aspirations football

Chapter 43
After the winter break, Inter Milan's state was not very good after successive narrow wins over Siena and Parma in Serie A.

In the middle of this week, Inter Milan will face the challenge of Juventus in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.

This will be the second time the two sides have played against each other this season. In the last league match, Jingxuan suffered a lot and eventually left the field injured. He also missed the European Golden Boy Award due to injury.

Meeting this opponent again in the Coppa Italia this time, and playing at home, Jingxuan naturally worked hard and wanted to give Juventus a good look.

But things backfired, even though Jingxuan was already gearing up after the training the day before the competition,

But coach Mancini still informed him that he needs to sit on the bench for tomorrow's game.

"Coach, my physical fitness is completely fine, let me play!"

Jingxuan was unwilling, he had waited for a long time for the opportunity of revenge, and he would not be relieved if he did not perform a hat-trick this time.

"You need a hammer!"

Mancini taught Jingxuan a lesson in bad Chinese. He had been with Jingxuan for so long, and he learned this sentence without learning anything else.

Seeing that Jingxuan refused to let it go, Mancini suppressed his temper, patted him on the shoulder and said:

"You just watch from the sidelines, and when you are needed, I will send you on the court to give the opponent a fatal blow!"

After hearing this, Jingxuan left with satisfaction.In the evening, Wang Kai called again:
"Jingxuan, will you play as the starter or as a substitute tomorrow? You won't even make the 18-man roster, will you?"

"Of course it's a substitute!"

Jingxuan replied disdainfully.

"Well, originally your underwear sponsor was going to bribe Zanetti of Juventus, let him see the opportunity on the court to tear off your shorts,
Imagine that tens of thousands of people see the beautiful logo on your underwear, what a good advertisement! "

"Okay, bad enough idea! But why Zanetti?"

"Of course it's because you had a conflict in the last game."

"So the plan has changed now?"

"Yeah, there's a plan B.

If you come off the bench, sponsors expect you to pull off your shorts in public while waiting to get out on the sidelines, and pretend to re-adjust the height of your underwear.

In this way, underwear with a huge logo can be displayed in front of countless audiences on the spot and in front of the TV. "

"That's a good idea! Maybe it's not so disgusting?"

"No way, there are requirements in the terms of the contract. I didn't read it too carefully at the time. On some specific occasions, you need to unconditionally cooperate with the sponsor's publicity work."

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Jingxuan was speechless, hung up the phone, he suddenly didn't want to play the game.

BJ时间2008年1月24日凌晨4:00，也就是意大利当地时间23日晚，

The quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia that attracted much attention, Inter Milan's home game against Juventus began.

Since this game was played in the middle of the week, in order to prepare for the weekend league, both sides made a large-scale personnel adjustment in this game.

Of course, compared to Juventus' semi-main starting lineup, Inter Milan, which has a deeper lineup, only sent Cruz as a main player in this game.

The Juventus team mainly plays a 4-4-2 formation. The starting goalkeeper is No. 12 Berardi, and the defense line from left to right is No. 2 Bilindelli, No. 33 Lero Tallie, and No. 21 Grigera. No. 28 Molinaro.

In midfield, Nocerino No. 23 and Zanetti No. 6 lag behind, while Marchisio No. 32 and Palladino No. 20 are left and right.

No. 9 Iaquinta and No. 10 Del Piero formed the Juventus striker.

For Inter Milan, the veteran Toldo replaced Julio Cesar as the starting goalkeeper, and No. 16 Argentine Panacea Burdisso replaced Maicon as the starting right back.

Maxwell, Maicon's compatriot from Brazil and a friend of Ibrahimovic, will serve as the starting left back.

Inter Milan's central defender combination has adopted the unfamiliar combination of Rivas and Materazzi. I don't know what the effect will be today.

In midfield, Solari took the place of compatriot Cambiasso as a defensive midfielder, while No. 28 Maniche and No. 30 teenager Pele were separated from him.

Brazilian veteran Cesar Rodriguez is in the forward position of midfield.

Argentine striker Cruz, who has been in a very hot state recently, partnered with his compatriot Crespo to appear in the double center position of today's game.

At the beginning of the game, Jingxuan sat on the bench honestly, and Ibrahimovic didn't even make the 18-man squad for this game.

At this moment, Jingxuan's mind is not on the game at all. It takes a lot of courage to take off his shorts in front of tens of thousands of people. He is still struggling with himself.

The first half of the game began, and this game was also the first time that Zanetti challenged his old club at the San Siro.

Since Juventus has remained unbeaten against Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia since the 70s, it should be said that this game has a great psychological advantage.

In the 2nd minute of the game, Zanetti dribbled the ball past the Inter Milan teenager Pele, but unfortunately his low shot was destroyed by Burdisso and the Inter Milan fans booed.

In the 7th minute of the game, Iaquinta won a corner kick for Juventus, and Zanetti's long-range shot from the outside was blocked by Maxwell.

Zanetti showed a strong desire in this game, as if he wanted to prove himself in front of his old club.

Just as the Juventus team got the ball in the midfield and was about to attack again, Marchisio No. 32 suddenly fell to the ground without confrontation.

After the team doctor entered the field, it was confirmed that he had strained his thigh muscle.

This is the third time that Marchisio has been injured this season. Ranieri had no choice but to replace him with Trezeguet. Then Iaquinta retreated and replaced Marchisio as a right midfielder. .

Juventus's forced substitution adjustment was originally very beneficial to Inter Milan, but it was not as good as the sky, and Inter Milan quickly suffered a blow.

In the 9th minute of the game, Burdisso's foot slipped near the midfielder. Del Piero broke through from the right rib and Burdisso tackled him from behind. The referee Farina believed that Burdisso was the last defender, so he put He sent off with a red card!
Inter Milan can only fight with 10 people, but judging from the slow motion, Piero still has Rivas defending in front of him. The referee's penalty is a bit questionable.

Juventus took a free kick at the front of the penalty area, but Del Piero missed the free kick 25 meters in front of the goal.

Since then, Juventus, who have played with one more player, has turned away from the guest and has been suppressing Inter Milan in the half.

In the 18th minute of the game, Trezeguet's powerful header was resolved by Toldo.

In the 26th minute, Materazzi fouled Zanetti on the edge of the penalty area, and Iaquinta's free kick was bravely saved by Toldo.

For a while, the goalkeeper of Inter Milan became the most photographed person on the field. Looking at the situation on the field, Jingxuan thought that he was not far away from going on the field.

(End of this chapter)