The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 324 Youth Army

Compared with other international players, the Italian national team members who just finished playing the game at their home court yesterday were the first to return to the club.

Ancelotti and his coaching staff finally got down to business.

In the past few days, it was enough to train with a bunch of substitute players and young players brought in from the youth team.

Before the Champions League match in midweek next week, Inter Milan has to play a Serie A game.

The Brazilian internationals Neymar and Thiago Silva returned from South America after a long journey, and Ancelotti thought about it and chose to rest them.

Thinking of this, An Pang wanted to curse. It was obviously two friendly matches. Is it necessary for Brazil to bring out all the main players?

That guy Menezes actually let Neymar play the entire two games, which is beyond belief.

However, Neymar not only scored three goals, but also assisted Oscar, Kaká and Lucas Moura to score in the two games.

Nei Shao has already begun to have some core flavor among the Samba team.

But just after returning to the team, he should rest first in the next league game with Catania.

Otherwise, I would have played two national team games without getting injured, and then I would be speechless if I got injured just after returning to the club.

Thankfully, only Modric of the team suffered a minor injury, and the rest of the international team was at best physically exhausted and not in the best condition.

On October 10, in the eighth round of Serie A, the Nerazzurri faced Catania at home.

From a usual perspective, Catania is undoubtedly a weak team.

Even in the past few decades, Elephant has been involved in the lower levels of Italian football for a long time.

But for this current season alone, Rolando Malan, who just took over as Catania's head coach this summer, is doing really well.

After the first seven rounds of the league, this team from Sicily is currently ranked seventh in Serie A.

But after careful consideration, Ancelotti still made a substantial rotation in the face of Catania, which has been in good form recently.

There is nothing wrong with this. For Inter Milan, the Champions League game three days later is naturally more important.

Neymar, Pirlo, De Rossi and other main players sat on the sidelines and watched the game.

Anyway, with Leo here, even if he brings a group of young people, he doesn't have to worry about the outcome of the game.

Anyway, Ancelotti saw that this kid Leo was outstanding and very durable.

Even in a consecutive week of double matches, Leo was not injured. The most he could do was complain.

As a young man, as the captain of the team, he should take on heavier responsibilities.

Today, the defending champion plays at home and still uses the starting formation of 4,231.

Balotelli caught a cold and just played in a game. It seemed that the cold was getting worse. An Pang directly asked him to go home to recuperate to avoid infecting his teammates in the team.

Lewandowski started the game, with Bale and Coutinho on both sides.

Leo's attacking midfielder, Thiago Motta and Verratti formed an all-Italian midfield.

Left back Chivu, right back David Thornton, Bonucci and Ranocchia partnered as center back and goalkeeper Handanovic.

In short, all the players who played two games on the national team's match day were rested regardless of whether they were injured or not.

Seeing that Inter Milan "disdained" themselves so much, Catania was very unhappy and launched an attack at the beginning!

But the away team had a slight advantage in the first few minutes of the game.

Barrientos made a long pass, and both Ranocchia and Bonucci missed the ball.

Almiron got the ball and broke into the penalty area, but the Argentine's right-footed volley from the penalty spot went slightly over the crossbar.

After entering the game, Inter Milan quickly took back the initiative.

In the 28th minute, Leo dribbled the ball from the middle and broke through the double-team of two defensive players before passing into the penalty area!

Lewandowski still succeeded with a header from Lero Towers behind him!

One to zero!

The game became better after the Nerazzurri took the lead.

In stoppage time in the first half, David Thornton made a breakthrough pass from the wing, and Lewandowski nodded the ball in front of him.

Leo got rid of the defense and broke into the right side of the penalty area. He stopped the ball with his chest and followed up with a volley with his left foot. The ball flew into the lower left corner of the goal!

Two to zero!

Another game without any suspense.

Ancelotti made successive substitutions shortly after the start of the second half.

First, Lucas Moura, who performed well in the Brazilian national team, came on as a substitute to replace Leo.

Then Verratti came on as a substitute and replaced Thiago Motta.

Azpilicueta then replaced Chivu, and the average age of Inter Milan's players was almost 20 years old.

It is hard to imagine that such a "youth army" appeared in Italy, which is full of veterans.

In the end, Catania was helpless against a group of young people.

Inter Milan played at home with a rotating lineup and defeated Catania 2-0 to maintain their winning streak.

On October 10, the second match day of the third round of the Champions League group stage ushered in several focus matches.

It stands to reason that the game between Inter Milan and Porto should also be worth watching, but because most people think that the defending champion will win easily, the attention of this game has decreased.

Arsenal's home game against Schalke 04, Real Madrid's away game against Dortmund and Ajax's game against Manchester City, which started at the same time, seem to be more exciting.

That's fine, the Nerazzurri soldiers headed to the Dragon Stadium in a low-key manner.

Against Porto away from home, Inter Milan did not spare any effort and played with the strongest lineup currently available.

Balotelli continues to advance forward as a single forward, with Bale and Neymar on the wings.

Leo serves as the attacking midfielder, while Pirlo and De Rossi sit in the midfield.

Left back Kolarov, right back Srna, Thiago Silva and Bonucci partnered as central defender and goalkeeper Handanovic.

Modric has basically recovered from his injury and has resumed training, but he was not included in the squad today.

Looking at the home team Porto, Barrera, James Rodriguez and Martinez all fired three arrows.

The three midfielders are Moutinho, Fernando and Lucho Gonzalez.

Left back Mangala, right back Danilo, Otamendi and Maicon partner as central defenders.

This Maicon has nothing to do with the Inter Milan one, they just have the same name.

Not long after the opening, Leo made a direct pass. Balotelli volleyed sideways from the edge of the penalty area and was bravely saved by Porto's old goalkeeper Ayrton!

The home team immediately responded with a clever diagonal pass from Moutinho, and Ronaldo hit a powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area!

Fortunately, Handanovic did not lose focus and flew forward to block the ball out of the baseline.

After the game started, the two teams started fighting each other in a back-and-forth manner.

In the seventh minute, Gonzalez sent a low pass from the right. Varela turned and volleyed in front of the goal. The ball passed the goalkeeper's block and flew into the goal while grazing the lower edge of the crossbar!

One to zero!

The Dragon Stadium was boiling, and the Porto fans stood up and cheered excitedly.

Head coach Pereira glanced proudly towards the visiting team.

Ancelotti couldn't help but frowned. He expected that this game might not be so easy, but he didn't expect that the team would concede the ball so easily.

However, Porto did not remain complacent for long, as the situation changed again just two minutes later.

Neymar's low shot after continuous breakthroughs from the right was blocked by Ayrton as he fell to the ground!

Leo took a corner kick from the right, and De Rossi scored with a diving header from outside the penalty area!

One to one!

Inter Milan equalized the score!

De Rossi rushed all the way to celebrate the goal excitedly.

Porto was also stupid. They marked Thiago Silva and Bonucci who were fighting for the top in the penalty area, and also specially watched Balotelli and Bale.

As a result, De Rossi stole a chicken!

It can only be that their preparations before the game were not in place and they only studied the video of Inter Milan's game.

If they noticed that De Rossi scored consecutive headers for the Italian national team, they would have missed this point.

The two sides returned to the same starting line, the offensive of the two teams continued unabated, and the pace of the game further accelerated!

Moutinho and James Rodriguez successively hit the goal from long range outside the penalty area, but neither of them posed any threat to Handanovic.

Leo made a long pass over the top, but Bell ran long distance and shot single-handedly but missed.

Danilo made a breakthrough pass from the right, but Martinez failed to shoot under the marking of Thiago Silva in front of the small penalty area.

A chance for Inter Milan to counterattack quickly!

Leo made another precise long pass that spanned more than half of the stadium. Bell drove straight in to receive the ball and cut across to the left side of the penalty area.

Alone!

Porto goalkeeper Ayrton decisively abandoned the goal and pounced on the Welshman!

But he didn't expect that Bale's clever left foot struck right past Ayrton!

Neymar, who followed behind, smiled and accepted the gift, and pushed the shot into the empty net with his left foot!

Two to one!

Inter Milan scored another goal to overtake the score! The home team attacked with all their strength amidst the cheers of the fans but with little success.

The first half of the game ended with Ronaldo's powerful long-range shot from outside the arc of the penalty area flying into the stands.

Inter Milan, playing away from home, entered the halftime break with a score of 2-1.

Ancelotti didn't have much to say. The tactics were fully laid out before the game.

An Pang is not good at motivating the team by angrily complaining about players like Ferguson did or by using aggressive methods like Mourinho.

“Everyone performed well in the first half and continued to do so in the second half.”

In the 53rd minute, Gonzalez made a breakthrough pass from the right, and Martinez outflanked him from a distance and shot with his left foot!

Two to two!

There was thunderous applause at the Dragon Stadium, Porto evened the score!

Oops, are we really going to lose points in the away game?

The expressions of Inter Milan's players on the court gradually began to look a little solemn.

Judging from the situation so far, it is true that only Porto and Inter Milan in their group can compete.

"Hey guys, cheer up!"

As the captain, Leo knew that he had to stand up and boost the morale of the team.

"There is still time in the game, we can't give our opponents any more chances!"

Leo can think of a way on the offensive end, but he really has no way of defending.

Thiago Silva nodded, and he called several teammates on the back line in front of him to give him a few words.

Seeing this scene, Leo felt a little relieved. It would be good to have a trustworthy veteran behind him.

Moutinho made a direct pass, and James broke into the penalty area with one sword!

The referee blew his whistle and the linesman raised the flag for offside.

Because they are dissatisfied with the current game, Inter Milan will definitely attack with all its strength.

This means that their back line must also press close to the center circle, but this will easily leave gaps behind them for opponents to counterattack.

In particular, the home team Porto is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by Inter Milan.

At this time, Thiago Silva took on the responsibility of the leader of the defense. Under his command, the Inter Milan defense team cooperated with each other and began to proactively create offside situations.

Of course, this routine is practiced frequently in daily training, but considering that one mistake is likely to result in a loss of the ball, it is generally not used often.

Creating offside is a test for the tacit understanding between defensive players and their ability to execute tactics.

A minute later Gonzalez passed the ball and Martinez was also called offside.

Immediately afterwards, Leo scored the ball in the frontcourt and quickly launched a counterattack!

Srna made a curved pass from the right, and Balotelli beat Lerottaglie to head the ball into the dead center of the goal!

Three to two!

An efficient and concise counterattack resulted in a goal!

After Balotelli scored, he rushed to the corner flag area and knelt down to celebrate. The few Inter Milan fans at the scene excitedly raised a "Super Mario" sign.

The Nerazzurri did not give Porto any chances in the subsequent games.

The final score of 3-2 was maintained until the end. In the first three rounds of the Champions League group stage, defending champion Inter Milan won all three games and continued to top Group A.

It's a pity that Thiago Silva was accidentally injured at the last moment of the game and is expected to be sidelined for a while.

“Today was an away game, and Porto scored first in both the first and second half. They showed their strength as Portuguese Super League champions.

However, we performed well. We stabilized our mentality and evened the score when the situation was unfavorable.

Being able to defeat Porto in an away game, I think everyone should be satisfied with the team's performance.

As for Thiago's injury, further examination will be conducted after returning to Milan, hoping that the injury will not be too serious. "

Returning to Milan from Portugal with a near-miss victory, the Nerazzurri, who have maintained a winning streak, are in good shape to qualify.

After a short rest, Inter Milan ushered in the ninth round of Serie A again.

Ancelotti leads the team to Bologna, where they will face Bologna, who is currently bottom of the table.

Pioli, who took over the team midway through last season, led Bologna to end the 11-12 Serie A campaign in ninth place.

However, the new high that the fans expected did not appear in the new season.

Limited by the team's financial strength, Bologna has no effective reinforcements this summer.

So the current ranking of sixteenth is no surprise.

Continuous away games are very tiring, and Ancelotti made some adjustments to the starting lineup.

David Thornton and Ranocchia returned to the starting lineup, and Modric, who returned from injury, entered the lineup.

"This bad weather..."

Leo sighed, it was raining heavily in Bologna today.

Also due to the weather, both sides played relatively conservatively in the first fifteen minutes of the game, making the scene boring.

Diamanti curled the ball hard from the left to the middle. It was slippery in the rain. Handanovic made the first save and let go, but he got the ball before Gilardino made a supplementary shot!

Rainy days are really a headache for goalkeepers.

The line of sight will be disturbed by the rain, and the surface of the ball is full of water, making it very slippery and easy to lose.

Come on, let’s not play any delicate passing and receiving coordination today, just be simple and rough.

"Take a shot when you have the chance and test the home team's goalkeeper with a long shot."

Only in this case will the long-range shot be a weapon worth bringing out.

Bale and De Rossi shot from long range, but neither hit the goal frame.

In the 21st minute, Leo took the ball from the frontcourt and dropped it into the penalty area!

Balotelli ignored the interference from the Bologna defender beside him and turned around to hit the goal!

The ball was blocked by the home team's goalkeeper Arriati and flew out of the baseline!

Leo took a corner kick, Ranocchia headed the ball in front and lobbed the ball past Arriati and into the blind spot on the left side of the goal!

One to zero!

Inter Milan took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field!

This is his first goal in two seasons!

The excited Ranocchia celebrated wildly and hugged his friend Bonucci tightly.

After taking the lead, Leo slowed down the pace of the game.

At the beginning of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

In the 47th minute, Leo made a direct pass. Neymar broke through from the right and dunked Pazienza and then passed low to the back point. Balotelli calmly pushed the shot in front of the small penalty area and scored!

Two to zero!

Not long after the second half began, the away team expanded their lead!

It wasn't over yet. Three minutes later, Gabbiadini hit the goal but Handanovic pounced on him!

Inter Milan launches counterattack!

Gareth Bale broke through from the left and passed the ball near the baseline. Neymar, who was unmarked at the far end, responded immediately. Leo shot with his right foot inside the arc of the penalty area!

The Bologna goalkeeper really didn't expect Neymar to pass the ball instead of hitting the goal himself.

When he reacted, it was too late to turn around and save.

The ball went in!

Three to zero!

The Nerazzurri sealed the victory!

Although Leo no longer cares much about personal data, the feeling of entering is still very happy.

Inter Milan's No. 10 smiled and hugged Neymar, who assisted him, and ran to the sidelines to celebrate the goal.

"Why don't you just play it yourself and pass the ball?"

Neymar scratched his head sheepishly.

"The position where I caught the ball no longer had an angle for shooting, so I wasn't very sure when I forced my foot off."

It's such a reasonable idea, but it's not easy for Neymar to think of it and do it.

Some players have played football all their lives and never learned what teamwork means.

In the 70th minute, Inter Milan made two substitutions.

Ancelotti replaced Leo with Modric.

In the 82nd minute, Bologna took a tactical corner kick. Center defender Cherubin received Diamanti's cross from the right and scored with a header on the line of the small penalty area!

Handanovic was helpless in the face of such a close header.

But this goal was too late for Bologna.

In the end, Inter Milan defeated Bologna 3-1 in an away game without much effort and took all three points.

On October 2012, 10, it was time to announce the annual Golden Globe Awards nominees.

Although there is a game to be played tomorrow, many players on Inter Milan's training ground are as absent-minded as Leo.

Ancelotti shook his head helplessly, what a bunch of brats.

"Okay, okay, I don't think you are in the mood to train anymore, so that's it for today."

(End of this chapter)