Chapter 240: Unconventional Italian Coaches
Inter Milan are now one step away from the league title!
As long as they beat their opponents in the next round of the league, they can win the title nine rounds early.
In the summer of 2005, Leon came to Inter Milan, and in the following 2005/2006 season, Leon won the Serie A title this season!
This is Inter Milan's first Serie A title in the Moratti era!
In the 2006/2007 season, Inter Milan successfully defended their league title!
This season, Inter Milan have been on the top of the league since the start of the league and are still winning all league competitions.
Triple Crown!
It's right in front of you!
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The opponent of the 29th round of the Inter Milan league is Genoa.
Genoa, who were still in Serie B last season, are promoted horses, but this promoted polo team has performed quite well in Serie A this season.
Genoa currently sit 10th in the league with 35 points, which is a remarkable result for a promoted team, and they are only 13 points behind AC Milan in fourth place.
It is precisely because Genoa's performance is good, and Inter Milan's game is a guest at the Barbera Stadium, so many Italian media and fans of other teams hope that Genoa can play the role of a blocker in this round and delay Inter Milan's championship process.
Of course, they also know that with Inter Milan's current huge lead, the Serie A title is already in the bag, and neither Roma nor Juventus can take the Serie A title away from Inter. However, they were happy to be able to delay Inter's title win.
Turin Sport reporter Chesrila even lashed out at Inter Milan's domination of Serie A, which has done great harm to Serie A, and he even used the word 'cancer' to describe Inter.
"If Genoa can stop Inter from lifting the trophy, I will take their hats off and salute them! they are the heroes of Serie A!" Chesrila said in his column.
Not only Chesrila and Torino Sport, but also many Italian media have such similar views, so to speak, now the whole of Italy does not want to see Inter Milan win the championship so early, and they can't wait to see Inter Milan lose.
In this regard, Leon was very unhappy, and he was extremely disdainful of Chesrila's remarks on his personal website, "When the weak see a mountain in front of him, he will only curse the mountain for being unattainable, and he will only resent it for no reason, and such a person will achieve nothing." ”
This sentence almost stabbed the hornet's nest, and Chesrila slammed Leon for being too arrogant and not knowing how to respect his opponent.
Leon responded: I respect you very much, every time we play [against Juventus], we will give it our all, and the result (of the big win) speaks for itself!
Chesrila: MMP!
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Leon showed his usual confidence and even arrogance, but at the same time, he also took the game against Genoa very seriously, he didn't want his team to capsize in the gutter, and he wouldn't give anyone who was waiting to see him and his team's jokes a chance!
After the game against Palermo, Leon gathered his coaching staff to focus on the game against Genoa, a game in which he would not allow for surprises.
Although even if this game is not won, it will not fundamentally affect Inter Milan's overall situation of winning the championship, but it will indeed have an impact on the morale of Inter Milan, in addition, the early victory of the Serie A can also make Inter Milan shift their focus from the league and strive for the Champions League.
The Genoa coach is Gasperini.
Leon focused on the manager's tactical habits.
Gasperini, who started his career in Juventus' youth team, is known for his "beautiful football" in Serie B, having previously brought Crotone from the third division to Serie B, and this time he took over Genoa and took two years to take the team to the top ranks. He is an attacking man, and even when he played away at Juventus, he gave his players the order to "attack and attack, and be fearless".
Suffice it to say, Gasperini is an 'unconventional' Italian coach who seems to have attacking blood in his bones.
"Genoa's biggest problem is their team structure, with manager Gasparini being a crazy attacking alternative coach, scoring 64 goals last season to rank second out of 22 teams, behind only Juventus, but conceding 44 goals, the third most out of 11 teams in the top half. Assistant coach Banderas said in a briefing.
"That's right, in Serie A this season, Genoa have conceded 40 goals in 28 league games so far. "That's the most goals conceded by any team in the top 10!"
'Gasperini likes to play threes, fours, threes. "Because he has two wing-backs who can play both offensively and defensively: Brazilian Fabiano and Italian M-Rossi, and Paro and Milanito in the middle of the midfield, the former in defense and the latter in attack. De Rosa, a back three, is a reliable libero who even contributed eight goals in attack last season, and this season, the veteran has three goals and is the more goal-scoring defender! ”
A smile appeared on Leon's face, in fact, a coach like Gasperini who likes to attack is a very favorite opponent of Leon, and if any team wants to play against Inter Milan, Leon will teach them how to behave.
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"De Rosa likes assists, it's a hidden danger for them!" Leon nodded, "The two sides of the back three also like assists, so that's good news for us. ”
Banderas and Mikhailovich also laughed, and they understood what Leon meant.
"On the forward line. "Genoa's front three, Di Vaio will be the left winger, Papa Vaigo scored 15 goals in Cesena last season, and he has five goals this season, and there are two prolific and fast in-cutting wingers, which is why Gasperini likes to attack, and in addition, the center Borriello is more demanding to play the ball and fight for the top." ”
What the two assistants said, Li Ang had already studied carefully, and at this time, after their introduction, Li Ang already had a three-dimensional idea in his mind.
In a word, Genoa is heavy on offense and light on defense, such a team, if it is against a team in the middle and lower reaches of the league, may make a difference, but if the opponent is Inter Milan, Genoa is still so offensive and tactical, the result is not optimistic.
Leon is now deliberately cultivating Banderas and Mihajlovich to involve them more in discussions and provide advice, and the growth of the two can also reduce Leon's workload to a certain extent, and in the long run, he also needs a good work team.
"The question now is whether Genoa will abandon their usual attacking tactics against us. Mihajlovic questioned that once Genoa retreated from the defense, it would be a problem for Inter Milan, which of course does not mean that Inter Milan are not strong in breaking dense defense, but if they can win easily, wouldn't it be beautiful.
"No!" Leon shook his head, he was more certain that Genoa would still uphold their offensive 'traditions' in this match.
"In that case, you don't have to worry about anything. Mihajlovich nodded, though he didn't understand why Leon had such a confident judgment.
"Still, we have to be ready to break down the dense defence!" Banderas added.
Leon nodded, it was natural.
Leon is still looking forward to Gasperini having the courage to attack with Inter Milan, and it is rare to meet such a 'kind' Serie A opponent, and he is happy to see the hunt.