After the TIM Cup warm-up matches with Juventus and AC Milan, Inter Milan settled down and concentrated on training in Pinetina to prepare for the Italian Super Cup.
Mourinho's team is different to Ralph's team.
Ralph's team roster is close to 30 people, but Mourinho's regular team roster is usually around 23 people.
He believes that this number is enough to cope with a season, which can ensure that every player has enough games to play and can use games to maintain their form.
Even if he is fighting on multiple fronts, he won't need too many people.
Only when there are too many injuries will he temporarily call up players from the reserve team or youth team, or loan or buy players during the winter break.
This was the case at Chelsea and it was the same when he came to Inter Milan. Even though the average age of the team was high, Mourinho did not add too many players.
However, after Lu Wenbin joined the training, Mourinho did not use the 4231 formation of last season's Champions League final, but instead began to focus on training the 442 midfield diamond formation.
Because Zanetti and Cambiasso are both quite old, if they both start at the same time there will be no substitutes of the same level.
And Zanetti often has to play as a full-back.
Therefore, Inter Milan only used one defensive midfielder at the beginning of the new season.
Then add a forward and play more offensive cooperation in the frontcourt.
Eto'o or Milito rotates to play as the forward center, while Lu Wenbin plays as the shadow striker, and their range of activities covers the entire midfield and frontcourt.
Because of Lu Wenbin's vision and passing and assisting ability, Mourinho requires Lu Wenbin to not only be able to shoot and score by himself, but also to be able to retreat and cooperate with Sneijder, or assist other teammates to score.
Now Lu Wenbin's goal-scoring ability is well-known to the whole world. Lu Wenbin must be closely guarded by opponents near the penalty area. Retreating to get the ball just happens to avoid the tightly defended penalty area.
After Lu Wenbin gets the ball, he has one more option, whether to break through and shoot or to assist his teammates to score.
After a few days of training, teammates became more familiar with Lu Wenbin's abilities and were able to perform some passing and cutting coordination based on Lu Wenbin's running speed and ability.
Under such circumstances, on August 22, Inter Milan hosted Roma in the 2010 Italian Super Cup match at home.
Before the game started, enthusiastic Inter Milan fans had filled the Meazza Stadium. Except for more than 10,000 away fans from Rome, all other seats were filled by Inter Milan fans.
This is Inter Milan's first official game of the new season and also Lu Wenbin's first official game for Inter Milan.
Mourinho has included Lu Wenbin, who had just joined the team, in the 18-man roster announced before the game.
Although he did not start, Mourinho has said that he would let Lu Wenbin come on as a substitute if the time is right.
This has filled the media and fans with anticipation.
Although the Bundesliga and Serie A are both among the top five leagues, their styles are completely different.
He joined Inter Milan with the world's highest transfer fee and annual salary, signed a three-year contract with a penalty of 150 million.
In addition to Inter Milan fans and his fans who are high on expectations for Lu Wenbin, there are countless people waiting to see whether Lu Wenbin will suffer a Waterloo.
Many superstars seem to perform worse in the second season after winning the Ballon d'Or than in the previous season.
Facing an Serie A team that is good at defense, everyone is curious whether Lu Wenbin can still thrive like he did in the Bundesliga, and whether he can continue his Ballon d'Or-level performance last season.
Before the game started, everyone observed a minute of silence for the Italian Prime Minister who passed away a few days ago.
Then, at 9 p.m., with the referee's whistle, the 2010 Italian Super Cup officially kicked off at the Meazza Stadium.
Inter Milan got the kick-off right and took the lead in attacking.
However, the first attack did not achieve any results as Roma intercepted the ball.
Inter Milan quickly returned to defense and was ready for battle.
Although the formation is a relatively balanced 442 midfield diamond, Mourinho's coaching philosophy is to stabilize the defense first and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
His coaching philosophy has always been to not lose the ball first.
As a result, Inter Milan soon got the chance to counterattack.
In the 2nd minute, Roma's attack was interrupted and Inter Milan launched a quick counterattack. Milito faced the attacking goalkeeper Lobont about 25 meters outside the penalty area and made a lob shot, but the ball went over the crossbar.
The two sides fought back and forth, with neither side winning.
Although this was Inter Milan's home court, Roma also played quite tenaciously.
Moreover, they scored the first goal.
In the 21st minute, Roma Prince Totti used his magnetic attraction to lure both central defenders Lucio and Samuel out of the penalty area, then turned around and passed the ball to the ribs of the penalty area.
Roma's full-back Riise, who came from the back row, volleyed the ball into the far corner of the goal before Zanetti could clear the ball.
Cesar was unable to save the ball and could only watch the ball go into the net.
Roma leads Inter Milan 1-0 at the Meazza.
Suddenly, more than 10,000 away Roma fans burst into warm cheers.
Afterwards, Inter Milan, playing at home, launched a fierce counterattack and continuously threatened Roma's goal.
In the 24th minute, Eto'o dribbled into the penalty area, but was promptly blocked by Roma defender Juan. Otherwise, Eto'o would have probably shot into the goal.
In the 33rd minute, full-back Maicon made a 30-meter run on the right and cut inside to shoot from a distance, but the focused Roma goalkeeper Lobonte saved the ball from going out of bounds.
In the 38th minute, Sneijder took a long shot from about 25 meters outside the penalty area, and the ball hit the post and went out of the goal, making the Roma players and fans break out in a cold sweat.
Continuous attacks and quick counterattacks finally broke through Roma's goal in the 41st minute.
In fact, this was a mistake by Roma.
In the 41st minute, Roma's midfielder passed the ball back, but it was not strong enough and was intercepted by the fast Eto'o. He then used his speed to eat away the center back Juan and shot before the goalkeeper blocked the angle.
The ball passed under Lobont's armpit and flew into the goal.
Eto'o scored the equalizer for Inter Milan and the two sides entered the halftime break with a 1-1 tie.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.
More than ten minutes into the second half, the score between the two sides remained unchanged.
So, Roma made the first substitution, Taddei replaced Pizarro to strengthen the attack.
Mourinho immediately responded by asking Lu Wenbin, who had already been warming up on the sidelines, to come over, and after giving him some instructions, he replaced him.
When Lu Wenbin and Milito high-fived to complete the substitution and ran into the stadium, the stands were immediately filled with warm applause and cheers from Inter Milan fans.
The commentators also shouted excitedly:
"Lu is on the court, Inter Milan's top star Lu is on the court!"
"Lu's first official game in Italy, his Nerazzurri debut, is officially here!"
"In the 62nd minute of the 2010 Italian Super Cup, Mourinho replaced No. 22 Diego Milito with No. 6 Lu Wenbin. Lu's journey in the Apennine Peninsula officially began!" (asking for a monthly ticket)