On Monday, the entire Inter team arrived at Valencia on a flight, almost exactly as they did when they arrived in Milan, where they were met by enthusiastic reporters as soon as they appeared at the exit.

Among the most popular players was Materazzi, who was refused to shake hands by Airo after the game, followed by Ibrahimovic, who scored a brace in the first leg, and manager Mancini was ignored...

But the first person to be interviewed was Ibrahimovic, who made him the biggest? At first glance, the reporter first asked if he was confident of leading the team to beat Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium, keeping them on a winning home record for most of the season.

Ibrahimovic laughed when he heard this, and he had adjusted himself to the best in preparation for the second leg.

In the last round of away games against Sampdoria, known as the home dragon, he scored his first hat trick in Serie A, so he is full of confidence in the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals!

"I'm very confident in the game two days from now, I showed that I was in very good form in Serie A the day before yesterday, and I believe that I will carry this good form into the Champions League knockout stage in midweek, Valencia's record of winning all at home this season will be rewritten at my feet, and I will definitely score more goals than him......"

The reporters present were all smart people, and they knew who Ibrahimovic was referring to by 'he'.

The reporter has already collected enough information about Ibrahimovic, and in his words, the game at the Mestalla Stadium was won, and I believe that when this sentence reaches the Valencia team, it will definitely be quite exciting.

These experienced reporters were thinking about it.

And the next interview is Materazzi, who has repeatedly had physical contact with Iroh in the game, and the last round of the fight was even more staggering, directly elbowing Iroh during the game, and Iroh refused to shake hands with him after the game, from these two aspects, the two seem to have a lot of grievances.

So, there's a lot of information waiting for these idle reporters to dig up.

"After the last round, Valencia's star Ai refused to shake hands with you, is there a grudge between the two of you?"

"Did you elbow Ai intentionally or unintentionally in the last round?"

"Valencia has scored all four goals in the last four games, so you will continue to have the opportunity to compete directly in this game, and his excellent form will make you feel the pressure?"

……

All kinds of strange questions kept coming to Materazzi, who was dragging his suitcase.

For Iroh's refusal to shake hands with him, it was originally to make him look ugly, so he selectively ignored it, and it is difficult to say whether there is a grudge or not, after all, the striker and the defender have a common hatred.

Born.

As for the reason why Ailo was hostile to him because he angered Zidane in the World Cup, he couldn't imagine that he would knock his head out.

So, Materazzi thought for a while, and then chose a relatively low-key statement, after all, this is someone's territory, and he had to bow his head: "Some things are unavoidable, but as a natural enemy on the field, I am naturally obligated to stand on the line of the penalty area and help the team resolve all the crises. Is it necessary to care so much about the process? It's the results that matter! ”

**

The next day, news on the streets of Valencia appeared on the streets of Obrahimovic's "Rewriting Valencia's Home Win Record" and Materazzi's "Successful Defence Is About Results, Not Processes".

Iroh has a habit of reading news and newspapers from major football websites, so Ibrahimovic and Materazzi are the first to see them.

Ibrahimovic's words of warlike intent were just laughed off.

But Materazzi's words made him wary.

The next day, the day before the match between the two sides, Valencia's defender Marchena gave an interview to reporters, and in the face of Ibrahimovic's remarks, his words represent the attitude of the whole team, "There is no doubt that the next victory in the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 final must belong to us Valencia, because we have won almost the whole season on this field, so the same is true for the upcoming game, want to score? There are no doors! ”

Next, in the face of what Materazzi said to reporters, Marchena also made a positive response, "The result is indeed the most important, but he has to figure out whose territory this field is, remember!" This is Mestalla!! ”

Since Marchena's words represent the whole team, there is no need for the rest of the squad to focus on it.

We are all experienced players and know that it is the effort on the football pitch that will help the team win, not the pre-match war of words.

Originally, media reporters thought that after Marchena's words reached the ears of the Inter Milan players, they would definitely cause an uproar, resulting in a situation of spitting and making moves in the air.

It's just that he was stillborn because of the gag order issued by Mancini.

In Mancini's words, "We came to Valencia to win games and qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, not to come here and spit on them..."

Materazzi, who was disgruntled, also had to swallow this breath when he heard Mancini's words, because he also knew that his actions in the last game had attracted the attention of the UEFA referee team, and if it weren't for the fact that the referee in the last game did not record his actions in the match file and hand them over to UEFA, otherwise he would have been banned by now.

If he responds with great fanfare now, he will definitely be taken advantage of by head coach Mancini to take his starting position, and Mancini's dissatisfaction with him is not a matter of a day or two.

***

On the day of the match, the local Spanish football newspaper was based on Marchena's phrase "This is Mestalla!" As a theme, it was reported as a headline.

Valencia's die-hard fan 'Batguard' is also ready, and the treatment he suffered at the Meazza stadium half a month ago has vowed to double down on this game.

It is said that the Valencia club's position for Inter Milan is not ideal, and it is no different from the treatment of Valencia fans on the road, which is close to the roof.

However, there is a general difference between the stadiums in Spain and the stadiums in Italy, that is, the stadiums in Spain are professional football stadiums and do not have running tracks, so the fans are closer to the stadium, even if they are close to the roof, Inter Milan fans can see the situation on the field clearly, but because of the location, their voices cannot reach the ears of the players.

I believe that in the evening game, the home atmosphere of the Mestalla Stadium will be even more powerful.

In fact, the home fans at the Mestalla Stadium in the evening were quite impressive, creating a home atmosphere for the home stadium from the first seconds they entered.

Iroh stretched on the edge of the pitch and stretched, "It's a good feeling to be at home!" ”

"Of course!" David Silva pouted.

“……”

***

"What is our goal for this game?"

Mancini looked at the players in front of him and asked sharply.

Led by captain Zanetti, he clenched his fists and said firmly: "Defeat Valencia and advance to the quarterfinals!" ”

"Yes!" Mancini nodded, "It's to beat Valencia!" ”

Immediately afterward, he took the tactical board from his assistant's hand, and the team members also surrounded him.

"Zlatan, you have only one task in this game, and that is to break down the Valencia goal! You don't have to think about anything else, because the players in the backfield will take care of the rest of the things... Also, Julio you have to pull back a little more to attract enough firepower for Zlatan, and of course, you can shoot yourself if you have the chance... Next is Dejan, your task in this game is quite important, you have to actively move forward, but the requirement for you is that you must cut forward at least ten times in this game, but you can control the specific number of times......"

Mancini swiped around the tactical board for a few minutes, and after all the tactics of the attack were finished, he became stern.

Because he wants to start talking about the task of the defensive end, the most important task of the Champions League cup is defense, if the defense is not done well, then let alone attack.

The defense advances, the offense goes out.

Mancini first looked at the captain Zanetti, "Your business in the next game is the same as the first leg, you must freeze Ai, don't give him any chance, otherwise our efforts will be in vain, and the result of the first leg is a lesson from the past......"

Zanetti's brow furrowed when he heard Mancini say this.

To be honest, although the two goals conceded in the first leg were not scored by Ailo directly breaking through him, he was unable to completely freeze Ailo after all, otherwise the two conceded goals would not have happened, so he didn't refute it, just a little unhappy.

Mancini saw that Zanetti did not express his dissatisfaction, so he named Materazzi and McCone respectively, because both of them have not been in good form in the past few days, and now the roll call is for them to pay attention to the game, "We have conceded two goals at home, so our back line cannot afford to lose in the second leg, especially the defense of the two of you, especially Marco, you must control your own feelings, because your luck in every game cannot be as good as in the previous round, you know?" ”

Captain Zanetti did not refute Mancini's criticism, and Materazzi certainly did not either.

He's a smart guy and he knows that he can't be a bird at this time, and it's okay to win the game, he can cover up a lot of things, but if he is eliminated, then he will definitely expose a lot of problems.

With so many people in the dressing room, if it were to be exposed by the media, the fans and the club's hierarchy would definitely gravitate towards the manager.

After all, the head coach told you to control the situation, and there is nothing wrong with doing a good job of defense, right?

And you retorted because the manager told you so, and there was a discordant scene in the team, so that the team was eliminated from the Champions League, and you have to bear the responsibility, right?

Materazzi is not stupid, but very smart to support Mancini's point of view, as for whether he can control the good feelings in the game, it depends on the mood...

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