From the morning onwards, the city of Milan was transformed into a city of football. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The streets were filled with Inter Milan fans in blue and black shirts and Chelsea fans in blue shirts.

Bars and shops hung banners with the Inter Milan flag and support the victory, the Inter anthem was played, and even the homeless people on the street adapted songs in praise of Inter Milan to attract the attention of the fans.

The encounter between the radical Inter Milan and the English football hooligans was a headache for the Milan police, who were on the alert on the day of the game, and the mounted police could be seen from time to time among the fans.

After all, the fans who came to watch the game live were a minority, and many more fans watched the live broadcast of this Champions League knockout match on TV and online.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 200 million fans around the world will watch the live broadcast of the Champions League knockout match on TV and the Internet, in addition to 40 TV stations and 300 journalists from all over the world.

In the morning, Gao Xiaodong posted a message on his Twitter and Weibo, "No one can stop us from moving forward", and the message was retweeted 100,000 times and commented on more than 50,000 times within an hour.

In the afternoon, Inter Milan had their last training session at the Pinettina training base, but Mourinho did not open it to the fans as usual, which made Inter Milan fans from afar very dissatisfied, and many people accused Mourinho of being unkind and impersonal on the forum, and some even scolded Mourinho.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Meazza Stadium opened for ticket checks and allowed fans to enter.

An hour later, Inter Milan's buses drove from Pinettina into the Meazza Stadium.

When they came out of the bus, the players' expressions were very serious, no one spoke, and they all hurried to the locker room with their equipment bags on their backs.

Inter's big-name stars are over 29 years old on average and have endured countless battles, but apart from Samuel Eto'o, they all have one thing in common: they are all Champions League losers.

Especially the veterans of Inter Milan, who have not won a Champions League knockout game in four years, have never won a Premier League team in seven years, and now face the challenge of Chelsea, who have the toughest style of play in Europe, everyone is nervous and afraid.

Entering the dressing room, Samuel Eto'o seemed to find the atmosphere too tense and oppressive, saying: "Let's guess who will score first, shall we?"

It was embarrassing, no one answered, everyone changed their jerseys and shoes with their heads down.

Mourinho said: "Don't be nervous, we've done everything we need to do, no surprises, the victory will be ours." ”

There was still no one in the locker room talking.

Mourinho said: "Don't be afraid of the dead stats, records are always meant to be broken, I've been in the Premier League for three years and I've beaten all the Premier League teams except Chelsea because it's my team, I know better than anyone else that Chelsea is strong, but I also know better than anyone else its weaknesses, and if I do what I've deployed, we'll be able to get three points from Chelsea." ”

Mourinho's words played a little effect, and the Inter Milan players relaxed a little, but the loss of the main goalkeeper Cesar before the game made the Inter players still not confident at all.

Mourinho understood the players' thoughts, he patted Toldo on the shoulder and said: "Toldo has been in good form recently, against Juventus, against Fiorentina, he is our most reliable last line of defense, how terrible it is for him to go crazy, I think the Dutch players know best. ”

An unnatural smile appeared on Sneijder's face and said, "I didn't have a chance to play in that match, but I heard from my seniors that it was Toldo who beat us in that match. ”

Toldo knew what he should do at this time, and he said confidently: "Yes, so, don't feel that Toldo will be a burden to you, just leave your back to me, and I will guard the door for you." ”

Mourinho continued: 'Eto'o, I think you have a lot of experience playing in the Premier League, you can tell your team-mates. ”

Eto'o said relaxedly: "Don't be afraid of them, I think Inter Milan can play against any team, the Premier League team is very rough in terms of technique and tactics, blocking their impact, and with patience in the front, we can break through their defence." ”

Mourinho patted Gao Xiaodong's shoulder again and said: "Chelsea's biggest weakness is their left-back, their main left-back and substitute left-back are injured, Belletti is not only old, but also in extremely poor condition, I believe Ancelotti will not let him start, the only possible starter is Malouda, whether it is Malouda or not, the left-back is their Achilles heel, Gao Xiaodong, today you play the right winger, the task is to penetrate the opponent's left side, assist or score, whether you can win or not, your role is crucial." ”

Gao Xiaodong clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, coach, I will definitely beat Chelsea's left-back to doubt my life." ”

If everyone heard Gao Xiaodong say this, they would definitely laugh out loud, but now no one in the enemy laughed.

Mourinho looked at Sneijder again and said: "Xiao Dong has to impact the opponent's left back on the right side, and the task of organizing and scheduling the midfield is left to you, whether we can win the game or not, your role is as important as Xiao Dong." ”

"Definitely complete the mission!"

Sneijder is excited, it's been almost a month since he joined Inter Milan, he has only performed in the Coppa Italia, the league has been a mess, and now, he has finally waited for the opportunity he has always dreamed of, whether he can go to the top of the position, it depends on the game against Chelsea today.

Although Mourinho knows Chelsea well and has prepared well before, Inter Milan's Champions League record is so bad that he has to give each player a separate order and encouragement, and then start to reiterate the skills and tactics of today's game.

While Mourinho was giving lectures to the players, Chelsea's coaches and players also arrived at the Meazza Stadium in a dressing room that Carlo Ancelotti is most familiar with.

Standing in a familiar speaking position, Ancelotti, who was a little paralyzed, seemed to return home, and actually showed a relaxed smile, he stroked the red and black seat, "I have played 18 games with Inter Milan here, I have only lost 5 of them, in the Champions League, I have never lost to Inter Milan, I hope this dressing room will bring us good luck." ”

Chelsea's players are also relaxed, they are at the top of the league and have a good chance of reclaiming the lost three-year league title from Manchester United, the Champions League is against the Champions League soft-footed crabs, Inter Milan, who have never won against a Premier League team, as long as they don't lose this game and it is better to get an away goal, then promotion is almost a sure thing.

Drogba reminded: "Mourinho is not an easy person to deal with. ”

Ancelotti smiled slightly and said: "I know Inter Milan too well, they lack the temperament of a strong team, there is no Champions League tradition, in just a year and a half, Mourinho can change their technical and tactical play, but change the temperament and tradition of Inter Milan, rest assured, as long as we don't lose this game, they will definitely collapse when they return to Stamford Bridge." ”

Terry, the iron-blooded captain and the protagonist of the thief's sister-in-law, said: "Mu Shuai's counterattack is very good, is it a bit risky for us to send three strikers?"

Carlo Ancelotti said proudly: "In terms of counter-attacking, no one does it better than Italy, this is an away game, what we need is to score goals, believe me, as long as we score first, they will panic, we score two goals and they will collapse. ”

The Chelsea players have been with Mourinho for three years, and they don't believe that Mourinho's team will collapse easily, but seeing that Ancelotti is not happy that someone praises Mourinho, no one talks about Mourinho anymore, and they all listen to Ancelotti's arrangement silently.