Chapter 431: It's really easy
"Well, I said we're still three points ahead."
At the post-game press conference, Dick's smug expression made the reporters hate itchy, and Zeman next to him laughed, to be honest, a manager like Dick is really rare, he seems to have fun with angry people, and more importantly, he can continue to lead the team to victory, such a manager is indeed rare, just being able to always win is already amazing, not to mention that other managers who always win don't have so much time to compete with everyone.
And what about Dick? He is like a hedgehog, even if others don't take the initiative to provoke him, he likes to provoke others, which makes everyone hold back their strength to see his jokes, but he is always the only one who watches other people's jokes......
Such a person is indeed quite annoying - as far as his opponent is concerned.
Maybe it's because they hate Juventus managers, Zeman doesn't have any bad feelings for Dick, and after the press conference, he took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Dick: "Well done, but be careful, I'm afraid someone will come against you." โ
"I know, but we have to give them the ability." Dick smiled slightly: "No matter how arrogant someone is, it is only within the football range, and within the football range, I am not afraid of anyone." โ
The win will see Inter Milan face another UEFA Cup tie, where they travel to Sevilla in midweek, then return to Italy for a league clash against Lazio in Rome, then host Sevilla in midweek and Fiorentina at the weekend, before heading into the second leg of the Coppa Italia with all their internationals lost......
On the road, Dick sent a number of substitutes, although Sevilla is now on the rise, but they do not have Alves in the team now - Alves is now mixing well in Dortmund, and has not moved to move the nest, after the departure of Reyes, Sevilla are not many good players now, Navas, Baptista are their current number one stars.
Dick rotated Cรณrdoba and Zanetti, with Maggio and Pasquale on the flanks, Mascherano, Farinos and Caragounis in midfield, and Recoba, Martins and Cruz up front.
Such a line-up was met with stubborn resistance from Sevilla away from home, and the Inter Milan players did not seem to have had much luck either, with Calagounis missing a great chance and Recoba's long-range shot from outside the box hit the crossbar, but the defence was still excellent, with Cesar twice saving dangerous shots from Baptista and Keylor Navas in a first-half draw that ended in a 0-0 draw.
In the second half, Dick replaced Recoba and replaced Di Natale - such a substitution had an immediate effect, assisting the forward Maggio to receive the ball and shoot vigorously from a distance, the ball hit the opposing defender and refracted into the penalty area, Di Natale appeared at the landing point of the ball smartly, and shot directly against the ball, and hit the ball into the door of Sevilla!
Relying on this golden goal, Inter Milan won another away game - with the game against Stuttgart ahead, many people felt that Inter Milan would no longer have any problems reaching the quarter-finals.
For this season's UEFA Cup, Inter Milan is the biggest favorite to win the UEFA Cup - they should not have played the UEFA Cup in the first place, but because of various problems, they failed to enter the top four last year, so that they had to play the UEFA Cup, and this year's UEFA Cup has been played so far, there are no traditional strong teams, only Newcastle, Sporting Lisbon, CSKA Moscow and other teams can wrestle with Inter Milan.
It is precisely because of this advantage that Dick will use so many substitutes in the game, after all, for Inter Milan, their biggest task now is still the league rather than the cup, and what Inter Milan desires most is the league championship!
However, it seems that it is still a little difficult to win the league championship, Inter Milan has not won the championship for so many years, but not only because of their strength, but their luck has not been too good.
Then in Rome, Inter Milan began to suffer such bad luck, they had a huge advantage throughout the game, the whole game was as high as nearly 30 shots, but did not score a single goal, but Lazio relied on the counterattack by Filippini to score a goal before the end of the first half, if it was not for the substitute Cruz to show the style of the magical substitute again, then Inter Milan may lose their unbeaten record!
1-1, this is the final score of the game, Inter Milan's soldiers are very unconvinced by this draw, more importantly, Juventus and AC Milan have won these two rounds of the league, they won with a score of 1-0, and now Inter Milan is only one point ahead of Juventus, AC Milan is only five points away from Inter Milan, and the situation of winning Serie A has begun to become blurred!
"We're going to overtake Inter! They are now starting to tremble and are already starting to be afraid! There is absolutely no way Inter Milan can win the league because they are now completely devoid of the power of the past! They look strong, but a draw can make their players panic! โ
In a football program, a guest who supported Juventus shouted as much as he could, in fact, his words are also what most Juventus fans think, even if you Inter Milan once led us by seven points? We're not afraid! Look, I'm only one point behind you now, you wastewood, die!
Inter Milan fans are starting to feel worried, after all, they have gone from leading by seven points to leading by one point, there is already a big difference, Inter Milan's recent form has indeed been affected, winning one game, drawing two, and Juventus is playing better and better, so if this continues, the situation of Inter Milan is really not good......
In this case, perhaps, there is only one person who does not waver.
"We're one point ahead, boss." Dick received a call from Moratti and said lightly: "Don't worry, everything is under control." โ
"But we're only one point ahead...... Moratti's words are still worried, and to be honest, he has been hit too much in the past few years, not only for him, but also for the entire Inter fans, which has caused them to be extremely unconfident.
"After the winter break, we grabbed two more points than Juventus." Dick laughed: "You know, our state is no worse than Juventus." โ
After hanging up, Moratti shook his head, Dick did say it easily, but could it really be so easy?
Perhaps, it is indeed that easy.
Although he is only one point ahead of Juventus, Dick does not seem to be affected in any way, what to do or how to do it, and those who want to be rotated will still be rotated.
At home in midweek, Dick fielded a mixed squad of half-substitutes and half-main against Sevilla, which seemed normal, after all, they only won by one goal away from home, and they may not necessarily be able to qualify at home.
The back line has all the main forces, Tony and Cruz in the front line to partner in the front, and Mascherano, Semioli, Farinos and Di Natale in the midfield, such a strong attacking lineup also has good defensive ability, but the midfield seems a little disjointed, but against the current Sevilla, it is also somewhat enough.
Inter Milan withstood Sevilla's counterattack at home, they continued to use excellent defense to make Sevilla's forwards rarely get any chances, and in the front, they began to constantly instigate counterattacks, and after the two wings got the chances, they created opportunities for the two center forwards in the box, Toni was full of power, and Cruise was quite good at running and grabbing points, and the crosses from the wings alone allowed them to create more chances.
Inter Milan scored one goal in each half to defeat Sevilla - the two goals were the same, both were scored by Farinos in the midfield, and Semioli broke through the side and crossed to help Toney and Cruise each head the goal, which made Sevilla look very helpless......
2-0 at home, 3-0 in two legs, Inter Milan won Sevilla and entered the quarterfinals of the League Cup, and they drew a good opponent in the quarterfinals, Rapid Vienna from Austria, which is not a strong team, nor is it a team from the four major leagues, with Inter Milan's current strength and state, even if all the substitutes are sent, I am afraid they can also pass.
This is obviously good news for Inter Milan - you must know that there is now an opinion among Inter Milan fans to abandon the UEFA Cup and concentrate on playing in the league, they value the league more, but Dick seems to want to let go of any of them, and it is a good thing to be able to meet a weak team.
In the following weekend's races, Dick showed everyone how stubborn he was.
"Toldo, Zanetti, Cordoba, Materazzi, Cannavaro, there is no change in the backline, but in the front, Perrotta and Stankovic are on, Mascherano has started two games in a row, and there is no problem, but on the front line, it is the trident of Recoba, Adriano and Martins...... Dick also went too far in this rotation, and Tony was in such good shape that he was still sitting on the bench......"
The commentators were complaining about Dick's behavior, but Dick sat down in the dugout with a relaxed face, as if he was sure that he would win the game......
Adriano's performance was outstanding.
Against Fiorentina, Adriano played quite well, he opened the scoring with a thunderous long-range shot in the opening fifteen minutes, and then before the end of the first half, Adriano created a chance for Recoba to face the goalkeeper, but Recoba did not take credit, but passed the ball to the other side, and Martins scored in the face of the empty goal.
Adriano scored twice with a header in the second half, and Perrotta scored Inter's fourth goal, Inter beat Fiorentina 4-2 at home, and after the advantage was reduced to one point, Inter withstood the pressure and won this round of the league!
"Rotation? I've said a long time ago that in the second half of the season all the players will get more plays. I'm not really nervous, if you have to think I'm nervous, then I can't help it, but don't forget, we're still one point ahead, remember, one point ahead is one point ahead, and in the end, the advantage of winning the championship doesn't matter if it's one point or how many points, it's still a championship, isn't it? Dick said with a light-hearted smile at the press conference.