The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 275 The best player in Europe!
  There were some incidents when AC Milan received the runner-up medal.

As soon as the game was over, Pato ran over to Leo to exchange jerseys for some unknown reason.

Leo didn't appreciate Pato at all, but he didn't refuse. Instead, he accepted the other party's request.

So when Pato stood on the podium, he was wearing Leo's Inter Milan No. 10 jersey.

The Inter Milan fans in the stands laughed loudly and applauded the "defeated player".

Although Ancelotti led the Nerazzurri to win the Milan Derby for the first time in his career, he was not satisfied with the team's performance.

“I am very happy that we successfully won the first official championship of the new season.

This is a good beginning.

We played well in the first half and controlled the game.

However, the sudden outburst of the opponent's forwards in the second half left us unprepared, and we also lacked the will to win for a period of time.

This needs to be re-examined after going back, and I hope it will change before the start of the league in a month.

Of course this is not the first time I have experienced Milan Derby, but this is the first time I have been on Inter Milan's side.

This feeling is amazing.

To be honest, I never thought there would be such a day before.

Regarding the Champions League, I won two for Milan as a player, and after becoming the head coach, I led AC Milan to win twice. In total, I am relatively good at it.

I must admit that it is very difficult to win three consecutive Champions League games. This is not only related to strength, but also requires a certain amount of luck.

But I think all the Inter Milan players and I will work hard towards this goal.

New faces? All I can say is that the transfer window is not over yet and anything can happen.

Like everyone, I am looking forward to whether the team will make new signings. "

Leo, who had one goal and one assist in this Super Cup, was not as outstanding as in the past, but he was still selected as the best player in the game.

Standing on the court, he only needs to wave to the stands to trigger cheers from the audience.

The AC Milan players were very jealous to find that even the fans wearing their team's jerseys were the same.

After awarding the runner-up, it was naturally the champion's turn. The Nerazzurri players lined up to stand on the podium.

Then Zanetti lifted the Italian Super Cup trophy surrounded by all the players!
  This is also the seventh Italian Super Cup championship trophy in the history of the Nerazzurri!

Now Inter Milan has surpassed its city rival AC Milan in the number of championships in Serie A, Italian Cup and Italian Super Cup.

The number of championships in domestic competitions has completely widened the gap with its opponents.

For Nerazzurri fans, this may be more important than others.

"I'm happy to start the new season with a win in the Milan derby.

Ancelotti is a coach with his own ideas and I learned a lot from him.

Yes, the team's lineup has undergone a lot of changes this summer, and we are all working together.

I believe that my teammates are all very capable players. When we form a unit, we will continue to win one victory after another in various competitions! "

After playing the Super Cup, Inter Milan did not return to Italy immediately, but stayed in China for a little more than two days.

Of course it's not a holiday for the players, it's still endless business activities.

Seeing the potential of the Chinese market and having such a good opportunity, how could Inter Milan let it go so easily.

Inter Milan's exclusive store in Shanghai, covering an area of ​​more than 200 square meters, opened on the bustling Nanjing East Road during the National Day last year.

It was at the intense stage of the season, so the team's stars were not able to attend the opening ceremony.

This time I found an opportunity.

After holding star meetings and autograph signings at a specialty store in Beijing, Leo and his team came to the Magic City again.

Compared with the capital city, the magical city with tall buildings and bustling traffic is more modern.

Especially when night falls, the city is still brightly lit and crowded with people.

The skyscrapers look more solemn and vibrant under the light. They shine in the night sky, making people marvel at the unique charm of this city.

"Oh my God, this place is no worse than Hong Kong."

"Anyway, I don't think London and Milan can compare."

Bell and the others have all seen the world, and when they came to the Magic City, they were shocked by the prosperity here.

The Inter Milan players, who had never seen the Metropolitan style, were obviously stunned.

Leo smiled and nodded, "China is developing rapidly, but it's a pity that their football here is not very good."

While Leo and the Inter Milan players were enjoying the night view of the modern metropolis on the streets of Magic City, Nasser was having a video conference with the club's senior management.

"China has a vast market. Do we need to increase our promotion efforts here?"

"For example...introducing a Chinese player?"

"Is it necessary? I think our players are already very popular in China, such as Leo."

"Leo is of Chinese descent, maybe there is a reason for this."

"Chinese people are different. After all, Leo is a player who plays for the Italian national team. I think we can further discuss the issue of introducing Chinese players."

"But the question is, does China have a suitable candidate?"

"King Dong performed well in Serie A before and had a short experience with Inter Milan."

"But he now has the maximum salary in the Chinese Football League, and his team is also known for its deep pockets..."

"Haha, even if it's Hua Guo's maximum salary, how much can it be?"

"One hundred thousand weekly salary."

"One hundred thousand converted into euros is only ten thousand..."

"It's one hundred thousand euros."

"..."

As a local player whose strength is comparable to that of foreign players, Wang Dong received a higher maximum salary than Conca under Boss Xu.

As the Hengtai team is promoted to the Chinese Super League, there is no doubt that there is room for further improvement in his salary.

Nasser frowned and ended the topic about King Dong.

"Okay, let the transfer department study the possibility of introducing Wang Dong and the return-to-pay ratio, and then submit a recommended list of Chinese players.

After all, he is not the only good player in a country as big as China, right? Also look at other options. "

……

"What? Chinese full-back? Who?"

When Nasser took the initiative to talk to Leo about this, he was shocked.

“David Thornton is out injured, his surgery was successful but it will take at least more than two months to fully recover and return to the team.

There is currently only one proven right back in the team, Zanetti, and Ancelotti and I both feel that this position needs to be supplemented.

This trip to China has changed many people’s views on this place. I have long known that China is a land full of miracles.

I think the introduction of a Chinese player will help Inter Milan increase its attention here and attract more fans. "

Leo also had to admit that what Mr. Chairman said made sense, but...

"I know something about Zhang Linpeng. His physical condition has certain advantages in the Asian competition, but his skills are only average.

So I don't think he can be the right back of our team after arriving in Serie A.

If you ask me what I think, I'm not very optimistic. "

Nasser didn't take Leo's opinion seriously, and he immediately replied:

"Okay, I understand, but it doesn't matter, we didn't expect him to come to Inter Milan to play the main role.

As long as he can sit on the bench, he can attract Chinese audiences to watch our games, right? "

Leo:......

Leo really couldn't deny this, because it was the fact.

"That's fine. If it's really necessary, I'll let the transfer department look for a suitable full-back. You don't have to worry about that."

As a result, a transfer official was announced that surprised Chinese fans, surprised Inter Milan fans, and made fans of other European teams wait to see the joke.

Chinese player Zhang Linpeng joined Triple Crown winner Inter Milan on loan. The specific details of the transaction were not disclosed to the outside world.

In short, Leo learned that the club and Hengtai had reached a number of cooperation, but Nasser was not very optimistic about Boss Xu.

“Too exaggerated, not like a serious person.

You can't have in-depth cooperation with him, otherwise you might get screwed badly. "

The president of Inter Milan has already made a judgment for Boss Xu in his mind, so there is no need to worry about the impact in the future.

On August 8, local time in Switzerland, Inter Milan played its final warm-up match against Olympiacos in Geneva.

Leo simply didn't play in this game. Ancelotti's purpose was to inspect other players.

As a result, the Nerazzurri unexpectedly conceded two goals first, which directly made An Pang, who was indifferent to emotions and anger, darken his face.

Fortunately, Pazzini, who came on as a substitute, seized the opportunity and scored two goals to equalize the score. Before the end of the game, Bell made a long-distance attack and staged a great show!

“The season is about to officially start and there are some guys on our team who haven’t found their form yet.

When it comes to selecting the starting lineup, I only look at recent status and performance. Don't think that because you are famous, you don't have to worry about others taking your spot.

No one here is the absolute main force, so please cheer up! "

No wonder Ancelotti is so angry. It is really inappropriate for so many big-name stars to almost overturn in front of a team like Olympiacos.

On August 8, the play-off rounds of the 24-2011 UEFA Champions League ended.

As Bayern Munich, Arsenal and other teams have successively eliminated their opponents to advance to the main draw, all ten play-off qualifying places have also been created.

Based on UEFA European War points, a total of 32 teams will be divided into four levels to participate in tomorrow's group stage draw.

Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern, Real Madrid, Porto, Arsenal and Inter Milan are in the first tier.

Among the top 32 teams in the Champions League this season, there are 22 teams that have directly qualified for the main draw, including the top three teams in La Liga, Serie A, and the Premier League, the top two teams in the Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and the Russian Super League, and League champions in seven other countries.

In addition, there are the ten teams mentioned earlier that have entered the Champions League through the play-offs. Just today UEFA officially announced that Fenerbahce, the Turkish Super League champion last season, was under investigation for match-fixing and was disqualified by the Turkish Football Association.

UEFA subsequently announced that the runner-up Trabzonspor would be substituted in the draw for the top 32 of the Champions League.

On August 8, the UEFA Champions League group stage draw and UEFA Europe's Best Player Award Ceremony were held at the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

The Champions League draw was conducted first. Before the draw ceremony, Zanetti, the captain of the previous champion Inter Milan, appeared on stage with the Big Ears Cup.

Former German star Breitner attended the draw ceremony as a representative guest of the venue for this season's Champions League final.

Manchester City, who are in the third gear, provide opportunities for the emergence of the death group.

Before the draw began, many people believed that whichever group Manchester City was assigned to would have a high probability of becoming the death group.

Sure enough, Bayern, Villarreal, Manchester City and Naples were placed in Group A.

The four teams in the group are all from the top four leagues. This is undoubtedly the group of death.

If there is any doubt whether Naples is the strongest team in the fourth pot due to the existence of Dortmund, then Manchester City is undoubtedly the opponent that everyone least wants to draw in the third pot.

Inter Milan was drawn in Group B, and in the same group were CSKA Moscow, Lille and Trabzonspor.

Not good or bad, it’s a pretty decent draw.

AC Milan's draw luck is relatively good. Although they are drawn in the same group as Barcelona, ​​the third and fourth teams are Borisov and Plzen Victory respectively, which can hardly create any threat to them.

Arsenal, which eliminated Udinese, fourth in Serie A last season, was not so lucky.

Wenger's team met Bundesliga champion Dortmund and French Ligue 1 powerhouse Marseille in the group stage. Only Olympiacos in the same group was slightly inferior.

The Gunners need to be particularly careful. In the qualifying situation of "guaranteing three and fighting for two", if you are not careful, you may be in jeopardy.

The draw for the Champions League group stage has come to an end. Some are happy and some are sad. Anyway, Leo feels good and there is nothing wrong with him.

What follows is UEFA's first European Player of the Year selection this year.

Previously, individual awards such as the best forward, best defender, best midfielder, best goalkeeper and best player in the Champions League that were selected by UEFA every season were all cancelled.

As we all know, before merging with FIFA's "World Player of the Year", the Ballon d'Or award hosted by "France Football" magazine was the most prestigious and influential individual player award in world football.

The Ballon d'Or was once also known as "European Footballer of the Year", but later it gradually expanded the scope of the selection.

As president of UEFA, Platini is not willing to let the "European Footballer of the Year" die.

So on Platini's initiative, UEFA decided to launch a new "European Footballer" award.

UEFA officially cooperates with the European Sports Media (ESM), who serve as the main judging body for the best players in Europe.

The jury for Europe's best player will include sports journalists from fifty-three European countries.

Each reporter provides a list of three best players in ranked order, with the first-choice player receiving five points, the second-choice player receiving three points, and the third-choice player receiving one point.

In the first round of voting, the three players with the most votes will be shortlisted for the final round of voting.

UEFA announced the three finalists a month ago, namely Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo.

Xavi and Iniesta narrowly missed out.

In addition to showing the strength of Barcelona and the hype ability of the Spanish media, it also fully illustrates how powerful Leo is.

Otherwise, how could he lead Inter Milan all the way through the siege and finally defeat the powerful Barcelona to win the Triple Crown?

The European Player of the Year Award established by UEFA is very different from the European Golden Ball Award hosted by France Football magazine in the past.

The former award is awarded at the beginning of the new season, and the selection criteria is the player's performance in the past season.

The latter is awarded in the middle of the season at the beginning of the year, and the selection is based on the player's performance over the past year.

Leo won six championship trophies last season, and his personal goals and assists in all competitions were far behind Messi and Ronaldo.

But what surprised Leo the most was that the voting was actually conducted on the spot.

Fifty-three sports reporters voted instantly on the spot. During this time, the host invited Messi, Ronaldo and Leo to the stage and conducted a short interview.

Leo was really speechless. What was the point of on-site voting? Was it fair, just and open?
  It's a waste of time. UEFA really wants to control the results. It's not easy. Just saying it's on-site voting will make people think there's nothing fishy in it.

Whether there is any behind-the-scenes operation depends entirely on UEFA's intentions and has nothing to do with other factors.

After a tense vote, UEFA President Platini appeared on stage with a heavy "European Footballer of the Year" trophy.

There is no doubt that Leo defeated Messi and Ronaldo to win the first European Best Player, also known as the "New Ballon d'Or".

The reputation of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo has been ruthlessly broken by Leo before they were even called out.

It is estimated that in the future no one will mention anything about being both inferior and arrogant.

Leo received the bizarre trophy from UEFA President Michel Platini.

After expressing his gratitude to Platini, Leo gave an acceptance speech prepared in advance.

“I want to thank everyone who voted for me and I want to say you have a keen eye.

I've said it before, last season I had unprecedented success.

Here I would like to thank my teammates, coaches, club staff and all the fans who support me again.

This is a very special trophy and I will display it in a glass case at home.

There are already a lot of trophies in there, maybe I will need to move to a bigger cabinet soon.

This honor will continue to inspire me, and I will do my best to move forward and strive to live up to everyone's expectations. "

I asked for some well-edited photos from reporters I knew well, and took some selfies myself.

Leo immediately posted his handsome appearance holding the trophy and the contrasting funny selfie to major social platforms.

The caption read, "Thank you to everyone for your support, it was an unforgettable night."

In just a few minutes, the number of likes across the entire network exceeded 10 million.

There's no way, Leo is just so hot.

He combines the contrasting qualities of handsomeness and humor. He is also talented, approachable and often interacts with netizens.

It’s no wonder that Leo has more and more fans all over the Internet.

Unknowingly, Leo's number of fans has gradually approached that of the "popular king" in football, Cristiano Ronaldo, and he is likely to catch up from behind.

After receiving the award, Leo didn't even have time to go home and put away the trophy. He immediately joined the team non-stop.

Seeing Leo's European Player of the Year trophy, all his friends looked envious.

It's just that some people are more obvious, and some people are more hidden.

"Cool, let me touch your trophy!"

Balotelli's "salty hand" just stretched out was slapped back by Leo.

"If you like the trophy, just work hard. If you touch this trophy, it won't be changed."

In other words, you can talk to Ba Shen Leo without any scruples.

I saw Balotelli replied aggrievedly:

"I would like to, but no matter how hard I work, I won't be able to get these awards with you here, boss, right?"

Leo was silenced by Ba Shen's words. What he said seemed to be correct.

But Leo is not a "champion cancer". After he has won all the honors he can get, he might as well change his mind and help his good friends to compete.

Not everyone is like some people, and they even want to take the honors that their teammates deserve.

The pursuit of honor is a good thing, but it is not appropriate to go to a pathological level.

That will only force away all his capable teammates.

Leo couldn't do one thing on the surface but another behind the scenes.

Not only does Leo not know how to steal, he even sincerely thinks about taking the initiative to help his teammates win a few awards.

"I have some ideas, but don't worry, there will be opportunities later."

Still in Monaco, the 2011-2012 European Super Cup will be contested at the Stade Louis II.

Last season's Champions League champions Inter Milan faced Europa League champions Porto.

The Portuguese Super League giants achieved the "little treble" last season under the leadership of Villas-Boas.

That is, the Portuguese Super League champion, the Portuguese Cup champion and a Europa League champion.

And Villas-Boas ignored Mourinho's reminder and proudly joined Chelsea in the Premier League.

His career began to go downhill.

The main reason is that Villas-Boas has no self-awareness and has extremely poor character and low emotional intelligence.

For example, his achievements in Porto, Villas-Boas believes that it is because of his excellent coaching ability.

In fact, just take a look at Porto's lineup and you will know that last season there were Falcao, Hulk, Moutinho, Guarin, Otamendi, Fernando...

Talented new stars like Ronaldo rarely get many opportunities to play on the bench, which shows how luxurious the lineup is.

There are countless stars with both strength and fame. Maybe even a dog on the sidelines can win the championship.

Of course, Villas-Boas has good technical and tactical skills, but as a non-player, his ability to talk on paper is the most outstanding.

Returning to this European Super Cup game, Inter Milan changed their head coach, and their lineup has also undergone considerable changes from last season.

The same is true for Porto. The new head coach is Vitor Pereira, Villas' former assistant coach.

This is Pereira's first time coaching a team of Porto's level.

Ancelotti chose a starting formation of 4,231 for this game.

Balotelli is the lone forward, with Bale and Neymar on the wings.

Leo is the attacking midfielder, with Pirlo and De Rossi behind him.

Left back Kolarov, right back Zanetti, Bonucci and Ranocchia partnered as central defender and goalkeeper Handanovic.

Then there is Porto. The Portuguese Super League giants have a four-three-three lineup today.

The forward combination of Hulk, Kleber and Christian Rodriguez.

Moutinho, Guarin and Sosa partnered in the midfield.

Left back Fusile, right back Sapunaru, center backs Otamendi and Rolando, goalkeeper Ayrton.

(End of this chapter)