Chapter 4 European Super Cup
In the second half of the game, in the 62nd minute, Sampedero knocked on the middle on the right side. Antunović plugged in and made a long shot, playing a world wave. The ball went straight into the corner into the net, 2:0, and Goshao expanded the lead.
Since then, both teams have slowed down the pace of the game, and neither side has been able to score again. Gosau defeated Lucerne 2-0 and won the seven-game winning streak after the start of the league, ranking first in the table. Now the second place in the table is the unexpected is St. Garren. They only ranked eighth in the table last season. Entering the European competition, they fired Mourini this season and invited the experienced head coach Pellet to change the coach. They scored 14 points with four wins, two draws and one loss in the first seven rounds, and their performance was quite eye-catching.
Of course, the points advantage of the Gosho team in the league is still quite obvious, which also allows Lin Fenglei to focus on the European arena.
On August 28, Lin Fenglei led the team to Monaco. The next day, this year's UEFA Super Cup will be held at the Louis II Stadium here, against last season's UEFA Champions League champion Gosho and UEFA Europa League champion Inter Milan.
After Mourinho left last season, Inter Milan transferred the young reserve coach Andre from the team. Stramaggioni served as the head coach of the first team, which should be said to be a last resort.
After Stramaggioni took office, he led Inter Milan to achieve good results in Serie A and won the third place in Serie A last season. However, in the group stage of last season's UEFA Champions League, they only ranked third in the group and did not qualify from the group. Fortunately, they sang all the way in the UEFA Europa League. He made great progress and won the final championship.
This is the first championship won by Stramaggioni's career. This championship made Inter Milan boss Moratti happy for a while, and Stramaggioni also retained the position of head coach of Inter Milan with this championship.
The Gosho team played against Inter Milan two seasons ago. At that time, Inter Milan's head coach was Mourinho. Now not only Inter Milan's head coach has been replaced, but their main lineup at that time has almost changed half. In just two years, there has been such a big change, which also makes Lin Fenglei can't help but feel that things are wrong.
Stramaggioni, born in 76, is now less than 40 years old, so he is also a young and successful young coach. However, this is only the second season for him to lead the first team independently. His achievements, honors and other aspects are temporarily unable to compare with Lin Fenglei, who is younger than him.
Stramaggioni is obviously unconvinced about this. After he led the team to Monaco, he was interviewed by reporters. In the interview, he publicly announced that he would defeat Gosau in this game, break the myth of Gosau's unbeaten European competitions in the last two seasons, and win the first place in the history of Inter Milan. European Super Cup champion.
A reporter reminded him that his predecessor Mourinho had said something similar before playing against the Gosho team, but later Mourinho's ending was not very good.
Stramaggioni is most annoyed that someone compares him with Mourinho. He replied, "Jose is Jose, I am me, and today's Inter Milan is very different from the one two years ago. We are a brand-new team, and I believe there will be a new beginning. We will definitely recast the glory of Inter Milan!"
After hearing Stramaggioni's bold words, Lin Fenglei said lightly: "It's a good thing for young people to have fighting spirit. Is it possible for Inter Milan to defeat Gosau? I can only say that everything is possible."
After Stramaggioni listened to the reporter's words about Lin Fenglei, his lungs exploded. Lin Fenglei was younger than him, but he called himself a young man there. However, he can't care about this. In the football circle, Lin Fenglei is far from comparable in terms of seniority and achievements. What he said will only be taken for granted by others.
Stramaggioni finally swallowed his breath. He didn't say anything to the reporter, but he was ready to defeat Gosho in this game, and then return Lin Fenglei's words to him at the post-match press conference.
In fact, Lin Fenglei didn't mean to be angry with Stramaggioni. He said that he was really unintentional. He has been coaching the Gosau team for five seasons. Compared with Stramaggioni, he is a senior, and he is on an equal relationship with those 50 or 60-year-old coaches. Subconsciously, he thinks Stramaggioni, who is a newcomer, is lower than his own generation, so he said so to the reporter.
He is not in the mood to fight with his opponent now, so he doesn't want to say anything to stimulate his opponent. He didn't expect that such an unintentional word strongly stimulated his opponent. If he knew that it would be such a result, he would have said that he was shot while lying down. Maybe he brought his own hatred and was born to be hated.
The reporters originally wanted to provoke some disputes between the two coaches, but they didn't expect that the two coaches didn't say much, which made them a little disappointing and could only focus on the game itself.
It's unbelievable that Inter Milan, as a top giant in Europe, participated in the European Super Cup for the second time in history. The first time was the year when Mourinho led the team to win the Triple Crown. They lost 0:2 to the then UEFA Cup champion Atletico Madrid in the Super Cup. .
Therefore, Inter Milan has never won the UEFA Super Cup, and in contrast, their rival in the same city, AC Milan, is the team that has won the most championships in the history of the UEFA Super Cup. They have won the championship five times, which is unbearable for Inter. They are strongly eager to break this discipline. Record, won the European Super Cup.
This is the third time that the Gosho team has participated in the European Super Cup. They have won one win and one loss in the first two competitions. In this way, a European Super Cup trophy has also been added to the honor room of the Gosho Club.
According to common sense, Inter Milan's competition motivation should be better than that of Goshao, but this group of Gosho's players are always tirelessly chasing honors under Lin Fenglei's **, and their competition motivation is no worse than that of Inter Milan.
On August 29, at 8 p.m., the Super Cup match between Inter Milan and Gosau began at the Luis II Stadium in Monaco.
Before the game, Lin Fenglei and Stramaggioni shook their hands affectionately. There was no unhappiness between them, but some people can see that after Stramaggioni shook hands with Lin Fenglei and sat back in the coach's seat, the smile on their faces immediately disappeared, replaced by a gloomy face.
CCTV's football commentator Duan Xuan is introducing the game to the audience: "Today we will broadcast the 2014 European Super Cup match live, against the champion of the UEFA Champions League last season, Switzerland's Gosau and last season's UEFA Europa League champion. Dali Inter Milan. Gosho was also the winner of last year's European Super Cup, and Inter Milan has never won this championship in history. Let's wait and see whether Gosau will successfully defend its title or Inter Milan will win the first European Super Cup in the club's history.
"Gosho's starting lineup today is goalkeeper Checarelli, left-back Ribeiro, right-back Gugelman, central defender Salihovic and Chevali, midfielder Ivanovic, left winger Avantsini, right winger Horensten, front midfielder Lima, and striker is still a combination of Egman and Kaudinho. This lineup is also often used by Lin Fenglei, which is quite aggressive.
Inter Milan's starting lineup is goalkeeper Handanovic, left-back Pereira, right-back Jonathan, central defenders are La Nokia and Juan, the four midfielders are Sanetti, Kuzmanovic, Kovacic and Sheloto, and the strikers are Cassano and Roki. This lineup is also the main lineup of Inter Milan in Serie A.
"With the whistle of the German Weiner, the referee on duty, the game officially began."