On September 19, Inter Milan sat at the Meazza Stadium and won the first victory of the group stage of the new European Champions Cup with a goal from Batistuta, defeating Sparta Prague 1-0.

Although he won, Yang Cheng was not very satisfied with the team's performance, especially against the midfield.

On 23 September, Inter Milan played Torino away, and Ronaldo scored the only goal of the game.

On September 26, in the second leg of the Champions League group stage, Inter Milan challenged Spartak Moscow away, with the outstanding performance of Deco and Nedved, Batistuta scored twice, and Van Nistelrooy was the icing on the cake, and took away a 3:0 victory from Moscow with difficulty.

However, the score did not reflect the stalemate on the field, especially when Spartak Moscow, playing at home, used more aggressive and lethal defensive tactics against Inter Milan, Inter Milan's attack fell into passivity.

On September 30, Inter Milan hosted Bologna.

Like all the visiting teams that come to the Meazza Stadium, Bologna also adopted defensive counter-attacking tactics, first based on defense and then trying to counterattack, but except for the opening game Nedved scored from a distance, Bologna was very effective in freezing Inter's attack for most of the time.

With 5 consecutive wins in the opening game, for a while, the entire Serie A was shocked by the strong strength of Inter Milan.

After two weeks of international breaks, Inter Milan regrouped to welcome Hellas Verona.

Although Ronaldo, Batistuta and other South American players were refrigerated by Yang Cheng to prepare for the European Champions Cup in midweek, they still relied on the outstanding hat-trick of Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been scoring uncontrollably recently, to defeat Verona at home and get six consecutive wins in Serie A.

Visiting Feyenoord in midweek, although after the start, a mistake by Zanetti caused Inter Milan to concede a goal, but soon, Batistuta's brace reversed the score to 2:1 for Inter Milan, defeated Feyenoord away, won three consecutive wins in the Champions League group stage, and was left to qualify from the group.

In the 7th round of the league, Inter Milan defeated Udinese 1-0 away.

In the fourth leg of the Champions League, Inter Milan defeated Spartak Moscow 5:1 at home, and Batistuta scored a hat trick to become the top scorer in the Champions League at present, taking the lead in breaking through from Group H as the first in the group.

Throughout September and October, Inter Milan went unbeaten in all competitions, especially in the Champions League and Serie A, with four wins in a row and seven wins in a row, which immediately made all the pre-season media comments fulfill.

"Who can beat Inter?"

"Who can stop Inter?"

"Inter Milan book the title of Serie A this season?!"

The media around the world has begun to hype and hype, and they may all have various intentions, but without exception, they all agree on one thing: Inter Milan is one of the strongest teams in the world today.

Although, under this series of halos, Inter Milan is still a little shadowy, such as Pirlo, who was beaten into the cold palace by Yang Cheng this season, has played zero time so far, such as Emerson was injured in the previous national team games, and his form has been affected to a certain extent, such as ......

But with Inter's strong overall strength, these unfavorable news have been swept under the rug.

Unlike Inter Milan's strength, the Bianconeri's recent form is a bit sad.

In the early stage of the league, Lippi's team could play a beautiful football on a par with Inter Milan, but after the madness of the first three rounds, the next ones were a 0:0 draw with Lecce, a 0:2 home loss to Roma, a 1:1 draw with Fiorentina, a 3:3 draw at home to Torino and a 0:0 draw with Bologna.

Although Juventus is very strong as a whole, especially with the addition of Thuram, the backline has been stabilized, and Van der Sar's performance has improved, but after letting go of Zidane, Inzaghi and other main stars, their attacking power has not been filled, which is a very important reason for this team's three consecutive draws.

The same problem is also Roma, Capello's team has been inconsistent this season, and can play a 5-1 win over Lecce, a 2-0 win over Lazio, a 2-0 win over Juventus, or a 0-2 defeat to Piacenza and a 0-0 draw with Perugia.

The reason for this is that the team's midfield organization problems have not been resolved. ,

This has also made the outside world more enthusiastic about Pirlo's transfer, and even newspapers in the Roma and Turin areas have started a news war to hype Pirlo as a player like the savior of both teams.

The problems of Juventus and Roma may be traceable, but the problems of AC Milan are much more troublesome.

A 5-2 home win over Fiorentina and a 2-0 home win over Lazio were indeed what AC Milan fans who had invested heavily this season would like to see, but Trim's side did their best at crucial moments, but they were usually the biggest score-losing team in the Serie A winners.

1:3 away to Perugia, 0:1 away to Torino, the rest are draws, which can't help but make people wonder, how can the luxury offensive phalanx composed of big Inzaghi, Shevchenko, Rui Costa, Seedorf and other attacking stars not win the ball?

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............ "I need more time!" ”

In Galliani's office, Trim bluntly stated his only request for the current situation.

Indeed, AC Milan won 2 of the first 7 rounds of the league, which is definitely not the report card that a team aiming for the title should show, and Trim also knows this, so when Galliani looked for him, he had already thought of the wording to deal with it in his heart.

"You should know very well, Adriano, I have a different tactic with Zaccheroni, at the moment the problems of the team have been alleviated, the defense is starting to be solid, the next thing is to change the attack, I need more time."

Serie A is not La Liga, and the teams in Serie A pay more attention to overall skills and tactics than any other league team.

If you're in La Liga, you put players like Inzaghi, Shevchenko, Seedorf, Rui Costa on the pitch, and you can win at will, because La Liga teams don't pay attention to targeted defense at all, but Serie A is different.

One of the important reasons why Serie A's defense is sharp is that the teams here will deploy the defense in a targeted manner, using the most effective way in the world to limit the individual performance of your players, so no matter how big your star is, you still can't win.

This is also a very special problem that AC Milan is facing at the moment, the defense is good, but the attack is not strong.

A team's offense and defense are one, the offense is equivalent to the defensive barrier, once the pressure exerted by the offense is not enough, then the pressure on the defensive end will be even greater, and this is the crux of AC Milan's problem.

Yang Cheng also encountered this problem when he was in charge of Inter Milan and was on the verge of resignation for a while, but he finally withstood the pressure and led Inter Milan out of the quagmire and achieved great success for two consecutive seasons.

It is precisely because of Yang Cheng's experience that Trim has been able to survive in AC Milan until now.

As the manager of a veteran Serie A team, Galliani naturally understood what Trim said, and nodded incessantly, "Then what solution do you have?" ”

This question is a big test for Triem!

"I need Pirlo!" Trim said with certainty.

Galliani was a little surprised, but quickly calmed down, and a wry smile appeared, "You should know that it's hard!" ”

Trim nodded, "I know, but there are really few players like Andrea Pirlo right now. ”

"There are very few head coaches like Yang Cheng!" Galliani reminded, "He said, Pirlo is not for sale, then it must be not for sale, he is an unreasonable bastard, he would rather let Pirlo rot on the bench than let him transfer, do you have a way?" ”

In the past two months, the outside world has been hyped about Pirlo, Juventus, Roma and AC Milan and other Serie A teams have a soft spot for this player, but even if Yang Cheng faces Roma's sky-high price of up to 25 million US dollars, he has only one answer, not for sale!

From the perspective of a club operator, it is really difficult for Galliani to understand Yang Cheng's thoughts and calculations, but from the perspective of a football practitioner, he has to admit that Yang Cheng did the right thing.

The whole world knows that Pirlo is a treasure trove, and letting him go, no matter how high the price is, is a loss, because this is weakening himself and strengthening his hand, so Yang Cheng refuses to make this deal.

Of course, there is another point, that is, although Pirlo has become a bad relationship with Yang Cheng, he has never revealed his intention to leave the team, and when he was interviewed by the media, the most common thing he said was that he respected the head coach's decision. ,

If he is clamoring for a transfer like the likes of Panucci and Ventola, Yang Cheng may let it go.

Pirlo and Yang Cheng are now like two awkward brothers, refusing to speak or reconcile, but they are still brothers, no one will take the initiative to step out of that bottom line, and they are waiting for an opportunity to completely solve the problem.

'We'll be proactive with Kaiserslautern about the transfer of Ballack and Kele, both of whom have great playmaking midfielders, as well as Manchester United's Veron, but it will take time!' Galiani shook his head in annoyance and sighed.

The first two Germans are currently being chased by many giant clubs in Germany, including Bayern Munich, and Beckenbauer even intends to directly package Kaiserslautern's entire midfield, saying that he wants to transplant Yang Cheng's crystallization to Bayern Munich, which makes it always difficult for foreign teams to win the favor of German players.

The reason for this is that I am ashamed to say that in one word, I am in arrears of transfer money.

Foreign teams buy German players, if you pay in installments, the risk is too great, and the problem of arrears is very serious, Inter Milan introduced Emerson is the cash, the introduction of Deco and other players are also cash, otherwise, the German team would rather let their players transfer to Bayern Munich.

Strengthening the strength of competitors is undoubtedly the lightest compared with financial difficulties.

"Then I'll wait for your good news!" Trim said lightly.

He was unhappy with the results of Galliani's transfer market this season because Pirlo, who was his favourite, did not come.

Strictly speaking, Inzaghi is not very important, Rui Costa is his handpick, and from the moment Trim decided to take charge of AC Milan, he knew that Gattuso and Ambrosini were not the kind of playmakers who could be trusted, and after Albertini's form declined badly, Rui Costa had to take on a lot of organizational tasks, which was at the expense of the team's attack.

But the proud Turk does not understand that he is dissatisfied with the team, and Galliani and others are not equally dissatisfied with him? "There's one thing I have to warn you, Fatih!" Galliani stopped Trim, who was about to walk out.

The latter turned to look at the bare general manager and did not speak.

"The Prime Minister just called me and he will be watching the game live in this upcoming derby and he wants to see a win!" Galliani said very tactfully.

This can be regarded as a signal to him, and it will be forgotten if he loses other games, but it is a key battle against Inter Milan, and he must not lose, and if he loses, he knows the end!

Trim looked at Galliani deeply, didn't say anything, turned and walked out.

Seeing him leave, Galliani patted his forehead, "*** difficult!" ”

His immediate boss is a guy who is not very qualified, and one moment he said that he would use an iron fist to lead the team and bring results, so he welcomed Trim, but after Trim came to the team, he said that the players complained and damaged his image......

Galliani, who is sandwiched in the middle, is actually not easy to do!

With that in mind, Galliani made another call to Berlusconi.

"Hey, Mr. Prime Minister, yes, I've spoken to Triem, yes, I'm sure he understands what I mean!"

Galliani is like a good baby in front of Berlusconi, there is no way, the entire AC Milan is Prime Minister Beli's property, and the bald man can only be regarded as working for him.

"Well, yes, I've contacted Carlo Ancelotti, yes, he's willing to take over from Trim and take charge of AC Milan, but he also has a request for the team's winter break reinforcements, he wants to get Pirlo, the same as Trim, but now it seems that Yang Cheng, that madman, will definitely not sell, and it is very difficult to get Pirlo."

"***!" Berlusconi was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

In the past two seasons, Yang Cheng has become the person he hates the most, but he is the AC Milan coach he wants to win the most.

"Let's do it first, you continue to contact Pirlo's agent more, I heard that he has been snubbed by Inter Milan and Caesar recently, take the opportunity to woo him more, and let Philip blow more with him, poach the corner first, as long as he is tempted, Inter Milan will be much easier."

Silvio Berlusconi is familiar with this poaching strategy, "As for Trim, he had better be able to perform in the derby, otherwise, he will be replaced by Carlo Ancelotti!" ”,

Galliani immediately agreed,

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He doesn't have much say in this kind of thing.

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Amid the thunderous roar of heavy metal music, Pirlo slowly walked into the bar.

The lights were dim throughout the bar, with only flickering colourful lights sweeping through every inch of the bar, and a group of men and women on the dance floor dancing together, and a group of people sitting at tables outside, their legs dancing to the rhythm of the music.

The atmosphere is really good, so this is the best and most upscale bar in Milan, and it is also the favorite place for stars such as Inzaghi, and it is also a place where countless young girls gather, just to be able to become famous in one fell swoop.

"Hi Francisco!" Pirlo soon found his way to where they sat most often, with Koko sitting across from him.

"Why is it so late, Andrea?" Koko asked casually, sipping his wine.

Pirlo looked at his close friend and smiled, a happy face, because he had just made a big decision with his girlfriend, and he wanted to share it with his best friend, "I want to ......"

There was a lot of noise in the bar, Koko didn't hear it, but pointed to a couple of men and women on the dance floor in the distance, "Look, this guy Philip has hooked up with a beautiful woman again, blonde haired, with a very interesting name." ”

Following Koko's gesture, Pirlo looked over and saw Inzaghi dancing with a blonde beauty on the dance floor of a bar, this blonde was in a good figure and was obviously not an ordinary person.

"The famous model Fidelica Fontana!" The last surname, Koko also bit very hard.

Pirlo looked at it and couldn't help but praise, "It's really a beautiful spring!" This is the Italian word for Fontana.

But he was thinking in his heart, but he was not pure enough, whether it was motivation or thought.

During this period of time, he has seen through a lot of things, the women who chased him when he was popular before are now all embracing others, but the girlfriend who he was bored with and felt like he was going to change his mind before, but at this moment he is still by his side, still supporting him, and encouraging him.

"What about Luisa Corna? Broke up? Pirlo asked with a smile, beckoning the waiter to come up, but instead ordered a sports drink instead of beer.

"Divided, men prefer blonde women!" Koko said something else.

It is a famous Hollywood comedy that says that men are less immune to blonde women.

"Do you like such days?" Pirlo looked up at Koko.

The latter was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "There's nothing to like or dislike, just relax and relax." ”

That being said, but Koko didn't have much confidence, and Pirlo knew he was lying.

They have long crossed the line of relaxation!

But Pirlo also knew that there were some things he couldn't say, because in the eyes of these people, he was just a junior.

"By the way, Andrea, what have you been up to lately? I asked you all day and said I wasn't available. Koko asked casually.

Pirlo shrugged, "If you don't have a game, you're busy getting married!" ”

"Married?" Koko was taken aback.

If you want to say that Italians have the phenomenon of early marriage, but there are indeed not many young talents like Pirlo who got married at the age of 22.

"Yes, I'm getting married!" Pirlo replied in the affirmative...... ）