Chapter 604: It's time to win the championship
After the big win over Genoa, there was a lot of interest in the match from the media and fans.
Let's not talk about Inter Milan having another big win, which has become a daily routine, let's talk about Vardy, who was tired and half dead in this game and didn't score a goal.
Can Vardy be blamed for this?
First of all, it is clear that Jamie Vardy was the biggest contributor to Inter's victory, as it can be seen from his man-of-the-match win without scoring a single goal, and his performance has been recognised by everyone.
In the first half, he kept the opposition defence in turmoil, attracted firepower, and set up two goals for his team-mates, although there were no direct assists, but much of the credit for those two goals was due to Jamie Vardy.
In the second half, Vardy wanted to kill, but he encountered horizontal and vertical blocking by the Genoa men's volleyball team, which really can't be blamed on Vardy.
The first threatening shot was blocked by the opponent directly with his hand, and the penalty created was given to Ibrahimovic;
The second threatening shot was directly blocked by the opponent, and the penalty was given to Ibrahimovic;
There would have been a trademark counter-attack in the final moments, and even the Inter fans were ready to celebrate the goal, but they were still stopped by their hands.
Although it was the goalkeeper who stopped the goal, you don't look where you are.
In one game, Vardy took two players off the pitch, but the problem was that he still couldn't score.
It can only be said that the luck of this game is not on Vardy's side.
Genoa are famous for their success in blocking down Jamie Vardy, and even though the team suffered a heavy defeat, it was still something to be proud of.
was ridiculed by the media, ridiculed by the fans, and even the Italian men's volleyball team followed the hot spots, jokingly inviting the Genoese defender who blocked Vardy's shot with a blocking action to go to trial, maybe a different job is more suitable for him.
To say how depressed Vardy is, it is not necessarily, in the face of many people who say "if you want to stop Vardy, you have to use your hands", Vardy said, you are free.
The purpose of scoring goals is to win, and although it is the duty of a striker to score goals, everything must be premised on the team winning.
You have the ability to block my shots with your hands every game, and you are not me who are sent off anyway!
As long as the team wins, what if I don't score!
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In the 30th round of the league, Inter Milan hosted Juventus, the third place in the standings, which was the most focused battle in this round of the game.
It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that Juventus vowed to come to Milan to fight Inter to the death, but what appeared in front of them was a completely different Inter.
Half of the main players rotated and rested, and half of the main players plus substitutes, this is Inter's starting lineup.
Although Juventus' use of rotation is somewhat contemptuous of people, it seems understandable that Inter is strong now.
But that's not the main thing, the main thing is that Inter's starters are all defensive giants, and even Vardy is on the bench.
Obviously, Inter have no intention of fighting Juventus at all, and even if they are at home, they may just want to hold on for a draw.
In fact, it is easy to understand that Inter Milan is facing the torment of third-tier battles, since the league lead is so big, it is completely possible to play a few games, and there is no need to put all your energy on the league.
So in this game, Inter just wants to put Juventus.
Of course, the meaning of the game does not mean to lose, but that you don't want to fight too fiercely, as long as you can hold on to a draw.
Fans understand Mancini's arrangement, and they also understand the current situation of the team, in front of the treble, even if they lose to Juventus, it seems that there is nothing to blame.
At the Meazza Stadium, Juventus did not restrain because Inter released water, and the whole game was fierce, Trezeguet and Piero took turns to attack Inter's goal, and even once played three strikers at the last moment, obviously Juve wanted to take away a victory.
However, Inter's defense is not vegetarian, relying on the advantage of the home field, Shengsheng defended the goal, and did not let Juventus succeed.
After a dull draw, Inter continued to lead strongly.
Although Juventus is not very willing, there is no way to be inferior to others, and 1 point is not an unacceptable result for them.
After this round of the league, Inter Milan is far ahead with 26 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 81 points.
What people didn't expect was that Roma actually lost this game, so that the gap between Roma and Inter Milan has reached 22 points.
In other words, as long as Inter can beat Lazio in the next round of the league, then Inter will win the Serie A title seven rounds in advance.
Inter fans are going crazy.
Last season, Inter Milan won five rounds ahead of schedule and tied the Serie A record for winning the championship in advance, and this season may actually break this incredible record, and the era of Inter Milan has really come.
Even with a week to go before the next game, Inter fans can't help but start celebrating the team's record-breaking victory and winning the championship ahead of schedule, and the whole world is happier than them.
However, this unexpected result disrupted Mancini's arrangement a bit.
Because after playing Lazio, it was a Champions League quarter-final match with Arsenal in midweek, and Inter Milan was still playing away, so Mancini originally did not plan to fight Lazio to the death.
But now the attitude of the fans has made him have to change his mind, the championship that should be won in advance is still to be won, breaking the record will make the fans happy, if this game is abandoned, then Inter may not be able to win the championship in Serie A until the end of the Champions League quarterfinals, and the record will have already flown by then.
Therefore, in this key battle against Lazio, Mancini sent most of the main force to fight for victory.
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The media is hyping this game, Inter Milan won the title by beating Lazio, and won the title seven rounds ahead of schedule, such an almost miraculous result is enough to silence anyone.
With Inter's situation, it is obviously impossible to give up this opportunity to win the championship in advance, so it is inevitable to fight Lazio.
Even Arsenal, who are far away in England, are paying attention to this game, and in Wenger's thoughts, it is best for Inter and Lazio to lose their troops after a dead game, and have to drag their remnants to compete with Arsenal.
Lazio felt very aggrieved, they felt the sadness of Genoa some time ago, obviously Inter didn't use all their strength in the last game, but when they came to it, they had to face an Inter that broke out with all their might.
Lazio has no reason to snipe Inter, ranking tenth in the standings, not up or down, unable to win the championship, unable to qualify for Europe, and not in danger of relegation, why do they have to fight with Inter.
Although some people say that this is a battle of dignity, and the opponent must not be allowed to step on his corpse to win the championship, but it seems that there is no shame in being cleaned up by Inter.
It seems that the most humiliating thing is Inter's next opponent, if Inter win the championship, then they must line up to welcome the Inter players before the game, which is embarrassing!
If it were at another time, Roma, who still had hopes of winning the championship, must have stood up to cheer up Lazio, and if Lazio could snipe Inter, then Roma's hopes of winning the championship would increase.
But now, there is not a single Roman fart.
Yes, there are eight rounds of league games left, as long as Inter Milan wins one game, Roma will have no chance at all, and they still have to toss around.
If you have that skill, let's improve the scout's vision!
Of course, even if Roma cheers up Lazio, Lazio will not bird them, they can't win the championship themselves, can they still help their rivals in the same city to win the championship?
Of course, Lazio will not give up like this, at least they have to fight with Inter, this is not for others, but for themselves.
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Inter's starting strikers in this game were Jamie Vardy and Balotelli, and Ibrahimovic was a little unwell in his muscles, so he was given a break to be on the safe side.
After Balotelli was sent to the reserve team, it took him a week to come back and he was in great form, scoring a series of goals in the team's training before Suazzo was put in the starting line-up.
Although Mancini is worried that Jamie Vardy and Balotelli will cause some trouble when they start together, there is no way to do it, is it just to keep the two from getting together, and still sell one of the two?
One is the first person in world football, and the other is a European supernova, both of which are reluctant babies of Inter, how can they be sold because of this little thing?
So Mancini could only pray before the game that the two of them would be honest and not always stab him.
If Vardy had known Mancini's thoughts, he would have said that he was innocent, when did he stab Louzi?
I'm already seriously busy teasing, and I really don't have time to cause trouble!
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Because of the importance, Inter arrived in Rome the day before the game, so that they could have a little more time to adapt and save themselves the long journey on the morning of the game.
It's also quite interesting to say, because there are two teams in a city, and if Inter Milan comes to play away, then the opponent's fans will definitely not have a good face for Inter, while the fans of the rivals in the same city will be friendly to Inter.
But now, Inter Milan have come to Roma and are faced with a situation where the fans of both teams are not very friendly.
Inter Milan crushed Roma to win the championship, and Roma fans definitely did not welcome Inter;
And Inter's opponent in this game is Lazio, and Lazio fans will definitely not want to see them;
So it's embarrassing.
But it doesn't matter, if there is only one team in the city, then when it comes to the away game, the fans of the whole city will not welcome you, and there is no essential difference from now.
However, Lazio fans are very entangled in their hearts, and even feel that they are going to split their personalities.
They don't even know if they want the team to win or lose this game?
If you win, you are happy, but it is equivalent to temporarily saving the life of Rome, the sworn enemy of the city, even if Rome will still die next, but it is not killed by yourself, and it always feels unpleasant;
If they lose, they kill their rivals in the same city, but they don't really want to lose.
So, you guys just kick it!