Chapter 522: Covered News
When the final whistle blew, Arsene Wenger stood up from the dugout with a blank face - after Inter Milan took the second lead, Arsenal launched a crazy attack, but still set up a tight defense by Inter Milan stubbornly held on to the end!
A 2-1 win away from home would be a big win for Inter Milan, while for Arsenal they lost 2-1 at home and their hopes of progressing away from home in the second leg will be very slim!
And this is also a very big blow for Arsene Wenger, who has largely given up on the league this season in order to be able to perform better in the Champions League, and now it seems that despite the historic reach to the last four of the Champions League, they still have a lot to lack in front of Inter Milan......
Arsenal scored a goal from a free-kick and Inter Milan's duo scored a goal each in the game, the most efficient duo was a key factor in Inter's progress, and there seems to be no club in Europe that has such a top-notch duo of strikers!
The two have combined to score more than 60 goals in all competitions so far, and both have 30 individual goals this season, which is a great thing for even the giants to have one, while Inter Milan have two! What's more important is that the two people have a tacit understanding of division of labor and cooperation, especially this season, Toney scored more goals, but did more dirty work, Adriano gave up some opportunities to score, but it was often more eye-catching on the field - the result of each taking what they needed was that there was no contradiction between the two people, and the cooperation on the field was also better!
Combined with the support of the midfield and the solidity of the backline, everything has been perfect for Inter Milan this season and they are starting to make great strides towards their goals!
'Inter Milan got a strong win away from home. The win set them up for the Champions League final, and a week later at home, they will be able to reach the final as long as they don't lose more than two goals to Arsenal or are beaten by Arsenal by more than three goals! After the game, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said there was hope and that Arsenal would give it their all in the second leg. Inter Milan manager Dick, on the other hand, believes that the semi-finals are not over yet, and they will also give their all on their home turf. As for the league, Dick believes four points is enough to qualify for the team, and he will continue to play as a substitute in the next round of the league. ”
'Even if we lose this league again, we are still one point ahead, but I doubt that Juventus will have the strength to win this game now.'
Dick looked very relaxed after leading the team back to China, in fact, he should also be relaxed, the last four rounds of games are all one game a week, there is not too much pressure, and the strength of these four opponents is not very good, the first round Inter Milan got twelve points on them - and Inter Milan only need to get eight points in the next four rounds to win the title, because their league goal difference is 36 more than Juventus, in the four rounds Juventus is unlikely to catch up with such an exaggerated goal difference... …
Dick did not break his promise, after a two-day break, in the 35th round of the league at the weekend, Inter Milan played a pure substitute lineup, goalkeeper Toldo, defenders Arbeloa, Chiellini, Andreoli and Maggio, midfielders Zanetti, Sneijder, Perrotta and Chigarini, and the forward partners were Cruz and Di Natale, except for Sneijder and Perrotta, who did not play in midweek, the rest of the main players did not play.
However, in the face of Regina, who has been relegated successfully and has no intention of fighting, Inter Milan still completed a massacre at home, Cruise scored twice, Di Natale and Perrotta also scored a goal each, plus the own goal of the opposing defender, Inter Milan swept Reggina 5-0 at home and continued to lead in the standings!
Juventus, on the other hand, continued to slump as they drew 1-1 at home to Lazio, were six points away from Inter Milan and equalised on points by AC Milan – a month that had been a nightmare for Juventus......
There's an old Chinese saying about no poles, but it doesn't seem to apply to Juventus – they started to get into trouble again in the following period.
When this round of the league ended, the Milan sports newspaper suddenly published a news that shook the entire Italian football world - in this news detailed about the call between Juventus general manager Moggi and Serie A referee designator Pairetto in 04, the content is extremely informative, let everyone know how Moggi arranged the referee he wanted through Pairetto, including DeSantis and Paparesta who had a "wonderful" performance in the Italian derby......
"It seems that what I said earlier is not without purpose, it is clear that Moji can easily arrange the referee he wants to see in some games, and through refereeing he can create a lot of problems for Juventus' rivals, and then create a huge convenience for Juventus. It's just that my team is very competitive and can still win the league championship two years in a row under such circumstances...... Inter Milan haven't won the league title this season? It's just a matter of time, we just need one more win to win the league and I don't think anyone can stop us. And to be honest, Juventus are in big trouble right now, and they will definitely be punished. As for what they're going to be like, I don't care, all I'm thinking about now is the Champions League semi-finals. ”
After the outbreak of the phonegate incident, when the whole Italian football world began to discuss the matter, Dick said very little, and began to prepare for the semi-finals of the Champions League after expressing his opinion, which was outrageously calm.
This situation surprised everyone a little, because Dick has not clashed with Juventus once or twice since he entered Serie A, he has satirized Moggie, Capello, and Juventus players, and now Juventus is in big trouble, shouldn't his character fall into the ground......
Everyone thinks that Dick must be holding back something bad, but Dick really doesn't mean to fall into the well, because he knows that Juventus's next punishment must be very severe, although it seems that it is not too heavy to be directly demoted to the amateur league or disbanded with what they do, but in Italy, a European Celestial Empire country where it has become a habit to talk about human favors and exploit loopholes, it is already a very serious punishment to be able to fall to Serie B, and then you can't kill Juventus, so why bother to step on two feet, Dick wasn't the kind of person who couldn't hold back the fire when he saw someone cowardly.
When Juventus was arrogant before, he was able to fight against the other party without fear, and when Juventus became a reservoir dog, he disdained to attack Juventus, just like when he attacked Barcelona, Barcelona was at its peak, and when Barcelona began to fall, he didn't attack Barcelona too much.
What Dick didn't know was that his performance had greatly improved his image, and in any case, attacking a strong behemoth and not continuing to attack when the other party was weak was a very chivalric approach in the eyes of Europeans, which made his previous aggression more humane.
"Actually, I'm not a knight...... I just don't do anything good. Dick said to Charlotte in private.
In addition to not doing good things, Dick mainly has no time to care about the things in Italian football, Italian football has been bad for a long time, if there is no big reform from top to bottom and reverence for the rules, Italian football can only hold on half-dead, they themselves can't attract investment, can't make blood, when the entire Italian economy is sluggish, Serie A will naturally weaken, but this is not necessarily a good thing for Italy, when there is no money to poach people everywhere, if you can pay more attention to youth training, cultivate some good players, the Italian national team's disconnection situation will also be greatly improved.
Now Dick knows why Mourinho is leaving after two years of coaching at Inter Milan, not only because he has won the Champions Cup, but because he has hated the atmosphere in Serie A, the coach who came out of the relatively healthy environment of the Premier League La Liga, in Italy, it is really difficult to endure, even Dick himself, if he didn't know that the environment in Serie A next season would be much better, I'm afraid he would have decided to flash after winning the Champions Cup this season, although Moratti didn't point a finger at him, But the environment of the whole Serie A is really unpleasant to work in.
April 26, Meazza Stadium.
Arsenal launched a crazy attack from the beginning of the game, but Inter Milan did not have stage fright, they also used the attack against Arsenal, but they did not fully press the attack, or Dick at home is very logical to use the tactics of defensive counterattack, the number of defenders in the backfield is always kept at about three or four, and the attack is more dependent on individual ability, under such a back-and-forth impact, although Henry's goal once helped Arsenal equalize the aggregate score, Hopes of victory were in sight, but shortly after the start of the second half, Toney's header was deflected wide and Perrotta, who had been cut on the wing, burst into the box and stabbed home to help Inter equalise and give Inter the aggregate lead again.
Although this goal did not have any impact on Arsenal's morale, because they also scored one more goal to drag the game into extra time, but in the next game, they still had nothing to do with Inter Milan's defense, but it was the substitute Di Natale who completely extinguished Arsenal's hope of qualifying, he received a free kick from Figo and stabbed in the penalty area to help Inter Milan score the second goal, this goal also became the last straw that crushed Arsenal!
Two two-to-one, Inter Milan advanced to the final!
While Inter Milan's return to the Champions League final after four decades is also big news, the news seems a little unwelcome with the whole of Italy talking about the phonegate......
"It doesn't matter, when we win the Champions Cup, the whole of Italy will talk about us." Dick said to his players.