Chapter 370 The upcoming Champions League final
Chapter 370 The upcoming Champions League final
"Yes, we have taken another step towards our goal," Li Yi replied after the match.
After defeating Inter Milan, Cagliari is one step closer to the Triple Crown. It can even be said that Cagliari is only three games away from the Triple Crown, one Champions League final and two Coppa Italia finals.
As for the opponents in the final of the Coppa Italia, it is really a narrow road for enemies. Just one day after the match between Cagliari and Inter Milan, the second round between Rome and Udinese was staged as scheduled.
Roma seems to have used all their luck this season in the Coppa Italia. When the referee blew nine 10 minutes to end the game, Roma entered the final with a difficult 2:1 victory over Udinese.
This is also the first time Roma has tasted victory again after three months. The last time Roma tasted victory in the Italian Cup was in February.
Enemies were extremely jealous when they met. When the result came out, the Italian media was excited. After all, the match between Cagliari and Rome has never been short of explosive points.
But at the same time, the media had to worry that Roma would not be able to stop Cagliari. After all, Roma had never defeated Cagliari led by Li Yi, especially the results of Roma this season were so disastrous.
But soon, the attention of the Italian media shifted. After all, the Coppa Italia final had to wait until June, and it was still a two-round system.
And now, for the Italians, or even the whole of Europe, no, it should be the fans of the world, the most important thing is the Champions League final in Istanbul a week later.
The day before, the Italian media were still working together to prevent Cagliari from marching towards the Triple Crown. A day later, the Italian media began to brag about Cagliari again.
The Champions League has once again turned into a league civil war, which is a matter of face for any league, especially now that the outside world has unanimously bad-mouthed Serie A, thinking that the glory of the Serie A World Cup is no longer there.
So at this moment, the Italian media began to hate the air, which is a good thing for Cagliari. Without the harassment of the media, Cagliari can concentrate on preparing for the game.
However, before the Champions League final, both Cagliari and AC Milan still have a league game to play. In the seventh round of League No.30, Cagliari will sit at home to welcome Udinese, who was just eliminated by Rome in the Coppa Italia in the middle of the week.
In other words, this is really a radius of eight taels. AC Milan chose to welcome Palermo at home. Udinese and Palermo are both mid-upstream fans of Serie A this season, and they even had a chance to compete for the Champions League seat.
But now that the league has played, the two teams have actually no desires. With only two rounds left in the league, Udinese can no longer catch up with Inter Milan, who is fourth. Similarly, Palermo has also secured a UEFA Cup seat.
The two opponents have nothing to ask for, and the same is true for Cagliari and AC Milan. Cagliari won the league championship early, and AC Milan's third position in the league will not change.
If you really want to say that it is more unfavorable to that team, it is still Cagliari. Before this round of the league, Cagliari has reached 61 unbeaten games, and the league has reached 16 games.
Compared with Udinese sharpening their knives, Cagliari's side is very tied, and even many players have turned their attention to the Champions League final.
However, this refers to winning players who did not start in the next game. Obviously, not starting means that they have to recharge their batteries for the mid-week finals, and those who start can only vent their depression on Udinese.
For example, there are two central defenders Rami and Chiellini in this game. For such an important match as the Champions League final, Li Yi chose to pair the experienced Hierro with the relatively calm Barzagli.
Depressed Chiellini and Rami could only vent all their energy and dissatisfaction on Udinese, which also created the tragedy of Udinese's offense. Throughout the first half, Udinese only had three shots, and two of them were long-range shots.
Chiellini and Rami were absolutely world-class in the first half, and even giving them a pair of red underwear could turn them into omnipotent supermen.
The defense is strong, and the striker is also strong. The striker partners in this game are Di Natale and Palacio, but compared to the defense, the striker has been much calmer so far.
Of course, this calmness is relative, especially Di Natale, who has performed very well this season, and he has been the main starter most of the time.
Regarding Li Yi's choice, Di Natale actually didn't have any resentment in his heart. After all, for such an important match as the Champions League final, it's normal to choose a veteran.
No complaints, no complaints, but I must have held back a lot of energy in my heart. In the end, this energy was successfully vented behind Udinese, scoring twice, and Di Natale declared his excellence with two goals in the first half.
Well, these Udinese are going to cry. With Di Natale's excellence, Udinese has been whipped to death more than once, but Di Natale is in such a good state.
3:0, when the first half ended, Cagliari entered the break with a score of 3:0, and the third goal came from Palacio, another striker in the front line.
But 3:0 is not the final score. Although Udinese took the lead in recovering a goal in the second half, Chiellini and Rami made a mistake in cooperation, allowing Di Michele to seize the opportunity.
But unfortunately, Di Michele's goal could not change Udinese's defeat. Just 7 minutes after Udinese's goal, Cagliari expanded the score again, and Chiellini relied on a corner kick to complete the goal.
No. 708 minutes, Valbuel's breakthrough caused a foul by Udinese's defenders. The referee awarded a penalty kick. Di Natale scored a hat-trick overnight.
After this goal, Udinese was obviously stunned by the kick, so soon, Cagliari scored another one, from Montolivo's long-range shot from outside the penalty area, and it was a very average long-range shot, but in the end the ball still flew into Udinese's goal.
6:1 was the final score of the game. Udinese, who wanted to end Cagliari, ushered in a disastrous defeat. At the end of the game, the sad Udinese didn't even accept an interview and directly set foot on the return plane.
Although a big victory is worthy of joy, in fact, the Cagliari people no longer care about this victory. Before the Champions League final, even winning streak and undefeated seemed a bit insignificant.
So on the second day after defeating Udinese, under the leadership of Li Yi, the Cagliari team boarded the plane to Istanbul.
(End of this chapter)