Chinese champion

Chapter 421 The world's top chase in vain
In the Coppa Italia, the quarter-finals were eliminated.

Champions League, eliminated in the semi-finals.

The league... temporarily ranks second, but it is five points behind AC Milan, which is the first. With only seven rounds left and the entire season is about to end, it is not so difficult to catch up.

This is the result of Baggio's first season in charge of Inter Milan, which is not satisfactory.

Five points behind in seven rounds, even if Inter Milan can maintain a complete victory, they still have to count on AC Milan to lose two games or draw three games or one loss and two draws, but with the current state of AC Milan, it seems unlikely that this will happen. such a situation.

The only thing that is beneficial to Inter Milan is the schedule. Among the remaining seven opponents, apart from Palermo, which is more difficult to deal with, the others are Messina, Naples, Sampdoria, Cagliari, Siena and Empo Lithuania are mediocre opponents, and AC Milan still has Juventus and Fiorentina to pass. It does not mean that Inter Milan really has no chance.

Under such circumstances, the outside world has some speculations about Baggio's position. Although it is the first time to independently coach a team and break into the semi-finals of the Champions League, and rank second in the league, there is still hope. The result of winning the final championship is already considered good, but considering that he is leading a championship team that has just won the first Triple Crown in Serie A history, this result should be strictly speaking unqualified.

"He's a superstar player, but not necessarily a champion coach."

This is a sentence from Gazzetta dello Sport. In the eyes of the commentators, as a head coach, Baggio still has insufficient control over the overall situation. He rushed too much at the beginning, which led to the most critical mid-term. In order to become a famous coach, Baggio still needs to grow in practice, but the question is, will Inter Milan still give him time?You know, before Manzini, Inter Milan had to change a coach almost every year.

Some people have even asserted that if Baggio cannot lead the team to catch up with the rivals in the same city and win the league championship before the end of the league, then he will be dismissed after the end of the season. handsome...

Even within Inter Milan, there are quite a few voices like this.

But when the board meeting was held, Mario's words suppressed all other voices: "In the past 20 years, which coach can achieve better results than Robbie in the first year of coaching Inter Milan?"

Everyone else was silent. Mancini only won the third place in Serie A in the first year of coaching Inter Milan. The Champions League was eliminated in the quarter-finals and won a Coppa Italia. In the first year of Cooper’s performance, he was the runner-up in Serie A and the League Cup. In the semi-finals of the Cup, the best is probably Simeone. In the 97-98 season, he led Inter Milan to win the league runner-up and also won a UEFA Cup, but the quality of the UEFA Cup is obviously not as good as the top four of the Champions League. The gold medal coach Trapattoni only won the third place in the league in the first year, and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup. In terms of performance, Baggio has nothing compared to these predecessors Not inferior, even more so.

"But he is leading a team that has just won the Triple Crown!" someone questioned.

"I think everyone should be well aware that the strength of our team this year has dropped a lot compared to last year." Mario's eyes swept over everyone present - except of course his father Moratti: "Although The main lineup has not changed, but after a year of peak period, the state of the main players has undoubtedly dropped a lot, even Pei Wei, who played the most stable performance, and in the substitute lineup, our strength has declined A considerable part, although there is no shortage of manpower in the back line and defensive avant-garde, but in the attacking avant-garde and forward line, our substitute strength can only be ranked in the upper and lower positions of Serie A-Pei Wei, Zhuang Feng, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ronaldinho, without one of these four people, we can't play well, and this year our luck is not good enough. The elimination of the Coppa Italia and the Champions League is not so much a matter of strength, it is better to say that luck is not as good as the other party. It's not fair to put all the blame for the loss on Robbie because of the lack of away goals."

"Besides..." Mario smiled and looked at the members of the board of directors of these clubs: "The league is not over yet, is it? Maybe we still have a chance. Chasing five points in seven rounds is not an impossible task. And I I think, why do we have a history of winning the championship for 17 years? Is it because we don’t have enough stars? No, the players who can come to Inter Milan are the best in the world. Is our coach not good enough? No, The coaches who can be favored by our Inter Milan must be famous coaches who have made a career. However, what we lacked in the past is patience. The coaches can only lead the team in a year or even less Winning the championship is obviously a heavy task, since we don't have any suitable candidates, why don't we choose to insist on trusting Robbie once?"

The members of the board of directors were convinced, and there might be some who were not convinced, but when they saw Moratti's expression of approval behind Mario, they knew that Mario's opinion had been approved by Moratti in advance of.

In the Inter Milan club, Moratti is undoubtedly the person who has the most say. Since he also agrees with Mario, what else can they say?
So, this matter is settled.

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Maybe Baggio, the undercurrent in the club, didn't know about it, maybe he also guessed something, but when he appeared in front of the players, he was still the Italian prince who was calm and calm.

"We gave up the Coppa Italia, and unfortunately we were eliminated from the final of the Champions League. Now, the only championship we can compete for is the league championship. Now we are five points behind, and there are only seven rounds left in the league. I know , now AC Milan is in a very good state, there is not much hope for them to make mistakes... But I still ask that everyone can give full play to their energy in the remaining games and win all the seven games. Then we just have to wait for AC Milan to make a mistake. You know, the pressure will never be on our side."

"What we have to do now is to win game after game. I believe you can do this. We have too many troubles this season... But now, the troubles are gone. We are strong and strong, and the rest None of the opponents can pose too much threat to us, I need you to show some strength...do you have it?"

There was no roaring, no exciting words, no provocative speeches, Baggio just used such a few words, and the anger and arrogance rarely seen in the players this season burst out. .

So their next opponent, Siena, was out of luck.

"It was terrible." A reporter from Gazzetta dello Sport said to his friend after the game: "What I saw at the Meazza Stadium was not a game, but a massacre! Inter Milan It seems that they want to vent all their anger about being eliminated in the Champions League on poor Siena... Looking at the eyes of the Inter Milan players, it seems that their opponent is not the mid-range team Siena, but their century-old team. The rival Juventus...that's right, they are fighting the little zebras as if they were the Bianconeri."

Siena, who is not bad in strength, was beaten all over the floor by the angry Inter Milan at the Meazza Stadium. Zhuang Feng staged a hat-trick, Ibrahimovic also scored two goals, and Mascherano's far With a shot and Burdisso's header, Inter Milan scored their biggest score of the season, 7:0. Although Pei Wei did not score, more than 60.00% of the team's offenses were initiated by him. Two indirect assists, three A direct assist also allowed him to further consolidate his top position in the assist list.

On April 4th, in the third round of No.24 in the league, Inter Milan defeated Messina, who was fighting for relegation, 30:3 away. The scorers were Pei Wei, Cambiasso and Materazci, but It is worth mentioning that Pei Wei used a corner kick to assist Materac to score the winning goal in the No. 2 minute of the game. This is his first assist for Inter Milan in the league!

The TV camera faithfully recorded this historic scene. After Materac scored the goal, his teammates flocked to Pei Wei, who assisted him, and put a crown that had been prepared on his head. superior!

"The Stars Worship the Emperor of Inter Milan!" "

On the second day, Gazzetta dello Sport published a large photo on the front page of the front page. In the photo, Pei Wei was smiling so happily surrounded by his teammates!
"Inter Milan fans are used to calling the number one player in the team the 'King', but yesterday, Pei Wei got the title of 'Emperor'! This also proves that in the eyes of Inter Milan fans, Pei Wei is a well-deserved Inter Milan No. [-] star!"

"Since landing in Serie A and returning to Inter Milan in the 04-05 season, Pei Wei has participated in nearly 120 games in the past five seasons, with 78 direct assists and 706 goals! And yesterday in the game against Messina Among them, the No. 1-minute assist Materaz scored a goal was his contribution to Inter Milan in the league. The number of assists in each season is more than 100, which is quite a remarkable statistic! A stat that no one has ever achieved! Even the world champion Maradona has achieved such a result in only one season. What is even more commendable is that his assists have also brought Inter Milan one championship trophy after another. !Three league titles, four Italian Cup titles, three Italian Super Cup titles, one European Champions Cup title, one European Super Cup title. Meazza's first 'king' Vieri scored more than [-] goals for Inter Milan scored goals, but he failed to bring the team the league championship. The second "King" Adriano also only had nearly two brilliant seasons. From this perspective, Pei Wei's title of "Emperor" is truly Well deserved!"

As a media closer to AC Milan, "Gazzetta dello Sport" rarely used such large praises to praise an Inter Milan player. This also proves that Pei Wei not only conquered the hearts of all Inter Milan fans, but also Conquered the hearts of many AC Milan fans.

However, Pei Wei's honor did not make Inter Milan's situation in the league much better. Although Inter Milan scored 10 goals in these two rounds and shocked the entire Apennines arena, their city rival AC Milan also scored two goals. Winning streak, consecutive victories over Udinese and Atlanta, Ronaldinho scored in both games, showing a good state.

"The current Inter Milan is terrible." Ronaldinho said in an interview: "After being eliminated from the Champions League, they can put all their energy into the league. I think they can fully focus on the remaining games. Winning is not difficult, but..." Ronaldinho grinned: "It is impossible to catch up with us, we have a great advantage, and my teammates and I don't want to lose to Pei Wei again, lose to Inter Milan."

But Hu Yong's words are more concise and clear: "I don't want to be Malone."

The reporters pondered for a long time before they figured it out. Who is Malone? One of the best power forwards in NBA history and an absolute superstar selected into the Hall of Fame, the only regret is that he has never won a championship ring. Hu Yong's words have clearly expressed a meaning: "This champion, I Absolutely will not give in!"

But Pei Wei said in an interview: "I think this is not something we need to consider. The situation is indeed not good for us, but anyway, the pressure should not be on us, but on AC Milan. Physically -- I don't think there's any team that doesn't get nervous when they're chasing us, and if they make a little mistake, we still have a chance."

At the end, he added another sentence: "Even if it is a futile pursuit, we must chase until the end."

Perhaps Pei Wei's words played a role. A week later, in the No.30 round of Serie A, Inter Milan defeated Palermo, the most difficult opponent among the remaining opponents, 1-0 at home relying on Ronaldinho's personal breakthrough. However, AC Milan led Sampdoria 1:0 in the away game for seven to 10 minutes. Due to a mistake in the defense, Bazzani scored a header and was forced to draw 1:1 by the opponent!

The gap between the two teams is only three points!

(End of this chapter)