Inter Milan's opponent in the next round of the league tournament was Lazio, another powerhouse team in the city of Rome. Their performance after the winter break shocked people. Their ranking rose all the way from eleventh to seventh in the league.
Therefore, the Italian media was talking about whether Lazio could stop Inter Milan.
Inter Milan was leading Juventus by twelve points and had the advantage in their records. If Inter Milan continued to win, even if Juventus kept winning, it would not stop Inter Milan from winning the championship.
Before the rise of Inter Milan this season, the Italians were talking about which team could steal Juventus' hegemony. They were tired of Juventus' dominance in Serie A. However, when Inter Milan really rose, especially when Inter Milan was leading Juventus by twelve points, the Italians expressed that they did not want the championship to be decided so early.
Inter Milan was preparing for the match against Lazio. However, a huge earthquake happened in Madrid, on the Iberian Peninsula.
Real Madrid's president, Florentino, officially announced his resignation in the morning.
This news shocked the Spanish football and European football world.
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According to Real Madrid's official statement, Florentino's resignation was due to personal reasons. Due to his health, he could not take care of his personal business and Real Madrid. Therefore, he chose to resign.
Later, the Spanish newspaper, "ABC", reported that after Florentino became the president of Real Madrid, the business of the ACS Group, which he was part of, flourished. A major acquisition of 2.2 billion Euros made Florentino's business performance reach the peak. As a result, this big boss of construction, energy, and communications started to get tired of following the team to the north and south every week. Coupled with the team's poor performance, the tiredness of running around became even more worthless.
Florentino was originally a businessman who had nothing to do with football. When the shareholders of ACS asked him to fulfill his mission as a president, Florentino thought of quitting. The defeat of Mallorca was an opportunity for Florentino. Over there, Florentino met the former chairman of Mallorca, Amancio. When Florentino saw that his best friend no longer needed to sit in the chairman's seat, and instead, he went to the stadium after finishing his business and enjoyed watching his team defeat Real Madrid as a VIP guest, Florentino made a painful decision for two weeks. Finally, Florentino made his decision.
However, it was obvious that everyone knew that this was just an excuse to save face. The real reason for Florentino's resignation was Real Madrid's performance in the past two years.
Since 2000, when he defeated Sanz to become the president of Real Madrid, and announced his resignation on 14 March 2006, Florentino, the famous player in Real Madrid's history, had been in charge of the White Army for almost six years. He brought Figo, Zidane, Da Luo, Beckham, Owen, Robinho, and Ramos to Bernabéu, and started the era of Real Madrid's "Galácticos". In the past six years, he helped Real Madrid to win the league twice, the UEFA Super Cup and the Toyota Cup once, and even won the Champions League for the ninth time in the history of the team during Real Madrid's centennial in 2002.
However, at the same time, he was cursed and humiliated by Real Madrid's loyal fans for firing Del Bosque and chasing away Hierro. In the end, he had no choice but to announce his resignation after two years of failure.
Of course, Li Ang also contributed to this. Last season, Li Ang, the "abandoned coach" of Real Madrid, led Sporting de Gijón to win the Treble, especially the La Liga championship, beating Real Madrid and Barcelona. This made Real Madrid lose face. From then on, there were constant calls for Florentino's dismissal in Bernabéu.
Florentino's resignation shook the European football world, and Real Madrid also announced that they would be holding an early election for the club president this summer.
Originally, this had nothing to do with Li Ang. Even if it had something to do with it, it would only be when the media reported on Florentino's resignation. They would also mention the damage that Li Ang's Sporting de Gijón had brought to Real Madrid and Florentino, as well as the impact on Florentino's resignation.
However, a few days later …
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“Goooooaaaaal！！ Adriano! What a beautiful goal! It's only been three minutes since the start of the game! Inter Milan is leading at home! "The commentator shouted. "I think many fans are still looking for their seats when Inter Milan scored!"
Adriano opened his arms and ran to Inter Milan's most hardcore fans to receive their cheers.
He had just received Mata's cross from the flank, and then headed the ball into Lazio's goal from the middle.
This goal completely caught Lazio off guard. Lazio's players had not yet entered the match state, and their defense against Mata was slightly lax. The young Lazio player easily broke through from the flank to near the end line and then passed the ball. Then, Lazio's defenders could not keep up with Adriano's footsteps, and the latter calmly headed the ball into the goal from the penalty area!
As Adriano cut in from the back at high speed, his speed was very fast, and the power of his header was very strong. Lazio's goalkeeper did not do anything at all, and could only watch the ball enter the goal.
"Ever since the match against Fiorentina, the omnipotent Adriano has returned! This is also his tenth goal in the Serie A season! You have to know, before the match against Fiorentina, he had participated in 18 out of the 23 league matches, and only scored two goals! "
Adriano had achieved a fantastic start for Inter Milan.
In the following game, Inter Milan basically controlled the rhythm under their feet.
In the second half of the game, Aguero, who was in the starting lineup today and partnered with Adriano in the front line, scored the second goal for Inter Milan! He helped Inter Milan to basically lock in the victory!
In the end, in this game, Inter Milan defeated Lazio at home with a score of 2-0.
Although Juventus also won this round, and they defeated Livorno with a score of 3-1 in the away game, Inter Milan was still 12 points ahead of Juventus. With eight rounds left in the league, Inter Milan only needed to win four more league matches to win the championship in advance!
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After the game, Li Ang was refreshed and appeared to be in high spirits.
However, there was an unexpected situation at the post-match press conference. A lot of Spanish reporters came to the scene.
A reporter from Spain's El Pais came up and asked, "Mr. Li Ang, will you accept the invitation to coach Real Madrid?"
Li Ang was stunned. Coach Real Madrid? What was going on?
It was a joke. Who on Earth did not know the deep hatred between him and Real Madrid?
"Are you kidding? Mr. Reporter. "Li Ang laughed.
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