"What I do know, guys, is that over the last few seasons you've gotten used to that counter-attacking tactic...... The tactics I practiced during this time, although they were mainly attacking, but before attacking, we still had to emphasize defense, understand? Cooper and I are no different in our bones, even though we both started in La Liga, we both focus on defense! However, in some details, we also have a big difference, Cooper's defense is more by stacking players, and the attack seems simple and rough, when I defend, I need to mobilize the enthusiasm of all the players in the backline, rather than simply relying on the accumulation of personnel to strengthen the defense. Don't forget, Inter Milan is a giant with a long history and honor, we should have the confidence to win games more with attack, rather than cowering in the penalty area! ”

Before the start of the second round of the league, Dick said to the players on the training ground: "Defense, not the back line, after losing the ball in the attack, the on-the-spot counterattack, not only can slow down the opponent's attack, but also can create a fast attack opportunity for us after the ball is broken in the front, we must grasp this, this will be the basic strategy in our game, understand?" ”

The players nodded in unison – and they all had to listen to what Dick said now – at least until Dick lost the club's trust.

Dick's work in the midfield this summer is not small, the addition of Stankovic and Perrotta and the use of Zanetti have increased Inter Milan's midfield a lot in terms of running and hardness, if you really start defense, starting from two center forwards, all the way to the midfield, each line has running ability and hardness, no matter what team wants to quickly pass through the midfield, it is not too likely.

This style of play is physically demanding, but Inter Milan has at least three midfield runs, and Dick is not worried about this.

This season's schedule for Inter Milan is very intensive, with a UEFA Cup match and a double match in a week, and the following week, a league game - this season's Serie A itself is relatively postponed, plus it has expanded from 34 rounds to 38 rounds, and this season's Serie A schedule is almost inevitable.

In fact, the next few years of Serie A are more chaotic, although it has a long history, but Serie A in the next few years is always postponed due to various circumstances, and then the competition schedule is very intensive, either the players' guild strikes, or small clubs are reluctant to participate in the competition because of the small share of broadcast fees, each time they are reluctant to start after compromising with each other, leaving the problem to be solved in the future.

Dick once complained that the club of Inter Milan is not like a long-established giant at all, not professional at all, in fact, the entire Serie A league is full of a copycat atmosphere from top to bottom, there are no fixed rules, all people want to take advantage of loopholes, what they want is not to abide by the rules, but to think that if they don't take advantage of the loopholes, others will take advantage of the loopholes and make themselves suffer...... The fall of Serie A is not accidental, and the Bundesliga's catch-up is not accidental, in terms of the health of the league, Serie A is far inferior to the Bundesliga, and it is also inferior to the Premier League, and La Liga can be called two wonderful leagues......

However, even in this chaotic atmosphere, Serie A has the honor of a small World Cup, and although it is declining after entering the 21st century, there are also AC Milan and Inter Milan who have won the Champions Cup.

However, if it drags on like this, one day Serie A will become weaker, just like the previous years of Dick's crossing, the entire Serie A has been completely unable to compare with the Bundesliga, and even has to be overtaken by the French Super League.

Of course, Dick is just complaining, he can't control the whole of Serie A, let alone the whole of Italy, all he can do is to try to bring back more honor in his tenure.

Inter Milan's second round of Serie A is at home against promoted Palermo.

Palermo beat Siena 1-0 at home in the first round and got off to a good start, this time away to challenge Inter Milan, Palermo naturally hopes to give Inter Milan a good look at home, but this summer they have gained a lot in the transfer market, just look at their backline - right-back Zaccardo, central defender Barzagli, left-back Grosso - these are all members of the Italian national team who participated in the World Cup more than a year later! Their selection for the Italian national team has more to do with their excellent performances in Palermo.

Like Chievo, Palermo also launched a crazy rush in the midfield from the first minute of the game, and Inter Milan was not to be outdone and also used a lot of running and confrontation to deal with Palermo, which made many commentators sigh, thinking that Inter Milan was actually at a loss by doing this, and the weak team fought every game because they didn't have any long-term plan, and if they could fight one game, a strong team like Inter Milan had so many goals for the season, and they fought like this with the weak team every game, how many games can they fight?

However, one thing Dick knows is that now they have to fight - Inter Milan is not a team that has won a lot of glory in the past, and the long-term absence of a title has put most players under a lot of pressure, and at this time, if a few more wins are used to increase the players' confidence in themselves as a manager, the next work is not too easy to carry out.

However, Palermo is obviously not a general, they were able to win the Serie B title last season, it was completely the result of accumulation, there are many outstanding players in the team, although Toney was poached by Dick in advance, but Ventola, Zauri, Gasbaroni and others are all powerful, plus the veteran Collini in the midfield, throughout the first half when the two sides attacked back and forth, they did not fall behind.

At the end of the first half, the score was 0-0, Dick affirmed the performance of the players in the midfield, although Inter Milan did not score in the first half, but the wings were played vigorously, although Zanetti changed to the left side, he also continued to attack forward, plus Perrotta and Stankovic continued to attack on both wings, and also created a lot of opportunities, but missed them one by one.

What made Dick frown a little was Recoba's performance, which was very hard to control the tempo in midfield or deliver the last pass, but in Palermo's frantic pressing, he rarely managed to get the ball and couldn't get the ball out of the first place......

Dick sighed slightly in his heart, he is a good player, but unfortunately, on the front line, he has a better choice, playing in the midfield, he can't adapt, this is a typical second striker, but with the BUG of Ade, the existence of Recoba is already dispensable for him......

Dick didn't make any changes to the lineup at halftime, but as in the first round, Inter Milan took the lead at the beginning of the second half!

Shortly after the kick-off of the second half, Perrotta, who switched to the middle, received a pass from Zanetti, raised his foot to pass the ball to the gap on the right, Stankovic took two steps forward with the ball, and then suddenly got up and crossed in the run, Toni in the middle jumped up and shot a shot, Adriano in the back row pressed the opposing defender, and headed the ball into the door of Palermo at the back post!

Inter Milan lead 1-0 at home!

It was a goal that sent huge cheers from the stands, and the first goal of the season at the Meazza Stadium was also cheered for by the Inter fans.

However, the joy of the Inter Milan fans did not last long, in the 67th minute, Zacardo threw the sideline ball, Zauri who received the ball beautifully rushed through the middle of the defending Stankovic and Córdoba, and then passed the ball into the penalty area, and the follow-up Ventola grabbed three meters in front of Materazzi and pushed the near corner, Toldor couldn't save, Palermo equalized!

"Ventola has scored! After being sent to Palermo as a bargaining chip for Tony's transfer, Ventola scored such a goal against his old club! Inter Milan fans will definitely have mixed feelings at this time......"

Inter Milan fans do have mixed feelings, but it doesn't seem to be to blame Dick, Ventola's performance in previous seasons has not been very good, they were all directly loaned, and Dick gave up on him as a matter of course.

Dick didn't care what the other side would think, and as Ventola and his teammates celebrated wildly, he called the young Macedonian player Pandev from the dugout.

"Golan, I'm going to warm up and get ready to play...... When you get on the pitch, you just lie behind the two strikers and take the ball and make your last pass...... Don't dribble the ball too much, they press fiercely in midfield, maybe you only have a momentary passing opportunity, and if you miss it, you will miss it completely, understand? ”

Pandev nodded, he knew that it would not only be the opportunity to score a goal that was missed, but also the opportunity to play, playing at this time, it was pressure and opportunity, if it could be grasped, maybe the status of the Inter Milan team would be turned upside down!

The arrival of a new coach is an opportunity for a marginal player like him to show himself!

Pandev comes on and replaces Recoba.

This substitution stunned Inter fans, who were originally depressed by Ventola's goal, and now Dick replaced the popular Recoba with an unknown Pandev, which caused sporadic boos in the stands......

"Aha, there was a boo from the Maya viewing platform! Maybe it was against this substitution for Dick...... In the second round of the league, he began to be booed by the Inter fans, and it seems that Dick's trip to Inter Milan this time will not be too good......" the commentator said with a smile.

However, the boos in the stands did not move Dick in any way, and he heard the boos a lot, which was just the boos of a few people, compared to the banners that flew over Calderón Stadium that year, "We want Kiko, not Chinese" were simply ...... It's so pediatric!

The boos stopped after twenty minutes.

In the 79th minute, Pandev received Adriano's pass from Adriano on the edge of the penalty area, and when two Palermo players pressed towards him, he leaned slightly to the side and crossed diagonally directly to the left side of the box......

When he passed, there was no one there, but by the time the boos in the stands were about to ring, Perrotta, who had stepped forward, was already in that position!

After receiving the ball, Perrotta adjusted slightly, decisively got up and shot, and the ball flew into the goal from the near corner!

2 to 1, Inter Milan overtook again!