Inter Milan defeated Cagliari 3-0 at home and won the sixteenth victory out of the nineteen games in the Serie A this season. They also won the 20052006 Serie A season's Serie A half-way championship.
The media's previous flattery did not have any effect. Except for the away game against Siena, where Inter Milan played rather badly, they soon began to regain their serious attitude under Li Ang's stern reprimand. Even in the game against Siena, Inter Milan still won 1-0.
Tuttosport was also very depressed. Under their praise, Inter Milan's young players had already started to become complacent. However, no one thought that Li Ang would make a strange move. He would lock the tires of Mata and Agüero's supercars and send the two players to train with Carlos. Then, they would be sent to train with Carlos.
A little trick that seemed to be child's play was enough to make the entire team obedient.
Turin Sport had no choice but to angrily express that Li Ang had ordered people to lock the players' cars, which was an infringement of private property.
In response, Mata and Agüero immediately spoke out, saying that they were happy to accept the punishment. It was a strict requirement and incentive for them.
The two youngsters appeared to be a little emotional. They were just short of saying that Turin people were up to no good and were blindly comparing. Now, they would get angry with anyone who brought up the topic of sports cars.
And the rational Italian media also began to analyze Inter Milan.
Inter Milan won the half-championship, which surprised many people.
Because Inter Milan had experienced a lot of trouble this season. First of all, Li Ang was the new manager of Inter Milan. He had never coached a Serie A team before and was not familiar with Serie A. In addition, Li Ang had no experience in coaching a powerhouse team.
Then, Li Ang carried out a big purge in Inter Milan. As many as ten players were purged by him. Then, he recruited a lot of new players. The current Inter Milan was almost half a team compared to last season.
The problem of the new players integrating into the team.
The problem of the whole team breaking in!
Could Li Ang control the locker room?
They were not familiar with the Serie A league!
Any one of these things could lead to a decline in the team's results.
However, other than the stumbles at the beginning of the season, Inter Milan began to get on track after the away game against the leader, Juventus. Other than the "accident" against Fiorentina, Inter Milan could be said to be in the limelight in Serie A, invincible and victorious!
Even those who did not like Li Ang had to admit that the China manager had a high level of coaching and skill.
It was not easy to lead a powerhouse team, not to mention a team that was in the rebuilding stage and had undergone extensive cleansing and recruitment!
Apart from Roma's victory in 2000 and Lazio's victory in the late 1990s, Serie A had been dominated by the holy alliance of Juventus and AC Milan. Now, Inter Milan, one of the top three teams in the north, was really going to rise under Li Ang?!
This was a big question raised by La Repubblica.
"The answer to this question can only be revealed after the end of the 20052006 Serie A season …"
The newspaper was concise and comprehensive. The championship trophy was the only standard to test everything!
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There were two matches in Serie A this week.
Three days later, in the 20th round of Serie A, Inter Milan won the away game against Treviso by a score of 2: 0.
Mata and Cambiasso scored for Inter Milan in the first and second half respectively.
After the goal, Mata was very excited. He was excited not only because of the goal, but because after the goal, he was allowed to drive his Lamborghini around Pinenati. Although it was only slightly satisfying, it was better than nothing. Ah, ah, ah, ah, my sports car, I'm coming!
The next day, after returning to Milan, after his training, Mata could not wait to drive his sports car around Pinenati. Looking at the envious and jealous expression of Agüero, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, little Mata said calmly, "Well, work hard. It's fine as long as you score."
Winning the game against Reggina also meant that in Inter Milan's home game 7: 2 victory over Roma in the tenth round of the league, Li Ang had temporarily overdrawn his' borrowed 'skill card and was forced by the system to complete the [Ten Consecutive Wins] quest. This also prevented him from losing his skill card.
After this game, Li Ang went through the system's lucky draw again.
After the accumulation of continuous wins during this period, he had accumulated a lot of experience points. The [Football System] had been upgraded five times in a row.
As for the [Medical System], because of the successful use of the skill card to treat Ronaldo, it had been upgraded ten times. This also allowed Li Ang to further understand the Medical System. It turned out that it could be operated this way. Using the system's skill card to complete a certain quest could also promote the System's upgrade. This also made Li Ang's previous worry that the Medical System's upgrade was too slow. The problem of dragging down the [Football System] was immediately alleviated.
For this lucky draw, Li Ang chose to combine the number of lucky draws to try for a big reward.
In the end, he received a [Skill Set] that he did not expect.
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The so-called [Skill Set] was a set of multiple skill cards. However, these skill cards were related to each other and were used to complete specific quests.
The [Skill Set] that Li Ang received included the [Spirit Master] intermediate skill card, the [Great Precision] designated advanced skill card, and the [Long Lasting Flow] designated intermediate skill card, which he had never drawn before.
The [Spirit Master] skill card, after Li Ang used the skill card to talk to the players, the players' trust in him would increase by 50% and their intimacy level would increase by 30%.
The [Long Lasting Flow] skill card was used to maintain the players' condition. Using the skill card, the players' condition would steadily improve in the next ten games.
This Skill Card was a big treasure. It was too useful. A player's condition was a wonderful thing. No one knew when it would come, and no one knew when it would suddenly disappear. It was really hard to grasp. With the [Flowing Long Distance] Skill Card, if used by an important player in the team, it would definitely be a big killer.
However, what Li Ang did not expect was that these three skill cards belonged to the [Skill Set] and could only be used on specific players in the system's quests.
The quest that the system suddenly gave this time was [Save Adriano].
This made Li Ang a little puzzled. For Adriano, Li Ang was worried that the Brazilian would quickly degenerate according to the original course of history. However, within the team, Li Ang was reluctant to give up on Adriano. He still tried to give Adriano opportunities to play so that he could find the feeling of scoring.
In short, Li Ang's attitude towards Adriano was contradictory. On the one hand, he admired Adriano's football talent. On the other hand, he was worried that his efforts would be in vain. In the future, the Brazilian would degenerate step by step according to the original course of history.
To be honest, Li Ang had not thought of saving Adriano before. As a manager, he could give Adriano trust and opportunities. That was enough. As for how Adriano would go in the future, he did not want to interfere because he did not know if he could change the trajectory of Adriano's degeneration. He was not God. Although there were environmental factors in Adriano's degeneration, the player's own self-abandonment and degeneration step by step was the real reason. Such a player, because of his character and the environmental factors he was in, could not be saved just because you wanted to.
However, he combined many lottery chances to get a big prize, but the system gave him a [Skill Set] to save Adriano. Li Ang did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Perhaps, according to the system's cognition, Adriano's football talent was beyond doubt. He was the most talented player in the Inter Milan Team. If he could save such a player, it would be a super big prize …
The problem was that although the system gave the [Skill Set] to save Adriano, the system also "kindly" reminded him that using this [Skill Set] did not guarantee that the task would be completed. The [Skill Set] only increased the probability of completing the task.
The only thing that comforted him was that even if he failed to complete the task, he would not be punished.
However, this was what Li Ang got after using several lottery chances. If he really could not complete the task, he would lose a lot.
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After calming down, Li Ang started to think.
He started to think about his attitude towards Adriano.
He clearly knew about Adriano's future situation. Why did he not consider saving this player?!
Although the result might not be optimistic if he did that, at least he could give it a try.
Li Ang started to reflect on himself.
Because he knew the speed of Adriano's decline in the future, although he felt sorry, he did not treat Adriano with prejudice from the beginning. He thought that as long as he did what a manager should do and gave Adriano a chance to play, it would be enough and he would feel at ease.
In fact, for a player, this was a little cruel and unreasonable. Although in fact, Li Ang did not do anything wrong.
Save Adriano?!
Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief. This was a challenging task!
He started to think about how to operate it.
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January 22nd, the 21st round of the 20052006 Serie A season.
Inter Milan faced Palermo at home.
Li Ang sent out Ronaldo and Adriano in the starting lineup. This surprised many people. Adriano's recent form was indeed a little bad.
Not only that, in the tactical arrangement before the game, Li Ang also asked the whole team to attack around Adriano and feed him the ball.
This made Adriano look at the manager with some surprise. This meant that even Ronaldo, who was in good form recently, had to serve him in this game.
This treatment could be said to be very generous.
This made Adriano, who was a little depressed because of the renewal of his contract with the club and his recent form problems, feel warm in his heart.
In the end, Inter Milan defeated Palermo at home with a score of 4-0.
The four goals were scored by Ronaldo, Stankovic, David Silva, and Agüero.
Adriano did not score in the game. Instead, it was Agüero, who came on as his substitute, who scored.
In the game, Adriano worked very hard. Because of the support of the whole team, he also got a lot of chances to shoot. However, it seemed that he was a little impatient. Coupled with his bad luck, he did not get a goal.
This made the Brazilian a little disappointed after the game. In today's game, he worked very hard and had the support of the whole team. The opponent's strength was also very average. Under such circumstances, he still did not get a goal. This made the Brazilian feel very down.
Li Ang saw Adriano's performance. However, he did not talk to Adriano at this time. He felt that it was not the time yet.
The happiest person was Agüero. He came on as a substitute and scored a goal. This also meant that he was allowed to drive his Aston Martin sports car. He missed his sports car too much.
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Three days later, in the first leg of the 20052006 Coppa Italia quarterfinals, Inter Milan drew 1-0 with Lazio. Li Ang rotated most of the main players, but Adriano still got a chance to start and played the whole game.
The goal for Inter Milan was scored by Marchisio. He scored a header in the penalty area.
After the game, Li Ang patted Adriano on the shoulder. "Well done!"
Marchisio's chance to score a rebound came from Adriano's heavy cannon, which caused the goalkeeper to lose his grip.
Adriano looked at the manager who turned and left. He was a little dazed.
On January 29th, in the 22nd round of the Serie A League, Inter Milan was the guest of the "Little Pepper" Lecce.
Li Ang sent out the combination of Adriano and Agüero on the frontline.
In the first half of the game, after Zanetti assisted, he passed the ball to Modric in the middle. Modric pretended to break through to the middle, and then suddenly split to the side. The Portuguese veteran Figo took the ball. After he pulled the ball horizontally, he suddenly curled the ball to the goal.
Lecce's goalkeeper, Schignano, did not react at all. He watched the football sweep over and hang in the top left corner of the goal!
Figo's "Flying Fairy" kick broke through Lecce's goal with a world-class wave.
“Goooooaaaaal！”
"Goooooaaaaal!" The commentator was also excited by the goal and shouted a long string of "Goal!"
"Beautiful shot! Beautiful! Figo! He hit a super world-class wave! "
"1-0, Inter Milan broke the deadlock on the field!"
"The Portuguese veteran looks very excited. He's celebrating the goal!"
Figo was indeed very excited. He had not scored in many games. This goal was so beautiful that he was also very happy.
Figo ran over and hugged Adriano. The Portuguese whispered in the Brazilian's ear, "Come on! You can do it too! "
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