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Real Madrid came to Milan with a mournful attitude - after losing to Inter Milan at home, their chairman dismissed get off work, and now the vice-chairman is temporarily in charge of Real Madrid. They will wait until the end of the season to run for the chairman, and in that game

After the defeat, they also performed poorly in the three rounds of the league. Although they worked hard to defeat Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the Madrid derby, they lost to Mallorca, and then were tied by Valencia. They only got one goal in the three rounds.

With four points, Barcelona has already been separated from the nine-point gap. It seems that it has become a certainty to miss the league championship for three consecutive years...

However, Dick will not underestimate Real Madrid just because of this. The centipede will never die. A strong team like Real Madrid cannot be killed casually, so despite the obvious advantage, he still sent out a team in this game.

He lost all his main players - the knockout round is not the group stage. No matter how big the advantage is, you have to deal with it carefully. In the history of the Champions League knockout rounds, there is no shortage of people who achieved enough advantages in the first round but were overturned by the opponent because they failed to concentrate in the second round.

Examples are common.

It's just that the advantage they gained is indeed huge, and after concentrating their attention, they did not give Real Madrid too many opportunities. Although Inter Milan, which mainly focused on defense, was scored by Baptista with a header.

, but Sneijder's direct free kick also scored a goal for them. Inter Milan tied with Real Madrid at home and entered the quarterfinals of this Champions League!

Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus in Serie A, Barcelona and Villarreal in La Liga, Arsenal in the Premier League, Benfica in the Portuguese Super League, and Lyon in Ligue 1 make up the top eight of this Champions League.

In the knockout rounds that followed, Inter Milan had pretty good luck. They did not encounter the other two opponents in this league, nor did they encounter strong teams like Barcelona and Arsenal - Villarreal from La Liga.

Became their opponent in the quarter-finals.

After the draw came out, Inter Milan fans rejoiced. In their opinion, even Real Madrid, the second-placed player in La Liga, was easily defeated by them, let alone Villarreal - although Villarreal

Yal finished third in La Liga last season, but this season their performance in the league has been affected, and they are now only ranked seventh. Of course, this also coincides with their focus on the Champions League.

Relatedly, they surprisingly defeated Manchester United in the group stage, leaving the Red Devils at the bottom of the group. They failed to enter the knockout rounds for the first time since they failed to qualify in the 1994-95 season. In the knockout rounds, Villarreal

Yal struggled to draw 3-3 with their opponents in two rounds, and advanced to the quarter-finals with a 2-2 away draw. Compared with Inter Milan's performance, they were still much worse.

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Even if Inter Milan is at a disadvantage on the schedule by playing home games first and then away games, with our strength, what does this disadvantage mean? Just beat Villarreal at home! - International

Milan fans think so.

In the other three games, Juventus faced Arsenal, the only young team in the Premier League, and it was a close match. In the other two games, whether it was AC Milan vs. Lyon or Barcelona vs. Benfica, they had a great chance of winning - Inter Milan, AC Milan

And Barcelona only entered the quarter-finals after defeating strong teams in the quarter-finals. As compensation, they also encountered relatively weak opponents in the quarter-finals. This is also a feature of the Champions League, and Juventus

The opponents between Sri Lanka and Arsenal in the quarter-finals were relatively weak, and it was natural for them to encounter strong opponents in the quarter-finals.

The other two teams in the half zone where Inter Milan is located are Juventus and Arsenal. If they can pass Villarreal, then they will face the winner of Juventus and Arsenal——

Serie A is already looking forward to the situation where three teams will encircle Barcelona...

However, Dick is not so optimistic. He knows that the Inter Milan team in history was eliminated by Villarreal. It was also after playing against Villarreal that Inter Milan fell into a trap in the Champions League.

He started a league with excellent results, but started to feel weak as soon as he reached the knockout rounds of the Champions League, until the season of the Triple Crown - even though the Inter Milan he led was stronger than the one led by Mancini in history.

He has learned a lot, but facing such an opponent, one cannot take it lightly.

Villarreal is a dark horse. The characteristic of a dark horse is that it does not seem to be very famous, but it is quite powerful. Only in this way can it have the true qualities of a dark horse. This season is the best performance of Villarreal in history.

In the season of , they entered the semi-finals of the Champions League, but missed the opportunity to enter the final because Riquelme failed to score a penalty kick. Arsenal, who defeated them to enter the final, only lost to Barcelona, ​​which was a pity. If

No matter how lucky Villarreal is, they are fully capable of competing for the championship. Facing such a team is definitely not as easy as it seems.

It's just that the match against Villarreal is half a month later, and now Dick's attention is still on the league.

Over the weekend, Inter Milan ushered in the 30th round of the game. Their opponent was Lazio - Lazio's performance this season was average. The serious financial crisis forced them to continuously streamline their lineup and save money. Under such circumstances, the players

Their performance is naturally not particularly good. Now they are ranked ninth with 42 points, a full 28 points less than Inter Milan. They were always Inter Milan's nemesis before, and it seems that they can no longer become Inter Milan's

opponent.

However, in the first round of the match, due to Dick's suspension, Lazio drew with Inter Milan at home, giving Inter Milan their longest three consecutive draws this season. In this game, Inter Milan had already

I can't stand it anymore.

Because the game was played in midweek, Dick also made some fine-tuning in the league. Goalkeeper Cesar, defenders Maggio, Chiellini, Cannavaro and Zanetti, midfielders Zanetti, Yaya

Toure, Perrotta and Figo, the strike partner is Cruz and Toni.

Figo, who has performed well recently, continued his good form. He took the lead in scoring for Inter Milan with a free kick in the 37th minute. However, Lazio soon equalized the score with Rocchi, and after the start of the second half

, Dick began to make continuous substitutions. Cruz, who was not performing well, and Figo, who was in declining physical fitness, were replaced by Di Natale and Stankovic, while Tony showed his excellent form.

He scored his 26th goal of the season with a header in the penalty area, and substitute Di Natale locked the score at 3-1 in the 71st minute.

This victory allowed Inter Milan to continue to chase behind Juventus - Juventus defeated Livorno in this round and continued to lead Inter Milan by one point.

However, the most eye-catching thing about this game was Figo's goal - the reason is very simple. Figo's free kick was the 100th league goal scored by Inter Milan this season!

In the previous 29 games, Inter Milan has scored 99 goals. Although Inter Milan's number of goals has declined after the winter break, it still maintains an average of nearly three goals per game.

Goal scoring rate, after this game they have scored 102 goals, over 100 goals for two consecutive years!

There are still eight rounds of games left before the end of the league. Is it possible for Inter Milan to break Torino's record of 125 goals? You must know that when Turin set this record, they played 40 games in a season.

And Inter Milan only has 38 games!

Eight games, a gap of 23, that is to say, if Inter Milan can once again achieve an average goal rate of three goals per game in these eight games, it will be able to break the scoring record set by Turin!

"Being able to score such a number of goals for two consecutive years is obviously something to be proud of. It proves that our offense is starting to become even better... Breaking Turin's record? It's not certain yet, and we don't know either.

I will do things that affect the Champions League in order to barely break this record. For me, catching up with Juventus is the most important thing now."

Dick said at the press conference after the game, but many reporters also lamented that Inter Milan has now scored 73 points in the league. In a league with only 34 rounds, such points are enough to win

When it comes to the league championship, Inter Milan has scored so many points in only thirty rounds, but it is still only ranked second. Juventus's ability to grab points this season is indeed very fierce...

"The next round of the league will be a watershed. I am confident that I can win this league while maintaining more physical fitness. What about Juventus?" Dick continued to provoke Juventus.

This midweek is a rest period, and after the weekend's league games, Inter Milan and Juventus will both face Champions League matches. Juventus will obviously have a more difficult time against Arsenal. Dick dares to say this, but

It’s not aimless - and Juventus can’t refute it. Although Juventus’ opponents in this round are stronger than Inter Milan’s opponents, Inter Milan’s opponents in the last round were stronger than Juventus. Who let it?

Why did Juventus have such a difficult time facing Werder Bremen?

After a week's rest, Inter Milan and Juventus ushered in their respective opponents.

In this round, Inter Milan is away to challenge Parma, while Juventus is at home against Roma, which has been in very good form recently.

Seeing this matchup, you can understand why Dick was so confident and provocative. Roma is now ranked fifth, only one point behind Fiorentina, which is ranked fourth. They had previously beaten Inter Milan at home and could only win.

With the goal of maintaining a tie and the upcoming Champions League away game against Arsenal, Juventus can beat Roma and maintain its advantage even at home?

The results of this league round are very disappointing to Juventus fans.

Although Capello did not stay in this game and sent out all the main players, they still failed to win Roma at home. After Roma blocked Inter Milan, they also blocked Juventus, which was a touchstone.

style!

Inter Milan performed well against the tenth-ranked Parma. After conceding a goal first, they defeated them 3-1 with goals from Adriano, Cruz and Yaya Toure.

defeated the opponent, successfully surpassed Juventus by one point, and climbed to the first place in the standings!

"It is a wonderful thing to be at the top of the standings at this time. Our advantage is unshakable. In the next games, we will expand our lead even more." Dick said after the game.

said with a smile at the press conference.