The Thiem Cup, organized by Tim Telecom, is a summer warm-up cup competition in which the three traditional giants of Serie A participate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because it is the first warm-up match of the new season of the three giants, the Thiem Cup every year is very eye-catching.

Unlike other cup competitions, the Thiem Cup is played against each other by three teams, each of which lasts only 45 minutes, which means only half a game.

So far, the Thiem Cup has been held four times, the first two in Trieste with AC Milan and Inter Milan respectively, and the third and fourth editions at Ancona and Milan respectively, both won by Inter.

This year, the Thiem Cup is back in Triestre, and the three giants are once again in a showdown.

Unlike previous years, this year's Thiem Cup attracted fans to the port city on Italy's northeastern border, just to witness the first warm-up match at Inter Milan.

But to the surprise of many people, many fans have appealed, hoping that the cold Inter Milan will not win the championship.

Because there is a rumor circulating in Italian football, the Thiem Cup law.

The so-called Thiem Cup law means that all teams that win the Thiem Cup will not have a good result in the new season.

Don't believe me?

In 2001, AC Milan won the title, Juventus second, Inter Milan third, and as a result, in Serie A that season, AC Milan almost did not win the league fourth, let alone the league title.

A year later, Inter Milan won the Thiem Cup, AC Milan were second, Juventus were bottom, and that season Juventus won the title, AC Milan reached the Champions League final, and Inter Milan finished second in the league.

The 2003 Thiem Cup was won by Inter Milan, with Juventus and AC Milan finishing second and third respectively, but AC Milan won the league and Juventus finished second, with Inter Milan narrowly missing out on the top four of the league.

Last year, the Thiem Cup was ranked Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus, but the league rankings were completely reversed, with Juventus winning the championship and AC Milan second, and Inter Milan even had to play in the UEFA Cup.

Therefore, the so-called Thiem Cup law summed up by the media, which is not completely unfounded.

From the team's point of view, the Thiem Cup is too early, late July, there is still a long time before the league is played, and the form is too early, which may not be a good thing for the team, but it is easy to fall behind in the end.

Gao Han doesn't care about the so-called laws, and he doesn't care too much about the results of the Tim Cup, he is more about running in the team.

But even so, Inter Milan defeated Juventus and AC Milan 1-0 in two games, and once again won the Thiem Cup.

But after the Thiem Cup game, Gao Han said in a low-key manner that the team's performance was not ideal.

"The Thiem Cup is only forty-five minutes and it doesn't mean much. ”

But in fact, Gao Han and the coaching staff are very serious about studying their opponents in the Thiem Cup.

Carlo Ancelotti played two different games in two games, one with a back four and the other with a back three, which made both Gao Han and the coaching staff curious about his line-up for the new season.

It is worth mentioning that Gao Han's former favorite Kaka did not participate in the Thiem Cup, which made Gao Han regret it.

Without Kaka, there would be no point in examining AC Milan's line-up.

After Juventus introduced Patrick Vieira, the world-class double midfielder is obviously still in the run-in, and the performance is relatively average.

Capello was even more desperate, and even rehearsed the three-back play of three, four, one and two, which made Gao Han completely confused, and could only say that this old and cunning guy was suspicious.

Gao Han is inspecting his opponent, and he is also avoiding his opponent's investigation.

After he broke up the main lineup, combined the substitutes and bench players, combined into two different sets of lineups to play, and finally was able to win, not because of how well Inter Milan played, but because the opponent was in worse form.

Both AC Milan and Juventus trained later than Inter Milan, and both teams were actively preparing to travel to the United States and China, and they were simply absent-minded and unmotivated.

This is also the reason why Gao Han said after the game that this cup has no practical significance.

After playing the Thiem Cup, Inter Milan ushered in their first real warm-up match, the opponent was Brescia who were relegated to Serie B, and the game was scheduled to be held in Brescia, as a result, Inter Milan cleanly 2-0 Brescia was defeated.

But one of Brescia's starting midfielders caught Chill's attention.

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"Who's that Seventeen?" asked Gao Han, pointing to the court.

Cantarero immediately flipped through the opposing team's roster and soon found the number seventeen, "Marek Hamsik." ”

"Do you have any information about him?" Gao Han asked again.

But this time it was Sergio Garcia who answered, who came over with a laptop in his hand and said, "Look. ”

"I just turned eighteen. Gao Han laughed.

After the relegation, Brescia suffered a serious attrition, and the whole situation was firmly controlled by Inter Milan, but in the case of a clear disparity between strength and weakness, the player appeared to be very scrappy and eye-catching.

Gao Han swept it with his fiery eyes just now, and the potential was as high as one hundred and eighty-five.

This surprised Gao Han.

The potential of Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure that he poached from the Donetsk metallurgical team is also 180, which already makes him feel that it is not easy, but he did not expect that this Hamsik's potential is also 180, which is beyond his expectations.

However, in the past few years, Gao Han has not seen any bulls, let alone one hundred and eighty-five, even top players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, he is already numb, how can he be moved by a one hundred and eighty-five Hamsik?

"What's wrong?" Guardiola looked at Gao Han strangely from the sidelines.

This youngster did perform well in the Brescia team, but he didn't have that kind of dazzling talent, and he relied more on diligence and hard work, how did he get Gao Han to pay attention?

"Nothing. Gao Han shook his head, but he was secretly thinking in his heart, go back and let Blanca talk, buy it first, and let him exercise in Brescia.

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After beating Brescia 2-0, Inter went on to play four more warm-up games.

Although there is no strong dialogue, the Nerazzurri's main purpose is to train and run in the team, and the effect is good, with three of the four warm-up games won 2-0 and one 1-0.

That gave Inter Milan a five-game winning streak in warm-up matches, and with the previous Thiem Cup, the Nerazzurri had a resounding pre-season victory.

Gao Han and the coaching staff will summarize the warm-up matches after each game, and will also evaluate the performance of the players.

It should be said that the effect shown by Figo, Veron and Cambiaso's technical flow in the three venues has made Gao Han very satisfied, especially the combination of Figo and Veron, these two top superstars have an excellent understanding of the game, they don't even need to deliberately run in, and will naturally play at the same frequency.

Gao Han originally used Zanetti to play in the back of the midfield, but in the Thiem Cup, Cambiasso performed better, and then completely stood on his feet, pressing Zanetti on the bench and becoming a partner of Figo and Veron.

Stankovic, Solari and Yaya Toure were also given the opportunity to play, with mixed performances, especially Yaya Toure, who has not yet been able to integrate into the team and is not at the same pace as his team-mates.

But Gao Han's positioning for him was to serve as Figo's replacement.

His excellent physical fitness, wide range of running coverage, as well as delicate foot skills and the ability to advance with the ball, have made Gao Han full of expectations for his future, and in time, replacing Figo as a starter will not be a problem.

There was not much suspense at the back, Zanetti and Patrice Evra shared the left and right wing-backs, Cannavaro's performance was also much better than before, and his partner was Nemanja Vidic, but in two games Gao Han arranged Materazzi to start, and he performed well.

There was no suspense in the goalkeeper position, Cesar replaced Toldo in the start, and his performance was also solid, and he was temporarily in the main position.

The only tricky thing is the front line.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic plays as central striker, Kros is his replacement, Cristiano Ronaldo is on the left wing, and Martins, Solari and Stankovic can all play in that position.

The more difficult to choose is the right winger.

Recoba was even better, with the Uruguayan star having been in excellent pre-season and adapting to the Chill's four-three-three style of play as a right winger, much to the delight of owner Moratti.

Everyone knows that Recoba is Moratti's godson.

But the problem is that Adriano, who is Gao Han's favorite, has performed sluggishly, not even scoring a goal, and frequently wastes opportunities, on the one hand, his own state needs to be adjusted, and on the other hand, it is estimated that it has a certain relationship with the new position.

Sometimes, when the manager lays out the tactics, it looks beautiful in theory, but if the players don't adapt, it's in vain.

But no matter what, Gao Han decided to try again.

Compared with Inter Milan's pre-season victory, Juventus's performance can only be regarded as a steady draw, a decent match, a draw against the weak, and not too many surprises, which is also in line with the consistent style of Capello's team.

On the contrary, Ancelotti's AC Milan had the worst performance in the warm-up game, and the scene was very chaotic, whether it was against Chelsea or against the American team, they did not show the level they should have, even if Kaka returned to the team later, there was not much improvement, and the double striker combination of Shevchenko and Gilardino did not show its power for the time being.

The three favorites have very different performances, which makes the new season of Serie A full of suspense, especially the arrival of Gao Han, which has added variables, everyone knows that Gao Han's past record is a winning streak.

In the odds of winning the championship for the new season, Inter Milan is far ahead, and the odds of winning the championship are as high as 1.5, which is almost suspected of winning the league championship, and the odds of the two major rivals Juventus and AC Milan are 4.25 and 4.37, which are very close.

It wouldn't have been much if it had been just William Hill offering such odds, but to everyone's surprise, almost all bookmakers were betting heavily on Inter Milan, believing that the Nerazzurri would continue their glory.

Soon, the media throughout Italy began to hype, and even many tabloids awarded the league championship to Inter Milan in advance, believing that Gao Han would continue to lead the team to win the championship.

This certainly lifted the Inter fans and boosted the morale of the team, but it also worried Gao Han and the coaching staff, worried that the players and the team would be paralyzed by this.

It also made many opponents hold grudges.