Chapter 666

While Mendes is struggling with the transfer of Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong and Inter Milan are preparing for their second title of the season.

The Coppa Italia is a knockout football match sponsored by the Italian Football Association. Players from the three groups of Italy a, B and C can participate in it. However, the same club can only send one team to participate in it. It is the highest level Football Cup match in Italy. The final game adopts the single match decisive system. It takes 30 minutes extra time to draw in 90 minutes, and it takes 30 minutes extra time if it is still tied The ball is the winner.

Like other leagues, the cup can only be regarded as a chicken rib for the giants like Milan and Juve. Therefore, in the 78 year history of the Coppa Italia, inter only won five titles, not even a fraction of the league title.

Even this season, inter didn't pay much attention to the Coppa Italia. They are basically fighting with a mixed lineup of substitutes and main players. However, Sneijder played well in the Coppa Italia and even led Inter to the final.

Today, after inter won the league title and reached the final of the Champions League, the chicken ribs competition suddenly has important significance.

In the world football world, the mainstream media call the "League champion + Champions Cup champion + domestic top cup champion" as the triple champion. Some other cups, such as the domestic super cup, the European Super Cup, the Europa League and so on, are not included. To win the treble is equivalent to winning a grand slam in a football match.

In the 100 year history of Serie A, there has never been a team that won the league, the Italian Cup and the Champions League in one season. Even in the great era of Inter, inter did not do that. In 1964-65 season, inter won the Champions League and the league, but lost to Juve in the cup and only won the second place. Among the other teams in Serie A, the one closest to this honor is AC Milan. The Rossoneri won the league and the Champions League in 1993-94, but missed the final in the Coppa Italia.

In fact, it's normal that Serie A doesn't have a treble. Looking at the whole Europe, only five teams, three leagues and only Manchester United and Barcelona have won the treble.

In 1967, Celtic of Scotland won the first treble. In 1972, AJAX won the second. In 1988, Eindhoven won the third. However, due to the relatively low pressure of domestic competitions in the Dutch and Scottish leagues, their treble is not convincing enough. No team in the five major leagues in Europe has won the treble.

It wasn't until 10 years later, in 1998-99, Ferguson led the Red Devils united to win the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League that they became the real treble. Then 10 years later, Barcelona won the La Liga, the king's cup and the Champions League last season. Later, they won the Spanish Super Cup, the European Super Cup and the World Club Cup, becoming the real treble All grand slam team.

For Inter, it's only two games and two Champions away from the first treble in the history of Serie A. if they beat Rome in the final of the Coppa Italia and Manchester United in the final of the Champions League, inter will set an unprecedented record.

For him, even if he doesn't leave inter next season, he hopes to win the first treble in the 100 year history of Serie A and surpass the era of "big international".

So the final of the Coppa Italia against Rome became a game that inter had to win.

However, it is not easy for Inter to win the Italian Cup because their opponent is Roma.

In the league, Rome came from behind and created 20 unbeaten games, but it's a pity that they didn't reverse Inter Milan, which made Ranieri, Rome's fire coach and tinker, very sorry.

Now Roma finally have a chance to revenge in the Coppa Italia. Ranieri, who has a long-standing feud with Jose, absolutely doesn't want him to become the first Italian treble.

After the "telephone door incident", Italian football has always been the competition between Rome and Inter. Rome always loses in the league and wins in the Coppa Italia. Now Rome is the team that wins the most Coppa Italia titles in Italy. They have won 9 titles in total. According to the regulations of Italian football, they can win 10 Serie A titles in the chest Sew a Venus on the front and a silver star on the back if you win the Italian Cup 10 times. Roma are eager to become the first Italian team to have a silver star on their chest.

Although the Coppa Italia is not very important, Roma are out of the league and the Europa League. The Coppa Italia has become the only championship they can compete for. No matter from the perspective of blocking inter from becoming the treble, or from their own interests, Roma are bound to win this game.

The tinker Ranieri said before the match: "for us, winning the Coppa Italia is a very good reward for players who have been fighting for a season. I can't predict the final ownership of the Champions League. I don't care if Inter can become the treble. I only know that we have to do our best in this game. Everyone knows the strength of Inter, but Roma are not bad either. The game is five to five and I think we can win in 90 minutes, even though we are ready to take penaltiesRoma captain Totti declared war on inter: "this is not a game, this is a battle, every Roma fan should come to support us, we want to make Rome's Olympic stadium a hell for our opponents."

Roma Deputy De Rossi also vowed to beat Inter Milan: "the loss of the League makes me very sad. Originally we had hope to win the championship. Now my only hope is to beat Inter in the Coppa Italia. I swear to the Roma fans that we will beat Inter Milan."

Although Inter are stronger and will never give up the Coppa Italia, there are still many media and fans who are optimistic about Rome's cold break before the match. In addition to Rome's home game, inter are also unstable recently.

After Inter Milan beat Barcelona to enter the Champions League final, the media constantly revealed that Jose is going to coach Real Madrid next season, and Gao Xiaodong may also go to Real Madrid with him.

Just before the final of the Italian Cup, "La Gazzetta dello Sport" reported that Moratti had offered a contract with an annual salary of 13 million euros for Jose, and "La Gazzetta dello Sport" immediately revealed that "madman" Jose is not willing to stay in the "Nerazzurri" any longer, and he is even willing to reduce his salary in order to take charge of the Bernabeu.

Although the news is still groundless, but the Rome media stressed that the pay cut, as if to escape from Inter Milan, which makes Inter Milan up and down are very angry.

Inter Milan Club Sports Manager Blanca held a press conference to appease the players and fans, "this is the old news that spread all over the world last year. Some reporters wrote so unconsciously for the sake of sales, which made us very angry. We are very satisfied with Jose, who is also very comfortable in Inter. If he is not in charge of inter next season, anyone will think that it is wrong It's unthinkable. "

Inter players have also come out to support Jose, they all believe that he will not leave them, will not give up a team that is likely to win the treble.

However, because Moratti and Jose did not speak, this makes the Inter fans still feel uneasy, do not know whether the news is true or false.

The opponent's strength is very strong, and it's the home game. Jose is also worried that it will cause military unrest. The day before the game, he finally said to the media and fans, "for a team like Real Madrid, any coach wants to coach, of course, I'm no exception, but it doesn't mean that I want to go to Real Madrid immediately. Maybe I will coach Real Madrid in the future, at least now I'm in Inter LAN is very happy and doesn't think about leaving inter for the moment. Now we should not put all our energy into these rumors. We are fighting for the first treble in the history of Serie A. I hope you will put all your energy into the Coppa Italia and take a solid second step in making history

He said that he may coach Real Madrid in the future. Now he is very happy at Inter Milan and does not think about leaving. The fans and players of Inter Milan are finally at ease. They no longer care about the news outside the stadium and focus on tomorrow's Coppa Italia final.