The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 303 First defeat in the Champions League

Three days after playing Bayern in the Champions League away game, Inter Milan returned to Serie A for another away game.

The Nerazzurri, who played in a rotating lineup, drew 2-2 with Cagliari away from home. Although they only scored one point, they still won this season's Serie A championship seven games ahead of schedule.

Seven consecutive championships!

Since the outbreak of Calciopoli, Inter Milan has won the Serie A championship trophy for seven consecutive seasons!

This is also Inter Milan's first Serie A championship after Moratti left and the Qatari consortium took over!

There is nothing much to say. The championship celebration was postponed to the home court a week later.

In the 32nd round of Serie A, Inter Milan faced Siena at home.

Balotelli scored twice, Leo passed and shot, and the Nerazzurri defeated their opponents 3-0 at Meazza!

After the game, the club showed off its newly acquired 2011-2012 Serie A championship trophy.

The championship celebrations began with cheers and applause from the audience.

All Inter Milan players and the fans at the scene shared the joy of the championship.

But to be honest, a league championship is nothing to people like Leo and others who are soft-handed in winning the championship.

But some people were different. With excitement and curiosity, Bell came forward and touched the trophy.

This is the first league championship in his career.

Club Chairman Nasser nodded with satisfaction and was already thinking about having a meeting to discuss whether to increase the bonus when he returns.

After all, this is just the beginning, there will be the Italian Cup finals and the more important Champions League games later.

"The incentive of increasing bonuses should make both coaches and players more motivated, right?"

Before he took over Inter Milan, Inter Milan had won three or even six crowns.

But if Inter Milan's performance in the Champions League this season is not as good as before, how will the outside world view him?

Will they say that Nasser is not good?

No, the media and fans of other teams will say that the arrival of the Qatari consortium has made Inter Milan worse than before.

And they will also laugh at them for spending a lot of money but having the opposite effect.

This was unacceptable to Nasser.

Although he is directly responsible to the crown prince, once that happens, the consequences will be disastrous.

Even if the crown prince can continue to maintain his trust in Nasser, it is hard to say whether he himself has the nerve to remain in his current position.

Also, since two years ago, Qatar Crown Prince Tamim has gradually taken over the country's military power and security responsibilities.

Needless to say, financial power has long been under the control of their mother and son.

In addition, Tamim also plans to "reorganize the cabinet and bring many young people into the cabinet" in order to encourage a new generation of knowledgeable people to participate in politics.

These are all preparations for the succession in the near future.

When the time comes, the current Emir Hamad will have no choice but to give up his position.

If Inter Milan's final results are not satisfactory, even if it does not affect the crown prince's succession, it is inevitable that someone will gossip about it.

It is a pity that as the owner of the club now, it is not convenient for Qatar to control the game from behind.

Otherwise, whether it is throwing money or threatening the safety of the opponent's family, isn't it just a Champions League? There is always a way to ensure it.

After all, Qatar, where the highest summer temperature is close to 50 degrees, even successfully bid to host the World Cup.

Money can make all the difference. Since it's not easy to spend money from the other side, we can only tap the potential internally.

Just before the start of Inter Milan's home game against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, a piece of news shocked everyone.

Inter Milan announced internally that it will add an additional 25 million euros in bonuses for winning the Champions League. At the same time, each subsequent Champions League game won will receive an additional 5 million euros in single-game bonuses.

This means that as long as the Nerazzurri can successfully defend the Champions League again this year, all members of the first team will equally share a total bonus of 40 million euros.

It may not seem like a lot to get to everyone, but know it’s an added bonus!

It’s something that didn’t exist originally, something added in addition to the original player salaries, winning bonuses, goal bonuses, and championship bonuses!

And it's not much for Leo, and it's not much for ordinary players who earn tens of thousands a week.

This will greatly stimulate the players in the Inter Milan team to show greater enthusiasm in the subsequent Champions League matches!

"Mr. Chairman is so generous, so we have to show some real skills!"

On April 2012, 4, in a focus match in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Inter Milan faced off against Real Madrid at home, which ignited the flames of war under the spotlight!

“Coming back to Milan feels like coming home and I see a lot of familiar faces at Meazzi.

The two years I spent working here were very unforgettable in my career.

After I left Inter Milan, I always paid attention to Inter Milan.

They achieved amazing results.

I also know that when the game starts, many fans at the scene may have been my supporters.

I'm grateful for that, but the game is the game and I'm definitely here to win.

Maybe after the game, I will have a meal with Leo and the others.

But before that, I didn’t know anyone because we were rivals. "

Mourinho, who once led the Nerazzurri to create history and win the first treble in the history of the team and even the entire Serie A, returned to Apennines with the Galacticos this year!

Nerazzurri also has complicated feelings about the arrival of the madman.

But overall, the vast majority of Inter Milan teams still have a favorable impression of Mourinho.

The defending champions playing at home showed their full strength and did not dare to be careless and underestimate the enemy.

Balotelli's single arrow, Bale and Neymar flew together on both wings.

Leo is the attacking midfielder, Pirlo and De Rossi are in the midfield.

Kolarov at left back, David Thornton at right back, Bonucci and Ranocchia partnered as center back and goalkeeper Handanovic.

Zanetti, who has returned from injury, is temporarily on standby today.

For the visiting team, Mourinho adjusted four starters.

The main players Alonso, Benzema and Di Maria returned to the team, and Coentrao started in place of Marcelo.

Real Madrid also has a four-two-three formation.

Forwards Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo and Angel Di Maria line up the wings.

Ergo is the attacking midfielder, Khedira and Xavi Alonso are the midfielders.

Left back Coentrao, right back Arbeloa, Pepe and Ramos partnered as center back and goalkeeper Casillas.

After the game started, Real Madrid, playing away from home, seemed more cautious. Mourinho's team insisted on a defensive and counterattack style.

Inter Milan, on the other hand, was not so polite and took advantage of their home court advantage to put pressure frequently.

Under Leo's control, the Nerazzurri's offense was unpredictable, sometimes launching from the left and sometimes organizing from the right.

Coentrao was able to struggle with the young Neymar for a while, but Arbeloa was miserable. He was raped by Bale again and again and had no temper.

Fortunately, Casillas was in good condition and made many heroic saves to keep the goal.

De Rossi's direct pass from the backcourt was intercepted by Khedira, and Ego sent a wonderful through ball!

Benzema's powerful volley from the right side of the penalty area was held up by Handanovic with one palm!

I have to admit that despite his ugly appearance, Egou has a very bad character, but his skills and creativity are beyond words.

Real Madrid's offense in the away game is by no means sloppy, and its main focus is an efficient counterattack.

Neymar and David Thornton continued to pass and receive on the right, and the Brazilian faked a move and directly knocked Coentrao to the ground and broke through to the right side of the penalty area!

Balotelli, who was responding in the middle, just received Neymar's cross and fell in front of the goal under the pull of Ramos!

Before the game started, Leo only remembered to remind Balotelli to pay attention to Pepe's small actions and flagrant fouls, and forgot about Ramos, which was not much better.

High emotional intelligence and rich defensive experience.

Low emotional intelligence is all his dirty tricks.

Viewed from different angles, the conclusions obtained will be completely opposite.

Balotelli fell in the penalty area, and referee Weber did not even interrupt the game.

The Inter Milan players on the field protested to the referee, but the "famous whistler" Webb from England shook his head and ignored it.

No, whose home field is this?

Why do referees always help Inter Milan's opponents wherever they go?

Does UEFA no longer want to see Inter Milan in the Champions League?

There is a certain possibility. After all, if the championship is always won by the Nerazzurri, it may affect the popularity of the Champions League to a certain extent.

After the referee's standards popped up, Real Madrid became more comfortable in defensive counterattacks.

Bale accelerated and used his absolute speed advantage to eat Real Madrid right back Arbeloa alive!

Immediately afterwards, Pepe made a fierce flying tackle with bright spikes at the front of the penalty area, directly knocking the Welsh flying wing to the ground with the ball!

Weber hesitated and called a foul but had no intention of taking out the card.

Taking a free kick outside the penalty area, Leo glanced at "Saint Cassie" in front of the goal line.

Casillas, the legendary goalkeeper who became famous at a young age and has guarded the goal for the Galacticos and the Spanish national team for many years, reacts quickly and saves the ball decisively.

Especially when dealing with opponents' close-range shots, Casey will always be as impeccable as a spring to help the team resolve the crisis.

But his shortcomings are also well known. Cassie, who is only 1.82 meters tall, often has problems handling high-altitude balls.

This is a congenital shortcoming that is difficult to make up for through acquired efforts. In high ball defense, Cassie is much weaker than tall goalkeepers.

Just as a tall goalkeeper will never have the speed to get down the ground like Casey.

What's more serious is that the problem with Casillas's character further aggravates Casillas's lack of confidence when defending high-altitude balls such as long shots, lobs, and free kicks.

This makes him often appear hesitant and hesitant when attacking.

Compared with his decisiveness and bravery when making close saves, "Saint Cassie" showed his indecisive side when facing Leo's free kick.

As usual, he directed his teammates to form a wall in front of him, but the Real Madrid captain still felt uneasy.

Especially when he saw Leo's confident eyes, Cassie became more and more flustered.

Leo simply observed the layout of the human wall and Cassie's position, and immediately had an idea.

The ball rose from Leo's feet and drew a beautiful arc over Real Madrid's penalty area.

Not only did it fly over the top of the human wall, it also easily bypassed Casillas' fingertips!

Compared with the top goalkeepers that Leo met some time ago, Cassie's height disadvantage is too obvious.

Leo's free kick went straight into the upper right corner of the goal!

One to zero! Inter Milan took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field!

Leo scored directly from a free kick against Real Madrid!

And this is the first time Real Madrid has been behind in the Champions League this season.

Cassie failed to touch the ball and fell heavily in front of the goal line. The Spaniard clenched his fist and hammered it twice in anger.

Nerazzurri in the stands could not suppress their excitement and shouted Leo's name loudly.

In response to the enthusiastic fans, Leo ran to the sidelines and flexed his bow!

The sky above the stadium echoed with thundering cheers and applause!

Today, nearly 80,000 people poured into the Meazza Stadium. It seems that the new stadium needs to be built larger.

Of course, in addition to Inter Milan's outstanding record and beautiful scenes attracting audiences, today's opponents are indeed different.

I don’t know how many die-hard Nerazzurri fans spent a lot of money for a live ticket.

Not to mention 80,000 people, if the stadium can accommodate it, even if there are 100,000 seats today, there will still not be enough seats.

Inter Milan plays Real Madrid at home in the Champions League semi-finals. How many years can it take for it to happen?

Today David Thornton is responsible for marking Ronaldo. This is really like dreaming back to the 2008-2009 season.

Thornton, who was 18 years old at the time, was just starting out and performed a great show of single defense against Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, Ronaldo left Manchester United for a sky-high transfer fee and joined Real Madrid, while David Thornton is still playing for the Nerazzurri.

The Portuguese dribbled the ball in stride, and he didn't care about Thornton's marking.

One person passed the ball! Ronaldo is about to force his way out of Thornton's defense!

Boy, you don’t think I’m still the same person I was three years ago, do you?

Cristiano Ronaldo's lips slightly raised with pride. He has not slackened for a moment over the years, constantly improving himself.

Before Ronaldo could be proud, David Thornton turned around and made a decisive flying tackle!

Cristiano also didn't expect that this kid Thornton could catch up with him without being thrown away by him in two steps.

So Ronaldo paid the price of underestimating the enemy and was tackled to the ground by the Inter Milan right back who also dribbled the ball.

Weber blew the whistle in time, awarded Real Madrid a well-positioned free kick, and gave Sander a verbal warning.

But David Thornton didn't care at all, turned around and returned to the penalty area to participate in the arrangement of the wall.

Hello.

Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick hit the goal directly and passed the crossbar, posing no threat to the Inter Milan goalkeeper.

A minute later, Pepe kicked Balotelli down in defense.

The two then got into an argument on the field and pushed each other.

Referee Weber scored 50 rebounds each and gave Pepe and Balotelli a yellow card each.

It seems fair, but I don't want to think about who caused the conflict. It was obviously Pepe's vicious foul that was not punished as it should be, which made Bashen extremely dissatisfied.

"Mario, calm down, your opponent just wants to provoke you in this way.

Now he has also received a yellow card. As long as you can keep calm, it will actually be the opponent's loss.

How about hitting them back with a goal? "

Leo's words fell on the furious Balotelli's ears, as if someone had recited the Ice Heart Art to the possessed Nie Feng.

Ba Shen gradually calmed down. His eyes were still burning with anger, but he had regained his senses.

Inter Milan has slightly taken the initiative on the court. Will Real Madrid, which is lagging behind, continue to insist on a defensive counterattack style?

Pirlo distributed the ball in the frontcourt, and Bale made a powerful low shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area. The ball just slid out!

Real Madrid launched a quick counterattack. Kolarov brought down Di Maria and was given a yellow card by the referee for a foul.

Ronaldo's free kick hit the wall and slowed down, and Handanovic easily confiscated the ball.

Leo passed the ball into the penalty area. Balotelli, under the personal interference of Ramos, forced his kick to volley, but Cassie bravely blocked it!

The visiting team quickly retaliated. Ergo passed the ball from the middle, Benzema responded, and Ronaldo broke through to the sideline of the penalty area with a long shot that was slightly higher than the top of the crossbar!

Unwilling to end the half with a trailing score, Real Madrid stopped counterattacking and stepped up their offensive with all their strength.

But Inter Milan's solid defense did not allow the opponent to get any good opportunities.

The first half entered stoppage time, and the game was about to enter halftime. Many spectators had already left to go to the toilet or buy something to eat.

Di Maria dribbled the ball from the right and passed near the baseline. Benzema missed a point in front, and Ronaldo, who followed behind, shot angrily!

Handanovic roared and flew forward to pounce on the ball!

A chance for Inter Milan to counterattack quickly!

Leo caught the ball in the center circle and turned around in one move, and he ran out between Khedira and Alonso!

Ancelotti couldn't help but glanced at the visiting team's bench with some pride.

How about it? My quick counterattack training is not much worse than Mourinho's.

Pepe couldn't even stop Leo even half a step. Counting the "trident" of Inter Milan's frontcourt that quickly moved forward, Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas was facing a terrible situation of one against four!

To attack or not to attack!

He was afraid of being passed or hit by the goal when attacking. Amidst Cassie's hesitation, Leo had already brought the ball to the arc of the penalty area.

The Real Madrid defenders who were chasing after him were still some distance away, and Leo had plenty of time to adjust.

At this time, the referee Weber has already put the whistle in his mouth. As long as Leo passes the ball and an Inter Milan offensive player hits the goal, the whistle will be blown to end the first half.

Casillas was indifferent to a fake shot, which made Leo a little unclear whether the other party saw through his fake shot or was dumbfounded.

Leo Ben's already slowed down pace suddenly quickened, and he broke into the small penalty area with three steps and two steps at a time!

Cassie couldn't wait any longer and finally gave up the goal and pounced on the ball at Leo's feet!

Leo, who was well prepared, smiled and knocked the ball to his teammates with his heel.

Balotelli pushed a right-footed shot from Leo's left back into the empty goal!

Two to zero!

At the end of the first half, Inter Milan leads Real Madrid 2-0 at home!

Mourinho's face was ashen and he walked into the tunnel without saying a word.

The crazy man almost made a mistake and almost walked into the Inter Milan dressing room with ease.

In fact, before the start of this game, Mourinho and his coaching team conducted meticulous and thoughtful preparations.

Pay special attention to the main members of Inter Milan, especially the newcomers.

Instead, he has somewhat ignored "old guys" he is more familiar with, such as Leo, Balotelli and David Thornton.

As can be seen in the first half, Bale and Neymar were indeed successfully restricted by Mourinho's tactics and did not have much performance.

But Leo and the others stood up and gave the visiting team a head-on blow.

In any case, the home team cannot score any more goals in the second half. It is best to take away one or two away goals.

Leaving the suspense of the game to the second round, Mourinho has confidence in his team.

Real Madrid will definitely be able to eliminate Inter Milan and advance to the Champions League finals when they return to the Bernabeu.

At the beginning of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, with no substitutions on either side.

Compared with the first half, Real Madrid played more proactively at the beginning of the second half. After all, they were now two goals behind.

Cristiano Ronaldo crossed outside the penalty area and took a long shot that was blocked by Ranocchia!

Leo sent a long pass from the backcourt, and Gareth Bale ran over half of the stadium to catch the ball!

However, his diagonal shot after cutting into the left side of the penalty area was punched out by Casillas!

Balotelli followed up with a follow-up shot that missed slightly.

Ergo passed to the penalty area, and Benzema attacked from a small angle but Bonucci flew out of the baseline.

Xabi Alonso brought down Pirlo in the middle, but the offense was favorable for Inter Milan to continue attacking.

Coentrao kicked Bell down again, and the referee took out two yellow cards.

Neither Alonso nor Coentrao escaped punishment.

Neymar made continuous breakthroughs from the right and then cut in and was blocked by Ramos. De Rossi shot another shot from the outside of the penalty area and flew into the stands.

Kolarov made a pass from the left, and Balotelli barely managed to stab the ball with his left foot under Pepe's pursuit, but it was confiscated by Casillas who struck out in time.

After adjustments, the Real Madrid captain performed more steadily in the second half.

Ergo moved forward to the edge of the penalty area and shot a low shot with his left foot, which was firmly saved by Handanovic.

Di Maria cut in from the right and fired a long shot over the crossbar.

In the 79th minute, David Thornton made a rare forward assist since the start of the game.

After forcing a pass from Coentrao on the right wing, Neymar missed the ball. Balotelli got rid of the defense and suddenly inserted his right foot in front of the goal!

Cassie immediately went to the ground to save, but still couldn't prevent the opponent's shot from hitting the net!

Three to zero!

Inter Milan seals the victory!

Mourinho made two substitutions in a row, with Higuain and Granero coming off the bench, replacing Ozil and Coentrao.

Real Madrid changed their formation, with four offensive players on the front line.

Well, that's very madman-like.

Ancelotti responded immediately, with Thiago Motta and Zanetti coming on as substitutes, and David Thornton and Neymar being substituted.

With a 3-0 lead, Inter Milan chose to strengthen its defense.

Real Madrid's offensive has been getting higher and higher, but it has always been difficult to break through the home team's door.

In the 89th minute, Ancelotti used up the last substitution of the game.

Leo was replaced by Modric, and the head coach was also worried that the core of the team would be injured by Real Madrid's "butchers" at the last moment.

In the second minute of stoppage time, Benzema passed the ball to the left side of the penalty area. Cristiano Ronaldo's right-footed shot in front of the small penalty area was hit out by Handanovic!

Alonso got the ball from the outside and moved to the right. Benzema broke into the right side of the penalty area and knocked in front of the goal, but no Real Madrid player followed up.

Ronaldo knocked back near the far baseline, and Higuain was unmarked before the penalty spot and pushed into the empty goal!

Three to one!

At the end of the game, Inter Milan defeated Real Madrid led by Mourinho 3-1 at home!

This is also Real Madrid's first defeat in the Champions League this season!

The Nerazzurri became the third team to defeat Real Madrid this season after Barcelona and Levante.

(End of this chapter)