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Inter Milan take on Cagliari away.

The Sicilian side have had a poor start to the season, drawing two and losing two of their first four games, picking up just two points, and they have yet to meet a traditional powerhouse, which is not satisfactory.

Facing Inter Milan at home, Cagliari can be said to be fully prepared, and the old coach Franco Colomba is also a veteran coach of Italian football, and repeatedly told the players before the game to be careful of Inter Milan's attack.

As it turned out, Colomba's judgment was correct, Gao Han used the skill card from the start, launched a counterattack to attack the main area, and in the fifth minute, with Adriano's goal, took the lead in Cagliari's goal.

Five minutes later, Pandev, who started in place of Cristiano Ronaldo, scored another goal to make it 2-0.

The score was maintained until the end of the game.

Inter Milan relied on two goals in the opening 10 minutes to take away three points from the road.

Although the game was dull for most of the game, both the media and the fans were very tolerant of Inter Milan, who had played a total of five league games and two Champions League games in the past month, as well as a two-week break from international matches.

Such a high-density schedule is indeed a big challenge for Inter Milan, and it is not easy to win.

At least, AC Milan, who have been chasing Inter Milan since the start of the season, drew 0-0 at home to Siena this time.

Carlo Ancelotti's team has obviously been affected by the multi-front battle, and there are even faint rumors that AC Milan's bench is relatively weak, plus the Carabao Cup has deducted eight points, so Ancelotti and the management have agreed that the team will focus on the Champions League, hoping to make another breakthrough.

As for the league, it's all in Inter's pocket anyway.

As if to confirm the rumors from the outside world.

In October, Serie A was shut down again and ushered in a two-week international break.

But two weeks later, in the sixth round of Serie A, AC Milan played Sampdoria away, and Ancelotti did not give his best to stay in the Champions League match against Anderlecht in midweek, and drew 1-1 away to Sampdoria.

After three draws, the Rossoneri have been falling behind frequently since the beginning of the season, which has made many fans unhappy, because Ancelotti and the management have shouted the slogan of catching up with Inter Milan, but it has only been six rounds, and the result is only three wins and three draws.

Inter Milan, on the other hand, defeated Catania 2-0 at home to win six in a row.

With nine points behind, everyone knows that the Rossoneri will find it difficult to catch up with their rivals in the same city.

However, in the third round of the Champions League group stage in midweek, AC Milan defeated Anderlecht 1-0 away with Kaka's stunning goal to establish a lead at the top of the group.

Inter Milan beat Spartak Moscow 3-0 at home and topped the group with three consecutive wins.

Bayern Munich also quickly came out of the slump, beating Sporting Lisbon 1-0 away to finish second in the group.

Roma also beat Olympiacos 1-0 away in this round to finish second in the group.

But the most eye-catching performance in this round is still Real Madrid.

After losing 2-0 to Lyon in the first round, Capello's side thrashed Dynamo Kyiv 5-1 at home in the second round, and beat Steaua Bucharest 4-1 again in this round, but because Lyon also won every game, Real Madrid could only settle for second.

In the most talked-about match of the round, Chelsea beat Barcelona 1-0 at Stamford Bridge thanks to Didier Drogba's crucial strike.

In this game, Mourinho fully borrowed from Gao Han's tactics in the European Super Cup, and discharged Ballack, Lampard, Essien and Makelele to form a midfield, firmly suppressing Barcelona, especially Ronaldinho and Messi on the left and right wings, and did nothing.

After the game, Barcelona manager Rijkaard graciously said Chelsea deserved to win.

'Didier Drogba's goal changed the game completely and the defeat made it sad for each of us, but we should get out of the shadow of Stamford Bridge as soon as possible. ”

But for Chelsea, Rijkaard does not have a high rating, and even thinks Chelsea are not as good as last season.

'We had 65 per cent of possession and 35 per cent of the opposition, and I think that's telling, because the crux of the problem is not the overall tactics of the team, but the fact that we haven't dealt with some of them. ”

As for the specific links, Rijkaard said that he would study them carefully after he returned.

Mourinho retorted on the spot.

'Yes, there was no doubt that it was a good game, the opponent had possession and even came close to beating us at one point, but in the end it was our tactics that worked, and I'm sure tonight, even the most fanatical Barcelona fans will not deny that we did play better. ”

"Of course, if they are honest enough to admit what they have in mind. ”

At the same time, Mourinho also thanked the referee, "I'm very happy that at the end of the game, we were still 11 against 11. ”

This left Rijkaard a bit of an embarrassment, with the Portuguese madman clearly suggesting that Chelsea could beat their opponents when the referee was no longer in favour of Barcelona.

Anyone can see that after defeating Barcelona, Mourinho can be said to have let go of a big stone in his heart, and his mood is too good to be outstanding, and he knows everything in the face of media inquiries.

Even when the media suggested that Chelsea had beaten Barcelona with their muscles, the Portuguese laughed and said he wasn't a big believer in a particular type of football, he just wanted to win.

As for the team, Mourinho is even more confident.

'I want to remind everyone that Chelsea are not the best Chelsea at the moment and I believe that as the season progresses, the best Chelsea will come soon and we will make everyone look their way up. ”

"Does that include the cold Inter, Mr. Mourinho?" a reporter asked aloud.

Mourinho was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded: "Of course!"

The media cheered again.

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For another provocation from Mourinho, Gao Han didn't even fight back this time.

The reason is simple, the schedule is too dense.

After two weeks of international breaks, Serie A ushered in a double week of matches.

Three days after playing the third round of the Champions League group stage, the seventh round of Serie A welcomed Udinese.

Inter Milan won 1-0 away from home after going through rotation.

Everyone can see that as the season progresses, Inter Milan has to ensure the competitiveness of the team through effective rotation.

On the other hand, AC Milan, after playing the Champions League, returned to Serie A and immediately lost 0-2 to Palermo at the San Siro Stadium and suffered the first defeat of the new season.

It can be said that bench thickness is the Achilles wound of the Rossoneri.

Three days later, in the eighth round of Serie A, AC Milan defeated Chievo 1-0 away.

However, in this round, Inter Milan came back to beat Livorno 4-1 at home, with Cannavaro, Materazzi, Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo all scoring in succession.

Weekend, 9th round of Serie A, Milan derby.

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At the end of October, the air in Milan has a chill of winter.

Despite beating Chievo in the previous round, the gap between AC Milan and Inter Milan has widened to 11 points.

It's almost a desperate gap.

Ancelotti, who is hard-mouthed, had to admit before the game that AC Milan could only hope to retain the possibility of winning the title if they beat their opponents in the Milan derby, but he himself admitted that this was not very likely.

Inter Milan are in great form.

Even in the rotation, the cold team can always find a way to beat the opponent.

In this game, Ancelotti discharged a relatively rare single-striker Christmas tree play, that is, a four-three-two-one formation.

Up front was Inzaghi, with Kaka and Seedorf roaming in behind, with Ambrosini, Andrea Pirlo and Gattuso in the back three.

This is also a change in Ancelotti's previous 4312 formation.

Inter Milan were not at full play when they were away from home, with Cesar in goal, Patrice Evra, Materazzi, Córdoba and McCone at the back, Marchisio in midfield, Stankovic and Yaya Toure up front, and the trident in full swing, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic and Adriano all starting.

But it was this line-up that Inter Milan had a set-piece chance in front of just 37 seconds, but Yaya Toure's header hit the right post and bounced back into the box, and Córdoba fired a cushion shot straight away.

Gao Han's strategy is obvious, knowing that the team is fighting continuously and has a lot of physical consumption, so he doesn't plan to entangle with AC Milan, and wants to end the battle as soon as possible, so he used the skill card from the beginning of the game to launch a rush.

Two minutes later, Inter Milan were awarded another free-kick.

Gattuso was booked for a handball while defending Cristiano Ronaldo and Adriano headed a free-kick high.

As a left-footed player, it is indeed very difficult to take a free kick on the left side.

But a minute later, Inter finally scored a goal.

Stankovic crossed diagonally to the left side from the middle, Evra quickly cut in, and crossed to the front point, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly inserted, possessed the head, and headed the ball into the goal from close range, 1-0.

After that, Inter continued to increase their attack, especially on the left side.

In the seventh minute, Gattuso was engaged in another obvious handball foul when he was fighting Cristiano Ronaldo for a long pass from the back, but the referee probably took into account that he already had a yellow card, so he only blew for the foul and did not give a card.

Soon, AC Milan's left wing-back Kaladze was fouled while defending Adriano, Stankovic took a free kick from the right and hoisted into the penalty area, Adriano pressed the opponent and scored with a header from eight meters in front of the goal to make the score 2-0.

Inter Milan took advantage of the win and continued to put pressure on AC Milan.

Yaya Toure, in particular, specifically grabbed Pirlo's point, which made the Italian midfielder very depressed.

In the 22nd minute, Stankovic went straight in the middle, Ibrahimovic took the ball with his back and turned to cross, McCone gently rubbed the pass, sent the ball to the left side, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly diagonally into the penalty area, grabbed before everyone, did not stop the ball and shot directly with his feet, and scored again, three to zero!

Twenty-two minutes, three goals, Inter Milan were on the move.

Just when everyone thought the Nerazzurri were going to pause, AC Milan striker Seedorf suddenly shoveled McCone behind his back, and referee Farina gave him a yellow card and a verbal warning.

But what he didn't expect was that two minutes later, there was already a yellow card on his body, and Seedorf, who had obviously lost his composure, tackled Materazzi in an unnecessary defensive process.

This time, Farina showed no mercy and directly gave another yellow card, which turned into a red card, and sent Seedorf off the field.

Head coach Carlo Ancelotti burst into a rage and rushed straight out of the coaching area.

In an instant, the entire San Siro stadium was completely chaotic.