Chapter 604 The Battle of China and Japan?

In the 14th round of Serie A, Inter Milan challenged Brescia, just in time for the battle between Juventus and AC Milan, which is very exciting for Inter Milan. AC Milan and Juventus are their biggest enemies. In the century-old history of Inter Milan, they have formed countless feuds with these two giants. Every glorious history of Inter Milan is accompanied by the humiliation of these two teams. In the same way, every humiliation of Inter Milan is mostly due to these two giants. Now Inter Milan is playing as a weak relegation team, just sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight.

Brescia's biggest threat to Inter Milan is still their core Baggio. Before Jiang Mu's arrival, Baggio had the nemesis of his old club. In the match between Baggio and his old club, Brescia basically remained unbeaten, but this law was broken after Jiang Mu's arrival. Although this round was at home, although it was at home. In the match between Inter and Milan, there are not many people who are optimistic about Brescia, and the odds given by the betting company are also Inter Milan's away game.

In fact, the process and result were not unexpected. Inter Milan easily defeated Brescia 3:1 away from home and continued to lead the table by 7 points. Roma and Cevo both won, ranking second and third respectively by 7 points and 8 points.

In this round of focus battle, Juventus and AC Milan are in average form. They have been pulled to a gap of more than ten by Inter Milan and have lost confidence in winning the championship. Now they are more focused on the European game, and the two sides shake hands with a 1:1 score.

Now the Juventus team has 21 points and the gap between Inter Milan has reached 12 points, while AC Milan is even worse. They have scored 18 points and are separated by 15 points by Inter Milan. Winning the championship has become a theoretical thing.

After the end of the 14th round, Inter Milan ushered in a week's double, but this time Inter Milan is much more relaxed in terms of the task and mentality, because the Champions League will not start again until late February after the winter break. For them, the difficulty of the weekly double league and the Coppa Italia has been reduced a lot.

Although Parma, the opponent of the Coppa Italia, has taken a lot of main force, they have a strong background. According to their strength, they can only be said to have fallen out of the first group, but they are not a weak team. They have also tied Inter Milan 2:2 in the first round, which is the only three-point losing game of Inter Milan this season. One.

The problem with Parma now is that it is in a very bad state and the team's management is chaotic. Since the beginning of this year, Parma President Tanzi has swept out four powerful coaches, Malesani, Saki, Ulivieri and Kamignani. Since the new head coach Argentine Pasarella took office in mid-November, Parma has lost 4 games and 4 in Serie A. After 14 rounds, the team's points It ranks second from the bottom of 18 Serie A teams. This team, which is still dominant in Serie A in the first half of the year, has fallen into the embarrassing position of "deputy squad leader". It is rumored that Chairman Tanzi is almost unbearable. The fate of Pasarella will be decided in the next week. If he can pass the Coppa Italia Inter Milan. He can continue to coach with Atlanta in the league. If he loses these two games, he will definitely be fired by Tanzi. Regarding the choice of the new head coach, the most popular at present is the current AC Milan youth team coach Tasotti, and his mentor, Saki, will be the director of the club's sports department.

Of course, the biggest attraction of this game is that Parma goalkeeper Frey faces the old club, and Asian midfielder Nakata Yingshou challenges Asian coach Jiang Mu.

Frey's performance at Inter Milan last season was not bad. It can be said that Jiang Mu won the double championship of the league and the UEFA Europa League. However, later, Frey was dissatisfied because of Inter Milan's contact with Buffon and the salary problem. In the end, the two sides parted ways. Now facing the old owner and familiar teammates, can Frey Fu Dangguan saved the fate of the coach and Parma, which has become one of the hot issues of fans.

And Parma midfielder Hidehisa Nakata was originally introduced by Parma from Roma as the core, but because Parma's overall state is too poor and the coach is changed frequently, he not only does this core exist in name only, but also loses the position of the front waist. In the 12th round of the game against AC Milan, because Nakata is not in good condition, Nakata's Competitor Miku is also in poor condition. In order to get rid of the downturn, Pasarella pushed the original back midfielder Ramucci to the front midfield position, while Nakata Hideshou changed to Ramuchi's original midfield position. Of course, the final result was to lose, but after the game, Pasarella thought that "the reason for using Ramucci was that he could give stronger support to the striker. Although he lost, the new team was still It's relatively successful." So in the later game, Parma began to use Ramucci to play the front midfield, while Nakata, in addition to waiting for the opportunity to play Ramucci's substitute, he went to play the back midfielder.

Although he is in poor condition, international football star Hidetoshi Nakada is still a national treasure player in Japan's football. Moreover, because of its good appearance, in addition to becoming the dream lover of thousands of girls in Japan, it also has a great influence in the whole of Asia. It can be said that in Asian football, the most influential person in the football circle is Jiang Mu.

Although one is a head coach and a player, because they are similar in age and are favored by advertisers, as well as the special relationship between China and Japan, it is inevitable that the two of them will be compared and debated together. Chinese fans satirize the success of Hidetada because Japan is rich and willing to spend money, and there is no large number of Japan spent two money on European clubs. Hidetoshi Nakata is also an ordinary player, while Japanese fans think that Jiang Mu's success is purely accidental. There is too much luck, and this season is bound to collapse.

Last season, Hidetoshi Nakata was still a substitute in Rome, and Japanese fans did not dare to be so high-profile. Now Inter Milan led by Jiang Mu and Parma led by Hidetoshi Nakata met in the knockout match of the Italian Cup. Hidetoshi Nakata led Parma to draw with Inter Milan in the first round. Now it is close to 10,000 Japanese fans. On a cross-sea expedition and rushed to Italy to watch the quarter-final of the Coppa Italia, Chinese fans did not show weakness. Under the call of Jiang Mu's fan group, at least tens of thousands of Chinese fans have come to Italy. For Italian fans who have always regarded the Coppa Italia as a chicken rib competition, this kind of fanaticism is simply difficult for them to stand. Xin, although they have a long football tradition.

Originally, the focus of the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia was the battle between AC Milan and Lazio. This was the battle between Rome and Milan, but because more than 20,000 Chinese and Japanese fans came to Italy, the battle between Inter Milan and Parma quickly surpassed that of Lazio and AC Milan. Now The full-page sports media in Italy are talking about Jiang Mu and Nakata Yingshou, all talking about the battle between Inter Milan and Parma, who will win, Jiang Mu and Nakada Yingshou, who has a stronger star flavor, and who can better represent the image of Asian football.

Before the game, Jiang Mu did not intend to cool down the game. According to Feng Ke's opinion, every conflict is a good time to attract attention. Now Jiang Mu is in urgent need of money. Continuing to improve his popularity can attract more advertisers and increase his value, so Jiang Mu spoke arrogantly before the game. They are not friendly to Hidetoshi Nakata and Parma.

"I'm very happy that a large number of Asian fans have come to Italy to watch the quarter-finals of the Cup, which shows that our work during this period is satisfactory to the fans. At the same time, I also regret the Japanese fans, because they will take advantage of the fun and go. Of course, if they are all real fans. In other words, they will be happy because they appreciate the highest level of competition in Europe.

About Nakata, I want to say that he is a good player, but his strength has been promoted. Without the consumption power of strong Japanese fans, he can't stand in his current position. Time will prove everything. In three years, Hidetoshi Nakata will return to his true colors. He is just a good player, not a superstar. Even if it's a superstar, it's just an Asian superstar.

There is no doubt that Jiang Mu's words caused an uproar. Nakada Yingshou's brain-damaged fans were of course very angry, and the Japanese media also expressed extreme dissatisfaction with Jiang Mu's remarks.

There is no professional sports newspaper in Japan. The sports headline of the famous Asahi Shimbun pointed out that Jiang Mu is jealous. As a leading figure in Asian football, Nakata Hidetoshi has received too much attention and praise. The advertising contract and annual income also surpassed Jiang Mu, and even found a Hong Kong and Taiwan. Stars are lovers, which makes Jiang Mu unhappy, so he shows such offensive remarks.

Yomiuri Shimbun also said that Jiang Mu's remarks are too demeaning. As the two most outstanding figures in the Asian player world and the coaching world, Jiang Mu and Nakata Eishou have won glory for Asian football. They should cherish each other instead of attacking each other. Then

China's Weekly and Ball News agree with Jiang Mu's point of view, believing that Jiang Mu is telling the truth. Jiang Mu is just the honest child in the emperor's new clothes. In fact, in Asian football, only Jiang Mu has the courage and influence. Hidetoshi Nakada is indeed overrated. If China has Japan's economic strength, Sun Jihai and others are also fully capable of it.

Nakata Yingshou is naturally very dissatisfied with Jiang Mu's statement, but because Jiang Mu is a famous coach in Serie A, maybe one day he may become Jiang Mu's subordinate. Nakata Yingshou's performance is still relatively restrained. He said that although Jiang Mu's criticism is very spicy, he will not be angry, because he is very confident in himself. He believes that the support of the outside world is one aspect, but if he is not capable, why will the outside world praise him if there are so many Japanese players? He agrees with Jiang Mu's words and believes that everything will come to light in three or five years.

Not only Hideshou Nakata and Japan are angry, but also Parma is not convinced, because in the first round, they drew with Inter Milan 2:2. Now the two teams meet in the knockout match of the Italian Cup. They think they still have a chance, especially head coach Pasarella, who is Argentina's 78th World Cup. The captain who won the championship coached Argentina to enter the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup, with a great reputation. Although his handsome position is shaky, he still has a strong attitude.

"Coach Jiang Mu means that he will beat us away from home. I appreciate his confidence, but I think he is too confident. At home, we will definitely play the highest level and beat Inter Milan. As the three teams that draw with Inter Milan this season, we are confident. I also have experience."