20 Italian-style stability
After cooperating with Anne Hathaway to shoot an advertisement for Armani, Leon was also very gentleman and invited Anne Hathaway to have a supper. The content of the supper was Italian straw hat ravioli. After eating, the two exchanged numbers. respectively.
Looks like Leon made a good first impression on Ann?
Who knows?
It is said that before the next round of Serie A, Inter Milan finally opened the prelude to the third-line battle. The Coppa Italia is reserved for the reserve team. This season's Champions League Inter Milan was assigned to Group C. The result of the draw was as early as Leon. He came out before his first appearance. The opponents in the same group as Inter Milan are Bundesliga runner-up Werder Bremen, La Liga champion Valencia and Belgian champion Anderlecht.
A draw that is neither very good nor the worst. For the Inter Milan fans who have not tasted the Champions League for almost forty years, they are too eager for Leonwell to lead Inter Milan to a breakthrough in the Champions League.
In the past, the German troika and Ronaldo failed to send Inter Milan to the throne of the king of Europe, but now the most expensive player in the world, Leon, can bring Inter Milan back to the highest throne in Europe?
At the end of September, in the cool city of Milan, the Meazza Stadium, Inter Milan ushered in another highlight after the Milan Derby. They ushered in the challenge of Bundesliga runner-up Werder Bremen at home.
Compared with last year's Bremen, this year's Bremen is undoubtedly stronger and more mature. The joining of Miroslav Klose has made Bremen's strength soar, and it is by no means the old Wuxia Amon. If there is a team in La Liga called Super Deportivo, then there should be a team in the Bundesliga called Super Bremen.
In the era when Klose and Micoud teamed up, Bremen often reached the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League. This is a team with strong offensive strength. Although Bremen is weaker than AC Milan, it is still a huge challenge.
Before the game, the Italian and German media had already started a war of words. The German media knew Leon best, but they also knew Leon better. The German media believes that Bremen, one of the few teams in the Bundesliga that can compete with Bayern, has the possibility of scoring points at the San Siro.
The Italian media believe that Leon will continue the excellent performance of the last Milan derby and lead Inter Milan to beat Bremen at home.
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Compared with the Milan derby at the weekend, Mancini used Recoba to replace Martins in the starting lineup. It seems that Mancini also has occasional wise moments. At least he knows that if Leon wants to play the most important role, then it is best to choose Reco Ba, who can dribble, break through and pass, Martins is more suitable to play as a forward than a full-back.
Speaking of Bremen, this can be regarded as Leon's old opponent. Leon is no stranger to this team. Similarly, Bremen is no stranger to Leon.
"The condition of the turf at the Meazza Stadium really hurts." Stepping on the loose turf, Leon sighed in his heart. Whether in his previous life or this life, how could the turf condition of the Meazza Stadium be any better?
At least now it is not considered a vegetable field. In the previous life, Meazza/San Siro was simply a vegetable field for a long time.
But obviously, after the start of the match between Inter Milan and Werder Bremen, the Bundesliga runner-up is much more uncomfortable than Inter Milan.
"Hey, if this is the grouping, then Meazza is definitely the home of the devil!" Leon couldn't help it after he easily broke the ball at the foot of Zidane Miku, who was threatening to stir up garlic in the backcourt. I thought.
Because both Bremen and Valencia are better at attacking on the ground. As the team least like the Bundesliga team, Werder Bremen has always been a team that is good at the soles of their feet, and This period is also the fastest period of technical progress at Klose's feet.
This kind of turf has a great advantage for Inter Milan!
You must know that Inter Milan has Adriano and Vieri in the frontcourt. On the half-vegetable court of Meazza, Bremen players slipped and made mistakes in passing the ball from time to time. In many cases, after Bremen played a smooth attack, at the final finish, the ball will always be successfully intercepted by the Inter Milan defenders who are more familiar with the field.
Being intercepted means being counterattacked, and it is rare for Leon to play any kind of ground coordination. Once he gets the ball, he often directly dispatches long passes, and his precise passing relies on the thief's painful landing. The point quickly allowed Inter Milan to establish a lead!
In the 20th minute of the first half, Leon turned around and made a long pass from the backcourt. Recoba got in front of the Bremen defender and after a chest stop, he took advantage of the opportunity and tore a huge hole on the right of Bremen. Recoba cut into the penalty area Not greedy for merit at all, he chose to pass in the middle, and Vieri, who was close by, shot directly to give Inter Milan a one-to-zero lead.
After leading 1-0, Inter Milan played more and more smoothly. Leon and Cambiasso joined forces to protect the defense. With the cooperation of this pair of powerful midfielders, Inter Milan's defenders also performed very eye-catching.
"I have to say that after Leonwell joined Inter Milan, Cannavaro changed back to the Cannavaro we are familiar with, and Materazzi has also made great progress. Inter Milan's defense suddenly changed. It is extremely stable, but now it is Toldo, I wonder if he will look a little boring standing alone in front of the goal?"
After falling behind, Bremen wanted to launch a counterattack under the leadership of Micoud, but the Meazza Stadium became Inter Milan's 12th man. Before the end of the first half, it was Micoud's pass that suddenly clicked on the turf. The change of direction after the upper bounce made Cambiasso steal the ball successfully. Camby then passed the ball to Leon, and Leon also went straight through after lying down in the midfield. This time it was Adrian who ran out of the opportunity Arnold, facing the attacking Werder Bremen goalkeeper, Adriano made a light dunk and then pushed past the Werder Bremen goalkeeper and shot an empty goal for Inter Milan to rewrite the score to 2-0.
A victory for Italian football! In standard Italian football, Inter Milan was still behind in terms of possession rate at the moment of the final whistle. Their possession rate was only 39%, but it was they who won.
Efficient and consistent, Leon contributed an assist in his debut for Inter Milan, helping the team achieve a 2-0 victory.
"I think people are wrong. When everyone thought that the arrival of Leon would make Inter Milan conquer Europe with a gorgeous and smooth attack, Inter Milan used the most traditional Italian football to teach AC Milan and Werder Bremen successively. Now This team is making steady progress..." After the game, Gazzetta dello Sport praised Inter Milan's performance in this game with the headline of Italian football's victory.
You know, although Bremen has a 61% ball possession rate, they only shot seven times in the game, which is only half of Inter Milan's! And there was no shot on target once. Although the Bremen players and coaches protested the turf condition of the Meazza Stadium after the game, it is undeniable that Inter Milan's defense really made Bremen helpless.
After two consecutive excellent performances in the game, Lionwell has once again proved to the world that he is suitable for any tactics and any team, whether it is ball possession flow or useless counterattack flow, as long as Lionwell exists , then he will be suitable for the place. When people think that Inter Milan will take the initiative to cater to Leonwell, Leonwell seems to be like a player from Inter Milan's youth training, and he is not uncomfortable at all.
It is worth mentioning that the relationship between Mancini and Inter Milan players has eased a little after this game. Mancini has also seen the tactical effect of Inter Milan's defensive counterattack, so he is also after this game. He praised the performance of the whole team and Lionwell.
It would be too unrealistic for the self-willed Mancini to apologize to the players. Not objecting to the tactics chosen by the players is already a kind of surrender by Mancini.
After the game against Werder Bremen, the players of Inter Milan also went to have a barbecue collectively. This barbecue was naturally treated by Leon. In the words of Adriano and Veron, Leon is now an idiot. If you don't kill the rich man, who will you kill?
After achieving the first victory in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 04-05 season, in the next sixth round of Serie A, Inter Milan will go to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, where they will challenge the Red Wolf Roma!
Currently in the Serie A standings, Roma has five matches, one win, two draws and two losses. For Roma, who has Prince Totti and Serie A geniuses Cassano, De Rossi and others, such results naturally cannot satisfy the fans .
"It seems that Spalletti is not far away from coaching Rome..." In Leon's memory, this period was a chaotic period for Rome. The card has brought Rome so badly.
Therefore, in the away game, Inter Milan will definitely encounter Roma's tenacious resistance, because now Roma is also at a critical moment when it can no longer lose, and the Roma executives must have given Vorrall an ultimatum. Rome wins, then the countdown is counted down for Worrall's departure.
Leon doesn't want to miss the chance to score points against Roma, who is in a bad state. After all, Inter Milan needs to win so much now. As for Roma... you can give us the victory at ease, and then wait for the bald Spalletti to slowly save you Bar.
In the sixth round of Serie A, Inter Milan continued to advance with a complete victory. They defeated the Red Wolf Roma 3-0 in the away game. Leon completed an assist. The other two goals of Inter Milan were also initiated by Leon. The solid defense is slowly climbing up the standings.
The leader Juventus didn't notice at this time, Inter Milan is already slowly catching up!
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21 This center is not bad!
"Wow, then how did you get home in the end? Do you know Leon, the last time I had a drink with Kate and the others, at the end of the drink I felt my stomach was rolling, as if..." A family in Milan City In the Italian restaurant, Anne Hathaway looked at Leon while eating her vegetable salad and said.
"It's like a butterfly fluttering in your stomach?" Leon said after taking Anne Hathaway's words.
"Yes, yes, it's like a butterfly fluttering, oh my God, I have a fear of alcohol since then..." Anne Hathaway pouted her lovely mouth He stared into her bright eyes and said.
Leon also smiled at Anne Hathaway, and reminded her that if she drinks with her friends next time, she must eat something first, and it is best to "take it as soon as it is good". Anne Hathaway also ordered He agreed with his head.
"By the way, Leon, you have to know that as an American, I can't tell the difference between football and American football." Shrugging her shoulders, Anne Hathaway continued: "But my father Since I was a child, I have been told that I am very boyish, so I am also very interested in sports. To be honest, if I hadn't come to Milan this time, maybe I would really continue to confuse football with American football."
"Then I'm really lucky. If Ann, you don't come to Milan, then maybe you think I'm a quarterback?" Leon also raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looking at Hathaway and said.
"Then I'm definitely going to make a joke, God knows if your fans will drown me in spit. Only when I came to Europe did I know how famous the name Lionwell is... But I think the United States knows now You also have a lot of people. In fact, the sport of football is quite interesting. I watched some highlights of your games. It's just that Americans will find it a little troublesome for this kind of sport that requires many passes to score a goal... …" Anne Hathaway said after thinking about it.
"Americans like to be direct, just like baseball, hit a home run directly?" Leon also looked at Anne Hathaway and asked.
"Yes, it's a home run." Anne Hathaway said with a smile.
"Actually, football is really interesting. Anyway, Ann, you have to stay in Italy for a few more days, or come to our home game next weekend?" Leon looked at Anne Hathaway and asked.
"Oh, is this a date invitation from Lionwell, the most expensive player in the world?" Anne Hathaway asked with a smile.
"Yes, you can think so. If a reporter asks you, you can also say the same, but I don't want the heroine in my advertisement to know nothing about the profession of the hero." Leon was a little helpless Said.
"Actually, Leon, I can tell clearly that the striker is responsible for scoring the goal, and the goalkeeper is responsible for keeping the goal." Anne Hathaway said confidently.
"Well, it's time for the midfielders and defenders to cry, because Miss Hathaway ignored them." Leon waved his hands and said speechlessly.
"What are midfielders and defenders? By the way, Leon, are you playing forward?" Anne Hathaway asked curiously, staring at her eyes.
It seems that the United States deserves to be a football desert!
"I'm one of the midfielders you ignored..." Leon frowned and looked at Anne Hathaway and said.
Hathaway also smiled slightly apologetically at Leon, "Well, in order to make up for my ignoring you, I decided to go to a football match next weekend, by the way, it's your date invitation Right?"
"Yes, so you can go in without buying a ticket." Leon smiled, "Because I know the back door."
"That's great, I can save a lot of money again! Then, should I thank my boyfriend in the advertisement?" Anne Hathaway said with a smile, looking at Leon.
Leon waved his hand, and when he waved his hand, Hathaway kissed him suddenly, "Then my "boyfriend", will you come to pick me up?"
"Of course, that's a must, otherwise Ann, your fans will definitely say that I'm not a gentleman." Leon laughed.
Anne Hathaway pouted: "Then we can agree, I will wait for you next weekend."
Leon nodded, huh... everything is going well, it seems that Anne Hathaway does have some affection for him, I don't know why, Leon wanted to ask Hathaway out on the day of the team's vacation, Anne Hathaway Because Wei still has to stay in Milan for a few more days, and because she does have a certain liking for Leon, she also agreed to Leon's date invitation.
I have to say that Anne Hathaway is indeed a girl with a very masculine personality. She is different from the girls Leon has seen before. Anne Hathaway is much more independent. The progress of the two is very fast. At least Leon You have successfully asked this former Hollywood goddess to go to the stadium, haven't you?
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Speaking of Inter Milan's league opponent Sampdoria at the weekend, I have to talk about a person in the Sampdoria team, this person is Luca Toni.
The center, who played a big role with Ballum in the Italian second division last season, still scored like a ball after he came to Serie A. His strong body and terrifying air dominance made people regard him as a New Vieri!
Speaking of which, the power of Leon's little wings also affected Tony, because Leon remembered that Tony should have been in Palermo this season in his previous life, but now Tony has moved to Sampdoria!
Leon actually wanted to suggest that Moratti recruit Tony, because Leon seemed to remember that Tony moved to Fiorentina after this season, and then in Viola Toni quickly transformed into one of the top centers in the world.
After all, Vieri is still old. Although Vieri can still score goals, it is an indisputable fact that the prodigal son's state has declined. If there is Luca Toni... Tsk tsk, think about the center forward combination of Tony and Adelaide , can definitely guarantee the power of Inter Milan's striker.
And with Tony serving as a bridgehead in the frontcourt, Inter Milan's offensive development after getting the ball will be much smoother.
But it's not in the transfer period now, let's wait until the winter break or next summer.
You know, Leon is looking forward to the weekend league, because Anne Hathaway will come to watch him play.
After watching this game, Anne Hathaway will fly back to the United States, so Leon naturally wants to perform well.
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If Anne Hathaway has seen crazy movie fans before, she must have seen the crazy fans in Europe now.
When Anne Hathaway was brought into the Meazza Stadium by the Inter Milan staff sent by Leon, Anne Hathaway had just sat down in the VIP box, and she felt that her eardrums were about to explode.
"Leonville!!!!!! Leonwell!!!!!! Leonwell!!!!!! Leonwell!!!!!!" Nearly 80,000 Inter Milan fans chorused Shout out, when the Inter Milan players wearing blue and black uniforms stepped onto the Meazza Stadium neatly, the atmosphere in the entire Meazza Stadium reached its climax!
On the big screen, Lionwell's declaration, Great International Era ii! All Inter Milan fans are waiting for the moment when Inter Milan will re-emerge. All Inter Milan fans want to witness the great international era with their own eyes.
At least before Lionwell came, there was very little such an atmosphere.
Although Anne Hathaway knew Lionwell's influence on the court, she still underestimated the energy of the fans.
When the huge Leonwell No. 25 jersey was raised in the main stand of Inter Milan, the Inter Milan fans waited for Leon's arrival as if they were welcoming their king.
"It's really overwhelming." Sampdoria team, Luca Toni looked at the main stand of Inter Milan and said.
Among the candidates for the Golden Globe Award announced by the latest issue of "French Football", Leon was undisputedly selected. Many fans believe that the Golden Globe Award should be awarded to Leon, because his performance in 2004 is absolutely worthy Golden Globes!
You know, Leon is only twenty-one years old! How many records will this young man, who is only 21 years old, set?
Perhaps as Ferguson said, the surprises he brought to people have just begun!
However, this game against Sampdoria was not easy for Inter Milan. The pressure on Inter Milan came from Luca Toni. Trazzi also has nothing to do with Tony, because the defender is always passive.
"A Kongba is an Kongba..." Leon also sighed in his heart, has a Luca Toni already become this powerful? This isn't Tony at his peak!
Tony at his peak was quite incomprehensible...
If Inter Milan can poach Tony, tsk tsk. While yelling in his heart, Leon also began to think of ways to plan an attack. After all, Sampdoria's strength is weaker than Inter Milan. If they want to fill the deep hole that Inter Milan dug for themselves, then Inter Milan must Guaranteed winning percentage against mid-range teams.
For example, Sampdoria, this is definitely an opponent that Inter Milan must win!
Soon, Leon's small sports car began to roar and the engine continued to run. As Leon's position continued to change, the rhythm of Inter Milan was slowly brought up.
And Anne Hathaway in the stands also pouted, because she couldn't understand football, she only knew goals...
Did Leon say he played in midfield? It's very similar to the point guard in basketball and the quarterback in American football. Is it responsible for organizing the offense?
Maybe it sensed that Anne Hathaway was paying attention to herself? On the court, Leon launched a wonderful attack with the ball!