

According to the French newspaper "Team", a Chinese head coach will lead the team to appear at the venue of the Champions League final, which will appear at the Stade de France, which is a historic event in itself.

The whole of Europe is paying attention to Leon and Inter Milan, and in China, it is even more boiling.

Unlike the UEFA Cup, which has not attracted much attention and is considered 'inferior', the UEFA Champions League, as the highest level of competition in Europe, has always been in the spotlight, and Leon led Inter Milan to the UEFA Champions League final, which caused a lot of cheers and boiling in the country.

CCTV's "Zhao Wen Tianxia" took up to a minute and a half to report the news, and it was reported that this news would also appear in the "xinen simulcast" that started at seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, which will also be the third time that Li Ang has appeared on this highest-level news program.

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On the Italian side, when the media praised Leon and Inter Milan, they couldn't help but imagine a possibility: Milan City's two giants will meet in the final?!

One day after the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals between Inter Milan and Arsenal, there is another UEFA Champions League semi-final, AC Milan will face Barcelona away at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, in the first leg, AC Milan is 0-1 down at home, although this makes the Rossoneri face a crisis, but it does not mean that AC Milan has no chance to turn the tables, as long as they win this game with a score of 2-1 or more, they can reverse and eliminate Barcelona, and Inter Milan will meet in the final。

The Italian media is also hotly talking, imagining the grand occasion of Inter Milan and AC Milan staging the Milan derby in the Champions League final!

However, a few hours later, AC Milan drew 0-0 with Barcelona and exited the tournament with an aggregate score of 0-1 over two legs.

And in the post-match press conference, Carlo Ancelotti was a bit of a gaffe, and he fired a blow at referee Merck for Shevchenko's goal in the 24th minute of the second half.

Ancelotti said: "It was a good ball, no one understands why as an experienced referee would blow for a foul at this point, Puyol was left behind by Shevchenko, lost his balance and fell to the ground, it was an important game, such a mistake weighed on our shoulders and of course we felt punished. ”

AC Milan vice-president Galliani also questioned referee Merck: "Three minutes of stoppage time is obviously too short for the interruption of the game, in such a situation, the referee even ended the game 24 seconds early in the last minute, and besides, there was no foul on that goal. The two legs were evenly matched, but unfortunately we were out because of a mistake by the referee and if we had scored that goal it would have changed and I think we would have had a chance to get to the final. ”

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The anger of AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti and club vice-president Galliani also represents the general mood in the Italian media.

In the 68th minute of the game, Shevchenko scored with a header, and the referee ruled that before the "nuclear warhead" burst into the penalty area, he pulled down Puyol for a foul and ruled the goal invalid.

This caused extreme anger among the AC Milanese, and the referee erased the AC Milan goal.

In addition, Galliani's suggestion that the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game twenty-four seconds earlier also caused a huge controversy.

The Italian media sarcastically claimed that Barcelona relied on the help of the referee to eliminate AC Milan.

Barcelona insisted that the referee's decision was not wrong, and that there was nothing wrong with the referee blowing the whistle 24 seconds earlier, because it was Barcelona who were in possession at the time.

This caused even more anger in the Italian media, especially AC Milan fans.

The brawl of the match became the focus of attention throughout Europe after the game.

Subsequently, the UEFA referee committee, after analysis after the game, determined that Shevchenko did not make any obvious push or pull foul on Puyol. The referee's blow off Sheva's goal was a technical factor, and it was considered that the penalty was within the referee's self-understanding.

UEFA's conclusion added fuel to the fire.

However, none of these quarrels could change the outcome of the game, as Barcelona eliminated AC Milan 1-0 on aggregate, the Catalan giants reached the Champions League final, and for Leon and Inter Milan, the situation now is that they will compete with La Liga giants Barcelona for the European title on May 17, that is, three weeks later, at the Stade de France!

A year after leaving La Liga, Leon met his old rivals Barcelona again.

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Before Leon could say anything about Barcelona's opponent, the Catalan side couldn't help it.

"The best opponent" - this is the front page headline of "World Sport", the newspaper is very excited, in their words, the European championship with Leon's Inter Milan is really a great result, Barcelona want to revenge the hatred of Leon last season by Leon's Sporting Gijón La Liga title, they want to beat Leon on the stage of the Champions League final, on this higher stage, to make Leon bow his head.

"Daily Sports" was even more excited, and the newspaper even released a wild statement, "Perhaps, Leon even regrets that his team has reached the final, because they are facing a hungry Barcelona, a Barcelona determined to take revenge, and the strongest Barcelona!"

The Barcelona reporter even went to Milan, took this report from the Daily Sport, and triumphantly asked Leon what he thought about it.

Li Ang glanced at the reporter with disdain, and said flattened, "What is revenge? Only the loser is qualified to use this word, and this word is used very well." Congratulations on your standing for revenge. ”

Mr. Reporter blushed and said loudly, "Mr. Li Ang, aren't you afraid of facing this powerful opponent?"

"Only those who are humble and fearful in their hearts always shout that they are strong. The Inter Milan coach said with a look of disdain and arrogance.