In the early hours of this morning, Beijing time, Inter Milan defeated Napoli 1-0, thus winning the Italian Super Cup and ending the trip to Saudi Arabia with a victory. So what does this title mean for the Nerazzurri who are competing for the league title?
This is Inter Milan's first title this season, and winning this title will also boost the confidence of the players, so that the players can really join the competition for the league title with a championship mentality. Although Inter Milan temporarily relinquished the top spot in the league standings because of one less game, with this championship foundation, I believe that the players will become more relaxed when facing pressure from Juventus.
At the same time, this is also the first championship trophy for Sommer, Pavard, Augusto, Frattesi, Bisek, Buchanan and other newcomers at Inter, and for them, it has increased the sense of identity and belonging to the team. Pavard confessed on social media immediately after the game: You will never forget your first kiss.
And for Frattesi and Bisek, this is also the first championship of their careers! After the game, Frattesi also joked on social media, how to lift the trophy, and Bisek also said on social media that he will never forget his first championship.
For Frattesi, although his career is now in his seventh year, and he has become an Italian international, and even gradually become the new leader of Italian football, due to the limited strength of the team he has played for, so he has never won the championship, and now winning this trophy has finally allowed him to fill the championship drought in the honor book, how can he not be excited?
As for Bisek, he only officially entered the first team in 2019 and played in the professional league, and his career is just getting started, and winning the trophy early in his career will naturally help him grow.
This is the third consecutive time Inter Milan have lifted the Italian Super Cup, thus equalling AC Milan's record for consecutive trophies in the competition, becoming only the second team to win the Super Cup three times in a row.
On top of that, Lautaro has scored in the last three Super Cup finals, which is a big record.
This is the fifth time Inter manager Simeone Inzaghi has won the competition, thus surpassing Lippi and Capello's four to become the manager with the most wins in the Italian Super Cup. It's no wonder that some fans joked about changing the Super Cup to the "Simeone Inzaghi" Cup.
Meanwhile, Inzaghi led Inter Milan to five cup finals, surpassing the four of legendary Herrera and Roberto Mancini, making him the manager with the most finals since 1929/30.
For Inzaghi Jr., as long as he wins another league title, his place in history will be further enhanced, whether it is Inter Milan or Italy, the history of football will leave a strong mark on him. And once he can win a more weighty title, the system he has created for Inter Milan is likely to become the next mainstream system in international football, so that his status will rise even higher, and he may even become the next Pep Guardiola.
This is the sixth trophy that Inter Milan have won since Zhang Kangyang became president, becoming the third club president with the most titles in Inter's history, ahead of Moratti and his son. Massimo Moratti, as we know him, is the president who has won the most trophies for Inter, with a total of 16 trophies.
Although he is still in China, he has always followed the team, before the game, he congratulated the team through video connection to the final, and Zhang Kangyang celebrated on social media for the first time after the game.
It was Inter's eighth Italian Super Cup title in their history, overtaking AC Milan as the second-most winning team in Italian Super Cup history, followed by Juventus with nine titles.
It is the 45th trophy in Inter Milan's history, including 19 Serie A titles, 9 Coppa Italia titles, 8 Italian Super Cup titles, 3 Champions League titles, and 3 Europa League titles. 2 Toyota Cup titles and 1 Club World Cup.
Winning this trophy also means that Inter Milan can get 8 million euros in championship bonuses, which is a lot of income for the financially stretched Nerazzurri. I wonder if with this income, will the uniform team bring in another player before the winter window closes?