Cristiano Ronaldo and Zheng Zhi won the European Footballer of the Year and World Footballer of the Year awards respectively, Jose Mourinho won the Best Coach award and Inter Milan won the 2001 Team of the Year award.

2001 ended perfectly, without the slightest flaw. Next, it's time to defend your title.

"The five-crown should not be the end,"

"It's the starting point,"

"We're still missing a championship."

On the way back to Milan, Mourinho chatted with everyone on Moratti's private jet.

"Chief,"

"You mean the Coppa Italia?"

"That's what we're missing." Zheng Zhi laughed evilly.

"Well," Mourinho nodded, "the six-crown title is the ultimate goal. ”

"We're going to be on track this year, and it's easy for a team that has had unprecedented success to lose the motivation to keep going. If we don't have a better goal, we won't be discouraged. ”

Zheng Zhi nodded thoughtfully, "Boss, I don't think you need to worry too much about this. ”

"I'm sure we're still hungry and thirsty. One season of glory is not enough for us to give up our ideals, we are still thinking about defending the title, thinking about three consecutive titles. I'm sure that's what my teammates at Inter Milan think. ”

"We're going to start a great era."

"Well, we're going to start a great era!" Mourinho also nodded seriously.

Ronaldo, who was listening on the side, did not speak, but was silently counting his fingers in his heart, thinking that if Inter Milan can really start a great era, then will he and Zheng Zhi take turns to win the Golden Ball and the World Footballer of the Year? Gee......

destiny

Miraculous fate,

When the disease entangled him, when Inter Milan continued to sink, he really didn't know when he would be the head, but after Zheng Zhi came, everything changed, everything was getting better, and it became the best!

I must hug Zheng Zhi's thigh tightly......

Thinking of this, he subconsciously put his right hand on Zheng Zhi's right thigh.

Zheng Zhi felt it and immediately glanced at him, "Ronnie, take your salty pig hand away!" ”

Ronaldo: "I like ......"

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With a half-month off-absence, Inter Milan did not make much move in the transfer market, and Zheng Zhi flew back to China, where he spent a rare week at home with his parents, and the following week he visited three of his football schools and gave speeches to inspire the new players.

And during this period, there were players who went abroad.

Chen Tao has finally joined the Anderlecht club in Brussels, Belgium!

After getting Chen Tao, Wu Di rushed to Milan City again, joined Zheng Zhi, and then completed a signing ceremony at the Inter Milan training base and Inter Milan.

Zheng Zhi's football school has signed a 10-year partnership agreement with Inter Milan to send 22 players to the Inter Academy for training each year.

Among these 22 players, there are a group of players that Zheng Zhi is quite familiar with - Feng Xiaoting, Zhao Xuri, Huang Bowen, Dong Fangzhuo, Zhu Ting......

Well, this is what Zheng Zhi had planned a long time ago, and he made Wu Di their agent early and got it to the football school, and now it is much more convenient to operate on the spot.

He can't think of a better way to save the country, only by getting them out early, so that he can hope to continue to keep the fire for the national football team......

On the first day of the 22 academy players coming to Milan, Zheng Zhi personally acted as a tour guide and took them on a tour of Inter Milan FC, and each player was quite excited.

Standing on the turf of Meacha, the young Feng Xiaoting stretched out his arms and closed his eyes, "One day, I will also step on this turf to play football!" ”

"Ah~"

"It's so good on the turf and it's really exciting to be able to play on this kind of pitch!"

"I'm going to Manchester United!" Not far away, Dong Fangzhuo made a different sound. The team he likes is not Inter Milan, but Manchester United.

"You're going to Manchester United?" Zheng Zhi heard it and walked up to Dong Fangzhuo.

"Good."

Zheng Zhi pressed his shoulder.

Then he gathered everyone together.

"Students,"

"I hear your voices,"

"You dream."

"Soaring in the skies of Meacha!"

"But you need to put in a lot of effort, you need to be strong enough! Determination!

"From today onwards, I want you to work ten times harder than at home!"

Zheng Zhi stretched out his hand and pointed at the sky of Meacha!

"I believe that one day, you can all achieve your dreams!"

"You can be seen in all the major clubs in Europe!"

"One day, we can even be on the stage of the Champions League final together!"

Listening to Zheng Zhi's passionate speech, the teenagers became more and more excited, the dream is right in front of them, if you don't seize the opportunity, wouldn't you be stupid?

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On the 10th, all the players of the Inter Milan first team returned to the team, and the Nerazzurri gathered their minds and prepared to set sail again.

As a result, early in the morning, the club received bad news.

The Uruguayan made headlines in Sport Milano – Recoba could face a two-year ban for using a fake passport!

According to a report by Sport, Polcedou, the prosecutor representing the Disciplinary Committee of the Italian Football Federation, has recommended a two-year ban for Recoba, along with Inter Milan's general manager Oriali, executive director Gehrfi and the current Roma sports minister Baltini (who had previously had Recoba's fake passport) at the time, according to a report by Sport newspaper.

In addition, Inter Milan will be heavily fined 3 billion lira (about $1.3 million).

Worst of all, Inter Milan may be relegated or deducted points!

The final verdict in this case will be officially issued early next week. For Recoba or Inter, the decision was a bolt from the blue.

Recoba moved to Inter Milan from Uruguay Nacional after making a name for himself at the 1997 World Junior Championships, initially with a Uruguayan passport. Due to the restrictions imposed by the Italian Football Federation on the number of non-EU players on the pitch at the time, Recoba was unable to play at Inter Milan. After a loan spell at Venezia in 1999, Recoba excelled in helping Venezia to relegation, and was immediately reclaimed by Inter Milan at the San Siro.

In September of the same year, he was given an Italian passport and was no longer restricted from appearance. Who knows that now that the East Window incident has happened, and now he has become a superstar facing a ban, it is estimated that Inter Milan and Recoba himself were unexpected.

Recoba and Inter Milan are just the first losers of the Italian Football Federation's heavy-handed crackdown. According to the newspaper Sport, two South American players from Roma, Júnior and Batlle, and AC Milan's Brazilian national team goalkeeper Dida also face the same punishment.

This anti-counterfeiting storm swept through Italian football with a sweeping momentum, which surprised many.

But that's not the only thing that happened in the Inter Milan team.

Soon the Corriere della Sera broke the news that another player had an accident.

Italian league organizers have announced that Dutch defender Stam who plays for Inter Milan has been banned for five months after testing positive for nandrolone!

The organisers of the Italian league also decided to impose a fine of 50,000 euros on Stam after a meeting of the disciplinary committee, and at the same time ruled that if Stam's drug test was carried out in the future, no prior notice was required; And Stam has no right to appeal against this verdict!

Another thunderbolt from the blue.

Inter Milan look set to lose two big men at once.

"Conspiracy,"

"This is a conspiracy of Chi Guoguo!"

When Mourinho learned of the two news, he immediately roared in front of the media.

"There are a lot of people in Italy who don't want Inter to continue to win the title, so now they are trying to suppress Inter Milan through various means. It's like seeing Inter Milan lose the title in all kinds of bad ways. ”

"But don't worry, as long as Inter can make up an 11-man starting line-up, Inter Milan can win the eventual victory."

"These unnecessary means will not only not suppress Inter Milan, but will make Inter Milan players more combative!"

"Wait and see!"

Mourinho's sudden opening was of course unreasonable, the fake passport and the drug test were all real, and they were all based on real evidence. So half a day after he opened fire, the Serie A Disciplinary Committee issued another heavy fine to Mourinho - a fine of 60,000 euros!

"Isn't the boss a little out of his right?"

Ronaldo didn't understand why Mourinho did this.

"It's normal."

"The boss did it on purpose."

"He wanted to make us feel like the victims, so that we felt wronged and inspired the team."

"So, don't discuss this in front of everyone, otherwise the leader's thoughts will be in vain." It is still Zheng Zhi who understands Mourinho best and knows why Mourinho is so bombarded by the disciplinary committee.

Recoba's fake passport and Stam's illegal drugs, Zheng Zhi knows better than anyone else. In fact, according to the current lineup of Inter Milan, there is nothing less Recoba on the front line, as well as Toni and Adriano, the central defenders are also asked for the time being, as well as Córdoba, Materazzi and Carvalho, and even Grosso can also make a cameo.

The impact on Inter Milan was not huge.

In the Coppa Italia quarter-finals at the weekend, Inter Milan's 4-1 win away to Bologna showed that they were not affected. After returning to their home stadium, they won 3-0 against Bologna and eliminated Bologna 7-1 on aggregate, leaving the rest of Serie A teams feeling suffocated.

Inter Milan in the league is also irresistible, a wave of three consecutive wins allows them to continue to be at the top of the table, although the second-ranked AC Milan is only 1 point apart, but Inter Milan does not give them a chance to overtake, three goals have been scored in three games, the attack is terrible.

In the Champions League, Inter Milan continued to kill, Bayern Munich fell 1:2 at home, and Manchester United visited the Meazza Stadium, also 1:3.

Inter Milan reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League in February, leaving Manchester United and Bayern Munich in a desperate attempt to finish second in the group.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the Champions League quarterfinals are out, and only Inter Milan is left, and Roma and Juventus are eliminated.

Roma lost their qualifying place in the good situation of qualifying with a draw, while Juventus was an expert in the civil war and an outsider in the foreign war, and was directly euthanized.

What happened to Italian football?

"Milan Sport" lamented - as last year, Inter Milan is left alone, this time, can Inter Milan still work a miracle and win the Champions Cup?

"Roma Sport" is cheering up Inter Milan - similar trajectory, similar situation, it looks like Inter Milan is going to win the Champions Cup again this year!

Torino Sport – Inter Milan are as consistent as ever, and they are once again the hope of Italian football.

At 19:30 on the 22nd, the draw for the quarterfinals and semifinals of the European Champions Cup began in Nyon. The two runners-up in the last two seasons met together, Bayern and Real Madrid......

Defending champions Inter Milan meet Deportivo La Coruna.

The specific results are as follows (the former is seeded, and the away team will be played first)

Quarterfinal:

Panathinaikos vs Barcelona

Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid

Inter Milan vs Deportivo La Coruna

Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen

Semifinal:

Panathinaikos/Barcelona vs Bayern Munich/Real Madrid

Deportivo La Coruna/Inter Milan vs Liverpool/Bayer Leverkusen

There are no seeded teams in the semi-finals and finals draws, and the team drawn first will play at home, and the team drawn first will be considered as the "home team" due to the winner of the final.

The final will be played on 15 May at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

"Good signing."

"Haha!"

After the draw came out, the Inter Milan players cheered, the draw was so beautiful.

Deportivo La Coruna is not a very strong opponent and it is not a big problem to take them, Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen in the other group? Won Liverpool in the UEFA Super Cup this year, as for Bayer Leverkusen? The strength is just like that.

"Maybe, we can consider going to Glasgow now!"

"Our opponent, maybe Real Madrid, I have a hunch that we will meet Real Madrid again in the final, and then we will win them again, haha!"

Ronaldo was thrilled.

"Yes, there's nothing more exciting than making Real Madrid wail for two years in a row, and besides, this year is the centenary of their club, tsk......" Vieri was also excited.

Zheng Zhi immediately reminded them, "Guys, do you think he's simple?" To do that, we have to be in the finals. There are still four games to go until the final! ”

"There are no weak teams in the Champions League, Deportivo La Coruna is not as weak as we think."

Ronaldo waved his hand, "We all know that. ”

"But no one can stop us, didn't we say we were going to defend the title? So we have to do it, no matter who the opponent is, it must be us who wins in the end! ”

"But before that, we have to win the league title first."

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