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Chapter 078 The City of Rome

The first-place battle between Inter Milan and Juventus ended in such a dramatic way.

However, the discussion about this game did not stop and caused an uproar after the game.

The referee Paparesta's law enforcement issues have become the focus of discussion in the media.

However, the entire Inter Milan team once again implemented news silence, and head coach Li Ang also refused to make any comments on the game. This is also the request of the club's top management. Moratti is afraid that Li Ang will speak loudly again and attract more severe punishment:

Inter Milan has now reached a consensus that Li Ang is the most important person in Inter Milan, and there must be no room for error!

The players of Inter Milan also maintained a press silence and refused all media interviews.

At this time, the media revealed a shocking news. A staff member of the Meazza Stadium revealed to reporters that before the game, he saw Juventus general manager Moggi walking into the referee's lounge and doing some things.

What!

Subsequently, "Gazzetta dello Sport" exposed this shocking news.

The explosive news from "Gazzetta dello Sport" made the matter a big deal. For a while, it was related to the controversial penalty of Paparesta, the referee on duty in this game, which aroused heated discussion in the media.

The Meazza Stadium is not owned by Inter Milan, and the staff is also employed by the Milan City Hall. Did the staff member see what he said with his own eyes, or was he a rumour?

This became the focus of discussion in the media, and Tuttosport strongly accused Milan City of defaming Juventus.

As for the facts, there are no photos, no recordings, and no evidence to directly prove this. Anyway, Moji reacted very strongly to this.

Moggi angrily denied: "This is completely fabricated. This is something invented by Inter Milan people. We will investigate this and we will provide evidence to show that what that person said is a lie. The rumormonger should be punished."

This will result in severe punishment."

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Li Ang watched this with a cold eye, did not participate in the battle, and strictly ordered any Inter Milan players not to make any remarks.

He smelled something unusual.

However, he didn't want to pay attention to any of this. It was a big pit, and as a head coach, he was definitely not suitable to get involved in it.

Three days later, Inter Milan defeated Ajax 2-1 away from home in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in the 2005/2006 season. Ronaldo and Adriano each scored a goal to help

Inter Milan got a valuable away victory and two away goals, which laid a solid foundation for the team to advance to the quarterfinals.

Inter Milan came back to win in an away game. Juventus, who were also guests, suffered a five-minute blackout and were reversed by their opponents. In the game between Juventus and Bremen, the two teams took the lead alternately. Bremen defender Schultz opened the scoring in the first half.

In the record, goals from Nedvěd and Trezeguet helped Juventus take the lead, but in the last few minutes, Bremen took advantage of two corner kick opportunities, Borowski and Miku scored two consecutive goals to take the home game.

The unbeaten record against Italian teams extends to 9 games. Juventus lost both of its Champions League games this season in Germany.

Juventus lost 2-3 to Werder Bremen. At the post-match press conference, Capello "babbled" with reporters and tried his best to argue that there was no problem with the team's defense. Indeed, there may not be any problem with Juventus's defense.

It's just that Bremen's characteristics and style of play have further expanded the original problem of the defense: this is the problem of air defense capabilities.

Cannavaro is 1.76 meters, Thuram is 1.85 meters, Balzaretti is 1.78 meters, and Brasi is 1.78 meters. Facing Bremen today, the average height of Juventus’s defense is only 1.79.25 meters. After the game,

Capello also admitted, "Werder Bremen has many tall players who pose some threats to us."

Originally, Italian media predicted that Capello would use Balzaretti at right back and Chiellini, who is 1.86 meters tall, at left back. However, Capello did not do that in the end, and Zambrotta was injured.

Balzaretti was switched to the left side, and the height dropped by 3 centimeters. With such a defensive line against Bremen's "Air Combat Team", the pressure faced was of course huge.

In fact, even if Chiellini plays, what about Zambrotta? Juventus's problem is the lack of height of the central defender. Cannavaro's header is not bad, but after all, he is definitely not tall enough. Thuram

He is not good at headers, and their substitute Rokovac is only 1.82 meters tall. It is not difficult to imagine that in Juventus's 7 Champions League games, 3 of the 8 goals conceded were headers.

The ball is over.

In this game, Robert Kovac once again became the target of public criticism after the game. The Turin media criticized Kovac as the tallest central defender, but he became a colander in the air. In addition, he scored in the game against Inter Milan.

That super own goal made Juventus fans very dissatisfied with the French veteran. Some fans even carried banners demanding that the team terminate Kovac's contract.

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This time, Li Ang rarely criticized Juventus without adding insult to injury.

The Inter Milan team continues to maintain news silence.

On February 26, 2006, Inter Milan faced Udinese at home in the twenty-seventh round of Serie A.

In this game, Li Ang was ejected from the game against Juventus and sat on the court.

Even though Inter Milan used a rotating lineup, they still defeated Udinese 3-1 at home, with Aguero, Mata and Marchisio scoring goals for Inter Milan.

In this round of the league, Juventus defeated Peppers Lecce at home with the same score.

Inter Milan still leads Juventus by 10 points with eleven rounds left in the league. They are getting closer and closer to the Serie A championship that has been missing for many years.

On March 5, 2006, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Inter Milan faced Roma as a guest in the 28th round of Serie A.

In the first half of the game, Ronaldo opened the scoring for Inter Milan!

However, at the end of the first half, Roma scored two consecutive goals from Montella and Totti, rewriting the score to 2-1!

In the 61st minute of the second half, former Inter Milan player Cruz, who had just come on as a substitute, scored the third goal for Roma!

"Gooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaal!"

"Cruz! He gave Inter Milan a fatal blow! Cruz did not celebrate after scoring, but this cannot stop the excitement of the Romans!"

Three to one!

Roma leads Inter Milan by two goals!

Deafening cheers erupted from the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Roma fans seem to want to spit out all the resentment they suffered from the 7-2 defeat against Inter Milan when they visited San Siro in the first half of the season!

The entire Olympic Stadium in Rome felt like an earthquake, and the entire stadium seemed to be shaking.


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