Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions
Chapter 140 - 122: Football has never been a competition of value. The teams that can win championships all possess a certain spirit!_3

Chapter 140: Chapter 122: Football has never been a competition of value. The teams that can win championships all possess a certain spirit!_3

Chiwo stood up, carrying his computer to the front of the screen.

"We’ve been playing with the same main lineup for too long; how could there not be injuries? I think we should have more rotations, especially in the latter stages of the league. Otherwise, even if we give up the UEFA Europa League and Coppa Italia to focus solely on the league, we risk not finishing in the top three!"

Herrera sneered.

"Rotation? Are you talking about Obi, Santon, Andreolli, Palacio, Berni, Mavic, these sub-par players?"

Chiwo frowned and said, "Sub-par? Herrera, please respect every player of Inter. Those who can play for Inter in Italy are all key players for their national teams. Do you think they are not good? I don’t quite see it that way."

The projector in the conference room began playing clips edited by Chiwo.

"Just speaking about the individuals Mr. Herrera mentioned, both Obi and Santon have scored recently. Andreolli, whether in training or in the limited match time, has shown excellent coordination with Ranocchia, and his performance is evident to all."

"Rotation, we need more rotation. The team needs fresh blood every week to inspire the fighting spirit of substitute players and allow the main players to rest, triggering their sense of crisis. Only with rotation can we go further."

"With proper rotation, the team’s fighting capacity will rise beyond your imagination. The Inter Milan team of 2010 was like this; it’s something I’ve personally experienced. With this rotation, we started in the Champions League final and defeated Bayern to win the championship."

The meeting ended in an uproar.

Except for his exaggerated opening remarks, Mancini remained silent throughout.

He deliberately wanted to see how many first-team coaches would firmly follow him.

In the latter half of the meeting, almost everyone was criticizing Chiwo.

Mancini took note of this.

Now he finally knew, within the entire Inter coaching team, only Chiwo shared his mindset.

The others, including his closest assistant Herrera, were not necessarily aligned with his philosophy.

Mancini admittedly had ambitious ambitions.

He was not satisfied with just securing a third-place league finish this season. He had to win at least one trophy this season.

The first target was the Coppa Italia!

As for the UEFA Europa League, take it step by step and see how far they can go.

After walking out of Godfather Rossi’s office, Mancini recalled the unfair treatments and the years of struggle in his childhood.

This reignited his fighting spirit as a head coach.

In fact, the series of consecutive wins amidst the tough schedule showed Mancini the team’s potential.

Especially under pressure, when the team was defending, they managed to remain stable without conceding much, giving defensive-minded Mancini peace of mind!

Santon, lacking a meniscus, could still charge up the wing with his semi-disabled body;

Icardi, with a fractured little toe on his right foot, insisted on playing with painkillers instead of surgery!

30-year-old Podolski, despite declining condition and stamina, never asked to be substituted for rest.

The once rebellious Gualin was now completely obedient, no longer causing trouble.

He would even cheer loudly for his former nemesis Tang Long when he scored!

Speaking of Tang Long, his rise was also a pleasant surprise for Mancini.

The kid often made decisions that surprised Mancini.

Especially a volley from the center circle that replicated one by Stankovic, which almost gave Mancini a heart attack.

In Mancini’s view, the present Inter was an incredibly united team!

If the entire team could continue to work together, pulling as one during the sprint phase,

the prospect of clinching the championship title this season was very high!

Mancini was a champion coach who had won titles in Serie A and the Premier League.

He understood what a championship-winning team looked like.

The key was "spirit"!

This is somewhat mystical.

It’s related to "aura" and not paper strength.

If football matches were merely about comparing paper strength, then before the match, a math problem to compare the value of both teams’ players would suffice, so why play? Where would I, the coach, find use?

Mancini’s intuition told him that as the season progressed, with consecutive comebacks, Inter had already displayed the aura of a championship team.

Commonly known as a champion’s aura!

Mancini also believed that if they could exceed their targets this season, maintaining a top-three league position and clinching another trophy,

it would strongly reinforce his own reputation!

After returning from the Premier League to Serie A, Mancini was unsettled.

Serie A was no longer the same; it wasn’t the "Little World Cup" it once was.

The stars who grew up in Serie A were leaving the Apennine Peninsula in droves, either heading to La Liga or moving north to England.

From Manchester City to Inter, in terms of platform, Mancini’s career had taken a significant step backward, descending.

At 51, Manci was at a critical point in his coaching career.

A trajectory reaching the derivative’s peak, now descending!

Will it go downhill all the way to the bottom;

or will he stop the decline, rise against the odds, reaching a new peak?

Will the future peak be the Italian national team, or top clubs like Real Madrid or Barça?