Chapter 255: Chapter 255

Inter Milan’s victory in the UEFA Europa League has significantly increased the pressure on Serie A giants Juventus!

As the absolute ruler of Serie A with four consecutive championships, the Juventus Corps never considered Inter Milan a threat from the start of the season.

In the first 11 rounds, Inter Milan’s performance was dismal, dropping to ninth in Serie A at one point, looking like a mid-tier team judging by its record.

Meanwhile, Juventus had never relinquished the top spot from the first round of the league.

Juventus’ unrivaled dominance in Serie A also made coach Allegri quite arrogant.

"The competition for this season’s Serie A champion? Sorry, I haven’t thought about it because Juventus’ goal is to become the second treble winner in Serie A!"

Allegri’s arrogance was not without reason.

He led Juventus to Serie A victory at the end of the season, defeating Rome by a solid 9-point lead.

However, Inter Milan’s interruption in the Coppa Italia final shattered Juventus’ dream of a treble!

How could this not make Allegri gnash his teeth with hatred toward Inter Milan?

You washed-up giants, what limelight are you trying to steal!

However, what Allegri did not expect was that Inter Milan not only stole the limelight, but became the most high-flying Italian team recently.

After bringing the UEFA Europa League trophy from Berlin to Milan, the entire Inter Milan team was even received by the President of Italy.

Seeing the opponent that disrupted his treble run bask in the limelight infinitely, Allegri was seething with anger!

Winning the UEFA Europa League is such a big deal, being received by the President is such a big deal, wait till I lead Juventus to defeat Barça and win the Champions League, returning in glory, I want the Pope in St. Peter’s Basilica to personally receive our entire team!

Therefore, at the pre-match press conference, Allegri’s words were rife with sarcasm toward Inter Milan.

"How do I evaluate Inter Milan’s performance in the UEFA Europa League? I congratulate them. As an Italian, I always hope that our country’s teams can achieve good results in European War."

"But what I want to say is, for Juventus, winning this UEFA Europa League title is truly tough. I cannot even remember how many years it’s been since Juventus last played in the UEFA Europa League."

"Seville is a strong opponent and I respect them greatly."

"However, compared to our Champions League final opponent Barcelona, Seville is not even in the same league, just like Juventus and Inter aren’t on the same level! Sorry, this is my honest thought."

"Barcelona is a formidable opponent, with world-class stars like Iniesta, Messi, and Suarez."

"However, Juventus is also a team with distinctive features, and I am very willing to represent Italian football in a wrist-wrestling match against Spanish football."

Allegri’s mouth is notoriously foul-mouthed in the entire Italian football circle.

Compared to Italian traditional gentlemanly coaches like Mancini, Ancelotti, and Lippi,

Allegri, with his almost bald cut, looks and speaks quite rough.

He’s not subtle at all; what he has on his mind, he says it, he doesn’t hide his thoughts.

However, Allegri’s provocative remarks led the Italian media to start considering one question.

The current situation is very direct!

The UEFA Europa League final and the Champions League final are both battles between two Italian teams and two Spanish teams.

Inter Milan has already defeated Seville.

If Juventus can also ride this momentum and defeat Barça, then we can proudly claim that Italian football has overpowered Spanish football!

Thus, after a wave of excitement, the final between Juventus and Barça was also termed the ultimate showdown between Italian and Spanish football!

A week later, Ronaldo brought Tang Long and Bonazzoli from Milan to Germany again.

But this time the location wasn’t Berlin, but Munich.

The 2014-15 UEFA Champions League final will be held at the Allianz Arena.

Champions League final tickets were hard to get, with celebrities worldwide scrambling for them.

Ronaldo barely managed to secure two tickets, originally intending to go with Tang Long.

However, Bonazzoli, who couldn’t get a ticket, somehow found out that Ronaldo could get tickets.

So, after pestering relentlessly, he insisted on going with the two to Munich to watch the final.

"Mr. Ronaldo, both Tang Long and I are your clients, you can’t play favorites just because Tang Long is better than me!"

Ronaldo couldn’t resist Bonazzoli’s persistence, so he managed to secure another ticket after asking around.

Holding the precious Champions League final ticket in his hands, Bonazzoli hugged Tang Long, wildly singing and dancing in excitement.

"Haha, we get to party together again!"

39-year-old Ronaldo, wearing a gentle grin, looked at the two 18-year-olds, momentarily seeing them like his own children.

"When you get there, watch the game properly, and no one looks at their phones, alright? You can’t imagine how hard it was to get these tickets, I pulled some strings, got them from the Mayor of Munich, and we have golden seats, alright? Not everyone has my kind of clout!" He said cheerfully.

The three entered the stadium and sat side by side, with Ronaldo in the middle, Tang Long on the left, and Bonazzoli on the right.

The match wouldn’t start for another hour, and players from both teams were on the field warming up.

Taking advantage of this interval, the group started chatting.

"Brother, what’s it like to play in the Champions League, can you tell us?"

Bonazzoli, rubbing his hands, looked at the omnipresent Champions League logos around the stadium and asked.

Ronaldo, holding a hot dog in one hand and a soda in the other, eating and drinking, then let out a long soda belch.

"The Champions League, it’s like, when you get on the field and hear that song, it just gives you goosebumps all over, you know what I mean?"

"I get it," Bonazzoli nodded, "When I went on the field for the UEFA Europa League final and looked at the sea of people in the audience, it was also the feeling you described."

"Oh, you don’t get it, you don’t get it at all," Ronaldo laughed, "Can the Champions League be compared with the UEFA Europa League? Not even close, alright!"

"The Champions League is the top club competition in all of Europe, representing the highest standard of European club football — of course, worldwide, it also represents the highest standard, because the focus of world football is in Europe."

"The UEFA Europa League, how to put it," Ronaldo continued chewing his hot dog, "There are many good teams in the UEFA Europa League too, but in terms of competition intensity, it’s ultimately no match for the Champions League, and its attention is a level lower, you’ll understand in the future!"