The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 215 Five Crown Champions!
  At that time, players like Leo and others didn't pay attention. After they went back and saw the coach's remarks on TV, they always felt that something was wrong.

"Is this bitch saying that the credit is all his and the responsibility is all ours?"

After Materazzi's reminder, the members of Inter Milan's first team suddenly realized.

I said something didn't feel right, and it turned out that Benitez meant it.

On the training ground, Benitez led the team in training without a smile.

“We will change to 4-2-3-1 in the next game, so that we can completely eliminate the remnants of Mourinho!
  I don't believe there will be people saying that I won because of the legacy of the Portuguese. "

At this time, Benitez didn't know that the Inter Milan players were already counting down to his dismissal.

"David, just wait patiently. I think he doesn't have much time."

On August 8, the entire Inter Milan team, which had just won the fourth championship, arrived in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

The UEFA Super Cup match against last season's Europa League champions Atletico Madrid will be played at the Louis II Stadium.

Inter Milan, which aims to become the "six-time champion" like Barcelona last year, has already won four trophies in Serie A, Italian Cup, Champions League and Italian Super Cup this year.

Now the Inter Milan team is united and hopes to successfully win the fifth place. Club president Massimo Moratti also supervises the battle.

Just before this game, the UEFA awards ceremony was held at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo.

Cesar, Maicon, Leo and Milito were elected as the best goalkeeper, best defender, best midfielder and best forward respectively.

Leo was even elected the UEFA Player of the Year for the 2009-2010 season! Well deserved!

Inter Milan won all five awards. This is the first time since UEFA established individual awards that a club has won all five awards.

The reason why it was able to create a new record since the establishment of the UEFA single award is because the Nerazzurri's performance in the Champions League last season was too outstanding.

Mourinho led the team to defeat the champions of the Premier League, La Liga, and Bundesliga to reach the top of Europe, making Inter Milan's players unanimously recognized.

Then there is the new season's Champions League group stage draw. Defending champion Inter Milan's draw is not very good.

They are in a group with Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur and Twente.

The two powerful teams from the Premier League and the Bundesliga are not easy to deal with, and the strength of Twente, which defeated Ajax to win the Eredivisie championship, cannot be underestimated.

Of course, the defending champion will not be afraid of any opponent, and the morale within the Inter Milan team is strong!
  However, Leo was keenly aware that when they were joking and reviewing last season's championship journey, Benitez's expression was somewhat intriguing.

"No, is there something wrong with this guy's mind?
  Just coach well, why do you have to do all sorts of tricks? "

Most of the Inter Milan players who saw the starting list had such questions.

In this game against Atletico Madrid, Benitez made some minor changes.

One is that the formation has been adjusted from 433 during Mourinho's period to 4231.

It seems that the positions and responsibilities of the two wingers have changed slightly, but the rest is generally the same as before.

In fact, it is not that simple. Milito, who is used to three forwards, has difficulty adapting to playing a single arrow.

Forget it, the most bizarre thing is that Benitez replaced Pandev with Stankovic. He asked Stankovic to play on the right wing and Eto'o to go to the left.

Regarding such an adjustment, Pandev was filled with questions, and Stankovic was also confused.

Not to mention others.

But there is no way around it. Whoever is the head coach can play whatever Benitez wants.

For Atletico Madrid, Flores arranged a starting lineup with 4, 4 and 2 parallel positions.

Diego Forlan and Aguero, who performed well in the World Cup, partnered up front.

The four midfielders from left to right are Simao, Assuncao, Raul Garcia and Reyes.

Left back Dominguez, right back Uyfalusi, new players Godin and Perea partner as central defenders.

The goalkeeper is the 20-year-old De Gea.

Benitez's Liverpool were eliminated by Atletico Madrid in the Europa League semi-finals last season.

So today's game may be regarded as Benitez's revenge game?
  Due to the shocking goal-line incident in the World Cup match between England and Germany, UEFA made changes to the refereeing team.

Today's game is also the first time in the history of the Super Cup that the new rule of five referees has been adopted, with both teams adding a bottom line referee behind the goal.

Leo always found it a bit funny. Can adding two more referees really avoid goal-line suspense?
  A goal-line penalty that is difficult to see clearly even in multi-angle slow-motion replays can really be seen clearly by a person standing behind?

He has always been curious. The Hawkeye challenge in tennis matches is great, but why can't it be done on the football field?

Instead of wasting two more manpower and still not achieving good results, it is better to put VA or VR door-line technology into use as early as possible.

42 seconds into the game, Maicon threw a sideline ball from the right, and Leo made a pass from the front!

Stankovic inserted his right foot into the penalty area and volleyed over the crossbar from a small angle!

Ha, Leo kind of understands Benitez's thoughts.

That's Stankovic, don't you always like to hit the goal? Then let's just stop playing as a midfielder and go directly to the winger position to shoot.

There seems to be nothing wrong with this idea, but is it really that simple?
  Of course not.

Eto'o cleverly smashed the ball from the left to get rid of Atletico Madrid's right back Uyfalusi's mark and then passed in!

Godin's clearance was not far away, Milito grabbed the spot in front of the goal and pushed, but De Gea blocked the crossbar!
  In the third minute, Leo took a corner kick from the left, Lucio headed back to the back post, and Cambiaso volleyed from the edge of the penalty area and passed the crossbar!
  After the game started, it seemed that Inter Milan had a certain upper hand and more offensive opportunities, but they couldn't score.

Except for the opening kick, Stankovic was completely lost in the position of right winger, which was very unfamiliar to him.

Simang dribbled from the left and broke through Maicon's cross, but met the defensive center back Lucio's toe line change!
  Aguero fell to the ground in front of the goal. He protested to the referee that Chivu fouled behind him.

However, the Swiss referee Busaca ignored it. Then the two teams entered a stalemate stage, but neither team had any good scoring opportunities.

Assuncao's low shot from outside was blocked by Lucio with his legs.

Then Atletico Madrid took a corner kick, which landed too close to the goalkeeper and was easily confiscated by Cesar.

Inter Milan counterattacked quickly, and Maicon's pass from the right was destroyed by Assuncao.

Leo took a corner kick from the right, and Samuel beat Godin in front of the goal with a header that went over the crossbar.

In one minute, Simang cut inside to the edge of the penalty area and tried a long shot that missed the left goal post.

Why can Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan play back and forth?
  Many Nerazzurri have such doubts in their minds, because in their opinion, the Nerazzurri must be stronger than their opponents.

The first half is coming to an end, and many people have gradually figured it out.

Stankovic is not suitable for the right wing position, and his invisibility means that Inter Milan is missing one person on the offensive end.

In the 42nd minute, Stankovic received Leo's pass from the right.

But before Stankovic could grasp it, he was intercepted by Dominguez!

Atletico Madrid's counterattack chance!
  Aguero broke through the left rib and hit the wall with continuous passes from Reyes in the middle!

Reyes once again got the ball and passed Maicon and broke into the left side of the penalty area!

Immediately afterwards, he hit a low shot with his left foot from the corner of the left small penalty area and drilled into the near corner!

One to zero!

Atletico Madrid took the lead!
  Thanks to Benitez's "fantastic ideas", Inter Milan unfortunately conceded a goal first even though their physical strength was stronger than the opponent's!
  Reyes, who broke through the triple crown...no, it should be the fourth crown, celebrated wildly in the corner flag area.

In contrast, the Nerazzurri players looked ugly, and Materazzi, who was sitting on the bench, even cursed "Idiot!" in the direction of Benitez.

At the end of the first half, Inter Milan was temporarily trailing 0-1.

In the second half, the game changed sides and the two teams did not make substitutions in the midfield.

Atletico Madrid was unreasonable and continued to play against Inter Milan.

After Aguero got rid of the defender in a one-two with Simao on the left side of the frontcourt, he broke into the left side of the penalty area and formed a single shot, but his shot towards the far corner was high and wide.

Two minutes later, Reyes shot high from the outside of the penalty area.

Milito's shot was blocked by the Atletico Madrid defender, and Atletico Madrid's counterattack once again formed a two-on-three!

Aguero went down from the left and passed low to the middle. Cesar jumped in before Forlan and intercepted the ball!

The situation on the field was very unfavorable for Inter Milan, but coach Benitez could still sit on the sidelines with peace of mind.

In the 49th minute, Simang made a low pass from the left to the middle. Samuel was unable to clear the ball in time, and Aguero shot in front of the goal!
  Atletico Madrid expands the score!

Benitez looked at the field with dull eyes, motionless like a fool.

He was very reluctant, but helpless, and made substitutions.

Pandev came off the bench to replace Stankovic who didn't know what he was doing on the court.

Inter Milan finally returned to its throne and independently returned to the formation that Mourinho coached last season.

Maicon made a pass from the right, and Pandev was stepped down by Raul Garcia when he was trying to grab a point in the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty kick!

Leo did his job and stood in front of the penalty spot. Facing De Gea, he calmly shot into the upper right corner!
  Atletico Madrid goalkeeper De Gea flew to save!
  However, Leo's penalty angle was tricky and it avoided De Gea's palm and went straight into the upper right corner of the goal!

One to two!

Inter Milan struggled to get a goal back!
  Leo quickly grabbed the ball from the goal, and their counterattack began!

Milito broke into the right wing of the penalty area after stealing the ball in the frontcourt, but his two consecutive shots were blocked by Atletico Madrid defenders.

Leo jumped high with his chest outside the arc of the penalty area and stopped the ball to control the second penalty kick.

He pulled the ball lightly and turned around to avoid Perea's attack, and Leo broke through to the small penalty area!

Facing De Gea again, Leo was not careless at all and volleyed the lower left corner of the goal with his right foot!
  He typed a backslash!
  De Gea turned the other way and watched helplessly as the ball hit the net!
  Two to two!
  Inter Milan scored two goals in a row to equalize the score!
  "I'm back! They're all back!"

Nerazzurri was pleasantly surprised to see the team regain its form.

"So what happened before?"

Aguero passed the ball, and Forlan's turn and volley from outside the penalty area was received by the goalkeeper.

The game enters stoppage time. If the two sides are tied at 90 minutes, then the game will enter overtime!
  Eto'o's high-speed breakthrough from the right was brought down by the defender, and Inter Milan got a well-positioned free kick.

"Leo is not very good at hitting the free kick in the front right of the penalty area, right?"

While De Gea directed his teammates to form a wall, he cautiously looked at Leo who was standing behind the penalty kick.

Taking a run-up and swinging his leg, Leo hit the ball with his left foot powerfully!
  "what?"

The ball drew a moving and graceful arc, crossed the wall, and flew past De Gea's fingertips into the upper left corner of the goal!

Leo hit the ball with his left foot and scored directly!

Three to two!
  At the end of the game, Inter Milan scored three goals in a row to reverse the victory!

And Leo, who scored a hat trick and led the team to fight back to victory, deserved to be named the best player!
  Inter Milan also had a close call and successfully won their fifth championship trophy this year!

(End of this chapter)