Chapter 169: Meazza Stadium
On December 16, 1899, a group of fans gathered at the Hotel Dunaud founded a sports club, Milan Cricket and Football Club, founded by Alfred Edwards. Later www.biquge.info as the influence of football became more and more influential around the world, in 1905, the team officially changed its name to "Milan Football Club". Because in 1939 the Milan club changed its name to Milanas Sociazione Calcio, so Chinese fans now like to call it "AC Milan", or "Milan" for short.
Only three years later, due to the Italian players in the Milan club and the players from Switzerland, they were extremely dissatisfied with the excessive anglicization of the team and the behavior of some forces, and left the team in a rage, and formed the "Inter Milan Football Club" for short.
The two teams have always shared the same pitch – the San Siro Stadium. In 1980, the Municipality of Milan renamed the San Siro Stadium "Stade Meazza" in honor of Giuseppe Meazza, one of the great stars in Inter Milan's history.
However, the problem is that the so-called one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, AC Milan and Inter Milan as "sisters" in the same city naturally do not buy each other, and the world-famous "Milan derby" is the most prestigious derby in the same city. Gunsmoke, sparks, and people turning their backs have become the hallmark of the Milan derby. Even the stands of the two teams are extremely strictly divided, the south stand is the territory of AC Milan fans, and the north stand is the exclusive domain of Inter Milan fans, so it is not difficult to imagine that the relationship between the "two sisters" of Milan City has long been like water and fire.
When the Milan city government wanted to commemorate the Inter Milan star and changed the name of the San Siro to Meazza, AC Milan fans were naturally not convinced, but Giuseppe Meazza was indeed great, even AC Milan had to admit it, so when it was decided to change the name of the San Siro stadium, both sides basically did not object. However, in private, all AC Milan fans still identify their home stadium as "San Siro", and the title "Meazza" only belongs to Inter Milan fans.
As for the rest, whether to call the stadium "San Siro" or "Meazza" is basically based on who the opponent is. Parma's opponent today is Inter Milan, so everyone calls it Meazza.
In the long history of the Serie A, there is only one team that has never been relegated, and this team is not AC Milan, let alone Juventus, but Inter Milan!
The Nerazzurri have won 18 Serie A titles, second only to Juventus and one more than city rivals AC Milan. In the five years from 2005 to 2010, Inter Milan dominated Serie A, winning the title five years in a row. Last season they won the first five crowns!
So far this season, Inter Milan are second in the league, one place lower than last year and not as good as last year, with a whopping six points behind AC Milan at the top of the table. But no one should underestimate Inter Milan or they will die an ugly death, and in any case, the Nerazzurri are still strong contenders for the title this season.
Parma's players and coaching staff have already boarded the bus to Meazza and the atmosphere in the car is a little strange, not only because the opponent is Inter Milan, but also because of the expression on Marino's face.
After losing 0:5 to Lazio and immediately facing the powerful Inter Milan, Marino had a special feeling in his heart, and he was worried that if he was not careful, he would repeat the previous round of matches. If that were the case, he would not be able to sit in the manager's position for next week.
He looked at Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, and now he put all his hopes on these two young men. For him, even if he does lose to Inter Milan, Giraldi will not be too difficult for him, of course, the premise is that the score is not too different, which requires the forward team in the team to be strong enough.
Inter Milan changed a new manager this summer, the new coach is Benister, who is also the former manager of Liverpool, who led the "Reds" to win the 2004/2005 European Champions Cup, which was an extremely classic battle, Liverpool fell behind by three goals in the first half, chased three goals in the second half, and finally defeated AC Milan in a penalty shootout, which also made Benist I famous.
As early as the pre-match press conference, a reporter asked him what he thought of this game, Benist said: "This game is no different from the previous games, just the opponent has changed. Parma are a very good team and it is no coincidence that they are fifth in the league after thirteen rounds. ”
An Asian-faced journalist asked him in Italian: "What do you think of Parma's two Chinese players?"
Benist looked at the Asian reporter, a reporter from China to be exact, and this person was none other than Shen Hao.
"The two of them are very good, Zhang Shujie has scored six goals, and he is fourth in the scorer list. But I have someone better up front than him. ”
Benist was talking about Samuel Eto'o, the 'African Cheetah' who scored nine goals and is joint second in the scorers' list with Napoli's Edinson Cavani, behind Di Natale's ten.
"What about Li Mu?" Shen Hao asked again.
'He's just as good as his Chinese compatriots, with three goals and five assists. 'It seems that Benist has deliberately studied a few of Parma's key players.
Speaking of this, Benister changed his words and said, "Of course, I still think that my team is better than him. "He's still talking about Samuel Eto'o, who, like Limu, has five assists.
Benister praised Parma and praised his players for being stronger, which indirectly showed that he had confidence in the game. Benist has this confidence, Inter Milan is full of big names, and Parma can't compare. Therefore, Marino did not praise both sides like Benister, but only said that Inter Milan is difficult to deal with.
He can't say big things, Inter Milan is one of Italy's traditional top three, and everyone has to be afraid of it.
In Parma's dressing room, Marino said to the players very carefully: "This game is going to be tough, you have all learned the strength of Inter Milan before, and I don't talk nonsense." The opponent's Eto'o and Sneijder are not general, and Milito is not easy to deal with, and they are zoned against them, and if they are marked, it is estimated that it will be difficult for someone like Eto'o to keep an eye on him at all times. ”
The players nodded, and Marino said, "I won't say too much about the attack line, you four," he pointed to Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, Giovinko and Bodinov: "In the game, you can move a little more and switch positions with each other, so that you can disrupt the opponent's defense line as much as possible and threaten the opponent's goal." ”
The four of them nodded at the same time: "Got it." ”
Marino frowned and looked at the time, which he would only play in a while, and he left that little time to the players to discuss on their own.
Opposite the Parma dressing room is Inter's dressing room. Benist is not as nervous as Marino, he still takes the game very seriously, six points behind his rivals in the same city, and needs to grab points in every game, but due to his strength, he has always maintained a calm heart.
Raising his wrist to look at his watch, he then clapped his hands on the player: "It's time, ready to play." ”
Everyone walked out of the locker room one after another, the substitutes went to the bench, the main players stood in the players' tunnel, and a meter away stood the eleven main players of Parma.
This is not the first time Zhang Shujie has been here, but every time this stadium has brought him a lot of shocks, whether it is the opponent Inter Milan or AC Milan, he has this feeling.
He was standing at the last of them, some distance from the entrance of the tunnel, but he could still clearly hear the shouts and chants of the fans coming from the stands. He understands that most of these voices are coming from Inter fans.
Meacha, which can accommodate 89,000 spectators, is really shocking.
The team began to move forward, and Zhang Shujie followed his teammates in front of him and walked out of the passage step by step. His vision gradually widened, and the voice in his ears became louder and louder.
In the stands, almost all of them were dark blue. Only a handful of Parma fans, dressed in white jerseys, sit in their grandstand areas.
Some people once compared AC Milan to a "flame" because the color of Milan's jersey is a red and black striped shirt that symbolizes passion and wildness, which corresponds to Inter Milan's sea-like blue. At this time, in the stands of the Meazza Stadium, those fans wearing Inter uniforms are like deep blue water, and their every move is like a wave, which looks so charming.
The announcer was introducing the starting line-up of the two teams, with Inter Milan fielding a 4-3-1-2 formation in goal, with Brazilian goalkeeper Cesar in goal, McConn, Lucio, Samuel and Zivo in defenders, and Zanetti, Cambiasso and Pandev in midfield, with Zanetti as the captain. Striker Sneijder, Samuel Eto'o and Milito are two strikers.
Parma are in a 4-3-3 formation, which has almost become Parma's preferred line-up this season. The goalkeeper is Mirante, the defenders are Zaccardo, Antonelli, A. Lucarelli and Parsi, the midfielders are Morrone, Gallopa and Giovinco, and the three forwards are Bodinov, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu.
Looking at these two lineups alone, Inter Milan has left Parma several streets behind. The Nerazzurri have top players on all three fronts, while Parma, on the other hand, have none, just a few potential new stars.
Players from both sides took their own positions, with Inter Milan kicking off first in the first half. As the referee blew the whistle, Milito slammed the ball into Eto'o, who in turn struck it back to Sneijder.
The race is on!
Inter Milan took advantage of the power of the home stadium and under the shouts of the fans, they launched a direct attack on Parma at the beginning. Less than 30 seconds after the whistle blew, Eto'o got the ball in the 25th area of the pitch, but before his team-mate could step forward to pick it up, Eto'o was left alone and played it back to Pandev to protect the ball.
Pandev gave Cambiaso again, and it happened that Zhang Shujie was not far from him, and when he saw him take the ball, he immediately pressed it. Cambiasso knocked the ball to Zanetti, and at this moment Li Mu came up again, Zanetti distributed the ball to the wing, and when the ball rolled close to the touchline, McCone grabbed the ball with Gallopa.
As a full-back, it's only natural that McCone likes to assist. In football, the forward insertion of a full-back is a very important means of attacking, and unlike a central defender, a full-back who can only defend is definitely not a good full-back.
McConn, on the other hand, is a very good full-back.
He ran wildly along the sideline with the ball, passing Gallopa along the way, who chased back, but couldn't catch up. The full-backs have some pace, and McConn is not slow. Although he was blown to pieces by Wales winger Gareth Bale in the Champions Cup earlier this month, this only shows that Bale's pace is just too fast. Looking at today's football, there are not many people who can be faster than Bale, so it was not unjust that McCone was blown up by Bale, who was known for his speed.
Gallopa is not Bale, he doesn't have the lightning speed of a Welsh winger, and as he watches McCone dribble through midfield, he can only hope that his team-mates will stop the Brazilian.
McCone still wanted to continue dribbling the ball, he had already approached Patsy's defensive area, and the space around him was compressed, so McCone slowed down, and Gallopa behind him saw it, and immediately pressed up from behind, and Patsy also came up in front.
McCone was caught between the front and back, and there was no room to break through, so he passed the ball to Zanetti, who kept the ball on and a diagonal pass to Sneijder's feet.
Milito, the arrow man up front, started to run forward, and Antonelli, seeing him making a move, moved a step in the opposite direction of his run, so that Milito was in an offside position.
Sneijder passes.
Antonelli raised his right hand and looked at the referee, signaling for Milito to be offside. However, the referee did not decide, and Antonelli looked back, Milito was indeed in an offside position, but he did not participate in the attack at the moment of Sneijder's pass, so the ball was not considered offside.
Samuel Eto'o, who was hiding behind Antonelli and A. Lucarelli, set in motion and Sneijder's ball was passed to him. Milito's positioning attracted the attention of the opposition defence, so when Eto'o ran to catch the ball, none of the Parma defenders noticed him.
The ball flew over Morrone's head and towards Eto'o in front of him. Once Samuel Eto'o receives the ball, it will be a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper and it will be a very dangerous situation for Parma.