Chapter Five Hundred and Fortieth IX The Last Opponent I Want to Meet

After the 16th round of the league, Inter Milan started the journey of the Coppa Italia.

The Coppa Italia is a knockout football match hosted by the Italian Football Federation. It began in 1922 and is the highest level football cup in Italy.

Before last season, only Serie A and Serie B participated in the Coppa Italia. Last season, the Italian Football Association was similar to the FA Cup in England, allowing teams with good results in Serie C and Serie D to participate, but the top eight teams in Serie A did not wait until the FA Cup. Five rounds, that is, the quarter-finals, began to participate.

Inter Milan's performance in the Coppa Italia is not good. They only won 5 championships, ranking behind Juventus and Roma. Last season, they only reached the semi-finals and were eliminated by Sampdoria.

This season, Inter Milan is strong and strong, and Mourinho naturally hopes to gain something in the League Cup and catch up with Mancini, who has been talking nonsense after get out of class.

Facing the mediocre Livorno, Mourinho formed a lineup of half main force and half substitute, and Gao Xiaodong was also put on the bench.

Inter Milan's strength is the best, even if it is an ordinary substitute, it is difficult to fight against Livorno. In the end, Inter Milan eliminated Livorno calmly and reached the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia.

In the quarter-finals, Inter Milan's opponent is the old enemy Juventus. The game will be played after the winter break, and Inter Milan has the advantage of the home court.

After the recovery training on the second day, the players did not leave. Everyone and the coaches came to the conference room to watch the live broadcast of the draw for the quarter-finals.

The principle of this draw is the same as in the past, that is: the team that ranks first in the group stage faces the second place in any other group, and the teams in the same group and the same football association start the avoidance principle. In addition, the second team in the group will play first home and then away in the two-round 1/8 finals.

The top 8 groups are: Bordeaux, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Barcelona, ​​Sevilla, Arsenal. The second teams in the group are Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, AC Milan, Porto, Lyon, Inter Milan, Stuttgart, Olympiacos.

For Inter Milan, among the 8 first places in the group, they will definitely not draw Barcelona and Fiorentina, and the remaining 6 first places are possible.

In terms of strength, the strongest are Chelsea, Manchester United and Real Madrid; the weakest are Bordeaux, Arsenal, Sevilla and Arsenal; in terms of strength, style of play and state, Inter Milan most wants to draw Bordeaux And Sevilla, or Arsenal, the last thing they want to draw is Manchester United and Chelsea.

Bordeaux and Sevilla are not weak, but they are not as good in the Champions League. What Mourinho's team is most afraid of is playing a pseudo-technical player who is weaker than him. What they are most afraid of is Manchester United and Chelsea. A team with muscles, skills and skills, and a tenacious team.

Stuttgart, second in Group G, was the first to be drawn out by UEFA Secretary-General Ivantino, and then his opponent was drawn out, Barcelona.

Although this has nothing to do with Inter Milan, the Inter Milan players are still a little jealous of Barcelona's good luck. Stankovic said: "It seems that Barcelona will be recommended to the final."

Eto'o said: "Based on strength, Barcelona can almost reach the final."

Materazzi said: "It's hard to say, it still depends on the ball."

The second pair drawn out was Olympiacos second in Group H and Bordeaux first in Group A. This disappointed the Inter Milan players, because Bordeaux was drawn out, which meant that their chances of encountering a giant were one point higher.

Inter Milan was drawn third. At this time, everyone became nervous. The TV footage also showed Figo and Moratti, who represented Inter Milan to participate in the draw ceremony. These two people had serious expressions, and they were obviously very nervous. Everyone knew , If you want to go far in the Champions League, you can't meet a strong team at the beginning.

However, to the great disappointment of the Inter Milanese, Chelsea was drawn next, the opponent they least wanted to meet.

The TV camera showed Figo and Blanca again, and Figo and Blanca looked at each other with wry smiles, looking very helpless,

In the quarter-finals, they met Chelsea, who had the second odds of winning the championship. This was simply a signing.

Figo and Branca smiled bitterly, and the camera showed Chelsea CEO Kenyon on the other side. Kenyon was also very helpless. He had worked with Mourinho for more than three years and knew how difficult Mourinho's team was.

Seeing that Inter Milan was drawn to play against Chelsea, the conference room was in chaos, everyone was surprised, disappointed, and even a little angry.

Before the game, captain Zanetti told reporters that the last thing he wanted to meet was Chelsea. Now that Chelsea was really drawn, Zanetti was stunned, "It's too accurate. I really don't want to draw anyone, but Who gets drawn."

Eto'o also smiled wryly, and said, "Why didn't the captain guess it was Bordeaux or Sevilla?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "I think this is a conspiracy, definitely a conspiracy. Chelsea vs. Inter Milan, Mourinho returns to Stamford Bridge, and Ancelotti plays Inter Milan again. What a wonderful thing to watch."

Quaresma agrees with Gao Xiaodong's point of view, "You are right, UEFA is trying to attract attention, and it has tricked us."

Cambia cable said: "I had a hunch before that it was either Chelsea or Manchester United. It really was Chelsea."

Seeing that Bayern drew Fiorentina and Real Madrid drew Lyon, the Inter Milan players were even more upset. They felt that their luck was too bad, and they felt that it was suspected of being designed by UEFA.

At this time, Mourinho, who had been sombre and silent, said, "Don't talk, talk about it after watching."

Everyone shut up when they saw Mourinho getting angry, and quietly watched the last two opponents in the quarter-finals. Soon, the last two groups were drawn, Arsenal played Porto, Manchester United played AC Milan .

At this time, the conference room was even more chaotic. Almost everyone agreed with Gao Xiaodong’s point of view. Rinho returned to Stamford Bridge to slap his face again, and Ancelotti played against Inter Milan again. If it was not arranged, it would be too coincidental.

When everyone had enough discussion, Mourinho applauded and said, "Discuss vigorously, protest vigorously, let's see if UEFA can re-draw the lottery."

Everyone listened and stopped talking again. At this time, Mourinho said seriously: "I hope you will remember that the result of the draw cannot be changed. Whether we want to see such a result or not, we must do it now." What I want is not to complain, but to find a way to defeat the opponent. In my dictionary, there is no complaint, only fighting."

Mourinho’s words sounded like a blow to the head, and woke up the players. Everyone began to discuss Chelsea’s weaknesses. Yes, who knows their strengths and weaknesses better than our coaches."

Mourinho thought to himself, this kid is really a ghost, but he still said with a sullen face: "What's the use of knowing, we also know the advantages and disadvantages of Messi and Ronaldo, and we still can't watch them during the game."

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "It must have some effect."

Mourinho relaxed, and said: "I have information on all Chelsea players. Later, I will ask Coach Baresi to give you a copy. From today on, everyone will take it back and study it. Our opponents are very strong. , We must go all out and prepare every detail, so that after the two games are over, we can say with a clear conscience that we have tried our best, and no matter what the result is, we will have no regrets."

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