Chapter 230: Chapter 230

"Milan Sports Newspaper": Juventus’ Dream of a Treble Shattered, Inter Achieves Coppa Italia Glory!

"Rome Sports Newspaper": Domestic Cup King Mancini Wins Coppa Italia for the Fifth Time, First in Italian History!

"Turin Sports Newspaper": Buffon’s Woe: Twice Deceived by Tang’s Panenka Penalty!

"24-Hour News": Eastern Star Shines at Rome’s Olympic Stadium, Where is Inter’s Limit!

After the Coppa Italia ended, the Italian media was overwhelmingly filled with extensive reports on Tang Long and Inter Milan.

On one hand, they felt infinite regret for Juventus, most likely to achieve Italy’s second treble after Inter, whose dream was shattered in Rome;

On the other hand, Tang Long’s unexpected rise and Inter Milan’s rapid progress filled them with infinite anticipation for the future of this team from Milan!

What is Inter’s upper limit?

What are the odds of victory against Seville in the UEFA Europa League final?

Compared to Inter Milan’s coach Mancini, who humorously and smilingly spoke at the post-match press conference.

Juventus’ coach Allegri did not attend the press conference and was nowhere to be seen~

The club’s official statement was that the coach, due to illness, left early to rest.

But according to off-the-record news from insiders at the Milan Sports Newspaper.

Allegri not only threw a fit in the locker room after the match!

His rage didn’t stop on the flight from Rome to Turin.

He first criticized the entire Juventus team, believing they did not effectively implement his pre-match high-pressure tactics.

Then he focused his criticism solely on goalkeeper Buffon!

According to insiders from Juventus of the Milan Sports Newspaper.

The focus of Allegri and Buffon’s argument was the incident involving goal-line ball retrieval.

Buffon had retrieved balls from inside the goal in his career twice.

Once was in 2011 when Juventus faced AC Milan.

This retrieval directly changed the league champion contest between the two teams!

After Juventus defeated AC Milan, they rose to the top of the points table and ultimately won that year’s Serie A crown.

The second time was just in this Coppa Italia final when he retrieved Tang Long’s Panenka penalty.

However, unfortunately, this time it did not escape the eyes of the referee!

Italian goalkeeping legend Buffon had two retrievals, one success and one failure.

And the only one, back then, the coach of AC Milan during the match, was Allegri, now Juventus’ coach!

"Buffon! What the heck is going on? You successfully retrieved four years ago, why couldn’t you do it in today’s match?"

Back then, Allegri was a great victim of Buffon’s retrieval.

Allegri scolded Buffon while constantly recalling the match against Juventus four years ago.

He was furious and wide-eyed!

Goodness gracious, when I was your opponent, you retrieved successfully, but now that I am Juventus’ coach and you play under me, you can’t retrieve, is that it?

Buffon naturally was dissatisfied.

Retrieving is a favor, not retrieving is a duty.

Come now, am I, Italy’s most successful goalie in football history, in your eyes just a Buffon for retrieval?

The two had a fierce argument on the plane!

Even the stewardess couldn’t stop them.

Ultimately, the pilot had to broadcast a warning if they did not return to their seats and continued arguing in the aisle, the flight would immediately turn back to Rome~

Compared to four years ago in 2011.

The internet in 2015 is more developed, and public participation is higher.

Many self-media outlets in China and domestically participated variously in this ball retrieval mission.

Some talented netizens had already created a gif of Buffon’s retrieval one minute after the game ended~

Even showing him tossing the ball to Vidal to counterattack with an innocent look was brilliantly depicted.

-[Haha, Buffon’s retrieval isn’t working!]

-[I just watched for two years, always hearing Inter fans say Buffon’s nickname was Buffon for retrieval, I didn’t get it, but after watching this Coppa Italia final, I finally understand!]

-[What a freaking sickening, the ball was half a meter over the line, doesn’t Buffon know? Just loves to pretend!]

-[The worst part is this guy quickly tosses the ball to cover up, starting a counterattack, overkill.]

-[The accomplice Vidal also performed cooperatively, even broke through Handa’s goal all the way, only regretful that the referee saw it in time this time, they couldn’t escape!]

-[Well done Tang Long, when facing a team like Juventus and someone like Buffon, one should definitely use Panenka to tease him.]

-[Next time facing Buffon, let’s support Tang Long for another Panenka penalty! Teasing Buffon three times with Panenka would definitely be the biggest shame in his career.]

-[Frankly speaking, apart from the Panenka penalty, Juventus’ performance still isn’t up to par today, they didn’t score any goals.]

-[Right, we can’t just praise Tang Long’s Panenka, Inter’s defense actually did great, shutting out Juventus.]

-[Let me give you some data, after 37 Serie A rounds, Juventus was shut out only three times, Imagine how strong their offensive power is.]

Yet, after broadcasting this costly 50 million capital-outlay match and buying China’s exclusive rights from Sky Sports for the Coppa Italia final, CCTV did not feel the slightest pain, instead smiled broadly due to the high ratings!

This match’s viewership reached a 7.9 rating on CCTV, setting a new high for the year!

Even surpassing the 2014 World Cup final’s ratings.

This brought various ad sponsors flocking in, almost breaking down CCTV tower’s threshold!

Typically, CCTV’s sponsors were mostly sports brands like Nike, Adidas, Li Ning, also watches and cars.

Because sports programs are mainly watched by male viewers.

But now, ever since Tang Long’s influence increased, CCTV’s audience spread significantly!

A massive influx of female viewers into Five Channel!

According to statistics, now in matches where Tang Long appears, the male-to-female viewer ratio has reached an astonishing 1:0.8!

It’s safe to say almost half of the viewers are female!

As everyone knows, in China, women usually don’t watch football.

Please never attempt to explain offside to your girlfriend, wife.

They switch on the TV and phone in the dead of the night focusing solely on Inter, very straightforward intent—to see Tang Long!

Undeniably, Tang Long’s exquisite skills and handsome appearance charms countless female fans at the age of 18!

Athletic teens have fans of all ages.

From 60-year-old grannies to 15-year-old girls, all mad for Tang Long!

Tang Long’s fandom has formed!

Also because of this, the latest CCTV influx of sponsors has been quite diverse.

Perfume, masks, bags aren’t surprising, just fitting female focus.

The funniest thing is, leading domestic elderly fashion platforms Maple Red and Sunset Red also entered the bidding and won!

Thus viewers often see this scene in CCTV television ads.

Just done broadcasting Benz car ads, "Every pitch legend has their own Benz life!"

Next second, a group of silver-haired grandmas appear in red festive clothes, wearing colorful scarves, twist dancing, playing football, then smile with thumbs up to the camera.

"Wearing Sunset Red apparel, cheer for Chinese footballers!"

"Wear Maple Leaf Red, son-in-law is Tang Long!"

This ad very much matches the mentality of these aging mothers.

Who wouldn’t wish their daughter to find a partner like Tang Long, handsome, rich, skilled?

Tang Long is simply the perfect son-in-law template for moms’ dreams!

Within Inter, the excitement from winning the Coppa Italia quickly passed.

They are preparing for the Milan Derby three days later!

This match is significant.

It directly decides if Inter can enter the league top three, directly qualify for next season’s Champions League.

Today, Tang Long finished morning practice, went home after tasting lunch at the cafeteria.

After a half-hour nap, he enters the Cloud Training Ground.

Recently the schedule is tight with leagues, domestic cups, and UEFA Europa League.

Yet Tang Long’s AI cloud training never ceased.

The blazing sun gradually leans west.

When night falls, Tang Long finally finishes a long six-hour training session.

"Congratulations, host’s abilities have reached [Stage] improvement!"

"Simultaneously triggers a hidden reward—career’s first championship trophy!"