<h4>Chapter 168: Devil''s schedule - 2</h4>


    When Inter Mn reversed Juventus with a total score of 5:4 to advance to the Italian Cup final, countless media outlets were shocked. Their pre-match belittlement of Inter Mn seemed to have turned into a resounding p in the face, hitting them hard.


    What else could they do? In order to save face, these media outlets could only praise Wang Feng in various ways and harshly criticize Juventus.


    The Mn Sports Daily used a photo of Wang Feng celebrating a goal as its front-page cover and wrote in its report: "Wang Feng defeated the entire Juventus team single-handedly, and his hands pointing to the sky in celebration have be his iconic celebration gesture. What is he thinking at this moment? Is he thanking the heavens for giving him unparalleled talent and strength?"


    The Rome Sports Daily wrote that Wang Feng helped Inter Mn sessfully reach the cup final with two goals and one assist.


    "Throughout the journey, Inter Mn has never been favored by anyone, but now they are realistically moving towards the grand goals set at the beginning of the season, all because they have superstar Wang Feng in the team!"


    "This is not the first time Wang Feng hase forward to save Inter Mn. We dare to assert now that signing Wang Feng is definitely the most sessful signing for Inter Mn in this century!"


    The Turin Sports Daily criticized Juventus coach Lippi severely: "To be reversed under such circumstances, Juventus management should consider changing the coach."


    "The coach''s response in the second half waspletely inadequate. When Inter Mn scored their first goal, tactical adjustments should have been made promptly, but Lippi didn''t do it, ultimately leading to a loss of control."


    The report also mentioned that some Juventus yerspletely rxed after the end of the first half, thinking they had the game in the bag. This was also due to the coach''s failure to urge them on.


    Looking at Inter Mn''s uing match schedule, both the coaching staff and the yers felt both worried and fortunate. In the next 16 days, they would have to travel to three different ces toplete five matches, including two Champions League games.


    Fortunately, Inter Mn had already advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals, so they could field apletely substituted lineup for the two Champions League games. Only the match against Udinese in the league would be a tough one, with the other two opponents rtively weaker.


    "Fortunately, they didn''t schedule matches against AC Mn or Juventus during this period, or else I would really curse," Materazzi said on the ne to Bologna.


    The yers nodded in agreement. They all felt very tired. Since the start of the second half of the season, tough matches seemed to never end, and most of the main yers had been ying continuously, pushing their bodies to the limit.


    Coach Cooper discussed the lineup for the uing matches with the coaching staff: "We can directly give up on the two Champions League matches without any impact. What about these three league matches? We are still in fiercepetition with AC Mn."


    The assistant coach said, "We still need to secure the league, at least win two matches. I think we can field the main lineup against Udinese and rotate in the other two matches."


    Others nodded in agreement. After some consideration, Cooper also thought this was the most appropriate solution.


    On March 9, in the 24th round of Serie A, Inter Mn challenged Bologna away. Cooper sent out a fully substituted lineup for this match, with yers like Concic and Vivas, who had not had many opportunities to y, starting.


    Although Bologna was not high in the standings, only 11th, they were known for being tough, especially at home. Both Juventus and AC Mn had overturned there before.


    After the match started, the home team quickly took control of the field, while Inter Mn retreated to defend near the penalty area, defending rigorously while looking for opportunities to counterattack.


    But Inter Mn''s substitute lineup was not outstanding, and their form was not good enough. They could only defend passively and couldn''t produce a decent attack. In the 41st minute, Bologna seized a slight gap in the defense and broke the deadlock first.


    In the 70th minute of the second half, Cooper substituted Wang Feng to strengthen the attack. Six minutester, in a counterattack by Inter Mn, Concic dribbled the ball through the midfield and sent a long diagonal pass to the right side of the field.


    Wang Feng, overpowering Bologna defender Falconi to win the first touch, vigorously pushed the ball forward, then rushed forward to volley, equalizing the score for Inter Mn.


    After scoring, Wang Feng went to the Portuguese Concic and hugged him. He knew that Concic''s time with the team wasing to an end, and there wouldn''t be many opportunities to fight alongside him.


    The final score was fixed at 1:1, and Inter Mn earned one point.


    On March 12, Inter Mn hosted Bayer Leverkusen at home. Cooper still sent out a fully substituted lineup. Bayer Leverkusen had no hope of advancing, and they had a miserable season. The yers had no desire to fight anymore and started to y poorly.


    Both sides yed at a historic low level, with mistakes in the match that could have been made into several minutes of highlights. The final score was 2:2.


    On March 16, Inter Mn hosted Como at home. As one of the teams destined for relegation, Como and Turin were truly weak teams. Comogged behind second-tost Piacenza by 10 points, while Turin was even worse, trailing by 15 points.


    There was nothing much to say about the match process. Wang Feng scored twice in the 31st and 62nd minutes and assisted Ribery to score in the 42nd minute, contributing two goals and one assist.


    He was substituted in the 65th minute, and in the 81st minute, Como finally pulled one back through center-back Obonaya.


    The final score was 3:1, and Inter Mn took all three points.


    On March 20, Inter Mn traveled to Ennd to face Newcastle in thest round of the group stage of the Champions League.


    Inter Mn had no desires, while Newcastle was struggling to survive. They needed to win by a big margin and hope that Barcelona would lose in order to advance to the quarter-finals.


    In the end, Inter Mn cleanly lost 0:2, but on the other side, Barcelona also defeated Bayer Leverkusen. The English team could only ept their fate of being eliminated.


    On March 24, in the 26th round of Serie A, Inter Mn challenged Udinese away.


    In another match that ended earlier, AC Mn exploded with all their energy and defeated Juventus 2:1 at home thanks to Shevchenko''s brace.


    As long as Inter Mn couldn''t win, AC Mn would top the table!


    In the dressing room after the match, all AC Mn yers nervously stared at the TV screen, which was showing Inter Mn''s match. The time came to the 79th minute, and the score was still 0:0.


    "We mustn''t make any mistakes." Inzaghi whispered. Just as he finished speaking, Wang Feng was seen on the TV screen dribbling horizontally near the edge of the penalty area, then suddenly shooting.


    This shot was unusually tricky, initially flying towards the middle of the goal, then suddenly changing direction halfway, straight into the upper right corner. The Udinese goalkeeper was caught off guard and could only watch the ball go into the.


    Apanied by the excited shouts of thementators on TV, Inzaghi finally couldn''t help but curse, "Can''t Wang Feng give us a chance?" He said indignantly.


    Rivaldo was calmer. He responded, "Don''t we still have one more match against Inter? That should be the decisive battle for the championship!"


    The AC Mn yers nodded, a strong sense of battle brewing among them.