Chapter 378 Inter Milan's Cup

Among the four strongest and most famous teams participating in the qualifying round of the Champions League, only Inter Milan lost. Looking at Inter Milan's sworn enemy AC Milan, it was easy to defeat Dinamo Zagreb with a 3:1 score. Inter Milan's fans were even more annoyed. They blocked the door of Inter Milan. A loud call for the dismissal of Lippi.

In the face of the turbulent crowd of fans, Moratti still did not come forward to say a word for Lippi. Only the club's second-in-command, Gabriel Auliari, came out to comfort the fans. Inter Milan was not eliminated. They also had a game in Meacha. Last season, Valencia did not win Austria's Huaca in the top four. In Innsbruck, Inter Milan's loss is not completely unforgivable. As long as this game is defeated and Helsingborg is eliminated, Inter Milan can still move forward.

As the second-in-command of the club, O'Auriari is very eager for Lippi to stay, because after Lippi's class, it is most likely that he is likely to replace Lippi to coach Inter Milan, Jiang Mu, the head coach of Alkmamar, while this Chinese wants to become Meacha's Manager, which also means that he is Auriari. The manager's position has become a decoration. Of course, this is what O'iary will never want to see. Think about the huge transfer of Inter Milan over the years. How much oil is this? How can Auri be willing to give up the power in his hand.

Lippi was forced to the edge of the cliff, and he was also very nervous. The day before the game, he had not determined his starting lineup, but Lippi, who brought Juventus to the UEFA Champions League final for four consecutive years from 1995 to 1998, knew how to control his emotions and participated in the news on Tuesday afternoon. At the press conference, Lippi said: "We have made full preparations for this game, and the players did not prepare enough in the previous game, which led to the loss. So far, we have made some tactical improvements. The players on the field this time are all players who can play the whole game, and two weeks ago, we were still struggling to use people." "Now every player in Inter Milan is 100% physically prepared, so so so far, I have 4 or 5 The position is still hesitant to let anyone play. The candidates in these positions are in good shape. I must determine who will start, and then when to change others to play.

Lippi said confidently, "I haven't decided who will take the penalty kick at that time, but I believe that this game will not be a draw. Although the Helsingborg team will definitely set up an iron array to deal with our offensive football as in the last game, we will definitely win before the penalty kicks. This morning, I also told the players that we didn't play well last season, which was completely laying the foundation for this season. Now the Champions League is just around the corner. We can't miss this opportunity again.

At this press conference, Lippi did not show any nervousness, and said in his opening remarks that he promised not to shout at the press conference this season to ease his relationship with the media. But when the reporter talked about Jiang Mu, who might replace him as the head coach of Inter, Lippi couldn't help saying angrily, "Don't mention this Chinese in front of me again. I've heard enough. I'm still the head coach of Inter Milan now. Everything is normal. We haven't been eliminated yet. Am I or In the future, whether the head coach of Inter Milan will be up to the chairman, not me and you.

Lippi's capriciousness at the press conference actually exposed the tension and fear in his heart. The famous defender of the former Sampdoria team does have a series of commendable achievements as a team coach. Since taking charge of Juventus in 1994, Lippi has led the team to the Champions League final four times, three of which have won the championship and only one runner-up. In addition, he has led the team to a series of other impressive awards. He certainly doesn't worry about not having a job or financial losses. He has a contract with Inter Milan, but he is very worried about his reputation. After all, for a coach like Lippi, money is no longer a problem. What he needs is face. If he is fired by Moratti like this, it must be a disgrace of his life.

After Moratti, the current president of Inter Milan, took office in 1995, no head coach can extend his coaching time to more than two seasons. If Inter Milan is still as out of the first game in the third round of the Champions League qualifiers this Wednesday, no matter how famous Lippi is. He is likely to be fired immediately like several predecessors.

Maybe Moratti calmed down. Maybe Moratti understood that if the game was lost, it was not Lippi who suffered losses, but him and the club. So before the start of the game, he finally came out and accepted an interview with reporters, saying that no matter whether the game was won or lost, Lippi would not be fired. He hoped that the team would put down the bag. Seriously, he believes that Inter Milan and Lippi will be able to beat Helsingborg to advance to the group stage.

Moratti's words did not give much relief to the players and coaches. Anyone who has no problem with memory knows that when Inter Milan's previous coaches faced a decisive battle, Moratti also vowed that he would not fire the head coach regardless of victory or defeat, but after the failure, these coaches were immediately fired.

On the first match day of the second round of the third round of the qualifying round, Inter Milan was empty, and the sworn enemy in the same city was the first match. Zararoni, who was once favored by Moratti, led AC Milan again 3; 0 defeated the opponent and easily advanced. Real Madrid, Hamburg, Lyon, Leeds United and other famous clubs also passed easily, which added some psychological burden to the defeat of Inter Milan in the first round and the draw Valencia.

An hour before the next day's game, Lippi confirmed the starting lineup. He sent an offensive 3-4-1-2 formation, goalkeeper No. 1 Frey, trailing central defender No. 5 Blank, left and right staring central defenders are No. 2 Codoba and No. 13 Simic, and 15 from left to right on the forward line. No. Coe, No. 8 Yugovic, No. 10 Sedorf, No. 21 Masalari; Front waist: No. 11 Pirlo, the two strikers are No. 18 Zamorano and No. 54 Hakan Suku.

This lineup proved to be a poor formation before the game. At half-time, Coe, Zamorano and Pirlo were replaced. If more players could be replaced, Lippi would definitely not only replace three people.

In this game, Inter Milan's offensive was overwhelming, but it was unable to break through the door of Helsingborg. It hit a crossbar in Sedorf, and Roby Keane shot a post. This did not indicate that Inter Milan was closer to the goal, but that Inter Milan was closer to the tragedy.

With the passage of time, Helsingborg became more and more confident, while Inter Milan became more and more impatient, and there were fewer and fewer opportunities to break the goal. Sidorff was away from the team. Zamorano was scolded by tens of thousands of fans, and the fans did not give head coach Lippi any face. They didn't He booed Lippi and dismissed the former Juventus coach.

Three minutes before the end of the game, the Czech referee awarded Inter Milan a penalty, and the substitute Chinese boy Recoba took the penalty.

Under great pressure, Rekoba played abnormally, and the penalty kick was neither powerful nor angled, and was sven by the Helsingborg goalkeeper. Anderson jumped out. This is also the last chance for Inter Milan. In the end, Helsingborg drew a 0-0 away draw with the powerful Inter Milan, which broke the first shocking surprise in the Champions League.

Previously, Helsingborg only met the Serie A team once, which was in the League Cup last season, but they lost to Parma 1-3 away and 0-1 at home, and this time they took revenge.

Palma's head coach Malesani also watched the game and gloated: "If you had known this, you might as well lose in the Champions League qualifying play-offs and let our Parma play!"

After the game, countless Inter Milan fans were overwhelmed by Meacha and asked Moratti and Lippi to give them an explanation. Moratti was obviously "very experienced". He saw a lot of such scenes. At the end of the game, he fled from a mysterious place at a very fast speed, leaving Lippi and his players in the stadium. In the end, if it hadn't been for a large number of police to help, the players of Inter Milan would not have escaped from San Siro. When Helsingborg's bus left the field, it was applauded and welcomed by the angry Inter Milan fans, and the Inter Milan team did not dare to take the bus. They secretly "played" home to avoid being met by their own fans.

Although he was cursed by tens of thousands of fans, Lippi could not leave like Moratti. Half an hour later, he attended the press conference accompanied by Auriari.

At the press conference, Lippi's expression was depressed and painful. He said that Inter Milan played not bad and could not win mainly because of bad luck. "We were very unlucky. Seedorf had a crossbar and Keane had a goalpost. Three minutes before the end of the game, we also missed a penalty."

But Italian journalists disagree with Lippi. Except for objective reasons, they believe that Lippi has an inescapable responsibility. Why is Zamorano, not Keane's debut?" Why is Rekoba a substitute? Lippi said that he used Zamorano not only because of Zamorano's ability to score goals, but also because Zamorano's strong will can help the team overcome difficulties, and Keane has been on the team for a short time. As for Recoba, it is because of the injured soldiers. Lippi believes that Inter Milan can stand up again. But Lippi's words were interrupted by some reporters and fans. "Recobaggio is also the same excuse. Lippi can think of a new word!"

The next day, the Italian media, whose self-esteem was hurt, bombarded Inter Milan indiscriminately. Moratti, Lippi, Auriari, the players, and everyone did not escape the criticism of the Italian media.

Inter Milan was murdered by Helsingborg, and the Italian newspaper Republic fired first. The newspaper made it clear that Lippi must be responsible for the loss of Inter Milan. It is precisely because he always believes in his feelings that he is too optimistic before the game and underestimates the cruelty of the game that Inter Milan can't play at a normal level on the court. Lippi did not expect the Swedish resistance to be so tenacious. Their defense is surprisingly well organized, and it is difficult for the "rich" of Inter Milan to find an opportunity.

Sports Mail also published a short article, "The great disaster of Inter Milan, Moratti fled."

Even the Italian website has made a decision about Inter Milan, and Italy Online published an article, "Inter Milan fought hard and finally advanced to the UEFA Cup", which made Lippi well.

The Milan Sport newspaper said more directly, "Rippi must be dismissed. If Moratti can't manage Inter Milan well, just forgive it. You can transfer him to someone else."