Chapter 779: TIM Cup Champion! Inter Milan is above all teams!

After the first pre-season warm-up, Sport also commented on the new strikers of the six giants that have been adjusted in the summer:

Roma: The "trident" of Totti, Barty and Montella will be a headache for every team's defenders, and from the warm-up games, Barty is still in excellent form, and as he recovers from injury, he is expected to surpass his goal tally last season; Totti will be the commander of the forward line, whether it is Montella or Del Vizio with whom he will be at ease, compared if

Up front of Del Vizio and Barty, he is a little more in the middle, and if Montella replaces Del Vizio, he will have to support the left side more, but he has played well in any situation and last season's performances have shown it all. There is no need to worry about the bench of the Roma team, Cassano and Balbo are eager to try, but how Capello uses Cassano is always a mystery, and is the first star from Bari willing to play as a substitute? Also, Who is Totti's replacement after Nakata's departure?

Juventus: Although Vieri did not come as he wished, the forward line composed of Piero and Trezeguet is still world-class, and their replacements are Kovacevic and Amoruso, but with the outstanding performance of Yugoslav Kovacevic in the warm-up match, all this may change, and Lippi, who returns to Juventus, may be in the same boat", Piero is slightly behind, Kovacevic and Trezeguet are in front, and the old lady will never fail to feel like a goal, even if the forward line is targeted, don't forget, behind them, There is also a Nedved.

Lazio: Zoff has six forward cards in his hand, Crespo, after last season's baptism, the top scorer in Serie A has become the world's top scorer who can be compared to Barty; Claudio López is a wide player, but last season's five-month-long injury could still affect his form; Salas can always play in key moments, but due to the similarity with Crespo's characteristics, it is difficult to get a chance to play; Kiko will arrive, and Ravanelli will depart; However, this year may be the moment when Simeone Inzaghi breaks out, with Fiore also becoming an important piece in Zoff's attacking system, and Mendieta will play a pivotal role in both attack and defence.

Parma: With Di Vaio at the heart of Parma's attack in the new season and Milosevic to his left and right, the Yugoslavs should have a better performance after a year of adaptation. The arrival of Hidetoshi Nakata will activate Parma's midfield, and the Japanese will be more imaginative than Frenchman Miku, and don't forget the African footballer of the year Mboma on the bench, as well as the young Bonazzoli, but in general, Parma's forward line lacks something more than other giants to be called a top striker.

AC Milan: Only Shevchenko and Inzaghi may be able to match the combination of Barty and Montella, maybe this forward line is too homogeneous, maybe they are both good at scoring goals and not good at delivering to their team-mates, but they have behind them the passing master Rui Costa, who is one of the best playmakers in the world, and this will make up for the weakness of this forward line. And this season is a World Cup year, which will inspire Inzaghi to be very motivated. AC Milan also have a frightening depth on the bench, with Moreno, Bierhoff (though he may have to move) and Jose Mari all top performers, while young Kaka and Ayeuli are also poised to strike.

Inter Milan: We say that Shevchenko and Inzaghi, Batty and Montella are world-class combinations of the same level, but we do not include Inter's forward combination. Because Ronaldo has returned to his prime, if Recoba can reduce his sentence, if Toney finds the feeling of shooting, if Vieri can still be as good as before, if Recoba is stable enough, if Adriano can continue to grow, then Inter's forward line will be an indestructible nuclear bomb. Jose Mourinho's coaching ability is undeniable, and having such a forward line can show his tactical talent, and behind this luxurious forward line, Zheng Zhi and Andrea Pirlo are two hidden scorers and cannonballs.

Finally, "Milan Sport" concludes - although the competition in the new season is still unprecedented, Inter Milan is above the other teams!

However, on 31 July, Inter's performance quickly fell back against England's Watford.

Compared to the previous almost amateur opponent, this opponent is obviously much stronger.

The match was held in Lecco, northern Italy, with a 5,000-capacity stadium, with Zheng Zhi and Ronaldo not in the squad, watching the match with Moratti from the stands. Mourinho still uses the 4312 formation, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. Defender: Zanetti, Carvalho, Stam, Grosso. Midfielders Di Biagio, Farinos, Dalma, Pirlo. Forwards Vieri and Recoba.

Watford side in League One recently brought in Vialli, who used his influence to bring in several practical free agents in the transfer market in the hope of reaching the Premier League next year. Vieri and Recoba looked weak after the game began, with Recoba looking weaker and falling down in front of the opposition's tall defenders, seemingly not focusing on the shot.

The game was a bit tough, lacking Zheng Zhi's organisation in central midfield, and Andrea Pirlo was alone, and although Dalma helped down the left flank, the attack was not fluid. The other two players know how to defend.

The first half was 0:0.

In the second half, Mourinho made an immediate change, Panucci came up and replaced Farinos, bringing Zanetti into midfield.

Then Adriano and Toney replaced Recoba and Vieri, and the situation began to gradually improve.

Zanetti and Dalma took turns attacking on either flank, with Andrea Pirlo organising in the middle. Toney broke the deadlock just three minutes after coming on when he latched on to Dalma's pass and fired home from the edge of the box. Five minutes later, Pirlo and Zanetti collided with the wall and stuffed the ball to Adriano, who turned and swept to make it 2-0.

In the end, Inter Milan beat Watford 2-0.

One game is 17:0, and this one is 2:0 against a League One team, and the attack power is suddenly reduced. It's just because the two most important players are missing, Zheng Zhi and Ronaldo.

However, Mourinho said after the game: "It was a good result, we played better in the second half than in the first, I'm happy with the performance, some of the players are already in the role, towards the end of the game we have some fatigue, but it's normal and we need to work out with fitness. ”

"Just a 2:0 scoreline? Because this is the real Inter Milan, the 17:0 game is too exaggerated, and it is impossible to play such a high score again. So let's not think that we are stronger than the earth. ”

Mourinho is still very calm, he put Zheng Zhi and Ronaldo on the squad, Inter Milan's strength must have declined, but by how much? I can't see it in two games because I haven't played against a really strong team.

But it will soon be available.

Because the next TIM Cup, that is, the Moretti Cup, is the time to really test Inter Milan, has the strength increased, or has it declined? All of Italy is watching.

Because Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan finally met at the beginning of the season. However, just three days before the start of the game, AC Milan suddenly changed their mind and decided not to participate in the Moretti Cup, and Lazio was temporarily replaced.

Of course, Lazio is also very strong, and Italy's Zoff's Lazio also has the strength to wrestle with Inter Milan and Juventus.

Three days later, the entire Inter Milan squad arrived in the city of Bari.

Unexpectedly, Buffon was abused by many Juventus fans here, and hundreds of fans pulled banners and scolded very badly.

"Buffon, you're a liar!"

"You bastard!"

"Never come to Turin!"

"You're damned!"

Juventus fans have reason to be angry, because many news reports have said that Buffon has already verbally promised Moggi to join Juventus at the end of last season. Of course, Juventus really wanted the first brother of the Italian country to join, but then Buffon repented and directly showed his love to Inter Milan, and the final result was, of course, that Buffon empathized and joined Inter Milan.

That's why Juventus fans hated it.

For the first time, Buffon felt unwelcome in Bari, although this is Bari, not Torino, but there are many Juventus fans. In fact, there are not many Juventus fans in Turin, but in other parts of Italy, and many Juventus fans can be found everywhere.

Poor Juventus later had to switch to Toldo. Toldo was originally Inter Milan's first choice, but it turned out to be exchanged, which is a bit evil......

"Calm,"

"How can there be any reason not to be scolded?"

"It's good to get used to it."

Zheng Zhi smiled and walked hand in and side by side with Buffon, I don't know how many opponent fans have scolded him in his life, and scolding is healthier.

"But you should scold me, haha, if they know that I flirted with you, tsk......"

Buffon, however, lowered his head unnaturally, not daring to face the Juventus fans, who still looked like a shy big boy.

"I don't blame you, it's my choice."

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The Moretti Cup invites three teams to play 45 minutes between each team and then decide the winner by points.

The number of fans who came to watch the game reached 40,000, but half were black and white, and the remaining half were blue-black and blue. Obviously, Juventus has the most fans, and it stands to reason that they should also cheer the most, but the first game is nothing without Juventus, Juventus is in the second round, and they will have to endure a painful 45 minutes.

But fortunately, they can at least boo Buffon?

First match Inter Milan vs Lazio.

The 4312 lineup that started the Inter Milan team was: goalkeeper Buffon, defenders Zanetti, Carvalho, Materazzi, Gresco, midfielders Di Biagio, Zheng Zhi, Dalma, Pirlo, strikers Vieri, Ronaldo.

Lazio's 352 lineup is: goalkeeper Maciegiani, defenders Negro, Nesta, Mihajlovic, midfielders Poboski, Mendieta, Simeone, Fiore, Pancaro, forwards Crespo, López.

Inter Milan are almost at their best, as is Lazio, who face Copenhagen in Champions League qualification next week, so Zoff is very keen on the triangle.

The Sky Italia commentator was very unoptimistic about Lazio, "Is Zoff stupid?" Dare to play 352 when playing Inter Milan? Can three defenders keep an eye on Ronaldo and Vieri? I don't believe it. ”

His disbelief seems to mean the course of the game?

Gianluigi Buffon was booed by the Juventus fans as soon as he arrived, and at the moment, they were standing with the Lazio fans, and the enemy was Inter Milan.

Maybe the huge boos gave Lazio momentum? The Lazio players showed good form and dominated the field after the start of the game!

Simeone directly approached Zheng Zhi and dealt with Zheng Zhi specifically, which disrupted Inter's deployment, with Inter's attack temporarily handed over to Andrea Pirlo, while Lazio's attacking organization was handed over to former Valencia player Mendieta.

It was Lazio who won the chance first, and three in a row. The lively Crespo quickly got a chance in front of the young Portuguese Carvalho, heading a header from Carvalho, but Buffon was quick to take the ball off the line.

Corner kick.

Mihajnovic took a corner, this time it was Lopes' turn to nod the ball in front of the goal, the ball went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal, but Buffon fell to the ground and slapped the ball out again, followed by Pancaro on the line of the small penalty area, but Buffon slapped the ball firmly on the turf with his right palm!

World class Buffon!

Unexpectedly, Lazio directly suppressed Inter Milan after the opening! And new signing Gianluigi Buffon has become the brightest figure.

Inter Milan immediately changed their colors, Zanetti sent a long ball over the top from the right, almost creating a one-on-one ball for Ronaldo, but the footwork was still not well controlled.

However, Lazio did not dare to be careless at the back, Nesta cleared directly with his left foot, and the ball returned to Inter Milan's half, this time Zheng Zhi did not have the annoying Argentine Simeone by his side.

After calmly unloading the ball, he immediately slipped it to Andrea Pirlo, then cut in from the right wing to meet the ball, and the arch of his right foot slashed behind Negro and Nesta, Dalma quickly cut in and swept the ball across the back of the penalty area, Ronaldo shook off Mihajlovic and slotted home with his right foot.

It only took one chance for Ronaldo to score.

Aliens are aliens.

“goal!”

“goal!”

“goal!”

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”

"Ronaldo!"

'It's him again, as long as he's standing on the pitch, he can score.'

Lazio immediately counter-attacked, Poboski and Pancaro continued to attack from the wings, and Mendieta, Fiore and Simeone in the middle also pressed past the midfield in an attempt to continue the pressure at Inter's back.

There was one less person in the midfield, Di Biagio still sent a well-placed set-piece opportunity in front of the big penalty area, and the young Mihajnovic kicked a tricky free kick with his right foot, and the ball hung straight into the top left corner of the goal, but Buffon jumped up again and dragged the ball off the crossbar with one palm!

There was no more boos in the stands.

Because Buffon's performance is so good, the more you boo him, the more perfect he becomes, who would dare to boo Buffon like this.

The corner kick was taken, and this time Buffon held the ball in his arms.

This time Inter Milan did not play a fast attack, Zheng Zhi controlled the ball through a triangle pass in the backfield, and ran a wide range to meet his teammates, slowing down the rhythm, and the rhythm must not be controlled by Lazio again. Although Lazio pounced fiercely, they were never able to grab the ball, and in the end it was Simeone who swept Zheng Zhi down, and the ball was still Inter Milan's.

There's no way Lazio can just give up. After playing so well at the beginning, they were attacked by Inter Milan once, but in fact they still played with confidence.

But Pirlo in front of Inter Milan also pulled back, specifically against Mendieta, and the position of the other midfielders was further reduced, and when the number was equal, Inter Milan played much more calmly.

It's a Champions Cup champion, how can you be intimidated by Lazio's momentum. Soon, Inter Milan stabilized the situation, and Lazio flopped for almost twenty minutes before wilting. Although Zoff roared loudly off the field, he couldn't kick it, and people now control the ball so well, it's hard to grab the ball!

Veron is gone, and life is not easy. After leaving Manchester United for £28 million, Lazio wanted to replace Veron with Mendieta, but Mendieta looked like he was off the pitch after playing more than 20 minutes.

Cause? Even Pirlo can keep an eye on him, and he still plays with a ball?

As Inter Milan took control of the situation on the field, they gradually found their senses and counterattacked more and more sharply.

In the 33rd minute, Zheng Zhi once again showed off an accurate long pass to find Dalma, Dalma sent a high ball this time, Vieri competed with Nesta in the penalty area, and the Italian center forward was still forced to the point by the Italian central defender.

However, Nesta prevented Vieri, but Mihajlovic couldn't guard Ronaldo. Their counter-attack finally paid off in the final stages, and in the 38th minute, Zheng Zhi cut off Fiore's foot in midfield and smashed his right heel to Di Biagio before Simeone pounced, and Di Biagio played a straight pass to Pirlo, who picked up the Lazio defence.

The ball flew over Mihajlovich's head and was saved by Ronaldo, who then dribbled straight to the top right corner of the net.

2:0。

At the end of the first round, Juventus had three points. Lazio, on the other hand, continued to play with Juventus.

This time Juventus fans stopped cheering for Lazio and became enemies. I don't know who made the rules, but it was Inter Milan's turn to sit off the field and reap the benefits. They can rest for 45 minutes and then play Juventus.

Lippi's 352 formation is: goalkeeper Toldo, defenders Tudor, Thuram, Montero, midfielders C. Zenoni, Zambrotta, Tacinadi, Nedved, Paramati, strikers Trezeguet, Piero.

In the opening three minutes, Zoff replaced Mendieta with Gianni Keda. In the next few minutes, he replaced Mihajlovic with Favali, Inzaghi Jr. for López and Kastroman for Poboski.

The two teams battled fiercely in midfield and had fewer chances to get into the opposition box, with Lippi advancing Palamati forward to play left midfield, with Nedved leaning slightly into the middle, similar to the way Eriksen and Zoff used Nedved. Zambrotta and Tacinadi in the middle focused on defending and the pitch was more evenly balanced, with a free-kick from Piero saved by Maciegiani.

Zoff replaced Simeone with Dino Baggio in the 23rd minute and De la Pena replaced Fiore to maintain the team's strength. In the 28th minute, Lippi replaced C. Zenoni with Maresca, who took Zambrotta's place and Zambrotta moved to the right.

Three minutes later, Salas replaced Crespo. In the final stages, Lazio stepped up their offensive in the hope of salvaging the three points, but Juventus had to compress the formation. Inzaghi Jr.'s shot was saved by Gianluigi Buffon and Salas fired high from an excellent position. Juventus didn't seem to be able to keep up, with Piero and Trezeguet struggling to get passes from midfield, and Thuram had to play long passes directly to Piero at the back, but to no avail.

The draw was 0-0 and the penalty shoot-out took place in a similar way to Major League Soccer, with the player taking the penalty from 30 yards out, with Lazio starting first with De la Pena and Castroman not scoring and third Salas scoring the goal. Juventus' Piero, Zambrotta and Nedved were unsuccessful, and Lazio won 1-0 on penalties, according to the points rule, the two sides drew within 45 minutes and each got one point, and the winner of the penalty shootout added one point, so Lazio had two points and Juventus had one.

"José,"

"Really not ready to change?"

Seeing that the team was about to play again, the assistant coach was a little anxious and stood next to Mourinho to remind him again. Everyone is just fighting for 45 minutes, so why not change people? Isn't it good to get the physical disadvantage back?

As a result, Mourinho said that if he didn't change, he wouldn't change.

Can't figure it out......

In the last game, Lippi replaced Pesoto and Davies, and the formation was still 352, with defenders Tudor, Thuram, and Montero, midfielders Zambrotta, Tacinadi, Davies, Nedved, and Pexoto, and forwards Amoruso and Kovacevic.

Inter Milan did not make any substitutions, and they are still the same 11 players who started before.

Juventus came close to scoring the first time in the opening period, when Nedved received a long pass from Davies and burst into the box to shoot, but the ball was saved by Gianluigi Buffon.

Buffon's excellent performance once again made Juventus fans feel like a fish in the throat, the better Buffon is and the better he performs, the more unbalanced they are in their hearts, and the more they hate Buffon.

This emotion has always lingered in their hearts. In addition, Toldo was not 'Santo Toldo' at all in the penalty shootout just now.

Luckily, their spare goalkeeper Toldo then managed to play well, saving Zheng Zhi's stunning long-range shot and Ronaldo's shot from near the penalty spot. This caused the Juventus fans at the scene to shout almost all their strength, shouting loudly "Santo Toldo!" ”

The best way to forget the previous relationship is to find a new relationship, obviously Toldo is also suitable, at least now it seems that Toldo's performance is a little interesting.

The goalkeepers of both sides were so good that there were no chances for the first ten minutes, and Lippi made a change in the 12th minute, with Ferrara coming on for Tudor.

And Mourinho is still holding his ground.

This shocked the commentators of Sky Sports, "It's strange that Mourinho hasn't changed people yet, what does he want to do?" There are at least a dozen players on the bench who can be replaced, and today is just a friendly game! ”

After a reminder from the narrator.

The AC Milan coach, who was sitting in front of the TV at home, also chuckled in his heart, "yes, why? ”

Moreover, the game is not gentle.

Although it was only a warm-up match, the clash between Milan and Juventus has always been called an Italian derby, and sparks flew on the field, especially Di Biagio and Tacinadi were in full swing, and the two men frequently violated each other, almost rolling onto the sheets.

And Davis, who is known for his bravery, did not return to his former demeanor, but was played by Zheng Zhi again and again. Nedved is also not comfortable in the middle, Inter Milan's central defense is too dense, he can only forget to pull on the wing, but without his organization, the middle cannot pass the ball to him.

There were too many moves on both sides, too big, so the game was played very piecemeal, basically the offense couldn't be played, and time flew like water.

It wasn't until the 26th minute that a free-kick changed everything when Davies fouled Pirlo's for Inter.

Zheng Zhi stood in front of the ball on the left side of the penalty area 30 meters away, and calmly kicked a lift ball, the ball flew over the wall and flew to the upper right corner of the goal.

Inter Milan leads 1-0.

After that, things became simpler, Juventus didn't want to be at the bottom, at least two points and Lazio, right? They fought back like crazy.

But isn't that what Inter Milan like the most?

In the 31st minute, the front pressed over Inter Milan in the backfield was empty, Zheng Zhi got the ball in front of the big penalty area, and sent a long pass over the top under Nedved's nose, and the lightning-like Ronaldo successfully countered offside and went to the meeting again.

Toldo lost again, and was played by Ronaldo with a bull's tail, and was directly beaten by Ronaldo.

2:0。

Juventus fans' expectations for Toldo are gone, conceding two goals in a row......

This is also the final score.

"There is no chance."

"There's really not a chance."

"Inter Milan won the fifth edition of the Moretti Cup with six points, they were undoubtedly the biggest winners of the night, Inter Milan not only beat the two favourites 22 days before the start of the Serie A game, the players gained a psychological advantage, but also showed that Mourinho has brought more obvious changes to this team, this team is more mature!"

"Juventus are very tired. Still missing Zidane's fantastic and talented passes, Lippi hopes that the players will make up for the loss of the Frenchman with an active scramble and a defensive style of play, but at least it hasn't been as much as they want now, a year, a whole year! He needs to develop the quality of Piero and Nedved further. ”

'For Lazio, they seem to be doing better than Juventus, but Mendieta is not as good as Olympiacos, and Crespo, who is alone up front, may miss the support of his compatriot Veron, and only time will tell how much potential Lazio's almost new midfield has, with next Wednesday's match against Danish champions FC Copenhagen being an official test.

"For Inter, they are above all the teams. If we were careful enough, this team played 90 minutes and didn't even change a single person, how terrible is that?! ”

"It's right that AC Milan didn't come today, they can continue to be occult, at least they can not be humiliated by Inter tonight."

"But we'll see each other in the league!"

At the press conference after the game, a reporter directly asked Mourinho why he didn't make substitutions when there were so many substitutions.

Mourinho told everyone the answer.

"Because I think it's a good opportunity, I want to see if the 11 of us can withstand the attacks of the two teams."

'And they did it well, we scored four goals and conceded ten.

Perverted!

I don't know why he thinks that, Zoff and Lippi must be so angry that they vomit blood.

'But there are still a lot of flaws in the defence and we are not a perfect team yet, including in midfield. We can get stronger! ”

God, it's not perfect enough, it needs to be stronger?

"Will Inter Milan bring in any more players?"

Mourinho squeezed out a weird smile, "Maybe, after all, there are still about 20 days." ”

"Jose, just now in the mixed interview area, we saw Lippi and Zheng Zhiyou talking and laughing, and they seemed to have a good conversation, what do you think?"

There is an ulterior motive for this question.

"Do they not talk or laugh, do they want to cry and say? Or is it going to be a big fight? Mourinho shrugged, "Just like I am now, I am also talking to you with a smile." But I know what you're trying to say. Do you want to say that Lippi is going to seduce Zheng Zhi? ”

"Do you think that's possible? He's in a championship team, so why go to Juventus? ”

"He's here to usher in an era with us."

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely think that Zheng Zhi and Lippi might have a leg, but Mourinho is not worried at all. It would be a fool to take the time to think about such a boring thing.

Zheng Zhi did chat with Lippi for more than a minute, after all, Lippi was his former mentor, and it was nothing to talk to him, and it was indeed Lippi who was the first to talk to him, and Lippi couldn't help it.

"Why didn't you choose Juventus in the first place?"

Lippi knew that Moji had invited him, but Zheng Zhi did not agree. If Zheng Zhi had come to Juventus, life would not have been so miserable.

Zheng Zhi gave an explanation: "When he invited me, I didn't think about leaving, and when I was leaving, there was someone who needed me more. ”

"Who?" Lippi immediately asked.

"Lots of ......"

Zheng Zhi could only respond vaguely......

"That's a person?"

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