In the 36th round of the league tournament, Inter Milan defeated their nemesis AC Milan in an away game with a score of 3-2. At the same time that they defeated AC Milan twice this season, the result of this game was also announced. In this season, Inter Milan had achieved double victories against traditional opponents such as AC Milan, Juventus, and Roma. These teams, which the Italian media had high hopes for, were not able to cause any trouble for Inter Milan in the competition for the league title.
After this game, there were only two rounds left in the 20072008 Serie A season. In the 37th round of the league tournament, Inter Milan faced Siena at home. In the 38th round of the league tournament, Inter Milan faced Parma in an away game. Of these two opponents, Siena managed to avoid relegation in advance. Although Parma was fighting to avoid relegation, no one thought that Parma could beat Inter Milan.
The Italian media generally believed that Inter Milan would win the championship this season with an undefeated golden body. Moreover, if Inter Milan could win the last two games of the league tournament, they would have a great record of 37 wins and a draw, with 112 points, and create an unprecedented point record in the history of Serie A!
The Italian media and football people were also not stingy with their praise for Li Ang.
"Li Ang is a great coach. He is a young legend. The existence of such a great coach may be a headache for the coaches of other teams in Serie A, but fortunately, Li is the coach of Inter Milan and has helped the Italian team get a lot of points in the European competition." Former AC Milan vice-captain Demetrio Albertini told Milan TV. "For me, I am very happy to be able to play under the boss. It was a very memorable time. He is a great coach. I am happy for him (for what he has achieved now). Of course, the only thing I am not happy about is that he is the coach of Inter Milan." Albertini laughed.
"He is a great coach. All the teams in the world would like to have him." — Italy's former golden boy, Rossi.
"He is a coach with a lot of character and charisma. He has won the respect of all the players." Borriello, who had transferred from Inter Milan to AC Milan, was also full of praise for his former manager. Fortunately, Borriello did not forget to praise Ancelotti at the end. "Mr. Ancelotti is also very good. Their common characteristic is that they are both championship managers!"
Borriello left Inter Milan to join AC Milan. However, he was not put in an important position under Ancelotti. He had made 25 appearances so far this season, only five of which were in the starting lineup. He had scored five goals. His performance was much worse than when he was at Inter Milan.
Although Borriello also praised Ancelotti, in fact, the current situation of the Rossoneri's manager was not good. With two rounds left in the league, AC Milan and Fiorentina both had 60 points. AC Milan was in fourth place due to the advantage of goal difference and the number of wins and losses. Fiorentina was in fifth place. In the last two rounds of the league, AC Milan first had to face the demonic home of Napoli. Then, in the closing game, they had to face Udinese, who was in sixth place and also qualified for the Champions League. Compared to Fiorentina's relatively easy schedule, AC Milan could not afford to make any mistakes.
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After playing the Milan derby against AC Milan, Inter Milan welcomed the second leg of the 20072008 Coppa Italia semi-final.
In the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final, Inter Milan beat Lazio 6-2 in the away game at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. With such a score in the first leg and the second leg being at home, Inter Milan believed that Lazio would not be able to pose any threat to Inter Milan. This game would be easier. This was what almost all Inter Milan fans thought.
Inter Milan's players thought so too. They won the first leg 6-2 in the away game. Inter Milan won the league title in advance without any pressure. They also defeated Barcelona in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League. Now, Inter Milan had a feeling of being alone. They did not take Lazio, an opponent that they had once slaughtered, seriously.
After the game started, it seemed to develop as smoothly as they expected.
Just eleven minutes after the kickoff, Decaux, who was given a chance to start in today's game, broke through and crossed from the side. Diego Milito headed the ball to the goal. After the ball was subconsciously blocked by the goalkeeper, Agüero, who followed up, easily scored with a header. Inter Milan led by 1: 0.
“Goooooaaaaal！”
"What a dream start! Agüero scored in the second game after returning from his injury! "
"Agüero scored for Inter Milan, 1-0! The total score in two legs is 7-2!!! "
With the early lead and a big lead in the overall score, Inter Milan's players began to relax mentally. They were a little absent-minded.
This made Li Ang very unhappy. He kept walking up and down the sidelines, shouting and asking the players to cheer up. However, it did not seem to have much effect.
Seeing that Li Ang was angry, Mihajlović defended the players. "They are more tired."
"That's not the root cause!" Li Ang shook his head. Now that the team was in a good situation and they were invincible, the players were already a little mentally unbalanced. To put it bluntly, they were arrogant and smug.
Banderas saw the situation from the side. He suddenly understood why Li Ang chose to retire at the last moment. If Li Ang really led this Inter Milan team to win the Treble again after two years, this team would become a legend. The players would also become great legends. At that time, such a team that had won so many titles, especially some of the veterans who were already old and had "completed their lives," it was difficult to say how much fighting spirit they would have to continue fighting.
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Inter Milan played a little too casually. As a result, Lazio's performance was much better than when they played Inter Milan on their own home ground, especially in the second half of the first half and the beginning of the second half. At one point, they threatened Inter Milan's goal many times. It was just that their luck was worse and they were not able to score.
On the contrary, Inter Milan, whose performance was not up to standard, had good luck. In the 61st minute of the game, Inter Milan took advantage of a free kick in the front field. The substitute, Toni Kroos, scored with a header to lock the score at 2: 0. The total score of the two legs was also changed to 8: 2!
After the goal, Toni Kroos was very excited. He ran in front of the television camera and blew a kiss. The young German player had just picked up a hot girl. He wanted to dedicate the goal to the girl.
In the end, Inter Milan defeated Lazio 2-0 at home in the second leg of the 20072008 Coppa Italia semi-final with Agüero and Toni Kroos' goals. The total score of the two legs was 8-2 and they advanced to the Coppa Italia final.
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