Chapter 540: Battle Kazan Rubin Again

The Italian derby was the most important match in the first half of Serie A, and this game finally lived up to the expectations of the majority of fans, red cards, miscalculations, brawls, world waves, superheroes...... With the exception of the penalty, all the elements that became classics appeared. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Inter Milan and Gao Xiaodong became the big winners of the Italian derby, Inter Milan not only got three points, but also kicked Juventus out of the championship team, Gao Xiaodong became the fourth Inter Milan player to score a hat trick, and also surpassed Di Natale to become the top scorer in Serie A, adding a heavy weight to his competition for the European Golden Boy Award.

After the game, Gao Xiaodong is undoubtedly the darling of major media and a popular figure on the front page.

But Mourinho did not let Gao Xiaodong be pretty, and the madman who was sent to the stands for the fourth time in a year is also a media hit, and unlike Gao Xiaodong, Mourinho is facing criticism.

Some media think that Mourinho's applauding of the referee is irresponsible, he has repeatedly challenged the referee, and has taken pleasure in challenging, sarcastic, and protesting against the referee, I am afraid that it will bring some unexpected losses to Inter Milan.

Some media believe that Mourinho has repeatedly received red cards because he has been adored by British fans and has become very arrogant after experiencing the success of Porto and Chelsea. But in Italy, whether it is the fans, the club's senior management, the media, or the opponents, they do not recognize his ability and look down on his arrogance, which makes Mourinho have a confrontational mentality.

The newspaper Sport gave Mourinho advice that Mourinho is far from proving himself and achieving the expected results in Italy. He should turn his grievances into motivation to work hard, and strive to silence the critics with his achievements. Instead of making enemies on all sides, grandstanding, and making yourself a star.

In addition to Gao Xiaodong and Mourinho, another focus is undoubtedly Melo, his red card made Juventus fully passive, no longer have the ability to overtake the score, after the game the media harshly criticized him, thinking that he and Diego were bought as the cornerstone of Juventus' revival, but they lived up to the expectations of the fans, and did not match their own value, Juventus lost the hope of winning the championship before the halfway point, he and Diego are the culprits.

Racism and Baresi have also become the focus of media criticism after the game, although in Italian football, racial discrimination is very serious, but the media against racial discrimination is still clear, the reporter believes that after the Football Association issued a fine, Juventus fans are still so arrogant to discriminate against blacks and yellows, which is undoubtedly slapping the face of the Football Association, if not strictly punished, there may be no blacks and yellows willing to play in Serie A.

Baresi inadvertently blocked the gun for Mourinho, and the Italian journalists' firepower should have been concentrated on Mourinho, and now Baresi has to share at least a third.

Criticism or praise aside, the Italian derby was behind us, and a day later, media attention turned to the Champions League group stage in midweek.

Of the four teams participating in the Champions League in Serie A, only Fiorentina, which is not a giant, qualified for the group one round early, Inter Milan and Juventus drew to qualify, and AC Milan must beat Zurich away to ensure qualification, and a draw depends on the result of another game.

Obviously, now half of the Serie A title has fallen into the hands of Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan can only aim for the Champions League, and the Inter Milan title is soft, their goal is also the Champions League.

The Italian media believes that among the top three Serie A, Inter Milan is in the best situation, although their opponent Kazan Rubin is not easy to mess with, but Inter Milan is playing at home, and the team is in good shape, and the possibility of losing to Rubin Kazan in Meaza is very small.

AC Milan's situation is slightly worse, their opponent Zurich is a weak team, but AC Milan is playing away, which is slightly more difficult than Inter Milan, but Zurich is not a direct competitor of AC Milan, even if AC Milan loses or draws, if another Real Madrid is strong and can beat Marseille, then Milan can also qualify lying down.

Among the top three, the most difficult is the Bianconeri, Juventus is playing at home, the score is 1 point more than the third-place Bayern, a draw can qualify, but when the opponent is Bayern Munich, all these advantages are not safe, no one knows what miracles the German tank can create, even if it beats Juventus away from home, it is by no means an upset.

Although during the Serie A civil war, the Italian media supported the teams close to them, but when the Champions League started, the media unanimously gave advice to the top three, probed the enemy, cheered them on, hoping that they could play the style of the small World Cup and keep the crumbling position in the third league.

For Inter Milan, the final game of the group is not only about qualifying, they are also hoping to top the group.

Now Inter Milan and Barcelona have the same 9 points, each other's records are exactly the same, and the goal difference is the same, both are 2, if they want to divide the high, they can only see who scores more goals and concedes fewer goals in the last round.

In terms of strength, Barcelona's opponent Kyiv Dynamo and Inter Milan's opponent Kazan Rubin are almost the same, but Kyiv Dynamo has been determined to be unable to qualify, and Kazan Rubin will be able to qualify by beating Inter Milan, and it is much more difficult for Inter Milan to play a big score than Barcelona.

Although Mourinho hopes to win the first place in the group, he is worried that the players will be rash in order to score more goals, but will be attacked by the overall tactical maturity of Kazan Rubin, before the game he repeatedly emphasized that the first and second in the group are the same, there is no weak team to reach the round of 16, Inter Milan should not think about how many goals to score, but should first complete the goal of qualifying, and then think about others, it is stupid to think about the first place in the group before not qualifying, and it is also disrespectful to the opponent.

Mourinho has the advantage and strength, so he tries his best to suppress the emotions of the players and fans and prevent underestimation, and Rubin Kazan wants to beat a stronger opponent away from home, so Rubin Kazan's old coach Berdeev's pre-match approach is completely opposite to Mourinho's.

Berdeev stressed before the game that Rubin Kazan is not a rookie, nor is he a fish belly, they can beat the defending champion Barcelona away from home, and they can also beat the Serie A champion Inter Milan at home, which shows that Rubin Kazan has the ability to wrestle with the top two, as long as Rubin Kazan plays the momentum of Barcelona away from home, and a little luck, they can beat Inter Milan to get out of Group F.

Domingos, the heart of Rubin Kazan's midfield, also believes that Rubin Kazan still has any hope of qualifying, and beating Inter Milan away is not an impossible task.

Judging from the odds offered by the three major European bookmakers, Inter Milan is still widely favored, but the home game only concedes one goal from the opponent, and no one dares to guarantee that Kazan Rubin will not break out again.