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Section 4 Strength

The meeting on February 16, 1995 was regarded by the critics as the beginning of the Inter Milan club on the right track. After the meeting, Kenyon officially started his work, and the first thing he did was to integrate various departments under his command.

Kenyon first divided his subordinates into three departments. The first department was responsible for market operations and contact and communication between sponsors; the second department was responsible for the sales and development of all the club's products and souvenirs; the third department currently has only two people who are keeping their mystery to the outside world, which is actually responsible for the affairs of the new stadium and will be mainly responsible for the club's real estate management in the future.

While reforms were being carried out within the Inter Milan club, the team did not stop.

On February 21, Inter Milan defeated Brescia 1-0 at home in the 20th round of Serie A, and Juventus and Parma also defeated their respective opponents respectively.

Inter Milan challenged France's Lyon team away in the first leg of the League Cup on February 25. With the goals of Borgkamp and Wei'er, they defeated their opponents 2-0. It seems that Inter Milan has entered the semi-finals with one foot.

On February 28, Inter Milan defeated Fiorentina away in the 21st round of Serie A, while the leader Juventus was tied by Sampdoria away, while Parma defeated his opponent. In the end of this round, Juventus scored 46 points, Parma scored 45 points, Inter Milan scored 41 points, and the three teams ranked in the top 3.

On March 1, the second leg of the League Cup 1-point final was held at Inter Milan at home. Since Inter Milan will host Juventus in the league four days later, coach Wenger did not send Via and Costa in this game, but Inter Milan still defeated his opponent 1-0 with his strength that was superior to his opponent and successfully reached the semi-finals.

On March 2, there are 3 days left for Inter Milan vs. Juventus. After catching up some time ago, Inter Milan is only 5 points behind Juventus. If the opponent defeats the opponent in this round, the gap in points will be narrowed to 2 points. If the opponent loses to the opponent, the points will be widened to 8 points, and the situation of winning the championship will be very serious. Therefore, this game is particularly important for both teams this season. In addition, the game between the two teams has always been called the Italian derby, so the two teams started to fight each other before the game.

"Mr. Musco, what do you think of the game that will begin soon?" A female reporter asked at a regular press conference before the Inter Milan match.

"I am very confident about the game. I believe that my team will bring victory to our fans. But I still remember the game in the first half of the season. I don't want the situation that happened last time in this game. I think there will be countless fans around the world watching this game in 3 days. I don't want anything to damage our Italian football image." Xiao Hua's words are actually hinting that the main problem in the game with Juventus is the referee.

"Mr. Musco, does your words express distrust of the referee?"

"Miss reporter, I didn't say that. I think the Italian Football Association and tomorrow's referees will definitely be very fair. We are all watching!" Xiao Hua came up with the old accounts at the press conference, which was actually to put pressure on tomorrow's referees. The reporters wrote these to the newspapers, and the referees would definitely have concerns when they saw them. At the same time, fans would also create greater pressure on the referees in the game because of these reports. These are the effects Xiao Hua needed.

"Inter Milan Expresses Confidence in Beating the Opponent, and Concerned for Tomorrow's Referee" reporters reported on Inter Milan's press conference with such a title, which also stated that Chairman Musco once again suggested that the issue of losing to the opponent in the last game was the referee.

Xiao Hua's speech made Juventus seem very passive. Moji said angrily in an interview, "Masco's speech made us very dissatisfied. He was obviously misleading the referee and the public. His words will put a lot of pressure on the referee. I am protesting here. I hope the Football Association can come forward to stop him from continuing to make these remarks. At the same time, what I want to say about the first game of this year is that we won by strength, and afterwards, the Football Association's referee committee also stated that the penalty kick at that time was not a misjudgment, so I asked Musco to stop his irresponsible remarks immediately." After saying that, Moji's expression seemed very angry.

The two teams ushered in the start of the March 5 game in the battle between the two teams' officials.

Milan's Meacha Stadium was full, and the blue and black filled the entire stadium! Xiao Hua's remarks before the game were effective at this time. The home fans made a huge banner with the words "We need fairness".

The referees who led the players of the two teams into the court also glanced at the banner intentionally or unintentionally. At this time, the pressure in their hearts was probably huge. It was originally a key game, and when they encountered such a thing, the referees probably complained.

The referee's whistle may determine that the championship game of this season will begin. After the opening, both teams were very cautious. The two teams started an active fight in the midfield. 20 minutes passed, and neither team could control the midfield. The game was too intense but not enough, but this was also the usual style of the important game.

In the 21st minute, Juventus midfielder Deschamps intercepted the ball and left the ball at Costa's feet. Deschamps, who took the ball, observed it. Since Inter Milan counterattacked just now, the formation was pressed a little higher. Deschamps decisively passed the ball straight to the back of Inter Milan's defense. The bald head Viali, who was ambushing in front, quickly started to get the ball before Inter Milan defender, formed a single-shot situation.

Moji, beside Xiao Hua, stood up excitedly. He seemed to see the dawn of victory, and the championship trophy was also waving to him.

Offside! The linebacker's flag was raised in time, and the ball was an offside! The Juventus players were dissatisfied and ran over to surround the referee. Viali shouted at the referee angrily.

Yellow card! The referee showed Viali the first yellow card of the game without mercy. Inter Milan fans in the stands reported the referee's penalty with the warmest applause!

Xiao Hua was secretly happy. It seemed that the psychological battle he had had before the game still played a role. Mo Ji, beside Xiao Hua, sat down depressedly, cursed at the stadium with a little anger: "Does the referee today have no eyes? How could this ball be offside? I have to complain to him after the game! I must complain to him!"

The game continued, and the Juventus players were obviously dissatisfied with the penalty just now. They moved more and more on the court. Within 10 minutes, the referee showed three yellow cards in a row. Coach Lippi was also anxious to make gestures to ask the players to calm down.

Juventus is worthy of being the champion team. After a period of inattention, he slowly returned to his calmness. Relying on his strength higher than his opponent, he slowly gained the advantage on the court. Lippi also sat back on the coach's seat with satisfaction.

Xiao Hua sat in the stands and watched the situation on the court. He had to admit that Juventus currently has the strength to be a champion, and there is still a certain gap between his team and his opponent.

In the 40th minute of the first half, Juventus launched an offensive. Pierro took the ball in the frontcourt and used his skills to pass Dibiagio and continued to dribble the ball towards Inter Milan's penalty area.

Cannavaro came up from the right back position, and Piero was very clever to send it to the left, leaving Inter Milan, who left Cannavaro, and was wide on the right.

Yugovic got the ball, took a few steps forward, and looked into the penalty area. In the penalty area, Viali and Ravanelli, one bald and the other white, had Inter defenders defending each other closely.

"Here!" Pierro's shout reached Yugovic's ear. Pierro, who was inserted from behind, was quickly inserted into the left side of Inter Milan's penalty area, and he pulled two positions behind him.

Yugovic decisively raised a half-high ball. Pierro did not wait for the ball to land. Without anyone to guard the ball on the left side of the penalty area, he flew a scissors in the air and bounced his right instep. The ball flew straight to the upper right corner of the Inter goal.

Although Paliuca made a save hard, the ball was too sudden and the angle was too striking, and the Italian goal could only declare it too long.

Excited Pierro ran to the sidelines and gave a warm hug with head coach Lippi. At such a goal, Xiao Hua could only shake his head helplessly in the stands.

Inter Milan temporarily trailed 0:1 at the end of the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, neither side made a substitution. Inter Milan, one goal behind, launched a large-scale attack. In the first 20 minutes, Juventus was in a panic. However, with the opponent's excellent goalkeeper Peruzi's high-received low block, Inter Milan's offense was resolved one by one.

After surviving the difficult period of the first 20 minutes, Juventus' experienced team slowly recovered its vitality and played its own tactics step by step.

Time came to 45 minutes in the second half. Amid the deafening shouts of the fans of the audience, Inter Milan launched the final attack.

"Costa got the ball in the midfield, let's see how Inter Milan's brain will organize this attack. At present, the entire Juventus team has retreated to the backcourt, and they have seen the dawn of victory!" The commentator focused on the last attack in the field.

"At present, there are people near Juventus' penalty area, and Costa's advantage of passing the ball seems to be difficult to play! He is still observing the ball now, so we can't blame him. Indeed, the players near him are staring at him tightly, and there is basically no route to pass the ball. Verjowood came up and rushed towards Costa. He wanted to break the ball directly, and he hoped to kill Inter Milan's last glimmer of hope!" The commentator shouted excitedly.

"Costa is a beautiful man. He swam past Verjowood! Now there is an open block in front of Costa, and he should be able to shoot directly. Costa made a shot with a foot, let's see if this ball will save Inter Milan!"

The ball was very powerful and headed straight for Juventus's goal! The eyes of the audience were attracted by the ball, and the players stopped their respective movements and their eyes moved with the ball's flight route.

Perujiteng rose up, and Palika opposite him was the main force of the national team, and he was a substitute. Today's game was also a battle between the two of them.

The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal, and it seemed that the goalkeeper was unlikely to save the ball, and Costa was ready to celebrate the goal!

Peruji, who was a little fat, used all his energy and finally hit a little ball, but the movement route of the ball was slightly changed.

"Bang! A huge sound made the audience scream, and the ball popped out! Costa squatted on the field with his head in pain, Peruzi shouted like a hero who scored the goal, and his teammates surrounded him and congratulated him excitedly.

"Peruji saved Juventus. His save this time was so beautiful. This beautiful save also wiped out the last glimmer of hope for Inter Milan! The referee's whistle sounded, and the game was over!" The commentator gave his last commentary on the game.

"Masco, strength determines everything on the football field!" Moji stood up and said to Xiao Hua with a little smugness.

"Indeed, the strength on the football field is the final say. We will continue to compete next year!" Xiao Hua shook hands with Moji politely.

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