"Inter Milan, who have scored 99 goals in Serie A this season, are now on their way to Portugal for this season's UEFA Cup final! Their local rivals AC Milan will play in the final of the Champions League in Istanbul, Turkey, three days later. ”

"For Sporting Lisbon, another team to reach the final, their advantage is that Alvalad, where the UEFA Cup final is held, is their home turf! Playing at home, of course, that's one of the more advantageous things for them. On the downside, their striker Pinilla is unavailable due to a thigh strain, while Inter Milan are uninjured and have a full crew. ”

"In terms of the form of both sides, Inter Milan certainly have the upper hand, they have already won the Serie A league before, while Sporting Lisbon lost to their local rivals Benfica four days ago and have lost their hope of winning the Portuguese Super League this season, and for Sporting Lisbon, their last hope this season is the UEFA Cup!"

"We're not here for a holiday, we're here for the final of the UEFA Cup. We've got only four games left this season, three games after that, and I don't want to lose all four games, I want to win them all. We have the ability to set a record like that, and now all we have to do is show all we can and then we take the cup, we celebrate, and then we go back to Italy. ”

Dick said in an interview after arriving in Lisbon - in his opinion, this is a matter of course, there is no strong team in this season's League Cup, Inter Milan is the top seed team, for Inter Milan, it is appropriate to win the League Cup this season, if you can't get it, that's not normal.

At the beginning, there were no traditional giants to play the League Cup, and there were no giants in the Champions Cup team that came to the League Cup after the Champions League group stage, Inter Milan almost easily reached the final, facing Sporting Lisbon, Dick just wanted a happy victory!

This naturally caused dissatisfaction on the part of Sporting Lisbon, but Dick didn't care, his team had an absolute advantage in strength, and in his opinion, Sporting Lisbon's so-called home advantage was actually nothing, in such an important final, there could not be too many off-field factors to influence, at most, there were more Sporting Lisbon fans on the scene, what is this?

And the current Sporting Lisbon does not have too good players, the current Sporting Lisbon is no longer the Sporting Lisbon when it had Figo, the departure of Quaresma and Ronaldo also left them without a top wing, Munitis and Hugo Viana, who came back on loan from Newcastle, are not particularly good, and the notable players are none other than Portugal international Ricardo, national team defender Beto, Roshenbach, Munitis, Viana on loan from Barcelona, striker Sa Pinto...... These are only good players, and they are not the ones that make Dick jealous.

Nani? Nani is still a kid and doesn't get a chance to play much, and he's not a particularly good kind of player.

In terms of tactics, Sporting Lisbon also played a diamond-shaped midfield 442 this season, but they pay more attention to wingers, while Dick's Inter Milan is better in the middle of the attack, in the case of player strength, almost similar tactics, naturally Inter Milan has more advantages.

Even if no one is sure to win the game, but with so many advantages, Dick feels that if he can't win, then he should wash and sleep, and talk about becoming the top coach in the world.

What's more, Inter also have an advantage in terms of fitness – although they play away from home, they are rested at the weekend, while Sporting Lisbon? At the weekend, they had just played a do-or-die battle that had a lot to do with winning the title, and the physical wear and tear was not small, and they also lost their main striker - which is also a huge advantage!

The UEFA Cup is not particularly important, and this final is placed ahead of the Champions Cup, which is a crucial time to win the trophy – as was the case with Sporting Lisbon, and it is clear from this that Inter Milan won the league two rounds with two rounds of help in their Confederations Cup final.

"Well, in that respect, my unbeaten season isn't particularly something to boast about! The main thing is that I didn't play in the Champions League, and there are no strong teams in the League Cup, so it was even easier than my first season at Atletico Madrid, where I faced top teams like Parma, Roma and Liverpool in the League Cup......," Dick thought to himself.

After coming to Portugal, it is natural to adapt to the field, rest well, and prepare for the game - Dick has nothing to hide in terms of training, and he does not want to use any unexpected tactics to win this game, it is their consistent style of play, in fact, this style of play is also very restrained by the Portuguese team, most of their attacks are launched from the side, and Inter Milan happens to have a very strong defense on the two sides, and at the same time can concentrate on playing the opponent's middle, just a Roshenbach, Will it be able to withstand the onslaught of Adriano, Pandev and Stankovic and Perrotta, who are ready to attack in the middle?

Sporting Lisbon is a club that produces wingers, in addition to the first top winger in Portuguese history, Futre, other such as Figo, Quaresma, Cristiano Ronaldo, Munitis and others are all from Sporting Lisbon, it is precisely because of this that they cannot give up the attacking tactics on the wing, and Dick is sure enough to deal with this tactic.

Of course, Dick wasn't letting his players slack off – the point he emphasised the most was that it was the final. Yes, it's the final, just one win is the championship, any team will show their best strength in such a situation, not to mention that this is their home stadium, so they will perform even better.

The Portuguese side did not make any tricks, such as letting the fans make trouble outside the hotel where the away team was staying, after all, this is a final, as the organizer must do his best, otherwise it will have a huge impact on the image of the entire league, besides, the whole European continent does not care about the image, probably just Turkish footballers......

May 25 is fast approaching.

The 52,000-seat Alvalad Stadium was packed on this day, with 15,000 Inter Milan fans occupying part of the stands and the rest of the seats being all Sporting Lisbon fans – the home stadium had the advantage of having that.

"Do you think there's more pleasure in beating a team they support in front of so many people?"

Dick said this first in the dressing room, and then the players burst into laughter.

They seem to be relaxed, and there are reasons to be relaxed, after all, Sporting Lisbon...... There is indeed a big gap with their strength.

Goalkeeper Toldo, defenders Córdoba, Zanetti, Materazzi, Cannavaro, midfielders Zanetti, Perrotta, Stankovic, Pandev, forwards Adriano, Toney.

Sporting Lisbon line-up is goalkeeper Ricardo, defenders Miguel, Beto, Inaka Air, Tello, midfielders Roshenbach, Moutinho, Viana, Barsabo, strikers Sa Pinto and Leedson.

442 vs. 442, Sporting Lisbon has not changed their tactics, in fact, this is also their best tactic, if they make changes, it will make their own strength decline, this game is a home game, if they play a little better, plus a little luck, they are not unable to break hands with Inter Milan!

"Now the players from both sides are playing! Inter's players looked more relaxed, while Sporting Lisbon's players had serious expressions...... Inter Milan wore the yellow Champions Cup jersey, while Sporting Lisbon wore their traditional green and white jersey to play at home, which is the motivation and pressure, Sporting Lisbon has won the Cup Winners' Cup, won 18 Portuguese league games and 19 Portuguese cups, but unlike Benfica and Porto, they have never won the Champions Cup, nor have they won the UEFA Cup, and this impact on the League Cup final is also a historic shock for them! ”

"Inter Milan won the UEFA Cup three times in the 90s, so they have plenty of experience to play in the final of the UEFA Cup...... If they win the trophy this time, Inter Milan will be the team with the most UEFA Cup titles! For Dick, he won't let go of such an opportunity......"

It's just that Sporting Lisbon obviously wants to become the fifth team to win the European trophy at home, although the runner-up can get a prize of 2.26 million, which is nearly 1 million euros less than the prize money that the champion can get, but it is obvious that this is not what the two sides value - the game is at this point, the prize money is nothing, and both sides want only the championship!

Moratti, the behind-the-scenes owner of Inter Milan, announced early on that if he could win the championship, the club would not ask for a penny of the 3.24 million euros bonus, and would distribute all the bonuses equally among all the players and members of the coaching staff - exactly about 100,000 euros per person......

For the Portuguese clubs, this is the third year in a row that they have seen Portuguese clubs appear in the finals of European competitions, with Porto winning European titles in the previous two seasons and Mourinho becoming the number one manager in Europe, and now Sporting Lisbon boss Queiro wants to do the same.

'On our home turf we have to attack with all our strength because that's the way we play.

The manager was clearly not the same as Dick, he was an honest man, because after the start of the game, everyone found out that Sporting Lisbon did exactly this on their home turf, and they launched a fierce attack from the beginning of the game, trying to rely on their own attack to take the lead for the team to gain the advantage on the field!

"They actually played against Inter Milan!"

The commentator from Italy covered his face and gloated: "I seem to have seen that this is going to be a final with a lot of goals...... I remember when Dick led Atletico Madrid to win the UEFA Cup, the final was a 6-4 scoreline, equalling the record for most goals scored in a European final set by Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960. ”

No matter how much he didn't like Dick in the league, when Dick led the Italian club to the European championship, the Italian commentators still looked towards Dick and Inter Milan.