The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 216 Benitez’s Crisis

Returning to Milan with the European Super Cup, the atmosphere within the Nerazzurri team became even worse.

Now, even the most obtuse person has noticed the contradiction between the head coach and the main players who won Inter Milan last season.

Because in the eyes of the Triple Crown heroes, they only need to continue to use the tactics they were most familiar with before.

As the head coach, Benitez wants to erase Mourinho's shadow.

This leads to irreconcilable conflicts between them.

In an interview with a reporter from Sky Sports Italy, Materazzi fired directly!
  "Benítez is simply not suitable to be the head coach of Inter Milan."

The champion central defender said mercilessly:
  "If I were the owner of a club, I would never trust him to coach my team well.

What I find most uncomfortable with him is the tone in which he introduces himself to the players every time.

His tone of voice was too strong, which made us all uncomfortable.

As a great head coach, Mourinho and Lippi will discuss the game plan and rules with the players or coaching staff every time.

But Benitez would only write down a dozen plans by himself for the players to implement. "

This is why Benitez has always wanted to eliminate Mourinho's influence in Inter Milan.

Because whether it is the media, fans or players on the team, they will always compare him with his predecessor unconsciously.

But unfortunately, he is not as good as his predecessor.

"Benítez is too dictatorial and doesn't discuss things with the rest of the coaching staff, and that's the main reason why I don't think he will succeed at Inter.

In short, Benitez's coaching is a disaster. Under his hands, you will feel like you are back in school. "

The implication was very obvious. Materazzi mocked Benitez's level as being at best similar to that of a physical education teacher in school.

"Those two championships? We have indeed achieved great achievements!
  Inter won the game without a coach! Okay, I'm too talkative..."

Brazilian full-back Maicon also directly expressed his dissatisfaction with the new head coach in an interview.

"Benitez works very hard, but there is still a huge gap between him and a world-class manager like Mourinho.

Obviously we only need to continue the successful play style proven last season to easily win, but he had to do some inexplicable tricks in order to express himself.

I think this is very immature and childish behavior. "

Benitez didn't know why this happened. He obviously did nothing wrong.

And under his leadership, Inter Milan has not started losing yet. Why are these players so eager to start against themselves.

Someone must be taking the lead, otherwise it would never be like this.

The image of a seemingly honest and honest young man flashed in Benitez's mind.

That’s right! It must be Leo!

I didn’t expect this honest-looking guy to be so evil-minded!

When Benitez was preparing to "catch the mole", Leo was already in the office of club president Massimo Moratti.

"Leo, is Benitez really as bad as they say?"

In fact, Moratti mainly wanted to see Benitez give Inter Milan's bitter rival AC Milan a great comeback.

The fun talk of popping champagne at halftime is still talked about among fans even after several years.

As for the most basic coaching ability, Benitez is actually not that bad and is undoubtedly qualified.

But if he can't even control the locker room, then he is indeed not qualified to continue coaching the Nerazzurri.

Leo is a very kind person and he didn't say many bad things about Benitez in front of Moratti.

Of course, other teammates have said enough.

"Objectively speaking, there is a reason for everyone's dissatisfaction with Benitez.

Because in the previous season, we achieved unprecedented success, and everyone was very happy to get along with Mourinho.

After Benitez took over the team, I didn't understand why he was so eager to put his stamp on Inter Milan.

He must have his reasons for doing this, but I think it's a bit too hasty and may be counterproductive. "

Moratti nodded, he must make two plans now.

One is to protect Benitez to the death, then appease the players who are dissatisfied with him, and clean up the thorns so as not to affect the team.

The other is to obey "public opinion" and directly dismiss the Spaniards.

But the problem is that it is easy to get rid of Benitez now, and the most is to pay a liquidated damages, but the season is about to start, which world-famous coach can they find?

"Okay, I understand, this matter will be resolved as soon as possible."

The day after the European Super Cup, the 2010-2011 Italian Football League officially opened.

Inter Milan's first round of Serie A in the new season is a little later. On August 8, they went to the away game against Bologna.

Motta continues to miss due to injury, Maicon missed before the game due to a knee injury, and Leo was not included in the squad for unknown reasons.

When the starting lineup was announced before the game, although head coach Benitez had no expression on his face, he glanced at Leo with great pride.

"How about it? As long as I am the head coach for one day, I will not let you be proud!"

If Leo were to know why the head coach was dissatisfied with him, he would definitely complain. Compared to his teammates, Leo deliberately refused interviews from some media and really didn’t say a bad word about him in public.

That is to say, Moratti asked Leo and made an objective evaluation. How could this be blamed on him?

Although Leo was replaced, Benitez still did not make many adjustments in other positions.

Mariga and Pandev replaced Maicon and Leo, and captain Zanetti retreated from the defense and switched to right back.

Rival Bologna just fired their head coach Colomba one day ago, and now reserve team coach Magnani has taken over on an interim basis.

Benitez felt a little unlucky and vaguely felt that his fate might be similar to Colomba's.

Before the game, he gave the starting players a fatal order to win today's game!

At the same time, Benitez also felt that even without Leo, he could "lead" the team to win the game because his opponent was far inferior to Inter Milan and there were some problems in Bologna's team.

But after the game started, the situation on the field was beyond the Nerazzurri coach's expectations.

Inter Milan's offensive is fierce, but the home team is not behind!

Bologna defended tenaciously and found opportunities to counterattack from time to time.

It may be the first thing a new official takes office. Bologna is in the honeymoon period after just undergoing a coaching change, so they performed exceptionally well today.

In short, Bologna, playing at home, brought a lot of trouble to the defending champion Inter Milan.

Cambiaso made a direct pass, and Milito got the ball from the left rib of the penalty area and passed Esposito before his right-footed shot was blocked by the defender.

Then Eto'o's right-footed shot from the top of the penalty area was also blocked by the home team's defensive player.

Bologna's counterattack, Golic made a cross from the right, and Ekdal's long shot with his right foot in front of the penalty area was cleared by Samuel.

Pandev dribbled the ball from the left and hit back. Mariga hit Ekdal with a long shot with his right foot in front of the penalty area and popped up from the bottom line.

Rubin made a diagonal pass from the left. Mudingai got the ball from the right rib of the penalty area and shot with his right foot but Chivu blocked the baseline. Then Poltanova took the right corner kick and nodded the ball in front of the small penalty area but was confiscated by Cesar.

Eto'o's sharp diagonal pass from the right side of the penalty area was met by Britos' diving header to Bologna goalkeeper Viviano.

The first half entered stoppage time. Diwayo and Samuel were both injured and fell to the ground while competing for a header.

Inter Milan defender Samuel was even more bloody.

At the end of the half, Inter Milan drew with Bologna 0-0.

Benitez secretly thought something was wrong, "There's no way we can't win today's game, right?"

At the end of the halftime break, neither side made any personnel adjustments.

Inter Milan surrounded the opponent's goal at the beginning of the second half and bombarded them wildly, but they just couldn't score.

In the 56th minute, Benitez made his first substitution, Coutinho replaced Pandev, and the home team replaced Ekdal with Della Rocca.

Eto'o made a cross from the left, Coutinho stopped the ball at the back point and crossed again. Milito's right foot shot from the middle of the penalty area hit the far post of the goal and bounced back into the field!
  Soon after, Mariga was given a yellow card by the referee for retaliating against Jimenez for a foul.

As time passed by, Inter Milan's head coach Benitez became a little anxious.

In the 72nd minute, Biabiani came on as a substitute to replace Milito.

But the adjustments Benitez made still failed to change the situation on the field.

Coutinho's long shot from outside the penalty area caused Bologna goalkeeper Viviano to make a save!
  Cambiaso tried to grab a point but injured Viviano and was called for an offensive foul.

The game is coming to an end and the home team has a chance to counterattack!

Samuel kicked Diwayo down with a flying tackle. Diwayo took a free kick but was confiscated by Cesar.

At the end of the game, Inter Milan drew 0-0 with Bologna away from home!

Regardless of the process or the result, Inter Milan fans are quite dissatisfied!

Club president Moratti is also paying attention to the first league game of the new season.

It would be excusable if there was just no away win, but the problem is that before that, Benitez, as the head coach, had already caused dissatisfaction among many players.

It also excluded the core of the team and Moratti's "petty heart" Leo from the squad for no reason.

This made Moratti extremely dissatisfied with Benitez.

I paid you to come here because I want you to lead the team to victory, not to let you mess around and make the team a mess.

“Bologna played very tenaciously, and the failure to win away was mainly due to the players not performing well enough today.

In particular, the offensive players in the frontcourt are lacking in their ability to seize opportunities. I believe they will be able to find their game form soon. "

At the post-match press conference, Benitez naturally couldn't think it was his fault. Besides, it was a draw and there was no loss, so what's the big deal?

"Leo? He was feeling unwell before the game, so I temporarily changed the starting lineup and the squad.

It's hard to say whether he can play in the next game. I will decide who can start and who will sit on the bench based on the player's condition. "

Turning off the TV, Moratti smiled and asked Leo:
  "He said you were feeling unwell. Is that true?"

Leo smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I don't know why the head coach suddenly changed his attitude towards me. I'm obviously in good physical condition."

(End of this chapter)