The 2010 World Cup finally ended. Spain, the king of the warm-up match, defeated the uncrowned king of the Netherlands to win the championship. They are also the eighth country to win the World Cup.

The one who defeated the Netherlands was the young man Iniesta who didn't like it very much and was good at shooting. Sneider, who was powerful all the way, finally failed to resist fate. The hat of the uncrowned king could only continue to be worn on the head of the Netherlands.

On the second day after the World Cup, Inter Milan began its first summer training. This also means that Inter Milan has officially entered the Benitez era from Mourinho's era.

Since many Inter Milan internationals are still on vacation, the players in this training camp are mainly those who do not have World Cup tasks and some loans on loan, including the newly signed Luca Castellazi, Coutinho and Obi.

Brazilian rising star Coutinho bought Inter Grill 3.8 million euros two years ago from Vasco da Gama. However, because the Brazilian Football Association stipulates that players under the age of 18 cannot transfer abroad (except Portugal), Felipe Coutinho will continue to play for Vasco da Gama Club on loan for two seasons, and did not come to Inter Milan this year.

Although the World Cup feast made Inter Milan fans feel full of oil, on the day of Inter Milan training, more than 2,000 Inter Milan fans came to the Pinetina training base to watch.

The weather in Milan is already very hot in July, but Benitez is still in a straight suit and wearing a blue and black tie, waiting at the Pinetina training base.

The first ones to the stadium were captain Sanetti and three deputy captains Matrazi, Gao Xiaodong and Cordoba.

Instead of waiting for the captains to come and say hello to him, Benitez took the initiative to go over and shake hands with the captains.

Sanetti, Gao Xiaodong and others were a little moved. It was rumored that Benitez was a very inhumane coach. Now it seems that the rumors are not all correct.

Unexpectedly, after shaking hands and greetings, Benitez pointed to the huge photo of Mourinho holding the trophy hanging on the barbed wire and said, "Let's take that photo off and affect the sight of the fans outside."

Zanetti, Matrazi, Gao Xiaodong and Cordoba looked at each other, because Benitez's excuse was too crappy, so it would be better to say that I didn't like the photos of Mourinho holding the trophy.

However, except for Matrazi being a little more straightforward, the other three captains were all very talented and didn't say anything. They followed Benitez to pick photos. Although Matrazi was straightforward, he was not stupid. He was so old that he wanted to stay in Inter Milan and had to take care of him, so he did not object. He was stunned for a moment and went over to help pick photos.

After taking the photos, Benitez's expression became much more relaxed. While he was taking training equipment with the four captains, he talked to them about his coaching philosophy.

"Murinho is different from me. I hope we can play better and become a team that is more pressing and controlling the ball more. I have been connected to football all my life. When I was a physical education teacher in college, I did teach football theory, so it is okay to say that I am a teacher. I am committed to teaching my football philosophy and striving to optimize the team. Not only telling the players to do this and that, but communicating more deeply, using actual model books to let the players know what to do in each situation. My team focuses on themselves and considers how to improve their own quality. When we improve, our opponents will naturally be small. Of course, at a certain period of a game, we do not reject adjusting ourselves according to the opponent."

"The Italians and the Spanish are like us. They are stubborn and deeply love their traditions and feel that their ideas and rules of doing things cannot be changed. My point is: keep their strengths, such as creativity, precede other people's intuition, improve their past shortcomings, learn to make long-term plans, and work down-to-earth. This is how I was when coaching Liverpool, integrating the skills of the Spanish, imaginative thinking and the rigorous and professionalism of the British. The essential difference between Italian players and English players lies in their minds and cultural foundations. The English values ​​the work process, and the results naturally come; the Italians only value the results, and come backwards, so they fall behind..."

Benitez talked freely, mainly about two points. One is that his coaching style and philosophy are different from Mourinho; the other is that Italian football has lagged behind, and English and Spanish football is the trend of modern football.

The four Inter Milan captains who won the triple-champion higher, must be very unhappy with this statement and were very dissatisfied. The one who lagged behind won the triple-champion, and the advanced Premier League did not win anything. This statement is indeed unconvincing.

The five people chatted for about ten minutes, and Benitez was very satisfied. He thought he had achieved the goal of communicating and winning the support of the captains, but in fact only Benitez was satisfied. None of the four captains Sanetti was dissatisfied. They thought Benitez was too arrogant and looked down on Serie A at heart.

At 9:30, most of the players arrived one after another, only Balotelli had not arrived yet. Benitez looked at the watch, "Since Balotelli has not arrived, we should not wait for him. We will start training ten minutes later. Now everyone gets familiar with each other and introduces themselves to the newcomer."

The new players were a little reserved when introducing themselves, but after the introduction, the young man named Coutinho was very flexible and had a high emotional intelligence. He took the initiative to greet the big brother. Under his guidance, the new players came to express their respect and admiration to the big brothers, and the atmosphere of the players became much more active.

Most of the main players are not here, so tactical training is definitely not possible, mainly physical training.

After the training began, Balotelli came to the training ground lazily. Benitez knew that Balotelli was ready to transfer, but did not criticize him, and directly asked Balotelli to train with the team.

Obviously, one day, physical training cannot be done. When Moratti and Inter Milan came to watch in the afternoon, Inter Milan held a group confrontation game. Benitez deliberately allowed young people to fight with old players separately. Obviously, the old players have a lot of experience, but their running abilities are average, and they are soon washed away by the young people.

Among the young players, Coutinho, a Brazilian boy, performed particularly well. He handled the ball very well. He could break through the defense of two or three players every time he got the ball. At first, the old players of Inter Milan couldn't let go of their faces to guard him. After Coutinho scored two goals in a row and assisted once, Gao Xiaodong took the initiative to take on the task of defending Coutinho, which suppressed Coutinho's momentum.

Benitez obviously didn't expect Coutinho to be so skilled. After the training, he praised Coutinho and promised that if he trained well, the first team would have a place.

Morati was also moved by Coutinho. He had the idea of ​​leaving Balotelli. Seeing Coutinho performing so well, he decided to let Balotelli, a troublemaker, leave.

After the training, Benitez set detailed team rules for the team for Balotelli's late behavior, which were the 12 Inter Milan behavior rules that were later called by Matrazi as the code of primary school students.

Benitez's debut was not very good. His behavior of taking off Mourinho's photo made the old players feel a little uncomfortable. He felt that Benitez's mind seemed not very broad, and it would be difficult to get along with him in the future.

This incident alone did not have much impact on Benitez. After all, the new coaches wanted to eliminate the mark of the old coach. However, when Inter Milan was seeking to buy Liverpool's midfielder Mascherano, Liverpool asked Inter Milan to exchange with Cambiaso. Benitez agreed, which annoyed Inter Milan's Argentine gang.

Although Mascherano is also an Argentinian, he and Sanetti and Cambiaso are not in the same gang. The reason why Sanetti and Cambiaso missed this World Cup is because the Argentine group led by Mascherano and Messi excluded Zanetti and others.

Therefore, Benitez wanted to exchange Cambiaso for Mascherano, which was equivalent to weakening the "Zaneti Gang". Of course, the Argentine Gang of Inter Milan would not agree.

Zanetti, who has always been low-key and modest, took the lead in opposing, "Mascherano is a smart player. He has strong running ability and can grab a lot of balls in every game. Moreover, he is a very outstanding team player."

Zanetti first praised Mascherano, and then changed his subject: "It is of course very important to introduce players like him, and there is no doubt about this. However, we must not discuss using Cambiaso as a bargaining chip! Without Cambiaso, there would be no Inter Milan!"

Benitez and Mourinho are in different situations. Mourinho faces Inter Milan, who won nothing in the Champions League. Benitez faces a group of triple-winning heroes. When he is a newcomer, Benitez does not have the strength to compete with the Argentine gang, the most powerful, so he has to publicly state that Cambiaso is an important member of Inter Milan and that he and Mascherano can coexist.
Chapter completed!