In the bright Bayer Arena, Zheng Zhi quickly walked towards Schneider and gently hugged him into his arms. He was deeply sorry for this former teammate who had grown beyond his expectations, because it was not him and Leverkusen who entered the finals in the end.

Even if a professional player can enter the Champions League final once, it is already a very impressive achievement.

The cool breeze at night blew off Schneider's stubborn tears. He leaned against Zheng Zhi's shoulder and his sob gradually became calmer.

Men don’t cry easily, but they are not sad, and it is completely understandable to Schneider’s mood.

"There is still a chance in the future, and I will come back next year."

This is so erroneous, but can you say something else?

cannot.

The other former teammates had nothing, after all, Zheng Zhi led them to the finals and won the championship.

It would be fine if everyone wanted Zheng Zhi to be so greedy.

The one left to comfort me must be Klopp. As the coach, he led the team to the semi-finals for the first time, and was only a short distance from the final. The fucking thing was that he had obviously beaten 11 and finally lost 1:2. It is estimated that today's semi-final will leave a big shadow in Klopp's heart.

But Zheng Zhi walked all the way to the side of the court, but he didn't see how sad Klopp was? He waited on the sidelines for his disciples to walk off the court and comforted them one by one.

"Stop pretending, I know you're sad."

"In fact, it's a little more comfortable to cry than to pretend to be calm."

"I met us this time. If it were other teams, I think it was Leverkusen who advanced. You guys played really well this year."

Zheng Zhi's right hand pressed on Klopp's shoulder, like two friends who had forgotten their ages.

"Don't even lose the league championship. That would be a century-old shame. Never be the king of Sanya. It's really terrible!"

Before leaving, Zheng Zhi "intimidated" Klopp.

Klopp didn't understand it at that time. After knowing that Zheng Zhi left, he carefully savored Zheng Zhi's words, "King of Sanya?"

"We haven't reached the final of the Champions League, how come the saying of the King of Sanya..."

He didn't know that Zheng Zhi just recorded Leverkusen as the former Leverkusen...

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Zheng Zhi and Mourinho won, Inter Milan won. They entered the Champions League final for the second consecutive year.

The last time they did was Real Madrid, they won two runner-ups in a row, and maybe they can reach the final tomorrow night.

The last time was Juventus, who reached the finals for three consecutive years on 95/96,9697,97/98 and won the cup once. Going forward, that is the AC Milan era.

Therefore, it is a great honor for Inter Milan to reach the finals in a row. If they can win the championship, they can also be said to be the second Inter Milan era.

At the press conference, Mourinho became low-key, and he first praised his opponent.

"Leverkusen performed great. Although we were ultimately winners, their performance was commendable. They were also qualified to enter the finals. In fact, Inter Milan has been passive for most of the time, both before and after being sent off. Their attacks were quite strong, but they were relatively bad at first."

"Of course, this also further reflects our greatness. We did a pretty good job of defense and counterattacking. We firmly believe from beginning to end that we can win."

Although a reporter asked him which final opponent he prefers to meet.

As a result, Mourinho said: "I prefer to touch Barcelona, ​​but everyone knows that it is almost impossible for them to turn around. This year is the 100th anniversary of Real Madrid, and we definitely don't want to meet them."

Real Madrid can beat Barcelona 2:0 in the first leg. How can they give Barcelona a chance to turn things around when they return to home?

Mourinho has actually started thinking about how to deal with Real Madrid, although there are still more than twenty days left before the final.

"In this final, you only have one central defender left. What are you going to do?"

"I also want to know that my mind is still blank now, but it is certain that on the day of the game, everything will surface in Glasgow."

He really can't think so long. From the final, there are two Italian Cup finals and the last round of the league away against Lazio. These are two champions, and it's not the final of the Champions League.

Fortunately, his central defender was enough in these three games. Although it was just enough, he had long regretted putting Simici to AC Milan next door...

The second consecutive year of reaching the Champions League final also made the Italian media full of praise for Inter Milan.

I still remember that when I entered the quarterfinals, the Italian media was almost wailing because in the end, only Inter Milan was left to enter the quarterfinals.

But now Inter Milan has reached the finals, making the Italian media forgetful.

"Milan Sports" directly called Inter Milan the European overlord. Although the game was very difficult, Inter Milan still defeated Leverkusen away with one less player with his strong will and belief in winning. This means that Inter Milan's team is already an invincible army of kings. Ronaldo's invincible offense and Zheng Zhi's iron defense can make any opponent crazy.

The title of "Roman Sports" is "2:1 defeat of Leverkusen, Jose's Inter Milan will become the king of Europe again." "This is another duel full of courage. Leverkusen has tried all his strength, but this Inter Milan is unbeatable, they are the overlords of Europe."

"Turin Sports" - There is nothing to beat the European Footballer and the World Footballer, not to mention that they are at the same time in the best team. Now it's time for Juventus to think about how to deal with Inter Milan in two rounds. The only thing that makes Juventus feel relieved is that Leverkusen does not have a world-class striker, and Juventus has it!

"Republic" - Inter Milan continues to move towards the triple crown, and the next thing to stop them from copying their dreams is Juventus!

...

The next day, another match of the Champions League started in Madrid, Spain. Before that, Madrid was attacked by a bomb. The explosion occurred outside a building near the Bonabeu Stadium. A raging fire broke out on the scene. Madrid firefighters and first responders quickly arrived at the scene and sent the five injured to the hospital.

But this dangerous event did not stop the game from going on. Real Madrid took a 2-0 lead at Camp Nou in the first leg. When they returned to home, they played very conservatively. Although Barcelona was full of offensive throughout the game, they were unable to win a victory at the Bernabeu in the end.

Zheng Zhiqian's teammate Ronaldinho still started in this game, but because the core Rivaldo was absent, Barcelona still lacked a final word. Raul scored the first record, and then Barcelona relied on Real Madrid defender Elgra's own goal in the second half to tie Real Madrid. In the end, they failed to create a miracle and lost the game with a total score of 1:3.

In this way, the Champions League final actually repeated last year's scene. Real Madrid vs Inter Milan, but the final location was changed from San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy to Ebrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland...

Real Madrid has reached the final for three consecutive years, and Inter Milan has also reached the final twice. For Real Madrid in the century-old celebration, Inter Milan is definitely their biggest obstacle, of course, the same goes for the other way around...

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The Champions League opponent has come out, but Inter Milan has no time to pay attention to Real Madrid because they are about to go to Turin to challenge Juventus at the Alps.

Although the Italian Cup has gradually become a useless event, this year has become very important for both sides. Inter Milan does not want any championship to fall behind, and Juventus also needs a championship to comfort itself, so the useless event has become the hottest event.

At the press conference before the game, the head coaches of both sides were already verbal battles, and Lippi and Mourinho were arguing endlessly.

Lippi said that Inter Milan was lucky to reach the finals, and Juventus should have entered the finals.

Mourinho immediately responded and said that it was not Inter Milan or Leverkusen. It was Juventus who entered the Champions League final, but unfortunately Juventus himself was not successful...

In this game, Lippi also condemned the main players, goalkeeper Toldo; defenders Toram, Ferrara, Montero, Zambrota; midfielders Tacinati, Conte, Davis, Nedved, Pierro and Trezeguet.

With Inter Milan, Mourinho has made great adjustments, with goalkeeper Buffon; defenders Zanetti, Cordoba, Grosso, Grasco; midfielders Zheng Zhi, Farinos, Diviagio, Pirlo, Vieri, Adriano.

Ronaldo, who had a head injury in the middle of the week, didn't even make the roster and stayed directly in Milan City. Grosso was caught as a central defender in the middle test. Dalma rested in the midfield, and Vieri and Adriano got the starting chance.

Maybe it was because I was really too tired to fight in the middle of the week, Inter Milan felt a bit heavy, and opportunities basically appeared on Juventus' side.

In the 6th minute, French center Trezeguet was knocked down by Grosso, who should have hit the central defender in the penalty area. His partner Pierro took the penalty kick and hit it. Buffon was powerless and saved the game in the opposite direction. Juventus got a good start.

Only 2 minutes later, Zambrota, who assisted, almost succeeded in the header, but the Italian goalkeeper tried hard to save the baseline. Inter Milan's chance appeared in the 14th minute, but unfortunately Juventus goalkeeper Toldo also performed goalkeeping skills. He flew to save Zheng Zhi's shocking elevator ball 30 meters away. Zheng Zhi pulled out the elevator ball straight into a theoretical blind spot, but the tall and powerful Thordo suddenly touched the ball, and the ball eventually changed direction and hit the crossbar.

Sometimes, for the perverted door god, there may be no so-called dead ends.

Both sides did not have many opportunities in the first half, and in the second half, neither side made any adjustments. Shortly after the change of sides, Pirlo took the lead in the trouble. He suddenly shot a cold arrow on the left side of Juventus's penalty area, but he still could not break Tordo's ten fingers. Soon after, Juventus' Zambrota made another cross from the left, but the ball was pushed to the landing point by Trezeguet, expanding the score to 2:0.

Mourinho still wanted to win, and then replaced Farinos with Panucci, brought Sanetti to the midfield, and at the same time replaced Tony with the mediocre Vieri.

However, shortly after the substitution, Inter Milan almost lost points again, and Nedved's long shot hit the crossbar! The score almost turned 0:3.

Mourinho then continued to replace Dibiagio with Dalma. Inter Milan put more and more pressure on Juventus, continuously suppressing Juventus' attack in the backcourt.

In the 71st minute, Tordo made a rash attack, but Pirlo did not seize the opportunity. His shot was slightly higher than the crossbar. After that, Tony headed the ball again, but Tordo saved it bravely.

In the last 10 minutes, Juventus retreated and continued to leave most of the space to Inter Milan.

Zheng Zhi bombed with long shots continuously. In the 83rd minute, his elevator ball hit the lower right corner of the goal, but Toldo saved it bravely again.

Just as everyone thought Inter Milan's good luck had been exhausted, Zheng Zhi passed Conte, who came from the bench in the 87th minute, and then shot with his left foot from the left side of the penalty area! This time the ball was directly on the upper left corner of the goal! Tordo finally had no choice but to do anything.

The score was rewritten to 1:2.

Inter Milan retains hope and returns to home court, they can also make a comeback in Meacha.

However, in the eyes of many Italian and Spanish media, Inter Milan has reached the end of its strength.

"Turin Sports" believes that Juventus has a 70% chance to win the Italian Cup championship - physical fitness is Inter Milan's biggest problem, and its condition has quickly fallen to the bottom. Faced with such Inter Milan, Juventus should defeat them in one go, hit their confidence, and perhaps make them lose to Lazio in the last round of the league?

"Milan Sports" also reminded Inter Milan and Mourinho - Juventus will definitely attack wildly in this battle to suppress Inter Milan's morale. If this battle fails, Inter Milan may lose confidence in the league and the Champions League final.

Of course Mourinho saw these reports. Isn’t this news like this these two days? He happened to talk to his disciples at the team meeting.

He was used to standing up and wandering back and forth between the players and giving passionate speeches:

"The news media outside say that our physical fitness and condition have fallen to the bottom."

"I agree with them that continuous high-intensity combat makes us physically tired and our condition has also declined. We must deeply understand this."

"But they were wrong, they said our morale would be hit, we were at the end of our strength, we would accomplish nothing, lose the Italian Cup, lose the league championship, and even give it to Real Madrid?"

"This is the biggest joke I've lived for so many years!"

"Do you agree? Do you agree? Tell me loudly!"

Inter Milan players almost spoke in unison, and even Ronaldo, who was still bandaged with gauze, roared excitedly.

"Don't agree!"

"Don't agree!"

"They don't know that our goal is a six-champion,"

"No one has ever experienced the feeling of two consecutive Champions League titles,"

"Of course they don't know how big our appetite and how big our ambitions are!"
To be continued...