Chapter 433 Heroic Hat Trick

Allegri learned that Napoli was leading Lazio 4-3 a minute later.

At that time, his team got a penalty, and he didn't care anymore.

If Napoli really defeated Lazio at home, winning this game would only mean that the gap between the two sides would not be widened.

"A heroic hat trick," Tassotti added.

"That guy..." Allegri shook his head, looking helpless. Why a hat trick in this game of all games...

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"Eighty-eighth minute, Napoli has completed a major reversal! They have overtaken the score after being two goals behind! This is the first time they have led in this game!"

The Stadio San Paolo had become an ocean of joy.

Everyone was celebrating the victory.

Yes, victory!

Although the game was not over yet, everyone in Naples firmly believed that after the previous eighty-eight minutes, Napoli would not lose this game!

Not even a draw!

Chen Hero put on his clothes and ran back. Of course, he also received a yellow card, but he didn't care.

A yellow card is worth it for such a game.

This was the first yellow card he received after his automatic suspension. According to the rules of the Italian league, an automatic suspension for one game after accumulating four yellow cards, and if he commits another foul after the ban is lifted, he will accumulate three yellow cards and be suspended for one game, and another foul will result in an automatic suspension for one game after accumulating two yellow cards...

Generally speaking, very few players can reach the point of being automatically suspended for one game after accumulating two yellow cards in a season.

It is even rarer for offensive players like Chen Hero to receive a yellow card in several games.

So Chen Hero was not afraid.

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This thrilling game ended with Napoli reversing Lazio 4-3 at home.

Chen Hero staged a hat trick in the game, and his explosion helped the team win the crucial three points. These three points allowed them to maintain their lead over AC Milan.

For Napoli, winning Lazio was good news. And AC Milan's 3-0 victory over Inter Milan at home was also considered good news.

Some people may find it strange, how could the opponent's victory have anything to do with Napoli? Shouldn't Napoli hope that their direct rivals lose?

That's not the case.

Before the important Champions League game, Inter Milan was powerless and lost to AC Milan in the more important Milan derby. Although the game was only lost by three goals, it was called a "rout" by the Milanese media after the game.

The meaning of "rout" is not only in the score, nor in the game, but in a deeper sense—the collapse of the team's spirit.

Leonardo's Inter Milan has a very bad phenomenon. That is, once that energy is released, it is easy to have a continuous collapse. Inter Milan's players are all winners of the Triple Crown. After these people have achieved success, they will inevitably have the paralyzing idea of "lying on their laurels and sleeping soundly."

Their fighting spirit and mental outlook are far inferior to last season.

This rout in the Milan derby will lead to Inter Milan's morale being low and their fighting spirit insufficient in the future. You must know the importance of the Milan derby. Victory will have a stimulant-like effect on them—even our city rivals lost to us, so what is Napoli?

But what if you lose the game?

That will shatter the team's original fragile confidence, and the players will realize that they are not as good as they thought they were, and that this Inter Milan is no longer the Inter Milan of last season...

After self-doubt comes self-denial.

If you lack confidence and have a weak fighting spirit, how can you cope with the Champions League?

This is obviously good news for Napoli, Inter Milan's opponent in the Champions League.

So Mazzarri was particularly happy after hearing that AC Milan finally won 3-0 against Inter Milan.

He was full of confidence in the first leg of the Champions League in midweek.

What's more, this game is Napoli's home game.

At the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli is invincible!

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Leonardo had been annoyed to death these past two days.

In the media, he seemed to have really become a mole that AC Milan had painstakingly sent.

The criticism against him was endless. They believed that there was a problem with his tactics, his choice of players, his on-the-spot command, and him as a person... There were problems everywhere!

The failure of this game was entirely Leonardo's problem and had nothing to do with anyone else.

It was bad enough that the reporters were annoying him, but even the fans came to annoy him.

Many Inter Milan fans gathered outside Inter Milan's training ground, shouting various slogans to express their anger at the team's loss in the Milan derby.

Of course, many spears were pointed at him, the coach.

"AC Milan mole, get out of the Meazza!"

"Leonardo, get out! Leonardo, get out!"

Of course, the most popular way to win people's hearts was to shout Mourinho's name and then sing the Mourinho song.

Mourinho went to Real Madrid, and he is still a god in the hearts of many Inter Milan fans. In their opinion, only a successful coach like Mourinho is worthy of Inter Milan.

Now that Inter Milan is in poor condition, people naturally miss him especially.

Back then, when Mourinho coached Inter Milan, when had they been bullied so badly by their city rivals!

Now he heard the shouts of "Mourinho! Mourinho!" again while leading the team in training.

He frowned.

Last season, when he was the coach of AC Milan, he was overwhelmed by Mourinho. Now that he has come to Inter Milan, he did not expect that he would still not be able to get rid of the opponent's influence...

The fans were so unsupportive, and then he thought about the criticism from those damned media, and he felt aggrieved.

How could losing the game be my responsibility alone? They should also take a look at these Inter Milan players. How many of them can still run actively on the field? They are all like masters, standing there and not wanting to move. They watched themselves lose to their city rivals, and there was no expression on their faces!

Yes, they are all people who have won the Triple Crown. They have achieved success and fame, and they are no longer willing to run desperately on the field like a rookie.

But that's not my problem!

The Champions League quarter-finals are coming up in midweek, but these people don't seem to want to work hard at all. How can we expect such a group of people to capture Napoli's terrifying home stadium?

These are all trivial matters.

He suggested to Club President Moratti that if the team wants to regain its glory, a blood transfusion is essential.

The current players are all old and have won championships. For them, there is nothing to pursue in their careers. How can you expect this group of people who have no desire for honor to lead the team to reshape its glory?

It would be good enough if they didn't cause trouble for you!

What did Moratti say?

"Inter Milan is a club full of human touch, and I believe they are all very good players. All they lack is a way to stimulate them... This is exactly your job, just like Jose did here..."

He still compared himself to Mourinho!

After losing to AC Milan, Moratti also expressed his dissatisfaction with the team's performance in an interview. But what qualifications does he have to be dissatisfied? Leonardo thought indignantly. There are factions within the team, and everyone has their own thoughts. Maicon clamored to leave last summer to follow his mentor to Real Madrid, but he didn't make it, and he was half-heartedly lazy for most of the season. Sneijder suffered from injuries, and news about him leaving Inter Milan to join Manchester United never stopped. Diego Milito's condition plummeted, as for the others... Forget it, Leonardo didn't even want to mention it.

According to Leonardo's original idea, there would be a major blood transfusion. Those players who didn't want to stay in the team would be allowed to leave and pursue their dream stages and high salaries. Those who were willing to play for the team in a down-to-earth manner would be kept, and some players who were not very famous and not very old would be introduced from other places. At least they would still be full of hunger for honor.

If you want to win a championship, everything is easy to handle. The only thing to fear are those who are not interested in the championship. They are the real old foxes. They loaf on the job on the field, and it is more difficult for them to actively defend than to kill them. They are particularly active when it comes to taking salaries and bonuses.

Leonardo felt a headache when he thought about leading such a team to the Stadio San Paolo.

Defeat Napoli away?

Leonardo felt that with the team's current state, he shouldn't even think about it.

Although he defeated Napoli at home in his first game after coaching Inter Milan, that was at the Meazza, not at the Stadio San Paolo.

Everyone knows how terrifying that stadium is.

Leonardo was unsure, and he felt that he should still consider how not to lose or lose less away from home.

As long as he can get a draw away, it will still help restore morale, and then wait until he returns to the home court and defeat his opponent in one go to advance to the semi-finals.

He didn't believe that after breaking into the semi-finals, he couldn't stimulate the fighting spirit of these masters.

When the time comes, use the defense of the Champions League title to stimulate and lure them, and he doesn't believe that no one will take the bait.

Since the reform of the Champions League, no team has been able to achieve the feat of winning the championship for two consecutive years. If Inter Milan can do it, that is a major event that will go down in history. After Mourinho led the team to win the Triple Crown, everyone was talking about "dreaming back to the Great Inter Milan," but in Leonardo's opinion, winning a Champions League title is a stroke of luck. Only by winning the Champions League title for two consecutive years can it be a display of strength. Only when the team successfully defends the Champions League will they be qualified to shout the slogan of the "Great Inter Era."

Leonardo felt that this bait should be tempting enough...

As long as they can enter the semi-finals, the team should be able to reverse its decadent mental outlook and transform itself.

This team has won all the championships, and it does need some different stimuli...

And if you want to enter the Champions League semi-finals, you have to kick away this stumbling block called Napoli!

Leonardo was thinking in his heart about how to retreat completely from the Stadio San Paolo...

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