563 Great International Era
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After coming from behind at the Meazza Stadium and winning the fourth Milan derby of the season, Inter Milan successfully completed the "four kills" of a single season against AC Milan, and also reached the semi-finals in the Champions League!
The league has won all 30 games so far, 16 points ahead of second-place Juventus, and almost locked the league title early. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the Champions League, he also swept all the way to the promotion and reached the semi-finals.
In the Italian Cup, he has always sent substitutes to play, but he also passed all the way and entered the semi-finals.
Inter Milan have set an unprecedented record of 46 consecutive wins in all competitions, and the momentum has not waned at all.
This makes the outside world exclaim that European football has entered the "big international era"!
Yes, Liverpool created the myth of being unbeaten in all competitions last season, but winning all of them is obviously much more difficult than being unbeaten!
Because it is a sign that Inter Milan cannot afford to make obvious mistakes all season, otherwise their winning streak could be abruptly terminated.
Did Inter Milan make a mistake this season?
The answer is yes!
However, they managed to keep the winning momentum going until the end of the season.
So what sustained them to achieve this crazy result?
When the media summarized and analyzed the reasons for the Inter Milan team to create this crazy record, they came to the conclusion that there are two key figures in the Inter Milan team!
These two characters are Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho and number one star Chen Xi!
Needless to say, Chen Xi started every midfield in the Champions League and league this season, and scored every goal. What's more, many of his goals came when the team needed them most!
Yes, Chen Xi's goals are generally to help the team break the deadlock, or tie the score, and there are many reversals and stunner goals, which can be said to be a relief in the snow, but the icing on the cake goals are very few!
As for Mourinho, many times, because of Chen Xi's dominant performance, many people ignore the helm of this team.
Even, many people think that Mourinho can only rely on his arrogant surname to attract attention.
But many professional journalists can't ignore Mourinho's role in the team.
They cite a number of key substitutions that have been decisive for Mourinho this season. Pointing out his strong on-the-spot command ability.
At the same time, Mourinho's tactical level has also been highly respected by many professional media!
Although the media has a lot of criticism about Mourinho's "win-only theory", they also have to admit that Mourinho is the coach who can lead the team to victory in European football today!
In the eyes of these media, as the coach of a giant team, he should have everyone's demeanor. But Mourinho doesn't care about anyone else's eyes at all.
As long as he wants, he can let his team play a hearty attack anytime and anywhere, and get a big score victory.
However, even if he is only facing a relegation team, he can put down his identity and start to defend and counterattack after the team is ahead, or even shrink back!
In the whole of Europe, there are definitely not many big coaches who can do this!
It was the combination of Mourinho and Chen Xi that led the Inter Milan team to create a brilliant season.
At this time, even the media, who stood on the opposite side of Inter Milan, had to admit that Moratti's gamble last summer was ...... Bet won!
Yes, even if Inter Milan lost the Coppa Italia and the Champions League. Just by virtue of Inter Milan's regaining the Serie A title after more than ten years of absence, it is already worth the ticket price.
What's more, at this point, who can guarantee that Inter Milan will not have the last laugh in the two cup competitions and achieve the hegemony of the treble?
…… Inter Milan beat AC Milan over two legs home and away to reach the semi-finals 3-1 on aggregate. The other three top four teams were also produced successively!
Among the quarter-final matchups in the Champions League, the match between Juventus and Liverpool that attracted the most attention besides the Milan derby was naturally the match!
In the first leg of the race at Anfield, a significant ceremony was held to commemorate the Heysel massacre. The players and fans of both sides are also holding high the banner of friendship, and the two sides can be said to be at peace.
In a very clean, pure game, Liverpool won 2-1 at home.
The result was obviously not bad for Juventus, who lost by one goal, but also got a valuable away goal.
However, before the start of the second round.
As early as after the draw results came out, the extreme Juventus fans who said "this time it's the turn of the unlucky Liverpudlians" fulfilled their "promise" before the game!
Even though the city of Turin sent a large number of police to maintain order at the Alpi Stadium, it still failed to prevent this group of extreme Juventus fans from launching a retaliatory attack against Liverpool fans.
In the end, thanks to the arrival of the police, the clash turned into a confrontation between the extreme Juventus fans and the police.
Dozens of fans threw debris at the 100 police officers who were maintaining order, including fireworks that were about to be set off during the game, and even caused a police car to set ablaze.
This clash is clearly a loss of face for Italian football.
Originally, I was worried that England's famous football hooligans would make trouble. As a result, the English fans were very honest, but it was the Italians who caused the conflict.
Fortunately, this conflict did not cause any casualties, otherwise, I am afraid that it would be another "Heysel tragedy"!
There was this incident before the game, and the two sides of the game seemed to have no intention of fighting.
In the end, this second-leg match ended 0-0.
Liverpool, who were not favored before the game, defeated the mighty Juventus 2-1 on aggregate to advance to the semi-finals.
This really made many experts fall through the eyes, originally thought that the defending champions would sink again after losing their core Chen Xi and the leading scorer Owen, and their poor performance in the league also confirmed this.
As a result, they didn't expect that under the leadership of "cup expert" Benitez, the Liverpool team showed strong combat effectiveness!
This has forced fans and media to start taking a fresh look at the defending champions.
…… In another high-profile quarter-final, the confrontation between Premier League leaders Chelsea and Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich was intense!
In the first leg of the battle at Stamford Bridge, the two sides fought a big attacking battle.
In the end, the Blues Chelsea, who were playing at home, won 4-2 against Bayern Munich to take the lead!
In the second leg, Bayern Munich, who returned to the Allianz Arena, had to continue attacking. And Hiddink's Chelsea are not conservative either.
3 to 2, another goal shootout!
Bayern Munich won at home, but still lost 5-6 on aggregate.
In this way, a semi-final of the Champions League has become a Premier League civil war!
originally thought that after the elimination of Manchester United and Arsenal, the traditional double of the Premier League, the Premier League would usher in a trough this season, but who knows, the other two are very strong!
…… The quarter-final between Lyon and PSV Eindhoven was arguably the least talked-about.
Because, in the eyes of many people, no matter who they reach the semi-finals, it is estimated that they are the role of accompanying the winner of the Milan derby to read!
However, for such a role, the Ligue 1 and Eredivisie overlords in recent seasons care very much!
Both sides sacrificed the league to play these two semi-finals.
As a result, both teams played 1-1 over the two legs, with an aggregate score of 2-2 and the same number of away goals. After failing to score in extra time in the second leg, the two sides went to a brutal penalty shootout!
In the end, with the brave play of Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez, PSV Eindhoven won 4-2 in the penalty shootout and successfully advanced to the semi-finals!
In this way, the showdown of the top four is also released.
Liverpool and Chelsea will compete in Europe!
Inter Milan will compete with the Eredivisie giants for another place in the final!
Such a result has also made the media look forward to the final in Istanbul.
The media generally believe that Koeman, who led PSV Eindhoven all the way to the semi-finals with Hiddink's team and excellent draw luck in this season's Champions League, is obviously not the opponent of Mourinho, who has led Inter Milan to a winning record this season.
As a result, Inter Milan almost secured a place in the final in advance.
As for another Premier League civil war, there will be a gimmick in the final, no matter who wins.
Should Chelsea reach the final, Jose Mourinho will face one of his biggest potential new clubs this summer.
Hiddink will also have a chance to give a powerful response to the media who sarcastically ridiculed him for Jose Mourinho's appointment with Abou that he was the Blues' boss!
And if Liverpool advances to the final, it will be even more gimmicky!
Liverpool were the defending champions last season and Chen Xi's old club. On such a special occasion as the Champions League final, Mr. Double faced the old master, isn't this gimmick loud enough?
In addition, this is also the confrontation between the unbeaten team last season and the team that has created a deepening of the province this season, which can be said to be the pinnacle of the two dynastic teams!
And the coaches of the two teams also met in the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons!
This kind of attraction is obviously more sufficient!
Of course, this will have to wait for the winner of the two-legged Champions League semi-finals to be decided.
Until then, all four teams will need to go all out to score points as they enter the final stages of the league in order to reach their league goals.
After all, the leagues of all countries have reached a white-hot stage.
Chelsea in the Premier League, although they have a certain lead in the league table, cannot afford to be careless.
PSV Eindhoven are also fighting for the title in the league.
Liverpool, on the other hand, are in worst form, finishing sixth in the league and not even guaranteeing Champions League qualification for next season. Therefore, they dare not relax in the league.
Comparatively, Inter Milan are much easier in terms of the league.
However, they also have their own goals as they are soon heading into their final tough game of the season...... National Derby!
(To be continued)