Four hundred and ninetieth chapters tied the record
"The draw ceremony for the knockout rounds of the 2005-06 Champions League is over! This draw ceremony can be described as a series of good shows. There were three games like Mars hitting the earth! First, Inter Milan met Real Madrid, then Barcelona met Chelsea, and finally
Bayern met AC Milan! The three strong teams that fell to second place in the group all met a giant, which fully proved the ruthlessness of the Champions League knockout rounds... The luckiest ones were Rangers and Villarreal.
Although the confrontation between the two teams will be the least eye-catching, they all have a chance to defeat their opponents... Liverpool and Arsenal are also lucky. They met Benfica and Ajax, which was relatively easy.
A lot. If Juventus meets Werder Bremen, there shouldn’t be much of a problem in advancing. As for Lyon and PSV, I’m afraid it will have to be a battle between dragons and tigers..."
"In the three strong dialogues, except for the topic between Bayern and AC Milan, which may not be too much, there is too much to talk about in the other two...Inter Milan's head coach Dick originally started his career from Atletico Madrid.
Yes, as the former head coach of Atletico Madrid, he is happy to cause some trouble for his former rival. Real Madrid's performance this season is very poor. They just fired Brazilian head coach Rosenberg more than 20 days ago, and the former coach was temporarily transferred to the first team.
Youth team coach Carlo is about to encounter such an opponent that gives Real Madrid a huge headache. It is indeed too cruel for Carlo... and Chelsea's head coach Mourinho once served as Barcelona for four years.
Assistant coach, he defeated Barcelona in a crazy back-and-forth attack last season. Now is the best time for Barcelona to take revenge! I think the broadcasters will have a headache, although these two games are not on the same
It’s going on every day, but with two consecutive days of such a confrontation, it’s hard to maximize the benefits…”
In the next few days, the media was all discussing the news about these games. Amidst the bombardment of news, Dick quietly returned to Milan, and Inter Milan also restarted its training camp.
"Guys, we were very lucky and met a good opponent in the knockout round."
As soon as Dick said this, the players on the training ground started laughing. They felt that the leader was too shameless, and they met Real Madrid, who could be said to be the strongest among the eight second-placed players.
He even said that he was lucky...
"Why are you laughing? I'm serious. Compared with Bayern, Real Madrid is much easier to deal with! Especially the current Real Madrid, it is even easier to deal with. Even though they spent so much money and bought so many people in the summer, but
Running-in is a big problem, and the head coach has just been changed. Carlo is not a great head coach. It is much easier to deal with him than Magath. Besides, don’t you know me? I am this
The best manager in the world at dealing with Real Madrid!"
The players couldn't laugh anymore, because Dick's words were true to a large extent - the years when he coached Atletico Madrid were Real Madrid's unlucky days, and they won two league championships and two European championships in two years.
The championship was so suppressed that Real Madrid could not lift its head. It was not until Dick left Atletico Madrid that Real Madrid won a league championship. However, they were quickly suppressed by Valencia and Barcelona in turn, which was quite miserable.
Everyone has seen the turmoil of Real Madrid in recent years. In the 2004 season, they lost a good start under the leadership of Queiroz. Last season, they changed three head coaches in a row. This season, Rosenberg was replaced and a new coach was appointed.
Although Carlo is the head coach of Real Madrid's youth team, will he be the next Dick? It seems unlikely. There is only one monster like Dick in the past ten years. He was previously unknown and only temporarily put out the fire.
He became famous in one fell swoop and then became the top head coach in Europe... Such a situation is very rare in the entire history of football. The most famous assistant coach before was probably Paisley. This assistant coach of Shankly made the Red Army
Sweeping the entire Europe, but before that he was the focus of Liverpool's training, unlike Dick who appeared almost suddenly...
So Dick's confidence is not unreasonable.
"Okay, guys, there is still more than a month left in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Now is not the time to think about this... I think everyone has not had a holiday this time, right? Are they all looking forward to creating a new unbeaten record? In fact, there is
What's there to worry about? It's normal to have an unbeaten record. However, we have won six consecutive games now. Are we interested in trying to hit the winning streak again? We lost the opportunity to hit the winning streak at the last moment last season.
, I have regretted it for a long time." Dick said, clapped his hands.
As soon as this was said, the players were a little dumbfounded. Originally, everyone was thinking of hitting the unbeaten record, but Dick said he wanted to hit the winning streak record - but think about it, if you want to hit the winning streak record, you have to win at least one more time.
Five games, in this way, the unbeaten record will be broken for sure, but it will be more difficult, and the impact on Juventus will be more fierce...
Immediately, some players asked each other about the next few opponents. Before they could ask the reason, Dick had already told them the answer.
"Siena, Cagliari, Treviso, Palermo, Lecce, Chievo... these are our next six league opponents. How about another six-game winning streak?" Dick laughed.
Let's talk.
"No problem!" the players shouted. Among these opponents, except Siena and Cagliari, all other opponents had played in the first half. Inter Milan swept Trevi.
Solo, Lecce and Chievo only drew with Palermo. If you are careful, there is basically no problem. As for Siena and Cagliari, one is ranked 11th and the other is ranked 18th.
, looking at the rankings, you can see that their performance this season is average, and it is not particularly difficult to deal with them.
"Then start training well! Adjust your condition to the best! The sprint of a great season is about to begin!" Dick waved his hand fiercely.
Inter Milan's first game after the New Year is to challenge Siena away from home - for Siena, they must try their best in this game. They are currently ranked well and can enter the European competition without worries about relegation.
In a hopeless state, as a small zebra and a club with many Juventus loan players, they are happy to help Juventus block Inter Milan in this game.
Generally speaking, after the winter break, it is difficult for strong teams to quickly regain their form. After all, they have just finished their vacation. At this time, if weak teams can adjust their form well, they can achieve quite good results.
score.
On January 8, Inter Milan went to an away game to challenge Siena.
For this game, Dick obviously valued it very much - he sent out all the main players at hand, Cesar guarded the gate, the four veterans in the defense, midfielders Mascherano, Sneijder, Perrotta and
Figo, forwards Adriano and Toni.
In the days without the Champions League, Dick decided to cherish the opportunity to grab points in the league.
As a result, Siena is struggling. Although their results this season are good, they rely more on the whole team and do not have any teams. When Dick's main lineup starts to operate as a whole,
They lost any advantage. Although they defended intensively from the beginning of the game, Inter Milan did not lack any scoring weapons in suppressing the attack.
Toni's grab, Adriano and Sneijder's long shots, Figo's cross, Perrotta's forward... coupled with Inter Milan's complete control of the midfield, this made their defense also
Starting to press frequently, Zanetti also kept pushing forward. It was Zanetti's forward push that brought Inter Milan the first goal in the 30th minute!
In the 30th minute, Figo made a pass from the wing, and Toni fought for the top in the penalty area. The opponent's defender was not far away from making a clearance, and the ball fell in front of Zanetti, who was following. The Inter Milan captain didn't think anything, and directly raised his right foot to meet him.
The ball landed and was shot out. The ball flew directly over the heads of the players on both sides of the penalty area and hit the dead center!
With the first ball, the rest of the game will be easier to handle.
Ten minutes into the second half, Adriano broke through outside the penalty area, attracting most of the defensive attention and then cleverly passed the ball into the penalty area. Perrotta followed up and scored again with a low shot, making it 2-0.
In the 67th minute, Toni created a free kick in the frontcourt. Figo and Sneijder stood in front of the ball at the same time. Under Figo's cover, Sneijder took a flying kick and the ball went over the wall with strong rotation.
Directly into the dead center of the goal, three to zero.
In the end, Inter Milan defeated Siena 3-0 in the away game, making the little zebra's wish to stop them in vain. Inter Milan achieved 58 games unbeaten, officially tying the record set by AC Milan!
"We are only one game away from new history!" the pro-Inter Milan media exclaimed. They began to list Inter Milan's 58-game unbeaten record. In the last two rounds of the 2004 season, they defeated Parma and Empo respectively.
Li, he maintained an unbeaten streak of thirty-eight games last season, so that’s forty games, plus the eighteen unbeaten games since the beginning of this season, it’s a total of fifty-eight games!
The last time they lost in the league was in the 32nd round of the 2004 season, when they lost 1-2 away to Lecce. After that, Dick took office in the summer, and Inter Milan also started their unbeaten run.
Journey!
"Inter Milan has achieved very strong results in the league, but what they lack now is a Champions League... But it is too early to say that they have created the era of Inter Milan. After all, they are still three points behind Juventus this season.
In this round, Juventus defeated Palermo 2-1 away from home and continued to suppress Inter Milan. In the knockout rounds of the Champions League, they also encountered strong teams like Real Madrid. If they cannot continue to win the league championship and championship
Cup champion, then this record is just a glorious record, and it does not explain their dominance. You must know that during the period when AC Milan was undefeated, they won two league championships and a Champions League championship...
... After the unbeaten streak ended, they won another Champions League title! It is precisely because of this result that their unbeaten record is full of gold! In this regard, Inter Milan has not yet proven itself..."
For this kind of evaluation, Dick thinks it is very fair. After all, although they are undefeated now, they have encountered Juventus, a team with extremely strong ability to grab points. Compared with Juventus, Inter Milan is still lagging behind.
This is also the reason why Dick proposed to create a winning streak. If a winning streak can be created, then the confrontation with Juventus is not far away. By that time, Inter Milan can be in the best condition to face Juventus.
Si!
Of course, in the next round against Cagliari, we must win and set a new record!
