In the contest between the two teams with the strongest offensive power, Inter Milan finally had the last laugh. They defeated Lecce with a score of 4 to 2 and achieved six wins and two draws in the first eight rounds of the league!
This is Inter Milan's best start to the league after Cooper's seven wins and one draw in the 2001-02 season.
The only regret is that the terrifyingly stable Juventus won again. This time they defeated the chaotic Roma with two goals at home, putting Delneri under greater pressure.
Dick doesn't care about this, he just wants to win one game at a time. Juventus led by Capello is always terrifyingly stable at the beginning of the season, but they will inevitably decline in the later stages because
The thickness of Juventus's bench is not particularly outstanding. As long as they can catch them in the early stage, there is always a chance to kill them in the later stage!
However, in the next weekend's home game against Lazio, Inter Milan suffered a big loss. Although Adriano scored his seventh league goal of the season in the game, Co
Ruddy's goal allowed Lazio to take away a point from Inter Milan's home court.
This made the Inter Milan fans feel bad, because damn Juventus won again. They swept Chievo at home with a score of 3-0, leaving Inter Milan four points behind. AC
Milan has also caught up and they are now only one point behind Inter Milan.
It has to be said that in the past few years, even in the past ten years, after the 1988-89 season in which they won the championship with a record points record in the two-point system, Inter Milan did not win the league championship for 15 years.
Inter Milan fans have also begun to become less confident. Even though they have been close to the league championship several times during this period and won three UEFA Cup championships, they have been unable to maintain their huge self-confidence. The reason is very
Simple, if a top team cannot win the league championship, then why should they be called a top team?
Now the start of the game is not bad, but they encountered Juventus who started with eight wins and one draw... Such a situation can indeed make Inter Milan fans lose their confidence, and this situation may even affect Inter Milan in turn.
The performance of the players.
Dick saw this, but he didn't say anything. This situation has been accumulated over the past ten years, and it will definitely not be solved by him in just one or two words, and if he talks,
If you put it in too frequently, the effect will not be very good...
If they really want not to worry, they can only slowly accumulate wins. Dick firmly believes that Juventus cannot maintain such a good state forever. At this time, Inter Milan cannot mess up their position.
The next week is the second round of the UEFA Cup. Inter Milan drew with Athletic Bilbao in the first round, while Steaua Bucharest defeated Standard Liege of Belgium with two goals at home. Now they have three points.
Ranking first in the group, Inter Milan and Bilbao are tied for second and third. Besiktas has a bye and has zero points like Standard Liege.
Against the top team in this group, Inter Milan will naturally strive to win.
Inter Milan fans are no stranger to the UEFA Cup. After all, they have also played in the UEFA Cup in previous seasons. Cooper led the team to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the first season - in fact, Cooper led the team to the UEFA Cup.
The team's results in the first two seasons were not bad. They finished third in one league, second in another league, and entered the semi-finals of both the UEFA Cup and Champions League. However, for Inter Milan fans who long for the championship, these results are not enough.
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Against Steaua Bucharest, Dick did not send out his main force and continued to use a large number of substitute players in a rotating lineup - goalkeeper Cesar, defender Macho, Arbeloa, Andreoli and Pasquale, midfielder
Mascherano, Farinos and Karagounis, and the forwards sent three deft and fast forwards of Di Natale, Recoba and Martins.
This frontcourt combination has achieved surprisingly good results. Di Natale's instigation, Recoba's aura and Martins' speed combined to form a very good chemical effect. In the first half, Recoba was
A wonderful pass was made to Di Natale in the penalty area. Di Natale was not greedy for credit and passed the ball to Martins who was in a better position. Martins easily took off the ball and scored the ball into the empty goal. Inter Milan was at home.
One goal lead.
After taking the lead, Inter Milan's young defense line came under considerable pressure. The central defender partnership of Andreoli and Arbeloa was flexible enough, but it was still quite difficult to face the opponent's impact.
Dick began to instruct the players to gradually retreat, first withstanding the opponent's fierce attack, and then proceed.
After the start of the second half, Dick replaced Recoba and Martins with Semioli and Cruz. These two substitutions had a very good effect. Semioli's breakthrough on the wing was effectively slowed down.
The pressure on the defense line was exactly what he passed after breaking through on the right, and it was sent to the head of Cruz. Cruz also did not take credit, and the header was passed to Dinata who ran out of space in the penalty area.
Rai, Di Natale volleyed directly against the falling ball, helping Inter Milan expand its lead to two goals!
They won the opponent 2-0 at home, which brought Inter Milan to the first place in the group. However, Besiktas, who had a bye in the first round, defeated Athletic Bilbao 3-1 at home and moved to the first place in the rankings.
The second position...
Besiktas was coached by an old acquaintance of Dick's - Vicente Del Bosque, who was dismissed from Real Madrid - but Dick knew that Bosque's coaching in Turkey was a failure, and he was a coach for a long time after that.
He did not coach a professional team. It was not until Aragones retired after the 2008 European Cup that he coached the Spanish national team.
It's a pity that the match against Besiktas was in the last round, and Dick didn't know if he would have a chance to play against this old rival. After Dick left La Liga, Del Bosque finally led Real Madrid to win a league title.
However, after winning the championship, Florentino fired him ruthlessly, which was also a very incredible thing at the time - he had been suppressed by Dick for two consecutive years and did not win a single championship.
He was not fired when he was in the league, but now that he has won the league championship, he is still fired. What on earth is Florentino thinking?
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Dick. After the second round of the group stage, the third round will not start until three weeks later. During this period, Inter Milan will play two rounds of league games and one Italian game.
Cup, and ushering in a FIFA match day, there is no need for him to take the UEFA Cup too seriously now - in fact, with the current schedule, Inter Milan has already scored four points in the four rounds of the league, which is basically very good.
We are close to qualifying. There will not be much problem in occupying the top three positions in the group. Even if we encounter draws in the next two games, there will be no problem in qualifying from the group.
In fact, this is the biggest problem encountered by the current restructuring of the UEFA Cup. Five teams are in a group and only play four rounds. The top three can get the right to qualify. Unless their performance or luck is too bad, generally
It will not be too difficult to qualify, which means that the pressure and excitement of the group stage are not very great, and the natural attraction will decrease until the UEFA Cup is transformed into the Europa League.
This less than exciting schedule has been changed.
Inter Milan fans are naturally most concerned about league games.
On November 7, Inter Milan challenged Fiorentina away from home.
Fiorentina is a team that just resurrected and returned to Serie A this season. Although they did not achieve the best results in Serie B, they took advantage of the expansion of Serie A. After being relegated to Serie C 2, it only took them two seasons.
Miraculously returning to Serie A, with the help of their previous reputation, they also recruited a large number of relatively outstanding players, such as Brescia defender Dainelli, Perugia midfielder Obodo, Roma goalkeeper Lou Patelli, Juventus
Tous's forward Miccoli, Portillo was loaned from Real Madrid, and Dick's old teammate Jorgensen was hired from Atletico Madrid with a high salary and was no longer a main force in Atletico Madrid...
Of course, there is also Juventus midfielder Maresca. Originally, Dick was interested in this midfielder who can attack and defend well. Juventus also intended to use him as a bargaining chip to sign Vieri. However, as
Dick sold Vieri to Real Madrid, and Juventus sold Maresca to Fiorentina in a rage - of course, half ownership.
As a newly promoted team, Fiorentina is not an ordinary newly promoted team. Now after nine rounds of the league, they have achieved three wins, four draws and two losses. They are now tied for sixth place with Chievo and Cagliari. The points ratio is unlucky.
Roma has one more point and the results are pretty good.
This game at the Stadio Franchi was packed with people. Fiorentina was in bad shape at the beginning of the season, but after changing to a new head coach, their results began to pick up. They have recently won two consecutive victories. As a team with a long history,
They are not psychologically afraid of Inter Milan. At the same time, as a newly promoted team, actively fighting and sprinting back and forth to gain an advantage is also their foundation...
Inter Milan played more difficultly in the away game. Although Fiorentina is not a very mature team, they played very crazy at home. They once suppressed Inter Milan and relied on Dainelli to score a goal in the 23rd minute
He scored the first goal with a header. The moment Dainelli scored, the shouts and cheers at the Frankie Stadium were simply overwhelming!
"What a terrifying home atmosphere..." Dick muttered thoughtfully, and his relaxed expression made the Inter Milan players begin to relax - Florence was also one of Inter Milan's sufferers before, but it's just that
The current Fiorentina is no longer the Fiorentina of the past. It is just a newly promoted team. What is there to be afraid of?
With this idea in mind, Inter Milan's players quickly equalized the score before the end of the first half. Pandev picked up the ball at the edge of the penalty area. When Florence's defenders were paying attention to the two forwards, he turned around and passed the ball.
Going back, Stankovic followed up with a powerful long-range shot. The ball broke through Lu Patelli's fingers, and Inter Milan equalized the score!
The situation in the second half was even more stalemate, but Inter Milan still relied on Adriano's header in the 80th minute to overtake the score, and struggled to maintain the score until the end!
