Chapter 570 Born Extraordinary
As May enters, the European Professional League has come to an end.
But Inter Milan's schedule is more intensive than ever.
After playing the Champions League semi-finals, the Nerazzurri had to continue to deal with the one-week match in the Serie A League, and they also had to play two Italian Cup finals in the middle of the week, away and home against Roma.
The Champions League final was scheduled on May 23, just between the 37th and 38th rounds of Serie A.
The Serie A championship was early, and Gao Han began to increase efforts to promote young players in the league. Players such as Bonucci, Hamsik, Marchisio, Pandev almost every game, which allows the main players to cope with the Champions League and the Italian Cup with better physical fitness.
After defeating Liverpool at home and defeating Messina in the weekend's league, Inter Milan headed south to Rome.
In the first leg of the Italian Cup final, Roma successfully frozen Inter Milan's offense in the first half, but at the beginning of the second half, the Nerazzurri took the lead 2-0 with goals from Adriano and Ibrahimovic in the 50th and 56th minutes.
But in the 71st minute, Cordoba did not have much necessary foul at a time and was sent off by the referee's red card.
Afterwards, Roma launched a counterattack, and Perotta equalized the score in the 81st minute.
But perhaps for the sake of finding balance, when the referee made a slip foul on Cristiano Ronaldo before the game was about to end, the referee decisively showed the red card because Panucci's move was too big.
Both sides each hit fifty boards, and the referee's law enforcement is considered to be fair.
After defeating Lazio four-to-one at home on the weekend, Inter Milan returned to home to usher in the second leg.
Sitting at the Meazza Stadium, Inter Milan launched a lightning attack from the beginning, and in the eleventh minute, Perron took the lead in breaking the goal of Roma.
Afterwards, the Nerazzurri attacked like a tide, and Ibrahimovic and Adriano scored two goals in the 17th and 19th minutes respectively, achieving a three-to-zero lead early.
But what really made Roma collapse was the second half. Just at the beginning, Figo scored two goals in the 45th and 49th minute, helping Inter Milan further expand the score to 5-0.
Roma was defeated, while Inter Milan had a rainbow of morale. As one went up and down, Peron and Evra scored goals one after another, further rewriting the score to 7-0. Roma only scored a goal before the end of the game.
The final score was 7 to 1.
Inter Milan won the Italian Cup with a total score of 9-2!
This is also the second heavyweight championship trophy that Inter Milan won after the Serie A championship.
At this point, fans around the world turned to the Greek Olympic Stadium a week later.
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"Hey, hello, who can I ask?"
The next morning, on the way to the Pinetina training base on Lake Como, Gao Han received a call and pressed his headphones to answer.
"Gao Han, it's me." The voice of club chairman Fachetti came from the headphones.
"Oh, Jia Qinto, it's you, why is it so early?" Gao Han asked with a smile.
He laughed twice on the phone, "I want to discuss something with you. Have you arrived in Pinetina?"
Gao Han looked around and said, "Here in ten minutes."
He travels through this road almost every day, and his time estimates are quite accurate.
"Okay, let's go straight to Pinetina to wait for you."
"Yeah, OK, see you later."
After hanging up the phone, Gao Han couldn't help but wonder what was going on?
But as the club's head coach, he also knows that there are too many things to do in managing a professional club, especially now that the Champions League final is about to be finalized, the club management has to negotiate with him.
As for what is going on, you will know then.
Gao Han suppressed the curiosity in his heart, concentrated on driving, and arrived at the Pinetina training base on time eight minutes later.
"Good morning, Mr. Gao Han." The security guard on duty at the door greeted enthusiastically and opened the door.
Gao Han nodded politely, "Good morning."
"The two gentlemen, Fachetti and Blanca, have arrived, and they should be waiting for you in the office."
"Okay, thank you." Gao Han thanked, but he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, it came so quickly.
I guess when they called, they were already at the Pinetina training base.
After parking the car, carrying the things, Gao Han went straight to the training building.
As soon as I approached, I heard the familiar sound of kicking football coming from the direction of the training ground.
This immediately slowed Gao Han's originally rapid pace a little, especially when he walked to the training building and stopped to watch.
On the training ground, Cristiano Ronaldo still came to the team early and practiced free kicks by himself. Judging from the scattered ball in the half, he must have been here for a while.
Free kicks are a skill that makes perfect. Free kicks require the free kicks to continue training every day. However, since free kicks are generally not included in the usual training events, they can only rely on the free kicks to practice themselves, which requires free kicks to be self-disciplined.
Therefore, generally speaking, players who do good free kicks usually have better self-discipline.
Cristiano Ronaldoga has been practicing free kicks for a long time, but there are many free kick experts in Inter Milan. Peron, Figo, Adriano and Recoba are all good players in this regard, so the Portuguese have not received many free throw opportunities for a long time.
Judging from the efficiency of free throws over the past period of time, it still needs to be strengthened.
At least, this kid has not scored a direct free kick so far.
However, it can be seen that he is very determined, so he has been working hard and never stopped.
But Gao Han saw more from the expressions on the Portuguese faces.
In the past two years, Cristiano Ronaldo has always been one of the most stable scorers in Inter Milan, which has also made the Portuguese tied with Kaka and Messi as one of the three most promising superstars of the new generation at a young age.
But since the Champions League quarterfinals knockout, his condition has fluctuated. Whether it is playing Liverpool in two rounds in the semi-finals or Roma in two rounds in the Italian Cup final, he has not been able to score for the team.
Needless to say, the two rounds of the game against Liverpool were frozen by Aveloa in the first leg and by Finnan in the second leg. Cristiano Ronaldo was criticized by fans and the media after the game.
In the Italian Cup final, his situation became even more embarrassing, especially in the home game where Roma was slaughtered by 7-1. Among the seven goals, none of them were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, and there was not even an assist.
This further pushed the Portuguese to the forefront.
The more famous you are, the more attention you receive, the more uncomfortable the controversy you will be.
With the media reports that the ground was dug, Cristiano Ronaldo's love life was also dug out. Many people began to suspect that his sluggish state was related to his frequent changes of girlfriends, so many people began to criticize him.
Gao Han also came forward to defend him many times, but it was difficult to stop the rumors from the outside world.
But Gao Han is very sure that Cristiano Ronaldo's condition is not bad.
Playing with Liverpool, Aveloa's red card, Finnan almost tortured to death by him. Playing with Roma and Panucci also had a red card, which led to the massacre in Inter Milan in the second leg.
It can be said that Cristiano Ronaldo's performance is not too bad, but he has become the opponent's focus on defense in the game, so his performance will naturally not be too good. After all, the opponent is not a fuel-saving lamp.
But it is precisely because of this that Ibrahimovic and Adriano are under less defensive pressure.
As a head coach, Gao Han will not ignore Cristiano Ronaldo's contributions like fans and the media.
"Hey, Cristiano." Gao Han walked over and shouted through the barbed wire.
On the training ground, Cristiano Ronaldo happened to take a high-quality free kick, but suddenly hit the crossbar and bounced back, looking very depressed.
Hearing Gao Han's shout, the Portuguese immediately looked over and waved to greet him, "Boss, you are here."
"It's almost time, let's take a break." Gao Han suggested.
Cristiano Ronaldo smiled, "It's still twenty."
I guess he arranged a fixed amount for himself every day, and he would not stop until he reached this amount.
"Okay, remember to clean up the venue later, we will train here this morning."
"I understand." The Portuguese nodded.
"Oh, by the way, there's also." Gao Han suddenly remembered, "You can rest for the weekend match."
The Portuguese was stunned for a moment and did not come back to their senses.
"Retain your energy, I look forward to your performance in the mid-week Champions League final."
Cristiano Ronaldo stared at Gao Han with his eyes tightly, not knowing what he should say.
He understood Gao Han's meaning and also knew that the head coach trusted him with heart-to-heart.
Not to mention being an outsider, even himself is not very satisfied with his recent condition.
Psychological expert Dr. Steve Peters told him that this is caused by his overly impatient mentality. It is normal for players to fluctuate in their condition and should not put too much psychological pressure on themselves.
However, he still felt anxious.
"Boss, I..."
Gao Han didn't let him continue and directly interrupted him, "No need to say some things, your task is to prepare well, that is the Champions League final. The last time you failed to be the protagonist, I hope you can get what you want this time."
Cristiano Ronaldo nodded heavily.
He has been waiting for this day for four years.
He never forgot the scene when he followed Atletico Madrid to the Champions League championship.
He also told himself countless times in his heart that he must work hard to step on the throne of the championship again.
Moreover, you must be the protagonist yourself.
Watching head coach Gao Han turn and leave, Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly felt a little slow in his eyes. I don’t know if he was sweating, but he actually wanted to cry.
Gao Han understood him, and he was willing to die for Gao Han.
But he quickly turned around and continued his free kick training.
There are twenty more, and he must complete them before everyone arrives and clean up the venue.
When the sound of kicking football came again on the training ground, Gao Han had already gone up to the second floor.
When he saw Cristiano Ronaldo start training again, he smiled slightly. He never doubted the Portuguese's determination and fighting spirit. As he firmly believed, with Cristiano Ronaldo's talent and his persistent efforts, the Portuguese was destined to be a loser.
He will definitely become a world-renowned superstar, Gao Han thought with great confidence.
Chapter completed!