Chapter 399: Debut debut

After the TIM Cup warm-up matches against Juventus and AC Milan, Inter Milan concentrated on training at Pinettina in preparation for the Italian Super Cup.

Jose Mourinho's team is not the same as Ralph's.

Ralph's squad is close to 30 players, while Mourinho's regular squad is generally around 23.

He thinks this number is enough for a season, and he can ensure that every player is not short of games to play and can use games to maintain his fitness.

Even if it is a multi-front battle, he will not want too many people.

Only when there are too many injuries will he be temporarily recruited from the reserve team and youth team, or loaned or bought during the winter break.

That's the case at Chelsea, and it's the same with Inter. Even with the high average age of the squad, Mourinho has not added too many manpower.

However, after Lu Wenbin joined the training, Mourinho did not follow the 4231 formation of last season's Champions League final, but mainly began to train the 442 midfield diamond standing formation.

Because Zanetti and Cambiaso are not young, there is no substitute of the same level when the two start at the same time.

And Zanetti often has to play as a full-back.

As a result, Inter Milan will only use one midfielder at the start of the new season.

Then add a striker and play more offensive in the front court.

Samuel Eto'o or Milito rotated to play as a central striker, with Lu Wenbin playing as a shadow striker, covering the entire midfield.

Because of Lu Wenbin's vision and ability to pass and assist, Mourinho asked Lu Wenbin not only to shoot and score by himself, but also to be able to retreat and take the ball to cooperate with Sneijder, or assist other teammates to score.

Now that Lu Wenbin's goalscoring ability is well-known to the world, Lu Wenbin will definitely be closely guarded by the opponent near the 'no-go' zone, and he will retreat to get the ball just to avoid the well-defended no-' zone.

After Lu Wenbin got the ball, whether he broke through and shot by himself, or assisted his teammates to score, he had one more choice.

After a few days of training, the teammates are more familiar with Lu Wenbin's various abilities, and they can carry out some passing and cutting cooperation according to Lu Wenbin's running speed and running ability.

Against this backdrop, on 22 August, Inter Milan hosted Roma for the 2010 Italian Super Cup.

Before the match even began, the enthusiastic Inter fans filled the Meazza stadium, and all but 10,000 away fans from Roma filled all the seats with Inter fans.

This is the first official game of the new season for Inter Milan and the first official game for Lu Wenbin at Inter Milan.

Mourinho has already put Lu Wenbin, who has just joined the team, in the 18-man squad announced before the game.

Although he did not start, Mourinho has already said that the time is right to bring Lu Wenbin on the bench.

This has made the media and fans full of anticipation.

Although the Bundesliga and Serie A are both big five leagues, their styles are completely different.

He joined Inter Milan with the world's No. 1 transfer fee and annual salary, signed a three-year contract, and paid 150 million in liquidated damages.

In addition to the Inter fans and his fans who are full of expectations for Lu Wenbin, there are countless people waiting to see if Lu Wenbin will suffer Waterloo.

Many superstars don't seem to be doing as well in their second season after winning the Ballon d'Or.

Facing the Serie A team that is good at defense, everyone is curious about whether Lu Wenbin can still be as comfortable as the Bundesliga, and whether he can continue his Ballon d'Or level performance last season.

Before the start of the game, everyone observed a minute of silence in memory of the Italian Prime Minister, who died only a few days ago.

Then, at 21 o'clock in the evening, with the referee's whistle, the 2010 Italian Super Cup officially kicked off at the Meazza Stadium.

Inter won the kick-off and attacked first.

However, the first attack failed to achieve much effect, and the ball was cut off by Roma.

Inter quickly returned to defence and were ready to fight.

Although the formation is a more balanced 442 midfield diamond-shaped position, Mourinho's coaching philosophy is to first stabilize the defense and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

His coaching philosophy has always been one of not conceding a goal.

As a result, it didn't take long for Inter to get a chance to fight back.

In the second minute, Roma's attack was cut off and Inter launched a quick counter-attack, Milito was about 25 metres out of the no-ken' zone to face the onrushing goalkeeper Lobonte with a lob shot, but the ball went over the crossbar.

The two sides come and go, no matter how high or low.

Although this is Inter's home stadium, Roma also play quite tenacious.

Moreover, they also scored first.

In the 21st minute, Prince Totti used his magnetic attraction to lure both Lucio and Samuel out of the penalty zone, and then turned and slid the ball straight into the ribs of the big zone.

Roma full-back Reese, who was inserted in the back row, volleyed into the far corner before Zanetti could clear the ball.

Cesar couldn't make a save and could only watch the ball go into the net.

Roma are 1-0 up at Meazza to win over Inter Milan.

Suddenly, more than 10,000 away Roma fans erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Subsequently, Inter Milan, who were playing at home, launched a ferocious counterattack and threatened the Roma goal in succession.

In the 24th minute, Samuel Eto'o broke through with the ball into the forbidden zone and was destroyed by Roma defender Juan in time. Otherwise, Eto'o is likely to shoot with his feet.

In the 33rd minute, full-back McCone cut inside after a long run of 30 meters on the right flank, and his long-range shot was saved by the attentive Roma goalkeeper Lobonte.

In the 38th minute, Sneijder fired a long-range shot from about 25 yards from outside the penalty area, and the ball grazed the post and went wide of the goal, shocking Roma players and fans alike into a cold sweat.

Continuous attacks and quick counter-attacks finally broke through the Roma goal in the 41st minute.

In fact, it was a mistake by the Roma team.

In the 41st minute, a backward pass from the Roma midfielder was lightened, and it was cut off by the fast Samuel Eto'o, who then used his speed to eat the centre-back Juan and blast a shot before the goalkeeper blocked the angle.

The ball flew under Lobont's arm and into the back of the net.

Samuel Eto'o scored the equaliser for Inter Milan as the two sides went into the break with a 1-1 draw.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

More than ten minutes into the second half, the scores of the two sides still did not change.

As a result, Roma took the lead in making substitution adjustments, with Tadei replacing Pizarro to strengthen the attack.

Mourinho immediately went-for-tat, let Lu Wenbin, who had already warmed up on the sidelines, come to his side, and replaced him after an explanation.

When Lu Wenbin and Milito high-fived and completed the substitution and ran into the stadium, the stands suddenly resounded with warm applause and cheers from Inter fans.

The commentators also shouted excitedly:

"Lou is on, the number one superstar in the Inter Milan team is on!"

"Lu's first official game in Italy, his Nerazzurri debut, is officially here!"

In the 2010 Italian Super Cup, in the 62nd minute, Mourinho replaced No. 22 Diego Milito with No. 6 Lu Wenbin. Lou's journey in the Apennine Peninsula has officially begun! (Asking for a commuter pass)