Lin Sen scratched his head a little.

Don't get me wrong. In theory, Ringer from England should be said to be very lucky, because after Sneijder drew a small ball for Manchester City, Ringer on the other side quickly drew a small ball for the group. On the note he unfolded, there was not Bayern and Rome's e, nor Real Madrid and AC Milan's g, but a.

The group where defending champion Inter Milan is located.

What made Lin Sen feel that his head was not entirely that they would meet Inter Milan in three days, but more so that they were their new head coach, Benitez.

Benitez should actually thank Mourinho. Although if there is a head coach in this world who hates the most, this person must be Mourinho, if Mourinho hadn't left Inter Milan and went to Real Madrid, then the way he left Liverpool was not glorious. He would never have been able to get a new job opportunity so quickly, and he was the defending champion of the Champions League.

Not to mention anything else, this means that in the new season, Benitez, known as a cup expert, had no need to do anything and got the opportunity to compete for three championships, the Italian Super Cup, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup. Although these trophies are not important honors, no one will reject the opportunity to add a few good data to his files.

After Manchester City, who claimed to be the strongest in the third grade, was drawn into Group A, whether it was Inter Milan president Moratti who enjoyed the success moment on the spot or the best Inter Milan players he just won, they all smiled. This is not that Inter Milan underestimated Manchester City. Although Group A squeezed into Manchester City, since the second grade team is Werder Bremen from Germany, compared with Group E and Group G, Group A is not considered a group of death in any case. No matter how you look at the defending champion, you don’t need to worry about your own qualifying problem. Another group qualifying place is obviously Manchester City and Bremen to go to the death. As for the fourth grade team, the last member of Group A is Manchester City’s "acquaintance": Twente from the Eredivisie.

Serie A champion, defending Champions League champion Inter Milan, third place in Bundesliga Werder Bremen, Premier League champion Manchester City, and Eredivisie champion Twente.

This is not a group of death, but it is not an easy group either.

"It's a good group." On the TV screen, the host and guests of Sky TV still discussed the qualifying situation of each group based on the group situation. At this time, Tang Hua's eyes were taken back from the screen and said. "If there was no accident, Inter Milan should occupy a qualifying place. The remaining quota is Bremen in terms of strength, but Bremen lost their core Ozil this summer, and his strength should decline, but Twente should not be underestimated."

Lin Sen nodded.

In fact, as long as he can avoid the two groups of EG, no matter which group Manchester City is assigned to, Lin Sen has reason to be optimistic about the situation of qualifying in the group. It is not that he despises other teams. As the Premier League champion, he avoids the seed teams in the first level, and avoids several strong teams in the second level. If in this case, the qualifying situation needs to be described as "severe", then this is not humility, but rather underestimating himself.

Although in Lin Sen's memory, Manchester City always seems to be missing a breath in the Champions League, that is memory, last season's UEFA Cup, which was a huge encouragement for him and Manchester City. Moreover, except for Werder Bremen, he has played against the head coaches of the other two teams. Although there are not many advantages in terms of record, he has not fallen below.

"It's incredible that UEFA didn't hack us." Dina was a little surprised. She thought Manchester City must be creating a death group.

"Black us?" Kid smiled, then shook his head, "You look down on us too much."

Lin Sen also smiled. He could understand Dina's words because he had been worried before. He could also understand Kidd's meaning, because the lottery result was in front of him. Manchester City's draw was neither good nor bad, and it looked like Manchester City's current position in the eyes of UEFA. Manchester City is the Premier League champion, Manchester City is a big player in the transfer market in the past two years, and Manchester City is a rich man... There are many names on the head of Manchester City, but in UEFA's eyes, apart from the fiscal fairness bill, in fact, Manchester City has nothing outstanding. At least, it seems that it is not as good as the need to make UEFA deliberately embarrassed.

During the training the next day, Lin Sen deliberately observed the reactions of the team members, which made him feel a little relieved and worried.

It is gratifying that for many Manchester City players, this will be their first time to enter the Champions League, but what these guys emit on their heads is not the fear of targeting top European clubs, but the excitement of nakedness. Perhaps, this is the so-called newborn calf not afraid of tigers. However, what makes him a little worried is that newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Although his courage is commendable, the cow is still a cow, and the tiger is still a tiger.

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On August 28, Monaco's Louis II Stadium, the UEFA Super Cup, last season's UEFA Europa League champion Manchester City, against last season's UEFA Champions League champion Inter Milan.

Lin Sen faces Benitez again.

This is the fifth time between the two sides. In the first four times, Lin Sen's record was one win and three draws. To put it bluntly, it is unbeaten, but in fact, Lin Sen just had some advantages.

Last season, it was undoubtedly happy for Inter Milan fans, and they deserved such happiness, because in the past decade, Inter Milan has been one of the most tragic teams in European football. The two head coaches changed all this. It was Linson's "competitor" Mancini who helped Inter Milan establish his dominant position in Serie A behind the phone gate, and Mourinho's arrival allowed the team to complete its transformation in the European arena.

However, these two coaches are not in Inter Milan right now.

Lin Sen doesn't know if history will change, but this summer, Inter Milan's operations in the transfer market were not beyond Lin Sen's expectations.

Mascherano, who was once very close to them, finally went to Barcelona. The Kuyt that Benitez had always wanted was not in place. Inter Milan only completed a few irrelevant signings. Brazilian genius Coutinho was late, and Mabiabiani was redeemed and got Farauni for free. Throughout the summer, Inter Milan seemed to be "youngering". The only signing was Castellazi, who replaced the retired Tordo. There were few signings, but Inter Milan's cleaning was very clear: Quaresma, Burdiso, Obinna... The only "accident" was Balotelli, who would have defected to Manchester City in memory, because Manchester City's head coach was no longer Mancini and did not happen.

However, there is one thing that Inter Milan is the same as Manchester City, that is, as the most successful football club in Europe last season, although important players such as Macon and Diego Milito were rumored to be rumored throughout the summer, Inter Milan eventually retained their main lineup.

The king's teacher should not act rashly.

This is a recognized principle in football.

But this principle is not universal under any circumstances. At least, Lin Sen knew that Inter Milan missed the best opportunity to rebuild, and the price was the nearly ten-year Nirvana period.

In this game, Linson and Benitez both ranked in the 42-31 formation. Linson's starting lineup was no different from the starting lineup against Liverpool in the last round. Goalkeeper Joe Hart, Bridge and Sabaleta guarded the sidelines, Kompany partnered with David Luis in the middle, and the back midfielder was Vidal and Yaya Toure. Bale, David 0 Silva and Robben lined up in front, and Suarez, who was in excellent form at the front. Inter Milan's starting lineup has two biggest changes from their starting lineup last season.

One is that Stankovic replaced Pandev as the right wing. It is not difficult to guess Benitez's intention. You only need to refer to whoever is in Liverpool's position in the Benitez era to understand his intention. Obviously, in Benitez's view, Stankovic, who runs actively, is more in line with his role as "Kuit" in his high-pressing tactics, rather than Pandev, who has better offensive ability but obviously does not have the advantage in physical fitness.

When Stankovic appeared in this position, the commentator called Benitez's move "Shocks". Lin Sen didn't know whether the "Shocks" mentioned by the commentator were positive or negative, but Benitez's "Shocks" obviously failed to achieve the effect he wanted, whether in offense or defense.

In the whole first half, Bale's side became the most threatening side of Manchester City. If it weren't for the opponent's goalkeeper Cesar, Manchester City could have taken the lead in the first half.

Benitez's second change comes from the midfield, but unlike the first change, this change is a passive or helpless change. Due to the injury of the team's metronome, Benitez had to replace the former with the old captain Zanetti in the midfield. In other words, the "second" in Inter Milan's 4231 is Zanetti's partner Cambiaso.

Zanetti has played in the midfield, and more than once, the Inter Milan captain, known as the legend of age, also performed diligently. In this game, everyone's steps were slow due to the amount of physical energy consumed, but Zanetti was still steadily and ran all over the field. However, this does not mean that he completely replaced Mota's role in the midfield.

No one is omnipotent, even if this person is Sanetti.

Inter Milan's captain made up for Mota's role to the greatest extent in defense, and it can even be said to be beyond Mota. However, in offense, Inter Milan, which lacks Mota, has no advantage in the midfield confrontation with Manchester City. One of the most obvious changes is that Sneider, as a midfielder, had to retreat frequently to his half-time to get the ball, because it is difficult for him to pass the ball to his feet under the blockade of Manchester City Yaya Toure and Vidal.

Without Mota, Sneider was in trouble, and if Sneider was in trouble, it means Inter Milan was in trouble. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianyi, novels are better, updated and faster!
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