Chapter 473: Fearless Palermo

"Inter Milan, who lost the UEFA Super Cup, went on a killing spree with Treviso, and Toney scored a hat-trick to continue last season's good form - for this, no one is happier than the head coach of the Italian national team, Lippi, Vieri is not young after all, and now there is one more Toni in the center forward position of the national team, and he does not have to worry about the center forward position of the national team......"

'Adriano didn't play in the game, but he didn't seem to have a problem and he applauded every goal he scored with his team-mates...... From this point of view, we have to admire Dick, Adriano is such a talented young player under him is obedient, which is one of the reasons why Inter Milan's results have begun to improve in the past two seasons, and the whole team has begun to play in full play to their strength, such Inter Milan, it is worth looking forward to. ”

Figo scored his first goal since joining Inter Milan, this goal benefited from Sneijder's exquisite long pass in the midfield, Dick's transformation of the Inter Milan midfield has initially paid off, Figo's awareness and experience, Sneijder's scheduling and mid-long passing ability have made Inter Milan's midfield more technical, and Yaya Toure, who came on as a substitute, also showed his ability, performing well at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the final assist, his physical fitness showed excellent! Such a player may not be a regular player, but in a long season, it will be very valuable. They didn't seem to be affected by the UEFA Super Cup defeat and got into the game quickly! ”

After the first round, Inter Milan relied on goal difference to reach the top of the table, but then they disbanded - this season Inter Milan reached an unprecedented number of internationals, Toldo, Materazzi, Cannavaro, Perrotta, Zanetti, Toni were selected for the Italian national team, Zanetti, Mascherano and Cruz were selected for the Argentine national team, Adriano was selected for the Brazilian national team, Córdoba was selected for the Colombian national team, Stankovic was selected for the Yugoslav national team, Sneijder is in the Dutch national team, Pandev is in the Macedonian national team, Yaya Toure is in the Ivory Coast national team, Figo is back in the Portuguese national team, and 16 of Inter Milan's 25-man first team will play in their respective national teams.

In this case, there are only nine people left in the first team, of course, the training camp will not go very smoothly, Dick pulled the youth team up, but unfortunately, this group of youth teams does not have too many outstanding players, only one Bonucci makes Dick look at it, Balotelli and their batch have not yet come out, Balotelli just joined Inter Milan's youth team in the summer, and now he is only fifteen years old, Dick feels that he is probably unable to adjust this little brain......

Lack of soldiers and major generals, the effect of training is naturally average, at most it is just to let the players recover their condition, but Dick also promised the substitutes that the next round of the game may use more young people, this is because after the second round of the league, Inter Milan will usher in the first round of the Champions Cup, and go to challenge Real Betis away, and now at this time, the Champions Cup is naturally more important, especially in the second round of the home Chelsea, it is even more important.

And Inter Milan's internationals are basically the main force in the national team, Dick also has to make an assessment according to their state, let the players with better physical fitness participate in this game, and the players with greater physical consumption rest to prepare for the Champions Cup.

Time flies quickly, and after the international match, Inter Milan began to regroup in preparation for the second round of the league, in which they will face Palermo and travel to Sicily.

Last season, Palermo had a pretty good season, finishing sixth as a promoted team and eventually qualifying for a League Cup, and their actions in the summer proved that they are also an ambitious team, and did not transfer any main players, and the players who left were not the main players except for Zauri, who left freely at the end of his contract, and they also spent part of the money this summer, using eight million euros to poach high school striker Karachovo from Brescia - After Toney's departure from Brescia, the centre-forward was once considered to be Brescia's top centre-forward, and they also spent €7.5 million to bring in Nigerian striker Makinwa from Atalanta, who is claimed to be faster than Martins and had a decent season at Atalanta last season.

At the same time, there are also Brazilian wide player Adriano, local winger Gasparoni and local striker Pepe, these players are all strong players, with these people joining, Palermo obviously does not want to continue relegation, but hopes to make a difference in Serie A.

And looking at their backline, Dick also found it a little difficult - Zaccardo, Barzagli, Grosso...... This is almost the Italian national team defense a year later, although the Italian players have been seriously broken in recent years, otherwise these three players probably have little chance to be selected for the Italian national team, but with this group of players, Palermo can have an outstanding performance in the next few years, there is still the most fundamental reason.

Before this game, Dick also had a little bit of a brain injury in the lineup - Zanetti was injured in the national team game and had to miss a week, which Dick did not expect, Zanetti was almost not injured in his past career, and his self-discipline and diligence made his probability of injury drop to almost nothing, but he is not really an iron after all, he still sprained his left foot in the national team game, in order to ensure that he can play in the next more important games, Dick also chose to let him rest.

As soon as Zanetti rests, there is actually only one option left on the left side, Arbeloa will be the starting left-back for this game, Chiellini Dick does not plan to let him return to the left side, if he wants to change to a new position, he must persevere, and it is even worse to waver, Chiellini will spend two years at Juventus in the future to play in the central defender position, but there is an element that always swings back and forth between two positions.

And in this game, Chiellini also played, but he replaced not Materazzi, but Cannavaro, who played two games in the national team and looked very tired, he will partner with Materazzi in the middle and play the position of grabbing the central defender - Dick also wants him to exercise in the position of marking, just playing behind, it is not too good to be behind, and the various responsibilities of the central defender have to be adapted, which is a good thing.

The right-back is still Cordoba, although Cordoba also played two games, but his fitness is not too big, the back line has sent two substitutes, if Cordoba is also taken, the back line is too young.

In midfield, Zanetti, who did not play for the national team, was given a start, Sneijder played only one game in the national team and was also started, Figo was put on the bench by Dick, Stankovic and Perrotta were on the wings, and Adriano and Toni were partners in the attack.

Sicily is a very legendary place, it is said that this is the stronghold of the mafia, but Dick came to Sicily once, and did not feel that there was any problem, now although the Italian mafia is also very powerful, and has penetrated almost all aspects of the country, but they are trying to get closer to the light, illegal business went underground, and the core of the mafia became the people of high society...... Such a mafia will not do anything illegal at will, the underworld of any country is basically like this, at the beginning of the unscrupulous means to get started, and after success, it began to launder - no exceptions.

So Dick came to Sicily without any psychological burden, but thinking about how to beat the opponent away from home, Palermo this team is very strong at home, although they drew with Parma in the first round, but it was on the road, at home they now have the confidence to compete with the top teams.

The veteran Collini is the core of their midfield organization, this bald midfielder is a good midfielder who is organized from behind, if it is not for his age, a player like him will be very popular in the giants, and it is more difficult for such a player to defend, so Dick gave Sneijder a heavier task today, that is, the position is a little forward, in addition to organizing the attack, but also to bear the heavy responsibility of interfering with Collini's organization.

To the cheers of the Palermo fans, players from both sides came out - Sicily has never had a strong football team, and the Italians are known for their love of football, even if they are gangsters, and this kind of person has always been crazy in the stands, so they have also made Palermo's home stadium quite frenetic.

It's just that for the players of Inter Milan, this kind of environment is not something they have never experienced, no matter how crazy it is? There seems to have never been a case in the history of Italy where fans came in and attacked players, and Italian fans were sometimes fucked-up, but their propensity for violence was not too high, and it was in the following years that fans took their frustrations out on the pitch as the Italian economy declined, which led to an increase in violence – and it is still peaceful......

Palermo did not frighten after the start of the game, but continued to entangle with Inter Milan in the midfield, Figo was not on the field, and the responsibility of controlling the midfield was handed over to Sneijder, and Sneijder had to be distracted to defend Collini, which also affected Inter Milan's attack to a certain extent.

In such a situation, Adriano began to drop back more to take the ball to lead the attack - this is the benefit of such a top striker, in addition to scoring, he can also rely on his own breakthroughs to create chances and make the team's attack sharper.

Five minutes into the game, Palermo took the lead with a shot on goal, Karachovo, who was making his first appearance for Palermo, received a direct pass from a team-mate and shot from a tight angle, Cesar blocked the ball from a good angle, and returned to the penalty area to help the defender Cordoba clear the ball with his foot.

The ball flew to the front, Toney carried Barzagli with his body, then jumped up and headed the ball down, Adriano received the ball and passed it to Stankovic, who began to break down the flank, and after being blocked, crossed to Sneijder, who came up to pick up, Sneijder stopped the ball and got rid of it, and then handed it to Adriano, Adriano forced a turn and shot, the ball was slightly over the crossbar.

With one shot on goal from each side, Palermo looked fearless in the face of Inter Milan!