Chapter 511: The Nemesis Strikes

The defeat in the Champions League did not have much impact on Inter Milan in the league. After three consecutive championships, Inter Milan has shown absolute confidence in the domestic league. Neither the mid-range team Genoa nor the relegation team Udinese can stop it. their way.

Udinese defended and tried to get a point, but was finally defeated by Inter Milan. Genoa played at home and tried to score three points on Inter Milan. Instead, they lost worse than Udinese and were slaughtered by Inter Milan with 5 goals. .

After playing Genoa, Inter Milan turned all their attention to the Champions League.

At present in Group F, Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan, Dynamo Kiev and Rubin Kazan all have 3 points and formed a chain. Dynamo Kiev with the most goals ranks first, and Rubin Kazan who concedes the most goals ranks last , Inter Milan ranked second, Barcelona ranked third.

In the third round of the group stage, Inter Milan's match against Dynamo Kiev is a game that cannot be missed.

In this round of Barcelona's home game against Rubin Kazan, it is obvious that Barcelona will never lose to Rubin Kazan. If Inter Milan cannot win Dynamo Kiev at home, the next three games will be against Dynamo Kiev in an away game. , An away game against Barcelona and a home game against Rubin Kazan, the danger of being eliminated is too great.

Inter Milan and Dynamo Kiev have only met once in the Champions League. It was the group stage of the 2003-04 season. Inter Milan won 1-1 at home and drew 1-1 away, but the two teams missed the group stage.

Dynamo Kiev is a frequent visitor to the Champions League. In the 1978 season, they beat Barcelona with 7 goals. Shevchenko, who scored a hat-trick in the half that year, has now returned to Dynamo Kiev.

The Ukrainian nuclear warhead is not only the enemy of Barcelona, ​​but also the confidant that Inter Milan fans hate and fear. Shevchenko, who has played for AC Milan for 8 years, is the absolute nemesis of Inter Milan. He scored 8 goals for Inter Milan in Serie A and the Coppa Italia Scored 3 goals for Inter Milan, scored 3 goals for Inter Milan in the Champions League, and many of them were key goals that made Inter Milan fans heartbroken.

Although Sheva has lost the courage of the past and can only return to the Ukrainian League to play, but he once played under Mourinho and is very familiar with Inter Milan. Whether he will reappear his nemesis in the face of Inter Milan, the hearts of Inter Milan fans The next is also uneasy.

Before the match against Dynamo in Kiev, two pieces of good news came from Inter Milan. "French Football" magazine and "Turin Sports News" successively announced the winners of the "European Golden Boy Award" and "European Golden Globe Award" in 2000. In the shortlist, Inter Milan has 3 candidates for the "European Golden Boy Award" and 4 candidates for the "European Ballon d'Or".

Thornton, Balotelli and Gao Xiaodong were selected for the "European Golden Boy Award", and Cesar, Maicon, Gao Xiaodong and Eto'o were selected for the "European Golden Globe Award", of which Gao Xiaodong was selected for two lists single and is the biggest favorite for the European Golden Boy Awards.

Then the reporter interviewed Balotelli, Eto'o and Gao Xiaodong.

Once again selected for the Golden Boy Award, Balotelli seemed very arrogant. When questioned by reporters, Balotelli said: "Among the 40 candidates, only Gao Xiaodong is similar to me. Other than Thornton, I am not the same. Yes, Gao Xiaodong and I are both likely to win the award. I think I have more advantages because I am more handsome and smarter... Messi is better than me for the previous 6 Golden Boy Award winners, and everyone else is not as good as me. My The goal is to win the Golden Boy Award this year, and in the not-too-distant future, win the European Golden Globe Award without any age restrictions."

Compared with Balotelli, Gao Xiaodong is much more cunning. First of all, Gao Xiaodong was very happy to say that being selected into the shortlist is a reward for his outstanding performance in the game. He is very grateful to "French Football" magazine and "Torino Sport". ", but also said that compared to being selected for the two major awards, he is more happy to come back after lifting the ban, because the situation of Inter Milan in Group F is not good now, and he hopes that he can help the team.

The reporter asked Gao Xiaodong maliciously, "Mario thinks you are the only candidate who is similar to him, but he is more handsome and smarter than you. What do you think?"

Gao Xiaodong joked seriously: "I am very happy to be able to occupy such an important position in Balotelli's mind. It is not easy. What Balotelli said is correct, he has always been very self-aware."

Eto'o is also thorny and stunned. Although he is 8 years old, his level of dealing with reporters is not much higher than that of Balotelli. He knows that he is not a favorite for the Golden Globes, and he is very indifferent to entering the squad. I hope to win the Triple Crown again in Inter Milan, and then gain something in the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year awards.

What Eto'o said is not arrogant. During his stay in Barcelona, ​​Eto'o actually had the strength to win the Ballon d'Or, but when he was at his peak, Ronaldinho was still at his peak. Last year, he reached Barcelona again. At the pinnacle of his career, the team also won the Triple Crown, but Messi reached the pinnacle again, Eto'o can be said to be born at an untimely time.

Now it's Inter Milan, although Inter Milan is also full of stars, but Lucio, Maicon, Zanetti, Stankovic and others are all old, Gao Xiaodong and Balotelli are too young, and they will play in their prime. The only superstar is Eto'o. If Inter Milan can win the Champions League, Eto'o has great hopes of winning the Ballon d'Or.

Mourinho was very happy that 6 players under his command were selected for the Golden Boy Award and the Ballon d'Or. He congratulated the 6 players at the press conference before the game and hoped that they would win the two awards. Some gain.

"We have six players selected, which shows that we are very strong and have the capital to compete with world-class teams. If they can win the Golden Boy Award and Golden Globe Award, it will be great for the team and himself. Inspiration, I wish them well."

For the game against Dynamo Kiev, Mourinho said that the opponent is very strong, but Inter Milan must win, "Dynamo Kiev is the champion of Ukraine. Half of the players in their team are members of the national team, and other players are also very good. Quality. Dynamo are also leading the league at the moment. They lost against Barcelona, ​​but they could have scored at any time in that game. They are a team that has everything: physical strength, great organisation, An experienced and high-level coach, the speed of the two wings, and the two best centers in the Ukrainian front line. In football, it only takes a moment to go from heaven to hell, and we must concentrate all our attention if we want to win the game, Give it your all instead of regretting and regretting after the game."

The Champions League has always been Inter Milan's heart disease. Many reporters think that Inter Milan has a Champions League phobia. When the reporter mentioned that the last time the club won the European Champions Cup was in the 160s. Mourinho couldn't help being angry, "I don't know if Inter Milan has Champions League phobia, but my Inter Milan will never have it.

It is not my responsibility if Inter have not won the Champions League since 165 years. It is my responsibility that Inter Milan failed to win the Champions League last season.

We played mediocre in the group stage last season, but still advanced two rounds ahead of schedule. Then we met the defending champions at the time, who made it to the final again, and we got knocked out in close games.

This season we met the current defending champions again. We defeated them :0. Against the Russian champions, we only lost 0:1 when we lost our midfielder Gao Xiaodong and Balotelli was sent off. Such a performance , which I think should not be criticized.

If Inter Milan played with the same performance, with the same attitude and focus as they did against Barcelona, ​​we could obviously beat Dynamo Kiev. But I repeat, we have a lot of respect for our opponents, we all know that opponents will not be easy to deal with. "

A reporter mentioned Shevchenko, the nemesis of Inter Milan, and asked Mourinho how he would defend the Ukrainian nuclear warhead. I respect him a lot. I didn't have a happy cooperation with him at Chelsea. It was a tactical problem. There was no grudge between us. I will not take any special measures against Shevchenko in this game. He is no longer the same as before. Shevchenko."

In the away game against Inter Milan, the generals of Dynamo Kiev were very cautious. When the head coach Gazaev was in charge of CSKA, he met Mourinho’s Chelsea in the Champions League group stage. At that time, Chelsea drew 1:0 in the two rounds. :0 win, and now Gazaev said that the first goal at Meazza is to get a point, and the second goal is to win.

Shevchenko said that Inter Milan has a strong strength, and there is a great coach like Mourinho. It is difficult to win, but Sheva believes that he has good luck with Inter Milan. Inter Milan met 4 times in the Champions League and arranged 3 of AC Milan's 4 goals. This time, Sheva hopes to continue his good luck against Inter Milan.