Last season, Inter Milan finally won the Serie A championship with a score of 28 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses and 9 1, and scored 89 goals, not the most in the league, but conceded 35 goals, which was the best control of the whole Serie A. Kong Di's three central defenders system worked very well, and the speed and impact of Lu Kaku, lautaro and Sanchez in the counterattack were the key links for the Nerazzurri to score goals. Unity is strength, and finally won the Serie A championship, which is the best reward for Razuri who persisted in her dream for eleven years. Eleven years after reaching the summit, the Serie A champion was finally no longer occupied by the Bianconeri flag and ushered in a long-lost blue sky.
Of course, although Inter Milan won the Serie A championship, it did not perform well in the wider Champions League. In the group with Real Madrid, M? nchengladbach and Donetsk miners, Inter Milan won 6 games/KLOC-0, won 3 draws and lost, and even failed to qualify at the bottom of the group. This is obviously unreasonable for a team that has won the Serie A championship, and its performance is even worse than that of backward Atlanta and Juventus. You can say that Inter Milan focused on the domestic league for the Serie A title, but in the new season, the Nerazzurri must win something in the Champions League.
However, behind the seemingly happy victory, there is an undercurrent. First of all, Kong Di, the meritorious coach who won the league title, said at the press conference that he and the club's future must be discussed with the top management, and he "hasn't decided" his future at Inter Milan. This statement of the champion coach undoubtedly cast a shadow over the fans who have just experienced joy. They vaguely think that Kong Di will leave Inter Milan. Sure enough, the fans who haven't recovered from the excitement of winning the championship have received the news that Kong Di left the team.
Kong Di's departure is not the only bad news for Inter Milan. On the contrary, the departure of the meritorious coach is the beginning of the team's downturn. Subsequently, at the summer high-level meeting, Inter Milan President Yang clearly pointed out the team's current difficult situation. In short, Inter Milan is now facing a very serious financial crisis. The high foreign debt prevented the young Serie A champion from enjoying a few good days. The championship trophy didn't solve the problem. There is only one thing that can solve the problem, and that is money.
As a result, there was the departure of Ashraf and Lu Kaku, especially the latter, and Chelsea, with strong financial resources, paid hundreds of millions of pounds directly, which made Inter Milan's finances rich at once. At the same time, the departure of Kong Di, Ashraf, Lu Kaku and others also greatly reduced the salary of the team. Don't think that Kong Di is just a coach with a low salary. On the contrary, when he coached Inter Milan, his salary was the highest in Serie A. However, the departure of the three men also made the embarrassment of Inter Milan obvious to the world. It is believed that Suning Group behind Zhang has actually dissolved the club after Jiangsu Suning won the Super League championship. For a time, rumors about the imminent dissolution of Inter Milan were flying all over the sky, which also upset the morale of the already anxious Inter Milan people.
Different from Jiangsu Suning, Inter Milan is a Serie A club with a history of 100 years. It is absolutely impossible to dissolve. At the most critical moment of the team, one person stepped forward, and he was the team coach Mallota.
Although the problem of Inter Milan is serious, it is not unsolvable. Mallota is the man who really serves this team. He is very reliable. Facing the mess left by the departure of the coach and key players, Mallota thought that the first thing to do was to get a reliable head coach, so he thought of Inzaghi Jr.
Inzaghi, then Lazio coach, has proved himself in the league. Last season in Serie A, Lazio was the biggest threat for Juventus to win the championship. Inzaghi, who built the Lazio system, is undoubtedly a very good coach, and the first person Mallota can think of is undoubtedly him. In addition to proving himself in Lazio, Inzaghi had a deep understanding of all the major teams in Serie A during his career as a player and coach. Undoubtedly, the most important thing is that the salary of Inzaghi is much lower than that of Kong Di. Only the coach can reduce expenses for Inter Milan!
In addition to getting rid of the head coach and facing the vacancy left by the departure of right-back Ashraf, Inter Milan turned their attention to Dutch defender dumfries, who shined in the European Cup. However, dumfries's choice is not only the Nerazzurri, but Everton is also interested in dumfries. At this time Mallota played a wave of Sao operation. First, he pretended that the team had lost interest in dumfries. It seems that his move to toffee is a foregone conclusion. However, while everyone was waiting for Everton's official announcement of dumfries, Inter Milan suddenly announced the signing of Dutch full-back dumfries, which greatly reduced the player's transfer fee. Inter Milan executives are very satisfied with this transfer, not only solved it.
As for the departure of key striker Lu Kaku, Inter Milan also found a suitable candidate. Although Inzaghi got in touch with him as soon as he took office, he told him that he needed him very much and played a great role in his own system, and also told Zhang that he needed him. However, considering the difficult financial situation, Zhang Gongzi made the decision to sell Lu Kaku after repeated weighing. Of course, this decision also caused Inzaghi's strong dissatisfaction. However, at this time, Mallota stood out again. After Lu Kaku left the team, he quickly bought Bosnian striker Zhe Ke. Although Zhe Ke is 35 years old, he still maintains a good competitive state, and his height has reached 193. It is a typical high center play, which can be used as the fulcrum of the frontcourt to make up for the vacancy after Lu Kaku left. At the same time, it is very good for lautaro to have Zhe Ke leading the way. He can play the role of the second striker perfectly. Of course, it's unrealistic to expect a 35-year-old veteran to attack the city by himself, so Inter Milan is eyeing the coveted Atalanta striker Zapata ... Although there is no official announcement yet, Mallota is so reliable that we still have reason to expect Zapata's arrival.
There is no doubt that after winning the Serie A championship, the team's eyes naturally focus on the Champions League, which has been repeatedly defeated. Last season's failure to qualify in the group stage made the Nerazzurri lose face. Although this season is Inzaghi's first season and the team is still in the running-in stage, Inter Milan have no choice but to make achievements in the Champions League. The minimum standard is to qualify for the group, which is to be done anyway. As for the club level, in the new season, fans return to the stadium and have ticket income, while the departure of Kong Di, Lu Kaku and others has greatly eased the economic pressure. The new coach Inzaghi's tactics in Lazio are mainly three guards, and Inter Milan, which also pursues the tactics of three guards, will be able to connect seamlessly. This is really a very good signing. You know, if you want to find a coach with four defenders, you must rebuild the team system, buy back defenders and buy people ... which is undoubtedly the last thing Inter Milan wants to see now.
In short, in the new season, as the defending champion, Inter Milan experienced a turbulent summer, but the basic framework of the team has not changed much. Cherhan Oulu and other main forces are still there. As for whether we can make a breakthrough in the Champions League, let's wait and see!