The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 155: Complete victory and promotion!

"Okay, I understand. I will take the time to go back when the time comes."

After hanging up the phone, Leo sighed. Life is not easy. There are endless competitions one after another, and the endorsed brands are all waiting for him to find time to attend events and shoot commercials.

The personal brand established in China has just started to get on the right track. The first Leo brand flagship store will be grandly opened in Yuhang on Christmas Day.

No matter what happened, Leo couldn't be absent, he had to go back.

Li Guofu previously suggested that it would be better to establish a company directly in Italy and then enter the mainland as an international brand. At the same time, foreign investors can enjoy many preferential policies.

Leo simply felt that there was no need to go to such trouble. What he hated most was fake foreign brands that used the name of foreign brands to deceive consumers.

As for other things, you should pay as much tax as you need. Anyway, as long as the brand develops, it will not make less money.

"I seem to have forgotten something, what is it?"

"Da da da!"

Hearing the footsteps outside the door, Leo knew it must be the mother who stayed up late at night to "eavesdrop" on whether her son was on the phone with his girlfriend.

Alas, now that I think about it, I have long said that I would find a house to move out to, but I have been so busy training and competing recently that I almost forgot about it.

Remember to contact me when you are free in a few days and go look at the house.

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Four days after playing Juventus, in the final round of Group F of the European Champions League, Inter Milan faced Rubin Kazan at home.

Although the Nerazzurri have secured the top spot in the group and qualified early, Mourinho still sent out most of his main players at home.

On the front line, Milito, who has been almost full-time except for injuries since the beginning of the season, got a rest, and Balotelli started in place of the Argentinian.

The teenager Thornton replaced Chivu, who was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, as the starting left back.

The two midfielders behind Leo are Zanetti and Thiago Motta, with Cambiasso, Muntari and others on standby.

Kazan achieved two consecutive Russian Super League championships last month. As of this game, it has not played an official game for ten consecutive days.

Defender Sharonov is out with a right knee injury, and Bukharov is also recovering from surgery. This is the first time in their team's history that they visit the San Siro.

Shortly after the opening, the news came that Barcelona was lagging behind Dynamo, and the entire Rubin Kazan team was in high spirits!
  Although they are currently three points behind second-placed Barcelona in the group standings, if they can win against Inter Milan away from home and Barcelona lose to Dynamo Kiev, then Kazan may not have a chance to win a place in the knockout rounds.

As for whether UEFA will allow the defending champion to be eliminated in the group stage, that is not something they need to consider.

Now Rubin Kazan didn't care that this was Meazza and Inter Milan's home court. They launched an attack with full motivation!
  Dominguez broke through to the edge of the penalty area and a long shot was blocked by Cesar!
  Of course, the home team would not let Kazan run wild and quickly responded in kind.

Leo got rid of the defense in the middle and passed straight to the front of the penalty area. Balotelli protected the ball and turned around and passed the opponent's defender!
  In the end, Bashen's right-footed shot in front of the small penalty area was confiscated by Kazan goalkeeper Ryzhkov.

After that, the visiting team that actively attacked continued to threaten Inter Milan's goal.

Mourinho was a little unhappy. To be honest, he didn't care at all about this game.

In comparison, maybe the weekend game and the league game in Atlanta are much more important.

But this last game is "irrelevant" to them. The final round of the Champions League group stage was played at home.

It is impossible for the Nerazzurri to fail at Meazza, and in that case the more than 50,000 spectators at the scene would not agree.

It would be okay if Kazan had no hope of advancing at all, but Barcelona actually fell behind in the real-time score, which gave the visiting team a glimmer of the possibility of qualifying.

It is this possibility that now gives Inter Milan's head coach a headache.

Can't we just let us win this game more easily? Not interesting at all.

In the eleventh minute, what Mourinho and all the Nerazzurri least wanted to see happened.

Samuel accidentally strained his thigh muscle while fighting for the top spot in the backcourt, and Cordoba hurriedly came on as a substitute without even having time to warm up.

It would be fine if this game was a crucial life-and-death battle, but it wasn't that important, but it resulted in injuries to the players.

The Portuguese's face on the sidelines was almost wrinkled.

The partnership of Samuel and Lucio is Inter Milan's most stable central defender combination so far.

All I can say is that I hope his injury is not too serious and he can recover and return to the team soon.

Kazan Ruby seized the opportunity and launched continuous offensives!
  Dominguez passed the ball, captain Semak accurately crossed the left side of the penalty area, and Gokdeniz pushed the ball with his right foot in front of the goal!

Cesar dives to the right! The Inter goalkeeper used his fingertips to lift the ball out of the near post!

In the 19th minute, Ryazantsev passed the ball. Murawski stopped the ball in front of the goal and turned around to shoot with his right foot, which was blocked by Lucio.

Leo was called to the sidelines by Mourinho. The madman really couldn't stand the situation on the court anymore.

"Go up! Try to shoot when you have the chance, score as quickly as possible to kill the game!
  I don’t want to see this game become a grind, can I? "

"I understand, don't worry and leave it to me!"

In fact, Mourinho didn't need to say anything, Leo also knew it was time to counterattack. After ten minutes, all the teammates on the field should be in game mode.

Leo organized an attack near the center circle. He shook off the defensive player and distributed the ball to the wing.

Zanetti walked past Salukvadze, then turned around and dribbled the ball through the defense of Salukvadze and Popov!

Even though the captain of Inter Milan is already thirty-six years old, he is still full of energy when he appears on the field and runs tirelessly.

It's no wonder that Inter Milan supporters have affectionately called Zanetti "junior" for more than ten years.

Leo moved forward to catch the ball and poked cleverly with his toes. Balotelli knocked back with his right heel near the baseline!
  Eto'o got rid of the opponent's defender and reached the goal with a powerful left foot volley into the upper left corner!
  One to zero!

Inter Milan took the lead in the 29th minute of the game!
  The Cameroonian seemed to be on fire after breaking his record in the El Clasico, scoring goals in consecutive games.

Just at this time, Barcelona equalized the score one to one, and Rubin Kazan's hope of advancement was slim.

After being unable to attack for a long time, the Nerazzurri scored the first goal. The players on the visiting team were a little discouraged.

Leo was preparing to expand the score in one go. Kazan midfielder Muravsky knocked down Leo with a fierce flying tackle.

The referee showed the Polish a yellow card warning.

Inter Milan also got a free kick opportunity about thirty meters away from the goal.

Leo rubbed his legs and got up from the grass. At this time, a wall of people had been lined up in front of the opponent's penalty area.

"This position is a little far away. They may find it difficult to attack directly. I will choose to pass the ball."

After visually measuring the distance, Leo made a decision in his mind.

The referee's whistle blew, and Leo hit the court hard with his right foot. The curved ball went around the wall, dropped in front of the goal, and hit the crossbar and penetrated into the middle of the goal!

Score a direct free kick! Leo's wonderful drop ball reappears at San Siro!
  Kazan's goalkeeper still underestimated Leo's free kick.

The Nerazzurri fans in the stands cheered and gave Leo warm applause.

Just seeing this goal was worth the price of admission today.

The game restarted. Leo stole the ball in the frontcourt and launched an attack again. Balotelli knocked back from the left, and Pandev cut inside and volleyed past the crossbar.

Then Zanetti broke forward again from the wing and was brought down by Kazan defender Cesar Navas outside the penalty area.

Cesar Navas also received a yellow card, but then Leo took another free kick and missed the far post.

The first half entered stoppage time. Leo passed the ball in the middle, Eto'o received the ball and dribbled it to Maicon.

The Brazilian full-back crossed to the edge of the penalty area and his right-footed shot was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper Ryzhkov with one hand!
  Balotelli was in an offside position when he took a follow-up shot, and the goal was invalid!
  At the end of the first half, Inter Milan temporarily led 2-0.

In the locker room, Mourinho was quite satisfied with the team's performance in the first half.

If nothing else goes wrong, Kazan will probably give up resistance in the second half. After all, even if they try their best to equalize or even overtake Inter Milan, it will be meaningless as long as Barcelona does not lose.

So I simply praised the whole team, briefly explained the tactics of the second half, and then asked the players to avoid injuries and cards as much as possible to prepare for the subsequent games.

At the beginning of the second half, Balotelli was given a yellow card by the referee for kicking Novoa in a counterattack.

Leo couldn't help but cover his face. The head coach talked for a long time during the halftime break, all in vain.

Kazan took a corner kick from the left. Balotelli, who was returning to defense, missed the penalty kick. The unguarded Gokdeniz pushed his right foot over the crossbar from the edge of the penalty area!

Soon after, Bashen was replaced by Mourinho with Muntari, and he simply changed to 4312.

In the 52nd minute, Thiago Motta felt unwell again and was replaced by Cambiasso.

At this point, Inter Milan has used up all of its substitution quotas, two of which were forced adjustments due to player injuries.

It was another corner kick from the visiting team. The defensive player headed the ball out of the penalty area. Novoa's long shot from the outside missed.

Kazan does not lack opportunities, but most of them are set pieces and long-range shots, and their final kick is poor and they lack the ability to seize opportunities.

The game was coming to an end, and Rubin Kazan still didn't give up the attack. Leo didn't know what the meaning of their persistence was, but he respected it.

In the 90th minute, a long overhead pass spanned half the stadium. At this time, Eto'o was still able to run at full speed!
  The "Cheetah" catches the ball and goes straight to the goal!
  The away goalkeeper Ryzhkov was easily dunked by Eto'o!
  The Cameroonian pushed the shot into the empty net!
  Three to zero!
  Leo and Eto'o just used a simple pass and run to directly tear apart the opponent's entire defense line.

This is an absolute crushing of personal abilities.

In stoppage time, Novoa scored the ball from the middle, and Dominguez's left-footed diagonal shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Cesar!

At the end of the game, Inter Milan defeated Rubin Kazan 3-0 at home, winning all six games in the group stage and advancing to the knockout rounds!
  “No matter who our opponent is in the quarter-finals, we are ready.

Maybe we are not the strongest team in the Champions League, but we will not be afraid of any opponent.

champion? I think every participating team has this goal. Could anyone still say that their goal in participating in the Champions League is to be eliminated?
  The Champions League has come to an end. Let’s wait until the draw results come out to discuss whether we can advance to the next round.

Now we will turn our attention back to the domestic arena. The away game against Atlanta is not easy at all. "

(End of this chapter)