green shooter

Chapter 150
At the press conference after the game, Mourinho was still able to calmly deal with the sharp questions of the reporters.

"This is football," Mourinho said. "If Balotelli had scored that goal late in the first half, we would have been 2-0 up in the first half. For example, Arsenal beat Porto 4-0. Everyone thought Arsenal played a good game, but in fact Porto had a chance to lead 30-3 in the first 0 minutes."

Then he repeated, "This is football."

"We had some stages today where the boys played well and maybe in the last 10 minutes Werder Bremen realized they could take a better result from the San Siro, but we played better in the first 30 minutes and our problem was that we didn't take all the chances ahead."

"They scored goals, but we were not afraid to take risks. This result is acceptable. We have to think about our main goal. We will advance to the last 16 without a doubt. Next we will play Anorthosis, and our qualifying situation is still very good."

Even when asked whether he underestimated the enemy and whether he should bring Zhu Hantao, Mourinho remained calm and composed, "As I said before, Zhu Hantao is a very good striker, but he is still young. We let him rest for the sake of protecting him. And I believe that among my other players, Zhu Hantao is not the only one who can score goals for the team.

The team is now fighting on multiple fronts. There will always be some players playing these games and others playing those games. A reasonable rotation can keep us competitive for a long time and reduce the occurrence of injuries. "

Having said that, it is hard to say how the reporters will write and arrange Mourinho when they go back.

After this classic Mourinho-style draw, the outside world will inevitably have some discussions about Inter Milan's madman.

Some media even directly ridiculed Mourinho for not being worthy of the name, only ugly defense, and relying on the personal ability of offensive players to score. Once the forward misfires, Mourinho has no way to deal with it.

The previous victories were also won by Zhu Hantao's outstanding performance. If it weren't for Zhu Hantao's current record, Inter Milan would definitely be in a mess. It would be good for Inter Milan if Mourinho dismissed get out of class as soon as possible.

Seeing such remarks, Zhu Hantao broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't want to have a conflict with the head coach for no reason and then there was no game.

"Boss, I don't know why there are those reports, but I sincerely believe that you will definitely lead us to victory and glory. Don't pay attention to the stupid remarks of those unscrupulous reporters." Zhu Hantao said while watching the expression of the head coach carefully. He should not be angry, as far as I know him, he should not be.

Mourinho looked at Zhu Hantao in front of him in bewilderment, "Hahahaha, you boy," then laughed, "Do you think I will be influenced by those idiots? How is it possible? I have been dealing with the media for so many years, and I still don't know what virtue they are?"

"Oh, that's good, then I'll go back to training first."

"Zhu, don't go. When I finish speaking, reporters from all countries are the same. They are good at sensationalism, alarmist talk, out of context, and making up things. It's like this time it's just a draw. It's like the sky is falling. Those who don't know think that I led the team to lose seven games in a row, but some people say that I should dismiss class."

"I also know what you said. It's not that I'm worried about what you think of me. I'm overthinking. Also, you are a world-renowned coach and a champion coach. How can you not understand these things? Hehe, boss, let me start the next game."

"Hahaha, so you're waiting for me here." Mourinho certainly likes a player like Zhu Hantao who is capable, hardworking and respects the coach. "That's not necessarily the case. It depends on your state in training."

"Then I'm going back to training, boss!"

"Go, go, hahahaha."

Think about it too, who is Mourinho, will he have conflicts with his players because of those tabloid reports? Mu Niao will only have conflicts with those players who don't train hard, don't play seriously, and have a lot of messes outside the field.

Fortunately, from the laughter from time to time on the training ground, it can be seen that the atmosphere in the Inter Milan team is quite good. At least the players did not have any problems because they failed to win a game that should have been won.

"What did the coach tell you?" Balotelli asked curiously when Zhu Hantao came back from Mourinho.

"Oh, the coach told me that your performance in the last game was too bad, you still have to let me start, and also let me play less with you, don't be spoiled by you." Zhu Hantao deliberately teased Bashen.

Then I saw Balotelli looking at Zhu Hantao with an unbelievable expression on his face, "It can't be true, can it?"

Ibrahimovic gave Bashen a thump on the head, "He's teasing you, are you stupid?" Then the Swede turned his head to Zhu Hantao, who was snickering beside him, and said, "You are too. It's not that you don't know that Mario is not smart, so you deliberately teased him."

Balotelli: ? ? ?
I always feel that you are slandering me with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but I dare not say anything.

"By the way, it's the second round of Turin's match against Benfica tonight. Do you pay attention to Zhu?" Quaresma, who is Portuguese, also came to intervene, finding a topic and wanting to join their chat.

Last season, with the help of Zhu Hantao, the Turin team miraculously won the last European qualification. At the beginning of this season, they successfully broke into the main stage of the Europa League after qualifying.

The competition rules of the last Europa League before the restructuring are different from the one that everyone is familiar with in the future.

Now is the first knockout round. The 32 teams that have won and advanced from the previous qualifying rounds plus the 32 teams that entered the main match directly according to the league rankings of each country last season and the 3 teams that were eliminated in the third qualifying round of the Champions Cup, a total of 16 teams will face off in pairs. Only forty teams that win can enter the group stage.

Then there are eight groups of five teams in each group stage. The top three in each group qualify. A total of 24 teams plus No.3 in each group of the UEFA Champions League group stage, a total of 32 teams enter the knockout stage again.

The next step is simple, home and away knockout match 32 to 16, 16 to 8, then quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finally a final to determine the outcome.

This rule and this schedule are outrageous, so in the next season, that is, the 09-10 season, it will be restructured and renamed UEFA Europa League.

Since the Turin team is only eighth in Serie A, they have to start with the Toto Cup. Speaking of the Toto Cup, many people may not know it. This 40-year-old event will officially come to an end next year.

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, referred to as the "Intertoto Cup", is a football Intertoto Cup tournament held every summer for European football clubs that have failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Cup.

UEFA took over the hosting in 1995 for its clubs to participate in. The game ended with three finals, and the winning three teams could get a seat in the UEFA Cup next season.The Intertoto Cup thus became the last resort for many clubs who failed to qualify for European competitions.

After these years of evolution, although the three UEFA Cup seats in the Toto Cup have increased to eleven, it is still out of the development of the times. With the restructuring of the UEFA Cup, the Toto Cup is about to come to an end.

The main reason is that the game time is too dark. This kind of game played from the end of the season to the end of July really affects the normal vacation and pre-season training of the team players.

Since Zhu Hantao was signed by Inter Milan at the beginning of the Serie A summer transfer window and is no longer a player of the Torino team, he also failed to make it to the European arena in July this year.

Of course, Zhu Hantao didn't feel regretful either. He has already played in the Champions League, so he still cares about the Toto Cup.

In the Intertoto Cup, the Turin team met Panionios from the Greek Super League. Facing such an opponent, as a Serie A team, Torino easily won even without Zhu Hantao, the core of the attack, and successfully advanced to the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.

Just at the beginning of this season, in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, the Turin team, under the leadership of coach De Biasi, defeated the Albanian opponent Frazinia Club.

"It's a pity, who let them draw Benfica in the first round of the main match. The home game is barely a draw, and the away game is very dangerous. I guess they will be eliminated. Maybe I will watch it if I have time tonight."

No matter what, it was the team he had played for and grew up there, and Zhu Hantao was still paying attention to it silently, but the luck of the Torino team was indeed not very good. Eighty teams were drawn to a relatively strong team like Benfica.

Of course, none of them are particularly weak so far. Teams from some small countries have won all the way to the first level, not to mention the strong teams from the five major leagues.

Oh, the Turin team seems to be in the five major leagues, but their lineup without Zhu Hantao is really not good. It might be a good thing to be eliminated from the UEFA Cup early and concentrate on the league.

To be honest, he didn't know that the Torino team would be relegated this season. He was a little worried about whether Torino would be able to relegation this season.

"Why don't you go to my house after training? We can eat together and watch a football game, and then I'll take you guys to have some fun." Ibrahimovic thought of something and suggested.

Balotelli's eyes widened upon hearing this, is it funny?What fun?His mind was full of this question, "Okay! Let's go watch the ball together!"

Bashen said so, but Zhu Hantao saw through what he was thinking at a glance, but he didn't have any reason to refuse. It would be great if they went to Ibrahimovic's house to get together, to enhance the relationship between teammates, and he could go back to his apartment in Milan at night.

"Okay, I have no objection." Zhu Hantao also agreed, and then everyone turned to Quaresma.

Ricardo Quaresma looked at them a little surprised, "Can I do that too?"

"Of course, I included you when I invited." Ibrahimovic said casually.

For Ibrahimovic, Zhu Hantao is certainly not the only friend in the Inter Milan team. Balotelli and Quaresma should not be regarded as friends of the Swedes for the time being.

Just because they talked about the UEFA Cup game, others may not be interested, so in the end, these few people met at Ibrahimovic's house tonight to watch the game and have some entertainment at the same time.

Apparently only Zhu Hantao understood that what Ibrahimovic said was fun would definitely not be an activity that required harmony. He was the only one among the three invited who had been to Ibrahimovic's house, and he was also the person who knew Ibrahimovic best.

With the relationship between Da Fengxian and his girlfriend, how can there be any unhealthy entertainment when visiting his house, but Zhu Hantao deliberately did not tell Balotelli, he is looking forward to Balotelli's expression when he finds that things are different from what he thought.

"Then it's settled, well, let's train hard first."

Apart from intense training and competitions, players will always try to find some ways to relieve stress and relax.

There must be some unhealthy and inappropriate ways. Since Zhu Hantao and Balotelli are young and earn a lot, Mourinho is a little worried that they will go astray. Of course, he is mainly worried about Bashen. Zhu Hantao and the others are more at ease.

So Mourinho, as the head coach of Inter Milan, is like a big patriarch. He specially talked to Ibrahimovic in private and asked him to take them more if he could.

Coupled with a new transfer bid king who has not yet integrated into the team, Ibrahimovic can be said to have taken on a lot of responsibility for the team.

Today's training ended, Ibrahimovic led the way, Bashen and Quaresma also drove their cars and followed Ibrahimovic all the way from the training base to his home in Milan.

"You're welcome, you can be casual. Helena has something to go back to Sweden, so don't worry." Ibrahimovic opened the refrigerator and took out a few bottles of juice. "What do you want to drink?"

Balotelli was looking around curiously. He rarely had the experience of being invited to his home as a guest. Zhu Hantao had it once before, and Ibrahimovic was the second time today.He took a bottle of orange juice casually, unceremoniously opened the bottle cap and drank it with his mouth.

Compared to Bashen's unceremoniousness, Quaresma seemed a little reserved, "Thank you, then I'll have apple juice, but should I just drink juice?"

"These are healthy drinks, sugar-free and additive-free. As a professional player, it's better to be a little more careful." Ibrahimovic was still talking here, and Bashen spit it out there.

"It's so sour. Why isn't this orange juice sweet?"

"Hahahaha!" Balotelli looked at the three teammates who were smiling at him with a dazed expression.

"Zlatan is real juice, not a drink?" Zhu Hantao asked after taking a bottle of kiwi fruit juice.

"Yeah, I bought it specially, and you can't buy it in ordinary supermarkets."

"It's pretty good." Zhu Hantao opened it and took a sip. It wasn't delicious, but the refreshing pure fruit juice also had a special flavor. "It's not that bad, Mario, are you exaggerating?"

(End of this chapter)