The battle between Inter Milan and Juventus at the top of the table ended in such a dramatic way.
However, the discussion about the game did not stop and caused an uproar after the game.
The referee on duty, Paparesta's enforcement of the law became the focus of the media's discussion.
However, the entire Inter Milan team once again implemented a press silence. The manager, Li Ang, also refused to make any comments about the game. This was also the request of the club's top management. Moratti was afraid that Li Ang would open his mouth again and lead to a more severe punishment. Inter Milan had reached a consensus that Li Ang was the most important player in Inter Milan and could not be lost!
The Inter Milan players also maintained a press silence and refused all media interviews.
At this time, the media exposed a piece of breaking news. A staff member of the Meazza Stadium exposed a piece of breaking news to the reporters. Before the game, he saw the Juventus general manager, Moggi, go into the referee's lounge and do something!
Then, La Gazzetta dello Sport exposed this shocking news.
The breaking news in the Milan Sport caused a huge uproar. For a moment, it was linked to the controversial decision of the referee on duty, Paparesta, and caused a heated discussion in the media.
The Meazza Stadium was not owned by Inter Milan. The staff member was also employed by the Milan City Hall. Did the staff member say that he saw it with his own eyes or was it a rumor?!
This became the focus of the media's discussion. The Turin Sport strongly accused Milan of slandering Juventus.
There were no photos, no recordings, and no evidence to prove the truth. In any case, Moggi's reaction to this was very strong.
Moggi angrily denied it and said, "This is completely groundless. This is something invented by Inter Milan. We will investigate this and produce evidence to show that what that person said is a lie. The rumor monger should be severely punished for this."
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Li Ang looked on coldly. He did not participate in the game and sternly ordered any Inter Milan players not to make any comments.
He smelled something unusual.
However, he did not want to pay attention to this. It was a big pit, and as the manager, he was definitely not suitable to get involved.
Three days later, in the first round of the 20052006 UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, Inter Milan defeated Ajax by a score of 2: 1 in the away game. Ronaldo and Adriano each scored a goal, helping Inter Milan to get a valuable away victory and two away goals. It laid a solid foundation for the team to enter the top eight.
Inter Milan won the away game with a comeback. Juventus, who was also a guest, suffered five minutes of darkness and was reversed by the opponent. In the game between Juventus and Bremen, the two teams alternated in the lead. Bremen's defender Schultz opened the scoring in the first half, and Nedved and Trezeguet's goals helped Juventus to take the lead. But in the last few minutes, Bremen used two corner kick opportunities and Borowski and Miku scored two goals in a row, extending their home unbeaten record against Italian teams to nine games. Juventus' two defeats in the Champions League season were in Germany.
Juventus lost to Bremen 2: 3. In the post-match press conference, Capello "argued" with the reporters and tried his best to argue that the team's rear defensive line had no problems. Indeed, Juventus' rear defensive line might not have any problems, but Bremen's characteristics and playing style had further expanded the original problems of the rear defensive line: this was the problem of their air defense ability.
Cannavaro was 1.76 meters, Thuram was 1.85 meters, Balzaretti was 1.78 meters, and Blasi was 1.78 meters. Today, facing Bremen, Juventus' defensive line's average height was only 1.79.25 meters. After the game, Capello also admitted, "Bremen has a lot of tall players who pose a threat to us."
Originally, the Italian media predicted that Capello would use Balzaretti in the right back position and let the 1.86 meters tall Giorgio Chiellini play the left back, but Capello did not do so in the end. In addition, Zambrotta was injured and replaced by Balzaretti on the left, the height dropped by another three centimeters. With such a defensive line against Bremen's "aerial team", the pressure they faced was certainly huge.
In fact, even if they played Giorgio Chiellini and Zambrotta, so what? Juventus' problem was the lack of height of the center backs. Cannavaro's header was not bad, but it was definitely not high enough. Thuram was not good at headers, and their substitute, Luo Kovacs, was only 1.82 meters tall. It was not difficult to imagine that three of the eight goals Juventus had conceded in the seven Champions League games were headers.
In this game, Robert Kovacs once again became the target of public criticism after the game. Turin media criticized Kovacs, who was the tallest center back, for being a leaky spoon in the air. Coupled with the super own goal scored in the game against Inter Milan, the Juventus fans were very dissatisfied with the French veteran. There were even fans who carried banners and asked the team to terminate Kovacs' contract.
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This time, Li Ang did not kick Juventus when they were down and criticize them.
The Inter Milan team continued to maintain their silence in the news.
On February 26, 2006, Inter Milan faced Udinese at home in the 27th round of the Serie A league game.
In this game, Li Ang was expelled from the game against Juventus and sat in the referee's seat.
Inter Milan still defeated Udinese at home by three to one even though they used a rotating lineup. Agüero, Mata, and Marchisio scored for Inter Milan.
In this round of the league, Juventus defeated Lecce at home with the same score.
Inter Milan was still 10 points ahead of Juventus with eleven rounds left in the league. They were getting closer and closer to the long-lost Serie A title.
On March 5, 2006, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Inter Milan was the guest team of Roma in the 28th round of the Serie A league game.
In the first half of the game, Ronaldo opened the scoring for Inter Milan!
However, in the final stage of the first half, Roma scored two goals in a row through Montella and Totti, changing the score to two to one!
In the 61st minute of the second half, the former Inter Milan player, Cruz, who had just come on as a substitute, scored the third goal for Roma!
“Goooooaaaaal！”
"Cruz! He gave Inter Milan a fatal blow! Cruz did not celebrate after the goal, but this did not stop the excitement of the Roma! "
Three to one!
Roma was ahead of Inter Milan by two goals!
The Stadio Olimpico in Rome rang with deafening cheers.
The Roma fans seemed to want to remember the first half of the season when they visited the Meazza Stadium. All the grievances that they had suffered from the 2-7 defeat at Inter Milan were vented at this time!
The entire Stadio Olimpico in Rome seemed to have an earthquake. The whole stadium seemed to be shaking.
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