Chapter 801: Chinese Derby

November 21, San Siro Stadium.

The stadium was renamed Meazza early on in honor of Inter Milan's legendary Meazza, but in the eyes of Milan fans, they didn't buy it. It is true that all fans should be respected for Meazza, but one yard is one yard, and the name of the stadium, Milan diehards are still willing to call it "San Siro".

AC Milan are playing at home today. In his pre-match press conference, Inzaghi said: "Essentially, there is no home and away stadium between us and Inter Milan, because they are all in the same stadium. In any case, the win over Inter Milan is our only goal. ”

Juventus' Pescara match was held in Serie A yesterday as the mighty Bianconeri beat Pescara 4-0 at the New Alp Stadium with Huang Yu scoring his second league goal of the season. At present, AC Milan is only two goal difference ahead of Juventus in the standings, this slight advantage is not safe, only the points difference, is the most reassuring.

Inter coach Stefano Pioli said: "With the investment in the last two years, AC Milan has become very strong and at least on paper, it does make us more competitive. But that doesn't mean they can win the game, they want to beat us, and we want to beat them. ”

It seems that the two teams are not at odds with each other, but there is a good thing that the media has noticed in the media, and that is that Pioli specifically mentioned the investment problem in Milan. As we all know, Milan and Milan are both Chinese bosses, but the difference is that Li Yonghong is constantly buying top superstars for AC Milan, such as bringing Chen Zihua this year, although Zhang Shujie is not his direct money, but he also persuaded Berlusconi to introduce Zhang Shujie, and this sky-high transfer fee is only temporarily paid by Berlusconi, Li Yonghong will gradually return it to him after taking over Milan.

Inter Milan is very different, the backer behind it is Surin, but the owner Zhang Jindong did not spend too much money for the team, so that it is difficult for Inter to buy those superstars, and it is not difficult to see that Pioli is very envious of AC Milan.

Every manager wants to lead the team to good results, but it also depends on the quality of the players. The so-called "smart woman is difficult to cook without rice", Inter Milan has always been unable to enter the Champions League in recent years, the uneven level of players has a lot to do with it, there is no big man in the team to lead the team, relying on this twenty-three-year-old Icardi to charge, which is obviously unrealistic.

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Inzaghi gave his final words in the dressing room, and the players walked out one after another, ready to play. Zhang Shujie stood at the end of the queue, which has become his habit for so many years. Yan Tao and Chen Zihua stood in the middle, these two people did not have very special requirements for the position of the queue, and they would stand wherever there was a place.

A few minutes later, the queue began to move, and Zhang Shujie followed the players in front of him and stepped onto the court. Milan fans in the South Stand put up three of the biggest posters, namely Zhang Shujie, Chen Zihua and Yan Tao. The trio were the leading figures in Milan's various lines, and in the North Stand, Inter fans also posted portraits of Icardi, Perisic and Joao Mario in support of them.

Chen Hui sat in the press box, took the binoculars and looked around the stadium, he mainly paid attention to the Milan fan base, he found that the fans wearing Zhang Shujie's jersey were the most, followed by Chen Zihua, from the scene, the number of fans wearing the No. 10 jersey should be slightly less than the No. 9, the gap is not big, and then there is Yan Tao, the No. 13 fans are also a lot, which is in line with the status of the three in the team.

"Toot!" the referee blew a whistle, allowing Chen Hui to pay attention to the court, and Inter Milan kicked off first in the first half. Previously, the Chinese media called this game the Asian Derby, because Nagatomo played at Inter, but now they call it the "Chinese-funded Derby", and whoever calls the two bosses are Chinese.

AC Milan have a formation of 433, with goalkeeper Donnarumma, defenders Desiglio, Romagnoli, Yan Tao and Abate, Locatelli, Bonaventura and Chen Zihua in midfield, and Niang, Zhang Shujie and Suso in the forwards. Montolivo is still recovering from injury, with Baca fresh back from injury waiting on the bench for his chance.

Inter Milan lined up in a 4231 formation, with goalkeeper Handanovic, defenders D'Ambrosio, Medel, Miranda and Ansaldi, two midfielders Brozovic and Kondogbia, three defenders Candreva, Joao Mario and Perisic, and Icardi up front.

Everything was normal in the first five minutes of the game, Inter Milan organized an attack, but Joao Mario was cut off by Romagno and Locatelli in the front court, AC Milan attacked, Chen Zihua made the ball to Bonaventura, Bonaventura was passing to the front, looking for Zhang Shujie, but before the ball arrived, Medel destroyed the ball.

In these five minutes, both sides have tried to attack, but the results are mediocre. After that, both sides played a little cautiously and did not look particularly fierce in the scramble.

"Now that the game has just started, the players of both teams did not immediately show a life-or-death attitude. What they have to do is to control the game into their own rhythm first, instead of pressing with all their might, then the physical energy will be very expensive, and in the second half, especially in the next 20 to 30 minutes, they will not be able to keep up with the opponent due to physical exhaustion, and it is easy to concede goals. ”

Joao Mario received a high ball from Kondogbia and knocked it to Perisic on his side, at this time Icardi began to run in the penalty area, Mario also inserted into the box, Perisic glanced at the Milan goal, Donnarumma stood a little forward, so he shot three meters outside the box, Donnarumma watched the ball's falling trajectory, took a few steps back, and leaned back to support the ball, and slapped the ball out of the bottom line with his right palm.

In the eighth minute of the game, Inter Milan played away from home with Perisic scoring the first shot of the game and won a corner for Inter.

Joao Mario drove the corner into the box and Donnarumma rushed out of the goal, plucked the ball out of the air in front of Perisic and Icardi, and when he landed, he crawled on the ground and held the ball firmly in his arms so that it would not slip out of his hands and be picked up by his opponents.

After the players walked out of the penalty area, Donnarumma kicked the ball to the midfield, Chen Zihua jumped up and scramble, and Candreva suddenly bumped into it when he jumped halfway, and stretched out a kick and kicked Chen Zihua's calf, Chen Zihua's body was crooked in the air and fell, the referee immediately whistled, suspended the game, trotted to Candreva and took out a yellow card!

(End of chapter)