In the TIM Triangle, Inter Milan won the competition for the third year in a row, beating Juventus and AC Milan, which is undoubtedly a good sign for the ambitious Inter Milan.

Gianluigi Buffon, Italy's main goalkeeper, said after the game: "This is an excellent start to the new season for our team, Juventus and AC Milan will always be our strongest opponents, we have shown our good form, we are as strong as last season!" ”

Youngster Arjen Robben was also given the opportunity to spark in front of the media: "I didn't expect to start, in the warm-up game I did really good, but I didn't expect a top-level duel like today, when the boss told me I would start, it was like a dream, we played very well, very ideal. Against AC Milan we were passive at the start and AC Milan put us under a lot of pressure. They pressed us and were very efficient, but we did a good job of attacking them on the counter-attack in the end. ”

Xiao Xiaoluo was also very excited: "I never dreamed that it would be so dreamy, I also scored, this is a good start. Everybody was talking about that penalty, but I would say that Maldini did touch me and I had no problem falling. ”

Although it is a slight contact......

Zheng Zhi was interviewed by the Inter Milan channel. He commented on the three new signings: "We did well in today's encounter and it showed how good our players are on the pitch. I've noticed that the team is improving, which gives us a bright eye and hope ahead of the new season and today Cambiasso was very good and has become a big part of the team. Arjen Robben and Ronaldo are also doing well, they run and control the ball well, but they still need to improve their ability to take chances, they are still young, and the improvement can be huge. Winning before the start of the season gives us a lot of hope. ”

'I feel good, the whole team is growing and it's very important to play against teams like Juventus and AC Milan and win. It also proves that we are very well prepared before the season. ”

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However, AC Milan, who lost the game, were not convinced.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti said: "We have played well in both games, which shows that we are in good form at this stage. We created a couple of scoring chances in the game. Combined with the performance of the two games, I feel satisfied. ”

'We were very aggressive against Inter Milan and Andrea Pirlo was the brightest star of the team, creating scoring chances for the strikers on a number of occasions. And it was the team that took the absolute initiative in the field at the beginning, which led to the formation pressing high in the later games, neglecting the defensive counterattack that Inter Milan is good at, and finally lost. We were a little naïve, so we paid the price. ”

'I adjusted the squad to make them more balanced. I'm pretty sure of the characteristics of the players, so the game should be well controlled. But that penalty was too controversial, I don't think it was a penalty, Maldini was clean, I don't know if the Portuguese guy tripped over the grass? ”

Milan midfielder Rui Costa said: "If it had been 90 minutes, I think we would have won because we have been playing very well. But we did get disrupted by two little goblins who had two little guys who didn't play their cards according to common sense, and to be honest, apart from that controversial penalty, my little guy played very well. ”

Rui Costa couldn't help but praise Xiao Xiao Luo, from now on, he knew Xiao Xiao Luo. After all, he and Figo are both at the end of their careers, Portugal needs new players, new leaders, and from a national point of view, of course he wants new players to step up.

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On this day, UEFA announced the best candidates for 2002, with Inter Milan's Zheng Zhi and Ronaldo and Manchester United's Dutch goalscorer Ruud van Nistelrooy competing for the 'European Player of the Year' award.

This year's European Football of the Year will be decided at a gala in Monaco on 29 August, preceded by the draw for the first round of the UEFA Champions League.

Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy will also compete with Frenchman Trezeguet for the Striker of the Year award.

Other bests are: Best Goalkeeper, Best Defender, Best Midfielder, Best Coach. They will be judged on the basis of their performance in Europe during the 2001-2002 season.

The following is a list of candidates for each award:

Best Players: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United/Netherlands), Zheng Zhi (Inter Milan/China), Ronaldo (Inter Milan/Brazil)

Best goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon (Inter Milan/Italy), Dudek (Liverpool/Poland), Kahn (Bayern/Germany)

Best defenders: Cafu (Roma/Brazil), Hyypia (Liverpool/Finland), Robert Carlos (Real Madrid/Brazil)

Best Midfielder: Ballack (Bayer Leverkusen/Germany), Zheng Zhi (Inter Milan/China), Patrick Vieira (Arsenal/France)

Best striker: Ronaldo (Inter Milan/Brazil), Trezeguet (Juventus/France), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United/Netherlands)

Manager of the Year: Jose Mourinho (Inter Milan/Portugal), Alex Ferguson (Manchester United/Scotland), Bosque (Real Madrid/Spain)

However, not long after the list was announced, there was a huge earthquake in Inter Milan, and Ronaldo finally confirmed that he had joined Real Madrid instead of a player who belonged to Inter Milan.

Real Madrid and Inter Milan have officially confirmed that Ronaldo will travel to Madrid. In this way, the transfer of Ronaldo, which lasted for more than a month, finally came to a successful end.

In order to get Ronaldo, Real Madrid will pay Inter Milan a transfer fee of 55 million pounds.

Zheng Zhi received a message from Ronaldo as soon as possible, in fact, he knew a month ago that Ronaldo was leaving Inter Milan, but the negotiations have continued until now.

Now, too, it's time to say goodbye.

Originally, Moratti had found a replacement for Ronaldo early on in order to prevent him from leaving, and that was Argentine Crespo. It's just that in the end, because of the arrival of Robben and Little Rowe, the plan was changed, and Crespo was not introduced in the end, and now Inter Milan only has Vieri, Recoba, Adriano and Toney four forwards on the front line, and even Toni was almost loaned out.

The new season is about to start, and the shirt number of Inter Milan for the new season has also been confirmed, Zheng Zhi continues to wear the No. 10 shirt, Vieri has regained the No. 9 shirt, and Adriano continues to wear the No. 18.

Surprisingly, Mourinho assigned the number 11 to Robben and the number 7 to Ronaldo.

Of course, at Inter, numbers 9 and 10 are more desirable.

"Ronaldo, the number 7 is a great number, many people can wear the number 7, but there are not many who can leave a prestige in football, you don't want to be a mediocre number 7, you should see the number 7 as the mark of your football life."

After learning that Xiao Xiao Luo got the No. 7 jersey of Inter Milan, Zheng Zhi inspired Xiao Xiao Luo.

At this time, Xiao Xiaoluo actually admires No. 10 more, such as Real Madrid's No. 10 Figo, and Inter Milan's No. 10 Zheng Zhi.

In this era, it is still the world of No. 10, although No. 7 is also extremely prestigious, like Real Madrid's No. 7 Raul and Manchester's No. 7 Beckham. But compared to the 10th, it is far from good.

"I want to wear a size 10." In front of Zheng Zhi, Xiao Xiaoluo made no secret of his greed and desire for No. 10.

"No, you're the number seven." Zheng Zhi smiled, "No. 10 already has Maradona, he is surpassed by me, what you have to do is to become the best No. 7 in the world, just like I have in the middle, you must be on the side, you are the king of the side, and I also need you to be the king on the side, when I leave, if you still want to wear No. 10, then I can't stop you." ”

"Next week, it's the first official game, don't let me down."

"And that guy, hey, Alger, you both have to put on a good show, actually, the boss is now handing you these two important numbers, the meaning is already obvious, don't play the worst numbers in team history, No. 7 and No. 11!"

The worst stat in team history!

Robben and Little Luo couldn't have agreed.

Next week, Inter Milan will face the UEFA Super Cup, against last year's UEFA Cup winners Feyenoord.

Due to the fact that this season's Serie A was not resolved due to the problem of TV broadcasting, this year's Serie A was postponed to September 15, and the Italian Super Cup was also postponed, so Inter Milan's first game became the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco, against the League Cup champion Feyenoord.

However, before that, the draw for the European Champions Cup was first held in Monaco. Inter Milan, as the defending champions, is certainly a seeded team.

The Inter Milan first team arrived at Monaco at midday and then at 4pm Mourinho represented the club in the draw.

The 32 teams participating in the draw include defending champions Inter Milan, 15 teams that qualified directly for the group stage and 16 teams that qualified through qualifying.

According to UEFA's club points, these teams are divided into 4 brackets, with Inter Milan seeded with the top 7 teams, followed by 8 teams in Pot 2, and so on.

In the draw, one team from each bracket will be drawn to form a group, a total of 8 groups, provided that the teams of the same league are not in the same group, and their match dates and home and away games are staggered as much as possible to facilitate viewing and broadcasting.

For Mourinho, it doesn't matter who he draws, anyway, his goal for Inter Milan is to defend the Champions Cup and create the great miracle of three consecutive titles. His mind is more focused on the UEFA Super Cup at 8.45pm tonight.

As a result, Inter Milan were relegated to Group D.

In the same group are France's Lyon, the Netherlands' Ajax and Norway's Rosenborg. It can be said that another one has been drawn, and promotion is not a big problem.

Bayern, AC Milan and Deportivo La Coruna were placed in the group of death. Roma coach Fabio Capello has faced his old club Real Madrid for the second year in a row. Manchester United met Bayer Leverkusen, the nemesis who eliminated themselves last season. Juventus and Barcelona also drew good draws, not facing teams from the four major leagues in Pot 2.

The groupings of the other groups are:

Group A: Arsenal (England), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), AJ Auxerre (France).

Group B: Valencia (Spain), Liverpool (England), Spartak Moscow (Russia), Basel (Switzerland).

Group C: Real Madrid (Spain), Roma (Italy), AEK Athens (Greece), Genke (Belgium).

Group E: Juventus (Italy), Feyenoord (Netherlands), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine), Newcastle (England).

Group F: Manchester United (England), Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Olympiacos (Greece), Maccabi Haifa (Israel).

Group G: Bayern Munich (Germany), Deportivo La Coruna (Spain), AC Milan (Italy), Lens (France).

Group H: Barcelona (Spain), Galatasaray (Turkey), Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia), Club Brugge (Belgium).

After the draw results came out, the British William Hill bookmaker immediately opened the odds of the top 32 to win the final championship.

Defending champions Inter Milan are not the favourites to win the title, but runners-up Real Madrid, who are at the top of the list at 9 to 2, followed by Manchester United and Barcelona.

The specific odds for each team are as follows:

Real Madrid: 9-2. This was the case for three years in a row, but they all finished second.

Inter: 5-1. Inter Milan have never been number one, but they have won the title twice.

Manchester United and Barcelona: 8-1, the two teams have been the favourites to reach the last four recently.

Arsenal, Bayern, Juventus: 10-1

AC Milan's position is even more distant, 20:1, although their squad seems to be very strong, but they have not experienced the Champions League, so the odds are terrible......

However, in the upcoming UEFA Super Cup final, Inter Milan is favored, and William Hill directly opened the data of Inter Milan's conceding two goals, and is not optimistic about Feyenoord at all.

Champions League and UEFA Cup winners are still at different levels, and it will be too difficult for Feyenoord to win.

This campaign is an experimental field for UEFA's "new Golden Ball system": if one side scores a goal in the first half of extra time, the "sudden death" will not be implemented, and the first half will continue to be played; If the first half of extra time is tied at the end of the second half, the second half will continue. In other words, the extra time is either 15 minutes or 30 minutes, and the team that is behind will at least have a chance to turn the tables around.

Who would have believed that the game would go to extra time, though? It was believed that it would be a battle that would end in 90 minutes, rather than any extra time, and UEFA's experimental field looked set to be in vain......

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