Inter Milan lost!
After the start of the season, the Nerazzurri, who had maintained a winning record in all competitions, finally lost. This became the biggest news of the Champions League group.
After the game against Reggina, Inter Milan took a long flight to Moscow to prepare for the Champions League away game against CSKA Moscow.
In late October, although Moscow could not be said to be a world of ice and snow, it was already a little cold. The lowest temperature was four or five degrees below zero. Moving from the warm Apennine Peninsula to the cold Moscow all of a sudden, the Inter Milan players were not used to it.
It was the same in the game. The players seemed to be frozen, and their movements became stiff. They were not in the right state at all.
Of course, this might have something to do with Li Ang's request before the game. Li Ang clearly pointed out that the team's most direct goal in this game was not to get injured!
That's right, not to get injured!
The cold weather could easily cause players to get injured, and Inter Milan could no longer afford to increase the number of injuries to the players.
Li Ang no longer cared about the outcome of this game. Even if they lost this game, with Inter Milan's strength, it would not be a problem to get first place in the group. What he wanted was for all the players to return to Italy healthy.
Therefore, although Inter Milan lost the away game 1-0, no players were injured. This was a result that Li Ang could accept.
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Li Ang did not care much about this loss, but some people cared.
The Italian media began to hype Inter Milan's loss. They criticized Inter Milan for playing badly in the away game in Moscow. Their offense was disorganized, and their defense was clumsy. They did not create any good chances throughout the game, and they were even suppressed by CSKA Moscow on the field.
In short, Inter Milan had been winning in a row, which made those who wanted to criticize Li Ang and Inter Milan anxious. Now that they finally found a chance to criticize Li Ang and Inter Milan, these media and reporters were excited.
Turin Sport even shouted that Inter Milan's loss might cause some problems that were previously hidden because of the victory.
This was completely blackmailing for the sake of blackmailing.
Some media asked Li Ang about the argument made by Turin Sport, and the Inter Milan manager's response was, "Only those who have nothing better to do would care about such a stupid argument."
Li Ang was very confident in his team. In his opinion, the Inter Milan team in his hands was actually more mature than when he first took charge three years ago. This was because after two or three years, the entire team had been completely branded with Li Ang's brand. The team's techniques and tactics had become more and more sophisticated. The players were also considered to have been tested for a long time. The young Mata, Modric, Agüero, and the others had also grown up. This was a team that was in the best period of its rise!
This weekend, Inter Milan's opponent in the ninth round of the league was Palermo. The Nerazzurri were playing as an away team.
In the end, Inter Milan defeated Palermo 4: 1. Inter Milan won the away game.
A great victory was the best response to all the malicious criticism!
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In the game, Adriano scored a hat-trick, and with this hat-trick, he rose to the top of the Serie A league's top scorer list.
Adriano's current form was really hot.
More than two years ago, with the help of Li Ang, the "King" of Meazza, who walked out of his psychological shadow, completely changed his own destiny. He won the throne of the Serie A league's top scorer for two consecutive seasons and was recognized by the media as one of the best strikers in today's football.
Before this, there had always been transfer rumors about Adriano in the media. This time, with Adriano's form exploding again, the transfer rumors about Adriano appeared again.
Real Madrid's president, Calderón, had been seeking to bring Adriano to the Bernabéu. Chelsea's owner, Abramovich, vowed to sign him. Barcelona also wanted to intercept and bring in Adriano …
In short, there were all kinds of rumors about Adriano.
Seeing that there were only two months left until the winter break, the European football's winter transfer window was about to open, and the rumors about Adriano's transfer suddenly surged.
In the face of such a situation, even though Li Ang did not think that Adriano would leave Inter Milan, Li Ang could no longer remain silent. He had to say something to express the importance he attached to Adriano. This was an issue of a manager's attitude of loving and appreciating his players.
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There were two games this week. Li Ang responded to the rumors about Adriano's transfer during the regular pre-match press conference for Inter Milan's home game against Genoa in the tenth round of the Serie A league.
"Adriano is a player of Inter Milan. He has a contract with the club. He loves Inter Milan deeply. He won't go anywhere!" Li Ang stated firmly.
"… This is Inter Milan's manager, Mr. Li Ang, using the most serious attitude to firmly refute all rumors about Adriano's transfer! In fact, as Li said, Adriano is very happy at Inter Milan, and there are no signs that he wants to leave Inter Milan. Therefore, those transfer rumors are not enough to believe. Li and Adriano have a good master-disciple relationship. With his statement, Inter Milan's fans can rest assured. They don't have to worry about Adriano leaving. The Brazilian star will continue to stay at Inter Milan! "This was the positive response given by the Milan Gazzetta dello Sport to Li Ang's statement.
Of course, some media outlets just wanted to see the world in chaos. The Turin Sport immediately refuted Li Ang's statement.
"… Adriano has received all the honors he can at Inter Milan. Obviously, for him, there is no motivation to continue to stay at Inter Milan. He needs fresh excitement. He needs to find new challenges … For Brazilian players, fresh and exciting challenges are their consistent pursuit." The Turin Sport carefully "analyzed" Adriano's psychological state and finally broke out a big piece of news. "… As far as we know, the contract renewal negotiations between Adriano and Inter Milan are not going well. There is a huge disagreement between the two sides on the contract renewal and salary issue!"
The Turin Sport's psychological analysis of Adriano did not arouse people's interest because those words were not valid. According to the Turin Sport's statement, Adriano had received all the club honors he could at Inter Milan and wanted to leave. Then, according to the same theory, did Maldinho also want to leave AC Milan? Did Raúl also want to leave Real Madrid?
However, the Turin Sport's revelation that the contract renewal negotiations between Adriano and Inter Milan were not going well aroused great interest from the media and fans.
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