The Milan derby victory allowed Inter Milan to expand its points lead to 11 points, which allowed Inter Milan to calmly face its opponent Juventus in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup.

Before the Milan derby, Mourinho once considered whether to give up the Italian Cup if the Milan derby loses?

Because Inter Milan's Champions League opponent is the strong Chelsea, if Milan loses the derby, the lead score will be only 5 points, and they have no energy to take care of the Italian Cup.

Now the league is 11 points ahead of the second place. As long as you don’t commit suicide, the championship will be basically stable. Lucio and Sneider are suspended and cannot participate in the next round of the league, which is just enough to play in the Italian Cup.

But when arranging the Italian Cup, Mourinho and Gao Xiaodong had some differences.

Gao Xiaodong hopes to play in the Italian Cup, but Mourinho has two considerations. One is to hope that Gao Xiaodong will maintain physical fitness, prevent injuries, and focus on the Champions League and the league. The other is to let Sneijder work together with the team as a front midfielder and want to put Gao Xiaodong on the bench.

With the relationship between Mourinho and Gao Xiaodong, the two must not have a dispute in person, but after training, Mourinho kept Gao Xiaodong and explained his purpose of putting him on the bench.

"I am protecting you, good steel should be used on the edge, and the Champions League and the League are your stage." Mourinho concluded in the end.

Gao Xiaodong smiled bitterly. Mourinho had a very good reason. For ordinary players, the risk of injury is indeed increasing in the middle and late stages of the league, but Gao Xiaodong is different. He is covered in black technology equipment and he doesn’t have to worry about injury, and he is not afraid of physical fitness problems. He can buy small and big pump pills. As long as he has enough points, he doesn’t have to worry about lack of physical fitness.

But this is Gao Xiaodong's absolute secret. He can't tell Mourinho, so he can only explain to Mourinho that he is in good health and can fight on the third line. He is very careful and will not be injured.

Mourinho was a little unhappy and felt that he had explained clearly. This was to protect Gao Xiaodong and for the overall interests of the team. However, Gao Xiaodong actually wanted to be in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup. It was too selfish and wanted to show off.

However, Gao Xiaodong has a great effect on Mourinho and the team. Mourinho still explained with a smile: "If the team cannot start the situation or fall behind, I will arrange for you to play. Don't worry, I will not give up on the Italian Cup."

Having said that, Gao Xiaodong could not say anything anymore, so he had to accept Mourinho's arrangement.

Juventus is 14 points behind Inter Milan in the league and has lost hope of winning the championship. He was eliminated by Bayern in the Champions League group stage. All hopes this season are placed in the Italian Cup, but Juventus' form this season is really bad.

Head coach Ferrara is an inexperienced rookie. The front midfielder Diego and the Zebra Prince Piero are incompatible. Melo has become a useless man. There is also the "iron guard" Amauri on the front line. Juventus in this state can't fight against Inter Milan, which is doing everything except Gao Xiaodong and Zanetti.

As a midfielder in this game, Sneider and Lucio were eager to make atonement in the Italian Cup, and they were indeed the best players in the team.

Lucio used a corner kick to score the team's first record, and Balotelli expanded the score for Inter, and both of these goals were passed by Sneijder.

Juventus almost did not pose a threat to Inter Milan in the entire game, but only used the mistake of goalkeeper Toldo in the second half to score a goal to save face.

Inter Milan advanced to the semi-finals, Gao Xiaodong did not play, and the front midfielder Sneider led Inter Milan's victory. Next, the Serie A match against Parma, Sneider, Lucio and Mourinho were suspended, and Inter Milan led by Gao Xiaodong was tied again. After the game, the media with a racially discriminatory mentality and the media hostile to Inter Milan began to praise Sneider, believing that Inter Milan's best configuration is that Sneider is the core of the frontcourt, and Gao Xiaodong plays the back midfielder.

Sneider's agent Learby also jumped out after the game, saying that Sneider's most suitable position is the front midfielder, and other positions are a waste of Sneider's talent.

Learby also suggested to Mourinho that Gao Xiaodong is an all-round player and can play in any position. Inter Milan's attacking power is not strong, so Gao Xiaodong can play the midfielder.

Mourinho bought Sneider to prevent Gao Xiaodong from getting injured and suspended. He never hoped that Sneider would come to Inter Milan to compete for the core position.

After Learby's speech, Mourinho immediately found Sneijder and asked his agent to shut up. Then he held a press conference to warn Learby not to point fingers at his troops. If he really had the ability to direct the game, he would not be an agent.

Gao Xiaodong worked hard for half a season to win the position of core position and vice captain. Sneijder just arrived and wanted to grab his core position in less than half a month. This made Gao Xiaodong very unhappy. The way he responded was to score a goal.

In the next Serie A, Gao Xiaodong suddenly broke out and scored a hat-trick against Cagliari in the 23rd round, scoring 17 goals, tying Milito, who ranked first in the scorer list.

Gao Xiaodong's hat trick was like three slaps on the reporter's face. After the game, no one asked Gao Xiaodong to hit the back.

However, Sneider was not outdone. In the first leg of the Italian Cup semi-final against Fiorentina, he scored his only goal, helping Inter Milan defeat Zi Lily 1-0 at home, and gained the initiative to advance.

After the game, the media began to brag about Sneider again. Although they no longer said that Sneider was the core, they proposed a dual-core theory, hoping that Sneider and Gao Xiaodong would become Inter Milan's dual-core and jointly promote the progress of the warship Inter Milan.

On the forum and Twitter, Sneijder's fans and Gao Xiaodong's fans also quarreled. They all thought that their idols were better than the other party and hoped that their idols would become the core of Inter Milan's frontcourt.

Gao Xiaodong doesn't need to play in the Italian Cup. He has a very relaxed time. Not only does he pay attention to the media's noise and the quarrels between fans every day, he also uses a vest to tease Sneider's fans on the forum, leading the rhythm, leaving Xiao Le and Monkey speechless.

The 24th round of the league is Valentine's Day in the West and the first day of the Chinese New Year. The day before the game, Chen Qiang, Zhang Qi, Yang Fan, Yu Debao and the monkey all came to Milan, Italy to celebrate New Year's Eve.

Yang Fan is still the main force in Rexos, but Rexos is no longer the dark horse of Gao Xiaodong's era. Rexos' record this season is very bad, and he is currently ranked last, and he is likely to drop to Portugal.

Although Yu Debao was unable to gain a foothold in the wealthy family, after transferring to the Portuguese Super League, he gradually became the main force, and his momentum was even better than Yang Fan.

This is Gao Xiaodong's first Spring Festival in Italy. Gao Xiaodong originally wanted to have a meal at a Chinese restaurant, but Xiao Le and Chen Qiang disagreed. They said that this is not lively or warm, and they must buy ingredients and cook by themselves.

So, Xiao Le, Chen Qiang, and Monkey went to buy ingredients, Gao Xiaodong, Zhang Qi, Yang Fan and Yu Debao played mahjong together at home.

Just as Gao Xiaodong and others were having fun, Chinese Ambassador to Italy Li Min came with condolences and reporters.

Gao Xiaodong, Zhang Qi and others quickly went out to welcome him. Gao Xiaodong held Li Min's hand, "Amistant Li, welcome, welcome."

Li Min is in his forties, wearing glasses, and looks like an intellectual. He holds Gao Xiaodong's hand and shakes it repeatedly, "Xiaodong, you are the hero of our Chinese. I have wanted to see you for a long time, but I just can't take time."

The reporters saw Li Min and Gao Xiaodong shaking hands and quickly took photos. With Gao Xiaodong, a super popular balloon star, as long as they were sent out, sales would definitely increase significantly.

Gao Xiaodong said: "The ambassador is so polite, hurry up and sit inside."

Li Min and everyone shook hands one by one before they came to the living room side by side with Gao Xiaodong.

"Playing mahjong, this is our national treasure." Li Min laughed at the mahjong machine.

Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "You can't forget your roots. Will Ambassador Li play? Come and play for a few laps?"

Li Min waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, the level is too bad, you guys can play."

If the ambassador doesn't play, the others naturally cannot play by themselves. If the ambassador is allowed to watch, everyone will chat with the ambassador in the living room.

Ambassador Li highly praised Gao Xiaodong's outstanding performance in Serie A, believing that he has won glory to the Chinese and improved the Chinese's status in the minds of the Italian people. He hopes that Gao Xiaodong will continue to work hard and become the first Chinese to win the Serie A championship.

After sitting for about ten minutes, Ambassador Li asked his subordinates to deliver the gifts to Gao Xiaodong's house...
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