62. Chapter 61 It is our duty to rebuild Milan’s glory.

Author: The first foodie in darkness

Chapter 61 It is our duty to rebuild Milan’s glory

Without the burden of Champions League games, AC Milan returned to Serie A with great lineup integrity and health.

In the 29th round of Serie A, Inter Milan defeated Brescia 1-0 and Milan also defeated Bari 2-1. The points gap between the two teams remained unchanged.

But in the 30th round of Serie A, when Milan finished ahead of schedule and defeated Palermo 3-0.

Next door, Inter Milan panicked.

Because they won the quarter-finals against Bayern just four days ago.

This knockout round has taken too much of a toll on Inter Milan.

Many veterans worked hard until their physical strength was exhausted, and midfielder Stankovic even retired from injury on the spot. In this round of the league, Inter Milan can only use rotation.

Milan has put too much pressure on Inter Milan. If they cannot defeat their opponents in this round, the enthusiasm of the Inter Milan generals for the championship will be vented a lot.

Speaking of which, Inter Milan has entered the next knockout round of the Champions League, which is not necessarily a good thing for them.

Not to mention that their energy was scattered, they fought hard until the end of the season, and now they don't have much advantage in the three lines.

Compared with AC Milan next door, which is very likely to win the league title this season, Inter Milan has no chance of winning the championship.

But in the eyes of the outside world, Inter Milan is still very impressive this season.

Although the league is unstable, there is a high possibility of losing the championship to the rivals in the same city.

But they made it to the final four in the Coppa Italia and the last eight in the Champions League, but they eliminated Bayern Munich, who were in great form.

It can be said that with this victory, Inter Milan is still considered by the media to be a powerful and prosperous club on the European continent.

However, only family members know their own affairs.

It was only after Leonardo took over Inter Milan that he realized that the iron-blooded army led by Mourinho had reached the end of its strength.

It can be said that last year's Triple Crown achievement forced Inter Milan's veterans to be at their strongest, but at the same time it also drained the last drop of Inter Milan's blood.

What Inter Milan now needs to complete is reconstruction work, rather than continuing to rely on this group of veterans to compete on all lines.

However, public opinion won't let it go, Inter Milan fans won't let it go, and Inter Milan's boss Moratti has no strong financial resources to support reconstruction.

Leonardo had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to lead Inter Milan's third-line attack.

This is really no different from walking a tightrope.

One step off and you lose everything.

For example, on the afternoon of March 20, during the 30th round of Serie A match between Inter Milan and Pepperoni Lecce.

Inter Milan only scored the first goal of the game in the 76th minute, but in the 87th minute, a handball in the penalty area gave Lecce a chance to tie with a penalty kick.

Not to mention Leonardo, the more than 70,000 Inter Milan fans at home were already desperate.

If Lecce were to draw another game, Milan's lead over them would reach fifteen points, a total of five wins!

At this point, it really doesn't make much sense for Inter Milan to continue to fight. They can be prepared in advance to surrender in the league.

Fortunately, at this darkest moment, when many players in the Inter Milan team gave up, Cesar rejected Lecce's penalty kick with a superb save!

In an instant, he returned from hell to flat ground. Many excited Inter Milan fans were almost in tears!

“Saint Cesar!!!”

Countless Inter Milan fans chanted slogans passionately, and Inter Milan, which had regained its strength, withstood Pepper Lecce's counterattack at the last moment.

A tough 1-0.

Inter Milan is still alive!

Without further widening the gap with Milan, they finally stood in front of Milan again!

Two teams also from Milan will compete in the next round of Serie A.

The Inter Milan players who escaped the disaster praised God and also expressed their determination to win the Milan Derby to the camera.

But here at AC Milan, everything seems too "quiet".

No AC Milan player or coach spoke to reporters about their thoughts on the Milan derby.

AC Milan, which had won against Palermo a day earlier, was already in holiday mode.

There are no international competitions and no Italian Cup. After this round of league games, Serie A will usher in a two-week "rest period."

Therefore, Milan's players have "returned to their respective homes" and lived a warm family life for the time being.

Li Ang was also temporarily freed from the monotonous hard training, because Ibrahimovic forced him to go to Northern Europe with him.

When the entire Italian media thought that the AC Milan players were just like the Inter Milan players, nervous for the upcoming focus battle and ready for hard training.

Leon and Ibrahimovic were strolling leisurely in the old town of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

In three days, Li Ang visited Stockholm's Zoo Island and Ship Island.

Finally, after being reminded by Uncle Jon's phone call, Li Ang and Ibrahimovic packed up their luggage and slowly hurried back to the city of Milan.

Relaxing mentally and physically at the same time, meeting his teammates again in Milan, Li Ang found that everyone seemed to be in better spirits than before.

Well, except for Robinho, whose dark circles under his eyes have become a little heavier.

Uncle Jon's holiday arrangement has achieved very good results.

The following recovery training was successfully completed by Milan's players in a relaxed atmosphere where they talked and laughed.

During this period, I faced interview requests from reporters from outside media.

Milan still adopts the attitude of "don't refuse, don't respond, and don't pay attention".

Uncle Jon is clearly trying to lighten the mental burden on the players, and the top management of the Milan club will naturally have to follow suit.

We are about to start preparing for the big battle with Inter Milan. How can we let outside public opinion interfere with our own players first?

So within an invisible "wall", Milan began their targeted tactical drills in an orderly manner.

For five days in a row, the Italian reporters squatting outside Milanello did not come up with any valuable news information.

On March 31, reporters who finally seized the opportunity blocked Li Ang, who had just finished extra training and was the last one to drive away, at the gate of Milanello.

Unexpectedly, this time, Li Ang was very cooperative and directly accepted their interview request, which made all the reporters overjoyed.

"Have you been training very hard recently? Have you prepared any 'special' tactical plans for Inter Milan?"

"It's hard work. It's almost the same as before. Training is just like that anyway. Besides, you all know what our coach likes to practice, so I don't need to say more, right?"

"I heard that Robinho's condition is not very good recently. Will you put him on the bench in the Milan derby two days later?"

"You have to ask the coach about this, I don't know."

"Leon, what do you think about being named the most popular player among Milan fans in the first quarter of this year by Gazzetta dello Sport?"

"My pleasure, if what you said is true, but I think Zlatan and Pato should be more popular with Rosenery~"

"Before the big battle, do you have anything to say to the Milan fans?"

Li Ang, who had answered the previous questions quickly and fluently, paused on this question.

The reporter from "Gazzetta dello Sport" also looked at Li Ang with curiosity, wondering what he would say in the end.

"It is our duty to restore the glory of Milan! Please give way, I want to go home."

After leaving a slogan that made the reporters at the scene look at each other, Li Ang drove away smoothly.

Of course, his words were well known to fans all over Italy early the next morning.

Milan fans like Li Ang's slogan very much. They like it very much.

How appropriate!

Today, six years after Milan lost the league title, there is no more suitable slogan to regain the Serie A championship trophy than Li Ang's words.

Fans of other Serie A teams thought about it after seeing this sentence in the newspaper and modified it slightly. Hey, wouldn't it be appropriate to use it for their own teams?

For a time, Li Ang quickly became popular in the Italian football world because of this slogan.

Milan fans also made a large number of signage, using Li Ang's slogan as a slogan, and with high morale, they began to "fuck off" Inter Milan fans in Milan.

Allegri was also happy. He didn't expect that Li Ang could come up with such a slogan to inspire Milan fans.

He himself quite liked this sentence, but Li Ang was a little confused.

"I just said it casually. How could there be more slogans? If I had known that it would make such a big noise, I might as well just say Forza milan."

After the training session that day, faced with the "requests" from Boateng and Pato for a new slogan, Li Ang simply raised his hands to indicate that he really had no more ideas in his mind.

After finally coaxing the suspicious two people away, Li Ang quickly packed up and didn't practice any more today. He just mixed in with the large group of teammates and left Milanello early.

Otherwise, he is afraid that those reporters will get involved again and cause more public controversy. Then he will really be the leader and the leader.

Fortunately, the preparations for the game have ended successfully. Tomorrow we will face Inter Milan on the field. Li Ang is also relieved.

After crossing Inter Milan, the schedule behind Milan is smooth.
To be continued...