Chapter 786: Decisive Battle for the Toyota Cup!

Although Owen took the title of best player of the final, Owen was not happy at all, because the Super Cup belonged to Inter Milan.

It was Liverpool's fifth final of the year, but the first time they had lost.

And Fan Zhiyi, who scored the golden goal in the final of the League Cup and became a hero, became a sinner in this final, he did not target Ronaldo twice, allowing Ronaldo to score two goals and decide the final championship.

As soon as he finished the game, Zheng Zhi stepped forward to comfort him.

Fan Zhi drooped his head, unable to hide his frustrated look, Zheng Zhi's right hand was on his shoulder, and he sighed.

"You're eyeing this year's Mr. Golden Globe tonight,"

"The world's No. 1 striker,"

"I've done my best."

"If someone else is staring at it, it is estimated that it is much more tragic."

This can only be comforted. Think about it on your heels, according to Ronaldo's terrifying state, he will definitely be the first candidate for the Ballon d'Or. In front of the world's No. 1 striker, is it not normal for Fan Zhiyi to do it? His greatest misfortune was to be in this position.

Then, Zheng Zhi wanted to speak again and again, "Maybe, this won't be the last time?" ”

"I will always continue to encounter ...... in the future"

Fan Zhiyi licked his lips, also patted Zheng Zhi's shoulder, didn't say anything, and left the court with heavy steps.

It takes him time to stitch up such a wound, and it is impossible for him to come out of such a state for a while......

Subsequently, Inter Milan participated in the award ceremony, and Zheng Zhi won the UEFA Super Cup as the captain. Last year, he missed the chance to lead Bayer Leverkusen to the UEFA Super Cup with a move to Inter Milan, and this year he finally made up for it.

Of course

That's not the point, there's still one more championship to win at the end of the year, and that's the Toyota Cup championship.

In his post-match press conference, Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho was the first to pay tribute to his players: "It's a pleasure to win the Super Cup. All of the Milan players are proud of the history the club has made and are fortunate to have a large number of loyal supporters, and today's victory is the best gift for the club and its fans. I congratulate the players on doing that in this sweltering heat tonight. ”

He specifically praised Zheng Zhi and Ronaldo by name.

"Inter Milan are the current winners of the European Champions Cup, and the skill and ability of Zheng and Ronaldo have made Liverpool unguardable, and this victory shows that Inter Milan have the quality and determination to achieve anything."

'There's not much difference between the two teams, they both have good players, Liverpool have a good player like Michael Owen and he almost changed the outcome of the game by himself. It's hard for any team to defend against a world-class striker like that, and we were not successful defensively with him, but thankfully we had two of them, two against one, so we were the winners. ”

Mourinho then gave a look to the future.

"Now, our dream is to win the five crowns and we are looking forward to winning the Toyota Cup at the end of the year!"

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In the post-match "Milan Sports Newspaper" scores, Zheng Zhi and Ronaldo were not the highest, although they both scored 9 points, but Liverpool's Owen got a perfect score of 10 points, you can imagine how awesome Owen is.

So "Milan Sports Newspaper" sighed: If one of Zheng Zhi and Ronaldo is not on the field, maybe the championship will be taken away by Liverpool. Owen, the son of the wind, overwhelmed Inter Milan and tormented the current European Cup winner with his brilliant speed throughout the game, even to the disgrace of Ronaldo.

While praising Inter Milan, Roma Sport did not forget to praise Owen, who almost made Inter lose the UEFA Super Cup. England striker Michael Owen came close to toppling Inter Milan on the neutral battlefield of Monaco, and his unstoppable pace broke down a world-class defence of Italians and Dutchmen, even with the addition of Gianluigi Buffon! But fortunately, Inter Milan also had two Mr. Golden Balls, the Chinese and the Brazilian manpower, who turned the tide and finally brought the title back to Milan City.

Torino Sport – Inter Milan have already won the league in 2001, the Champions Cup, the Italian Super Cup and the UEFA Super Cup, and now they have their sights set on the Toyota Cup in December, where they will see an unprecedented five-time treble if they continue to win. Considering the strength of their opponents in the Toyota Cup, the probability of Inter Milan achieving what they want is too great......

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The next morning, Fan Zhiyi and Zheng Zhitong flew to Oman on a plane to participate in the top 10 matches of the World Cup in Asia. Fan Zhiyi didn't say a word on the plane, obviously still in a very low mood. When he arrived at the national team's residence, Fan Zhiyi did not accept any interviews, thinking that Horton would not let him start, but in the game in Oman, Fan Zhiyi actually scored twice with a header! helped the Chinese team win Oman 5:0, and the Chinese team ushered in two consecutive victories in the top 10 matches without encountering any obstacles at all.

The absence of Zheng Zhi in the Inter Milan may be due to too much fatigue, Inter Milan conceded a goal near the end of the game, and was forced to draw 2:2 by Parma.

It also puts them two points behind Juventus at the top of the table, who beat Atalanta 2-0 thanks to goals from strikers Piero and Trezeguet.

Surprisingly, Chievo, who are playing in Serie A for the first time, have also won two consecutive victories and are tied with Juventus for the top spot......

Coincidentally, Juventus and Chievo met in the third round, and as a result, Chievo's fighting power was still very strong, and Juventus won a thrilling 3-2 victory over Chievo.

Inter Milan won 2-0 at home to promoted Venezia, and the returning Zheng Zhi provided two assists, one for Recoba and one for Adriano.

The 2001-2002 Champions League also kicked off, Inter Milan returned to the Champions League and returned to their demonic nature, France's Nantes were slaughtered by five goals at the Meazza stadium, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, and it looks like this guy wants to hit his Champions League goal record of 18 goals set last season?

In the Coppa Italia, although Mourinho sent a substitute lineup, with goals from Toney and Carvalho, Inter Milan also advanced to the second round of the Coppa Italia.

Inter Milan's third line is red.

In September, October and November, Inter Milan reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia and successfully qualified for the Champions Cup, and the league was close to Juventus and AC Milan.

In the early morning of November 1, with Portugal's Porto team out of the group stage, all 16 teams participating in the second phase of the European Champions Cup have been selected.

They are: Real Madrid, Roma, Liverpool, Boavista, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Inter Milan, Panathinaikos, Juventus, Porto, Galatasaray, Arsenal, Deportivo La Coruna, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Sparta Prague.

As soon as the results of the draw came out the next day, some people cried and some laughed.

It's not that enemies don't get together.

Group A: Manchester United, Boavista, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich

Group B: Roma, Liverpool, Barcelona, Galatasaray

Group C: Porto, Sparta Prague, Real Madrid, Panathinacs

Group D: Arsenal, Juventus, Deportivo La Coruna, Bayer Leverkusen

Undoubtedly, Group A, Group B and Group D have all become a veritable group of death, with only last season's Champions League runners-up Real Madrid drawn the draw.

There is even a suspicion that UEFA is escorting Real Madrid, because tomorrow summer is the centenary of Real Madrid, and Real Madrid want to celebrate their glory with the Champions Cup. Otherwise, why did the other giants enter the group of death, but they were the only ones who drew a good lot?

For Manchester United and Bayern Munich, they are completely and absolutely drawn, and neither Manchester United nor Bayern Munich want to play against Inter Milan. Of course, Manchester United and Bayern Munich don't want each other, and they haven't looked up and looked down in recent years.

And the latest odds for Spinach to win the championship are also very interesting.

The first is none other than Real Madrid, after all, people's signing luck is awesome, and there is the possession of the centennial celebration, the second is Inter Milan, followed by Manchester United, Bayern and Barcelona.

Real Madrid is 3 to 1

Inter Milan are 11 to 2

Manchester United 13 to 2

Bayern Munich is 7 to 1

Barcelona is 8 to 1

Juventus 9 to 1

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In late November, Zheng Zhifeng rushed back from Asia, after two goals in the Asian top 10 match helped China beat Uzbekistan 3-0 away, and finally won all eight games, scored 24 goals and conceded one goal to reach the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup.

In Asia, they are already invincible, they appeared in the previous life and fought thrillingly, and there is no pressure at all in this life.

That's how fate changes.

After a 4-0 thrashing away at Boavista, Zheng Zhi and Inter Milan embarked on the journey of the Toyota Cup, where they will face Argentine football powerhouse Boca Juniors.

This is the last Toyota Cup, and from next year, the Toyota Cup will be renamed the World Club Champions Cup.

A total of 71 members of the National Milan squad plus senior club officials boarded the Sky Express flight A-340.

The trip will take more than 10,000 kilometers to arrive in Tokyo at noon the next day, and after arriving in Tokyo, Inter Milan will stay at the InterContinental Hotel Tokyo, which was built in 1995.

The 22nd edition of the Toyota Cup, the last major event in world football this year, will be held at the Tokyo National Stadium in Japan. Inter Milan, the winner of the European Champions Cup, will face Boca Juniors of Argentina, the winners of the last Toyota Cup and the Copa Libertadores.

Founded in 1960, the Toyota Cup is an informal competition, but it is a head-to-head matchup between the most powerful clubs in Europe and South America. Since 1980, the champions of both continents have won 10 victories each, and now with the increasing emphasis of Europeans, South American victories are no longer easy to come by.

Boca Juniors seem to be taking the Toyota Cup far more seriously than Inter Milan. At the beginning of this season, head coach Bianchi repeatedly mentioned on various occasions that the Toyota Cup is the most important game of the season for Boca, so various competitions at home and abroad in Argentina have become the warm-up matches for Boca to prepare for the Toyota Cup.

What's even more striking is that Bianchi did not bring the team's Japanese star Naoyasu Takahara to Tokyo on the grounds that he missed 10 days for a friendly match between Japan and Italy and did not have enough time to recover, which also shows that Bianchi is by no means going to Japan to make a show.

Inter Milan, on the other hand, played one league game in a week and one Champions League. The intensity of three games a week, no matter how thick Inter Milan's bench depth is, is unbearable.

When I arrived in Tokyo, it was only one and a half days before the start of the game, and the players were not even able to adjust to the time difference.

As one of the richest clubs in the world, Inter Milan currently has a strong squad that is far superior to its younger rivals in terms of experience and strength; In the Boca team, Palermo, a striker who scored two goals in last year's Toyota Cup, went to La Liga, which greatly damaged Boca's strength.

Riquelme, who was named Maradona's successor in the race for the best player, is undoubtedly one of the strongest contenders, and if the title is taken away by Inter Milan, it will be difficult to predict who will be the best player, because Ronaldo, Zheng Zhi, Vieri, Recoba, Adriano, Pirlo and many others could become heroes.

Boca Juniors have already been preparing like crazy, while Inter Milan only have rest, rest, rest.

For a day and a half, Mourinho gave the team a day off, and his disciples were not polite, and the whole day was spent shopping.

Traveling in droves around Tokyo, the lineup was so scary that they caused a huge uproar when they appeared anywhere on the streets of Tokyo.

Zheng Zhi, Ronaldo and Vieri caused a frantic scream, and the Japanese female fans almost didn't just lie down in bed and threw themselves into their arms.

And undoubtedly, as the number one star in Asia, Zheng Zhi is the most popular one.

When they played at the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo, they were completely blocked on it, and they couldn't escape if they wanted to, so everyone signed their names here for an hour and had to take photos with the fans.

This trip is undoubtedly the most tiring.

After getting out and returning to the hotel, everyone was so tired, not physically, but with tired fingers, and they were about to cramp.

Ronaldo, who was originally in the same room with Zheng Zhi, still thought that after Zheng Zhi fell asleep, he would sneak out alone to have some fun and find a few women to play, but after lying down in bed, he quickly fell asleep......

The next day, everyone got up early and waited for Mourinho in the hotel restaurant. Everyone knows what an important day it is, the five crowns are just around the corner, as long as they win Boca Juniors, they can achieve what they want!

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