Chapter 300: Immortal lineup

Years later, when people look back at this past, the 97-98 season is probably the most memorable season for Inter Milan in the 90s.

Since 1990, the once great country of rice has fallen into a trough. It's been seven years since I've tasted the sweetness of the league title. Not only that, but even the Champions League has never been touched.

In order to revive the team, the president of the team, Moratti, did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, buying the world's best striker Ronaldo for 30.5 million euros this season.

The young Ronnie is also a real competitive, with 14 league goals so far, which is at the top of the Serie A scorers' charts. Even so, he is only three goals away from Bierhoff at the top of the table.

At the start of the season, Inter were unbeaten in their first 12 games and were once in the leading position of Serie A, giving Nella hope of winning the title.

However, with Ronaldo returning home for various competitions, he was beaten 1-0 by Bierhoff in stoppage time when he faced Udinese in the 13th round.

After that, Inter Milan beat rivals Juventus 1-0 but lost to Bari, Bologna, Lazio and Parma, thus handing over the title to others.

So far, Inter are second with 13 wins, 5 draws, 5 losses and 44 points, while Old Lady is at the top of the Serie A table with 15 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses and 51 points. Judging from the points alone, Inter Milan will not be able to recover even if they win two games. If you want to win the championship this season, you have to see not only the will of God, but also whether the old woman herself will drop the chain.

When he learned that the opponent of the next match was Napoli, then Inter Milan coach Luigi. Simeone said lightly: "From the point of view of the schedule, Inter have two important opponents. One is Schalke 04 and the other is AC Milan, the sworn enemy of the same city. ”

"In order to prepare for the big games coming up, I will give some new players a chance in the next game."

"Of course, that's not to say I don't value league titles. In fact, Ronnie will also start. ”

A few days ago, Inter Milan had just beaten Schalke 04 1-0 in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Europa League; A week later, Inter will certainly have to be careful.

Not only that, but after visiting the Stade Veltins, the world will have the most fierce derby: the Milan derby!

In this season, Milan derbies have been met 3 times. Among them, in the first half of the league, the two sides drew 2-2; In the Coppa Italia, Milan defeated Inter 5-0 in the first game, and the 0-1 in the second leg was just a way to regain some face for the city's rivals.

In fact, as long as the two teams meet, how can there be no face?

For a derby at this level, not winning against your opponent means unhappy!

So both Moratti and coach Simeone regard this "holy war" as particularly important.

It is for this reason that Simeone did not even mention the word "Naples" at the press conference.

Napoli without Maradona, in the eyes of the top three in the north, is simply not worthy of carrying shoes!

Inter Milan's contempt did not make Ou Chuliang breathe a sigh of relief.

The game is approaching and the news about Napoli is already flying.

"Down with Inter Milan and give those northerners a good look!"

"Regain the glory of Naples and let the Yankees tremble at our feet!"

"What could be more refreshing than defeating those proud Northerners in Meacha?"

Napoli fans have gone from one extreme to the other, and as the club with the fourth largest number of fans in Serie A, it is only natural for fans to have hopes of one kind or another.

But the question is, what kind of team is Napoli? What team is Inter Milan?

Do you think it's the same as when Maradona was there more than ten years ago?

Maradona has retired, and even he himself is constantly looking for his successor in Argentina.

What will Napoli, short of major generals, do to win with Inter?

Liang Cuiping gave the courage?

Don't be funny!

The fans couldn't wait, trying to use the mantis arm as a car, but the members of the coaching staff frowned, not knowing how to deal with it.

Before the game, Vincenzo found Ou Chuliang and said in a deep voice: "Ou, do you have the confidence to deal with the other party?" ”

The coach's brainless question verified his uneasiness, and Ou Chuliang smiled bitterly: "Mr. Vincenzo, that's Inter Milan!" ”

"Okay, I got it." Vincenzo said helplessly.

The meaning of the conversation between the two could not be more obvious, Vincenzo wanted to know from Ouchulian that he would concede at least a few goals, and Acchulian told Vincenzo that it was not the goalkeeper who conceded a few goals, but the whole team.

In fact, in the plan drawn up by Vincenzo's coaching team for the second half of the season, losing to a strong team like Inter Milan is simply normal. But the crux of the matter is that it's okay to lose, but you can't lose five or six as soon as you lose like in the first half of the league, that's too demoralizing!

The first half was like that, after the big loss, the confidence of both the fans and the players plummeted, and the next games also plummeted, and even implicated more problems for the club.

In order to avoid such a thing, Vincenzo can only put out a defensive lineup as much as possible to deal with Inter's aliens.

"I hope Inter Milan is really like their coach said, with a semi-main lineup to face the game!" Vincenzo prayed incessantly before the match, and in fact he was left with this trick left.

......

March 8, Women's Day. The women were supposed to have a holiday, but instead they missed the weekend.

At nine o'clock that night, the old men who had been serving the old ladies for a day sat comfortably on the sofa, turned on the TV, and broadcast it on CCTV Channel 5.

The Serie A league that swept China started on time.

The time difference between Italy and China is only 6 hours, and the game starts at 3 p.m. on the Italian side, and the broadcast starts at 9 o'clock in the evening on the Chinese side. It is precisely because of such prime-time broadcasts that the Serie A league friendly to Chinese fans has become the favorite league of that generation of fans.

Not only that, since Ou Chuliang joined Napoli, whenever there is a Napoli game, CCTV 5 will broadcast it as soon as possible. Even if the fans couldn't see Ou Chuliang in the club's starting list before, they still watched it with relish.

It's just that Napoli's results this season are so weak that they disappoint fans who like to look for their home team outside the "Seven Sisters of Serie A".

"Well, whatever! As long as there is Ou Chuliang, Lao Tzu will watch! Where is Ou Chuliang, Lao Tzu is a fan! ”

Before, it was okay, everyone picked their favorite team as the home team; Now after Ou Chuliang joined Napoli, the number of Napoli fans in China suddenly surpassed the top three in the north and topped the list. Many fans did not say that they were Juventus fans or Milan fans at all in interviews, and they all said: I am a fan of Ou Chuliang!

In the first half of the league, Ou Chuliang almost didn't play, and he kept losing, and the fans were aggrieved; After returning to Napoli in the second half, Acchulian began to start gradually, which also piqued the interest of the fans.

What's more, Napoli has recently won a few more small games, which has made the fans rejoice.

"Wife, quick, bring me that jar of snowflakes under the turnips in the cooler! Yes, it's the jar, I've been hiding it for a week! Fan Lao Xia commanded his wife on Women's Day, but his wife had to "swallow her anger" because of the weekly Serie A match.

"Hmph, I'll let you forget about the national team's game, what's so good about this foreigner's game?!" Although he complains about his husband, his body is very honest. Not only did he bring the beer to his husband, but he also brought an extra plate of peanuts.

Aunt Xia is not stupid, 90 minutes to change her husband to be obedient for a week, it couldn't be more cost-effective! And compared to the neighbor Lao Wang, who spends all day drinking outside, Lao Xia's "hobby" is nothing at all.

"Hehe, thank you, wife." Lao Xia proudly took a four-season red and stuffed it in his mouth, and chewed it rattling. "If only there was another cucumber!"

Aunt Xia glanced at her husband and stood up reluctantly.

"Wife, don't forget to put some salt and garlic!"

Bang!

The sound of kitchen knives sticking to the cutting board can be heard in the kitchen.

......

In the CCTV broadcast studio, Huang Jianxiang sat in front of the camera with a radiant look, wearing his tie with blue flowers on a red background, and wearing a pair of beige autumn pants on the lower half of his body.

There was heating in the broadcast room, so even in winter, he wasn't very cold.

The broadcast of the Serie A league was originally broadcast by Zhang Lu, Han Qiaosheng, and Senior Brother Song. But Huang Jianxiang insisted on "interfering sideways" and kept reporting to the stage. In addition, Huang Jianxiang's performance is getting better and better, and as soon as the leader's head is hot, he arranged for Huang Jianxiang and Zhang Lu to broadcast Serie A together. Han Qiaosheng and others and Liu Jianhong broadcast domestic events.

Sitting in front of the broadcast camera, Huang Jianxiang said sneeringly: "If there is no accident today, Ou Chuliang will be the starter again!" ”

Zhang Lu was very calm, although he did not know the specific situation of Naples. But judging from Ou Chuliang's performance in starting several games in a row, he can also infer that Ou Chuliang will definitely start today.

But the starters are the starters, have you ever played against a strong team like Inter Milan?

Then, Zhang Lu shook his head and shook the thought out of his mind.

Football matches, how can there be a reason to retreat?

If you can fight, you have to fight, and if you can't fight, you have to fight! Is it possible to be cowardly before fighting and admit defeat directly?

That's a joke!

Napoli certainly won't throw in the towel, but some of the new players couldn't help but get nervous as they looked out of the bus curtains.

These northerners are like zombies!

Looking at the magnificent buildings with 4 typical British pillar structures not far away, Ou Chuliang was also excited.

Inter Milan!

Meazza Stadium!

This is a real giant!

It's not at all comparable to small teams like Bari and Vicenza.

Although he has played against strong teams such as Brazil and the Czech Republic internationally, at the club level, it is the first time in his life that Ou Chuliang has stood on the same pitch against Serie A giants like Inter Milan.

What's it like to play against a world-class team?

Few Chinese will answer this question.

Now, Ou Chulian himself stood in the player's tunnel in Meazza and went to find the answer for himself.

In the players' tunnel, Ou Chuliang, who was originally nervous, received a bear hug from behind him.

Looking back, it turned out to be the bald rabbit tooth again.

"Hey, Ou, I said we'd meet soon!" To see Ou Chuliang's name in the starting list, the most excited person is Ronaldo.

"Ronnie, you'd better be careful!" Ou Chuliang pushed the other party away in disgust, "I don't want others to think I'm a GAY!" ”

"I don't care, I'm going to shoot one today!" Ronaldo seems to have some kind of obsession with scoring Ochulian goal, but his expression is simply terrible.

When Ronaldo and Ou Chuliang were greeting, there were several pairs of eyes in the Inter team looking at Ou Chuliang.

One of the people who was dressed about the same as Ou Chuliang glanced at Ou Chuliang from beginning to end, and came to the conclusion that it was "not enough".

Physique, body type, and other physical appearances look just an ordinary goalkeeper, as if they are the same goalkeepers they meet in the training team.

But the more this happened, the tighter Pagliuca's brow wrinkled.

Since a goalkeeper does not have any innate advantages, he must have something outstanding in terms of skill and experience.

Otherwise, why is he as strong as Ronaldo, but he has always been obsessed with this man?

Many of Inter's players are dismissive of Napoli's new goalkeeper, but they are still curious about what the alien who has terrified the world's backline is what it looks like.

Today, it turns out that he does not have two heads and three hands.

The curious and disappointed eyes of the Inter people were seen by Ou Chuliang, but he could only reply with modesty.

Today's Napoli and Inter Milan are not a level at all, even if they want to be "rampant", they must have a capital worthy of it.

And Naples, apparently, does not have such conditions.

In this way, after pushing Ronaldo back into the team with a slap, Ou Chuliang and the Inter players next to him lined up together.

When Ou Chuliang walked into the court with a little ball boy wearing the clothes of an Inter player, Huang Jianxiang was so excited that his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

He took the list in front of him and introduced it aloud.

"Good evening, friends and spectators, and welcome to the 24th round of Serie A, Inter Milan vs. Napoli."

"I believe you have also seen that on the Napoli side, our familiar young player Ou Chuliang has made his debut."

'This is the fourth time this season that Acchulian has started for Napoli.

"Napoli started today with goalkeeper No. 20 Ouchuliang."

"The four defenders are Roberto. Ayala, Francesco. Bardini, Bertrand. Klassen and Luigi. Panarelli. ”

The four centre-backs were Luka. AltomarΓ©, Roberto. Goretti, Raphael. Longo and Francesco. Trini. ”

"The two strikers are Claudio. Bellucci, Damir. Stoyak. ”

"On the side of Inter Milan, compared to the last Europa League game against Schalke 04, coach Luigi. Simeone fielded a semi-main lineup. ”

"The goalkeeper is still the Italian international Pagliuca."

"The three defenders are Javier. Zanetti, Fabio. Gallant, Francisco. Colonnese. ”

"The four midfielders are Paul. Sosa, Diego. Simone, Andrea. Pirlo and Álvaro. Recoba. ”

"The three forwards are Ronaldo, Yuri. Djokav and Ivan. Zamorano. ”

"Among them Andrea. The Andrea Pirlo is only 18 years old this year and this is his first season with Inter. Although he has yet to score in all competitions, he is appreciated by the manager. He was scheduled to start today, and it seems that he also wants to practice with Napoli..."

Looking at the familiar faces on the other side, Ou Chuliang suddenly had a thought: Is Inter really going to train? What kind of immortal lineup is this?!