Chapter 474: The Verge
The "Milan derby" was once the first derby in football, the Apennines was once the mini-World Cup, Berlusconi and Moratti were once the most bold owners, and Milan City was once the undisputed center of football. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
With the loss of stars and the departure of coaches, the Apennine Peninsula is no longer the mini World Cup of the year. The focus of the media and fans gradually shifted. Start paying attention to the Premier League scuffle between Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, pay attention to the exchange of saliva between Barcelona and Real Madrid, pay attention to whether Ronaldo Messi has broken any records, and pay attention to which big-name star Florentino and Abou bought.
Although the Milan derby has taken a notch down from five years ago, as the most famous derby in the world, the charm of the local derby is still fascinating.
There is no Kaka, Ibrahimovic, Shevchenko, and Ronaldo, Nesta and Eto'o, no Figo and Maldini, and the 36-year-old Zanetti, Pirlo and Inzaghi are old, as well as local fresh meat Thornton and Balotelli, not to mention super-popular balloon stars Beckham, Gao Xiaodong, and super-popular coach Jose Mourinho.
These stars are not as radiant and world-renowned as Messi Ronaldo Cayib, but they also have a high level of popularity in world football, and they have a group of fans of their own wherever they go.
On August 29th, fans around the world turned their attention to the Apennine Peninsula, to the city of Milan, to AC Milan and Inter Milan.
This summer, the situation of the Milan duo is very similar. Milan lost their 24-year captain Maldini and let go of their number one star Kaka, while on the other side of Milan City, Inter Milan also experienced the pain of losing a superstar, with the Nerazzurri's number one player Ibrahimovic leaving La Liga shortly after the glorious retirement of the 37-year-old Figo. In the "post-superstar era", who dominates the ups and downs will become the biggest attraction.
On the Milan side, Ronaldo and Pato have become the biggest dependence of Milan's frontcourt. Although there are still many doubts that Ronaldo's form can return to geometry, and Milan is not optimistic about Ronaldo as the new core, he also responded to these doubts with good form and performance in the first round of the league last week, and if he can continue to perform well in the main event of the derby, it will completely dispel people's doubts.
After Kaka, Pato naturally became Milan's biggest hope, and the two goals in the first round not only showed Pato's good form, but also brought more hope to Milan fans, we have reason to believe that Pato will bring more surprises this season.
In addition, in the first round of the game, the center-back combination of Nesta and Silva played a very high level, and in the first round of the game, these two were also on the list of the best team in the first round of Serie A, and the central defender problem that plagued Milan for a season seems to have been solved with the arrival of Silva and the return of Neishao's injury, and the Milan derby, the new defender combination against Inter's new striker combination, will also be the key to the victory or defeat of the Milan derby.
On the Inter Milan side, after Ibrahimovic left, they welcomed Eto'o and Milito, and Eto'o and Milito's "terrifying firepower" combination plus the all-round forward Gao Xiaodong, the Brazilian captain of the back line Lucio plus the rock Samuel or Materazzi, seems to be wonderful, but it still needs more run-in time, in this case Cambiaso's absence due to injury, Muntari because of Ramadan, Mourinho, who has always been known for his defense, lacks a back, which may be a fatal blow to Inter Milan.
Before the game, fans, media and Italian football celebrities who know the game are not very optimistic about Inter Milan, mainly because Inter Milan lacks a back and the new foreign players are not enough to run in.
If Inter Milan still has an absolute advantage, it is not on the field, but in the dugout.
The 46-year-old Mourinho has been a top-three coach in the world for the past six years, with the highest salary in the coaching world and many glorious records. On the other hand, Leonardo, the new Milan coach who has not yet been confused, seems to be much more "amateurish". As a new coach who was promoted to the position in Milan at a time of crisis, this summer was very tragic for Leonardo, the spiritual leader of the team retired, the core players left, and Berlusconi was slow to bring him the person he wanted.From the failure to bring in Sissoko and Dzeko, to the eight consecutive winless games in the warm-up matches, it turned out that Leonardo's 82 Brazilian-style Milan idea is not applicable to today's Milan, but at the same time, Leonardo has also accumulated some experience in this continuous defeat.After returning to the 4312 style of play in the last few games, Milan has found a good form.In the last warm-up game of the summer, it defeated Juventus on penaltiesIt can be said that after a miserable summer, Leonardo also ushered in a good start, and if he can withstand the huge test of the Milan derby, maybe he will become a great young coach like Pep Guardiola and Mourinho.
Three days ago, tens of thousands of fans poured into Milan City, and on the 29th, tens of thousands more people poured in, not counting Milan fans, more than 50,000 fans have come to Milan, and the San Siro Stadium can provide up to 80,000 seats, which also means that many fans will have to watch the game in the bar outside the stadium.
Since it was Derby Day, the metro in the city of Milan deliberately ran extra buses, with buses every 2 minutes. The route is full of fans watching the derby, this round is the home of AC Milan, and Milan has a lot of fans, so first-time fans don't have to worry about getting lost, and after leaving the station, follow the crowd, and you can see the exterior of the San Siro Stadium in about 5 minutes. There are a number of small vendors along the route selling food and other items such as hats, scarves and jerseys.
Because there are a lot of people, the speed of entry is relatively slow, two hours before the game, fans on both sides began to enter, and there is still an hour before the game, the stadium has basically entered the stadium, the stadium is very noisy, and the deafening singing, shouting and boos can be heard outside the stadium.
The San Siro Stadium has four coloured seating areas. The Blue Stand (South) is the location of AC Milan diehards, the Green Stand (North) is exclusive to Inter Milan Diehards, the Red Stand (West) is the rostrum with the best view, and the Orange Stand (East) is the neutral fan stand. There are still and only 15 boxes at the San Siro Stadium, but it's still early and the VIPs and celebrities in the boxes haven't arrived yet.
At this time, the north and south stands were already full, and the die-hard Milan in the south stand supported huge portraits of stars such as Nesta and Ronaldo, as well as a huge banner that read: "There is only one Milan in Milan City." And the die-hard of Inter Milan in the North Stand is like a fighting chart, and it also holds up huge portraits and banners of stars such as Eto'o, Zanetti and Gao Xiaodong, which read: "We are from the north, we are the elven kings of the Apennines." ”
Then some warm-up activities began to be carried out in the stadium, and the commentators also began to cooperate with the game screen played on the big screen on the stadium, loudly telling the fans about the history of the derby.