Chapter 53 52．Encounter again

Baggio is determined to stay at Inter Milan to help the team regain its former glory, and the club is constantly working hard to find a better head coach to lead.Last season they used a total of three head coaches: Simeone at the beginning, Lucescu in the middle and Hodgson in the final stage. None of the three coaches could get the team out of trouble. Can go to the Toto Cup to qualify for the UEFA Cup.The season is not over yet, Inter Milan has found a new head coach for the new season, and this person is Lippi. Lippi is one of the most successful coaches in Italian football in recent years. Since he took over the Juventus team in the 1995 season, he has achieved great success in five seasons. won the European Champions Cup.But in the 1998-1999 season, due to the injury of some main players such as Piero, the Juventus team had a poor record and lost the demeanor of the defending champion. At that time, he was forced to resign as the head coach of Juventus, ushering in the lowest point of his coaching career in the past five years.Although Juventus abandoned Lippi and switched to the young Ancelotti, this does not mean that Lippi is an incompetent coach. He just "leaved get out of class" here, and Inter Milan threw hydrangeas at him there. Inviting him to be in charge of Inter Milan's Chinese military account, he came from one wealthy family to another.

The arrival of Lippi is not good news for Baggio. Readers must still remember that five years ago, after the 1994 World Cup, Rido began to take over the coach of the Juventus team. The thing is to announce that no one in his Juventus team can receive special care, and no one is guaranteed a main position.Previously in the hands of Trapattoni, Baggio's core position in the Juventus team was unshakable. He was both the captain of the field and the core figure of the offensive organization in the midfield.Later, in Lippi's Juventus team, Baggio gradually became a substitute player, so that the club believed that Baggio was no longer a necessary player for Juventus, thus forcing Baggio to leave.Regardless of whether the two admit to having conflicts publicly or privately, it is impossible to say that they have any good feelings. For Baggio, there may once again be an enemy.Three years ago in AC Milan, Baggio met another "enemy" Sacchi unexpectedly. Sacchi carried out "retaliation" against Baggio, such as depriving him of the qualification to take penalty kicks and so on.What kind of challenge will Baggio, who insists on staying at Inter Milan, face now?

Lippi is leading the team in pre-season hard training. He has to realize his strong desire to win the league championship for Inter Milan, and at the same time prove that he is one of the best coaches in Italy, proving that Juventus forced him to resign it is wrong.A Lippi who is eager to prove himself may be more beneficial to Baggio's future at Inter Milan. On July 25, 1999, Inter Milan played a warm-up match against the Serie B team Sarai. Inter Milan won 4-0.In this game, two points attracted people's attention. One was that Vieri, who had just spent 50 million dollars, scored his first goal in Inter Milan. Pi was appointed captain of the field.This approach made people think that the past conflicts between Lippi and Baggio have long since disappeared. People believe that Lippi will reuse Baggio in Inter Milan. Lippi's previous promise to ensure that Baggio's main position has been confirmed.After the game, the reporters were also very interested in this practice. They asked Lippi questions one after another, and Lippi's explanation for this was: "This is just a temporary behavior. As for who will do it after the official season starts?" The captain has not been finalized." Lippi also denied the accusation of discord with Baggio again.Baggio has since suffered a back injury in training, causing him to miss the early rounds of the season.He didn't play until September 25, 1999, against Turin in the fourth round, and made a penalty kick in the second half to help Inter Milan beat their opponents 1-0.However, after that, Lippi put him on the bench and stopped reusing him, which made the relationship between them tense again.Lippi always let Baggio play when there were only 15 minutes left in the game. Baggio could not play his own level well, which made Baggio very dissatisfied, which further deepened the contradiction between the two sides.Baggio thinks that Lippi deceived him, because Baggio stayed at the beginning because Lippi promised to reuse him. Baggio didn't want to watch others play from the bench all the time. He had already tasted this when he was in AC Milan.The fans are also very dissatisfied with Lippi's stubbornness and "employing people in favor of the old". In addition to the poor record of Inter Milan in the first half of the season, the fans expect Lippi to reuse Baggio to help the team regain strength.