Chapter 550

After the end of the 16th round of the league, inter started the journey of the Coppa Italia.

The Coppa Italia is a knockout football match sponsored by the Italian Football Association. It started in 1922 and is the highest level Football Cup match in Italy.

Before last season, only Serie A and Serie B teams participated in the Coppa Italia. Last season, the FA Italia, similar to the FA England cup, allowed the teams with good performance in Serie C and Serie d to participate. However, the top eight teams in Serie A did not participate until the fifth round, that is, the eighth finals.

Inter didn't do well in the Coppa Italia. They won only five titles, behind Juve and Roma. Last season, they only played in the last four and were eliminated by Sampdoria.

This season Inter are strong and strong, so naturally, he hopes to get something in the Carling Cup and catch up with Mancini, who has been making a fool of himself after class.

In the face of the general strength of Livorno, Jose has discharged a set of semi main and semi substitute lineup, Gao Xiaodong has also been put on the bench.

Inter Milan's strength is the best among all, even if it is a general substitute, it is difficult for Livorno to resist. Finally, Inter Milan eliminated Livorno without any surprise and made it into the final eight of the Coppa Italia.

In the quarter final, Inter's opponent is old enemy Juve. The match will be held after the winter break. Inter have the advantage of home.

After the next day's recovery training, the players didn't leave. We went to the conference room with the coaches to watch the live broadcast of the draw of the eighth finals.

The principle of the draw is the same as before, that is, the first team in the group matches the second team in any other group, while the team in the same group and the Football Association starts the avoidance principle. In addition, the second team in the group will play host and guest in the 18 finals of the two rounds.

The first of the eight groups are Bordeaux, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Barcelona, Sevilla and Arsenal. Second in the group are Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, AC Milan, Porto, Lyon, Inter Milan, Stuttgart and Olympiacos.

For Inter, in the first eight groups, Barcelona and Fiorentina will definitely not be selected, and the remaining six are possible.

In terms of strength, the strongest are Chelsea, Manchester United and Real Madrid; the weakest are Bordeaux, Arsenal, Sevilla and Arsenal; in terms of strength, playing style and form, what inter want most is Bordeaux and Sevilla, or Arsenal, and what they don't want most is Manchester United and Chelsea.

Bordeaux and Sevilla are not weak, but the inside information of the Champions League is a little bit poor. What the team of Jose is most afraid of is playing the pseudo technical flow whose strength is a little weaker than him. What they are most afraid of are the teams like Manchester United and Chelsea which need muscle, skill and tenacity.

The first to be drawn out by UEFA Secretary General ivantino was Stuttgart, second in group G, and then his opponent was drawn out, Barcelona.

Although it has nothing to do with Inter, the players of Inter are still a little envious of Barcelona's good luck. Stankovic said: "it seems that Barcelona will be recommended to the final."

Eto'o said: "with strength, Barcelona can almost reach the final."

Materazzi said: "it's hard to say. It depends on the luck of the ball."

The second pair were drawn out by olympiax, the second in group H, and Bordeaux, the first in group A, which disappointed the inter players, because Bordeaux was drawn out, which means that they have a better chance of meeting the giants.

Inter were the third to be drawn out. At this time, everyone was nervous. The TV cameras also showed FIGO and Blanco, who went to the draw ceremony on behalf of Inter. These two people were serious and obviously nervous. Everyone knows that if you want to go further in the Champions League, you can't meet a strong team at the beginning.

However, to the great disappointment of the Inter Milan people, it was then Chelsea, the last opponent they wanted to meet.

The TV footage once again gave FIGO and Blanca, FIGO and Blanca looked at each other with a wry smile, a very helpless look. In the eighth final, they met Chelsea, who won the second place in the odds. It was a sign.

FIGO and Blanca smile bitterly. The camera shows Kenyon, the other side of the team. Kenyon is also very helpless. He has worked with Jose for more than three years and knows how difficult his team is.

When inter were drawn to play against Chelsea, the conference room was in a mess. Everyone was surprised, disappointed and even angry.

Before the match, Captain Zanetti told reporters that what he didn't want to meet was Chelsea. Now seeing that he really drew Chelsea, Zanetti was stunned. "It's too accurate. The more he didn't want to draw anyone, the more he picked someone."

Eto'o is also wry smile, said: "Captain why not guess Bordeaux, Sevilla ah."

Gao Xiaodong said: "I think it's a conspiracy. It's absolutely a conspiracy. It's a good thing that Chelsea play Inter, that Jose is back at Stamford Bridge and that Ancelotti plays inter again."

Quaresma agreed with Gao Xiaodong's point of view, "that's right, UEFA this is to attract attention, to pit us."Kambia cableway: "I had a premonition before that that I would play either against Chelsea or Manchester United. It was really against Chelsea."

After seeing Bayern draw Fiorentina, Real Madrid draw Lyon, the players of Inter Milan are even more upset. They think their luck is too bad, and they think it is suspected that it was designed by UEFA.

At this time, has been calm and speechless, Jose opened his mouth, "don't talk, read and talk."

When we saw that Jose was angry, we all shut up and quietly looked at the last two opponents in the eighth finals. Soon, the last two groups were finished. Arsenal played Porto and Manchester United played AC Milan.

At this time, the conference room is more chaotic, almost everyone agrees with Gao Xiaodong's point of view, the draw is tricky, it's just like a good arrangement, Real Madrid and Lyon two old enemies get together, Manchester United revenge AC Milan, David Beck goes home, Jose Mourinho goes back to Stamford Bridge to fight face, Ancelotti fight Inter Milan again, if it's not a good arrangement, it's too coincidental.

After enough discussion, he clapped and said, "talk hard, protest hard and see if UEFA can draw again."

Everyone listened and stopped talking. At this time, he said seriously: "I hope you will remember that the result of the draw can't be changed. No matter whether we want to see such a result or not, what we need to do now is not to complain, but to find a way to defeat the opponent. There is no complaint in my dictionary, only fighting."

"What do you want to talk about?" said Gao Xiaodong with a smile. "Our coach has been in charge of Chelsea for more than three years. This team is built by him. Whose strengths and weaknesses will be clearer than our coach."

"It's no use knowing, we all know the advantages and disadvantages of Messi and Ronaldo. We still can't watch the game," he said calmly

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "there are some effects."

He relaxed and said: "I have all the information about all the players in Chelsea. I'll ask coach Baresi to make a copy for you later. From today on, we will take it back and study it carefully. Our opponents are very strong. We have to do our best and prepare every detail, so that after two games, we can say with a clear conscience, We tried our best, and no matter what the result, we have no regrets. "