"Remember what the coach told you?"
"Remember."
"Then do you know what you're going to do when you get on the field?"
"Know!"
"That's good, I wish you a few more, have a great year!"
...
September 5th, Meazza.
In the first leg of the league on August 30, Inter Milan drew 1-1 with Sampdoria away from home.
After returning to Meazza, Mourinho hopes to get his first Serie A win at home.
Opponent Catania coach "Spider Man" Zenga played 473 times for Inter Milan and played side by side with current Inter Milan assistant coach Giuseppe Baresi for 10 years from 1982-83 to 1991-92.
Inter fans spelled out "WZ1" in the stands and held banners: "The North Stand will never forget its heroes, Walter Zenga is one of us."
Before the game started, captain Zanetti, who was sitting on the bench, personally gave a No. 473 jersey to Zenga.
The game was played in the rain.
But the more urgent the Magic Bird is, the easier it is for the team to go wrong.
Catania took the lead in the 42nd minute: Mascara's pass was blocked by Maxwell, but his ball passed to Tedesco. The latter made a pass from the left side of the penalty area. Prasmati took off between the two defenders and scored with a header 6 meters in front of the goal.
However, only 1 minute later, Quaresma's "outer instep magic" worked.
He received the ball from his teammate on the right, and the outside instep of his right foot drew an arc like a pass or a shot. The ball was blocked by Masca's stretched leg and slightly changed its direction and went straight to the near corner. Goalkeeper Bisarri made a one-handed save, but he could only hit the ball into the goal.
1 to 1, Inter Milan quickly equalized the score.
But the excitement of Inter Milan fans was quickly extinguished.
In the 45th minute, Muntari was pressed closely by Tedesco. When he got rid of it, he slapped the opponent in the face with his backhand. After discussing with the assistant referee, the referee D'Amato directly showed Muntari a red card!
In other words, Inter Milan could only fight with 10 people in the second half.
In the 55th minute of the game, Inter Milan, which was fighting with 10 men, was already at a disadvantage.
Mourinho needs an offensive player to step up and open up the situation, and Balotelli on the bench happens to be a good player in this regard.
Although many people at the scene were already shouting Wang Xiaodong's name, expecting this Serie A champion to bring the team their first victory.
But both Mourinho and Wang Xiaodong knew in their hearts that this game was just to bring Wang Xiaodong to Meazza to show up and get used to the game atmosphere.
After the game, Wang Xiaodong will fly to the capital with his luggage.
Wang Xiaodong’s Inter Milan debut will have to wait for a while.
The score was a draw, and the situation on the field was very unfavorable.
As Balotelli's "big brother", Wang Xiaodong has to help Mourinho share the pressure both emotionally and rationally.
After being in contact with Balotelli for a while, Wang Xiaodong cursed Ibrahimovic in his heart.
No wonder he was so "eager" to take me to see my junior brother!
It turns out this guy is a problem child!
Say Balotelli's character is not good, this young man is really not bad-minded; but his brain circuit is always different from that of a normal person. If you emphasize many things in front of him countless times, he will probably do not remember.
In addition to having an extremely talented body and super high ball sense, this guy's head is simply made of elm wood.
Wang Xiaodong had put a lot of effort into taking him with him these two days!
In Inter Milan's dressing room, the ones with the greatest say are not the "old schoolers" nor the "starters", but the "Argentina gang".
Captain Zanetti is Argentinian, and there are also Argentine heroes such as Samuel, Cordoba, Cambiaso, Solari and others on the team.
Therefore, even if Ibrahimovic, Wang Xiaodong and Balotelli form a team, they cannot shake the status of the "Argentina national team".
However, although the "Argentina Gang" is the dominant family, there is no bad news for these Argentine players.
The veterans, led by Zanetti, are very family-oriented and don't have much gossip.
After training, they go home and live peacefully, hoping to play well at the end of their career. This is also one of the main reasons why fans support them.
And Ibrahimovic, a playboy, was a good nightclub player when he was in the Netherlands.
Now in Milan, he is a frequent visitor to nightclubs.
Not to mention Balotelli.
The annual salary of 1.2 million pounds is considered the highest among his age group. Even though this guy is one year younger than Wang Xiaodong, he is truly a man of all ages and is suitable for both young and old.
This guy is interested in anyone of the opposite sex.
In addition, he has no "childhood sweetheart", so his private life is even more unrestrained than Rooney!
So despite the fact that this kid joined the team in the name of a "genius", in fact, no one except Mourinho was willing to take him.
Balotelli himself didn't care about this, and he often went to Ibrahimovic's "romantic trips", which made Da Fengxian very bored.
Now that Wang Xiaodong has returned to the team, the "Argentina Gang" and the "Young Strong Gang" immediately pushed this "problem child" to Wang Xiaodong.
It’s perfect for a “problem child” to lead a “problem child”!
Even though the fans howled so fiercely, Wang Xiaodong's reputation was so great.
In fact, in the eyes of Zanetti and others, Wang Xiaodong, who killed eight taxi drivers when he first came to Milan, was even more "difficult to discipline" than Balotelli.
Balotelli's head is missing a string, but he is not violent!
It was only in these two days that Wang Xiaodong understood the "team relationship".
But now Balotelli has "smashed" it into his own hands, and he can't get rid of it even if he wants to.
"DONG, how are Mario prepared?"
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Mourinho turned around and asked Wang Xiaodong loudly.
From the first moment he didn't ask Balotelli, he knew that he didn't have to and didn't want to communicate with this guy.
"Uh... it should be fine."
"Should it be okay?" Mourinho asked with his eyes widened.
"I said he is 100% fine, do you believe it?"
Wang Xiaodong stepped aside, revealing Balotelli who was taking off his training clothes halfway.
"Uh...okay."
When Mourinho saw this, he could only shake his head helplessly.
"Mario, come here, I have two more words to tell you."
Seeing that Cambiasso was almost running to the sidelines, Mourinho waved to Balotelli in a hurry.
However, Balotelli did not respond immediately, but shouted at Wang Xiaodong: "DONG, come here and help me!"
"There's definitely a demon living inside this damn training suit, and it's somehow stuck to me!"
Seeing Balotelli wrapped up like a rice dumpling in his training uniform, Wang Xiaodong couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Good guy, you really treat me as a nanny!
Or in Balotelli's eyes, "eldest brother" means "nanny".
...
I have to say that God still favors Mourinho.
In the 69th minute of the game, Maicon threw a sideline ball on the right side of the court.
Catania central defender Tellizzi made a header 5 meters from the goal and accidentally hit the far post. Balotelli happened to be standing here.
Facing the rebound ball, Balotelli kicked it directly.
Catania goalkeeper Bisarri got the ball on the goal line and escaped disaster.
However, when Bisari got up, his hand accidentally slipped and the ball rolled directly over the goal line.
Although Bisari continued to deny it, the referee D'Amato still ruled that the goal was valid.
In this way, Inter Milan took the lead with the help of an "inexplicable" own goal by their opponent.
The stadium was filled with cheers after the game, and it was hard to tell whether the fans were shouting for Zenga or Mourinho.
The two characters, a past tense and a continuous tense that will also become the future tense, shook hands politely after the game, inspiring endless emotion and reverie among the fans.
At the post-match press conference, Mourinho said: "The winning result is so right. I think the most reasonable result should be 4-1, 5-1."
Zenga retorted: "Please don't forget that all their goals were our own goals."
And when some media and fans asked when Wang Xiaodong would play, the young Mourinho's face instantly showed a trace of vicissitudes.
