The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 291 The Second Golden Ball!
  Gareth Bale, who had two shots and one pass in this game, was named Man of the Match.

"Did you see how I performed today?"

Bell played his best personal performance since joining Inter Milan.

Faced with the Welshman Leo who came to ask for credit, he looked disgusted.

"Play a weak team and see what you can do, we didn't even try hard, okay?

And it’s only one game that can’t explain the problem. Keep up the good work, young man. "

After speaking, Leo patted Bell on the shoulder, and then ran away without giving him a chance to reply.

"You and I!"

Bell froze on the spot, making all his teammates laugh.

"Hahahaha, the skit you two performed was quite funny."

"No, no, no, the boss said that this kind of show performed by two people is called cross talk."

……

Before the start of the Milan derby on the weekend, China Milan still has a make-up match in the eleventh round of Serie A to play on Sunday.

The Nerazzurri went away to face the second-to-last team in the standings, Genoa.

After Inter Milan confirmed with Zanetti that Zanetti would retire at the end of the season, they immediately started recruiting right backs.

The winter transfer window is generally not easy to buy people, and it is even more difficult to buy strong online players.

After all, halfway through the season, I sold my main team to you, who should I use?

However, Inter Milan will most likely look down on players who cannot play the main role in the original team.

This resulted in a somewhat stagnant situation.

Before the winter window opened, Inter Milan inspected the best right backs in Europe.

“Young Dutch international Van der Wiel from Ajax, and Castro from Bayer Leverkusen.

These two are currently ranked relatively high among the young players we can buy who are qualified and have potential that can be further explored.

But they have no obvious advantage compared to David Thornton on our team.

If you take into account their familiarity and adaptability to Serie A, they may not be as good as Thornton, but it should be more appropriate to buy them for rotation and future reserves.

In addition, Debich from Lille and Danilo from Santos in Brazil, who have played against us before, can also be used as alternatives.

The former has limited potential, basically at its current level, while the latter has greater potential but is still a bit immature and cannot be used as an immediate combat capability.

Our next opponent in the Champions League, Marseille's Spanish right back Azpilicueta, is remarkable both offensively and defensively.

But the problem is that they may not be willing to sell their main players to opponents in the Champions League knockout rounds..."

The transfer department has compiled a detailed candidate list. To be honest, the whole world is in short supply of good full-backs.

You can count on one hand the number of right backs who can play both offensive and defensive positions.

Most of them are playing for other wealthy teams, and there is basically no possibility of buying them.

After all, Inter Milan, which previously had Maicon, Zanetti and David Thornton at right back, is already considered very wealthy.

However, as Zanetti decided to retire, Maicon's level declined and he was sold. In the future, it may not be feasible if only Thornton is left in the team.

Both Zanetti and Leo were called to a meeting to select their favorite candidates.

Unexpectedly, the captain and vice-captain of Inter Milan, a legendary veteran who has played right back for more than 20 years, and a Mr. Ballon d'Or who became famous at a young age, have surprisingly similar visions.

Neither Vandeveer nor Castro are very optimistic about passing directly.

This made sporting director Ausilio and chief scout Paratici look a bit ugly.

However, the team's director, Leonardo, was enjoying himself on the sidelines. He had long since stopped dealing with those two guys.

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Inter Milan's management has not clearly differentiated their duties and responsibilities, and it is normal for them to have conflicts with each other.

"Then let's focus on these two first. It's best to buy them both. If things don't go well, we'll consider other alternatives."

In the end, it was club president Nasser who made the final decision.

On January 2011, 1, the 9 FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards Ceremony was held grandly at the Opera House in Zurich, Switzerland.

Inter Milan star Leo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the second time without any doubt with a vote rate of 58.88%!

The number of judges who voted for second-placed Messi was less than half of Leo's, while third-placed Ronaldo's vote rate did not even reach 10%.

FIFA has provided a special plane to transport Leo. It doesn't matter who doesn't come. Isn't it a big joke that the Ballon d'Or winner doesn't come?

“I’m very fortunate to have a group of outstanding teammates. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be as good as I am now, and I wouldn’t be able to win so many personal honors.

Thanks to everyone who has helped me along the way, and to everyone who supports and likes me.

Of course, I also want to thank the judges who voted for me. Being able to win the Golden Globe again is an inspiration to me.

This trophy will spur me to continue working hard and move forward! "

Compared to winning the award for the first time, Leo was not as excited when he won the cup for the second time.

Even the acceptance speech was much shorter than last time.

"Second seat!"

Leo posted photos of himself and the Golden Globe trophy to major social platforms, and then muted his phone.

……

Two days after the Ballon d'Or was awarded, on January 2012, 1, Inter Milan faced Genoa away from home.

In order to stay focused on the Milan Derby four days later, Ancelotti made a certain degree of rotation.

Berbatov and Pazzini partnered up front, Coutinho served as the attacking midfielder, and Pirlo, Thiago Motta and teenager Zanetti joined forces in the midfield.

Left back Chivu, right back David Thornton, Samuel and Lucio partnered as central defenders, and the goalkeeper was Handanovic.

Well, Inter Milan changed ten starting players except for the goalkeeper.

The media and Inter Milan fans were a little surprised when they saw this starting lineup.

They couldn't help but sigh at Ancelotti's boldness.

"Isn't Inter Milan a little underestimating the enemy?"

"Comprehensive rotation. Ancelotti also attaches too much importance to the derby match with AC Milan in the next round."

"I think Genoa should give Inter Milan a good look at home!"

It's a shame that Genoa let them down, and it makes sense that the home team would be near the relegation zone.

Facing the Nerazzurri at home, who were not playing at full strength, Genoa, who aimed to avoid relegation, did not have the slightest advantage.

The first half ended in a goalless draw between the two teams.

In the 67th minute, Chivu made a diagonal pass from the left to the middle. Berbatov made a feint shot and missed it cleverly!
  David Thornton broke away from the defense at the back point and scored with a header!

Inter Milan, playing away from home, took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field.

And until the 81st minute of the game, Caracciolo passed the ball and Marco Rossi's furious shot was blocked by the Inter Milan defender!
  This turned out to be Genoa's first attack of the game.

In the end, with Thornton's goal, the defending champion easily defeated Genoa 1-0 in the away game and collected three points.

"Can you win this?"

"What is dominance?"

"Alas, it seems that no team in Serie A can sanction Inter Milan."

"Who said that? Maybe they will lose the next game!"

Fans of other Italian teams all hope that someone can step up and end Inter Milan's winning streak.

Apenning has been suffering from Guo Mi for a long time!

Can AC Milan really end Inter Milan's winning streak as these people expect?

After returning to Milan, Ancelotti and the others immediately devoted themselves to preparations for the Milan Derby.

During this period, Inter Milan officially released two transfer announcements quietly.

Croatia international Srna, who has played for Shakhtar Donetsk for eight years, joined the Nerazzurri for a transfer fee of 12 million euros.

As for Brazilian youngster Danilo, things didn't go so smoothly.

This summer, Porto, the famous "black shop" of the Portuguese Super League, spent 13 million to buy a 20-year-old talented Brazilian full-back.

Now it is just a matter of considering that Danilo is still young and renting him back to his home team to accumulate more game experience.

Porto, among other things, is good at cultivating "mavericks" to buy low and sell high to become profiteers.

However, their first move also shows that everyone has the same vision and are optimistic about Danilo's future development.

Porto didn't say that Danilo was not for sale. As a businessman, it was just that the price was not enough.

Their psychological expectation is 30 million euros. Of course, Inter Milan cannot afford this money, but Porto just bought a young player for more than 10 million euros and wants to sell it for 30 million euros. They are crazy about money. yes!
  After careful consideration, the club's senior management chose to give up.

Again, the Qatari consortium is not short of money, but it doesn’t like to be taken advantage of.

Without Danilo, we can naturally buy someone else.

The young English right-back Kyle Walker, who has gradually become the main force at Tottenham Hotspur this season, has also shown outstanding talent.

In addition to his extremely fast speed, Walker's defense and dribbling are very good, but his crossing may be a little worse.

But this is not a shortcoming. After all, Walker is only 21 years old and has a lot of room for growth.

The bigger problem is actually Levy. After Tottenham bought Kyle Walker from Sheffield United more than two years ago, they trained him as a future right winger.

For this reason, is it reasonable for them to ask for an extra 8 million pounds in training fees?

After being persuaded to back out by Levy's sky-high price, Inter Milan had an alternative plan.

Marseille's Spanish right-back Cesar Azpilicueta quickly beat out other opponents to become Inter Milan's top target.

After promising to play for Marseille until the end of the season, the Ligue 1 team accepted Inter Milan's offer of 9.8 million euros.

"Which means that starting from next season, I will compete with Srna and Azpilicueta for the right-back position?

Then I might as well just switch to the left wing. Kolarov will always get injured. "

During the chat, we talked about the team's recruitment work at the right back position, David Thornton's black line.

Leo sighed in frustration.

Srna has only been in Milan for a few days, but such a Croatian veteran has already shown his strength on the training ground.

His ability to defend steadily and provide assists is also quite extraordinary, especially his crosses and set kicks that seem to be better than Kolarov on the other side.

If they are really allowed to start together, Balotelli will be lucky. He only needs to wait for the pass in the middle.

Of course, Ancelotti has no plans to adjust his tactics for the time being. Maybe when the situation cannot be opened up, he can try a simple and crude ball-playing method from the wing.

"Serna is almost 30 years old. You can definitely learn from him. His experience and skills will definitely be of great help to you.

I'm afraid I won't have a chance to play if I learn his skills.

As for Azpilicueta, I don’t know exactly what level he has never played against, but can’t you be a little ambitious?

After all, you are a talented boy who has played in the Inter Milan first team at the age of seventeen. No matter who your competitors are, as long as you are better than them, no one can take away your starting spot! ”    As the Milan Derby approaches, the derby atmosphere on the streets of Milan is becoming increasingly popular.

On January 2012, 1, in the 15th round of Serie A, Inter Milan will face their archrival AC Milan in an "away road" match!
  This is the first major test that Inter Milan has faced since the beginning of the new year.

AC Milan had been undefeated in twelve consecutive league rounds before this game and had won all three.

The excellent record brought about by the excellent form has also helped the Rossoneri currently rank second in the Serie A standings behind its city rivals.

Therefore, this game is not only a Milan derby, but also a strong dialogue between the top two in Serie A!
  There is no doubt that the game has attracted countless eyeballs before it even started.

It can be said that almost everyone except Inter Milan fans hope to see AC Milan defeat the defending champion.

Against his old club, Ancelotti's Inter Milan came out with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

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

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

Kolarov left back, Zanetti right back, Bonucci and Ranocchia partnered as central defenders, and goalkeeper Handanovic.

If today's opponent is not AC Milan, but any other team, Pirlo may not necessarily start.

Pirlo played more than 70 minutes in the last round match against Genoa before being replaced.

But Milan is a very special opponent for many people, so after careful consideration, Ancelotti decided to substitute Modric and Pirlo as the starter.

On AC Milan's side, Nesta, the mainstay of the defense, returned from injury, and right back Abate also recovered in time to catch up with Derby.

On the striker, Pato overcame Robinho to get the starting opportunity to play with Ibrahimovic.

Emmanuelson's attacking midfielder, Nocerino, Van Bommel and Boateng formed the midfield.

On the back line, Zambrotta and Abate are on the left and right, the central defender combination is Thiago Silva and Nesta, and the goalkeeper Abbiati.

Before the game, the San Siro held a moment of silence for the Italian policeman Savari who was killed by a stowaway.

Then this focus battle officially started with the anticipation of tens of thousands of people!
  The game was full of smoke from the beginning. Well, Leo really smelled the gunpowder anyway.

The fans in the stands didn't know what they were lighting on fire, but it was filled with smoke.

But for the Milan Derby, this is considered a trivial matter and did not affect the progress of the game at all.

Balotelli broke through with the ball and Thiago Silva stepped forward to make a clearance.

Van Bommel tackled Neymar from the back and cut into the middle, and Inter Milan got the first set-piece opportunity of the game.

Leo generously gave the free kick opportunity to Pirlo.

Although Pirlo never said a bad word about Milan, it is certainly unrealistic to say that he has no resentment at all.

Having played for the Rossoneri for ten years, Pirlo represented the Nerazzurri today and stood on the opposite side of his old club, which has already explained everything.

Pirlo's trademark falling ball went over the wall and fell in front of the goal.

The "home team" goalkeeper Abbiati made a timely save. He flew up and blocked the ball out of the baseline!
  Fortunately, Abbiati knows Pirlo very well and has been a teammate on and off for many years.

The Nerazzurri took a corner kick and Balotelli headed the ball forward, but his header went too far.

"Bale played very well in the last game. You can't be compared like this!"

Seeing that Neymar did not enter the game quickly after the opening, Leo ran over and came up with an idea to stimulate the opponent.

Sure enough, Neymar couldn't bear it when he heard this.

"He played against a weak team. Is it the same as playing against AC Milan today?"

"Isn't that right? You performed well in today's match against a strong opponent. Doesn't it prove that you are better than him?"

Neymar scratched his head. Leo seemed to have no problem, but why did he always feel that something was not right.

Leo smiled and walked away after seeing Neymar's thoughtful look.

He won't admit anything about his CPU teammates.

Bell frowned and looked to the other side of the court.
  "What were Leo muttering to that guy about?"

Zanetti's breakthrough from the right was brought down by Gianluca Zambrotta, giving Inter Milan another free kick.

This time it was Leo who took the penalty. The position was a bit far from the goal and was not suitable for hitting directly. Leo chose to hang into the penalty area.

Bell jumped high from behind and shook his head to attack the goal!
  The ball was scored, but the linesman raised his flag first and the goal was invalid.

Bell shook his head. He felt that he was not offside, but Orsato, the referee today, understood everything.

Emmanuelson made the ball, and Ibrahimovic suddenly took a cold shot from the front of the penalty area!

Handanovic flew to save the ball!
  Then Pato moved the ball to the right, Boateng's volley hit the goal, Emmanuelson made the ball, and Pato who rushed to the penalty area made a slight adjustment and shot high!

AC Milan missed a great opportunity to score.

Immediately after Ibrahimovic made a pass from the front, Nocerino broke into the left side of the penalty area and volleyed from a small angle, but Zanetti cleared the ball first.

During this period, the Rossoneri regained some initiative and launched continuous attacks.

Leo stole the ball in the backcourt. He observed the situation on the court and decisively passed the ball diagonally to the right.

Zanetti dribbled the ball along the right wing and passed two defenders before knocking across the ball.

Milan defender Abate made a mistake in making a clearance. Neymar dribbled the ball into the penalty area and faced Abbiati with a low left-footed shot into the far corner!

One to zero!

Inter Milan, who was "playing away from home", took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field!

Neymar scored his first goal in the Milan Derby!
  The Brazilian teenager clenched his fists and waved them continuously while running to the sidelines and roaring at the camera!

After coming to Italy and joining Inter Milan, Neymar also doubted whether his choice was correct.

Maybe his father thinks more about money, but Neymar himself is relatively pure.

The young man, who turns 20 next month, has a real passion for football.

The atmosphere at San Siro was fiery. After scoring a goal that changed the situation under the spotlight, Neymar felt unprecedented happiness.

This is the meaning of his coming to Europe!

"Going in beautifully!"

Neymar turned his head when he heard this and saw Leo looking at him with a smile on his face.

So Neymar also grinned, showing his white teeth, and gave Leo a big hug.

The game continued, and AC Milan, which was lagging behind, had to further strengthen its offense.

The home team made a long pass from the backcourt, and Pato quickly moved forward to respond, but unfortunately it was already offside.

Then Ibrahimovic's long-range shot was lifted by Handanovic and hit the bottom line with one palm.

Milan's corner kick went into the penalty area. Boateng responded to the corner kick and outflanked it, half-turned and volleyed over the crossbar.

Pato then broke into the penalty area and passed the ball in front of the goal after receiving a knock back from Ibrahimovic. Inter Milan center back Ranocchia cleared the ball in time.

In the 28th minute, the Rossoneri played wonderful offensive coordination!

Abate scored the ball, Boateng made a pass from the right, and Ibrahimovic made a beautiful "scorpion tail" attack with his back to the goal!
  Unfortunately, the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar and did not pose any threat to Inter Milan goalkeeper Handanovic.

Two minutes later, the Nerazzurri quickly retaliated. Kolarov received Leo's ball from the left and broke through to the left side of the penalty area for a cross!

Thiago Silva also made a mistake with a header, but Balotelli also did not expect such a situation and did not have time to follow up with the shot.

In stoppage time, Pato made a breakthrough pass from the right, and Van Bommel's volley from the edge of the penalty area hit the crossbar!

Emmanuelson's supplementary shot was saved by Handanovic again!

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

On the way back to the locker room, Leo was not idle.

"Gareth, Neymar scored a goal in the first half, you can't lose to him!"

"Neymar, you just scored one goal. That's not good. Last time Bale scored two goals and one assist!"

Bale/Neymar:? ? ?

"Adjust well during the halftime break and keep working hard in the second half!"

After saying that, he even made a cheering gesture towards them in a cowardly manner.

“Again, a one-goal lead is not safe, so we continued to strengthen the wing attack in the second half.

Their defense on the wing had some loopholes today. When they returned to the court, they seized the opportunity and killed the game! "

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and neither Milan duo made adjustments to their lineup.

Nocerino made a direct pass, and Pato made a diagonal pass from the right to the arc of the penalty area and missed the long shot.

In the 52nd minute, Leo made a diagonal long pass to the gap on the left. After receiving the ball, Bell easily got rid of Abate and reached the left side of the penalty area!
  As a result, Nesta didn't wait for Bell to take off, and directly tackled the opponent from behind.

Orsato shook his head helplessly, blew the whistle for a penalty kick, and took out a yellow card for Nesta.

Tsk, it’s really disappointing, I didn’t seize such a good opportunity.

Leo shrugged at Bale and stepped up to the penalty spot.

The opponent would rather give away points than give Bell a chance to shoot. Who can blame him?

At this moment, a smoking bomb or something came crashing down from the stands behind the Milan goal!

Leo reacted quickly and dodged with a step back.

Leo, who was almost hit, didn't bother to go to Orsato to protest. He waited for the smoke to clear before returning to the penalty spot.

This time no one dared to smash anything and interfere. Roseneri, who had just thrown dangerous objects at Leo, had been taken away from the scene by the stadium security personnel.

As for what kind of punishment you will receive, that will happen after the game.

All Leo needs to do in front of him is to score the penalty kick.

When the referee's whistle blew, Leo took a deep breath and decisively swung his leg and hit the ball hard!
  The ball hit the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball!

Abbiati didn't even make a save.

Two to zero!
  Inter Milan extended their lead!
  The advantage of two balls is in hand. How to say, it is basically stable.

In the 60th minute, Milan made the first substitution, Allegri replaced Zambrotta with Robinho.

A striker replaces a defender. Does this mean he is going to launch a counterattack?
  The Rossoneri's field formation changed to three forwards, and they tried to strengthen their offense through such adjustments.

Ibrahimovic took the ball to the bottom line and knocked back. Nocerino turned around and swept the ball. The ball bounced off Pato's feet and flew towards the goal. Handanovic got the ball with a timely side dive.

After Ibrahimovic left, Inter Milan got better and better, so Nerazzurri no longer had much hatred for the Swedes.

On the contrary, it feels like watching a clown. As soon as Ibrahimovic left Inter Milan, he won six crowns. It was clear who lost and who gained.

Ibrahimovic also played very hard in the attack today, but he was so active that he was never able to break through the Nerazzurri's door.

Ibrahimovic passed the ball diagonally in front of the goal, but Robinho started a step late and the ball went directly out of the baseline.

Inter Milan took a goal kick, Balotelli responded with a header, and Leo directly kicked the ball to the right without looking at anyone!
  It was Neymar's dribbling again. The Brazilian's gorgeous dribbling avoided Zambrotta's flying tackle and cut into the right side of the penalty area!

Abbiati abandoned the goal immediately and flew towards the ball at Neymar's feet!
  However, Neymar passed the attacking goalkeeper with a clever dunk of his left foot, and pushed the empty goal with his right foot!
  The ball went in! Three to zero!
  At the end of the game, Inter Milan once again defeated its mortal enemy with a score of 3 to 0 and won the Milan Derby!

(End of this chapter)