The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 119: First exchange for cheetah

As the first half came to an end, there was a rather funny scene on the field.

Motta pushed down Ronaldinho in defense, and then the Brazilian's free kick hit the wall.

Then Ronaldinho complained to the referee that the wall was too close, and the referee took out a red card from his trouser pocket!
  But he immediately realized that he had taken the wrong one, immediately showed the yellow card and apologized to Ronaldinho with a smile.

Leo's mouth opened wide when he saw it. This was really something he had not seen for a long time.

In stoppage time, Pato passed a low ball back to the center from the right, and Ronaldinho used a "eye fake" to go straight into the penalty area.

But he not only deceived the defensive players, but teammate Borriello also failed to get it.

At the end of the first half, Inter Milan temporarily led 2-0.

“Although we are currently leading, we still cannot be careless and underestimate the enemy.

Ronaldinho only entered the state at the end of the first half, so I focused on marking him in the second half.

......"

Starting from the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

The Magic Birds were not in a hurry to make substitutions. Abate and Chigoni came on as substitutes for Milan, replacing Pirlo and Borriello.

Muntari fouled Ambrosini, and the referee gave the Rossoneri a well-positioned frontcourt free kick.

Ronaldinho's free kick from the left was saved by Cesar and was saved outside the left post.

Ronaldinho then took a corner kick and was firmly picked off by his national team teammates.

The Nerazzurri quickly counterattacked and advanced to the frontcourt. Leo made a diagonal pass. Balotelli and Milito's pass-and-receive cooperation broke through Gianluca Zambrotta!

Milito's right-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by the Milan goalkeeper and then missed the goal post and went out of the baseline!

Leo took a corner kick on the right, and the opponent's center back Thiago Silva headed the ball to clear the ball.

Muntari's long shot from outside the penalty area went over the crossbar.

A few minutes later, Muntari's long shot from outside the penalty area was still higher than the crossbar.

In the 52nd minute, Leo scored the ball and Balotelli hit back from the right. Motta, who had previously focused more on defending Ronaldinho, rarely made an assist.

The new Inter Milan player's left-footed low shot at the top of the penalty area was confiscated by Clark.

Mourinho finally made the first substitution adjustment of the game, Vieira came off the bench to replace Thiago Motta.

AC Milan head coach Leonardo replaced three players at the same time. Nesta, Antonini and Odo replaced Onyewu, Jankulovski and Zambrotta.

As soon as Vieira came on the field, he made too big a move in defense against Ronaldinho and was given a verbal warning by the referee.

Ronaldinho's free kick from the right went straight through the wall and missed the near post.

Pato broke through with the ball and was intercepted by Zanetti. He then fell to the ground and fought back to knock down the Inter Milan captain and received a yellow card.

After a few more minutes, the two teams continued to make substitutions.

Flamini and teenager Oduamadi replaced Gattuso and Ronaldinho, Mourinho replaced Balotelli with Mancini, and Thornton replaced Maicon.

Inter Milan has been trying to sell Mancini this summer, even if the price is lowered.

Inter Milan spent 13 million euros to buy him last season, and they can accept it as long as they don't lose too much.

But it seems that not many teams are interested in him, especially no team is willing to spend too much money on a winger who didn't score a goal last season.

After marketing for a long time but unable to sell, it was very embarrassing, so I had no choice but to keep Mancini in the team.

In the 71st minute, Oduamadi made a low pass from the left. Chigoni knocked back with his back. Flamini's powerful kick in front of the penalty area was blocked by Cesar.

Milan's corner kick from the right was pushed out by the Inter Milan defender. Pato tried to intercept but failed. The Nerazzurri quickly counterattacked!
  After Zanetti got the ball, he quickly distributed it to the left side. Balotelli broke through and passed near the baseline.

Milito headed the ball a little, and Leo followed up with a right-footed volley into the dead center of the goal!
  Three to zero!
  Inter Milan expanded the score!
  Mourinho replaced Leo with Stankovic.

In the end, Inter Milan defeated their city rivals 3-0.

After this game, Inter Milan ranked third in this challenge with seven points, while AC Milan was at the bottom with only two points.

“The Challenge Cup is just a warm-up before the start of the season, and I don’t care much about the results.

What I care more about is the process of the game. I can notice that the players' condition is getting better, and that's enough! "

After the Challenge Cup game is over, the journey in North America has come to an end for the time being. Mourinho will lead the team to Monaco to prepare for the next warm-up match.

At the same time, various transfer rumors are abuzz.

Especially Inter Milan's "number one star" Zlatan Ibrahimovic, coupled with the poor reputation of his agent Mino Raiola, they attracted a lot of scolding from Inter Milan fans.

Some people also say that Moratti is fed up with being fat and goes to his office every year to ask for a salary increase for Ibrahimovic and is determined to get rid of this big trouble.

Regardless of whether this rumor is true or not, as long as Leo and Balotelli are still at Inter Milan, Inter Milan will always have to continue to struggle with this notorious "vampire".

In addition, the media broke the news that Ibrahimovic had a fierce quarrel with Moratti after Inter Milan was eliminated from the Champions League last season.

In short, just before leaving for the great eastern country, this farce finally settled.

Inter Milan officially announced the news of Ibrahimovic's departure.

Although they exchanged Ibrahimovic for former Barcelona forward "Cheetah" Eto'o plus a transfer fee of 46 million euros.

Club president Moratti has also repeatedly emphasized that selling Ibrahimovic is a good thing, just like selling Ronaldo, which is beneficial to the long-term development of the club. But the vast majority of Inter Milan supporters are still very disappointed and have expressed doubts about the club's ambitions.

"Is this what a team that wants to compete for the Champions League would do by sending away its star player?"

In contrast, Barcelona fans are much happier. They can't wait to see the striker combination of Ibrahimovic, Messi and Henry.

At his debut at Camp Nou, Ibrahimovic shouted "Long Live Barcelona" in Catalan in front of 5 fans. His move won enthusiastic cheers from the fans.

Later, in an interview with Spanish media, Ibrahimovic said that he had been considering leaving Italy as early as December last year.

“The more I watched Barcelona, ​​the more I wanted to go there, and then I started to get tired of Italy, I got tired of Italian football, I got tired of Milan.

The playing environment there was so bad it made people feel nervous. "

Ibrahimovic also said that Inter Milan offered him a high salary, but he didn't just play for money.

Then he once again expressed his pride in joining Barcelona.

“The way this team plays is the most beautiful in the world and I’m honored to be a part of it.”

This should be taken out of context by the media. Ibrahimovic should not be such a person.

Leo immediately sent a message to Ibrahimovic after seeing these reports.

"Hahaha, whatever they say, I don't care at all.

You will also have to learn to deal with these things in the future. "

Okay, they don't care about it themselves, so Leo is too lazy to worry about it.

After completing the transfer, Eto'o joined the team and arrived together in Monaco City, the capital of Monaco, which is located in southwest Europe, surrounded by France on three sides and facing the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

Inter Milan will usher in the Pirelli-Sky Cup match against host Monaco here.

Well, Pirelli is a sponsor of both of their clubs.

"Yeah, José started playing four-three-three again."

Leo and other old Inter Milan players had nothing to say about Mourinho's temporary intention.

Can anyone still be expected to stand up against the Portuguese, who now has an amazing reputation in the team?

Everyone just listens to the head coach's arrangements.

At 7 pm local time on July 30, Inter Milan and Monaco started a competition at the Louis II Stadium in Monte Carlo.

Eto'o, the new player who has attracted the most attention, has only been with the team for a short time and is sitting on the bench today.

Leo was also on the sidelines.

As expected, Mourinho arranged a four-three-three formation, with Balotelli playing the center, Mancini Jr. and Quaresma on the wings, and the two midfielders Kershin and Obi got the starting opportunity. .

Leo, who was sitting on the bench on the sidelines, looked at Monaco's lineup and asked, "Is there a Korean in their team?"

Don't tell me, Monaco's bat was really active at the beginning of the game.

Alonso broke into the penalty area and volleyed from the right side but Cesar sideways blocked it!
  Park Joo-young's follow-up shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by the Inter Milan defender and went out of the left post!

Park Joo-young, who just joined Monaco from the K-League last season, scored five goals in his first French Ligue 1 season.

How can I put it, as an ordinary Asian player, this performance is already pretty good.

However, Inter Milan's centre-back partnership of Burdisso and Cordoba, who will leave the team soon, will not be unable to defend against a stick.

Nene took a corner kick from the left. Park Zhouyong nodded and lobbed the ball into the far corner of the goal. Thornton, who was guarding the goal post, destroyed the ball!

Inter Milan then launched a counterattack, and Balotelli broke into the penalty area and shot, causing Rufiye to miss the ball!
  But the Monaco goalkeeper still grabbed the ball before Mancini shot a supplementary shot.

Immediately afterwards, Bakar and Perez's continuous long-range shots were resolved by Cesar.

In the stoppage time of the first half, Balotelli's corner kick from the right was hit by the home team's goalkeeper Rufiye, and Obi's long shot was confiscated by the French.

During the halftime break, TV cameras kept tracking Eto'o as he warmed up on the field.

At the beginning of the second half, Mourinho replaced almost all the players.

Eto'o, Milito, Leo, Motta, Zanetti, Cambiasso, Materazzi, Maicon, Stankovic, Toldo came off the bench, and only Burdisso remained on the court.

In the 47th minute, Leo made a long pass over the top. Maicon on the right and Eto'o in the center moved forward at high speed.

Maicon passed a curve ball from the right into the penalty area!
  It's a pity that Eto'o, who received the ball from behind, couldn't hit it. He gave Maicon a thumbs up.

There is still not enough running-in and tacit understanding, otherwise this would be an excellent scoring opportunity.

Three minutes later, Leo penetrated Monaco's defense with a through ball, and Eto'o's low shot slid past the goal.

After missing the goal again, the Cameroonian gave Leo another thumbs up.

After a wave of personnel changes and formation changes, Inter Milan took the advantage on the field.

In the 72nd minute, Maicon stole the ball from the right and knocked back, and Leo poked the ball into the penalty area!
  Milito took the ball on the right side, kicked back with his right foot to get out of the way of the defender, and shot low into the net with his left foot from the edge of the small penalty area!
  One to zero!

Milito scored the third goal in the last two warm-up games.

At the 89th minute, Eto'o, whose physical fitness had dropped significantly, was replaced by Destro. The cheetah still needed time to recover.

In the end, Inter Milan defeated Monaco 1-0!
  (End of this chapter)