Although Inter Milan is very excited about winning the Champions League, the Italian Cup final is just around the corner, and an unprecedented treble achievement in Italian football is waiting for them.
Therefore, Inter Milan's bus parade in Milan only went from the airport to the Piazza del Comune, where they displayed the trophy and sang the team song together. The celebration in the Piazza del Comune lasted just over an hour before it ended.
Although the fans were reluctant to leave, they could only celebrate on their own. The players had to go back, have a good rest and prepare for the final.
On May 30, Inter Milan conducted the last day of recovery training at its own training base, allowing the players who had just won the Champions League to calm down from the excitement of the Champions League.
On the training ground, teammates found that Lu Wenbin's breakthroughs, passing and shooting were much more decisive and concise.
Sometimes, before the defensive player responsible for closely guarding Lu Wenbin gets close to him, Lu Wenbin has already passed the ball or shot directly, and the opponent can't even interfere.
Watching Lu Wenbin play football gives you a feeling of simplifying things.
Moreover, as a forward, Lu Wenbin's change has greatly improved the offensive efficiency of the main players.
In the past, Lu Wenbin was a bit proud of his speed and dribbling skills. He liked to make individual breakthroughs and often scored goals by dribbling past several people.
But in fact, many times Lu Wenbin's dribbling is unnecessary and a waste of time. Just a simple pass is enough to tear through the opponent's defense.
Moreover, when facing two or three opponents surrounding him, Lu Wenbin would easily lose the ball, and he could not always pass all the opponents and shoot successfully.
Although Eto'o, Milito and others are not as good as Lu Wenbin in shooting skills, if Lu Wenbin passes the ball in time, Eto'o and others can shoot alone without any interference, and their goal rate will not be lower than that of Lu Wenbin doing it alone.
In today's training, Lu Wenbin played football in a much simpler way.
He passes the ball when he should, breaks through when he should, and shoots when he should, calmly and decisively. Often, Lu Wenbin has completed all his actions before his opponent gets close to him.
Moreover, Lu Wenbin's passing and shooting included several creative moves such as heel passes, hook shots, etc.
Although Lu Wenbin had done these things before, they were not so frequent.
After a 30-minute light training match, Lu Wenbin's main team defeated the substitute team 4-0. Lu Wenbin scored a goal and assisted twice, creating all four goals.
Although the substitute team was weaker and the defensive intensity was not as high as in the official game, the goal and assist in 30 minutes still surprised everyone.
Naturally, no one knew that this was the result of Lu Wenbin’s added points to his judgment and creativity attributes.
In particular, his perfect judgment allows Lu Wenbin to know what action he should take next to be most efficient and help the team win almost before he catches the ball.
The state of play performed by Lu Wenbin surprised the coaches and teammates, but also gave them peace of mind.
The other players were indeed affected by the Champions League final, but as long as Lu Wenbin is normal or even improves his strength, Palermo will not be able to prevent Inter Milan from winning the championship.
After a day of recovery training and after the players' minds were slightly shifted away from the Champions League, Inter Milan flew to Rome early in the morning on May 31.
Because there are only three days between the Champions League and Italian Cup finals, time is limited, so Inter Milan can only fly to Rome on the day of the game.
Fortunately, the game was held at night, and there was a direct flight from Milan to Rome, which would arrive in a short while, so there was enough rest time throughout the day.
On the evening of May 31, more than 100,000 fans gathered outside the Olympic Stadium in Rome, of which Inter Milan fans accounted for the majority.
The UK is too far away and it is abroad, so many fans cannot go there.
But Rome is only more than 500 kilometers away from Milan, which is very convenient whether driving or taking a plane.
Therefore, in this Italian Cup final that had the potential to allow Inter Milan to win the treble, many fans traveled thousands of miles from Milan to Rome to watch the game.
In addition to the fans, media from over a hundred countries around the world also broadcast the Italian Cup final live.
The Italian Cup itself does not have such great appeal, but the key is that Inter Milan has just won the Champions League and stood at the top of Europe, and the popularity is at its peak.
Moreover, if Inter Milan wins this game, it will become the seventh team in Europe and the first team in Italy to win the triple crown.
The birth of any treble-winning team is a major event that shakes the world of football and is naturally worthy of live broadcast and enthusiastic support from global media.
Naturally, Palermo does not want to be the backdrop or stepping stone for Inter Milan to win the treble.
Especially their chairman Zamparini, who is a famous madman in Italian football and bites whoever he catches.
Before the game, Zamparini made a bold statement in an interview with reporters: "Inter Milan should not try to complete the Treble by stepping on our bodies. I will let my players break Lu Wenbin's legs and make Sneijder and Eto'o bid farewell to football. Just wait and see if you don't believe me!"
Zamparini's words caused an uproar. This has gone beyond the scope of football. This is a blatant instigation of players to intentionally injure others. This is a crime. The media has been full of voices condemning Zamparini.
Among the fans, not to mention Inter Milan fans, many neutral fans also developed a huge aversion to Palermo and turned to support Inter Milan.
Zamparini was already a lunatic with a bad reputation in Italian football, and his words immediately aroused public outrage.
Not only Inter Milan, but the entire Italian football world is protesting against Zamparini's remarks.
As a result, the Italian Football Association and the judicial department jointly stepped forward and warned Zamparini and Palermo, saying that if Palermo really used lethal tactics against Inter Milan in the game, the judicial department would intervene.
This was punishment for Zamparini's blatant defiance of football rules.
Palermo coach Rossi was in tears.
Now, before the game even started, the club president openly challenged the entire football world, causing the Football Association and judicial authorities to come to the defense of Inter Milan.
Now, let alone killing tactics, I am afraid that the players dare not even commit fouls, for fear of injuring their opponents and being severely punished.
During the game, Palermo players will definitely become timid.
The team was already inferior in strength, and now they were under a layer of shackles. Rossi felt that his team had no chance of winning at all.
Before, we were expecting Inter Milan to travel to England to play a high-intensity Champions League final, and then come back for a day of partying in the city, which will definitely affect the players' condition, and Palermo still has a chance of an upset.
Now that this crazy chairman has done this, everything is over.
Rossi felt that he was a tragedy, as he had come to watch his fellow head coach Mourinho win the treble!
As the club president, Moratti can pay out of his own pocket to buy Mourinho a world-class superstar like Lu Wenbin, but Zamparini will only hold him back.
They are all head coaches, but why are the chairmen they meet so different? (asking for monthly votes)