Chapter 601: 3 Draws in a Row
The fierce Champions League battle against Chelsea had a great impact on Inter Milan.
After this game, Inter Milan's players suffered from severe physical exhaustion. After the big battle, their spirits suddenly relaxed. In addition, goalkeeper Toldo was old and aged. In the away game against Udinese on the weekend, Inter Milan performed very poorly. In the end, Reluctantly relying on goals from Pan Dev and Gao Xiaodong, the team drew 2:2 with the Wuji.
After this battle, the powerful Roma team quietly caught up. They were only 8 points away from Inter Milan, and the suspense of the league championship began again.
However, in the scorer list, Gao Xiaodong scored 21 goals, 3 goals ahead of second place Milito, continuing to expand his advantage.
After this battle, the national team competition started. Although it was just a warm-up match, in order to prepare for the World Cup in South Africa, the major national teams were very serious. In order to get the opportunity to play in the World Cup in the summer, the national team players of the major clubs did not dare to If you are absent, you will not dare to slack off.
A total of 13 international players from Inter Milan's first and second tier teams have returned to China to participate in the competition. The most famous and popular Gao Xiaodong is the only player in Inter Milan's main lineup who does not have a national team game assignment.
Gao Xiaodong is still not a member of the national team. Of course, this is not because Gao Xiaodong is not strong enough. Now Gao Xiaodong is as famous as Park Ji-sung in Asia. In terms of strength and popularity, he is even better. He just lacks a Champions League title than Park Ji-sung.
Gao Xiaodong was not selected for the national team, mainly because China's domestic football community is currently undergoing a vigorous anti-counterfeiting and anti-criminal campaign. The two presidents and two vice presidents have been arrested, the former chairman has been investigated, and more than a dozen senior Football Association officials have been arrested. Officials, football bosses, several well-known referees, including the Golden Whistle Army of China, and seven or eight national players, including those who made it to the 2002 World Cup, have all been arrested. Even the national team coach Gao Bo is under investigation. The football world is in a state of disarray. The Chinese team, which did not qualify for the World Cup in South Africa, has no one to organize a warm-up match.
There is no need to participate in national team games, which is a good thing for Gao Xiaodong and Inter Milan. Inter Milan is currently in a tight competition. Gao Xiaodong avoids the FIFA virus and preserves his physical fitness. Inter Milan's mid-week league games are guaranteed, and the popularity is strong, and business Gao Xiaodong, whose value is rising step by step, does not need to go into the muddy waters of domestic football at this time, which is not a bad thing.
After returning from the national team game, Inter Milan immediately faced eighth-place Genoa at home. In this game, Inter Milan was in no shape. Gao Xiaodong alone was unable to support them. In the end, they were tied 0:0 by Genoa.
This is also Inter Milan's first 0:0 score this season. Fortunately, this round of battle between Roma and Milan ended in a tie, and Inter Milan was able to maintain an 8-point lead.
The team has drawn two consecutive draws. Although it is because it is sandwiched between the Champions League and the national team competition, it has a great impact on morale. Inter Milan's senior management and coaching staff are racking their brains to figure out how to play well in the league and prepare at the same time. It was a life and death battle with Chelsea in the Champions League. At this time, Bashen, who had been quiet for a few days, made trouble again.
It turned out that after being held to a draw by Genoa, Balotelli, who was blocked by Mourinho, actually sang the Milan team anthem during an interview with reporters, and also cheered for AC Milan, who was fighting against Roma, on his Twitter , but Balotelli soon deleted the words of encouragement.
This was like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves. Inter Milan fans criticized Balotelli, and Inter Milan players also believed that Balotelli's actions at this time were tantamount to betrayal.
On the eve of the Chelsea match, Balotelli actually did such a thing. Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti was very angry. He told reporters, "This (singing the Milan team anthem and cheering for Milan) is intolerable. Mario has to get back on track, and he does so at his peril."
How to get back on track? How to avoid danger? In fact, Moratti hopes Balotelli can apologize and correct his attitude. Moratti still values Balotelli and Thornton very much and hopes to give Balotelli a chance to make amends.
But at the critical moment when the team is sprinting,
Balotelli actually did this, and Mourinho's attitude was very harsh. He said: "If Balotelli cannot make fundamental changes, Inter Milan will no longer have his place."
Seeing that the matter was a bit big, Balotelli's brother and agent Corrado later explained: This is another reporter misleading Balotelli to sing AC Milan's team anthem. As for cheering for Milan on Twitter, it is because Milan has fewer points than Roma, and Balotelli is actually cheering for Inter Milan from the side.
However, Corrado's words were not very convincing, nor could he win the forgiveness of the fans and Mourinho. On the forum, some racist Inter Milan fans began to attack Balotelli crazily, believing that Balotelli Lotelli is a black sheep, a rotten apple, and rat shit. Inter Milan currently has no shortage of people on the front line. Mourinho should immediately throw Balotelli to the reserve team.
When Balotelli was preparing to change his agent, Gao Xiaodong and his team were also preparing to bring Balotelli to his own agency. However, after this incident, Gao Xiaodong and others also backed down and started to work for Balotelli. Wiping the butt of a brainless man like Leigh is by no means an easy task. Not to mention their influence and power, even Raiola and Mendes are probably useless. Who knows what Balotelli can do in the future? Something happened that made people and gods angry.
Moratti does not want such a situation to arise. In his mind, Balotelli and Thornton are the future of Inter Milan, and Mourinho is the present of Inter Milan. He still hopes that Balotelli can continue to contribute to the team. Especially in the sprint stage of the season, Moratti and technical manager Blanca personally mediated between Balotelli and Mourinho. However, in the face of two protagonists with extremely stubborn tempers, Moratti's mediation Didn't work.
In the weekend match against Catania, Mourinho still excluded Balotelli from the 18-man squad. This match was the last match before the life-and-death battle with Chelsea in midweek. Inter Milan recently There was no win in a row, there was a lot of off-field news, and they had to save their energy for the Champions League in midweek. The game was very bad, and in the end it was an own goal that tied Catania 1:1.
After three consecutive draws in the league, Inter Milan's state is worrying. After the game, Mourinho personally admitted that the best team did not win the game. Catania should have scored three points, but Mourinho said that in the Champions League, Inter Milan They must not behave like a league player, otherwise Inter Milan may waste Gao Xiaodong's efforts in the first round.
Compared with Inter Milan, Chelsea's state in the last three games is much better. Although after the Champions League battle with Inter Milan, Chelsea did not recover after returning to the league and lost to Manchester City 2:4. But then Chelsea swept Portsmouth 5:0 and beat West Ham United 4:1. Their offensive power was very scary.
But what gives Chelsea a headache is that their substitute left back Zhirkov is back, but substitute goalkeeper Hilario is injured again. In the battle with Inter Milan, Chelsea can only send their third goalkeeper 24 years old. Turnbull went to war.
In the first round, Inter Milan's first goal was injured and the second goal was sent off. The 20-year-old Gao Xiaodong was the guest goalkeeper and carried the whole game. Now Chelsea will also use his third goal. Can the 24-year-old Turnbull keep a clean sheet against Inter Milan?
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