Chapter 135: The Positive Significance of Group Fighting
Mancini was relieved after making the decision, and he seemed to feel liberated.
Of course, this is just an illusion.
In fact, as long as he is still sitting as the head coach of Inter Milan, it is impossible to escape.
No one is suffering more than Inter Milan's head coach.
Inter Milan fans always miss the big international era, which makes their current predicament even more prominent.
In fact, Mancini's choice of the league champion also comes from Inter Milan's background, which shows that he is well aware of the history of his team and the demands of the fans.
The Champions League is certainly the highest level club competition on the planet and the highest honor in club competitions.
But for Inter Milan fans, this is not indispensable.
In fact, at this time, Inter Milan fans want a league championship more.
The last time they won the league title dates back to the 1980s, the 1988-1989 season. At that time, Inter Milan was still the era of the German troika, consisting of Klinsmann, Matthaus and Bremer.
Against the Dutch trio of Rijkaard, Gullit and Van Basten.
At that time, the stars of Italian football were shining, and it was a real mini-World Cup.
Inter Milan, which is so powerful, cannot monopolize the championship, even AC Milan, which has the three Dutch Musketeers.
Because in addition to them, there is also Naples, which has the three South American heroes of Maradona, Careca and Alemão.
Juventus has the "European Three Swords" of French star Platini, Polish star Boniek and Danish rookie Michel Laudrup.
The era when Inter Milan won the championship was still the most glorious period of Serie A.
Later they never won the league championship again.
Moratti's Inter Milan later bought many stars, even superstars, from the troika to Djorkaeff, Roberto Carlos, Kanu, Paul Ince, Robbie Keane, Ronaldo, Recco
Bar, Vieri, Roberto Baggio, Zamorano, Crespo... all these shining names have not been able to help Inter Milan win a league championship.
Many stars came with great fame, but in the end they either left sadly or were completely buried. Therefore, Inter Milan also has the title of "star black hole".
Fans of city rivals AC Milan and Clasico rival Juventus often use this to make fun of Inter Milan.
As a traditional giant, it has not been able to win a league championship in eighteen years. It is too embarrassing to tell anyone.
Inter Milan's pursuit of the league title has become an obsession, a nightmare, and a knot in the heart.
Inter Milan fans don't care about the Champions League, but the league championship must be won.
And as long as Mancini can bring a league championship to the team, it will definitely reverse his incompetent image in the minds of Inter Milan fans and stabilize his position in the club. From then on, no one will question him anymore.
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So Mancini chose the league championship and gave up the Champions League.
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It was decided to wait until the game with Valencia was over before making a choice. Before this game, the purpose was relatively simple. Naturally, Lazio could not open the gap.
So even if they are going to Mestalla and Valencia in the middle of next week, Mancini also sent all the main players in the weekend league to challenge Livorno away.
Facts have proved that he was right to do so.
Because Inter Milan played with all their main players, they almost capsized in the gutter and fell onto Livorno.
In the end, it was Ibrahimovic's goal in the 66th minute that led to the reversal and victory over Livorno.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his twelfth goal in the league, saving Inter Milan's many relationships, but no one knows whether he can also save the team in the Champions League match next week.
Mancini no longer wants to think about this issue. It is in vain and there is no suspense...
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One day later, Lazio, who only came on as a substitute, defeated Sampdoria 1:0 at home. Team captain Rocchi scored the only goal of the game for Lazio.
Then, both teams ushered in their Champions League matches.
Inter Milan's game will be played one day earlier than Lazio's game.
I watched this game live in front of the TV.
It's not that he cares about whether Inter Milan can get past Valencia. He already knows the outcome of the game, there is no suspense. Inter Milan will definitely be eliminated.
At Inter Milan's level and state, even with their own butterfly that traveled through time and space, it couldn't change their fate of being eliminated.
He only had one purpose in watching the live broadcast of this game. He wanted to see with his own eyes whether a big event would happen as planned.
This big event is not that Inter Milan was eliminated. Inter Milan's performance in the Champions League has been very weak in the past two years, and being eliminated is not a rare event. It is far from being a major event that can be recorded in the annals of history.
The big event he called was the gang fight in Mestalla.
Facts have proven that some things cannot be changed.
Including Inter Milan's elimination, as well as the group fight. And the most dazzling star in the group fight...Navarro.
Because the opponent scored two away goals, the situation was very unfavorable for Inter Milan. During the game, Valencia fans continued to insult Inter Milan players, and the atmosphere in the stadium was also very heated.
The dull draw lasted until the end. Seeing that there was no hope of promotion, Inter Milan's players became more and more aggressive.
Valencia's center back Ayala was knocked down by Inter Milan players Cruz and Materazzi when he was competing for a header. Cruz even elbowed Ayala. It was
This elbow caused a commotion behind.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Valencia's captain Marchena kicked the ball out of bounds and verbally provoked the Inter Milan player Burdisso next to him. Such a move
This angered the Argentinian. The two had a fierce argument at first, and then started pushing each other. The fight between many players from the two teams still did not stop the two from punching each other. Burdisso kicked Marchena
After being hit, he was pulled away by Valencia defender Miguel's neck; on the other side, Marchena was already hugged by his teammates.
Originally, if the matter had ended here, it would have been just a normal conflict. It would not have developed to the extent that it did later.
Just when everyone thought the conflict was over, Navarro, the substitute player who rushed up from the Valencia bench, hit Burdi hard with a right swing fist, who was pulled by the Valencia players and had no ability to fight back.
So. The unlucky Burdisso fell to the ground immediately. Afterwards, it was checked that the Argentine's nose was broken.
This angered all the Inter Milan players. Cruz and Cordoba rushed towards Navarro. The Spaniard turned around and ran away when he saw that the situation was not good.
At this moment, Navarro, who usually seemed to have average speed, seemed to be possessed by Bolt.
Even though Cruz, Cordoba and Maicon were chasing him, he still managed to escape from the center of the pitch and rushed back to the locker room. The price he paid was just being tripped by Cordoba and getting hit.
Got a kick from Maicon...
Then the great riot completely kicked off.
Infuriated by Navarro's punch and his cowardly hit-and-run behavior, Inter Milan players took the fight from the pitch to the home team's locker room.
Toldo rushed into the home team's dressing room and challenged the entire Valencia team.
It wasn't until the Spanish police finally intervened that the matter was over.
Chang Sheng waited for ninety minutes and watched an extremely boring 0:0, just to witness this wonderful show with his own eyes.
When Navarro was seen rushing into the channel and Inter Milan's substitute goalkeeper Toldo chased him in immediately, the TV broadcast could not capture it.
Chang Sheng, on the other hand, turned off the TV with satisfaction and went to sleep.
Tomorrow, it's his team's turn to take the field...
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The next day, all major European media were discussing the fierce battle that took place in Mestalla.
The media has shown the public how venomous they can be.
"A ninety-minute football match is not as good as the ten-minute conflict after the game. No matter who advances, Valencia or Inter Milan, it will be a shame!"
"Thanks for watching the live broadcast of the European Boxing Championship. Navarro's right swing is really beautiful!"
"I think Navarro has no future in continuing to play football. He should practice sprinting. If he starts practicing now, he might be able to win a 100-meter medal for Spain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics..."
Some media photoshopped a photo of Navarro holding up his boxing championship belt to mock Navarro.
Because one of the teams is Valencia, which Chang Sheng once led, and Navarro was even transferred from the reserve team to the first team by Chang Sheng, so many reporters came to interview Chang Sheng. I want to hear his thoughts on this matter.
What's your opinion on things?
Naturally, Chang Sheng cannot tell the truth at this time: I promoted him because I thought he had such fast speed and thought he had a future...
He could only say: "To be honest, I didn't expect him to run so fast..."
The reporter gave a black line: "I'm not asking this, I'm asking you how you feel about the team you coached being involved in such a fight..."
Chang Sheng rolled his eyes: "You should ask Flores. He is the head coach of Valencia now. I am not responsible for wiping his butt."
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Because everyone was paying attention to this brawl that shocked European football, the match between Lazio and Celtic received much less attention.
For Lazio, this is a good thing.
Because this allows them to compete under less pressure.
At least it can function somewhat normally.
So from this point of view, Chang Sheng's hope that the fight will be staged as scheduled is not entirely based on the mentality of "watching the excitement".
The fight between Inter Milan and Valencia is still very positive for Lazio, which has always won.
If Lazio eliminates Celtic in the end and advances to the quarterfinals, he should really thank Flores and Mancini...
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ps, today is the fifth update, for the new alliance leader Yanhuo Shen, the old rule is at 8pm~
