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Chapter 193 Double Crown King

On the evening of May 2009, 5, the final of the Coppa Italia will be held at the Olympic Stadium in the ancient city of Rome, the capital of Italy. This game will also determine the final ownership of the 13st Coppa Italia trophy.

Since Inter Milan has already won the Serie A championship in advance, no matter what the result of this game is, who wins the trophy in the end, next season's Italian Super Cup will once again be produced between Inter Milan and Lazio.

That is to say, the Inter Milan where Zhu Hantao is located will play the Italian Super Cup with the Blue Eagles Lazio in Yanjing, China at the Bird's Nest Stadium in August this year.

Inter Milan has reached the final of the Coppa Italia for the fifth consecutive year. In the first four years, it won two championships and two Asians. In the year before that, it happened that today's opponent Lazio won the Coppa Italia.

I don't know if the Blue Eagles won the cup again after five years at their home court today, or if Mourinho's Inter Milan won the Coppa Italia for the third time in five years.

They have reached the finals, and of course there is no use of rotation or substitute lineups to play. Both sides are doing their best to win.

Inter Milan uses a 4-3-3 formation. Mourinho made some minor adjustments to his team for Lazio, goalkeeper Cesar.

The left-back started today is Chivu, the center-back is partnered by Cordoba and Samuel, and the right-back captain Zanetti.

The three midfielders are Cambiasso, Muntari and Stankovic.

On the front line, Figo won the starting lineup, forming three arrows with Ibrahimovic and Zhu Hantao.

Lazio's head coach Derio Rossi formed a 4-4-2 formation, with goalkeeper No. 86 Uruguayan Fernando Muslera.

Right back No. 2 Lichtsteiner, central back No. 13 Sivilla, No. 22 Rozenal, left back No. 3 Kolarov.

Four midfielders No. 5 Brocchi, No. 6 Dabo, No. 24 Ledesma and No. 17 Foggia.

Double striker No. 10 Zarate and No. 19 Pandev.

The game is about to start. Zhu Hantao and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who are about to kick off in the middle circle, look at each other. This game will determine the final ownership of this not too important championship, and it may also determine the whereabouts of Ibrahimovic next season.

At this moment, everyone has the same goal, then win this game and win this championship trophy.

At the very beginning of the game, Inter Milan turned their backs and launched a fierce offensive against Lazio's goal without mercy.

Less than 30 seconds into the game, Figo passed the ball, and Ibrahimovic scored a wonderful pass from the right rib to pass the opponent's defender and break into the penalty area. Unfortunately, the subsequent shot from a small angle was blocked by Lazio goalkeeper Muslera.

Then the Nerazzurri made a comeback. Cambiasso made a direct pass to the left side of the penalty area from the middle. Zhu Hantao succeeded in countering offside with a smart move. He turned and volleyed with his left foot in the penalty area 9 meters away from the goal, but Lazio's central defender Sivilla stretched out his foot to block the near post.

Figo took a corner kick from the right and passed it to the center, which was ejected by Lazio central defender Rozenal.

After 1 minute, Figo made a low pass from the right and caused Muslera to drop, but there were no Inter Milan players in the small penalty area to keep up with the goal, and an excellent opportunity was missed.

It didn't take long for Inter Milan's midfielder Stankovic to miss a cold shot 25 meters from the goal outside the penalty area. Ibrahimovic looked unhappy. He thought Stankovic should pass the ball.

Following Lazio's attack, Foggia got rid of Cambiasso's defense in the middle, and a low shot with his right foot at the front of the penalty area was confiscated by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar.

In the 10th minute, Zanetti made a cross from the right, and Ibrahimovic's header in the penalty area was blocked by the Uruguayan goalkeeper from the bottom line and a corner kick.

Figo took a corner kick from the left, Cordoba's header was hit, and Zhu Hantao's left-footed shot went into the net, but the line referee raised the flag and the ball was ruled offside.

Zhu Hantao was also a little dissatisfied that the strike was blown offside. He was a little puzzled at how the ball could be offside. The head coach Mourinho also applauded the referee on the sidelines mockingly.

Blue Eagle full-back Kolarov fouled Figo, and the referee awarded Inter Milan a free kick, but this penalty still made the Nerazzurri teammates very dissatisfied. This should be a card-eating action, and there is no problem with giving a yellow card.

Figo came to take the free kick on the right. The Portuguese drove the ball into the penalty area. Lazio defender Rozenal took the lead to clear the ball with a header, but the referee Rossetti ordered a heavy penalty.

Perhaps someone moved before the whistle sounded, and a heavy penalty would be a heavy penalty. Figo took the penalty again and drove the ball to the back point. Inter Milan central defender Samuel slid out of the far post with a header 7 meters away.

So far in the first half, Lazio has not played very proactively, and the formation has shrunk sharply. Their idea is very simple. Their strength is not as good as that of their opponents, so they should defend first and not rush to attack. It will easily give Inter Milan a chance to counterattack.

Inter Milan controlled the rhythm of the game in the midfield, Cambiasso split the ball to Zanetti, and the Nerazzurri captain and Figo completed a two-for-one cooperation on the right to break to the bottom line.

Figo knocked the ball back to the middle in an inverted triangle. Zhu Hantao received a pass from his teammate at the top of the penalty area and was about to take advantage of the trend to break into the Lazio penalty area. Dabo shoveled Zhu Hantao down from behind Zhu Hantao.

The referee didn't even give a free kick and signaled the game to continue. Zhu Hantao sat on the turf and raised his arms and shouted loudly, "Isn't this a card? His move is definitely dangerous, right?"

Robert Rossetti didn't take it seriously, and even went to Zhu Hantao's side to tell him to pay attention, otherwise he would be given a warning.

Zhu Hantao was very helpless, so he simply stopped talking and patted his buttocks to get up from the ground.

The whistle seems to be a bit biased, or maybe he can justify that the scale has been relaxed a little bit. In order to make the game more smooth and not interrupt, professional players will always face some situations that cannot be said. The only thing they can do is to accept the reality and play their own ball well.

In the 23rd minute, Inter Milan launched an offensive from the left, Chivu transferred a long pass, Figo stopped the ball on the right side of the penalty area and made a volley pass, Ibrahimovic's header in front of the goal went wide!
On the contrary, when Lazio attacked, the referee's penalty scale, Samuel tripped Zarate, Rossetti took out a yellow card from his pocket without hesitation, and at the same time gave Lazio a good free kick on the right.

This time, not only the players on the field, but also the coaches and players on the bench stood up and expressed their dissatisfaction with the referee Rossetti's penalty, which was very incomprehensible.

Today, more than 7 spectators filled the Stadio Olimpico. Since the venue of the match happens to be Lazio's home stadium, there are slightly more Blue Eagle fans who are sure to come to the scene.

However, nearly half of them were Nerazzurri. For a while, there was a lot of booing in the stands, and there were even shouts of "Black Whistle!" and "Did you take the money? Go home!"

Robert Rossetti's face was ugly, but the referee, who was experienced in law enforcement, would not be affected too much.

The fourth official on the sidelines warned Inter Milan, "I will record all these situations and submit them after the game. You don't want to be punished by the Football Association, do you?"

Mourinho reluctantly took everyone back to their seats.

Then Kolarov took the free kick and directly hit the goal with a strong left foot low shot, which missed the goal post and missed the goal frame.

Half an hour later, the score was still zero to zero. Although Inter Milan had an advantage on the scene, they did not get any good chances to score.

Many times, the Nerazzurri's frontcourt passing and receiving cooperation formed a very good opportunity, and then they were stopped by the opponent's fierce and unreasonable fouls. The referee pretended not to see it, and Lazio's actions became bigger and bigger.

Ibrahimovic got the ball up front, and the Swede got rid of the opponent's defender and sent an exquisite pick pass on the right side of the penalty area. Muntari stepped in to attack and headed the ball 8 meters away from the goal.

In the 35th minute, Pandev and Zarate were knocked down by Inter Milan defender Cordoba when they wanted to kick the wall in the opponent's half.

Zarate took an arc free kick from the left and directly attacked the goal, which was picked off by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar.

Although Inter Milan's players are all well-tested, they couldn't stand such a biased call, and their morale was hit. Some of the more impatient players were already playing a little impatiently.

In the 37th minute, Inter Milan almost lost the ball. Lazio forward Zarate broke through with the ball. He unexpectedly changed the line and broke through the double-team of Cambiasso, Cordoba and Samuel.

Then Lazio's corner kick was not very threatening and was easily taken by the Inter Milan goalkeeper.

Two minutes later, Inter Milan made a mistake in the backcourt and lost the ball. Lazio counterattacked on the spot. Zarate turned around and out of the way of Zanetti, and volleyed wide with his left foot on the right penalty area line.

In the 41st minute, Chivu made a cross from the left and Muslera hit the ball over Ibrahimovic's head.

In the 44th minute, Del Nero tripped Figo and was given a yellow card.

Just when everyone thought that the first half would end in a draw and they would fight again in the second half, Zarate, who was the most active player on Lazio's side in the first half, started his performance.

Zarate dribbled the ball from the left to the front of the penalty area, chose to dribble the ball laterally, and under the pressure of three defenders, he kicked decisively. The ball flew straight into the upper right corner of Inter Milan's goal, and Lazio led 1-0.

This is the No.15 goal scored by the Argentine this season, including [-] goals in the league. This goal is also Mauro Zarate's third goal in the Coppa Italia.

Before the game, no one may have thought that the former A-League Golden Boot could have such a dazzling performance against Inter Milan. Mourinho had no smile on his face, and he was pinching his chin with two fingers on his right hand, thinking about countermeasures.

During the intermission, Mourinho did not let the assistant coach explain the tactics to the whole team. In fact, there was no problem with Inter Milan's tactics. The first half was more affected by other factors.

The Portuguese himself mobilized the battle with passion, while keeping the players from being influenced by some biased decisions by the referee.

After the start of the second half, Crespo and Balotelli began to warm up on the sidelines. After a while, Mourinho should be the first to make substitution adjustments.

After scoring the goal, Zarate seemed to have played with confidence, and it was he who stole the ball from the right rib and made a low pass. Pandev followed up and volleyed with his left foot 20 meters in front of the goal and went out close to the post.

Mourinho replaced Crespo and Balotelli at the same time, Figo and Stankovic went off, and now five Nerazzurri strikers appeared on the field at the same time.

In the 58th minute of the game, Muntari went straight to the left rib, Ibrahimovic broke into the left side of the penalty area, cut in and swiped away Rozenal, and volleyed with his right foot from 13 meters in front of the goal and rushed into the far corner to tie the score.
The speed of the ball was as high as 106 kilometers per hour. Lazio goalkeeper Muslera did not respond. After scoring the goal, Ibrahimovic put his finger on his lips to signal opponents to shut up.

Mourinho ran to the sidelines and frantically incited the Inter Milan supporters in the stands. The blue and black half of the Rome Olympic Stadium boiled instantly.

Foggia went straight to the left side of the penalty area, Rocky got ahead of Samuel, and shot with his left foot from the corner of the small penalty area and missed the near post.

Inter Milan expanded the score in the 70th minute. Ibrahimovic took the ball in the middle. Crespo and Balotelli on both sides of the front were in offside positions, but Zhu Hantao, who was inserted in the middle, was stuffed with the instep of Ibrahimovic.

How could Zhu Hantao miss such an opportunity, he single-handedly broke into the left side of the penalty area and shot into the far corner of the goal with his right foot, the ball flew into the dead corner of the goal under Muslera's desperate eyes, two to zero!Zhu Hantao's goal helped Inter Milan overtake the score!

Lazio made continuous substitution adjustments. Coach Del Rio Rossi replaced Lichtsteiner with Radu, and Del Nero replaced Foggia.

Muntari made a tactical foul on Kolarov and was shown a yellow card by Rossetti.

In the 74th minute, Brocchi volleyed past Figo and was confiscated by Cesar.

Then Muntari was replaced by Burdisso, and Mourinho used up all the substitutions in the game.

Two minutes later, Brocchi was knocked down by Chivu in a scramble near the sideline. The lead made Mourinho feel good. The Portuguese showed the spirit of fair play and stepped forward to pull Brocchi up.

In the next period of time, neither side got any good opportunities, and the game entered a stalemate.

Czech under-19 striker Kozak replaced Zarate in his first appearance for Lazio.

This is also Lazio's last substitution. Did Derio Rossi give up on this substitution?

In the 89th minute, Ledesma, who had some emotional fluctuations, brought down Zhu Hantao and also received a yellow card.

Lazio's players are still trying to attack and try to equalize the score, but it doesn't seem to help.

The regular time has ended, and neither side has the quota for substitutions. We can only see if these players on the field can change the situation of the game.

In 3 minutes of stoppage time, Chivu fouled Brocchi and was shown a yellow card.

With Kozak's shot flying, the referee Roberto Rossetti blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Italy was declared over in the final.

Inter Milan won the final 2-1 reversal and won the Coppa Italia again after two years!
(End of this chapter)