The Prince of Inter Milan starts with Brother Xiaosa

Chapter 58 Substitute appearance
  "Welcome back to the team! You two are now European champions. I watched the final and your performance was great!"

Mourinho expressed his love for the two young men in front of the entire team, and then he turned to the person next to him and ordered:
  "Rui, take them to check first."

Madman's most capable assistant, physical fitness expert Ruy Faria, led Leo and Balotelli to check their physical condition first.

"Excellent! He's as strong as an ox!"

Mourinho got the answer he wanted and asked Leo softly:

"Can you play in the game tomorrow?"

"Ready at all the time!"

The Portuguese nodded with great satisfaction, patted the young man on the shoulder, and asked the two to join the team's joint training.

Only then did Leo realize that Mourinho was speaking Italian throughout the whole process!

The two of them used to communicate in English before. In just one month, the Portuguese can already communicate normally in Italian?

Actually no, before the madman confirmed that he would take over Inter Milan, Mancini began to study Italian diligently from the day his team lost to Liverpool, and successfully learned it before the start of the season.

I have to say that I am worthy of being a translator and have a lot of language talent.

Compared with the Inter Milan players who just played two friendly matches after the holiday, Leo didn't rest for a day and just finished the European Youth Championship and was in good condition.

Therefore, on the training ground, Leo showed strength that was beyond the expectations of these new teammates.

"This kid has something!"

Despite this, they only regard Leo as a young player used for rotation, just like Bashen, and it will not affect their position.

While they were observing Leo, Leo was also observing them.

He noticed a few new faces on the team.

Inter Milan spent 13 million euros to buy Brazilian winger Roberto Mancini from Roma.

There is also Muntari who switched from Portsmouth in the Premier League to Inter Milan. The Ghanaian has just announced his official announcement and returns to the team only one day earlier than Leo and the others.

Leo frowned, why did he feel that all of these would compete with him for position?
  Quaresma, whom the Magic Birds really want to buy, is still in the process of being bought. Inter Milan is not willing to match the 30 million euros required by Porto.

That's why they brought in Mancini from Roma as a backup.

There is also the fact that Mourinho has not brought over any of his favorite players at Chelsea.

Instead, Chilean midfielder Luis Jimenez, who was loaned to Meazza last season, permanently moved from Ternana to Inter Milan for a transfer fee of 11 million euros.

No matter how you look at this summer window, Inter Milan's transfer work is not very good, and they bought all kinds of stuff.

It seems that we can't blame Ibrahimovic for feeling that his future is hopeless after the end of this season. No matter how Mourinho tries to persuade him to stay, he will leave and no longer wants to stay here.

Tim Cup is an event started in 2001. It is sponsored by Tim, Italy's largest communications operator. The participating teams are Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan.

What's even more special is that this game is played in one day, divided into three halves, with two teams facing each other.

That is to say, each team has to play a 45-minute game with the other two teams, and the final ranking will be determined by the results of the three games.

At the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, the 2008 Tim Cup officially kicked off, and Italian national team coach Lippi was also present to watch.

In the first quarter of the game, AC Milan played against Juventus. Ancelotti arranged a classic Christmas tree 4, 3, 2 formation.

In the Czech Republic, Pawlowski, who participated in the U19 European Youth Championship with Leo and others, came forward. Behind him were Kaká and Seedorf.

The three midfielders are Brocchi, Pirlo and Ambrosini.

Former Juventus right back Zambrotta, who transferred from Barcelona, ​​made his first appearance for Milan. Jankulovski at left back, Karadze and Bonera as central defenders, and Karachi as goalkeeper.

For Juventus, Ranieri used the strike combination of Trezeguet and Iaquinta, and Marchionne and Thiago got the starting opportunity.

Kaka got the ball in the midfield and passed it to Seedorf. Seedorf took a few steps in the middle and suddenly shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area. The ball hit the inside of the right post and bounced into the goal. One to zero!

Milan took the lead in the sixth minute!
  But in less than a minute, Juventus tied the score. Marchionne made a diagonal pass from the right behind Karadze. Trezeguet's right-footed shovel shot in front of the goal went under Karadze's crotch and scored one-on-one.

In the 11th minute, Nedvěd scored the ball. Grigra's curved ball from the right was hit to the back point. Marchionne barely took off and headed the ball into the right side of the goal in front of the small penalty area!

Two to one! The Bianconeri took the lead!
  In the 42nd minute, Pirlo took a corner kick, but Sissoko's header hit the goal. Seedorf stopped the ball near the penalty spot, turned around and shot with his right foot!
  Two to two!
  The two sides fought to a 2-2 tie in the 45th minute, and the decision was decided by penalty kicks according to the rules.

Trezeguet and Thiago missed free throws, AC Milan won 4-2 on penalties.

Then in the second quarter, Juventus, who lost the first game, faced Inter Milan.

Ranieri replaced all starters except Buffon, Molinaro, and Sissoko. Two teenagers, Ekdal and Rossi, played as central defenders, while Knezevic and Lerottaglie partnered as central defenders.

For the Nerazzurri, Mourinho arranged his signature four-three-three starting formation.

The three forwards are led by Adriano, and the other two are Crespo and Mancini.

Zanetti, Vieira and Cambiasso formed a midfield three.

Left back Maxwell, right back Maicon, Burdisso and Materazzi partnered with center back and goalkeeper Cesar.

Leo and Bashen sat on the bench and waited for their chance.

Only six minutes into the game, Materazzi accidentally strained a muscle and was unable to hold on.

With Cordoba, Chivu, Samuel and other central defenders all missing due to injuries, Mourinho had to replace Stankovic and let Cambiaso switch to central defender.

A few minutes later, Amauri was fighting with Vieira, cracking his left brow bone and bleeding profusely, and he had to be taken off the court for treatment.

Raniere replaced Amauri with Iaquinta.

It was obviously just a warm-up match, but both sides became serious.

After all, this can be considered an Italian national derby!

In the 18th minute, Sissoko passed the ball and Cambiaso made an offside error. Del Piero dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area and curled the ball with his right foot into the far corner of the goal!

Cesar immediately jumped up to save the ball but was still unable to do anything. Juventus led 1 to 0!

Vieira passed the ball straight from the center, and Adriano's shot missed the corner flag due to interference from the opponent's defender.

The former "King of Meazza" fell into despair after suffering the blow of his father's death, and used alcohol to numb himself all day long.

Seeing the way the Brazilian falters in front of the penalty area, it's hard to relate to the arrogant beast center he was a few seasons ago.

Mourinho couldn't wait any longer, "Leo, Mario, go to the sidelines to warm up and get ready to play!"

The opportunity has come, but it still depends on whether he can seize it. Leo made his debut in the Inter Milan first team.

Although it is not an official game, the opponent is Juventus, which is enough.

Zanetti passed the ball to Leo, and the Inter Milan youngster touched the ball for the first time in the game!
  Leo flicked the ball over Ekdal's head with his right heel, easily accelerating past the Juventus defender.

The Swede quickly turned around and chased after him. As if there were eyes behind him, Leo twisted his body to avoid Ekdal's shovel.

The next step was very simple. The overhead ball was passed into the penalty area. Balotelli leaned on the chest of Juventus central defender Konezevic to stop the ball, turned and volleyed the goal!

One to one! Inter Milan equalized the score!
  (End of this chapter)