Chapter 479: AC Milan's dilemma
On November 19, Serie A, which had been suspended for two weeks due to national team competitions, reignited the flames. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Inter Milan sat at the Meazza Stadium and welcomed Parma.
The traditional Serie A powerhouse is no longer the Seven Sisters of its heyday, and after narrowly retaining their Serie A qualification last season, they have been weak this season and are currently 16th in Serie A, just one step away from the relegation zone.
But even so, Gao Han still didn't dare to be careless.
Many internationals, including Adriano, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic, played two full games in a row in the national team competition, so Gao Han arranged for them to rest this time, starting with Kruz, Solari and Recoba to form a trident, but the midfield was the main force.
As a result, at the Meazza Stadium, it was the main midfielder Figo, who stepped forward in the first half when the two teams were tied 0-0, and in the 68th minute, relying on his excellent individual ability, took the lead in breaking through Parma's goal, opening the scoring for Inter Milan and scoring a key goal.
After that, Inter Milan took advantage of the victory to chase after it, and Recoba soon received a return pass from Cruise and scored a very strange curling ball.
In the end, the Nerazzurri beat Parma 2-0 at home to continue to lead the Serie A table.
But in the other game played at the same time, Inter Milan's local rivals AC Milan were not so lucky.
AC Milan played away at Fiorentina and were aiming for three points, but just ten minutes into the game, a goal from striker Luca Toney opened the scoring for Fiorentina.
After that, AC Milan launched an attack and Fiorentina were on the back steam before Gilardino equalised in the 25th minute with a header in front of the goal.
The first half ended with a 1-1 scoreline, but just 33 seconds into the second half, Nesta and Maldini made mistakes at the same time, and Fiorentina seized the opportunity to score a goal to put the score ahead again.
Once again, AC Milan launched a furious attack, first Shevchenko hit the defender's arm with a shot, and the referee did not award a handball, much to the displeasure of AC Milan.
In the 84th minute, Rui Costa's cross from the right was nodded in by Gilardino but the referee signalled for him to bring down an opposition defender before the jump and the goal was declared invalid, which once again provoked AC Milan's anger.
Just three minutes later, Fiorentina swung in a corner and Luca Toney headed in again to make it 3-1.
So far, AC Milan has suffered a heavy defeat away from home.
What really caused controversy was the fact that after the game, players ranging from Carlo Ancelotti to Maldini to Rui Costa and Gilardino denounced the referee's poor enforcement of the game, believing that they had been misjudged twice.
'The one goal that was blown away changed the game completely. Carlo Ancelotti was blunt in his post-match press conference.
From the equaliser to the goal of falling two goals down, AC Milan did go on a rollercoaster ride in just three minutes, but when Sky replayed the game after the game, it was clear to everyone that Gilardino did take down his defender on the front line and jumped again.
Milan Sports Newspaper also commented that AC Milan's defense is untenable, the referee's decision is still very accurate, rather than dwelling on this decision, it is better to reflect on the team's performance throughout the game.
Perhaps due to the influence of the national team competition, coupled with the continuous two-front battle in the past period, AC Milan is physically and mentally exhausted, and many players are obviously out of shape and lack of focus defensively.
For example, in the second goal, the steady Nesta and Maldini made mistakes at the same time, and both of them were distracted, although it was only 33 seconds into the opening period, but it was also very telling.
"In fact, many teams have suffered from the blow goal, such as Inter Milan against Lazio, after being blown a goal, there were two more penalties against the Nerazzurri, but in the end, Inter Milan withstood the pressure and scored the winning goal and took three points away from home. ”
"But throughout the game, it is difficult for us to see the fighting spirit and winning belief of Inter Milan from AC Milan, and perhaps this is the biggest gap between the two teams in the same city. ”
"As the league progresses, we have gradually discovered that Inter Milan have the best start and are unbeatable, with Juventus following without giving an inch, but AC Milan has begun to fall behind, is it a bit early for the Rossoneri?"
In the case of AC Milan's away defeat, Juventus beat Roma 4-1 away, and Capello defeated his old club with a hearty victory and firmly occupied the second place in the Serie A standings.
This undoubtedly further deepens AC Milan's predicament.
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For the defeat of AC Milan, Juventus's big victory, there is no one more happy than the Italian media.
But Gao Han was not interested in this.
After playing in the twelfth round of Serie A, they travelled to Sweden in midweek to take on Halmsdas.
Although Sweden was freezing at the end of November, the difference in strength between the two teams was too great, and Inter Milan beat Halmsdaz 5-0 away from home with little effort, and Ibrahimovic was in a hot state in front of the fans of his homeland, scoring a hat-trick and winning full applause.
After returning to Italy, Inter Milan ushered in the thirteenth round of Serie A, challenging Messina away.
Recoba, who started well in the previous round, continued to get a starting opportunity in this game, but Adriano was pushed into the center forward position by Gao Han, replacing Ibrahimovic.
As a result, Recoba opened the scoring for Inter Milan just six minutes into the game, giving the game a rhythm from the start, and then in the 59th and 71st minutes, Cambiasso and Adriano scored in quick succession to help Inter beat Messina 3-0 away.
After Messina, Inter Milan ushered in the fourth round of the group stage of the UEFA Cup, hosting Hertha Berlin.
The Bundesliga side, who had scored just one goal in the first four rounds of the group and conceded a clean sheet, did not survive 10 minutes at the Meazza Stadium, and Inter Milan also relied on a strong start to beat Hertha Berlin 2-0 in the 10th and 14th minutes through Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Winning all three games, Inter Milan has basically confirmed the group qualification.
In the fourteenth round of Serie A, Inter Milan continued to rotate, sitting at the Meazza Stadium and welcoming Ascoli.
The team ranked 14th in the Serie A standings was mainly defensive, but under the tide of Inter Milan's attack, it did not last more than half an hour.
In the 24th minute, Adriano took the lead in scoring Ascoli's goal.
Five minutes later, Veron added another goal to help Inter extend the lead further.
In the second half, Inter Milan still had a firm grip on the situation, scoring in the 73rd and 81st minutes respectively through Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic, and finally beat Ascoli 4-0 to win again.
The day after Inter Milan's resounding win over Ascoli, Juventus travelled to Fiorentina.
This time it was a close match, with Trezeguet opening the scoring in the eighth minute, but Fiorentina equalised in the 39th minute thanks to Paccini's goal.
After that, the two teams played very fiercely, Juventus frequently launched strong attacks, but Fiorentina defended very tenaciously, and the two sides remained deadlocked until the 88th minute, at the critical moment, Trezeguet's header was crossed, and Camoranesi scored with a right-footed push to help Juventus score a golden goal and score a valuable three points.
It can be said that in the end of this game, it was Juventus' tenacious fighting spirit and iron spirit that saved the Bianconeri, and the score of 2-1 also gave Juventus the best reward.
However, in the other game, AC Milan scored the first goal in the opening period, but were surprisingly beaten twice by Chievo, and finally lost to Chievo away to the second game, earning their third draw of the season.
At this point, Serie A has played 14 rounds, and the situation is already very clear.
Inter Milan leads the Serie A standings with 14 consecutive wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, followed by 5 points behind Inter Milan with 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and AC Milan gradually widens the gap with the two major rivals in front of them, with 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, with only 29 points, as many as 13 points behind Inter Milan and eight points behind Juventus.
This also made many fans dissatisfied with AC Milan, thinking that the Rossoneri had already lost the league title before the end of the first round, let alone catching up with Inter Milan, I am afraid it would be difficult to catch up with Juventus.
But even more worrying for Rossoneri fans is that seven days later, they will have their first Milan derby of the season.
On one side is the morale of Inter Milan, on the other side is the sluggish AC Milan, this derby has not started, everyone has sung a sad song to AC Milan.
Even manager Carlo Ancelotti said in an interview with the media, "Our problem is not in defence, but in the mentality of the whole team, against Chievo we had the advantage, we should have done better and got more, but in the end we didn't play as well as we should." ”
'It was a game that was lost because we couldn't think about it anymore because time doesn't stand still for us, we have Schalke 04 on Tuesday and a Milan derby at the weekend and we have to show a lot more determination and desire to win. ”
But Carlo Ancelotti's pre-match mobilisation didn't seem to have much effect, as the Rossoneri did not play well in the crucial battle at home to Schalke to qualify for the Champions League group stage.
It wasn't until the 42nd minute of the first half that AC Milan took the lead thanks to Andrea Pirlo's goal, but just two minutes later, Schalke equalised at zero-four.
At the crucial moment of the second half, Kaka scored two goals in the 52nd and 60th minutes respectively to help AC Milan once again exceed the score, but in the 66th minute, Schalke 04 recovered another goal.
After that, the Bundesliga powerhouse showed tenacious fighting spirit, chasing AC Milan all the way, and in the last 30 minutes, even formed a one-sided situation in which the away team pressed the home team in the wild attack, and AC Milan was forced to be very embarrassed.
But in the end, the Rossoneri managed to hold on for a 3-2 result and claim a crucial victory.
With this victory, Carlo Ancelotti's team finished first in the group with a one-point lead over PSV Eindhoven, while Schalke was two points behind PSV Eindhoven and was unfortunately eliminated.
After this game, the Milan derby is also close.