Football Modifier

Inter Milan won a difficult 1-0 victory over Schalke 04 at home in the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals. If it weren't for Diego Milito's last-minute header, Inter Milan's winning streak after the winter break would have ended at the San Siro.

What is more worrying than the final score is the state of the players in the game. After all, the Nerazzurri are flesh and blood. At the end of the long season, the series of fierce battles have made them feel physically and mentally exhausted. In the game against Schalke 04, the [Nerazzurri] did not show the kind of suppressive momentum in previous games. The whole game can only be regarded as evenly matched with the opponent, and the red scored a goal, which can only be regarded as good luck.

In fact, Inter Milan is not an exception.

The five top leagues in Europe have entered April. No matter how strong the bench is, all the top teams with the hope of winning the championship are exhausted at this time. The long season is a test of perseverance and spirit. Every final champion is born after going through the test of blood and fire.

This is also the value and charm of the championship trophy.

After the game, "Gazzetta dello Sport" once commented worriedly in the relevant report: "At the end of the season, Inter Milan still maintains the ability to compete for the championship in the three-line competitions of the league, Champions League and Italian Cup. This is something they can be proud of, but it is also something they must be careful about. The tight schedule of two games a week is likely to make them a tired army, and their rival AC Milan has bid farewell to the Champions League. They are 2 points ahead of the leader Crazy Li's team. Relatively speaking, they are much more relaxed..."

The worry of "Gazzetta dello Sport" is justified.

On the third day after defeating Schalke 04 1-0, Inter Milan had no time to catch their breath, and the 32nd round of Serie A officially kicked off.

AC Milan and Inter Milan's matches started at the same time.

AC Milan challenged the powerful opponent [Fiorentina] Fiorentina away, while Inter Milan played at home against Serie A relegation team Chievo. Many people originally regarded this round of games as a great opportunity for [Nerazzurri] to overtake AC Milan and return to the top of the Serie A standings. After all, Allegri's opponents are much stronger than those of Mad Lee.

However, Inter Milan did not seize the opportunity.

After 90 minutes of the game, AC Milan relied on [Brazilian Golden Boy] Pato and [Bicycle Prince] Robinho to score twice at the Franchi Stadium, sweeping [Fiorentina] 4:1, while Inter Milan fought hard at home, and finally relied on Diego Milito's goal to barely defeat the weak team Chievo.

After 32 rounds of games, the gap between the two Milan giants in the standings still remained at 2 points.

Such a result disappointed many Inter Milan supporters for a while, but they quickly threw their negative emotions to Java Island. What is there to worry about? You know, the man standing in front of the team's command seat and fighting for the team is called Crazy Li. Is there anything that the "God on the football field" can't do? When has he ever disappointed his supporters? What's more, in the more important Champions League, the mortal enemy AC Milan has been eliminated, and we still have the hope of advancing to the finals!

April 13.

Inter Milan flew to Germany.

Since Gelsenkirchen, where Schalke 04 is located, does not have an international airport, the team can only go to Dortmund first, land at Dortmund Airport, which is closer to Gelsenkirchen, and then take a train to Gelsenkirchen.

After all the trouble, when they arrived at the hotel they had booked before, it was already evening. It was impossible to go to Schalke 04's home stadium Veltins Arena to adapt to the venue in advance. Li Tongfan simply asked the players to go back to their rooms to rest and recover their strength.

During this period, the Hammers had to play two games a week, and they had to travel a lot. The assistant coach Batistuta was worried about the upcoming game.

"Hey, Gabriel, if you keep frowning like this, you will soon be abandoned by those female fans who are obsessed with you, because you are getting old too fast!" Seeing that the players all went back to their rooms to rest, Li Tongfan smiled and patted Batistuta on the shoulder, suggesting: "Why don't we go out and see the night view of Gelsenkirchen? You know, this is the famous [City of a Thousand Suns] in Europe... Let's go!"

Without waiting for Batistuta to refuse, Li Tongfan packed up his equipment, put a deep-brimmed baseball cap on the head of [God of War], and pulled him out of the hotel.

Instantly-

The quiet environment with soothing music in the hotel lobby changed, and a kind of noise and prosperity came towards him.

Gelsenkirchen in the night has its own unique flavor, just like a woman who has experienced the wind, flowers, snow and moon and has washed away all the makeup, revealing her unique temperament and gracefulness.

In 1840, when the probe for trial drilling first found the coal mine, Gelsenkirchen was just a village with less than 600 households, but the discovery of "black gold" made the village grow explosively. When the coal mining industry was at its peak, there were more than 60 coal mines operating at the same time. The blast furnaces, coke ovens and steel mills lined up side by side, giving this industrial city a beautiful nickname - [City of a Thousand Fires], which means that this city burns tens of millions of flames every day and night because of steelmaking.

At that time, a large number of farmers and workers came here to make a living, and Gelsenkirchen once became the most important industrial, mining and energy city in Germany. However, the fireworks could not last long. With the import of cheap coal and the adoption of environmentally friendly energy, Coal companies in Gelsenkirchen closed down quickly like leeks that were cut off, and a large number of workers lost their jobs...

During these difficult years, it was football that supported the lives of miners in this city.

"Whether I turn into iron filings or chalk, I will go to Schalke..."

This song, which brought hope to a generation at the time, is still sung in Gelsenkirchen today. When the mining industry can no longer be the life and identity of this city, football becomes particularly important for people's common feelings. For the citizens of this city, Schalke is not limited to football, it is a football association, but a concept of life.

Wandering on an unknown street in Gelsenkirchen, you can see signs related to football and Schalke 04 everywhere. The team’s coach Magath, the team’s number one star [Lord of the Rings] Raul Photos of goalkeeper Neuer and striker Farfan appeared in the advertising space on the ground floor of a 50-storey glass building opposite, accompanied by a German slogan - "Beat Crazy Li, we can do it." arrive!"

Click click click——!

The shutter of the Sony SLR camera made a crisp sound one after another. Unfortunately, Batistuta became Li Tongfan's body cameraman, constantly recording the sultry man's poses while laughing obscenely...

"Li, I remember you didn't like photography so much before..." Batistuta smiled wryly and pressed the shutter, freezing the V-shaped pose of Lao Li with both hands on the film: "And today is the day I was captured "People Photography, is it hard for you to fall in love with modeling?"

"Gabriel, you've never been such a gossip before!" Li Tongfan rolled his eyes, leaning on a city bronze statue in the shape of a coal miner behind him, doing an idiotic pose, flashing the flashlight, and then continued: "My son I’m about to give birth, so I decided to record all the places I’ve visited with photos from now on, so that I can tell him about Dad’s heroic past every day..."

"OK! That's a great explanation, Lee, and you'll be a great father!"

The two people were wearing sunglasses and baseball caps. They were photographed along the way. There were many people on the road, but no one recognized these two leisurely tourists on the street. They would be the life and death enemies of the entire city tomorrow.

When passing by a bar, several big German men wearing Schalke 04 imperial blue uniforms came out. They smelled of alcohol, and some of them were holding bottles of wine. They were noisily waiting for a taxi at the door of the bar. …

"Go to Aufschalke to watch the game tomorrow and be sure to boo that damn guy Crazy Li..."

"Let's go back and make a more eye-catching slogan. What should we say on it?"

"How about writing 'Go back to your mother's belly and eat shit, Crazy Li...' What do you think?"

"Oh, Scharf, this issue of yours is so fucking bullshit. Crazy Li is a super famous coach, so provocation like this will not have any effect at all..."

"Yeah, it's such a pity. If it weren't for the fact that he brought those Italian bastards from Inter Milan to play, I would have wanted to ask for his autograph. You know, starting three years ago, I was him I’m a fan...”

A few drunkards were chattering and shouting.

Li Tongfan rolled his eyes, walked straight to the drunkards, and said a few words in German. After having enough [Character Points], Lao Li had already transferred German, Portuguese, and Dutch through the FM system. I have learned several mainstream football languages, so there is no problem in communicating with these drunkards.

Batistuta looked at Li Tongfan who was chatting and laughing with the drunkards with a little worry. He was afraid that the drunkards would recognize that the man in front of him was the life and death enemy of Schalke 04 tomorrow and kill him on the spot. .

Unexpectedly, a few people were actually talking very happily. I don’t know what Li Tongfan said. The drunkards burst out laughing. One of them was a 1.9-meter-tall strong man who looked like [Terminator] Schwarzenegger. We were chatting and laughing with Li Tongfan like old friends...

Batistuta was dumbfounded.

"Hey, Gabriel, come here and take a picture for us!" Li Tongfan waved from a distance and greeted loudly in English.

Click——!

The shutter sounded, and a meaningful photo was frozen in the night of Gelsenkirchen. What shocked Batistuta was that at the moment of taking the photo, Li Tongfan actually took off his baseball cap and sunglasses. Come down...

Before advancing to the life-and-death battle, a group of fanatical Schalke 04 fans, in front of a football-themed bar that flashed the logo of the imperial blue team, laughed and took a photo with their opponent's coach Madman Li arm-in-arm... Batistuta I feel like my brain is running out of energy.

"Hey, bastard, remember your promise, you must come to the Ofschalke Stadium to watch the game tomorrow..."

"You are an interesting guy. You can sit among us then..."

"Fool, we will let you feel the enthusiasm of Schalke fans when the time comes. We can buy you a drink after the game, haha..."

The drunkards waved their hands, got into taxis and left.

"Ha, these are a group of enthusiastic guys..." Li Tongfan put on his baseball cap and sunglasses in his spare time, turned around and shrugged at the [God of War] who was still a little dazed. Batistuta glanced at the black line on his forehead and said: "Li, if they had recognized you just now, you would have been in trouble..." Li Tongfan laughed, turned and left: "Didn't you recognize it? Gabriel, Don’t you think these fans are cute? Think about it, you can become friends with a group of strangers at any time... Ah, praise God..." Li Tongfan clasped his hands together and raised his chin slightly. As if praying, he closed his eyes and exclaimed: "This is the power of football!"

"By the way, did you take a picture of this POSE just now?" Li Tongfan suddenly asked.

"Uh...no!"

"What a waste of my expression, please do it again!" The sultry man was very disappointed.

Click——! !

The flash went off and the shutter clicked.

"Li, how many fans will know who you are tomorrow, how do you think they will react?" Batistuta suddenly asked with a smile.

Li Tongfan also burst into laughter.

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Li Tongfan didn't know how the drunk man who took a photo with him in front of the bar would react when he met him again in the dark night. But Lao Li now knows clearly that Schalke 04 fans will never cheer for his arrival like the Nella team did.

Middle finger, and boos!

Surrounded by the Inter Milan bus, it is less than 200 meters away from the Veltins Arena, but surrounded by fanatical Schalke 04 fans, even looking at the bus will make you feel like a snail. With shameful slowness, we crawled towards the tunnel outside the stadium little by little...

It is said that Schalke 04 fans once set a record for the loudest decibel noise in a European league stadium. Originally, many Inter Milan players scorned it. You must know that the atmosphere in Meazza is also quite fanatical, but at this moment, despite being well-informed, But many hammers were still stunned by everything in front of them!

Looking out the car window, there is only one color in front of me——

blue!

Imperial blue!

The entire bus is like a boat being swept into the vast ocean. It's just waiting for a wave to come over and is in danger of being destroyed at any time...

Schalke fans defend their club as if they are defending their own children. Football here has risen to become an indispensable culture in quiet life. The Bundesliga Blues have won the Champions League this season. The team entered the top 8 as a dark horse, and their outstanding record stimulated the fans. With the league championship already hopeless, it can be said that the Champions League has become the only emotional sustenance for the citizens of Gelsenkirchen. Although They don't expect the team to finally win the Big Ears Cup, but every step forward is a miracle, enough to make this football city excited!

Under such circumstances, you can understand the expectations of shaker04 fans for the upcoming game. Every man has an inexplicable natural affinity for miracles, and a natural hostility to those who kill miracles!

Today, Inter Milan and Crazy Li are the ones who are hated by the entire city.

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"The game has started for 10 minutes, and the score is still 0:0..."

Forty minutes later, Veltins Arena.

The German commentator was explaining the ongoing game with a worried look on his face.

The second leg of the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League knockout quarter-finals between [Nerazzurri] Inter Milan and [Imperial Blue] Schalke 04 has started for 12 minutes.

In the past twelve minutes, Schalke 04 used the strength of their home court to unleash a powerful attack, like a sudden flash flood on a rainy night, with the unstoppable momentum of thousands of horses galloping, carrying rolling stones and Mud water pours down from the top of the mountain, possessing the power of destroying the world.

[Tie Shuai] Magath obviously wanted to use a fierce offensive to catch Crazy Li off guard.

However, the situation has made many senior supporters of [Emperor Blue] feel a little worried. The current Inter Milan defense created by Crazy Li is not a strong point, but even so, they are still attacking like a storm in Schalke 04 Then, I managed to hold on for 12 minutes without any flaws!

If you can't attack for a long time, you will suffer a backlash!

Just think about the [Blue-Black Storm] that is still fierce in Serie A, and think about the tragic situation that Bayern Munich, the big brother of the Bundesliga, encountered at the Allianz Arena. The supporters of [Emperor Blue] have no doubt that as long as their offensive If you stop for a moment, you will encounter a terrible counterattack from Madman Li!

time flies.

Schalke 04 almost played the most gorgeous offensive of the season. The cooperation between the midfield and the front was like clouds passing by and mercury pouring on the ground. Even the Schalke fans in the stands were watching and shouting that it was wonderful, but that was it. The wonderful offensive, once it advanced within the Inter Milan half-court penalty area, it was like snow being splashed by boiling water, and the ice and snow dissipated instantly.

[Tie Shuai] Magath, who likes to play a game of concentrated power, frowned on the sidelines.

He never thought that Madman Li would play this game for him in the away game. This madman who likes to attack actually played a defensive counterattack honestly, and played it well, which made his tactical intention of relying on desperate attacks at home before the game to gain a glimmer of hope completely become a bubble!

"It's a pity that physical fitness is Inter Milan's weakness. If they attack hard, we are not without a chance... But..." Magath turned his head and glanced at the young man in front of the coaching seat of the visiting team less than ten meters away from him. He still felt a little bit uneasy in his heart: "Although I have already given this guy a high evaluation before the game, it is still not enough. There is no false reputation under the reputation. Is this the strength of the creator of the undefeated myth?"

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There is one more.