The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 118 I feel pretty good

In the 15th minute, Ashley Cole threw a sideline ball from the left. Malouda protected the ball with his back and made a pass with the outside of his left foot. Lampard stopped the ball lightly outside the arc of the penalty area and volleyed against the left goal post. Off the line!
  A minute later, Ivanovic and Lampard kicked the wall together, broke into the right side of the penalty area and knocked back!

Drogba shot sideways from the front, but goalkeeper Belek fell to the ground and confiscated it.

Not long after, Lampard's powerful free kick from the right was saved by the Inter Milan goalkeeper.

In the 25th minute, Lampard received a direct pass from the right. Burdisso blocked his position and protected the ball from the baseline. Lampard's excessive movement knocked the Inter Milan center back into the billboard on the sidelines.

Lampard patted Burdisso on the head to apologize, but the Argentine pushed Lampard away, and the two had a small friction and pulled each other's jerseys.

The assistant referee and the players from both sides rushed forward to stop it.

It's a friendly match, why be so excited.

Leo was a little bored sitting on the sidelines, so he took out the iPhone he just bought in the United States and started playing.

The third generation of Iphone, the iPhone 3GS, was just released at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference held at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, USA last month.

If I hadn't spent a little extra money to buy it in stock from scalpers, I wouldn't have been able to grab this hot-selling Apple phone at this time.

Although it is not as good as the iPhone 4, which will be released next year, the 3GS has initially possessed the functions of a smart phone.

The playability is no problem compared to the Nokia flagship models currently on the market.

So once he got the phone, Leo took it out to play with it when he had time.

"It's just that the battery is not very powerful. I'm just listening to music and playing small games, and the battery is drained so quickly."

In the 27th minute, Lampard passed the ball directly from the instep to the left side of the penalty area. Kalou's left foot lob shot from a small angle was picked up by Belek.

After playing for half an hour, the situation on Inter Milan's side improved slightly.

Motta's pass was intercepted by Carvalho before Balotelli.

Lampard passed a long pass from the midfielder, but Cordoba's clearance from the wing was blocked by Kalou. Kalou intercepted the ball and cut into the penalty area. Thornton chased back hard and destroyed the ball out of the baseline.

At the end of the first half, Chelsea temporarily led 1-0.

At halftime, Mourinho replaced Milito and Leo, replacing Motta and Chivu.

Thornton switched to the left wing, while Zanetti returned to the right back position.

For Chelsea, Ancelotti replaced Anelka, Sturridge, Deco and Alex in one breath.

Less than thirty seconds into the second half, Leo sent a wonderful direct pass from the frontcourt!

Milito broke into the left side of the penalty area and got rid of the blockage of two Blues defenders!
  But before there was a chance to hit the goal, Chelsea goalkeeper Cech stepped forward to clear the ball.

Although he missed an excellent scoring opportunity, Milito gave Leo a thumbs up.

Leo passed the ball very well. The main reason why he failed to score was because Milito had not fully entered the game state.

Chelsea launched a quick counterattack, Sturridge turned his back, and Anelka was forced to the bottom line by the Inter Milan defender on the right side and forced his kick from a small angle and missed the far post.

In the 49th minute, Deco dunked a direct pass from Cordoba at the front of the penalty area, and Sturridge's shot was blocked by the Inter goalkeeper!

Sturridge took the ball again from the left side of the penalty area, turned around and passed the ball, hitting Cordoba's left arm, a penalty kick!

Inter players protested, and Burdisso, who took the lead, was shown a yellow card by the referee.

Lampard took the penalty kick and deceived the Nerazzurri goalkeeper Belek and shot it into the right side of the goal!

Two to zero!
  Chelsea lead 2-0!

The smile on Mourinho's face gradually faded, and he looked at the field expressionlessly.

In the 55th minute, Inter Milan stole the ball from the backcourt and the ball quickly came to Leo's feet.

Today, there is no need for Leo to raise his hand to ask for the ball. His teammates will spontaneously hand the ball to him, the No. 10, to organize.

The ball passed through Lampard, and Essien took over and tried to use his body to knock away the young Inter Milan player who looked a little "skinny".

But after the physical contact, not only was Leo not knocked to the ground as Essien expected,
  Instead, he just paused for a moment before reaccelerating and passing by him like a gust of wind.

Mikel flew in from behind, and Leo seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, turning around and dodging.

After passing three people in a row, Leo passed the ball straight from outside the penalty area!
  Balotelli withstood Terry's close marking and volleyed with his right foot straight into the dead center of the goal!
  One to two!

Inter Milan finally got a goal back!
  Then Leo made another diagonal pass to the wing, and Thornton was brought down by Ivanovic.

The Chelsea full-back received a yellow card.

Previously in the European Youth Championship, Leo had taken almost all set kicks as the team's top free kicker.

Back at the club, Mourinho also handed over the responsibility of taking free kicks and corner kicks in most positions to Leo.

Last season Balotelli took more set kicks in the games he played.

There is certainly no problem with Bashen's footwork, but stability cannot be guaranteed.

From this point of view, Leo is more suitable than Balotelli.

In addition, if Leo comes to take corner kicks and free kicks, Balotelli can just be freed to grab points in the penalty area.

Therefore, the judgment of the Nerazzurri coaching staff is that Leo's role as the team's free kick and corner kick penalty shooter will help strengthen the team's set-piece scoring ability. The angle is relatively biased and not suitable for hitting the goal directly. Leo's free kick goes into the penalty area.

Balotelli feinted from the front, and Milito from the back followed up with a diving header that missed the goal slightly!

In the 69th minute, Ibrahimovic came on as a substitute.

A few minutes later, Mourinho replaced Quaresma and youngster Kershin, replacing Balotelli and Cambiasso.

But the striker combination of Ibrahimovic and Milito did not combine as powerfully as some Nerazzurri expected.

Instead, some hard-won offensive opportunities were wasted due to lack of tacit understanding.

It doesn't matter anymore, because Inter Milan fans are already prepared for Ibrahimovic to leave.

In the 80th minute, Lampard's wonderful long-range shot hit the billboard behind the goal like a cannon.

Then the magic lamp was replaced by teenager Di Santo amidst the applause of the scene.

In the second minute of stoppage time, Deco made a pass from the frontcourt. After DiSanto stopped the ball on his chest, he volleyed the ball on the right side of the penalty area and knocked the ball away!
  In the end, Mourinho's team lost to Chelsea 1 to 2.

After the game, Inter Milan, which had rarely won a win in the warm-up match, naturally encountered a flood of doubts.

"I don't think there are any unsolvable problems in the team. In my opinion, the players' performance is getting better every game.

I believe it won't take long for them to get back into shape.

And what I want to say is that maybe losing before the start of the season is never a bad thing, but it is more important to help me and my team find the problem.

It’s better than losing after the season starts, right? "

On July 7, Inter Milan’s opponent in the third game of the International Football Challenge will be their city rival AC Milan.

The old rivals from Milan competed across the ocean in Foxborough.

Both teams were winless in two games before. According to the rules of the competition, they currently have 2 points each, and it is no longer possible to catch up with Chelsea, who is very good.

But this is not important. Regardless of whether this game will affect the final ranking, Inter Milan and AC Milan will try their best to defeat their opponents.

Mourinho finally put together a lineup that looks more like the main lineup.

Lucio made his debut after joining Inter Milan, and the Brazilian partnered with Chiwu as a central defender.

The other two new players Milito and Thiago Motta also started.

Brazilian goalkeeper Cesar and right back Maicon, who participated in the Confederations Cup, played for the first time after returning to the team.

Milito and Balotelli partnered up front, and Leo served as the frontcourt organizer responsible for delivering ammunition to them.

On the AC Milan side, new coach Leonardo has deployed a new central defender combination of Onyewu and Thiago Silva.

Nesta, who had started all four warm-up games before, sat on the bench today.

Ambrosini, the captain and deputy captain of the Rossoneri, started with Gattuso, with Pirlo organizing in the middle, and the frontcourt was still the trident of Pato, Ronaldinho and Borriello.

When the mortal enemies meet, they are extremely jealous.

Whether in the Apennines or in the United States, the competition between the Nerazzurri and the Rossoneri is always so explosive.

The game just started, Pato received a pass from Gattuso, and his long-range shot with his right foot outside the penalty area was blocked by Cesar.

Less than a minute later, Cambiaso stole the ball in the backcourt and Leo made a precise long pass to instigate a counterattack!
  Diego Milito took the ball from the left and cut into the penalty area to dunk Onyewu, and volleyed his left foot from a small angle next to the penalty spot into the near corner of the goal!
  One to zero!

Inter Milan took the lead by one goal in the fourth minute!
  This is also the Argentine striker's first achievement since joining Inter Milan.

Subsequently, under the leadership of Gattuso, the Rossoneri players launched a fierce confrontation with their opponents in the midfield.

Although AC Milan had no chance to score, they also successfully prevented Inter Milan from continuing to launch an offensive to expand the score.

Unable to pass the ball into the opponent's penalty area, the Nerazzurri could only fire from a distance from the outside.

Leo took a corner kick from the right, Balotelli stopped the ball in front of the goal and turned around to shoot but was blocked by Milan defender Onyewu.

After Stankovic cut in from the left, his long shot from outside the arc of the penalty area was caught by the opponent's goalkeeper Karachi.

Then, Thiago Motta's left-footed long shot went slightly over the crossbar.

There is no way, not even watching these teammates waste opportunities like this, it has to be Leo.

Inter Milan's No. 10 brought the ball to the right and accelerated away from Jankulovski's defensive low pass into the penalty area!
  Milito had lost the shooting angle after stopping the ball at the previous point, but he still did not pass the ball and forced his kick to volley from a small angle and passed the top of the crossbar.

Leo nodded slightly. Although the goal did not go in, he could see the Argentinian's confidence in his footwork.

This is an essential quality for a top shooter. At the critical moment, you must dare to shoot and be able to shoot!

AC Milan's counterattack was also very fast, but the best thing was that Pato's header went into the arms of Cesar.

Maicon broke through at high speed from the right and hit the center on the right side of the penalty area.

Leo kept passing the ball in front of him, and Milito broke into the left side of the penalty area and moved the ball horizontally to avoid the opponent's defensive player who was back in place.

Then his right-footed low shot in front of the small penalty area was blocked by Milan goalkeeper Karachi and flew into the net!
  Two to zero!
  Inter Milan leads its archrival by two goals at halftime!

(End of this chapter)