After playing the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals against Liverpool, Inter Milan ushered in the 24th round of Serie A the following weekend, when they faced Sampdoria away.
After the big battle with Liverpool, Li Ang carried out a wide range of rotations in this game.
Despite the rotation, Inter Milan still won a victory in the away game. With Adriano's goal, Inter Milan narrowly defeated Sampdoria in the away game.
Winning the game against Sampdoria, for Inter Milan, also means that they continue to create and extend the record they are currently maintaining and refreshing: 24 consecutive wins in the start of Serie A.
While Inter Milan continues to advance rapidly, among their two pursuers in the league, Juventus lost to Reggina 1-2 away from home in this round of the league. In this case, there are still fourteen rounds in the league.
Below, Juventus is 25 points behind and still retains the theoretical hope of winning the championship.
In addition, Juventus unexpectedly lost, which gave Roma behind him the opportunity to overtake. In this round of the league, they defeated Fiorentina 1-0. Roma, who won a key victory, overtook Juventus in the standings.
With 48 points, one point more than Juventus, they were able to occupy the second place in the league. However, Roma was 24 points behind the leader Inter Milan, leaving only a theoretical hope of winning the championship.
When "France Football" talked about the current status of the Serie A championship, it said in a humorous tone that what Roma and Juventus can do now seems to be to wait for the moment when Inter Milan wins the championship, and then
They can be relieved. Their most realistic goal now is to be second in the league and directly qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season.
A record-breaking 24-game winning streak in the league at the start of the season. In the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, they defeated Liverpool 5-1 away from home, basically establishing a win for advancing to the quarter-finals.
, also reached the semi-finals in the Italian Cup.
In everyone's opinion, it is only a matter of time before Inter Milan wins the championship in advance.
And it is under this situation that Inter Milan will face their opponents in the twenty-fifth round of the 2007/2008 league.
They will face Roma at their home stadium, Meazza, in this round of the league.
It's a direct showdown between distant leaders Inter Milan and chasers Roma.
If Roma can defeat Inter Milan in an away game, it may delay Inter Milan's pace of winning the championship. At least it will not be too embarrassing for pursuers such as Roma and Juventus. In addition, Inter Milan is in Serie A this season.
Maintaining a complete victory, if they can become the first team to defeat Inter Milan this season, Roma will still be proud of themselves.
This game is also regarded as the most focus matchup of this season's Serie A.
Italian national television and Sky TV even produced special programs to analyze and discuss this focus game in depth.
Everyone knows that Li Ang has a rebellious character. If he can start a war of words before the game, it will definitely be a selling point.
In addition, there is another gimmick in this game, which is the collision between Antonio Cassano and Roma. As the former darling of the city of Rome, after Cassano returned to Serie A, every game between him and Roma was...
It won't be too peaceful.
Cassano has returned from injury at this time and has shown good condition in team training. Therefore, the media have speculated whether the former Roma star will play against his old club in the battle with Roma.
Regarding the collision with Cassano as an opponent, Roma fans obviously have the most complicated feelings.
"Corriere dello Sport" conducted a special investigation. Regarding Cassano, some Roma fans yelled and cursed. They believed that Cassano was a cancer that was eliminated by the Roma team! He was Roma's eternal enemy.
In the summer of 2001, the 18-year-old Barry genius joined Roma for a high price of 30 million. In January 2006, he left in anger and went to Spain without saying goodbye to any teammates.
It can be said that when Cassano left Roma, it could almost be said that he was "betrayed by all his relatives". After Cassano and Totti completely fell out, the Roma teammates made a very decisive choice and united closely with Wolves.
The bad boys were completely abandoned around Wang.
After Cassano left Spain, veteran Panucci even invited the whole team to dinner. Although he only used the excuse of "substitute fine", anyone with a discerning eye understood that this was to celebrate Cassano's departure. In the subsequent game celebrations
In the middle, Roma even used computer games to teach Totti a lesson to Cassano. Not only that, although Roma only received 5 million euros from selling Cassano, which seems to be out of proportion to his worth, but the main
Coach Spalletti still feels lucky: In order to eradicate the "cancer" in the team, the Italian is willing to pay even the lowest price from Real Madrid!
When Roma coach Luciano Spalletti was interviewed at a routine press conference before the game, as expected, he was surrounded by many reporters asking questions about Cassano.
Everyone knows that Cassano was almost expelled from Rome in a betrayal. At that time, the relationship between Spalletti and Cassano had also completely fallen out. When he was interviewed by the media, he expressed his opinion about Cassano's transfer and departure.
The expression is: The rat droppings that ruined a good pot of porridge are finally gone.
Therefore, when reporters asked him what he wanted to say to Cassano when he was about to compete against him in Serie A, Spalletti's cold reply was, "I won't talk about it.
Players from other teams, he has nothing to do with me."
At that time, the relationship between Totti and Cassano completely broke down, and in the end, the entire Roma locker room sided with captain Totti. This was also the most direct factor in Cassano's hasty escape. Therefore, the media had no idea about Totti and Cassano.
Cassano was very interested in this meeting.
"Francisco Cassano said that he was persecuted in Rome and that some people were jealous of his football talent. What do you think of this?" a reporter asked with 'unkindness'.
"Football talent?! Roma now has many excellent and promising players, which is also a huge asset to the Roma team. As for the person who left Roma, I don't want to talk about anything." Totti's face became unhappy.
He was very angry that Cassano actually said such mindless words. It was clearly because this bad guy was trying to commit suicide in the Roma team because of his anger, but he made random remarks about being "persecuted" in Rome. It was really irritating.
"Do you have anything to say to Antonio (Cassano)?" a reporter asked.
In response, the Roma captain was expressionless: "I wish him good luck."
Back then, Totti and Cassano turned against each other. This was a shocking news that shocked the whole of Italy. It caused some media to make a fuss for a long time and fed a group of reporters.
Now, one of the parties involved, the captain of the Roma team, spoke.
So, what about Cassano?
A reporter pretended to be an Inter Milan fan, met Cassano in a bar, and asked Cassano how he planned to treat his upcoming opponent Totti.
"I like to smash my teeth with a stick!" Cassano burped.
"Then poke him in the mouth!" Balotelli suddenly shouted from the side.
"God, what a wonderful idea!" Cassano's eyes flashed and he gave Balotelli a thumbs up...
