Mata's goal dealt a heavy blow to Lazio, whose morale had just been boosted.
In the following game, the initiative of the game once again returned to Inter Milan's hands.
In the 88th minute, Arshavin kicked a corner kick from the right side. Kolarov made a mistake in front of the goal and Decaux scored the ball with a shovel shot from the back, locking the score at 6: 2!
Five minutes later, the referee, Ganzi, blew the whistle at the end of the game. Inter Milan's players excitedly celebrated the victory amidst the huge boos at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Li Ang and Ranieri shook hands. The 'Tinker' smiled bitterly and congratulated Li Ang. Li Ang comforted Ranieri with a few words.
"Six to two! Inter Milan beat Lazio by a big score in the first round and scored six goals in the away game. Although there is still the second round of the game to play, Inter Milan already has one foot in the finals. "
"For Lazio, this season can almost be said to have ended early. They are in the middle of the league, have no worries about relegation, have no hope of Europe, and have suffered a crushing defeat at home in the first round of the Coppa Italia semi-finals. It is too difficult to make a comeback in the second round."
In the post-match press conference, Li Ang also officially responded to the Catalonia media's accusations that he "ignored Barcelona" and "lacked respect for Barcelona."
"There is no problem with my words. I have great respect for every opponent." Li Ang looked serious. "Am I wrong? If I say that I am already thinking about the game against Barcelona, you will say that I lack respect for Lazio. "
He was really disgusted with the Catalonia media, especially El Mundo Deportivo and El Mundo Deportivo. Each and every one of them was extremely arrogant and had a glass heart. It was as if the whole world had to revolve around Barcelona and everyone had to give praise to Barcelona.
"Now, can we talk about the game against Barcelona?" A reporter asked.
"No, I have to think about the match with the Turin Team." Li Ang smiled. After playing the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final against Lazio, Inter Milan would welcome the 34th round of the Serie A League. They would be visiting Turin's Olimpico Stadium and their opponent would be the Turin Team from Turin City.
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April 20th, 2008.
In the 34th round of the Italian Serie A, Inter Milan challenged Turin in an away game.
This was Li Ang's 300th game since he became the head football coach.
This was calculated after taking into account his previous coaching of Real Madrid's under-17 A team, Sporting de Gijón's youth team and Sporting de Gijón's first team, as well as all the official matches after he coached Inter Milan!
Originally, even Li Ang did not realize the importance of this game against the Turin Team.
However, in the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern port city, even though he had left Gijón for three years, the people here had always missed him and had never forgotten him.
The local media in Gijón was the first to report the news. After they counted Li Ang's coaching resume, they warmly congratulated Li Ang on ushering in the 300th game of his coaching career.
Soon, this report was reprinted and widely reported by the Italian media.
In these 300 games, Li Ang coached Inter Milan for 168 games, which took up more than half of his six-year coaching career so far.
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Milan Gazzetta dello Sport even dedicated a special issue to congratulate Li Ang on his 300th coaching game. It also took the opportunity to review Li Ang's nearly three years of coaching Inter Milan.
Li Ang had only been in Milan for three years. However, for the people of Inter Milan, there were too many things worth remembering in these three years. It was as if they had a wonderful and sweet dream.
Three years ago, if someone had said to them, "You will stand at the top of Europe, you will achieve three consecutive Serie A titles," they would have thought that person was deliberately mocking them. However, today, in Inter Milan's Hall of Fame, those glittering trophies, the ten trophies that Li Ang had won since he coached Inter Milan (three Serie A titles, one UEFA Champions League title, two Coppa Italia titles, one UEFA Super Cup trophy, three Supercoppa Italiana titles), these trophies told all the people of Inter Milan that all of this was not a dream. It was real.
All of this was thanks to the man who was thirty-three years old. As a coach. He was only thirty-three years old. He was very young. The honors that he had received had made many coaches who were older than him jealous. Many excellent coaches could not achieve what he had achieved even after working hard for their entire lives.
The Inter Milan football club also congratulated Li Ang on their official website.
The club also held a special cocktail party to congratulate him.
Generally speaking, the statistics of a manager's coaching record would not include his coaching of the youth team. Therefore, Li Ang's 300-game coaching record might not be considered a grand celebration.
If it had been Li Ang's 300th game coaching Inter Milan, the club would have been celebrating this Mr. Manager.
However, this time, Inter Milan officials, and even the entire team, had a grand celebration and commemoration.
It was said that this was the idea of Inter Milan's owner, Massimo Moratti.
Although Li Ang was also very surprised, because he did not calculate these statistics at all, he did not reject the club's good intentions. He knew that this was Massimo Moratti's idea, because Massimo Moratti knew that he would not be able to celebrate the anniversary of his 300th game coaching Inter Milan.
The fans did not think too much about it. They thought that the club's congratulations to Li Ang were reasonable. This young manager had already won the hearts of all Inter Milan's fans. They liked this Chinese man so much. In the Inter Milan fans' voting, Li Ang was considered the greatest coach in the club's history. This had even surpassed the position of the founder of the "Great Internationals" of the last century in the hearts of the fans.
Inter Milan's players also happily congratulated their manager during the interview. The team's captain, Javier Zanetti, was even more outspoken. They wanted to use a victory to present a gift to the manager's 300th game anniversary.
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In such an atmosphere, Inter Milan's away game against the Turin Team in the 34th round of the Serie A League officially began at the Turin Olimpico Stadium.
When the referee blew the opening whistle, the camera zoomed in on Inter Milan's technical area. This world-class manager was wearing a black suit, a white shirt, and a tie. His assistants were hugging him and congratulating him on the arrival of the 300th game …
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