The media called on Inter Milan's old guard to fight for their dignity and honor, which shows that the media actually knew about the mess inside Inter Milan.

Although many reporters felt that these old guys were the biggest obstacle to Inter Milan's continued progress, at this critical juncture, they could only rely on these old guys... It was truly ironic.

They usually didn't scold them less, but now they had to treat them like treasures, coaxing and indulging them, and carefully serving them. During this period, the Milanese media did not dare to report on the various strange phenomena in the Inter Milan dressing room.

But they were actually overthinking it. For this group of Inter Milan players, Chen Yingxiong was an unforgettable obsession. They had been defeated by him many times when he was at Napoli. In the season Inter Milan won the Treble, the only team that defeated them twice in the season was Napoli, with Chen Yingxiong. So if there was anything the Inter Milan players regretted, it would definitely be this.

The crown of the Treble was thus stained with a trace of dirt, and it was indelible...

In addition to the Treble season, Chen Yingxiong's Napoli had also won more games than they lost when facing Inter Milan, which made the Inter Milan players very unhappy.

They had always wanted to reverse the win-loss ratio between the two sides, but Chen Yingxiong had transferred away!

Now, revenge was out of the question.

Who would have thought that fate would give them a golden opportunity!

Defeat Chen Yingxiong and his Liverpool in the Europa League final, snatch their championship, and spit out the resentment that had been pent up in their chests for a long time!

Therefore, in this Europa League final, the old guys of Inter Milan were very motivated.

This surprised Inter Milan coach Boas—he would be thankful if this group of old guys didn't cause him trouble on a regular basis. Why were they cooperating with his preparations so well this time? They were also so diligent in training...

Boas had not coached Inter Milan before and knew very little about the grievances between Inter Milan and Chen Yingxiong, so it was normal to have such doubts.

But he was very clear about how good Chen Yingxiong was.

Last season, he coached Chelsea in the Premier League for a period of time. During that time, his team played against Liverpool once. Although Liverpool lost that game, Boas did not think it was Chen Yingxiong's fault. On the contrary, in very unfavorable circumstances, Chen Yingxiong scored a goal, which was considered to have saved some face for a powerhouse like Liverpool.

Liverpool's performance this season also confirmed Chen Yingxiong's strength. The biggest difference between Liverpool's outstanding performance and last season was actually the arrival of a new coach. And this new coach had given full play to Chen Yingxiong's energy, so Liverpool naturally had such results...

So Boas did not dare to underestimate this opponent.

He took his opponent very seriously, and his players were also full of fighting spirit, which gave Boas hope of defeating Liverpool in the Europa League final.

This season, he replaced the previous interim coach Stramaccioni and became Chelsea's coach. The performance in the first half of the season was not very good. The team was eliminated from the Champions League group stage, and the performance in the league was also very average.

Boas constantly emphasized to the media that he had just arrived at Inter Milan and could not immediately lead the team to achieve earth-shaking results. He wanted the media and fans to give him time. In fact, he was also shouting to President Moratti through the media, hoping that this notoriously impatient president would not fire him in a hurry, so that all his transformation plans would fail.

Fortunately, this time Moratti really gave Boas enough patience. When the team was eliminated from the Champions League group stage, Boas was in the eye of the storm. Almost everyone believed that he would definitely be dismissed, but Moratti withstood the huge pressure and did not let him leave early.

He gave Boas his trust, and Boas did not let him down. In the case of fighting on two fronts, he led Inter Milan to catch up and win the Champions League qualification for next season. At the same time, in the Europa League, his Inter Milan also made it all the way to the final, without repeating the mistakes of the Manchester United and Manchester City brothers last season.

Such a performance already allowed him not to worry about being fired after the end of the season. He would have more time to put his "reforms" into practice.

Of course, if he could lead the team to win a Europa League title, it would simply be a success!

It could be completely recorded in the history of Inter Milan's club for future generations to admire and respect.

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Inter Milan was actively preparing for the battle, and so was Liverpool.

As the game approached, confrontations between the two sides in the media also began to appear.

Liverpool's media began to rummage through the old papers and found the clashes between Chen Yingxiong and Inter Milan when he was still at Napoli. Then they excitedly announced that they were already invincible. Because Chen Yingxiong's victory over Inter Milan was quite high! Liverpool's possession of Chen Yingxiong was equivalent to possessing the key to defeating Inter Milan.

As a result, this behavior just provoked the fighting spirit and anger on Inter Milan's side, and the group of old guys trained even harder!

This might be their last chance, a chance to make up for the regrets of the Treble season.

If they missed it, who knew when the two teams would meet again next time...

So Boas was actually very happy to see the current situation.

He even wished that Liverpool would promote it more fiercely, and demean Inter Milan even more excessively, so that Inter Milan could be united in their hatred of the enemy and arouse their fighting spirit and ambition.

Boas already knew the strength of this team very well. In fact, if they were serious, Inter Milan would still be one of the top three in Italy, and it was not impossible to compete for the league title. In the Champions League, he felt that they could at least reach the quarterfinals.

The problem was that this team was always not serious and all went to internal friction.

As long as they could concentrate their minds on one thing and twist them into one force, Boas believed that the power they would unleash would be enough for their opponents to drink a pot of it even if they reached the Champions League final, let alone the Europa League.

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Being ridiculed by Liverpool's media like this, the Milanese media naturally refused to be outdone. They did not dare to refute the battle history between Chen Yingxiong and Inter Milan. They were the Italian media, and they knew best how powerful Chen Yingxiong was.

But they could also find confidence for their team.

For example, starting with the coach was a good idea.

They believed that Inter Milan was actually the side that really had the advantage, because their coach, Boas, was a coach with rich experience, especially in the Europa League.

How did Boas become famous?

It was because he led Porto to win the Treble that year, the domestic league title, the domestic cup title, and the Europa League title.

Therefore, he was regarded as Mourinho's successor and became an instant hit.

Anyway, he had experience in winning the Europa League. Wasn't his resume better than that of Liverpool's coach, Martin O'Neill?

Therefore, if it was the Champions League final, it was hard to say, but since it was the Europa League final, everyone felt that Boas had a better advantage. After all, he had experience in winning the championship. Football was still very particular about experience. The temperament of a coach with experience in winning the championship was completely different from that of a coach without experience in winning the championship. People with experience would be more confident, while people without experience would always worry too much. These subtle differences might lead to different final results.

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The war of words between the two sides continued, but it was only a contest between the media. The players and coaches did not participate.

It was not until the day before the game that Chen Yingxiong finally said a word, which was immediately seized by the media as if they had found a treasure and was widely spread and hyped.

Chen Yingxiong said: "It's really nostalgic to play Inter Milan in the final..."

Just this sentence was interpreted by the media as "Hero is humiliating Inter Milan," "Hero hints that he has defeated Inter Milan many times and has a psychological advantage," "Hero mocks Inter Milan as his defeated opponent"...

Of course, the media's analysis was based on Chen Yingxiong's consistent performance. After all, judging from Chen Yingxiong's character, if he did not provoke trouble before the game, it would simply not be Chen Yingxiong!

And he was indeed quite good at sarcasm. So much so that everyone now had to take a detour in their minds when they saw him say this, to see if there was a deeper meaning, so as not to be scolded by him without even knowing it.

But this time, the media really wronged Chen Yingxiong. He was just sighing, because playing against Inter Milan reminded him of his years in Napoli.

Those years were indeed quite nostalgic.

Before the game, Chen Yingxiong's Napoli teammates also expressed their support for Liverpool and hoped that Liverpool would win the championship. This was called by the Milanese media as an act of turning their elbows outward. But Napoli didn't care so much. It was natural for them to support their former teammates and good friends!

Regardless of what Chen Yingxiong himself meant, this sentence was interpreted by the media as Chen Yingxiong provoking Inter Milan.

This made the Inter Milan players even more unhappy—it would have been better if you hadn't mentioned the past. Mentioning it just made us angry! In this final, we will fight to the death to defeat you! We must not let someone like you continue to be rampant!

Of course, Chen Yingxiong knew how the media was hyping up his words, but since he had already been misunderstood, he was too lazy to explain anything. That would only make him look weak and might be understood by others as someone who was easy to bully. Chen Yingxiong didn't want to be regarded as that kind of person, otherwise, where would he put his face?

Anyway, he had no objection to the media using him to ridicule Inter Milan—he was not worried that this would attract dissatisfaction from Inter Milan fans and players. He already had enough arch-enemies. He didn't care if he had a few more opponents. Moreover, when he was in Napoli, wasn't the commotion when he defeated Inter Milan twice small? When he was in Napoli, Inter Milan fans had already been unhappy with him, so there was no need to worry about this problem at this time.

In this way, the Europa League final began under such undercurrents...

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ps, I will resume three updates tomorrow~~

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