In the pre-match spat and quarrels, the match day finally came, and the most important thing was the real duel between the two sides on the court.

On February 27, in the 25th round of Serie A, Inter Milan played against Roma at the home stadium at the Meazza Stadium.

It's a contest between the league leaders and the league's second-place finishers, but the first-placed Inter Milan are 24 points ahead of second-placed Roma, which can be said to be the top battle with the biggest gap in points in Serie A and even in the second half of the league in the top five leagues.

Before the game, Roma coach Spalletti solemnly stated to Roma fans that at the Meazza Stadium, the Roma team will be extremely tenacious and will fight to the end, and Roma will stand proudly and leave after 90 minutes of play!

Roma Sport praised Spalletti's statement and praised the Roma team's determination to fight.

In his opinion, this is the embodiment of Spalletti's timidity, only the weak who have no self-confidence will express their tenacious fighting and fight to the end when the battle comes.

When did you see the king of the forest say that he would fight tenaciously and fight to the end when he bit his prey to death?

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When the game started, as Roma manager Luciano Spalletti said, his side were really tenacious.

However, this is a kind of passive tenacity: Inter Milan launched a crazy attack on the Roma goal after kick-off, and the Roma team played very passively and could only rely on limited counterattacks to harass Inter Milan, and such a strong counterattack could not really threaten Inter Milan's goal at all.

Roma stubbornly resisted Inter Milan's strong attack!

Thirty minutes into the game, the score was still 0-0, and Roma stubbornly held on to the draw and did not allow Inter Milan to score.

This was a bit of a disappointment for Leon, who had a plan for his team to storm the Roma goal from the opening kick-off and try to break the deadlock early.

In a sense, Roma's tenacious defense still caused some problems for Inter Milan.

However, it is clear that the passivity of the Roma team on the field is in the eyes of everyone, especially for the goal of the Roma team, whether it is those Roma fans who go to the scene or watch the live broadcast of the game in front of the TV, at this time, although they did not concede the goal, although they stubbornly resisted the fierce attack of Inter Milan, but their hearts are heavy, or fearful.

Because, Inter Milan's offensive is too fierce!

You don't know how long Roma will be able to hold out on to the goal, and it's no surprise that Inter will score on their next attack, and in fact, if luck hadn't been on Roma's side, Inter would have had at least one goal in their hands a long time ago.

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Inter Milan is on the offensive and Roma fans are nervous.

Equally nervous is Roma's manager Luciano Spalletti.

He had imagined the difficult situation he could face at the Meazza Stadium, but he found himself underestimating the difficulties the team might face.

Inter's attack was just too fierce.

Wave after wave of offensives.

Roma play very passively, in fact, the Roma team itself is not a team good at defense, Spalletti's Roma team is best at attacking, but, in the face of Inter Milan's onslaught, they simply do not get any decent attacking opportunities, and now they can only retreat in the half, resisting Inter Milan's attack at the same time, hoping to get the opportunity to counterattack.

However, Inter Milan did not give the Roma team a chance to counterattack at all, as long as the Roma team controlled the ball and hoped to counterattack, Inter Milan began to press in the midfield, and Leon arranged for Deco and Carlos to start together.

An attack by Inter Milan had just ended, and Roma tried to fight back, but they quickly lost the ball and another attack from Inter came immediately.

Spalletti finally couldn't sit still, he walked to the sideline and shouted.

"Keep the ball, control the tempo!" Spalletti shouted, pointing to Pizarro. A rare counter-attacking opportunity, and it is absolutely impossible to give away possession easily.

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Li Ang sat firmly in the coach's box, although he was a little unhappy that the team had not scored under the attack, but Li Ang was confident in his players, and in his opinion, the goals would come sooner or later.

For this game, for Spalletti's Roma team, Leon is already very familiar with it.

For Leon's Inter Milan, 'slaughtering Roma' has been called a compulsory course every season, and the Roma team, which advocates attack, will be severely cleaned up every time they face Inter Milan.

Spalletti has used the same 4-2-3-1 formation for three seasons in a row, and he has never made any changes to the team's formation during the game, except for partial personnel changes.

In addition, Spalletti's blind trust in the veteran Tonetto also made Leon unable to understand that Spalletti has always been regarded as a big baby for such a veteran who has been in serious decline......

In the eyes of Leon, the aging of the squad is the biggest problem, which is mainly concentrated on the front line and the backline, at present, there are only Totti and Vucinic on the front line, the Montenegrin striker is only 24 years old, and Totti is just over 30, such a forward does not seem to have anything to do with aging. In fact, as he has gotten older, Totti's injuries have gradually increased, and he has suffered from long-term injuries twice this season. The ageing of the team's backline is mainly focused on the two full-backs, Toneto and Panucci are both young, but the two veterans have a deep trust in Spalletti, and as they get older, a decline in form is inevitable.

It didn't take long for Leon to notice Spalletti's changes to the Roma team.

Pizarro was originally the core of the Roma squad at the back, and his ability to control the tempo of the game was unmatched by anyone in the Roma team. In addition, his precise long balls can often assist his teammates to score, and he also has a good long-range shooting ability. However, Pizarro has not shown his past strengths in the game recently, but his old habit of sticking to the ball has stood out.

Now, Spalletti faced the high-pressure situation of Inter Milan, and the rare counter-attack opportunity was too panicked and rushed to give up the ball, in this case, Spalletti also had to let Pizarro have more control and organization, which immediately made Leon see the opportunity.

At a chance to kill the ball, Leon called Deco to the sideline and whispered.