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Among the four strongest and most famous teams participating in the UEFA Champions League qualifying round, only Inter Milan lost. Looking at Inter Milan's rivals in the same city, AC Milan easily defeated Zagreb with a score of 3:1 Dynamo and Inter Milan fans were even more annoyed. They blocked the entrance of Inter Milan and loudly called for Lippi to be fired.

In the face of the turbulent fans, Moratti still did not come forward to say a word for Lippi. Only the club's second-in-command Gabriel Oliari came out to comfort the fans. Inter Milan was not eliminated. Valencia did not beat Austria's Huaca Innsbruck in last season's semi-finals. It is not completely unforgivable for Inter Milan to lose. As long as they beat and eliminate Helsingborg in this game, Inter Milan You can still move on.

As the club's second-in-command, Oliari very much hopes that Lippi will stay, because after Lippi is out of class, it is very likely that Jiang Mu, the head coach of Alkmaar, will replace Lippi to coach Inter Milan. I hope to become the manager of Meazza, which also means that his position as the manager of Oliari has become a decoration. Of course, this is what Oliari would never want to see. Think about the huge sums of money that Inter Milan has made in recent years. Transfer, what a lot of oil and water this is, how can Oliari be willing to give up the power in his hands.

Lippi was forced to the edge of a cliff, and he was also very nervous. The day before the game, he had not yet determined his starting lineup, but he brought Juventus to the European Champions Cup for four consecutive years from 1995 to 1998 In the final, Lippi knew how to control his emotions. When he participated in the press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Lippi said: "We have fully prepared for this game, but the team did not do enough preparation work in the previous game. Lost. So far, we have made some tactical improvements. The players who played this time are all players who can play the whole game, and we were stretched in terms of personnel two weeks ago.": "Now Inter Milan's Every player is 4% ready physically, so I'm hesitant to put someone in the 5 or [-] positions so far, the candidates for these positions are all in good shape, I have to Decide who to start and when to replace someone else."

Lippi said with confidence: "I haven't decided who will take the penalty kick, but I believe this game will not be a draw, although the Helsingborg team will definitely put down the Tietong University like the last game. To deal with our offensive football, but we will definitely win before penalty kicks. I also told the players this morning that we did not play well last season. We are completely laying the foundation for this season. Now the Champions League It's here, and we can't afford to miss this opportunity."

At this press conference, Lippi did not show the slightest nervousness, and also stated in the opening remarks that this season he promised not to yell at sports reporters at the press conference to ease the relationship between himself and the media.But when the reporter mentioned Jiang Mu, who might replace him as the head coach of Inter Milan, Lippi still couldn't help but angrily said: "Don't mention this Chinese in front of me, I've heard enough, I'm still an international player." The head coach of Milan, Inter Milan everything is normal, we have not been eliminated, whether I am or will be the head coach of Inter Milan depends on the chairman, not me and you to decide."

Lippi's capriciousness at the press conference actually exposed his inner tension and fear. The former Sampdoria defender did have a series of commendable performances as the team coach.Since taking charge of the Juventus team in 1994, Lippi has led the team to four Champions League finals, three of which won the championship and only one runner-up. In addition, he has led the team to a series of other impressive awards.He is definitely not worried about not having a job or financial loss. He has a contract with Inter Milan, but he is very worried about his reputation. After all, for a coach like Lippi, money is no longer a problem. What he needs is face. If Moratti is fired like this, it must be a shame in his life.

After Moratti, the current president of Inter Milan, took office in 1995, no head coach has been able to extend his coaching time to more than two seasons. No matter how famous Lippi is, he is very likely to be fired immediately like his predecessors.

Maybe Moratti calmed down, maybe Moratti understood that if the game fails, it is not Lippi who will lose, but him and the club, so before the game, he finally came out to accept the reporter's interview, Said that regardless of the outcome of the game, Lippi will not be fired. He hopes that the team will let go of the burden and play seriously. He believes that Inter Milan and Lippi will be able to beat Helsingborg to advance to the group stage.

Moratti's words did not give players and coaches much peace of mind. Anyone who has no memory problems knows that when the previous Inter Milan coaches faced a decisive battle, Moratti also vowed that he would not be fired regardless of victory or defeat. The head coach, but after the failure, these coaches were fired immediately.

In the first game of the second round of the third qualifying round, Inter Milan had a bye, and the rivals in the same city played the first game. Zalaloni, who was once favored by Moratti, led AC Milan to defeat the opponent again 3:0 and easily advanced.Famous clubs such as Real Madrid, Hamburg, Lyon, and Leeds United also passed the test easily, which added some psychological burden to Inter Milan, which lost in the first round, and Valencia, which was tied.

An hour before the game the next day, Lippi decided on the starting lineup. He dispatched an offensive 3-4-1-2 formation. Marking central defenders are No. 1 Cordoba and No. 5 Simic. From left to right in the forward line are No. 2 Coe, No. 13 Yugovic, No. 15 Seedorf, and No. 8 Marcelari; Front midfielder: No. 10 Pirlo, the two forwards are No. 21 Zamorano and No. 11 Hakan Suku.

This lineup proved to be a clumsy lineup before the game. During the half-time break, Coe, Zamorano and Pirlo were replaced. If more players can be replaced, Lippi will definitely Not just three people.

In this game, Inter Milan was on the offensive, but they were still unable to break through the gate of Helsingborg. Seedorf hit a crossbar and Robbie Keane shot a goal post, which did not indicate that Inter Milan was far from the goal It is closer, but it indicates that Inter Milan is closer to tragedy.

As time went by, Helsingborg played more and more confidently, while Inter Milan played more and more impatiently, with fewer and fewer chances to score goals. Seedorf drifted away from the team, and Zamorano was praised by tens of thousands of fans. Scolding trash, the fans didn't give the coach Lippi any face. They kept booing Lippi and asked the former Juventus coach to dismiss him.

Three minutes before the end of the game, the Czech referee awarded Inter Milan a penalty kick, and the Chinese boy Recoba who came off the bench took the penalty.

Under tremendous pressure, Recoba played abnormally, and the penalty kick was neither strong nor angled, and Helsingborg goalkeeper was gentle.Anderson saves.This is also the last chance for Inter Milan. In the end, Helsingborg drew 0:0 with the mighty Inter Milan in the away game, breaking out the first shocking upset in the UEFA Champions League.

Previously, Helsingborg only met a Serie A team once, that was in the UEFA Cup last season, but they lost to Parma 1-3 away and 0-1 at home, and this time they reported An arrow of revenge.

Parma's head coach Malesani also watched the game, and gloated and left a sentence: "If I knew this, you might as well lose in the Champions League qualifying play-offs and let us Parma play." !"

After the game, countless Inter Milan fans surrounded Mea and asked Moratti and Lippi to give them an explanation. Moratti is obviously "very experienced", and he has seen many such scenes.He escaped at breakneck speed from an undisclosed location just after the game, leaving Lippi and his players at the stadium.In the end, if it weren't for the help of a large number of police officers, the players of the Inter Milan team would never even think about getting out of San Siro.When the Helsingborg team bus left the field, it was applauded by the furious Inter Milan fans who could not vent their anger. However, the Inter Milan players did not dare to take the bus. Fans come across.

Although he was cursed by tens of thousands of fans, Lippi could not leave like Moratti. After half an hour, he attended the press conference accompanied by Oliary.

At the press conference, Lippi expressed frustration and pain. He said that Inter Milan did not play badly. The main reason for their failure to win was bad luck. "We were very unlucky. Seedorf had a crossbar and Keane a post , 3 minutes before the end of the game, we also conceded a penalty kick."

But the Italian journalists do not agree with Lippi's opinion. Apart from objective reasons, they believe that Lippi bears an inescapable responsibility. "Why Zamorano, not Keane?" Because Zamorano is strong-willed and can help the team overcome difficulties, while Keane's time in the team is still very short. As for Recoba, it is because of injuries.Lippi believes that the Inter Milan team can stand up again.But Lippi's words were interrupted by some reporters and fans, "Reco Baggio also used the same excuse, Lippi think of a new word!"

On the second day, the Italian media, whose self-esteem was hurt, bombarded Inter Milan indiscriminately. Moratti, Lippi, Ogliari, and the players, none of them escaped the criticism of the Italian media.

"Inter Milan was murdered by Helsingborg", the Italian "Republic" first fired.The newspaper clearly pointed out that Lippi must be responsible for the loss of Inter Milan.It is precisely because he always believes in his own feelings, is too optimistic before the game, and underestimates the cruelty of the game, that the Inter Milan team cannot perform at a normal level on the field.Lippi did not expect the Swedes to resist so tenaciously. Their defense organization was amazingly good, and it was difficult for the "rich men" of the Inter Milan team to find opportunities.

"Sports Post" also published a short article, "Inter Milan's huge disaster, Moratti fled."

Even the Italian website also made insults to Inter Milan. "Italy Online" published an article, "Inter Milan finally qualified for the UEFA Cup after all their hard work", which gave Lippi a good rebuke.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" said more directly, "Lippi must leave get out of class. If Moratti can't manage Inter Milan well, he will be spared. You can transfer him to other people."