Fiorentina picked up a win away from home, and AC Milan also beat Benfica at home to the San Siro in the group's other fixture, with returning Inzaghi and Andrea Pirlo each netting a goal and Kaka providing two assists, while Benfica scored a consolation goal towards the end of the game.

The two Serie A teams in the same room won each other, while the other three Serie A teams in the Champions League had different fates.

Lazio, who were considered to be the weakest, drew 1:1 with the Greek giants Olympiacos away and scored a point, the strongest Inter Milan, known as the most luxurious squad in Europe, was defeated by Fenerbahce away.

Counting last season's three consecutive draws against Bayern and Valencia, Inter Milan's Champions League has been winless for four games, which obviously should not be the result of the Serie A champion and the most complete team in Europe.

This season, Inter Milan have started the European competition much like last year, losing 0-1 in the first round, losing to Sporting Lisbon last year, and Fenerbahce this year.

Unlike last year, Inter Milan was not as bad as this year, and last year's goals were only due to the opponent's long-range shijie waves, so it can be said that the mistakes are more individual. And this year, the overall disadvantage is the whole team, and it is already very lucky to concede a goal.

After the game, Roberto Mancini attributed the defeat to a disorganized team, but the absence of multiple players and a patchwork defence could not be used as an ugly excuse.

As Inter captain Zanetti said after the game: "Don't complain about the absence, we have a squad that fights well. The absence of players doesn't explain our failures and performances, we didn't play well, that's all there is to it. I don't want to use any ugly words, I can only say that we played without ideas, without purpose, and maybe the players were affected by the combination of the team and the backline. To be honest, I think the first half was fairly balanced, in the second half Fenerbahce was better, quicker, more determined, making the most of the space on both sides, we left too much space and gave the opponent too many chances. ”

After the game, the media also pointed out that Mancini made big mistakes in pre-match arrangements and on-the-spot command.

Mancini's previous repeated tone to use a more balanced midfield, more protection of the backfield, rather choose the whole passive, a counterattack goal to win the game, which shows that he is also not at ease at the back, the first responsibility for the passivity of the field, in the first half Inter Milan has been suppressed by Fenerbahce can not breathe, by the opponent more than a dozen times, exposing too many problems, but Mancini replaced Figo, Crespo wants to play the decision to attack too late.

Roberto Mancini is still a dead duck: "Now I just want to go in the future, if we play at a normal level in the next games, there will still be no problem in qualifying. ”

In addition to losing the game, Inter's two quarrels increased internal friction, which of course is a tradition for Inter.

Moratti lashed out at Zivo after the game: "He gave up on his own initiative, he should have played this time, he knew our suspension, his appearance is not a matter of whether it is important or not, but it is a matter of respect for the club. ”

But in this case, as the president of a club, maybe he should say it to the national team, not to the players, and not in front of the media.

There was also a dissonant factor, Figo, who was so dissatisfied after being substituted that he angrily kicked the billboard, and Mancini was clearly annoyed by Figo's aggressive behavior: "If he does it every time he is substituted, it can only be said that it is his own problem. We've talked, we've talked about it a few months ago, we've talked about the new season, he knows what I'm thinking, I don't need to explain it anymore. I really don't understand, he really understands. ”

Inter Milan lost 1-0 away to Fenerbahce, and although the game has passed, the story about this game continues.

At the beginning of the season, Moratti, who had expressed his hope that the team could make a breakthrough in the European arena, was extremely disappointed with this defeat.

Inter Milan president Moratti, who watched the game, admitted his disappointment in an interview after the game: "Yes, I am very disappointed. ”

Moratti was blunt, and then the president of Inter Milan analysed the reasons for the team's poor play: "We can't put the blame for the loss on the issue of a few players missing, every time people talk about individuals, they talk about tactics, in fact, these players who came on the pitch today can do a good job, they are not incapable, the important thing is that we should be more confident and more focused." Of course, it's only the first game of the Champions Cup and we don't need to panic, but we have to get back on track quickly or things will get more and more difficult. It's not the key because on the pitch we still have a strong squad and we have five games to make amends, so we need to change our attitude and style. We have to change and improve, and we have to do it as soon as possible, because if it goes on like this, we don't have a chance at all, and in Europe you can't be a little bit distracted. ”

The game was lost, Mancini returned to the dressing room after the game, and was also furious, obviously this defeat, let him also feel the pressure, although in the league, Inter Milan did a good job, three games, two wins and one draw, this result is completely acceptable, but has never been able to achieve satisfactory results in the Champions League, his position will still be shaken.

At the post-match press conference, Mancini's face was pale, he was under a lot of pressure in the new season, before the season, all the people had put Inter Milan's squad to the sky, and the club also clearly put forward the goal of the double, and after the start of the season, injuries and fatigue and other reasons, the team did not play well, in an interview with Moratti yesterday evening, some reporters have begun to ask Mourinho's questions, and now, Mancini is really feeling the pressure.

Roberto Mancini was under pressure and as the head coach of his opponent Fenerbahce, the Brazilian Zico was very proud after the game, which was originally a game with 0 or 1 points, but now it has become 3 points: "We beat Inter Milan in our special way, we don't give Inter Milan a little space, if you give Ibrahimovic, Suazzo and Stankovic a little space, they will give you the fatal blow right away, but fortunately, we controlled the opponent and people are expecting Inter to do something in the 90 minutes." So we were very careful, even though they have a couple of key players suspended, they can cause problems for any team, all we have to do is keep putting Inter under pressure, the players are doing well on the pitch, we have created a lot of chances, and I'm very happy with the result! ”

Zico's pride made Inter Milan even more embarrassed, and this unexpected defeat made the whole team very crazy, and in the second half, the TV camera captured such a few pictures.

Mancini got up and stood in the coach's box to watch the game, and without knowing what he saw on the field, he slapped angrily on the aluminum board of the coach's box.

Cambiaso was whistled for a foul on an attack, and he grabbed the ball angrily and opened his mouth to bite it.

This is indeed a true portrayal of the mood of the Inter Milan coach at that time, with the intention of winning, unable to return to the sky, although the strength is stronger than the opponent, but in this game, they did lose in the skills of others.

Although the score of this game is 0:1, the disparity in chances is surprising, the whole game, according to the Jishu statistics after the game, the ratio of shots between the two sides of Inter Milan is 17:4, 4 is Inter Milan, shot on target, Inter Milan only 1 time, the opponent is 6 times, Inter Milan possession time is also far behind the opponent.

This game can't help but remind people of the game when Cooper led Inter Milan to lose 1-2 to Valencia at the Mestalla, but although it was a loss, Inter Milan eliminated the opponent with the away goal scored by the three-legged goal in the whole game, and this time in the group stage, Inter Milan had to watch the opponent take the three points.

Weishenme in the league scenery of Inter Milan will be so unbearable in the European competition, the absence of several main players has a certain impact, but it will not be so big, before the game William Hill gambling company odds, Inter Milan to win the first place in the group odds is the lowest among the eight seeded teams, which shows that in William Hill's view, Inter Milan is the least difficult group, but the eight seeded team, Inter Milan is the only one to lose.

Is it the level of Serie A that has dropped?

Not really, after all, AC Milan, the fifth place in Serie A last season, was the champion of last season's European Champions Cup, and it can only be said that Inter Milan is indeed a "layman".

In the past, it could be said that Inter Milan had focused too much on the league, and this season there is no such excuse, both Moratti and Mancini have made it clear that the focus of this year is the European Champions League, but many things have not changed.

After careful calculation, Inter Milan and European giants, even quasi-strong teams, have a poor record against each other in both formal and informal matches, with one draw and one loss against Bayern in last season's Champions Cup, one draw and one loss against Valencia, and one win and one loss against Villarreal being eliminated.

There are psychological reasons for this "fear of foreign war" at Inter Milan, and the self-confidence shown in Europe is significantly different from that in the domestic arena.

In addition, the weakness of European competition in the Mancini era may not be unrelated to his style of play.

Mancini's defense relies on numbers, and the offense relies on the individual ability of super strikers, in the past, Adriano, and now Ibrahimovic, like Fiorentina, relies on a few players to pause the pass in a row, and then opens an empty goal, which is too rare in Inter Milan, Mancini's team relies more on the player's personal ability to break through a space, pass and shoot, and simply solve the problem, or rely on a thousand-mile ride like Adriano, Ibrahimovic's flying legs, Recoba's personal ability to solve problems with the full moon scimitar.

Against average Serie A teams, this may work, but in Europe, where the quality of opponents is generally improved, relying on the ability of one or two people may not be able to open up the situation in attack.

Defensively, Inter Milan have always given their opponents plenty of chances, and this has been the case in the league, with Udinese attacking both sides, Empoli thanks to a magical save from Santo, and even against Catania, Cesar made two crucial saves.

The opportunity that the opponent can't grasp in Serie A can be grasped by the opponent in the European arena, and Fenerbahce's ability to grasp the opportunity is already poor.

What can be done to improve Inter's fighting power in Europe?

I am afraid that a spirit, a potential that will only be stimulated on the edge of the cliff belongs to Inter Milan, and when last season's Champions League group stage was lost in a row, Inter Milan officially relied on this spirit to come back to life and enter the knockout rounds, under this spirit, the players will be more focused on the game, relying on more running to make up for the offensive and defensive problems.

When qualifying against Valencia, Inter Milan lost this spirit because of blind optimism, which eventually led to a dead end, how to make Inter Milan in the European arena, can always maintain this spirit, is the real problem that Mancini needs to solve.

In this game, whether it was the scene, the data or the result, Inter Milan suffered a complete failure. With McConn, Córdoba and Burdisso suspended, Materazzi and Zivo injured, and the absence of Patrick Vieira in midfield, can the lack of lineup be the biggest reason for Inter's loss?

In addition to goalkeeper Toldo, Mancini only had three first-team players available on the bench: Figo, Crespo and Jimenez, but the main eleven in the starting line was not shabby.

The starting four at the back, Maxwell, Samuel and Zanetti are all stars, with only Colombian Rivas being a newcomer to Champions League for the first time.

Although the midfield lacks Vieira, the two midfielders Dacourt and Cambiasso have good defensive ability, and Solari and Stankovic have also done the work of the midfield, purely from a defensive point of view, this lineup can fully withstand Fenerbahce's attack.

But the actual scene is very ugly, the opening four minutes Ibrahimovic hit a long-range shot missed, since then, Inter Milan was completely suppressed by the home team, until the end of the first half, Suazzo completed the second shot, the game almost turned into Fenerbahce's half-court offensive drill, in all fairness, in the first 40 minutes of disadvantage, Inter Milan's defensive performance was stable, Samuel's marking of Kezman was in place, and Rivas quickly adapted to the rhythm of the game, but just before the end of the first half, Inter's defence suddenly collapsed.

In the 43rd minute, the veteran Carlos of Inter Milan, who frequently assisted, hit the front again, he chose to cut into the middle to break through, this change caused confusion in the defense of the front of the Inter penalty area, two central defenders were forced to push out, Maxwell took in the position, Carlos just seized the gap on the left wing of Inter to pass the ball out, Alex shook off the defense of Solari, and Maxwell formed a heads-up trend. With a simple feint, Alex won comfortably between the two Brazilians, picking the ball from the baseline and scoring with a beautifully unmarked volley from David.

The combination of three Brazilians tore apart the Inter defence, the most crucial of which was of course Alex's breakthrough through Maxwell.

Shaking so embarrassed in the penalty area, Maxwell's individual defensive ability is really not flattering, when he joined Atalanta in the winter, he immediately showed extremely good ability, but after Atalanta's success, the magic of the Brazilian full-back disappeared all at once.

In addition to conceding this goal, Fenerbahce launched a number of attacks from his side throughout the game, several threatening free kicks by Carlos and Alex came from the Maxwell defensive area, if it were not for Cesar's divine help, Inter Milan would have lost even more ugly, Zuihou moment, Maxwell was pressed by Alex in the header defense and almost broke the goal with a header, facing his own compatriots, he lost a lot.

Maxwell's defensive flaws have long been exposed, and his defensive area was ravaged by Roma in the first leg of last season's Coppa Italia final 2-6.

It is therefore not difficult to understand why Mancini insisted on Zivo joining and positioning him as a left-back rather than the centre-back that the Romanian is accustomed to playing in Serie A.

Regardless of whether Zivo's ability is suitable for left-back, in Mancini's opinion, Zivo's defensive role is at least more effective than Maxwell's.

However, it is not to blame Mancini for letting Maxwell play left-back in this game, in the case of Zivo's injury and many suspensions, it is true that there is no one to choose, if there is Andreoli, maybe Zanetti can move to the left, if Cesar is reported to the Champions League list, he may be a little more candidate, if Moratti follows Mancini's advice to buy the Czech defensive all-rounder Kovac, if there are too many, but the reality is cruel.

In addition to the weaknesses of individual ability, Materazzi's absence has left the Inter defence without a mental backbone. Rookie Rivas has similar characteristics to Córdoba, excellent judgment of the ball on the ground, aerial duels are still insufficient, and Fenerbahce has repeatedly rushed to the top of the goal, all kinds of hidden dangers are superimposed, and Inter Milan's Champions League group stage this season is full of difficulties.

In addition to Inter Milan's unexpected loss, there is another detail that attracts attention. Carlos met Inter again in the 1995/1996 season when Robert Brown. Carlos once played for Inter Milan in a Nerazzurri player, and now in Istanbul, Carlos and his current club Fenerbach beat their visiting former club Inter Milan 1-0 in the first group game of the Champions League.

Carlos played very well in the game, and it was not at all obvious that he was a veteran who had entered the twilight of his career, which was obviously not a joy for Inter Milan.

The decision to let Carlos go has not diminished the deploy of Inter Milan, not only because they sold the Brazilian easily, but also because, in 11 years, they have not been able to find a replacement of the same level as Carlos, and it was a poor mistake by left-back Maxwell that led to Fenerbahce's goal.

It all started at the end of November '94, when Inter Milan was President Peregrini as the manager, Bianchi as the head coach and Mariottini as the sporting director.

At that time, the young left-back of Inter Milan's team, Paulo Brown. Tramezani is injured and desperately needs someone to fill the void on the left. It was approaching Christmas, and Peregrini called journalists he knew well to ask for recommendations.

So Peregrini was recommended: "I have seen a young man from the Palmeiras club, Roberto Palmerini. Carlos, in my opinion, he is very strong, if you want, I can give you a video to see. ”

The tape shocked the Inter Milan hierarchy, who found out that the lad did have a great future. And then began to negotiate with the transfer.

Robert. Carlos was 21 years old at the time, and his contract with Pamelas had expired. Inter offered him a three-year contract with a net income of 1 billion lira a year, which he gladly accepted.

All that had to be done was to wait until the end of the season, and at that time Inter did not have to pay Pamelas even a single lira. However, after Christmas, Peregrini suddenly felt that after 11 years, he was tired of Inter Milan and football, and decided to sell the club to Massimo. Moratti: Negotiations for the transfer began immediately and on February 19 of the following year, the club officially changed hands.

After taking over the club, Moratti's next move should be to sign the young Brazilian lad. But in the spring, Moratti's people said: "We have to find new players for the new Inter Milan.

Therefore, Carlos can only renew his contract with Palmeiras and wait for other news from across the ocean. Then came the Copa America that summer. At the Copa America, Robert. Carlos showed Jeon Shijie his talent.

Inter Milan, who remembered Carlos well, began to move on to bring him into Milan, and the deal was successful, but they paid 11.5 billion lira to Palmeiras, and Inter Milan obediently paid the tuition fee.

Subsequently, Robert. Carlos' season at Inter Milan was not as good as it could have been, and in the 199519/96 season, Inter Milan's manager changed from Bianchi Bianchi to Suarez and then to Hodgson.

The following season, Real Madrid, which had just hired Capello, proposed to Inter Milan to buy Carlos, and the offer was 13 billion lira, and Inter Milan sold Carlos, who was one of the most powerful left-backs in Shijie for the next ten years, for only 1.5 billion lira.

Time has passed, 11 years have passed, and Inter Milan, who reunited with Carlos, is still lamenting this, which is still not a little less than 11 years ago.

In short, Inter Milan lost, well! No longer dwelling on the issue, the loss was a shame for Inter, but even more humiliating for them was that Roma won.

Maybe these two teams have nothing to do with each other, but because of a person, in an interview before the game, there was a relationship with seemingly unintentional words, and this relationship that was barely implicated made Inter Milan already lose almost the same face, and there was little left.

The person who caused Inter Milan to lose face was Mancini, who once said in an interview about his colleague Spalletti, about the results of his several league championship defeats leading Roma to the league, Mancini said quickly: "I have to bring a handkerchief when I talk to Spalletti because he is always crying. ”

Although Mancini later said that he did not mean to offend the other party, this still caused a war of words between the two coaches.

Spalletti said: "It's better to leave everything to jishu and nothing else, otherwise the conversation could go in a completely different direction. From a technical and tactical point of view, Roma and Inter Milan have taken two different paths, but both are good teams, Roma are ready to win, Inter must win, there is no other option, in the summer transfer they took a player from us that we wanted to keep, and Suazzo, we wanted him too, but they got it. If Mancini speaks of handkerchiefs, he is probably referring to the one he himself used in a losing game in Zuihou, when he said he lacked a left-sided player. ”

The truth is that in the European Champions Cup, Spalletti's Roma won 2-0 cleanly against Dynamo Kiev, while Inter Milan lost 0-1 to Fenerbahce.

Roberto Mancini has been in charge of Inter Milan for four years and Luciano Spalletti has been in charge of Roma for three years, with both men making their mark on their respective teams.

Roberto Mancini won a Coppa Italia in his first year, the Coppa Italia plus the league title awarded to Inter by the Football Association in the second year, and a truly competitive league title in his third year.

Roma won the Coppa Italia last season and won the UEFA Super Cup with a win over Inter Milan at the start of the season.

Both coaches have done something historic in their respective ways, with Spalletti's Roma setting a Serie A record with 11 consecutive wins in the 05/06 season, while his record was immediately broken by Roberto Mancini in his second season with 17 straight wins.

However, as Spalletti said, the two teams are taking different paths, Mancini has far more resources in his hands than Spalletti, in the two direct meetings in the transfer market, Inter Milan took away Zivo from Roma, and took away Suazzo who Roma wants, and it is for this reason that the requirements of the two clubs are different, Roma reached the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup last season, which is the best result in European competition for the club in 23 years, and Mancini brought Inter Milan to the quarterfinals even in the 04/05 and 05/06 seasons, It has been considered a loser and a favorite to get out of class.

Roberto Mancini's goal this season can only be to win the title, the league title or the UEFA Champions League, while Roma, as long as the Champions League reaches the last four and the league finishes in the top three, Spalletti has already succeeded.

What's more, now the Roma team is ahead of Inter Milan in the league and the Champions Cup, although the course of the season is still very long, but Roma has the capital to compete with Inter Milan from the heart to the strength, and it is too early to talk about who cries and who laughs, who uses a handkerchief, but the pressure has reached Mancini's side, at least for now, Spalletti is more comfortable than Mancini.

If Inter Milan in the opening match of the Champions League were an ugly team, Roma were an exceptionally beautiful team. Roma were largely in control of the game for 90 minutes, with Perrotta and Totti scoring a goal each, Juan and Cassetti hitting the post once each, and Giuli having a one-on-one chance. Dynamo Kyiv, on the other hand, did not have the only threatening shot of the game until the second half.

This is Roma's fifth win of the season, from the Italian Super Cup to this Champions Cup, Roma have won 5 out of 5 games, scoring 10 goals and conceding 1 goal.

Last season, Inter Milan's strength in the league became almost synonymous with Serie A, and Moratti and Mancini have said on several occasions that they will carry the flag of Italian football.

"The days have passed, and now it's Inter Milan's turn to be Serie A, and we're going to be synonymous with Serie A, there's no doubt about it."

Moratti was so arrogant at that time that he almost wanted to worship God and call him a brother.

This season, however, things seem to be different, with Inter Milan two points behind Fiorentina and Roma in the top two, and the Champions League was beaten back by Fenerbahce and lost the win.

Can they still carry this banner?

They are behind Fiorentina and Roma in the league, and in the Champions League, Inter Milan are the only one of Italy's five teams who have not won.

No wonder Digan will be interviewed by reporters after returning to Florence, sarcastically: "If President Moratti and Coach Mancini still think that Inter Milan is qualified to carry the flag of Italian football, we have no opinion, we just hope that the great Inter Milan will not take this flag to the abyss, but now it seems that there is a complete possibility, maybe it is time to hand over this banner, this responsibility, Inter Milan can't bear it, I don't think anyone will refute my point of view!" ”

Degan's ridicule has attracted countless Italian media, and Inter Milan's weak performance in the European competition has been criticized at length.

Although Moratti and Mancini were aggrieved, they had no way to refute it, they had dug the pit by themselves, and now someone kicked them down, and it was also self-inflicted.

The media is like this, when you are proud, they never hesitate to compliment, when you are unlucky, it is simply delusional to want them to reach out and pull a hand, and they will always step on a hundred feet.

Inter Milan has become a negative example because of a defeat, but the media can't completely deny Italian football, it is a slap in the face, so people need to establish a tall and complete image as a positive example of criticizing Inter Milan.

What other team can compare to Fiorentina, known as the Young Guard?