The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 228 Dream Start
  Tottenham, that's where Leo's career started.

During the season he spent there, Leo learned a lot and grew a lot.

Of course, more importantly, he made two good friends in North London.

One is Gareth Bale and the other is Berbatov.

Although there were not many opportunities to meet them after returning to Milan, such is the friendship between men.

Even if we haven't seen each other or spoken a word for a year, it still feels familiar when we see each other again.

More than two years have passed and Leo has experienced many things when he returned to Inter Milan.

But when he dreamed about it at midnight, he would occasionally recall the year he spent in England.

The weather was hazy and rainy in London, and the game was played in the biting cold wind in winter. After the coaching change, I once lost my position as the main team...

Although it seems that his one-year Tottenham career did not leave many good memories for Leo, it is just so unforgettable.

Oh, it’s not that there are no good things, Martin Jol’s trust, Bale and Berba’s friendship, and the League Cup championship trophy.

Thinking of this, Leo couldn't help but smile knowingly.

That trophy is also Leo's first championship in his career. Even if Leo is reluctant to win the championship now, it is still a very special one.

Last season, Tottenham Hotspur, under the leadership of head coach Redknapp, successfully squeezed into the top four of the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League.

This is also Tottenham's best Premier League record in the club's history.

And Leo's good friend Gareth Bale has also further emerged in the Premier League.

Even if Tottenham has outstanding players such as Modric and Van der Vaart, they cannot obscure Bell's brilliance.

To this day, Leo still feels a little emotional when he recalls the tacit cooperation with Bell back then.

"Only you and I can achieve those coordinations."

The Lily Legion had arrived in Milan two days before the start of the game, but it was not until before the start of the game that Leo finally met Bale.

"I said at that time that you can definitely become a real big star!"

Bell said with a sour smile.

"You're not bad either. You're a popular player in the Premier League and a Welsh winger!"

The two friends, who had not seen each other for a long time, felt no strangeness at all. After the joke, they hugged each other warmly.

Bell patted Leo's back and sighed with a hint of surprise:
  "I said, you seem to be much stronger in resistance. You've really grown so much!"

Compared with when he was almost knocked down at the touch of Tottenham, Leo is no longer afraid of anyone's physical confrontation.

He looked at Bell, who looked thin but was actually thick and muscular, and said with a smile:
  "You've also strengthened yourself a few times. Doesn't it really have no effect?"

In Leo's view, Bell's speedy winger/full-back style of play does not require too much physical confrontation.

Training muscles without thinking will affect your greatest speed advantage. Isn't it a bit putting the cart before the horse?

Bell had a wry smile on his face and shook his head.

"Playing in the Premier League, if I don't get stronger I might be dead.

Defensive players in the Premier League are the most ruthless against players like me who like to eat hard! "

Yes, at least it can play a protective role, and you don't have to be seriously injured like before.

Leo nodded, and then suddenly thought of "pimping" again.

"Gareth, aren't you considering moving to a bigger club?

You will get nothing by staying at Tottenham. With your talent and ability, you can definitely win more championships! "

This is of course not the first time Leo has talked about this matter with Bell, and Bell also understands what Leo means.

However, Bell still shook his head firmly.

“It’s not yet time, I am the absolute main force in Tottenham now, and the head coach also trusts me and can give me enough room to play.

I can feel that I am always making progress. When I feel that I have reached a limit and cannot continue to break through, it may be time to leave. "

"Well, I won't be merciful today. Let me see how far you have improved."

"Ha, just come over here. I also want to see what the World Cup Golden Ball is like!"

On October 10, a focus battle in Group A of the Champions League group stage, Inter Milan's home game against Tottenham Hotspur officially started under the spotlight!
  Playing at home, the Nerazzurri did not underestimate their opponents and sent out their strongest lineup to play.

Samuel continues to be injured, Cambiasso and Pandev recovered from injuries but only entered the bench today.

Milito, Eto'o and youngster Coutinho partnered up front.

Leo leads the midfield, with Zanetti and Thiago Motta returning from injury behind him.

Left back Kolarov, right back Maicon, center back combination of Bonucci and Lucio, goalkeeper Cesar.

Although Chivu returned to the green field with strength after a serious head injury, the decline in his strength is inevitable.

In addition, Leonardo prefers Kolarov, who has better offensive ability, so that Chivu has spent more time in the defensive midfield position than the left back this season. Today he can only be on standby.

For Tottenham Hotspur, Van der Vaart is suspended and Ledley King is injured. The absence of two major players will be extremely detrimental to them.

Today, Lao Lei still arranged a distinctive starting lineup of 4,411.

Crouch, the tall man, has a single arrow, and behind him is Croatian midfielder Modric.

Gareth Bale and Lennon flew together on the left and right, with Janas and Hoddlestone sitting in the middle.

Left back Asuekto, right back Alan Hutton, Basson and Gallas partner as central defenders, and the goalkeeper is "Psycho" Gomez.

Irish forward Robbie Keane, who briefly played for Inter Milan, also sat on the bench today.

The Lily Legion returned to the Champions League after many years. In the first two rounds of the group stage, they first drew 2-2 with Werder Bremen away from home, and then defeated Twente 4-1 at home.

Currently, they have four points from two games, one win and one draw, second only to group leader Inter Milan, who have won two games.

So today's game is also a battle for the top spot in Group A of the Champions League.

Although they were playing away from home, Tottenham Hotspur had no intention of being conservative at all. From the beginning of the game, they were free to fight against the Nerazzurri!

Inter Milan did not understand the visiting team's idea, but respected it.

Leonardo glanced at Tottenham's coaching bench in confusion.

Tottenham's head coach Redknapp does not have a very good reputation. There are countless things like tax evasion and kickbacks when buying people.

But he has always gained the trust of Premier League club executives with his relatively excellent coaching abilities.

Logically speaking, such an experienced coach should not make the confusing decision of having the team play against Inter Milan at Meazza.

Does he really think they can withstand the Nerazzurri's powerful offensive?

Less than a minute into the game, Leo and Coutinho's continuous passes in the frontcourt penetrated the visiting team's defense!
  Eto'o scored the ball from the top of the penalty area, and Zanetti pushed his right foot in the penalty area from the left wing and went straight to the far corner of the goal!

Lily goalkeeper Gomez failed to save!
  The ball is in!
  One to zero!

Inter Milan gets off to a dream start!

Some of the Nerazzurri who had just entered the venue had not yet found their seats, but the home team had already taken the lead!
  Right, Tottenham's tactics are hard to understand.

Inter Milan coach Leonardo put his worries back.

He thought that his opponent could use some ultimate moves for him, but in the end, he worried about it in vain, and it turned out to be in vain.

Inter Milan did not relax their attack after taking the lead, and the Nerazzurri continued to attack Tottenham in the half.

In the seventh minute, Leo cleverly blocked the ball from behind. Coutinho used his speed to eat Asuekto alive and then broke into the penalty area to form a single!

Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez made a reckless attack and knocked Coutinho down in the penalty area!

The referee whistled a penalty kick and showed Gomez a red card!
  Gomez has outstanding reflexes and is a very capable goalkeeper, but his problem is that his performance is unstable.

When he is good, he is like a goalkeeper. No shot can pass through his fingers.

And when my mind is unclear, it's like today, when I got a red card right after the game started.

Let alone the special position of goalkeeper, if a player at any position is so unstable, it will be difficult to reassure the head coach.

There was no emotion or anger on Redknapp's expression, but his red face seemed to have revealed his mood at the moment.

As long as there is a reliable goalkeeper in the team, he doesn't want to use Gomez anymore!

Tottenham's main goalkeeper was sent off, former AC Milan player Cudicini came on as a substitute, and Modric was replaced.

Of course, the most glorious period of the Italian goalkeeper's career should still be the time when he played for Chelsea.

Croatian midfielder Modric originally wanted to perform well against the defending champion, but he was so unlucky that he was forced off the field after playing only a few minutes.

Lao Lei also saw the dissatisfaction in the players' hearts, greeted Modric when he came off the field and expressed comfort to him.

Although Zanetti returned from injury today, Leo "returned" the captain's armband to the old captain.

However, the responsibility of taking penalty kicks was still handed over to Leo.

He stood at the penalty spot, watching the arrogant Cudicini without any wavering, and calmly put the ball into the left side of the goal.

Two to zero!
  Inter Milan quickly expanded its lead!

Not only that, the visiting team was sent off one player, and could only play with ten players!
  After only ten minutes, the situation of the game seemed to be completely under the control of Inter Milan.

This is not over yet, Tottenham just kicked off and was intercepted by Inter Milan's defensive players!

Maicon passed the ball straight from the outside with his instep. Milito turned his back and passed the ball to Eto'o with his right foot!

Eto'o quickly broke through with the ball and got rid of the Tottenham full-back and knocked back to the front of the penalty area!
  Leo stopped the ball and changed his line, then broke into the left side of the penalty area and took an angle. Without hesitation, he accurately hit the lower left corner of the goal with a right-footed push shot!

Three to zero!
  At this time, the game had only played for less than fifteen minutes, and the home team was already leading by three goals!

The game seemed to have lost its suspense. The Nerazzurri in the stands stood up and cheered, starting to celebrate the victory early!
  Coutinho's long shot from outside the penalty area was picked off by Cudicini, and Tottenham quickly counterattacked!
  Bell made a high-speed breakthrough from the left, but was cleared by Maicon who was back on defense and cleared the sideline.

(End of this chapter)