Although Nagi didn't score a goal and made a lot of mistakes in this game, his overall performance was pretty good and he contributed an assist, so he got the team's third-ranked score after the game.
Although head coach Cooper noticed some changes in Nagi's style of play, he would not interfere if it did not affect the overall situation of the game. In his opinion, Nagi was already a big-name player in the Inter Milan team, so he naturally enjoyed some privilege.
Cassano was more sad, because the whole game was very anxious, he didn't get a chance to play, he could only go to the court after the game and briefly hugged Nagi, and then followed his teammates into the locker room.
Roman Prince Totti came over at this time, he wanted to exchange jerseys with Nagi, "I believe your jersey will become synonymous with legend, so I will collect it in advance."
Two days later, everyone from Inter Milan went to the Netherlands to prepare for the second round of the Europa League group stage against Heerenveen.
On the day of the game, there was heavy rain in the entire FrieslandCampina Province, and the two teams had to face a rainy battle. The slippery ground also brought certain challenges to the players.
In the 25th minute, Nagi took the ball from the right edge of the penalty area, posing as if he wanted to take it to the side, attracting the center of gravity of the opponent's defensive player to lean towards the side. And he opened the scoring for Milan.
After changing sides to fight again, in the 59th minute, Inter Milan made a steal from the backfield. Materazzi lobbed the ball into the frontcourt with a long pass. The speed of the ball rolling on the wet turf dropped sharply and stopped near the front of the penalty area.
The defender of Heerenveen came to the ball first, but because Nagi was chasing after him, he made a clearance in a panic, but he didn't kick the right part, instead, he slipped and fell down.
Nagi, who rushed to the ball, rushed towards the ball and shot furiously, piercing Heerenveen's gate again.
After the shot, Nagi also lost his balance and fell to the ground, but he quickly got up and knelt near the corner flag to celebrate, not caring about the mud all over his body.
In the 81st minute, it was Inter Milan's attack again. Recoba dribbled the ball from the left and made a pass.
Heerenveen goalkeeper Jamal Bratke could have easily confiscated the ball, but he obviously forgot to consider the wet ball's smooth surface, and did not protect the ball immediately under his body, resulting in a missed save.
Naturally, Nagi, who was ambushing in the penalty area, would not miss this opportunity and easily scored with a supplementary shot.
Inter Milan beat Heerenveen 3-0, Nagi completed another hat-trick! He scored six goals in the two rounds of the Europa League group stage, leading the scorer list.
Back in Serie A, in the 12th round, Inter Milan challenged Fiorentina as a guest at the Frankie Stadium. Fiorentina had a financial crisis this season, and the league did not show signs of decline at the beginning of the league, ranking sixth at one point.
But with the progress of the league, the loss of main players and the problem of salary, the morale of the Fiorentina players has fallen to the bottom. After a wave of 8 consecutive losses, they are currently ranked first from the bottom and deep in the relegation zone. First time for the club.
The demoralized Fiorentina met the exhausted Inter Milan. It was destined to be a dull game. It was not until the 88th minute that Gresco assisted Recoba and scored the only goal, helping Inter Milan take all three. point.
In the third round of the Europa League group stage, Inter Milan played against Lens at home. Lens has performed very well in Ligue 1 this season, beating Lyon to temporarily top the league table, and there is a high probability that they will appear in the Champions League next season.
At the beginning of the game, Lens turned away and launched a wave of rushing. In the 5th minute, striker Hadley Basilian scored a goal.
Inter Milan, which was temporarily behind, did not panic, but gradually launched some threatening attacks amidst the cheers of the fans.
In the 41st minute, Nagi received the ball in the midfield area. He turned around to get rid of a defender and shot a cold arrow, hitting the goal directly at a position 35 meters away from the goal.
The trajectory of the ball was like a sharp machete. It successfully tore through Lens' defense and blasted into the gate.
1:1, Inter Milan equalized the score before halftime!
In the 71st minute of the second half, Inter Milan launched a counterattack from the backfield. Zanetti's pass came to the front field. Nagi picked the ball aside with his high leg, successfully passed the defender, and then passed it to the center.
Vieri, who jumped in quickly, did not choose to stop the ball, and volleyed directly to help Inter Milan reverse the score.
In the end, Inter Milan defeated Lens 2:1, and they qualified from the group ahead of schedule with three victories in three games.
In the 13th round of Serie A, Inter Milan ushered in a match with Atlanta. Atlanta was one of the famous lifters in Serie A. The team was last promoted in 1998.
However, since the beginning of this season, their performance has been unremarkable. They are currently ranked 9th in the league and there is almost no pressure to relegation.
At the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, Atalanta's high-level players played a high-level game. In the 31st minute, through continuous cooperation in the front field, striker Giovanni Showalter took the lead to break the goal of Inter Milan.
In the 77th minute of the second half, it was Showalter who blasted Toldo's door open with a long shot. This player worth only 3 million euros scored twice at Inter Milan's home court!
Inter Milan's 0:2 defeat to Atalanta created the biggest upset in this round of Serie A, and also ended the unbeaten record of 12 rounds in the league. Not only that, because Inter Milan only scored four in the last three league rounds. points, while Juventus maintained a record of unbeaten victories, so he successfully overtook Inter Milan and took the top spot in the league.
Nagi's state is also very worrying. "Gazzetta dello Sport" wrote: "Recently Inter Milan played against Lecce, Roma, Fiorentina and Atlanta in the four league rounds. Mina failed to score a goal and only had two assists. what happened to him?"
"Although this kind of performance is too common for other strikers, such as Trezeguet of Juventus, he has failed to score in six consecutive games this season."
"But this kind of phenomenon always makes people feel full of disobedience when placed on Mina. Compared with the two games in the Europa League, he surrendered four goals and one assist. That's consistent with the strong initial performance."
"Different types of games have produced two completely different situations. Could it be that Mina has already encountered the so-called rookie wall in the league?"
The top management of the Inter Milan Club is also very concerned about Nagi's mental state. The technical director Horacio Bohm originally wanted to join the head coach Cooper to chat with Nagi to see if he has any problems.
However, Cooper denied this move. He vaguely felt that Nagi was undergoing a transformation, "Give him some space, Horacio, we discussed it before the start of the season, and it will give Nagi a lot of time to adapt to Serie A." games, or even give up the season."
"It's just that Nagi gave us a big surprise. He quickly entered the role and brought Inter Milan to this level. He has done well enough."
"Now you can just think that his adaptation time is a bit late. The league is still very long. We can completely rely on him."
Nagi was well aware of his current ups and downs, but he believes that this state will not last long. With the continuous practice in daily life and the tempering in the league, he is now more and more comfortable handling the ball.
In the 14th round of Serie A, Inter Milan challenged Brescia away. This is a city team in northern Italy. It is currently ranked 14th in the league and is also a poor team.
Nagi regained his form in this game. In the 17th minute, Inter Milan launched a quick counterattack. Di Biagio dribbled the ball from the left to the frontcourt, and then passed it into the penalty area.
Nagi first used his chest to stop the ball in the penalty area, and then flicked the ball to the right with his right toe. The ball flew past the rushing defenders, and then Nagi went up and volleyed directly, opening the scoring for Inter Milan.
In stoppage time in the first half, Inter Milan took the ball from the midfielder, Gresco made a long pass to the left, and Di Biagio successfully reversed offside and caught up with the ball near the baseline.
Then he passed the ball to the middle, and Vieri from the back point grabbed the first point, and the header flew to the other side, and Nagi was waiting there to respond.
"Vieri gave Mina a header. Facing two defenders, Mina stopped the ball with his chest and hit the goal!! The ball went in, gooooooooooool!"
"After Mina stopped the ball with his back and chest, he used a beautiful upside-down hook to blast Brescia's goal again."
"We can see that the ball passed between the two defensive players double-teaming Mina. The Brescia goalkeeper's sight was blocked and he failed to react immediately."
"Mina's goal is very imaginative. Before the game, the media speculated how many rounds of scoring shortage Mina would face. Unexpectedly, he slapped them hard with a brace."
"This is not the first time that Mina had left the Italian media speechless. At the beginning of the season, he used consecutive goals to severely attack those reports that looked down on him. He didn't expect it to be the same this time."
After scoring the goal, Nagi ran wildly on the sidelines. He was finally able to touch Ronaldo's playing state at that time. Before his body reacted, he made the best shot choice, and everything seemed very comfortable.
In the second half of the game, Inter Milan continued to control the scene. In the 60th minute, coach Cooper replaced Nagi. In the 67th minute, Di Biagio assisted Recoba to score the third goal.
The only mistake was that Brescia seized a mistake in Inter Milan's backfield before the end of the game and pulled back a goal, which can be regarded as saving a bit of face at home.
After the game, Nagi would go to Zurich, Switzerland to attend FIFA's annual awards ceremony.
Earlier, the winners of the European Golden Globe Awards had been revealed, and some media photographed the editor-in-chief of "French Football" magazine Jeter Pfennastiel appearing in Madrid, Spain.
In the end, Raul defeated Owen and won the 2001 European Golden Globe Award. Although Liverpool won the FA Cup, League Cup and England Community Shield last season, they achieved a triple crown.
However, they lost to Genk in the semi-finals of the Europa League and missed the European Super Cup. In the end, they regretted not being able to achieve the great cause of the five crowns, and Owen's achievements were greatly reduced.
On the other hand, Raul helped Real Madrid win the league championship, won the league golden boot, and won the Champions League golden boot. At the beginning of this season, he also won the Spanish Super Cup for Real Madrid, which is even more dazzling in comparison.
As soon as the news came out, the Spanish media rejoiced, while the English media wailed. Since Kevin Keegan won the Golden Globe in 1979, no British player has been able to win this award.
The headline of the "Times" in England reads "Japan's talented young player turned out, Owen's dream of smashing the golden ball." According to the analysis in the article, if Owen can create a historic five-time champion, even without the blessing of the Champions League, he can still have a chance Fight with Raul, but unfortunately Nagi turned all this into nothing.
"The Sun" once again led everyone to review the whole process of the Europa League semi-finals last season. They wrote: "Mina scored all five goals in the two rounds of the series, almost by himself. Keeping Liverpool out of the final."
"Although Owen also scored three goals, he failed to help Liverpool win with a stronger lineup. This has to make people reflect on whether it is the head coach's tactical arrangement error, or Owen's performance was not dominant."
The "Guardian" analyzed the pursuit of Nagi by the major clubs in this summer's transition window, "No one thought that Mina would choose to enter Serie A, but his ability is still beyond everyone's imagination."
"So far in Serie A, Mina has scored a total of 18 goals, leading the Serie A scorer list, and has 6 assists. It can be said that he has jumped from the second-tier Serie A to the top Serie A. , almost in a state of seamless connection."
"Everyone can see that this young player who has just turned 18 will surely gallop in European football and win more honors in the not-too-distant future."
"But what is our Football Association doing? They spent a lot of time researching and finally came to the conclusion that it will take two years to amend the so-called Special Talents Introduction Act, which is very unreasonable."
"It makes the Premier League shut out this super-talent almost forever."
All major media in Europe rushed to report. Nagi was shortlisted for the 2001 Golden Globe Award by virtue of the champion of the League One, the Golden Boot of the league, the champion of the Europa League and the best player of the Europa League. , and ranked tenth.
It is worth mentioning that Nakata Hidetoshi, who also played for Parma in Serie A, was also shortlisted for the list of candidates, but he was ranked outside the 30th place.
This is another grand occasion for Asian players. Although Wang Feng is not the first Asian player to be shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award, he is the first to win the top ten seats.
The official website of the AFC sent blessings to the two players at the first time. The picture on the official website undoubtedly occupied the position C of Nagi, while Hidetoshi Nakata was on the side.
This year's Asian Footballer has undergone reforms, adding an award called "Best Overseas Player", which is specially awarded to Asian players who have not played in Asia.
The first "Best Overseas Player" award was naturally won by Nagi, but he did not go back to receive the award, but was going to the FIFA award ceremony.
The Asian Footballer of the Year eventually went to Fan Zhiyi, who led the Chinese team to qualify for the World Preliminaries for the first time. Although he also played for the Scottish Dundee Football Club, he spent a large part of his time in the World Preliminaries in Asia.