Inter Milan's top management also watched Arshavin's first training session. Arshavin's nine million euro value was currently the king of Serie A's winter transfer bids. Inter Milan's top management was still worried about bringing in a Russian player for nine million euro in the winter. The reason why they agreed to the transfer so readily was, of course, that this was a player that Li Ang specifically wanted. Li Ang had great power and the trust and support of the club's top management when it came to player recruitment.
Although there was no official game, some clues could still be seen from the training session. The Russian national footballer's strength was not bad, which made the club's top management feel a little relieved. The next step was to see if Arshavin could withstand the test of the game.
Li Ang was not surprised at all. Arshavin's characteristics were his high precision in dribbling and his strong ability to change directions. In addition, his feet were balanced and his sprinting speed was relatively fast. Now that he was 26 years old, he was at the peak of his career. Bringing in Arshavin at this time was definitely worth the money. It should be known that in next year's UEFA European Championship, the Russian national team's performance was very good. The absolute core of the Russian national team, Arshavin, quickly became popular. At that time, it would not be so easy to get Arshavin. In his impression, Arsenal later paid 16.5 million euros to get Arshavin.
Li Ang was worried that Arshavin would be affected by the media's comments. After the team's training session the next day, he looked for Arshavin for a short conversation to ask his impression of the team and how he felt about life in Milan. To his relief, the Russian was in a good mood and did not seem to be affected by the media's questioning comments.
Andrei Arshavin was indeed not affected by the Italian media's words. Why?
He didn't understand Italian at all, nor did he speak Italian. He didn't understand what was written in the newspapers or on the TV news.
Moreover, although it was Arshavin's first time playing abroad, he was also a veteran who had been tested for a long time. He also guessed that he might be questioned when he came to such a champion team. Since that was the case, he would not pay attention to those at all before he showed his performance. He could not understand those news and newspapers, so he might as well not read them to avoid affecting himself.
In fact, for a player who had just joined the team, this might not be a bad idea.
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On January 21, 2008, in the 19th round of the 20072008 Serie A season, Inter Milan welcomed Parma at home.
Parma's current situation was not good. Although they were ranked 14th in the league and seemed to be in a good position, they were only four points ahead of the relegation zone. The pressure to maintain their position was not small.
In the Stadio Meazza, the visiting team, Parma, played very conservatively. For them, being able to force a draw with Inter Milan in an away game was a great victory.
In fact, since the start of this season's Serie A season, Inter Milan had won all of the previous 18 league games. Whether it was Roma, Juventus, or AC Milan, they were all defeated by Inter Milan. Therefore, if Parma could really force a draw with Inter Milan, it could be considered a very big satellite.
The final score of the game was 1: 0. In the 71st minute of the game, Inter Milan made use of a set piece opportunity and scored a header from Materazzi to win a small victory over their opponent.
At the end of the game, the camera caught Inter Milan's technical area. Their manager, Li Ang, had a bad expression.
"Li seems to be a little dissatisfied with the performance of the players. In fact, China Milan did not have many chances in today's game, and they did not play as smoothly as before. Of course, this is also inseparable from Parma's extremely conservative tactics, "the commentator, Ferrari, said.
Li Ang frowned not because he was dissatisfied with the team's performance in winning the game with a score of 1-0, but because he began to realize that with Inter Milan's crazy winning performance this season, Inter Milan's opponents had become more direct. Now, for the other teams, being able to force a draw with Inter Milan could be said to be a result worth celebrating three cups. This also made the other teams more and more conservative when facing Inter Milan.
Li Ang had a hunch that Inter Milan would often encounter a very conservative team like Parma, who ended with a draw. They were bound to put in more effort if they wanted to win in the league.
"We have to practice more to break through the tight defense." Li Ang rubbed his chin and pondered.
During the halftime interval of the game, the newly joined team, Arshavin, held up the Inter Milan jersey and officially made his debut at the Meazza Stadium.
However, Arshavin did not get a chance to play.
Facing Parma, who had just joined the team for two or three days, was not familiar with his teammates, and did not have a tacit understanding with the team, it was obviously not suitable for Arshavin to appear at such a time. If his performance was not good, it would cause the Russian to be questioned and put under a lot of pressure.
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Inter Milan defeated Parma at home with a score of 1-0.
In this round of the league, Juventus was forced into a draw with Sampdoria at home with a score of 0-0.
In this way, the Bianconeri only had thirty-seven points, which was more than twenty points away from Inter Milan's fifty-seven points, which had won nineteen games.
After the game, Turin Sport had to say sadly, "Maybe for Juventus, the league title has become extremely unrealistic …"
Turin Sport's words were met with mockery from Inter Milan fans and fans of other teams. Even if the difference in points from this game was not taken into account, Juventus had been behind Inter Milan by as many as eighteen points. With Inter Milan's invincible dominance in this season's Serie A, as well as their huge victory in these six games, it was ridiculous that Juventus had not given up on their dream of becoming champions.
In response to Turin Sport's pessimism about Juventus' chances of winning the league title, Li Ang responded on his personal website: "You only know now?!"
This naturally caused the Juventus Football Club and fans to be dissatisfied.
The Juventus Football Club's top management protested and warned Li Ang to restrain his big mouth.
"We hope that the Inter Milan manager will restrain his words and actions. Such unscrupulous ridicule and provocation of a prestigious and great club is very rude behavior," the Juventus Football Club's top management said.
Then, the top management encouraged the team. "In the league, we will continue to work hard. However, one thing must be confirmed: the team needs a title! Juventus can't not have a title! We will ensure that we continue to move forward in the Coppa Italia. The Coppa Italia title is very important for Juventus! "
Some nosy fans forwarded the comments of the Juventus people to Li Ang and asked for his opinion.
Li Ang updated his personal website in the evening with only a few words: "Oh, got it!"
Then, there was a picture of the Coppa Italia matchups.
In the 20072008 season's Coppa Italia quarterfinals, Juventus' opponent was Inter Milan!
The two teams would welcome the first round of the quarterfinals in two days.
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