75 Gladiator

75 Gladiator

Rome, Italy, as the capital of Italy and the birthplace of the Roman Empire, this city with the title of "Eternal City" ushered in the final of the Coppa Italia in the summer of 2006.

At the Olympic Stadium in Rome, amidst the tornado-like cheers of the Inter Milan fans, the Nerazzurri stepped onto the arena.

Their opponent is the former king of the Apennines - the old lady Juventus.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although Juventus is no longer brilliant on the Apennines stage, this powerful team still makes people dare not underestimate it.

This is the countdown to the curtain call of Juventus in the Capello era. Before this final, Capello has held a press conference. Regardless of the outcome of the final, Capello will resign from Juventus in the summer The post of head coach.

Before leaving, however, Capello absolutely hopes to beat arguably the strongest team of this era - the big Inter Milan.

Today's Inter Milan has created the second in the era of the big international, and they are in their heyday with Lionwell as the core.

Of course, before creating the Great International Era 2, Inter Milan needs a Triple Crown experience to be truly crowned, and Juventus is an opponent they must beat on the road to the Triple Crown.

... "Leon, I always feel that Juventus is not kind. When Piero shook my hand just now, I thought he was murderous." There are still about a few minutes before the final, the two teams The players had finished shaking hands and stood back to their positions. Zanetti had already gone to pick sides with the zebra prince Piero. At this time, Leon's partner Cambiasso also frowned and said to Leon with some concern. .

"Those who come are not good, those who are kind don't come. This is the final. Mancho's prediction is correct. Juventus must have put all their energy into this final. Don't be careless about Camby, we can't mess around position." Leon patted Cambiasso on the shoulder in relief.

Camby's expression was still slightly anxious, and Leon had no choice but to feel helpless about it. It is estimated that this guy's hair fell out because of this!

... The referee for this final is Gaspatti from Sicily. This is an experienced old referee. He will announce his retirement next year. Leon asked Mendes to find Gaspatti before the game. Spati's coaching file, after all, is a referee from Sicily, and his background is still very suspicious.

However, what Leon expected was that Juventus lost all games without exception in the nine games of Juventus under Gasparti's law enforcement.

This is a referee with a relatively loose law enforcement. He often encourages players from the two teams to have normal physical collisions, so in his law enforcement games, there will be many scenes where ordinary people turn their backs on their backs.

But what surprised Leon even more was that few players dared to question Gaspatti's penalty in the game of law enforcement. This also shows that although his whistle is relatively loose, it is loose for both teams. Not trying to find a balance.

The Italian Football Association actually arranged for such a referee. According to Leon's understanding, Juventus must regain face in the Coppa Italia final, and the best way to regain face is undoubtedly to rely on the referee.

But Juventus did not, and Gasparti is not good for Juventus in any way.

Could it be that the phone door incident in the previous life will not break out?

Accompanied by various speculations, as the eyes of the old referee Gaspati trembled, the whistle flicked, and the game began!

Juventus won the kick-off. As soon as the game started, Juventus showed a completely different mental outlook from the previous game.

After Nedved and Piero kicked off, the ball came to Emerson, who transferred the ball to the feet of Vieira, who had already advanced from the center.

After Vieira took the ball, he flicked his ankle to deceive the Inter Milan player Cambiasso who was robbing him, and then took three steps forward. After seeing Leon stepping forward to defend, Vieira also transferred the ball with a long pass On the right, Juventus winger Camoranesi advanced to grab the ball before Inter Milan captain Zanetti intercepted the ball and passed Zanetti's bottom pass. In the penalty area of ​​Inter Milan, Cannava Ronaldo and Samuel were tested. Zlatan Ibrahimovic had a header from the previous point, but under the interference of Samuel, his header was a bit off, but Trezeguet still used it. His legs that were longer than the model hooked the ball. Fortunately, Cesar on the goal line responded in time, otherwise the big international would start the game with a backward score.

Corner kick, Juventus won the corner kick at the beginning.

For various reasons, there were only a few thousand Juventus fans who came to Rome today. However, after seeing the huge contrast between the team's mental state and the previous game, the boos of the Bianconeri fans instantly turned into applause.

In fact, for the fans, they really don't want much.

"Camby, don't just stay where you are, go and watch Vieira, Kanna, you go stand in front of the door, Samu, hurry up, Ibrahimovic has already run behind you..." Leon helped Cesar Paul adjusted the team's corner defense. Today's Juventus is indeed completely different from the previous Juventus.

It can be said that this is a true Serie A class bully.

Juventus took the first corner kick, and Samuel, who was in a better position, made a header to clear the siege. Nedved's long-range shot from the outside was blocked by Inter Milan players and did not pose too much threat.

Inter Milan counterattacked, but unlike Juventus who did not resist at all, Leon, who took the ball to counterattack, was pulled down by Vieira before he jumped over the midfield.

Damn tactical foul! Leon spat and stood up from the Olympic Stadium in Rome, "It seems that our opponent has really changed from a cat to a tiger, but the stronger you are, the greater we are."

A strange arc was drawn at the corner of Leon's mouth.

The game continued, and the referee Gaspatti was really loose. The old referee had no intention of playing a card at all. Instead, he urged Inter Milan to take a corner kick quickly.

No wonder this guy always scores so many goals in Serie A when he officiates. The pace of the game is fast, the game is exciting, and there will naturally be a lot of goals.

In a sense, Gaspati is indeed a golden whistle.

…In the first ten minutes of the game, Inter Milan did not get any good chances, because whenever Leon got the ball, the Juventus players would use fouls and double-teams to limit him.

The minds of the Italians are very fast. The football of this country is completely different from their performance on the battlefield. The Italians are tough on the court. Defense is the philosophy of this country. The art of defense has penetrated into this country The brains of every coach and player.

Gasparti's whistle is very loose, and the Juventus players also control their movements. Anyway, it is very simple to pull you down, or push you down gently.

You know, when a player is dribbling the ball at high speed, an unobvious foul can interfere with him.

Leon is facing the tightest defense in his career, and Capello obviously understands that in order to limit Inter Milan, they must first limit their core Leon.

There was a problem with Inter Milan's offense. Fortunately, their defense was solid. Although Juventus's offensive was very fierce, they could not threaten Inter Milan's gate except for the attack at the beginning.

The two teams engaged in a thorough battle in the midfield, and neither side was willing to give up the stronghold they occupied.

Juventus has Vieira and Emerson, two world-class midfielders, while Inter Milan has Cambiasso and Leonwell.

"Capello is definitely planning to use procrastination...Damn it." Leon frowned, and he glanced at Capello who was standing next to the Juventus bench. Milan?

Leon looked at Figo in the frontcourt with some concern. In this kind of tug-of-war, the veteran Figo is undoubtedly the weakest link of Inter Milan. You must know that the guys in the frontcourt of Juventus, Camoranesi and Nedved is an iron man who can't run to death, and Juventus finally came up with their classic tactic-slow you to death.

In fact, many of Juventus' league victories were won by this trick. The reason why Juventus is stable is because of their invisible tactics.

Anyway, judging from the scene, the two sides are definitely evenly matched, but once the kick is behind, Juventus will always suddenly exert strength, but inexplicably widen the score.

This kind of tactic is almost invincible in the league, but it will not work in the cup game, because the chance is big in the cup game, unlike the league game. But today's final is well known to everyone, and it is actually no different from the league, so Capello resorted to this set of trump cards, intending to drag Inter Milan down directly.

"No, we must make a quick decision, otherwise we must be the first to collapse if it drags on." Leon thought in his heart.

But how to speed up the pace of the game? Leon has encountered arguably the biggest problem in his career.

... "Robert, it seems that Juventus is determined to win this final." Sky Italy TV, commentator Palmer Terry also said.

"Well, that's right. After all, they were once the kings of Italy. As a wealthy team, Juventus will not sit still for the humiliation they have suffered. I think Juventus' recent strength is because they have put all their energy into it. In this Coppa Italia final, for Inter Milan, if they can't find a quick solution, as time goes by, Juventus' advantage will become bigger and bigger." Baggio commented road.

"But Juventus is now avoiding the battle. They put the decisive battle in the midfield. Leon has been restricted. Inter Milan needs another person to drive the rhythm." Palmer Terry nodded and said.

In a single-core team, the performance of role players is very important. Baggio also circled a person's name in his notebook.