Chapter 419: The Three Strong

"Miracle! When Dick sent two strikers on a frenzied counter-attack, many of us should have thought he was going to suffer greatly...... Their attack was already quite ferocious before, but Juventus still scored two goals through counterattacks, but after he replaced two midfielders with two strikers, Inter Milan, whose midfield control ability was significantly reduced, took the initiative instead, and Juventus wanted to rely on counterattacks to interfere with Inter Milan's attack, and Inter Milan scored two goals in a row to equalize the score! Although the end result of this game was only a draw, the equaliser from two goals down in the second half was enough to prove the resilience of this team......

After being two goals down, he launched a counter-attack in the final 20 minutes and eventually equalised, but Dick didn't seem particularly happy.

"If there are 10 minutes left in the game, we will win the game." Dick said with a straight face at the press conference: "If the first half hadn't been for some extra circumstances, it would have been us. Maybe it's someone who wants to give me a dismount, but what I want to tell him is that your time has passed, and I came to Inter Milan to help the Inter fans win the championship, and it will be a trend that no one can resist, and everything that stands in our way will be crushed. ”

After saying this, which no one seemed to understand, Dick got up and left the scene of the press conference, and his words at the press conference also caused countless people to speculate - who was Dick talking about?

Is it Capello? But it's not like it, so who else could it be? Whose time has passed?

Even the Italian league committee was alarmed by such disagreement, and they demanded an explanation from Dick for his remarks at the press conference.

"I'm a manager who always goes forward, and when I'm talking about someone who is trying to stop me, it's just a general thing, not a specific target...... The power that can stop me is a thing of the past, and it will no longer be an obstacle to me. Have you not been moved by this poetic language? I thought there would be someone in the home of the Renaissance who could be my soulmate......"

Dick's answer made everyone have a black line on their faces, and they wanted to scold Dick, but they didn't find any chance, so they had to find a place elsewhere......

"AC Milan have caught up after this round of draws, and they are only three points behind you...... Are you starting to feel nervous now? ”

"What do I have to be nervous about, I'm just looking at Juventus who are one point above us right now...... Besides, this draw is not a failure, Juventus, who have only conceded four goals in the first 12 rounds, have conceded two goals in ten minutes in front of us, which is enough to prove that we are the best attacking team now! And we're going to be even better, you'll see. ”

After Dick's nonchalant answer, the matter was over, and Inter Milan were given a respite in midweek, as the fourth round of the UEFA Cup group stage was played in midweek, and Inter Milan had a bye in this round, and they could wait to see the final result.

In this round of fixtures, Besiktas and Standard Liege drew 1-1 and both teams have just four points, while Bilbao beat Bucharest 1-0 to keep their hopes of qualifying, also on four points.

Inter Milan's seven-point finish has already put them out of the way early, because the Bucharest stars now have only six points, and they have a bye in the final round, Inter Milan even if they lose to Besiktas, they are also on seven points, and only one team between Bilbao and Standard Liege can reach seven points, and Inter Milan can be regarded as no pressure to qualify as the top three.

After a week's rest, Inter Milan ushered in the 14th round of matches, and in the home game against Messina, Inter Milan began to show their attacking ability thoroughly, directly crushing the team that performed well in the early part of the season......

Adriano scored two goals in the third and seventeenth minutes, Toni added the icing on the cake in the 36th minute, and shortly after the start of the second half, substitute Di Natale received Adriano's pass and shot from a small angle in the penalty area, and in the 84th minute, Calagounis and Cruz, who were also substitutes, scored one goal each to set the score at 6-0!

It equalled Inter's biggest league win of the new century, and with that win, Inter Milan have scored 40 league goals this season – and they have scored 40 goals in just 14 league games! The average goal rate of close to three goals per game is very rare in the entire history of Serie A......

The only regret for Inter fans was that Juventus and AC Milan also won, beating Lazio and Parma by the same 2-1 scoreline, continuing to build a momentum against Inter.

'We have an advantage because we don't have a Champions Cup game to play. Dick said this in an interview.

Even if Juventus and AC Milan knew this, it was impossible for them to give up the Champions League to focus on playing in the league, so Dick's statement was nothing more than creating psychological pressure and boosting his own morale, which also made him more and more disliked by fans of other Serie A teams......

Maybe God can't see Dick's arrogance, in the next fifteenth round of the league, Inter Milan and Juventus's younger brother Siena drew 2-2, Siena was a policy throughout the game, and then counterattacked, after Adriano opened the scoring for Inter Milan, they used defense to make Inter Milan's attack useless, and scored two goals in each half through counterattacks, in this case, Dick's on-the-spot command and substitution ability was shown again, He switched to Farinos to control the midfield, and then sent Semioli to strengthen the impact on the wing, and finally in the patient attack, the substitute Cruise received Semioli's cross from the side and scored the equalizer with a header, avoiding the result of Inter Milan's defeat!

After this draw, Inter Milan is still in second place, but the advantage of AC Milan is only one point, and the points behind Juventus have been stretched to three points, and now the situation of these three teams in the championship has been very clear, and the other teams, Udinese, the highest points, is only 28 points, a full ten points less than Juventus, and in the next time, they may have to fight for the last Champions Cup spot.

In midweek, Inter Milan ushered in the final round of the League Cup, in the case of early qualification, Dick did not use the main lineup in this game, the substitutes still played against this game, but unfortunately, Bosque had been sacked by Besiktas before this game because of the average results, Dick also lost the last chance to play against Bosque......

A frustrated Dick led a group of substitutes to a big home win over Besiktas, with Martins, Recoba and Cruz scoring a goal each to give Inter Milan a head to the last 32 of the UEFA Cup with three wins and one draw, and the next may be when the real test comes.

If you want to win the League Cup, then you will encounter more strong opponents in the next knockout round, and Dick may not be able to play the League Cup with his substitutes so easily......

On 19 December, Inter Milan hosted Juventus.

This is the last round of the league before the winter break, and it is also the game that Inter Milan must win, and now they have been pulled away by Juventus by three points, if they continue to be pulled apart in this game and overtaken by AC Milan, the confidence of Inter Milan is also a big blow, and Dick's tactics may also be questioned by many people, at that time, if Moratti can't hold back and wants to meddle in the team, I'm afraid Dick will also have a lot of trouble......

However, it is a good thing for Inter Milan to meet Brescia at this time, Brescia has been able to be relegated repeatedly in the past few years, and in addition to Baggio, they can always have some good players, such as Di Biagio, Pep Guardiola, Pirlo, Toney, Caraciovo...... Now there is only one old Di Biagio left alone to support Brescia's situation, and now after 15 rounds of the league, they have won five, drawn two and lost eight, and are close to the relegation zone, and the situation is not too good.

So in this round of the league, Brescia put up a desperate resistance away from home, hoping to get at least a point from Inter Milan's home stadium, they have only scored thirteen goals and conceded twenty goals in fifteen league games, if they are not lucky enough to win a few key games, with their data, even entering the relegation zone is not uncommon.

So they don't have any idea of scoring away from home, their defence is relatively good, and if they can hold on, it would be a pretty good result to bring in a point from away.

Unfortunately, this does not mean that if they want to hold it, they will be able to hold it......

Although Inter Milan's current defense cannot be perfected for various reasons, their offensive talent has begun to be fully displayed, not only the main force, but also the scoring ability of the substitutes has been significantly improved, Brescia stubbornly resisted for half an hour, but Adriano used a free kick to hit the goal with a heavy shot, opening the scoring for Inter Milan!

The three tricks to break through the dense defense - long-range shots, crosses, free kicks, poor Brescia tried it all in this game.

Shortly after the start of the second half, Zanetti, who had stepped forward to assist in the field, received Perrotta's cross and passed the ball into the box, and Toni pushed the opposing defender to shake his head and attack the goal, extending Inter's lead!

In the seventy-first minute, Stankovic received a pass from Pandev 25 meters away from the goal, and seeing that no one came up to defend him at the first time, Stankovic decisively shot from a distance, and the ball flew into the door of Brescia like a cannonball - three to zero!

After taking a three-goal lead, Dick made substitutions, with Maggio, Di Natale and Cruise all getting their chance to play, and in the end, Inter Milan beat Brescia 3-0 at home to claim their eleventh league win of the season!

After 16 rounds of league games, Inter Milan is unbeaten with 11 wins and 5 draws, and is second in the Serie A standings with 38 points, with Juventus and AC Milan tied 0-0, Inter Milan is one point behind Juventus and three points ahead of AC Milan.

Next, there are twenty-two rounds of league play, allowing these three teams to compete in the most brutal competition.