Chapter 183 of the Myth of the Gunslinger in Volume III refers to events and second-class citizens

(6,000-word chapter, 2-in-1)

After a long journey of 28 hours, at 9 o'clock in the evening of the 19th, Arsenal's 18 players and 10 coaches, ! QuanBEn!

When some Arsenal players got off the train like frosted eggplants, there were thousands of fans wearing Arsenal shirts and Inter shirts around the station, and reporters in various costumes were waiting for Arsenal to arrive.

"How did you feel about your trip?"

"How many hours have you been on the train?"

"Coach Arsene Wenger, do you think this long expedition has had an impact on the game? Is it big or not? ”……

The spotlight kept flickering, the long guns and short guns of the reporters were stretched out in front of the Arsenal players and coaches, and superstars like Li Huan and Cesc Fabregas were surrounded by many reporters.

None of the tired Arsenal players wanted to be interviewed, and the best thing for them now was to go back to the hotel and get a good night's sleep, it was so uncomfortable on the train. But these reporters were so pestering that they couldn't push it away, and the fans were also blocking to ask for group photos and autographs, and the Inter fans were also blocked there and made strong boos and coaxed.

With it easy to get rid of the pestering reporters and fans, the Arsenal players scurried into the car and rushed to their pre-booked hotel.

When sleeping in the hotel, the Inter Milan fans did not let go of the Arsenal players, they kept singing the Inter Milan team song outside the hotel, the singing was not in tune at all, it was noise, but these Inter Milan fans just made noise.

Having not reached the final in 37 years and not winning the championship in 45 years, Inter Milan's desire for the Champions League is by no means lower than that of Arsenal, and Inter Milan fans are willing to pay any price in order to reach the final.

However, the harassment tactics did not work, and the Arsenal players were so tired from the car ride for more than 24 hours that they could not hear the noise outside, and they fell asleep when they returned to their rooms.

The next morning, the Arsenal players got up for breakfast, had a team meeting, and then went to the Meazza Stadium to acclimatise to the pitch.

At the entrance of the Meazza Stadium, the Arsenal players got off the bus, just as the Inter players left the stadium for the training base, and the two teams that were going to play tonight passed each other.

Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger are old enemies in the Premier League, the madman ridiculed the professor as a voyeur, and the professor wanted to take the madman Mourinho to court, and in the end it was the FA who came forward to coordinate the matter.

Seeing the professor, Mourinho smiled slightly, raised his index and middle fingers, and made a victory gesture at Wenger and walked on the bus, and the players behind Mourinho also raised their index and middle fingers to Arsenal before getting on the bus, just like their coaches.

This season's Arsenal can be said to be the best season in Arsenal's history, so far no team has been able to please under Arsenal, today was humiliated by this team that reached the semi-finals for the first time, Arsenal's players were almost blown up.

"Do you think volcanic ash can turn a bear into a lion?" Diaby yelled angrily at the Inter players.

Li Huan didn't speak, but he gave his middle finger to the Inter Milan player who was walking towards the big bar.

"Volcanic ash can't turn a bear into a hero" The Arsenal players also gave the middle finger to the Inter Milan fans in the big bar.

Mourinho sneered and looked back at the dozen or so middle fingers that the Arsenal players had raised together, and waved to drive.

One of the two teams made a V-shaped gesture and the other played the middle finger, and this hot scene made the reporter bad, and suddenly the magnesium lights flashed non-stop, and this wonderful scene was filmed, and the news will soon spread throughout the world.

During training, Arsenal's players focused on recovery training and did not conduct group confrontation training, which disappointed fans and reporters who watched Arsenal's games.

In the afternoon, TV stations and online editions of media in various European countries were commenting on the middle finger events of Inter Milan and Arsenal.

"Before the game even started, the two teams erupted into a conflict, with the madman defiantly extending a V-shaped gesture and Arsenal hitting back with his middle finger," said Milan Sport. This has never been seen before in a competition. It also shows how ambitious both teams are for this semi-final."

The headline on Roma Sport's website reads "Madman and Professor Continue Premier League Hatred", "Greeting each other with a V-shaped gesture and middle finger at the first meeting, the feud between Mourinho and Professor Arsene Wenger continues." But now they are not in the Premier League, but in the Champions League, now two personality coaches one has not won the Champions League in 45 years Inter Milan, one in Arsenal has never won the Champions League, they are full of desire for the title, judging from this tidbits before the game, today's semi-final must be a shocking battle of Mars hitting the earth. “

The mid-finger incident that took place in the morning was also reported by the media in the United Kingdom.

Georgia, host of Sky Sports in the UK. Thompson said: "The madman was as arrogant and confident as he was, and he gestured a V finger to the professor, but the Arsenal players were not deterred by the madman's arrogance, and they responded with the middle finger. With Mourinho's character, he will definitely not take this breath, and I believe that at the press conference, Mourinho will definitely continue to launch provocative acts against Arsenal. “

The online editions of The Times and the Daily Mail only gave an objective account of the incident and did not comment much, but the accompanying photos of Mourinho sneering and Arsene Wenger's anger on the page were particularly reverie.

After the middle finger incident, the reporters are most looking forward to the press conference hosted by UEFA, in which Wenger will face the madman directly, and the conversation between them will inevitably be point-to-needle.

After the afternoon training session between the two teams, the usual pre-match press conference began in the press room of the Meazza Stadium under the auspices of UEFA officials.

Mourinho was still wearing a very stylish black Armani trench coat, and his unruly eyes glanced at the hall or so 400 reporters, while Professor Wenger was still sitting in front of the rostrum in a suit, his eyes not squinting, his brows frowning, not knowing what he was thinking.

Jose Mourinho, who spoke first, first explained the rumours that he would go to Real Madrid to coach, "I am the manager of Inter Milan. I have a contract with Inter Milan. Real Madrid now have a manager, a great coach. I can't say anything about it. The world of football is full of truths, half-truths, lies and rumors. I'm still going to play in the league, cup and Champions League. I have a decisive game to play every three days and now I'm more concerned about the future of Inter than anything else. I have to stay calm and do my job. ”

Then Mourinho talked about the match against Arsenal, "A lot of people may think that we took advantage of the volcanic ash, of course you can think so, Arsenal can also make excuses for losing in advance, but I don't think the train ride is as scary as the outside legend goes, so I think the outcome of this game is 50 per cent against 50 per cent, and no one can take too much advantage." ”

Finally, Mourinho condemned Arsenal's gesture of the middle finger to Inter Milan in the morning, "I think it's shameful, that's not what a professional player should do, we just made a winning gesture, it was within the normal range, and Arsenal behaved like a street hooligan. ”

Professor Arsene Wenger is not as arrogant as Mourinho, he even complimented Mourinho, but the professor does not weaken Arsenal's morale, "Coach Mourinho has been successful in Portugal, England and Italy, is one of the best coaches in the world, and Inter Milan's counter-attack is very deadly. They are surprisingly fast and they are difficult to play against, and Inter Milan have not won the competition in 45 years, so they will very much want to make history, and Inter have won their last five Champions League games, which will also give them confidence.

But we also have a lot of fighting spirit, we have never won this competition, although we came here after a long journey, we go to the semi-finals of the Champions League with confidence and a smile, our style is different from Inter, we are used to solving battles with attack. Of course, promotion is not possible in Meazza, and the real battle is at the Emirates Stadium. ”

After the two coaches spoke, there was a question session from reporters. Journalists from all over the world have been waiting for this time for a long time, and everyone knows that Mourinho is a star who creates topics.

"Inter will now play at home against Arsenal, will it be bad for you to play at home first?" An Italian journalist asked.

"I had the same experience when I led Porto to win the Champions League. We played at home against Manchester United, Lyon and Deportivo La Coruna. Later, when I was in charge of Chelsea, I played at home in the semi-finals. Only against Barcelona was the first away game. At Inter Milan, we started this year against Chelsea, CSKA Moscow and Arsenal. The road to the Champions League final is never easy. ”

Jose Mourinho talks eloquently and does not take to heart the disadvantage of playing home first.

"Will you specifically go to guard against Li Huan?" A French journalist asked.

"Li Huan can play on the right, on the left, at the back like against Tottenham, and we will know the answer in the evening. He's an important player, but for me it's not about man to man. It's not my football culture, so our game won't be one person staring at Li Huan, the other ten against the other ten, but eleven against eleven. But of course, he deserves our special attention because he is a unique player. Mourinho said he would not target Li Huan.

"May I ask Coach Mourinho, is Arsenal the strongest team in Europe right now?" The Sun reporter asked.

"The strongest team is the one that won the Champions League, which is the most prestigious competition in the world. We still have to wait for answers. "Jose Mourinho doesn't recognise Arsenal as the strongest team.

"And who is more likely to qualify for your match against Arsenal?" The Sun reporter asked.

"55 open, whoever plays well will be able to advance." Mourinho played a trick.

'Samuel Eto'o is very fast, Inter is a counter-attacking player, have you ever wondered how to defend him?' Finally, an Italian journalist asked Wenger a question.

'Our backline has enough experience to deal with speed players and with a striker like Samuel Eto'o it's important not to give him the chance to get the ball so that his threat is minimised. The professor replied.

"What is Arsenal's goal in Meazza this time?" A British journalist asked.

"Our goal is to win the fight and lay the groundwork for the second round." Arsene Wenger said firmly.

After the press conference, the countdown to the second leg of the Champions League officially began, and the atmosphere of the game became more and more tense, and the streets of Milan City were full of Inter Milan fans wearing blue and black jerseys.

The volcanic ash has eased the security burden on the Meazza Stadium, which was originally scheduled to be three hours early, but now only needs to be two hours early.

At 6:30 p.m., thousands of fans crowded the entrances to Meazza with tickets and scarves in hand, and there were many national reporters interviewing the fans live.

"Viva Inter 3:0"

"Long live Jose Mourinho, bloodbath for Arsenal"

"Long live the Gunners, we are the champions"

Fans chanted slogans.

"Predict the score? If the gunner doesn't win, Li Huan will let Inter Milan know that he is powerful. ”

"Li Huan will definitely score"

"Inter Milan must win, Mourinho is the best tactician in the world, Wenger is just a nerd" ......

Facing the cameras and microphones of reporters, fans in both team uniforms were shouting in support of their teams and belittling their opponents.

In the studio hall, two live commentators are talking about the grievances between the two teams, analyzing the tactics that the two teams may adopt, and the prospects of the two teams to advance.

“…… In recent decades, the results of both teams in the Champions League are not good, and there are not many times when the two teams meet in the Champions League, but in the games where the two teams meet, there is no shortage of goals, 0304 Champions League season, the two teams met in the group stage, Arsenal lost 0:3 at home, but swept Inter Milan 5:1 away......"

"They met again in the Emirates Cup in '07 and Arsenal won 2-1, but it was a warm-up game and there wasn't much value in it......

"Arsenal's style of play is very similar to Barcelona, Mu Shuai's trick to deal with Arsenal and Barcelona is to defend intensively, this time Arsenal because of the impact of volcanic ash, I am afraid that the physical consumption is very large, I don't know if Mu Shuai will take the risk of attacking tactics, when Mu Shuai played Rijkaard at Stamford Bridge, but played a crazy game of 3:0 in the opening 20 minutes at home......"

At this time, there was a warm applause, and it turned out that the players from both sides came out to do the final warm-up.

“…… It was not half an hour before the official start of the game, the players of both sides came out to warm up, the two teams have just announced the starting list of the team, and Inter Milan's starting lineup is a solid 442:

Starting goalkeeper 12 - Julio Cesar

The four defenders are 13-McConn, 6-Lucio, 25-Samuel, 4-Zanetti

Four midfielders: 8-Motta, 19-Cambiaso, 10-Sneijder, 27-Pandev

Two strikers: 22 - Diego Milito, 9 - Eto'o.

Arsenal's starting line-up today is 433, and Professor Arsene Wenger is still using attacking tactics:

Goalkeeper No. 1 Almunia

Four defenders: No. 13 Li Huan, 31-Campbell, 5-Vermaelen, 22-Clichy

Four midfielders, 2-Diaby, 15-Denilson, 4-Cesc Fabregas

Three forwards: 14-Walcott, 52-Bendtner, 8-Nasri"

With the slightly soothing shouts of the on-site commentators, the stands rang out with the neat applause of the fans from time to time.

At the same time, Huang Jianxiang, the commentator of China's Sina Live, is also introducing the starting lineups of the two sides to fans at this time, the commentator who has risen by Serie A, has a deep affection for the Italian team, he sighed: "With the decline of Serie A, the champion Inter Milan seems to have become a second-class citizen team composed of a group of second-class citizens, shrouded in secular prejudice, abandoned by the mouthpiece media, and disdained by FIFA official power."

Take a look at Samuel Eto'o. Who is Samuel Eto'o? When the world football, more than 20 goals a year for many years, won all the championships, and scored in the Champions Cup final, there are few people who are so good in Europe. However, despite Eto'o's martial arts skills and talent, he eventually fell to the label of "the abandoned general of the giants". Ibrahimovic = Eto'o + 46 million, this unbelievable price tag is not a game but a reality......

And Sneijder. In world football, there are only a handful of well-rounded, dedicated and capable midfield masters like Sneijder. But Sneijder is not yet a second-class citizen? was brutally swept out of the house in Real Madrid, and he was not qualified to guard the water dispenser.

Almost everyone in the Inter team has been an ordinary person who has been forgotten by football, underestimated by the world, and neglected by the whole world. Zanetti? It was Lambert's transfer addition. Milito? After many years in Europe, the wealthy will appreciate it when they are old. Motta? When he left Barcelona, 11 out of 10 people advised him to retire and stop struggling. Cesar? In Chievo he also sat on the bench. Others such as Cambiasso, Samuel? are all abandoned by giants

However, this group of giants and second-class citizens have now reached the semi-finals, and they are ushering in a new era of big internationals. ”

Another commentator, Li Chengpeng, also has a good impression of all art teams and offensive teams, he said: "In fact, Arsenal is also a sad team, as a world-famous team, European giants, so far has not won a Champions League title, this is definitely a huge shame, and now they are also standing on the verge of making history, in fact, in terms of state, they are better than Inter Milan, but now they are born with no luck, even the volcanic ash is difficult with them, running for 28 hours, It is estimated that an iron man like Li Huan has also softened ......"

At this time, there was a huge uproar on the field, applause, shouts, and boos rang out, it turned out that under the leadership of the referee Portuguese Ben Ben Lenca, the players of the two teams came out with a small ball boy wearing each other's uniforms, and the applause was naturally for Inter Milan, and the boos were reserved for the away team.

The stars worth tens of millions of dollars lined up in a long queue on the court, some with serious expressions, some jumping and relaxing, some smiling, some murderous, and some impatient.

When the two teams exchanged flags and badges and selected goals, the on-site commentator also launched a call to the fans in the stadium, "The players are fighting against fate on the pitch, fighting the enemy, they want to prove to the world that they are not misbreeds and cowards, to prove the pride and self-esteem of Inter Milan, and we, the fans, should give them the greatest support at this time, let them know that there are thousands of Nerazzurri fans standing behind them......"

The applause on the field became more intense, and before the game began, the tsunami-like cries of mountains and tsunamis were already sounding from all directions.

In the stands, the camera lens is aimed at the North Stand, Inter Milan's owner Moratti did not enter the VIP box, he is standing with Inter Milan's diehards, Inter Milan's dad talks with the fans from time to time, it seems to be talking and laughing, in fact, his mood is also extremely nervous, after winning five consecutive Serie A titles, the Champions League has always been a piece of his heart, and now Inter Milan has reached the semi-finals for the first time, with the help of the right time and place, and Mourinho, a master tactician, to help, Not entering the final is really intolerable, Wenger is not worried, but the opponent's Li Huan really reassures Moratti, this Chinese gave Moratti too much shock, making him feel that this person has unpredictable ability, such an advantage, Moratti can not rest assured.

Kroenke in the VIP box also came to Italy with great difficulty, and the team suddenly encountered volcanic ash in such a good situation and state, which made Kroenke, who was moody, also annoyed. He has always been calm and constantly pacing in the box at this time, worried about the upcoming game. He has been following the team on a long journey, and he knows that the players have consumed a lot of energy and spirit, and it would be nice to have a draw in this game, but with a master like Jose Mourinho, they may not give Arsenal a chance to breathe.

"Forcing ......"

At this time, with the whistle of Portuguese referee Benlenka, the Champions League semi-finals of Arsenal and Inter Milan kicked off.

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