Chapter 514: A Wonderful Moment
Real Madrid came to Milan in a mournful posture - after losing at home to Inter Milan, their president stepped down, and now the vice-president is temporarily in charge of Real Madrid, waiting until the end of the season to run for the chairmanship, and after that defeat, they also performed poorly in three league games, despite beating Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the Madrid derby, losing to Mallorca, and then being held to a draw by Valencia, only four points in the third round, and has been thrown away by Barcelona by nine points. Missing out on the league title for three years in a row seems to be a foregone conclusion......
However, Dick will not underestimate Real Madrid because of this, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and a strong team like Real Madrid is not said to be able to be killed casually, so despite the obvious advantage, he still sent all his main forces in this game - the knockout round is not a group stage, even if the advantage is great, you have to deal with it carefully, there is no shortage of examples in the history of the Champions Cup knockout stage Chapter 524 It is not uncommon for attention to be turned over by the opponent. 【Fengyun Reading Network. It's just that they got a great advantage, and after concentrating, they didn't give Real Madrid too many opportunities, although Inter Milan, who was mainly focused on defense, was scored by Baptista's header, but Sneijder's direct free kick also scored a goal for them, Inter Milan and Real Madrid drew 1-1 at home, and Ang entered the quarterfinals of this Champions Cup!
Inter Milan, Milan and Juventus in Serie A, Barcelona and Villarreal in La Liga, Arsenal in England, Benfica in Portugal, and Lyon in Ligue 1 formed the quarterfinals of this Champions Cup, and in the knockout rounds that followed, Inter Milan were not badly lucky, they did not meet the other two opponents in the league, nor did they meet strong teams like Barcelona and Arsenal - Villarreal from La Liga became their opponents in the quarterfinals.
After this draw came out, Inter Milan fans rejoiced, in their opinion, even La Liga Chapter 524 saves money, in this case, the performance of the players is naturally not particularly good, now they are ranked ninth with 42 points, 28 points less than Inter Milan, they have always been Inter Milan's nemesis, it seems that they can no longer be Inter Milan's opponents.
It's just that in the first leg, because of Dick's ban, Lazio drew with Inter Milan at home, giving Inter Milan the longest three consecutive draws of the season, and in this game, Inter Milan can no longer afford to draw.
Because of the midweek game, Dick also made some minor changes in the league, with goalkeeper Cesar, defenders Maggio, Chiellini, Cannavaro and Zanetti, midfielders Zanetti, Yaya Toure, Perrotta and Figo, and Cruise and Toney in attack.
Figo, who has been in fine form lately, continued his good form as he opened the scoring for Inter Milan with a free-kick in the 37th minute, but Lazio was soon equalised by Rocchi, and after the start of the second half, Dick began a series of substitutions, with the underperforming Cruise and the declining Figo being replaced by Di Natale and Stankovic, while Toney showed his excellent form and scored his 26th goal of the season with a header from inside the box. Substitute Di Natale locked the score at 3-1 in the 71st minute.
The win kept Inter in the grip of Juventus, who beat Livorno in this round to keep them one point ahead.
However, the most striking thing about the game was Figo's goal - for the simple reason that Figo's free-kick was the hundredth league goal scored by Inter Milan this season!
Inter have scored ninety-nine goals in the previous 29 games, and although the number of goals scored by Inter Milan has dropped since the winter break, they have maintained an average rate of close to three goals per game, and they have scored one hundred and two goals since this game, which is the second year in a row that they have scored more than 100 goals!
With eight rounds to go until the end of the league season, is it possible for Inter Milan to break Torino's record of 125 goals? You must know that when Torino set this record, they played 40 games in a season, while Inter Milan only had 38!
Eight games, a gap of twenty-three, that is, if Inter Milan can once again achieve an average of three goals per game in these eight games, they will be able to break the goal record set by Torino!
'It's obviously a lot of pride to be able to score like that for two years in a row and it shows how good our attack is starting to get better...... Breaking the record in Turin? It's not certain yet, and we're not going to do anything to affect the Champions League in order to break that record, but for me it's the most important thing to catch up with Juventus now. ”
Dick said at the post-match press conference, but many reporters are also lamenting that Inter Milan has now scored seventy-three points in the league, and in only 34 rounds of the league, such points are enough to win the league championship......
"The next round of the league will be a watershed moment and I'm sure I'll win this league with more fitness on my main players, but what about Juventus?" Dick began to continue to provoke Juventus.
This week is a break, and after the weekend of the league, Inter Milan and Juventus will both meet the Champions Cup, Juventus is obviously more difficult against Arsenal, Dick dares to say this, it is not without purpose - and Juventus can't refute, although Juventus's opponents in this round are stronger than Inter Milan's opponents, but the opponents of Inter Milan in the last round are stronger than Juventus, who makes Juventus play so hard against Bremen?
After a week's rest, Inter Milan and Juventus faced their respective opponents.
Inter Milan are away to Parma in this round, while Juventus are at home to Roma, who have been in very good form lately.
Seeing this match, you can see why Dick is so confident and provocative, Roma is now fifth, only one point behind fourth-placed Fiorentina, they have played Inter Milan at home can only aim for a draw, and Juventus, who are about to face Arsenal away in the Champions Cup, can they beat Roma to continue to maintain their advantage even at home?
The result of this round of the league was very disappointing for Juventus fans.
Although Capello did not stay in this game and sent all the main forces, they still could not win Roma at home, and Roma also blocked Juventus after blocking Inter Milan, showing the style of the touchstone!
Inter Milan, on the other hand, performed well against Parma, who were ranked tenth, and after conceding one goal first, they defeated their opponents 3-1 by relying on the goals of Adriano, Cruz and Yaya Toure, successfully countering Juventus by one point and climbing to the top of the standings!
"It's a wonderful thing to be at the top of the table at this time. Our advantage is unshakable, and we will extend our lead in the next game. Dick smiled at the post-game press conference.