2.013 returns to Sheffield
The 1.88-meter-tall Kwame and Weedant are both high-school forwards, but their styles are not the same. In comparison, Weedant is more of a weakened version of Luca Toney, with a strong goalscoring ability, while Kwame is more like Klose, an excellent fulcrum up front.
With the addition of Jack Marriott in the English Second Division (£450,000 transfer fee) and Josh Gordon, who can play on both wings and up front, Lee feels that Como's attacking firepower is enough in the Serie C.
Originally, Li Chengfeng also wanted to introduce a Chinese player, of course, not a player who has already become famous, such a player seems to have no value to introduce, and the cost performance is too low, he hopes to introduce a potential young player to cultivate.
But damn Italy's transfer policy doesn't allow Serie C teams to bring in non-EU players from abroad. In the past, Li Chengfeng only cared about the Serie A league, and they could bring in two non-EU players every year, Li Chengfeng thought that Italian teams were like this, but when he arrived in Italy, he learned that except for Serie A, other teams could not bring in non-EU players from abroad. Li Chengfeng's plan failed, he wanted to do a little bit of strength for Chinese football.
After calculating that Li Chengfeng has spent more than 2 million euros this season, there are less than 2 million euros left on hand to dispose of, which also includes the 1 million euros bonus for winning the Inter Milan league in the 0708 season in the CM world, the 500,000 euros bonus for winning at least one round of knockout rounds in the Champions League, and the basic salary of 1.5 million euros for the 0809 season that can be obtained in advance. Considering that it is still necessary to keep around 2 million euros of funds for the operation of the club and some other possible expenses, Li Chengfeng can only give up the intention of continuing to buy people, and put the hope of strengthening the team on Inter Milan's loan players, but that is also after the end of this season, and now Li Chengfeng does not know which players Inter Milan can be loaned next season.
The team's coach has not changed, and last season, under the economic crisis, the results of the Como team did not decline significantly, indicating that the coach still has a certain ability. Li Chengfeng does not have too high requirements for his results, just asks to enter the play-offs, the focus is to train young players, "We are just a small club, training players to sell money to feed the club is the way to survive, so we must give young people more opportunities to let them play results." Don't be afraid of failure, I don't have too high a standard this season, it's about the same as last season, and it's okay to be able to get into the play-offs. ”
Coach Festa naturally understands this truth, he is very satisfied to have such a team this season, you must know that last season Como was almost bankrupt, and this season he was able to shoot a transfer fee of nearly 2 million euros, if he did not do as well as last season, he would not have the face to stay, he swore to make a guarantee.
Li Chengfeng believed his assurance, now there are only 3 months left before the start of the new season, and there is still a lot of work to be done, the run-in of new players, and the finalization of loan players, it will take time.
Li Chengfeng operates the Como club according to his own ideas, but he does not dare to guarantee that it will have good results, although he has been a coach in the CM world for more than 5 years, but it is the first time to actually run the club, the key is to spend his hard-earned money, and the inner anxiety is inevitable. Fortunately, the busyness in the CM world can make him forget these troubles, strive for good results, get more trophies, and get more bonuses is the most realistic thing.
In the CM world, Lee Seung-peak also struggled to convince Moratti to agree to give up Adriano this winter. He led Inter Milan to 17 wins, 2 draws and 53 points in the first half of the season, and won all the Champions League group stage victories Moratti, making his hunger for glory overwhelm the memories of his former favorites.
However, no one wants to buy the former Inter Milan king, who has not played for half a year, and his annual salary of up to 5 million euros after tax is the biggest obstacle. Manchester City, who had changed owners this summer, were interested in him, but their boss Thaksin's funds were frozen, and now they can't come up with the money, and other teams prefer to go on loan and are not willing to pay his high salary in full. Adriano opted for a loan spell at Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he will rediscover his passion and form for football. But Lee Seung-pong knows he will never go back to the past, and that the chaotic off-field life and fox friends will completely ruin the former king, and he only hopes that Adriano can perform better in Brazil so that he can also get a big transfer fee in the summer.
After AC Milan, Inter Milan still did not stop the pace of consecutive wins in the league, they won 2:0 at home to Wono in the 23rd round of the league to achieve 12 consecutive league wins, breaking Roma's record of 11 consecutive wins in Serie A set in the 0506 season, and there is no sign of stopping, even in the Italian Cup match with Juventus, Inter Milan also beat the opponent in two legs and entered the semi-finals. Now the whole of Italy is lamenting, "who can stop Inter". They are pinning their hopes on 28 February for Inter Milan's match with league runners-up Roma, who will be hoping that Roma can stop Inter's winning streak on the grounds that Inter Milan need to cope with Champions League fixtures, while Roma only need to cope with the league and have a physical advantage.
Their thinking is not unreasonable, after the first leg of the Champions League knockout round with Sheffield Wednesday, Inter Milan will play Sampdoria in sixth place in the league in four days, at home to Roma in second place in the league in four days, and away against Napoli in eighth place in the league in three days.
But it turned out they were overthinking, as Inter Milan only sent half of their squad to win 2-1 away at Sheffield Wednesday.
This Sheffield Wednesday team is no longer what Lee Seungfeng is familiar with, and they have lost a lot of key players this season, that is, the central midfield and backfield are still intact. Up front, the main strikers Luca Toney and Bent were replaced by Defoe and Adebayo, and Guarin, Cazorla and Bale replaced Toure, Luka Modric and Franck Ribery, but the strength of the team inevitably declined. To add insult to injury, Bale, who is getting better, has been in a hospital bed since the beginning of December due to an ankle ligament injury and will miss the entire season. They can only let Cazorla play this position now. However, Cazorla, despite his well-rounded position, is not the most suitable position for him, he is more suitable for the middle. However, Keegan had no choice, and this season's new signing Andy Reid was not as good as Cazorla, so Sheffield Wednesday's most threatening style of play on both wings became a one-sided assault by Lennon on the right.
There's nothing to be afraid of on Sheffield Wednesday, who finished second in the final round of the Champions League group stage, and are now sixth in the league, with a small gap to the teams behind them, unlike Inter Milan, who have a big points advantage to squander.
Sheffield Wednesday's weakened midfield now has a more indiscriminate style of play than they did two seasons ago, but the overall quality of the players is stronger, so they won't be as helpless against a heavily defended team as they were two seasons ago, but it's still beyond their ability to deal with a big team like Inter Milan.
For such an opponent, Li Chengfeng boldly sent only half of the main force, and chose to defend and counterattack away from home, and he believes that this is enough to bring back a satisfactory result.
"The current Sheffield Wednesday team, except for Defoe, everyone else is my team at that time, they are all my children, if they beat me, I will be very sad." In an interview before the game, he was also very confident, "I won't let this happen." I know the stadium, the atmosphere and the players. Here I will play the games I want, we are faster and more motivated. ”
It turns out that Lee Seung-peak made the right choice, and Sheffield Wednesday, who is good at counter-attacking, has no way to defend against Inter Milan. They tried to attack aggressively, but the lack of attacking means prevented them from forming a real threat, and instead Inter Milan played a few counter-attacks, and they gave up the idea of relying on attack to win the game at home.
But Inter were not ready to give up, and they waited until the 70th minute of the game to finally show their fangs. Lee Seung-bong replaced Ribery, Robben and Milito in a row, and Inter Milan began to attack with all their might.
Sheffield Wednesday's players are suffering from physical problems, losing a lot of key players this summer, and due to injuries, their squad is not thick enough to support multi-front play, and England has the most busy schedule in the top five leagues, and their position in the Premier League has not allowed them to relax in the slightest. On the contrary, Inter's strength in the league and the depth of the squad allow them to rotate more boldly and the players are more physically active.
Sheffield Wednesday's players showed great tenacity, fighting until the last minute as Lee had asked for, but Inter Milan still managed to emerge victorious. Thanks to Milito's goal, Inter Milan won 2-1 away at young Sheffield Wednesday, who only pulled a goal back from a set-piece in the last minute to keep their hopes of promotion alive.
Inter Milan are stronger, in better form, and a win is a matter of course. Li Chengfeng did not celebrate after the game, and he even shook hands with the staff of Heath Castle in advance and left the field at the end of the game, leaving only a familiar back for the fans watching the game.