Chapter 843: Crisis
Libya, 10 September.
Inter Milan defeated Parma 2-0 in the Libyan capital Tripoli to defend their Italian Super Cup title. The new season has just begun, and they have already won two titles in their hands and continue to defend their title.
In a few days, Serie A will also kick off, and they will host Torino in what will also be the opening match of Serie A.
This summer, Inter Milan did not bring in many reinforcements, only introduced Robben, Ronaldo Jr. and Cambiaso, but let go of alien Ronaldo and forward Andrea Pirlo, originally planned to sign Cannavaro and Nesta, as well as Crespo, but in the end it was unsuccessful, and at the last moment called for the transfer of Toney and Stam to be stopped.
It can be said that this summer Inter Milan's transfer move has not been big at all.
On the contrary, the traditional rivals AC Milan and Juventus are bigger, especially AC Milan, which can be described as having an unbeatable squad that makes people feel like they have returned to the unbeaten Milan team of the 90s of the last century.
However, in the previous TIM Cup encounters, Inter Milan still defeated these two opponents and won the TIM Cup, but the game process was different, they were handy when they played Juventus, and AC Milan had the advantage when they played AC Milan, but the result was not satisfactory.
Therefore, in the new season, Spinach put AC Mi at the top of the championship, Inter Milan is only in second place, Juventus is in third place, and Roma is fourth.
And on the afternoon of the 15th, the results of the game also seemed to confirm the odds of Spinach.
Inter Milan and Torino played the opening game first.
Because of their outstanding performance in the UEFA Super Cup, Robben and Ronaldo Jr. won the chance to start again, Adriano replaced Vieri as the starting striker in the attack, and no other positions were changed, and the formation was still 4231.
Torino came to the Meazza stadium and they opted for a 532 formation to face the match. After all, Inter Milan's squad has won the UEFA Super Cup, and Torino will not be stupid to hit a stone with an egg.
As it turned out, the Torino boss made the right choice, as they came close to a goal-oriented draw away from Inter.
In the opening six minutes, Adriano successfully countered offside, but faced goalkeeper Butch who missed the ball wide and missed a great opportunity to open the scoring.
Then the Inter defence snoozed, Materazzi and Stam made a mistake and gave the ball behind him, but Buffon slotted to the edge of the box and blocked a one-on-one shot.
The mistake didn't lift Materazzi and Stam up, and they were still a little drowsy, which caused Torino's Skalkili and Magalaniz to miss another chance to score.
Torino's counterattack was resounding.
However, Inter Milan is the team with the most winning genes in Europe after all, in the 23rd minute, Zheng Zhi divided the right side, Xiao Xiaoluo crossed from the right, Adriano grabbed in front of defender Fattori, and the header at the near post went into the net, which was the first goal of the new season in Serie A.
Just three minutes later, Torino midfielder Skalkili took a free-kick into the net, but to the surprise of the Torino players, the assistant referee ruled that defender Gallant was offside and the goal was disallowed.
Inter Milan then finally controlled the situation on the field, in the 33rd minute, Zheng Zhi made a long pass to Robben in the backfield, Robben burst into the Torino team penalty area with the ball to win a corner kick for the ball emperor, Zheng Zhi took a corner kick, and the little Luo in front of him fell down when he grabbed a point in the penalty area, but the referee signaled the game to continue.
Shortly afterwards, Ronaldo and Adriano combined neatly again, with the latter's diagonal shot saved by goalkeeper Butch.
Ronaldo's performance was quite active, but he fell to the ground again after making contact with Fattori, and the referee remained indifferent......
It seems that the controversial penalty in the TIM Cup has had a bad impact on Ronaldo, and the referee thinks he is not credible......
A goal is not safe, Zheng Zhi organized the team to continue to attack, seeing that the first half was about to end, in the 42nd minute, Torino defender Comoto elbowed Zheng Zhi without the ball, and was sent off with a red card.
11 to 10, Inter Milan launched a furious attack at the beginning of the second half, Robben passed a good ball on the left, but Adriano who followed up was a fraction of a second. In the 50th minute, Robben sent another wonderful pass, and the ball fell to the feet of Xiao Xiao Luo at the back point, and Xiao Xiao Luo's push was still off the bottom line.
After Zheng Zhi's long-range shot forced the goalkeeper to kick the ball out of the bottom line, Zheng Zhi took a corner kick, and Xiao Xiaoluo actually put the ball high 2 meters in front of the goal, missing the perfect opportunity to expand the score. Two minutes later, Robben deflected Zanetti's pass wide of the ......
The two youngsters squandered their chances of scoring, and since joining the team, they have been quite distinctive, dribbling and breaking through and speed, but the shooting is quite bad, and this game is no different.
Torino brought on Osimanowski and Lucarelli in an attempt to salvage the defeat in the final 25 minutes, but they couldn't win the ball.
In the 74th minute, Zheng Zhi and Cambiaso played a clever wall-hitting combination, Zheng Zhi's ball plug was almost perfect, but the brave Butch successfully saved the ball at Cambiaso's feet.
In the 80th minute, Zheng Zhi once again showed a scalpel skill, his through ball tore through the defense of the Torino team, allowing Robben to get a single chance, but Robben unbelievably hit the ball high!
In the end, the game was over at full-time, and Inter Milan only beat Torino 1-0 at home! Although there were 13 more shots on goal, there was only one goal! Arjen Robben and Ronaldo Jr. took care of the vast majority of the shots.
Juventus and AC Milan both won 3-0.
Juventus won 3-0 at home to youth Atalanta with Pierro, the Bianconeri prince, scoring twice and the third goal coming from defender Blasi.
AC Milan defeated promoted Mavana 3-0 away and topped the table on goal difference. The goal was scored by Juventus transfer Inzaghi, who also scored twice, while the other goal came from former Inter Milan veteran Simic, while Andrea Pirlo also contributed two assists.
After the first round, AC Milan and Juventus are tied at the top of the table on goal difference.
AC Milan and Juventus have naturally been embraced by the media.
Inter Milan were a little embarrassed, just winning by one goal, and Ronaldo and Robben squandered a lot of opportunities again. But manager Jose Mourinho praised the team.
Mourinho said: "Adriano, Zheng, Arjen Robben and Cristiano make up Inter's attacking system and we have been experimenting with it and we believe that in a short period of time, this combination will show great power when it comes together. ”
Mourinho also praised Ronaldo in particular, who provided the assist, saying: "Today Cristiano gave me a surprise, not only because of his assist, but I saw that he understood my tactical intentions perfectly. ”
Cristiano also had no idea what was going on, and in his post-match interview, his tail was cocked: "The coach told us to play a good game and I think we did it, I can feel the trust Mourinho has in me and I am grateful to him, so I want to play well and thank him." ”
"Walking into the San Siro, I felt the only enthusiasm and impact in the stands, and it was a force to win. Talking about his cooperation with Adriano and Robben, "There is absolutely no problem, I have only been practicing with them for a month and the results have been good, I believe that our combination will get better and better." ”
Win and it looks like everyone is excited.
Only Zheng Zhi did not.
Instead, he poured cold water in the locker room.
"Cristiano,"
"Look at you, we just won 1-0 and you only contributed an assist. Have you ever wondered if tonight was not an ordinary Serie A match, but a Champions League final against teams at the level of Real Madrid and Manchester United, would we still be able to win? ”
"Moreover, we played an extra man in the second half and we didn't score again! In my opinion, this game is terrible. ”
As soon as he said this, the roots of Xiao Xiaoluo's ears turned red.
Powerful Manchester United and Real Madrid immediately came to mind.
He shook his head.
"Yes, you know it can't be."
"So, it's up to you and Alger to start shooting, you two squandered too many shots. If it's in an important final, we're the one who loses. ”
Zheng Zhi is beating Xiao Xiao Luo and Robben all the time.
'A winger who doesn't score goals is not a good winger. It's not just the centre-forward's obligation to score goals, it's also the obligation of both of you. It doesn't make sense to just assist, but a winger in the future, I think it's great enough to be able to not only assist, but also to score. You're not thinking about making a figo, are you? ”
Figo.
Little Ronaldo's idol in Portugal! Even Figo was despised by Zheng Zhi.
"Alger, what about you, do you just want to be an Overmars?"
Robben also drooped his head, his performance in this game was actually much worse than Xiao Xiaoluo, he missed a single goal!
"So, you have to continue to strengthen your shooting training, and when the shooting opportunity comes, you have to find a way to put the ball into the opponent's goal, instead of holding your head and sighing, what's the use?"
'Of course, the manager and the media are likely to praise you and think that you are still young and can adapt and grow.
"Ah, that's all fart."
"The real supergiant should become strong and the best from now on!"
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Indeed, Mourinho and many Italian sports media are talking about Inter Milan's invincible quadrent, just scoring a goal at the beginning of the actual combat ability, invincible fart?
Torino coach Camolese also felt that Inter Milan were playing worthless, and he complained after the game, blaming referee Bertini for his team's defeat, because in the 43rd minute, Torino's Comoto elbowed Zheng Zhi and sent off a goal.
Camolese said: "Because of the 'offside' of the opposing defenders, our goal was blown away, and the red card was even more exaggerated, so we had to play with one man less. We are very happy with the team's performance. The result is that it cannot be changed, but we are always the victims of the adjudication problem. If it had been 11 men, we would have drawn for sure, but unfortunately it made us feel like we were back in the World Cup, like Italy and South Korea. ”
No, the players of the other team in Milan City jumped out and mocked.
In an interview with Milan Sport, team vice-president Ambrosini bluntly said: "Inter Milan did not deserve this victory, I feel sorry for the Torino team, the referee helped Inter Milan to win." They deserve to win big enough to score three goals, like us. ”
Another big player, Gattuso, also said: "The last time they won against us was a false penalty, maybe they can only win like this now." ”
Naturally, Torino City's Torino Sport newspaper was also on the side of the Torino team, criticizing Inter Milan and the manager as incomplete, and also believed that Inter Milan stole the victory.
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Either way, Inter's opening game wasn't as rosy as it could have been.
Next up for Inter Milan is the Champions League, where they will take on Norway's Rosenborg in the north.
As the strongest team in the group, Inter Milan are naturally the target of public criticism, and of course Inter Milan will be hoping to get off to a good start with an away win over Rosenborg.
Rosenborg are currently at the top of the Norwegian league and can be described as the strongest team in Norway.
Before the game, European bookmakers offered odds of 3.60-2.87-2.00 for this match, slightly favoring Inter Milan......
Inter Milan were the Champions Cup winners last season, but they were only slightly favored, and even before that, they beat Feyenoord, right?
But that's what Spinach thinks.
On this night, it rained heavily and it was a little cold......
Mourinho still chose newcomers Ronaldo and Robben, and called Ronaldo and Robben to his side before the game started, and specially explained that they must be calm enough when they take the ball and shoot!
But what can they change in three days? You can't go from a sparrow to a phoenix all at once, right?
2:2。
Very cold score.
Robben, Ronaldo and Adriano were kept clean, even if Vieri and Recoba were replaced later, they did not score, and both goals were scored by Zheng Zhi, the core of the midfield! During the game, he fell behind 1:2 at one point, and Zheng Zhi equalized with a free kick at the last moment.
I almost lost the game!
Mourinho is also aware of the seriousness of the problem.
The departure of Pirlo and Ronaldo is not something that can be made up for simply with two youngsters, who are very unreliable and unstable. They couldn't score goals and they couldn't help the team win.
The results of the warm-up race confuse everything.
But now that the transfer period is over, he has to deal with those issues.
What's even more fucking up is that the defense line is also shaky, and you can concede two goals with Rosenborg? The performance of the defensive players was also terrible......
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