The sixth professional football player who started with Manchester United

Chapter 162 Champion Competition
The time came on May 5, and the location was the Meazza Stadium in Milan.

At this time, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Inter Milan and Barcelona at the Meazza Stadium has entered the last 10 minutes of the second half.

At this time, the score between the two sides displayed on the big screen on the field was 2 to 1, with the home team in front and the visiting team in back.

In this game, Inter Milan's Mazzarri made a big adjustment. In terms of formation arrangement, a three-back system was adopted for the first time this season. In addition, Dabao did not appear in the midfielder position.

Mazzarri also cited Koeman's approach during the World Cup, where Dabao once again appeared as the team's free agent.

And this change really caught Barcelona off guard.

What's more important is that Inter Milan played with the momentum that a wealthy team should have in this game. They did not engage in defensive counterattacks after the opening like in previous games, but directly fought against Barcelona.

Dabao continued to use his range of activities to put tremendous pressure on the Barcelona midfielder.

In just 18 minutes, Inter Milan broke the deadlock on the field.

Icardi received a corner kick from Nagatomo Yuto and his header shot was saved by Ter Stegen. Then Pique's clearance ball was caught by Dabao outside the penalty area, and then Dabao directly volleyed a long shot.

The football goes straight to the dead corner of the goal.

This goal also made the Inter Milan fans excited, because this goal gave them hope.

Then the two sides started a fierce battle in the midfield.

Until the 65th minute of the second half, Barcelona's Messi's kick from the penalty area helped Barcelona equalize the score. 5 minutes later, Inter Milan got a chance to counterattack.

Dabao's long pass sent the ball directly from the midfield to the front of the penalty area. This time Icardi did not miss another opportunity.

After knocking the ball with his heel, the ball passed by, and then he directly broke away from the opponent's defense and entered the penalty area, and then pushed into the far corner to help Inter Milan exceed the score again.

This goal means that as long as Inter Milan scores one more goal, the two sides will enter overtime.

Inter Milan, who saw hope, also continued to launch fierce attacks on Barcelona's goal amidst the cheers of the home fans, but this offensive was soon beaten back by Barcelona's counterattack.

Finally, after nearly 7 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

In the end, Inter Milan defeated Barcelona 2-1 at home, but was eliminated by Barcelona 4-3 in a big score. Inter Milan had no choice but to accept the result of stopping in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The next day, Juventus' away game against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu also started on time.

In the end, after 90 minutes of confrontation, Juventus drew 1-1 with Real Madrid away from home. As a result, Juventus eliminated Real Madrid with a big score of 3-2, and joined Barcelona to enter this season's Champions League final.

At this time, Inter Milan was also fully committed to preparations for the league.The next game is also the league that all Serie A fans are most concerned about. This league is also related to the ownership of the league championship this season.

So both Inter Milan and Juventus naturally attach great importance to it.

Just the day after the match between Juventus and Real Madrid ended, Turin Sports News revealed a big news. According to a reporter from Turin Sports News, it was said that Real Madrid had already negotiated the transfer of Inter Milan player Jack John. The club has entered the negotiation stage. The news even said that it is basically impossible for Inter Milan’s new captain and core to appear in Inter Milan’s lineup next season. It is said that the reason is because the Inter Milan board of directors wants to use the money from selling Dabao to make up for it. The team's losses.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in Italian football.

Countless Inter Milan fans gathered in front of the club to protest the team's sale of Dabao.

Obviously this was an off-field move by Juventus for the next round of the league, and Inter Milan immediately held a press conference, claiming that the team had absolutely no intention of selling Dabao.

It's just that this explanation is a bit pale to those reporters.

Even on the second day of the press conference, Corriere dello Sport published a photo on its headline. The photo was taken by a reporter in private with Dabao’s agent Knight and Real Madrid’s sports manager Zidane. Meeting, and a reporter from Corriere dello Sport also broke the news that it is not only Real Madrid who are chasing Dabao, but also Barcelona and Bayern. In addition, Chelsea and Manchester City of the Premier League have made offers to Inter Milan.

Finally, the reporter also analyzed that Inter Milan’s sale of Dabao in the summer may be true, because in the news, the reporter also analyzed Inter Milan’s finances. This season, Inter Milan’s income should be profitable because of the Champions League share, but The holes in the previous seasons were too big, so if Inter Milan wants to get rid of its financial difficulties, it must either have a consortium inject capital or sell off stars to fill it. At present, the most valuable player in Inter Milan's lineup is Dabao.

So even if the Inter Milan club continues to announce that Dabao is not for sale, it is still unbelievable.

This report by Corriere dello Sport basically made many people start to believe their judgment.

Therefore, when Inter Milan was preparing for the game against Juventus, many Inter Milan fans appeared in front of the club, and they put out various slogans. Some were protesting the club's practice of killing the goose that lays the goose to lay the eggs, while others were Save Dabao.

"Jack, do you really want to leave?" After the day's training, when he was about to return to the locker room, Kovacic also walked up to Dabao and asked.

"Mateo, it's not my fault."

"Okay." Kovacic also knew that what Dabao said was right, and the players' opinions on this matter were not important at all.

"Mateo, whether I leave or not, I hope to stay here as the league champion."

"I also hope that."

"So don't be affected by external things. No matter what happens in the future, I am still an Inter Milan player and we are still teammates."

"Yes, Jack is right, we are still teammates now, leaving the trophy in Meazza." At this time, Icardi walked behind the two of them and said with his arms around their shoulders.

Dabao looked back. Icardi, Osvaldo, Guarin and others all came over at some point. It was obvious that these people had heard the conversation he had just had with Kovacic.

(End of this chapter)