16 April 2008, Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Lazio's home match against Inter Milan is underway in the first leg of the 2007/2008 Coppa Italia semi-finals.

"Lazio have won only one game in the last 20 away games, that is, a 1-0 victory over Wono on October 21 last year, and the other 19 games have a record of 11 draws and 9 losses. Claudio Ranieri has all the main line-up available, with only the main substitute striker Iaquinta still absent. "This game is very important for Lazio, who are now 12th in Serie A, 12 points clear of the European places, and with only five rounds left in the league, Lazio will have to qualify for next season's European competition through the Coppa Italia." ”

However, it will not be easy for Lazio to knock out Inter Milan and reach the final of the Coppa Italia. Rossi continued, "The difference in strength between the two sides is not small, the only point that is beneficial to Lazio is that Inter Milan is a three-line battle, of course, Inter Milan has won the Serie A in advance, and now it is more appropriate to say that it is a two-line battle." ”

The camera was shown on the sidelines, and Li Ang was sitting in the coach's seat, looking down to write and draw in his notebook.

"It seems that Coach Leon is also very serious and cautious about this game. Seeing this scene, Ferrari said with a smile.

If he knew what Leon wrote in his notebook, he wouldn't have said that.

There was practically nothing in the notebook, the ballpoint pen in his hand was not pressed at all, and the Inter Milan manager was just a little bored.

For this match, Leon has enough confidence.

Although it cannot be said that Inter Milan is now invincible in Europe, there is really no team that can threaten Inter Milan in Italian football for the time being. Juventus can't, AC Milan can't, Roma are far behind, and Lazio is even more unlucky.

In this match, Leon gave his players the task of not only winning, but also winning as big as possible, and trying to establish a huge advantage in the first leg to advance to the final.

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Inter had a chance early in the opening period, when Arshavin's pass and Deco's sudden cold shot from about 30 yards out won Inter a corner.

Juan Mata takes a corner and Adriano heads it wide with a header.

Lazio then took a goal kick, but the ball was intercepted by Inter in midfield, who quickly attacked, Cassano's pass tore through the Lazio defence, and then Mata's shot from inside the box was blocked by Lazio goalkeeper Balotta, and Arshavin's follow-up shot was slightly higher.

"Arshavin, it's tall!"

"What a pity!"

"The attacking momentum that Inter Milan showed at the start of the game showed everyone their attitude towards this game!"

'Lazio are passive and this game will be a big test for their manager Claudio Ranieri. "Since the beginning of La Liga, Ranieri and Leon have played each other many times, and so far they have lost all of them, which is a very bad record!"

Ranieri stood on the sidelines with a very solemn expression.

Claudio Ranieri knew it would be a difficult match, however, he didn't expect his team to be so passive, and almost from the first second of the game, Lazio was completely pressed by Inter.

The game was barely ten minutes into play, but Inter had already had three shots on goal.

Although they have not conceded a goal yet, looking at the current situation, Lazio could lose the goal at any time.

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In Inter Milan's away Coppa Italia semi-final match with Lazio, Inter Milan owner Moratti did not attend the game.

At this moment, Alawi, Spain.

Mourinho shook the coffee spoon in his hand and blew lightly, glancing at the watch on his wrist.

Then he saw the figure of Inter Milan owner Moratti appear at the door of the café, about five minutes earlier than the scheduled time, Moratti came alone, without an entourage, of course, Mourinho also came alone, his agent Jorge Mendes did not come, this was a private meeting between him and Moratti.

Moratti stopped at the door, looked around, and then saw Mourinho, although the two had no previous friendship, but they also nodded and recognized.

The waiter followed up and politely asked the gentleman what drink he needed.

Moratti casually asked for a regular cup of coffee, he was here to talk about things, it didn't matter what kind of coffee he drank.

It's a very ordinary café, in Spain, in Alalawi, where the roots don't go unnoticed, and that's the place Mourinho chose to meet, and that's what Moratti wants, and he doesn't want any news to get out until everything is done, or rather, before the end of the season.

It is also interesting to say, after Mourinho got off Chelsea, the media speculated about Mourinho's possible next home, almost guessed the giants of the four major leagues, and even the possibility of his return to Chelsea has been discussed by the media, but no media has discussed the possibility of Mourinho going to Inter Milan at all, because no one would have thought that Leon would leave Inter Milan, which is not to say that Leon will be the old Inter Milan for the rest of his life, but there is no indication that the young coach will choose to leave Inter Milan at this time......

When the waiter serves the coffee. Talks between the two officially began.

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Inter's first goal was not long in coming.

Adriano's sudden long-range effort forced Lazio goalkeeper Balotta to make a fine save and Inter won a corner.

Arshavin took a corner from the right, it was a tactical corner, and after two passes, the ball was back at Arshavin's feet, and he lifted his left foot and curled a kick.

Football flies into the penalty area!

Adriano jumped up in front of the goal, his header was too good, the ball was blocked by Balotta, the football caused chaos in front of the goal, and in the scuffle, Samuel squeezed away from Cribari next to him and pushed the ball into the net.

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaal！”

"Samuel! he broke the deadlock for Inter!"

"1-0! Inter Milan lead 1-0 away and it was Samuel who scored!"

Leon stood up on the sidelines, cheering on his player's goal.

Now, he especially cherishes the few days left at Inter Milan, these players, this team can be said to be completely built by him, he has poured all his heart and soul into this team, and has a deep affection.

Take Samuel, who just scored, for example, the Argentine defender was also introduced by Li Ang, and even the whole transfer process was very smooth, also because Samuel heard that Li Ang was the head coach of Inter Milan and took a fancy to him, so he immediately nodded and agreed to the transfer.