Chapter 473: New Contract
Shen Feng's journey has just begun, he is only twenty-three years old, he still has a long way to go, and more achievements can be created!
UEFA wants to restrict the Inter Milan team, and it doesn't dare to do anything blatantly, so it can only make some small moves in the game through the referee's decision.
This made the next Champions League semifinals of the Inter Milan team play harder.
Inter Milan's opponent in the Champions League semi-finals this time is Chelsea.
Russian oil billionaire Abu can be said to be the first billionaire to put oil dollars into football, and the Middle Eastern consortium behind Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain is just picking people's teeth.
Chelsea have indeed maintained a giant style over the years, and have been the favorites in the Premier League and Champions League.
However, the so-called favourites of the Chelsea team, as in previous years, did not open up with other giants, and when facing giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich, due to the lack of foundation, they have to be slightly inferior.
This situation is not the same as Inter Milan.
The Inter Milan team with Shen Feng has indeed reproduced the style of the "big international" era, or even better!
After all, even in the "big international" era when Ronaldo played, Inter Milan did not defend their title in the Champions League.
Winning the Champions League is already a rare honor, and defending the Champions League is even more unattainable!
In the decades-long history of the Champions League, only Real Madrid and Inter Milan have achieved such an achievement.
Such a unique achievement brings a sense of honor and cohesion to the team, which is unimaginable to outsiders.
This allowed Inter Milan to appear more calmly when facing a big opponent like Chelsea.
In these two semi-finals, UEFA did make some small moves, so that the referee on duty made the penalty scale slightly biased in favor of the Chelsea team.
Although it was not as obvious as the South Korean team did at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, they were able to play a big role in the match between two evenly matched teams.
First of all, it is for Inter Milan to suffer their first defeat in the Champions League in two years, losing 1:2 away to Chelsea.
This is the first defeat that Inter Milan has suffered in the Champions League since Shen Feng joined the Inter Milan team, and the Inter Milan team's unbeaten streak in the Champions League has come to an end.
However, this defeat did not affect the momentum of the Inter Milan team.
In away games, it is a common thing in football games to let the home team take advantage of some home games, so after this defeat, although the Inter Milan team expressed dissatisfaction with some of the decisions of the referee on duty, they did not take the result of this game to heart.
Because, Inter Milan is confident that they can win their opponents at home.
Sure enough, after returning to the home stadium, even UEFA did not dare to make any small moves at the Meazza Stadium, because if you are not careful, it may cause an unnecessary public relations crisis.
On a level playing field, Inter Milan are not afraid of any opponent in this world.
Chelsea won the first leg of the semi-finals 2-1, but they did not have a huge advantage.
It's still the old saying, a one-goal lead is the least safe score in a football game, and it is even more dangerous than a 0:0 draw.
Moreover, Inter Milan lost on the road, but they scored an away goal, which allowed them to return to their home stadium with more room to maneuver.
Inter Milan now disdain to win 1-0 and then eliminate their opponents by away goals, because Inter Milan have the ability to score more goals.
Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of fans in the Meazza stadium, Inter Milan was on fire, scoring twice in the first half to overtake Chelsea's goal on aggregate.
Inter Milan didn't stop there, continuing to work on it in the second half, knocking on the Chelsea goal twice.
In the end, under the watchful eye, Inter Milan defeated Chelsea 4-0 at home, with an aggregate score of 5:2 over the two legs, which not only relieved the depression of losing away, but also slapped UEFA in the face.
The strength shown by Inter Milan in this game also made other opponents feel their strength.
Shen Feng, who scored a hat trick in this game, became the focus of media attention after the game, because after the game, news came out that Abu, the owner of the Chelsea team, was willing to use 200 million euros to bring Shen Feng to the Chelsea team!
Although this rumor has not been confirmed by the Chelsea team, it has been widely spread around the world in a short period of time.
In fact, in the past two years, there have been endless transfer rumors about Shen Feng, and there are gossip almost every day, and there is no shortage of official confirmed news.
For example, after Shen Feng led Inter Milan to defend the Champions League last season, Barcelona, which was defeated by Inter Milan, and Real Madrid, Barcelona's old rival, officially sent a letter of inquiry to Inter Milan.
The object of inquiry is naturally Shen Feng!
Real Madrid and Barcelona both made a transfer offer of 100 million euros to Shen Feng!
You must know that just a year and a half ago, Shen Feng's worth was only 35 million euros!
Just a year and a half later, Shen Feng's worth has tripled, and he also has two Champions League titles.
The Inter Milan team is not stupid, they know the value of Shen Feng better than anyone!
Therefore, in the face of an offer of more than 100 million, the Inter Milan club was unmoved, and also accelerated the pace of re-signing the contract with Shen Feng.
After many rounds of negotiations, all the terms of Shen Feng's new contract with Inter Milan were finally finalized a few days ago, and Shen Feng solemnly signed his name on this new contract.
This contract is not a renewal, but a brand new one.
In this new contract, Shen Feng's annual salary has risen from the previous 12 million euros to 30 million euros on a par with Ronaldo!
When Ronaldo joined Juventus, he signed a four-year contract with an annual salary of 30 million euros until 2022, and now the contract has been executed for three years, leaving only the last year.
Before Ronaldo's transfer to Juventus, Messi also completed the renewal of his contract with Barcelona, which was renewed until 2021 with an annual salary of up to 43 million euros, and less than a year later, Messi renewed his contract with Barcelona until 2022, and his annual salary further increased to 45 million euros.