In the TIM Triangle match, Inter Milan defeated Juventus and AC Milan successively, and dominated the event for three consecutive years. This is undoubtedly a good sign for the ambitious Inter Milan.

Italian main goalkeeper Buffon said after the game: "This is an excellent start to our team in the new season. Juventus and AC Milan will always be our strongest opponents. We showed our good form and we are as strong as last season!"

Young player Robben also got the opportunity to show off in front of the media: "I didn't expect to start. In the warm-up match, I did perform well, but I still didn't expect the top showdown like today. When the boss told me that I would start, I was like a dream. We played very well and very ideally. Against AC Milan, we were passive in the beginning, and AC Milan gave us a lot of pressure. Their attack squeezed us and was very efficient, but we finally attacked them with counterattacks."

Little Ronaldo was also very excited: "I never dreamed that it would be so dreamy. I even scored a goal. This was a wonderful start. Everyone was talking about the penalty kick, but I want to say that Maldini did touch me, and there was no problem with me falling."

Although it is a slight contact...

Zheng Zhize was interviewed by Inter Milan. He commented on three new players: "We performed well in today's encounter, showing the good form of our players on the court. I have noticed that the team is improving, which makes us lit up our eyes and see hope before the new season. Today, Cambiaso's performance is very ideal and has become a very important part of the team. In addition, Robben and Ronaldo's performance is also good. Their running and controlling passes are good, but they still need to improve their ability to seize opportunities. They are still young and the progress can be huge. Winning before the start of the season brings us great hope."

"I feel good, the whole team is growing, and it is very important to be able to compete with teams like Juventus and AC Milan and win. It also proves that we are very prepared before the season."

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However, AC Milan, who lost the game, was not convinced.

Head coach Ancelotti said: "We performed well in both matches, which shows that we are in good shape at this stage. We have created several goals in the game. Combining the performance of the two games, I feel satisfied."

"In the game against Inter Milan, our offensive was very fierce. Pirlo became the brightest star in the team, creating scoring opportunities for the forwards many times. It was the team that took the absolute initiative in the scene at the beginning, which led to the formation being pressed up in the later game, neglecting the defensive counterattack that Inter Milan is good at and eventually losing. We were a little naive, so we paid the price."

"I adjusted the lineup to make them balance. I am very sure of the characteristics of the players, so the game should be controlled well. But the penalty was too controversial. I don't think it was a penalty kick. Maldini's movements were very clean. I don't know if that Portuguese guy tripped over the grass?"

Milan midfielder Rui Costa said: "If the game was 90 minutes, I think we would win in the end because we played very well. But we were indeed disrupted by two little monsters. There were two little guys in their team who didn't play according to common sense. To be honest, except for that controversial penalty, my fellow villager still played great."

Rui Costa couldn't help but praise Little Ronaldo. From now on, he has met Little Ronaldo. After all, he and Figo have reached the end of their careers. Portugal needs new players and new leaders. From the perspective of the country, he certainly hopes that new players will stand up.

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On this day, UEFA announced the list of best candidates for 2002. Inter Milan's Zheng Zhi, Ronaldo and Manchester United's Dutch scorer Van Nisstrui will compete for the award of "Best Player in Europe".

This year's European Football Best of the Year will be produced at a party in Monaco on August 29, before the first round of the UEFA Champions League draw.

Ronaldo and Van Nie will also compete for the honor of "Forward of the Year" with Frenchman Trezege.

Other bests include: Best goalkeeper, Best defender, Best midfielder, Best coach. The selection will be based on their performance in the European arena in the 2001-2002 season.

The following is the list of candidates for each award:

Best Players: Van Nistelrooy (Manchester United/Netherlands), Zheng Zhi (Inter Milan/China), Ronaldo (Inter Milan/Brazil)

Best goalkeepers: Buffon (Inter Milan/Italy), Dudek (Liverpool/Poland), Kahn (Bayern/Germany)

Best defenders: Cafo (Roma/Brazil), Hypia (Liverpool/Finland), Robert Carlos (Real Madrid/Brazil)

Best midfielder: Barack (Leverkusen/Germany), Zheng Zhi (Inter Milan/China), Vieira (Arsenal/France)

Best striker: Ronaldo (Inter Milan/Brazil), Trezege (Juventus/France), Van Nisstrui (Manchester United/Netherlands)

Best coaches: Mourinho (Inter Milan/Portugal), Ferguson (Manchester United/Scotland), Bosque (Real Madrid/Spain)

However, shortly after the list was announced, there was a huge shock in Inter Milan. Ronaldo finally confirmed to join Real Madrid and no longer belonged to Inter Milan players.

Real Madrid and Inter Milan have officially confirmed that Ronaldo will go to Madrid. In this way, Ronaldo's transfer, which lasted more than a month, finally came to a successful end.

In order to get Ronaldo, Real Madrid will pay Inter Milan a transfer fee of £55 million.

Zheng Zhi received a message from Ronaldo at the first time. In fact, he knew that Ronaldo was leaving Inter Milan a month ago, but the negotiations continued until now.

Now, it's time to say goodbye.

Originally, Morati found a replacement for Ronaldo early in order to prevent Ronaldo from leaving, that is, Argentinian Crespo. However, in the end, Robben and Ronaldo changed their plans and did not introduce Crespo. Now Inter Milan's striker only has four forwards, Vieri, Recoba, Adriano and Tony, almost even Tony was rented out.

The new season is about to begin, and Inter Milan's jersey number has also been implemented in the new season. Zheng Zhi continued to play in the No. 10 jersey, Vieri got the No. 9 jersey again, and Adriano continued to wear No. 18.

Surprisingly, Mourinho assigned No. 11 to Robben and No. 7 to Robben.

Of course, in Inter Milan, the 9th and 10th are even more desirable.

"Ronaldo, No. 7 is a great number. Many people can wear No. 7, but there are not many people who can leave a reputation in football. Don't be a mediocre No. 7, you should regard No. 7 as the mark of your football life."

After learning that Ronaldo got Inter Milan's No. 7 jersey, Zheng Zhi inspired Ronaldo.

At this time, Ronaldo actually admires No. 10 more, such as Real Madrid's No. 10 Figo and Inter Milan's No. 10 Zheng Zhi.

In this era, the world of No. 10 is still the world. Although No. 7 is also very famous, such as Real Madrid's No. 7 Raul and Manchester's No. 7 Beckham. But compared with No. 10, it is far from that.

"I want to wear No. 10." In front of Zheng Zhi, Xiao Xiao Luo did not hide his greed and desire for No. 10.

"No, you are the No. 7 player." Zheng Zhi smiled, "There is already Maradona on the 10th, and he is surpassed by me. What you have to do is to become the best No. 7 in the world. Just like with me in the middle, you must be on the side. You are the king of the side. I also need you to become the king on the side. When I leave, if you still want to wear No. 10, then I can't stop you."

"Next week, it's the first official game, don't let me down."

"And that guy, hey, Alger, you both have to show off your beautiful performance. In fact, the boss handed you these two important numbers now, and the meaning is already very obvious. Don't play the worst numbers of No. 7 and No. 11 in the team history!"

The worst data in team history!

Robben and Ronaldo could not agree.

Next week, Inter Milan faces its first battle, which is the European Super Cup, with its opponent being the last League Cup champion Feyenoord.

Since the issue of Serie A this season's TV broadcast share has not been solved, this year's Serie A was postponed to September 15, and the Italian Super Cup was also postponed. Therefore, Inter Milan's first game became the European Super Cup that started in Monaco, with the opponent being the League Cup champion Feyenoord.

However, before that, the European Champions League draw ceremony was first held in Monaco. Inter Milan, as the defending champion, must be a seed team.

Inter Milan's first team arrived in Monaco at noon that day, and then at 4 pm Mourinho represented the club in the draw ceremony.

The 32 teams participating in the draw include defending champion Inter Milan, 15 teams that directly qualified for the group stage and 16 teams that advanced through the qualifiers.

According to the club points of UEFA, these teams are divided into 4 levels, Inter Milan and the top 7 points are ranked as seeds, and the next 8 teams are ranked second, and so on.

During the draw, one team will be drawn from each level to form a group, with a total of 8 groups. The condition is to ensure that the teams in the same league will not be in the same group, and their game dates and home and away games will be staggered as much as possible to watch and broadcast.

For Mourinho, it doesn't matter who draws anyone. Anyway, his goal with Inter Milan is to defend the Champions League champion and create a great miracle of three consecutive championships. His mind is more focused on the European Super Cup at 8:45 tonight.

As a result, Inter Milan was put into Group D.

The same group included Lyon from France, Ajax from the Netherlands, and Rosenberg from Norway. It can be said that he got another draw, so it was not a big problem to advance.

Bayern, AC Milan, and La Coruña were assigned to the death group. Roma coach Capello faced his old club Real Madrid for the second consecutive year. Manchester United met his nemesis Leverkusen who eliminated himself last season. Juventus and Barcelona also drew good draws, but did not meet the second-level team from the four major leagues.

The grouping of other groups is:

Group A: Arsenal (England), Dortmund (Germany), Eindhoven (Netherlands), Auxerre (France).

Group B: Valencia (Spain), Liverpool (England), Sparta Moscow (Russia), Basel (Switzerland).

Group C: Real Madrid (Spain), Rome (Italy), Athens AEK (Greece), Genk (Belgium).

Group E: Juventus (Italy), Feyenoord (Netherlands), Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine), Newcastle (England).

Group F: Manchester United (England), Leverkusen (Germany), Olympiacos (Greece), Maccabi Haifa (Israel).

Group G: Bayern Munich (Germany), La Coruna (Spain), AC Milan (Italy), Lens (France).

Group H: Barcelona (Spain), Galatasaray (Türkiye), Moscow Locomotive (Russia), Bruges (Belgium).

After the lottery results came out, the British William Hill Gambling Company immediately issued the odds of winning the final championship for the 32nd.

The defending champion Inter Milan is not the team with the highest odds to win the championship, but the runner-up Real Madrid. They rank first with the probability of losing 2 in 9, with Inter Milan following closely, followed by Manchester United and Barcelona.

The specific odds of each team are as follows:

Real Madrid: 9-2. This has been the case for three consecutive years, but they both ended up being runner-up.

Inter Milan: 5-1. Inter Milan has never been the first, but they have won the championship twice.

Manchester United and Barcelona: 8-1, these two teams are the favorites to enter the semi-finals recently.

Arsenal, Bayern, Juventus: 10-1

AC Milan's position is even further away, 20:1. Although their lineup seems to be very strong, they have not experienced the actual Champions League battle, so the odds are terrible...

However, in the upcoming European Super Cup final, Inter Milan was favored. William Hill directly opened Inter Milan's data to give two goals, and was not optimistic about Feyenoord at all.

The Champions League overlords and the League Cup overlords are still at different levels, and it is too difficult for Feyenoord to win.

This game is the experimental field of UEFA's "new golden ball system": if one side scores a goal in the first half of overtime and does not implement "sudden death", the first half will continue to be played; and if the first half of overtime is a draw, the second half will continue. In other words, the overtime is either 15 minutes or 30 minutes, and the side behind will at least have a chance to turn the tables.

However, who would believe that the game will enter overtime? Everyone believes that this will be a battle that ends in 90 minutes, rather than any overtime. UEFA's experimental field seems to be in a daze...
Chapter completed!