Chapter 658: Blue Fortress (1)
Han Sen knew that Xu Jiangchuan went abroad at this time during the Chinese New Year with the help of this juncture and this strange reason for getting sick, just to escape the investigation of the domestic public security organs, and the biggest umbrella was, of course, his current invincible popularity and prestige. And it seems that this thing has been done without knowing it, or even without showing up at all!
Han Sen was stunned in the bathroom for a while, watching Xu Yun wash himself properly without making a sound, and then walked out of the bathroom, Xu Yun turned around and asked, "What are you going to do?" โ
Han Sen said without looking back: "Call Moratti to greet the New Year, and by the way, ask him if there is enough seat on the plane." โ
In the face of this strange New Year, the only thing that can temporarily get Han Sen out of these strange status quo is Inter's current game, on the first day of the new year, in the 24th round of Serie A, Han Sen's absence of Inter Milan challenged Napoli away, both teams are in excellent condition, Inter Milan is unbeaten in 12 games in all competitions, and Napoli has not conceded goals in four league games. It is worth mentioning that Napoli have the most penalties in the league (seven) and the most red cards (eight). Despite being Inter's third league game in seven days, Mourinho still sent a strong team to attack. Samuel, Thornton and Muntari were rested in midweek and returned to the starting line-up. Sneijder returned from a two-game suspension. Up front, the Dutchman formed a trident with Pandev and Milito, with Samuel Eto'o on the bench and Balotelli resting.
As a result, after 90 minutes of fierce battle, Napoli's Hamsik and Inter's Muntari each hit the woodwork once in the first half, and in the second half. Quagliarella hit the post again to make it 0-0 and Inter are unbeaten in 13 games in all competitions. For the time being, they are seven points ahead of second-placed Roma and nine points ahead of AC Milan with a game in hand.
Xu Yun's parents' trip abroad was not hindered in the end, and Han Sen did not bother with the matter again, and the whole family took Moratti's plane to Italy together, and they seemed happy. Moratti was also very interested when he learned that Han Sen's father-in-law, Xu Jiangchuan, was a former high-ranking official of the Chinese government, and the two pulled Han Sen to translate in the middle. Talked about a number of topics.
Back in Milan, the car sent by Mendes took Han Sen's family to his home, and Han Sen's heart fell to the ground. is so smooth, I don't know if Xu Jiangchuan is really pretending to be crazy and stupid so successfully, or if someone deliberately let Xu Jiangchuan leave, although Xu Yun's family seems to know the whole story. But they only did some work to let Xu Jiangchuan evade the investigation as soon as possible. Han Sen felt it. The key to the whole thing is still on his own, combined with what the prime minister said to him before, Han Sen felt that but why, he couldn't think of a clue all of a sudden, and he couldn't ask others, so he had to report to the team quickly to alleviate this New Year that people didn't understand.
As a result, when he arrived at the team, Han Sen immediately encountered a joke that was not too big or small. Mourinho saw Hansen come back and said first: "Is the New Year over?" โ
Han Sen nodded: "It's over, I brought you some New Year's gifts." Put it in your car in a minute. โ
Mourinho didn't seem to have received a lot of gifts from Han Sen, nodded and said, "Thank you, but you don't have to play on the weekend." โ
Han Sen suddenly straightened his eyes, could it be that he returned to China for this New Year, and he could still lose the main position? No, Inter also drew in the last game, and there is no competitor in the team who is particularly good and can threaten himself!
Seeing Han Sen standing there looking stupid, Mourinho said a little angrily: "You are confused for the New Year, right, you are not allowed to play on the weekend, but you are allowed to play the Champions League in midweek!" โ
Han Sen was stunned for a long time, and then he burst out laughing, this New Year really made him have persecution paranoia.
Football alleviated Han Sen's inner unhappiness, but football games are not all smooth sailing, and in the 25th round of Serie A at the weekend, the leader Inter Milan sat at home to face Sampdoria, who had won four consecutive victories. At the start of the first half, both sides played aggressively and the players moved very much. Just three minutes into the game, Stankovic collided with his opponent in a scramble and returned to the game after a brief period of treatment. In the 14th minute, Muntari and Pazzini had a verbal altercation, and the two pushed and shoved each other, and Cambiaso pulled Muntari away in time. This set the tone for the game to be a clash of fire.
Sampdoria's starting goalkeeper was Storari, who had just arrived on loan from AC Milan, and was very familiar with Inter's style of play and passing, and the passes from Milito in the 9th minute, Sneijder in the 14th minute and Muntari in the 26th minute were easily defused by Storari.
In the 23rd minute, Stankovic broke the ball in the midfield, Pozzi immediately tackled Stankovic from behind, and the referee showed Pozzi the first yellow card for both players in the game. In the 30th minute of the first half, the balance of the number of people on the field changed. In the 28th minute, Samuel made a vicious tackle on Pozzi from the side and was yellow carded by the referee. In the 30th minute, Samuel was directly sent off with a red card! At that time, Sampdoria had a chance to counterattack, Pozzi rushed to the front, Samuel, as the last player in the Inter defense, knocked down Pozzi with an elbow, and the referee immediately sent him off with a red card!
As a result, the game was interrupted for 2 minutes, and Mourinho quickly replaced Muntari with Lucio to maintain the double central defender defence, which brought the rest plan of Lucio, who was originally preparing for the Champions League with Hanssen, came to an end. In the 32nd minute, Sampdoria took a free kick, and Cordoba in the human wall moved ahead of time and was shown a yellow card by the referee.
In the 38th minute, Inter was sent off again, Cรณrdoba was defending Pozzi in the midfield, he received a second yellow card for excessive action, two yellows turned into one red and left the field, and Sampdoria's Pozzi alone eliminated Inter's two starting central defenders.
At half-time, neither side made personnel adjustments, from the opening of the second half, Inter Milan 9-man positioning, Inter by McConn, Lucio, Cambiasso, Zanetti formed the backline, Milito retreated to the midfield, Eto'o one in front.
In the 59th minute, Milito stepped on the opponent's Palombo's shin guard head-on when defending in the midfield, Palombo's socks and shin guards were damaged, and in the face of Inter Milan with only 9 men left, the referee showed mercy and did not show Milito a card again.
And then Inter got a counterattack opportunity, Han Sen could clearly see from the field that Inter's formation when counterattacking was 323, Cambiaso stepped forward to the midfield, Milito, Sneijder and Eto'o rushed in. Mourinho's move is crazy!
In the 71st minute, Milito was replaced by Pandev, and Mourinho was not conservative at all and continued to maintain the attacking power on the field. Inter's madness finally triggered the referee to find a balance, and in the 74th minute, Sampdoria's Pacini moved too much in front of the defense and was sent off by the referee for a second yellow card.
After Samp was sent off, the morale of the entire Inter team immediately increased, and they launched continuous attacks. In the 77th minute, Inter counterattacked, Pandev dribbled the ball in front of the penalty area, changed the line horizontally, and then passed Eto'o to the right front with his left foot, Eto'o was blocked in the face of Storari's angry shot! One minute later, Zanetti crossed from the left and the Samp defender broke it with a big foot in front of the goal. Another minute later, Inter won a free-kick on the left side of the field, and Sneijder took the penalty to the wall. Sneijder was replaced by Motta in the 80th minute. In the 86th minute of the game, Pandev crossed Eto'o and the latter faced the goalkeeper directly, but unfortunately the Cheetah's shot was saved by Storari and missed a great chance to win!
In the end, the two sides played 0-0 after 90 minutes, and Inter Milan struggled to get one point in Serie A before the Champions League quarter-finals with Chelsea, temporarily leading the standings by eight points higher than second-place Roma. Coach Jose Mourinho's unbeaten run at home in the league has also increased to 130, while his unbeaten run in all competitions in all competitions has increased to 159.
Of course, none of these records matter, and all eyes on Europe will be on Milan in Italy this week, with the leaders of Serie A and the Premier League meeting this season! Inter Milan and Chelsea are about to fight to the death, Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho will face his old club, and Hansen has faced the Blues for the second season in a row, for the World Footballer who conquered the Champions League, Chelsea is a fortress he has not yet conquered! (To be continued......)