Inter Milan had no choice but to win the last game.

The atmosphere in the locker room suddenly became tense.

Although their opponents in the final round were not very strong, the game was played at Cagliari's home stadium, and Cagliari is a team that can often explode at home, so Inter Milan cannot afford to ignore it.

But before that, there is the second leg of the Coppa Italia final to play.

Having played this game, Inter Milan is not likely to give up this game.

Inter Milan, who played with all the main lineups, defeated Roma 4:1 and won the Coppa Italia with an aggregate score of 6:2. Ricardo scored a hat-trick and Adriano continued to score a goalless goal.

Inter did not spend time celebrating at all, but were fully preparing for the game against Cagliari.

Ahead of this game, Inter Milan looked full of confidence. "The morale of our team is high, everyone is working towards the same goal, and we don't accept anything other than victory," Ricardo said in an interview. ”

Mancini, for his part, pressured the Football Association to change the referee. Because the referee who officiates this game will be DeSantis, the bitter master of Inter Milan.

However, the Italian Football Federation did not change the referee on a temporary basis.

Inter Milan lined up the strongest squad in theory, Cruz played as a lone arrow, and Adriano, who had not scored in 10 consecutive games, was taken; Left and right wingers Ricardo and Figo both started.

Since Adriano is not playing, Veron is well on his way to play, with Cambiasso and Solari in midfield, with Stankovic injured.

The defenders were Zanetti, Samoel, Córdoba and McConn, with Materazzi temporarily taken down due to two consecutive league mistakes.

Goalkeeper Cesar.

Although Inter attacked as soon as they came on the pitch, it was Cagliari who scored first. In the seventh minute, Esposido broke down the right and crossed, and Carbone leaped high into the box to flick his head into the net, and the ball went in, giving Cagliari the lead.

However, just two minutes later, Inter Milan equalized when Figo's free-kick into the box was flicked into the box by Cruz at the front post, and Ricardo ambushed in the middle and scored with a header.

After continuing to attack for a while, Inter regained a little bit and did not intend to give the opponent too many opportunities to counter-attack. After all, there is still a long way to go, and they believe that they will win the game.

However, in the 33rd minute, the situation changed for a while, Esposido won the ball in a clearly offside position and passed to the back post, and Suazzo pushed the empty net to give Cagliari the lead again.

Mancini was furious on the spot, he rushed to the fourth official to protest, the fourth official ignored it, and he angrily cursed a few Italian national curses.

After the fourth official complained to the referee, the referee DeSantis sent Mancini off with a red card, and he was left to direct the game on his mobile phone from the stands.

Inter were tenacious and despite being pitted by a clear miscalculation, they continued to attack with perseverance.

Just three minutes behind, Ricardo drew the ball down the middle after a wide break caught the attention of three defenders. Solari followed up with the ball and burst into the box and fired a powerful left-footed shot to equalise for Inter again.

Inter were more demoralized, but Cagliari held on to the draw in the final ten minutes of the first half.

In the same match, Juventus already leads Reggina 1-0 away and temporarily surpasses Inter Milan by one point in the standings. It is unrealistic to expect Juventus to make mistakes, and Inter Milan can only continue to strengthen their attack and strive for victory.

Heading into the second half, Roberto Mancini made a phone call to make a change, replacing Cambiasso with Pizarro to bolster the attack.

Just one minute later, Cruz was kicked down by Conticio in the box, and DeSantis didn't say anything.

Three minutes later, Samoel pushed down Suazo in the penalty area, and DeSantis immediately awarded a penalty, which Suazzo himself converted.

Inter Milan began to press on the attack in a desperate way, resulting in a lack of defense at the back. In the 55th minute, Carbone broke through and crossed the ball, and Suazzo hit the post when he was unguarded at the back post.

If this goal is scored, Inter Milan really have no hope of turning around. But since the catastrophe is not dead, Inter Milan has a higher morale.

In the 59th minute, Ricardo made a cold arrow on the edge of the penalty area, and the ball flew over a distance of more than 20 meters like lightning and crashed heavily into the bottom of the net. The score became 3:3.

Roberto Mancini called from the stands, and on the other pitch, Juventus already had a 2-0 lead over Reggina.

Inter Milan had no choice but to go all out to win. With 30 minutes left, one more goal is needed to secure the title for Inter.

Assistant coach Caballero made a second substitution under Mancini's instructions, replacing Figo with Adriano, who played as a double striker with Cruz, and Ricardo moved to the midfield position to play as a shadow striker; Solari played left midfield, Zanetti switched to right midfield, and then a back three, playing a very aggressive 343 formation.

Solari and Zanetti were looking for Cruz and Adriano to find the high posts and let them head straight at the goal or ferry the ball to Ricardo in the back row.

In the 67th minute, Inter Milan took a tactical corner, Pizarro took the ball and passed it into the penalty area, and when Ricardo was about to fight for the top, he was pushed down by Canini, DeSantis did not say anything, and the game continued.

Ricardo is too lazy to argue, and now Inter Milan has to race against time to score a goal, and cannot afford to waste time with the referee.

In the 71st minute, Inter Milan had another good chance when Veron sent the ball into the box, but the unmarked Solari headed it high.

In the 82nd minute, Cruz knocked back the header in the penalty area, Veron followed up with a powerful shot, which bounced off Ferry's body, and Ricardo appeared at the landing point, and a sweeping shot pierced Chimenti's ten fingers.

He ran to celebrate after the goal, and just after running two steps to realize that something was wrong, DeSantis did not point to the center circle, but pointed to the position where he had scored, signaling that he was offside.

Annoyed, Ricardo made a gesture to DeSantis to count the money and was yellow carded by DeSantis.

After that, Inter Milan pressed all the attacks, but they never had a good chance.

Inter Milan drew with the opponent 3:3 and lost the Serie A championship.

In his post-match press conference, Mancini lashed out at the referee and looked unacceptable to the last-round loss.

Before the Italian Football Federation could punish Mancini, the next day, the "Milan Sport" newspaper published the content of the phone call between Juventus general manager Moggi and the Serie A referee designator in recent years, and the recording content was mainly the transcript of the phone call between Moggi in 2004 and the referee designator Pajreto, who served as the referee of Serie A for six seasons.

The phonegate incident officially broke out.