The 20072008 Serie A season had come to an end, and the Italian Sports Journalists' Federation had selected the Serie A Best XI of the season.
In the goalkeeper position, although Buffon's return from injury and Frei's excellent performance in Fiorentina made the competition for the best goalkeeper more intense, looking at the entire season, César deserved to be the best. Inter Milan's defense of the league title this season, César's contribution could not go unnoticed. The Brazilian goalkeeper was also named the best goalkeeper of the season.
In the rear defensive line, the media awarded the best right back award to Mai Kong. In the eyes of the Italian media, Mai Kong's defensive ability was quite outstanding and had become Zanetti's best successor. At the same time, Mai Kong's dribbling and cutting inside during the attack was also one of Inter Milan's important ways to break the deadlock.
In the center back combination, the Italian media chose Giorgio Chiellini and Samuels. Chiellini was forced to move to the center back position because of Andrade's injury. As a result, Chiellini shone in this position and was even selected for the national team. Although he was tall, Chiellini was not slow. At the same time, Chiellini's tackling ability was excellent, and when his team got a set piece, Chiellini could also plug in and head the ball to break the goal. As for Samuels, the media's comment was that the Argentinian was as steady as ever. Under Li Ang's command, the moving rock wall of the Roman era was back!
In the left back position, the French star player of Inter Milan, Evra, was almost unsurprisingly the best player of the season. In the eyes of the Italian media, Evra was fast, strong, and balanced in offense and defense. Moreover, the quality of his passes on the left side was very high. Li Ang spent less than ten million euros to poach a treasure from France Ligue 1, and now he had become one of the best left backs in the world of football.
In the midfield, Carlos was selected for the Best XI without any suspense. The brother-in-law of the Inter Milan manager could be said to be supporting the Inter Milan midfield on the field. The Spaniard's aggressive fighting and wide range of running in the middle and front field protected the Inter defensive line very well. He was the most reliable barrier in front of Inter Milan's defensive line.
In addition, Modric was once again selected for the Best XI of the Midfield. The playmaker of Inter Milan was praised by the media as one of the few top technical players in the midfield of Serie A. Li Ang, who was a treasure discovered from the Croatian League when he was at Sporting de Gijón in Spain, had now shone brightly.
The other best of the three midfielders was also given to Inter Milan's player, Juan Mata. The young Spanish national footballer, who was jokingly called Li Ang's godson by the media, was selected for the best team of the season for three consecutive seasons.
In the three forward lineups, the three best forwards selected by the media were Juventus' captain, Del Piero, and Inter Milan's forward partners, Diego Milito and Adriano.
After the Serie A Best XI of the season was announced by the media, it also caused a wave of exclamations.
Of the eleven players in the best XI, Inter Milan had obtained nine places!
"This reflects Inter Milan's unprecedented dominance in the Italian game!"
"This is the invincible team that Li Ang built in three seasons!!! They make their pursuers despair! "
"Look at this best XI. Inter Milan's nine players, only the center back, Samuels, has just turned 30 years old. Among the other players, the oldest is the goalkeeper, César, who is about to turn 29 years old. For a goalkeeper, 29 years old is the right age to play … This is a group of champions who are still young and can still support the great dynasty of Inter Milan for many years! This obviously makes Inter Milan's opponents feel despair … "
Of course, in the media's description, what made Inter Milan's Serie A opponents feel despair the most was the existence of Inter Milan's manager, Li Ang!
Nine of his players were selected for the best XI of the season, and Li Ang, who led the team to achieve three consecutive Serie A titles, was also unsurprisingly named the best manager of the season for the third year in a row.
"Perhaps in the eyes of the Italian (manager) colleagues, the nine players of Inter Milan who were selected for the best XI of the season are far less threatening and pressuring than Li Ang. As long as this young world-class champion manager is still in the manager's seat of Inter Milan, he will make his colleagues feel powerless. Obviously, this is the misfortune of the other Italian teams, and even the Serie A league. But personally, this is Li Ang's supreme pride. He alone makes the managers of the other 19 teams feel helpless and fearful!"
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Amidst the wave of "routine flattery" at the end of the season, the entire Inter Milan team was intensively preparing for the upcoming UEFA Champions League final against Manchester United.
For Li Ang and his players, reaching the top of the European competition again was the dream and goal that they dreamed of and worked hard for!
At this time, England's famous gossip media, The Sun, suddenly broke a major piece of news.
"… According to our confidential information, the Liverpool manager, Rafael Benítez, and Liverpool's contract renewal have reached an impasse, and the talks may collapse. The reason for this situation is that Liverpool's two American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, are not very satisfied with Liverpool's results this season. The two Americans, who are in the midst of the financial crisis, still have doubts about whether to renew Benítez's contract. However, there is another reason that no one can think of, and that is that Benítez has received a new invitation. He is already considering, or even close to deciding, to leave Liverpool, and this invitation is something that no one can imagine — he is from Inter Milan!!!"
"… You didn't hear wrong, and you didn't see wrong. That's right, it's Inter Milan! In fact, as far as we know, Inter Milan has already had a second round of contact with Benítez. The two sides have even begun to communicate to a certain extent about the preliminary content of the contract!!! "
"… What does this mean? Everyone knows who is sitting in the Inter Milan manager's seat now! That's right! Li Ang! The most popular champion manager in today's football world, who single-handedly created a blue-black dynasty belonging to Inter Milan … Although there is no sign of any conflict between Li Ang and Inter Milan, all this clearly shows to everyone that Li Ang is distancing himself from Inter Milan. Inter Milan is already looking for a successor for Li Ang, because he will leave the blue-black warship that he single-handedly built at the end of this season!!! "
A sudden clap of thunder was heard in silence!
The Sun broke a bombshell that shocked the entire European football world and shook the entire football world!
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