Chapter 377: Madman Mourinho

With the leagues and cups coming to an end, all eyes across Europe are focused on the 2009/2010 Champions League final on 23 May.

Not only in Europe, but also in the world, the UEFA Champions League final is recognized as the most technically and tactically advanced cup competition at club level in the world, attracting the attention of fans and media around the world.

Whether the madman Jose Mourinho led the Nerazzurri to the top, or Hoffenheim continued their Hochon miracle, countless people are looking forward to it.

China's CCTV CCTV-5 sent a special film crew to Germany to film Lu Wenbin and Hoffenheim's preparations.

Because of Lu Wenbin's existence, there will be countless Chinese fans supporting Hoffenheim in this season's Champions League final, rushing to the scene to watch the game, and there are many people who support Lu Wenbin.

Of course, Inter Milan also has a lot of fans.

At the end of the eighties, China Central Television (CCTV) began broadcasting Serie A matches and was the first of Europe's top five leagues to land in China.

Therefore, the first batch of Chinese fans who watched Serie A on TV in the late 80s and early 90s will inevitably like the Serie A giants of that era.

Inter Milan has been transferred almost every year due to the continuous investment of its owner, Massimo Moratti, although it has not achieved good results.

In particular, the arrival of the alien Ronaldo in 1997 has accumulated enough popularity for Inter Milan in China and the world.

The fan-owners who love the team extremely, the melancholy blue and black color, the bitterness of not winning for many years, and the label of the black hole of the star inject a strong pathos' color into Inter Milan, which makes people empathize with and become more and more attractive.

The Inter fans who have accumulated from the 80'90s to the present 20 years are a considerable group in China.

Even because of the existence of Lu Wenbin, there are many fans who support Hoffenheim, but there are still many fans who support the old giant Inter Milan.

The words of a Chinese fan in his 40s in an interview represent the hearts of many Chinese Inter fans: "I hope Lu Wenbin will do well, but in the end it was Inter Milan who won the title. I hope Mourinho can lead the team to win the championship and realize Moratti's Champions League dream! ”

Everyone knows that the ultimate goal of Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti is only the Champions League!

Since winning the Champions League twice in 1963/1964 and 1964/1965, Inter Milan have not tasted the Champions League trophy for 45 years.

For a team known as a world-class giant, it has not been in the Champions League for half a season, and such a result is undoubtedly unattainable.

Moratti took charge of Inter Milan twice, first in 1995 and stepped down in 2004 due to poor results.

During that time, the team-loving owner Moratti spent huge sums of money every year to buy superstars such as Ronaldo in an attempt to compete for the title, but for nine years, Inter Milan only won one UEFA Cup in 1998.

Other than that, Inter Milan never won any more titles, either domestic or intercontinental.

This is also the reason why Moratti is known as the sad boss, Inter Milan is known as the black hole of the star, and in 2004 Moratti was called the sinner of the team by the Inter fans and was forced to resign as president.

Then, in 2006, the then Inter president Facchetti passed away and Moratti was able to return to the Nerazzurri in the second place.

Since the beginning of this year, due to the impact of Italy's telephone gate, Juventus has been relegated, AC Milan, Lazio and other teams have fallen into a trough, and Inter Milan has taken advantage of the situation to rise and win the championship in a row.

After entering the palace for the second time, Moratti's Inter Milan won four consecutive league titles, as well as a Coppa Italia and four Italian Super Cups.

There is no doubt that Moratti, who entered the palace for the second time, was a great success.

However, this is still a key link away from Moratti's dream of the "era of big Inter Milan": the Champions League.

His father Angelo Moratti's Inter Milan can be called the era of the Great Inter Milan, because Inter Milan in that period not only had domestic championships, but also Champions League titles.

If Moratti wants to recreate his father's Inter era, it is not enough to win four consecutive league titles, he must win the Champions League.

Therefore, after Moratti entered the palace, he continued to spend huge sums of money to introduce star players, and fired the meritorious coach Mancini, and invited Mourinho, a madman with experience in winning the Champions League, in order to win the Champions League.

And this year, it is undoubtedly the closest Inter Milan has come to the Champions League trophy!

If Inter wins, they will not only win the Champions League, but also become the sixth team in Europe and the first team in Italy to win the treble.

Such a result is naturally well-deserved to be called the second era of Inter Milan.

Of course, the premise is that Inter must beat Hoffenheim at the Bernabeu to win the title.

Hoffenheim's results in recent seasons can be called invincible and invincible, as long as they participate in the competition, Hoffenheim finally won the championship.

Such a record makes Moratti, the first-time leader of the Nerazzurri, who has only won one League Cup in nine years, envious and jealous, but also very troubled by gains and losses.

Therefore, at the celebration party after winning the Serie A title, Moratti nervously asked Mourinho about the certainty of winning the Champions League.

Mourinho naturally showed 100 per cent confidence in Moratti.

Lu Wenbin's career in professional football can be called open, and Mourinho's coaching career is not far behind.

To date, Mourinho has won a League Cup, a Champions Cup, and all the league and cup titles he has played in, whether it is the Portuguese Premier League, the Premier League or Serie A.

At this time, Mourinho was the period of "God first, he second".

Not to mention personality reasons, just rationally talking about the strength of the two teams on paper, Mourinho also has full confidence that his Inter Milan will win.

Inter Milan has goalkeepers Cesar and Toldo, defenders McConn, Lucio, Samuel, Materazzi, Zanetti, Cambiasso, Stankovic, Sneijder in midfield, Eto'o, Milito, Pandev, Balotelli in the forwards, absolute superstars.

What else does Hoffenheim have besides a Lu Wenbin?

Perhaps Ibisevic and Eduardo are barely first-class stars, but they are definitely not top-level, let alone world-class, and they are not as high as Milito and Sneijder.

As for the comparison of players in other positions, Inter Milan completely crushed Hoffenheim.

Tactically, Mourinho's defensive counter-attack is also the attacking football of Hoffenheim.

After two legs in the Champions League semi-finals and three matches in the German Cup final, Bayern Munich's defensive counter-attack against Hoffenheim also provided Mourinho with a lot of practical references.

Mourinho is not a comfort to Moratti, he has absolute confidence.

His mastery of defensive counter-attacking tactics, Inter Milan's strength, and the players' desire for a treble make Mourinho confident that Inter Milan will definitely be able to beat Hoffenheim at the Bernabeu and achieve the treble, making his reputation as a magic bird even more intimidating. (Ask for a commuter pass)