King of World Football: Chapter 244 : Early season
The King of World Football Chapter 244: Early Season
Inter Milan's new lineup needs running-in, so they completed the assembly at the end of July and played warm-up matches with multiple Serie B teams. The results were not completely satisfactory.
Their defense is still relatively solid. After increasing the depth of the lineup, the head coach Mancini can rotate better, but on the offensive end, the cooperation between Ribery and Adriano did not form a good chemical reaction. Without Wang Feng It always feels a lot less offensive threat.
Fortunately, Wang Feng returned to the team in time in mid-August. After a few days of joint practice with a complete lineup, Inter Milan ushered in the Italian Super Cup match. This time the venue of the match was Milan.
Since Inter Milan won last year's league and Coppa Italia championships, their opponent is Juventus, the runner-up of the Coppa Italia last year.
Before the match, the two teams were in the player tunnel. Wang Feng took the initiative to say hello to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who made his debut in Serie A. Ibrahimovic also let go of the little bit of embarrassment he had once had and chatted with Wang Feng. In his eyes, although Wang Feng was young, But he is already a senior in football.
The friendly atmosphere before the game completely disappeared after playing. Juventus vowed to avenge last season, so the scene was very hot. In addition, the referee De Santis obviously favored the Bianconeri. Wang Feng's two goals were ruled offside, and he turned a blind eye to some rough fouls.
In the 67th minute of the second half, when Wang Feng was shoveled by Karazze again and De Santis was still unmoved, the Inter Milan players finally couldn't bear it anymore. They broke out a fierce conflict with Juventus. Zanetti and The players led by Chivu were very indignant.
In the end, Chivu was expelled with a red card, Karadze received a yellow card, and Wang Feng's strong body was fully reflected. Even a malicious foul would hardly cause him to end up injured.
But after all, the ten-man Inter Milan could not do enough. They were reversed with a one-goal lead, lost the game 1:2, and failed to win the Italian Super Cup for the third consecutive time.
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A week later, the European Super Cup match was much fairer. Their opponent was Valencia in La Liga. With Wang Feng scored twice and Adriano headed the goal, Inter Milan defeated their opponents 3:1 and achieved the European Super Cup. triple crown.
Inter Milan also created the history of the European Super Cup. They are not the first team to defend the title. AC Milan has achieved two consecutive championships in 1989 and 1990, but they are the first team to win three consecutive championships. .
The news spread back to Italy, and the media reported one after another, thinking that this is the true level of Inter Milan. The Italian Super Cup won by Juventus is not worthy of the name, but the Italian Football Association adopts a confused attitude. Anyway, the comparison is over. .
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The UEFA Champions League draw and the UEFA award ceremony were also held before the start of the new season. Wang Feng defeated Portugal's Deco and once again won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year. This is the first time since the award was established in 1998. The player has won the award for two consecutive years.
Inter Milan's opponents in the Champions League group stage are Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga, Valencia in the La Liga and Anderlecht in the Liga. It can be said to be a good signing, and there is no problem in qualifying for the group.
AC Milan will face rising Barcelona and Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus will have to deal with Bayern and Ajax, and Roma will be in the same group as Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Dynamo Kiev. .
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The first round of the league started on September 11th. Inter Milan played against Lazio at home. Facing the strong Blue Eagles and the referee's intentional or unintentional favoritism, even Wang Feng scored twice to no avail. The two sides fought 2:2.
This is also the first time since Wang Feng joined Inter Milan in the four years since Inter Milan did not get a good start in the league. What is even more unacceptable is that he was shoveled off in the 77th minute of the second half.
"The Town Demon Museum"
This incident completely ignited the anger of Inter Milan fans. They organized protests one after another, and some extreme fans made some irrational behaviors. The Italian Football Association had to come forward to punish the referee to calm down the anger a little.
In the second round away game against the newly promoted Palermo, Wang Feng did not appear in the starting list, and the score remained at 0:0. In the 70th minute of the second half, coach Mancini unexpectedly replaced Wang Feng!
"We saw Wang preparing to play, which is really incredible. Fans who watched the last round of the game can understand how serious the foul by Lazio defender Siviglia was. Four rounds, I didn't expect him to be able to play now."
In the 73rd minute, Wang Feng received a pass from Franck Ribery in the middle, swung the ball to the right with his right foot, and quickly got rid of Barzagli who was blocking him, forming a space between him and the goal. Then he volleyed vigorously.
"goooooooooooooooooooooal! The ball is in! Wang Feng's world wave!"
"This powerful shot seems to tell the whole world that he is fine! Since his debut, Wang Feng has been almost an insulator of injuries. Is he really God's favorite, born to rule football? ?”
With this goal, Inter Milan defeated their opponents 1:0 and won their first league victory.
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The next road to defending the title is still extremely difficult for Inter Milan. Due to the pressure of public opinion, the referee did not make any more obvious misjudgments, but they are still very tolerant of the opponent's method of interrupting Wang Feng's attack through fouls, and they are almost indifferent. draw cards.
Even under such a difficult situation, in the 15 league rounds before December, Inter Milan still scored 10 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses and accumulated 33 points~www.mtlnovel.com~Wang Feng contributed 20 goals and 7 times Assists, sit firmly at the top of the league scorer list.
But Juventus, which has been frantically reinforced in the summer, is also very strong. They ranked first with 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss with 36 points. Very good, contributed 7 goals, leading the Serie A rookies.
Without Shevchenko, AC Milan's overall strength must have declined. Fortunately, Kaka's performance this season is even more impressive. Their results are 9 wins, 4 draws, 2 losses and 31 points, ranking third in the standings.
This season, the "Northern Top Three" have completely controlled Serie A. Udinese, who is fourth in the standings, has only won 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses with 24 points. The gap with the leading group is very prominent.
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Unlike the bumpy league, Inter Milan's journey in the Champions League is very smooth. They double-killed Anderlecht, won one and tied Valencia, and beat Werder Bremen at home. Because they qualified from the group ahead of schedule, they won the final round. Played off the bench and lost to the German powerhouse.
4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and 13 points led the group. Wang Feng contributed 9 goals and 3 assists in the UEFA Champions League, still ranking first in the scorer list, and their opponents in the round of 16 will be old friends , Porto of the Portuguese Super League.
The other teams in Serie A, AC Milan and Juventus have successfully qualified, the Rossoneri faced the Red Devils Manchester United, and the Bianconeri faced the Galacticos Real Madrid.
Roma was eliminated at the bottom of the group. Their performance in the league was no longer as brave as last season, and they fell to 9th in the standings. +Bookmark+