After the Champions League group stage with Manchester City, Chen Long and the others quickly returned to Milan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A week later, in the tenth round of the league, Milan drew 1-1 away at Udinese.

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In the eleventh round of the league, the first "Milan derby" of the season officially started.

After a few years of recovery, for Milan's rival Inter, the strength has also improved very quickly, although there is still a little gap from Milan, but it can be regarded as a strong team.

Therefore, it is destined that this game will not be easy to win.

However, under the premise of having Chen Long, who is in hot form, Milan is very sure of winning this derby.

And the final result of the game also reflected the opinion of most people before the game.

Milan won the derby 2-1.

Chen Long, who has been obsessed with assists in the previous season, made a big show in this game and staged a good show of "scoring two goals", which can be said to be almost a one-man rush to the top of Inter, and this also once again applied for the fact that Chen Long is still the terrible goalscorer.

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After the Milan derby, another game awaits Chen Long and his Milan teammates.

That is the Champions League group stage, and Milan will host the seeded team in the group, Real Madrid, the strongest team in the group.

The Champions League group stage has been played for two rounds, with Real Madrid and Milan now both on a winning note, with Milan beating Ajax 1-0 at home and Manchester City 2-1 away. Neither of these wins was a big win, and City didn't win it easily.

Real Madrid, by contrast, only had trouble in their first game against Manchester City, narrowly beating them 3-2 at home and beating Ajax 4-1 away in the second. Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid showed great strength, completely ignoring the opponent's home advantage. The same opponents, Milan played very hard at their home stadium, and finally won in the 87th minute thanks to Chen Long's goal, while Real Madrid won by three goals at Ajax's home stadium, and this difference in strength is obvious.

The world believes that Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid will be the favourites to win the Champions League this season. As you can see from the performance in the group stage, the critics are right.

This time, the best teams in the group will meet, and this game is seen as a battle to decide who can be the leader of the group. Whoever wins is the first in the group.

In terms of strength, Zidane's Real Madrid strength is stronger than Milan's. But Milan are not completely at a disadvantage, they also have an advantage, which is that this game is their home stadium. The reason why Milan feels weaker than Real Madrid is partly related to Milan's transformation last season, after all, Real Madrid is a top football club that has been working hard for many years, and Milan is in the beginning of a revival...

Yes, Milan have a home advantage, but this home advantage is not the same as home advantage in the usual sense - for Real Madrid, it is known that Real Madrid's home game against the German team is like hell, but at the same time, it has to be admitted that Real Madrid have won very few games against Serie A teams at home...... Especially against Milan......

Yes, not just the San Siro stadium, home of Milan, but the home of all Italian teams. No matter what the results of this team against other teams, as long as they meet Real Madrid, it will be like a blow on their home turf.

In the previous Champions League history, Real Madrid had met Italian teams a total of 38 times on the road, and the historical record could not even be described as "not dominant", but "miserable". Of the 24 away games, Real Madrid have won only a measly four.

In addition to the difficulty of finding a win, Real Madrid, which has strong offensive firepower, scored three goals in a single game when they went to Italy before.

All aspects speak of Real Madrid's unsuitability in Italy.

Specific to the opponent Milan, Real Madrid and Milan have met seven times in the Champions League before, although Real Madrid have won Milan four times on aggregate in these seven times, but several away games against Milan, the powerful Real Madrid has not won once.

In the 1997-1998 season, Real Madrid and Milan met in the Champions League, and Real Madrid played 0:0 away from Milan without winning.

In the 2003-2004 season, Real Madrid and Milan met again in the Champions League, Milan drew 1-1 at home to Real Madrid, and Real Madrid still did not win.

The 2009-2010 season, which was the closest meeting to this day, may be more informative because that season, the final winner of the Champions League was Milan, and Real Madrid was beaten home and away!

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In the 2024~2025 season, in the quarterfinals, Milan and Real Madrid met in a narrow way, Milan defeated Real Madrid home and away again, and that season, the final Champions League champion was also Milan.

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Real Madrid can't win away against Italian teams, that's the curse. The concept of the curse that has been hyped in the media ahead of this game will definitely affect the mentality of the Real Madrid players.

If they are in a hurry to prove that they are not affected by the spell, then they will be impatient in the game.

If they do believe in the spell and have concerns in their hearts, it will make them hold back in the game.

Although Zidane said in an interview that he and his team will not care about any "curse", who knows what the psychology of Real Madrid players really thinks? I'm afraid he doesn't even know about it......

So how did Milan see this problem?

Mourinho said in an interview that he doesn't care about the magic spell or not, and he believes that the outcome of the game can only be determined by the performance of the players on both sides in the game, and has nothing to do with the curse or anything.

As the core of the team, Chen Long will naturally be asked this question by the media.

Outside the training ground, he said solemnly: "Spells? Nonsense, I can't understand why anyone would believe in the same excuses as the Middle Ages, it's the 21st century. I don't believe in spells, that's nonsense. ”

He said it so firmly that some of the reporters couldn't help but ask: "But the fact is that Real Madrid has only won four times in Italy...... How can this be explained? ”

Chen Long looked at him and said very seriously: "There is a very scientific word called 'Murphy's Law', I think this should explain your doubts. ”

After saying that, he said goodbye to the reporters.

A group of reporters stood in place, still reminiscing about what Chen Long had just said.

"Murphy's Law?" Some reporters don't quite understand.

But some reporters understand very well: "Damn, this kid Chen Long is making a bad deal!" ”

Those who don't understand let those who understand explain: "How do you say it? Why is it bad? ”

"You know that, right? If you drop a slice of bread with jam on the floor, it must be the side with the jam on the ground. The man who understands asks rhetorically.

"Yes, yes, I've heard of ......" The people who didn't understand nodded again and again.

"That's Murphy's Law. That is, if something is likely to go wrong, then it is bound to go wrong. ”

As soon as he explained this, those who didn't understand understood.

"So Chen Long is saying that if Real Madrid is likely to lose to Milan, then it will definitely lose to Milan?"

"Yes! How else to say that this kid Chen Long has a bad stomach! Hurt people and lose them, and they will be bad! Ha ha! The Chinese reporter laughed so happily, apparently not seeming to see this as a weakness of Mr. Chen......

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"Murphy's Law" is not well known in China, but in the Western world, it has become a popular slang, and the eyes of Italian journalists lit up when Chen Long said this.

The next day, Italy's Le Sport di Rome newspaper ran the headline: "Long Chen: There is no 'curse', only 'Murphy's Law'".

There is no need to explain much, just by looking at this title, everyone knows what Chen Long means.

Murphy's Law is actually a psychological effect, in which "things that go wrong will always go wrong" and "if you worry about something happening, then it's more likely to happen" are the main elements of Murphy's Law.

In fact, Chen Long is only using psychology to explain why there is a "curse", since it is considered a curse, it means that this kind of bad thing will happen often, which of course belongs to the explanation of "Murphy's Law".

At the same time, the media also detoxified Chen Long's remarks, Weikang Chen Long's provocation of Real Madrid, and announced in advance that Real Madrid would definitely lose away from home.

Naturally, his remarks were criticized by the Spanish media, who considered Chen Long arrogant and not respectful of his opponents.

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Whatever the purpose for which Chen Long said that, he did annoy Real Madrid supporters. The host of a certain TV station in Madrid talked about Chen Long's words in the program, thinking that Chen Long was simply too rude. In the program, Chen Long was criticized very violently.

However, Chen Long couldn't see the Spanish TV program, so he couldn't hear the opponent's criticism at all. This kind of critique is really meaningless except to satisfy the critics.

So what makes sense?

Of course, it is the most meaningful to defeat Chen Long's Milan in the next game and break the superstition and curse with practical actions.

When the Real Madrid players arrived in Milan, they were interviewed by the media at the airport, asking them to share their thoughts on Chen Long's words, or simply Chen Long.

Most of the Real Madrid players refused to answer these questions, choosing to avoid talking about them, but they could still feel their emotions and they must be very unhappy.

Isco was the only Real Madrid player to answer the question head-on, saying: "Everyone has their opinion, but we will respect each opponent. Real Madrid face every game with only one goal, and that is to win. ”

To translate simply, it is "Long Chen, you don't respect us enough, and we will definitely slap you in the face with victory!" ”

What about Long Chen?

He didn't give any more interviews before the game, perhaps because he was afraid that his words would be interpreted by the media at will, or maybe he felt that his goal of provoking his opponent had been achieved.

In short, he remained silent before the game, disappointing the reporters who wanted to stir up trouble on both sides and feared that the world would not be chaotic.

Before the game, the Italian media, in addition to vigorously promoting the concept of "curse", also believed that it was a revenge match for Milan.

Because last season, in the 2026-2027 season, Milan met Zidane's Real Madrid in the group stage during the team's transition season, and finally they lost 1:4 at the Bernabeu in the first leg of the group stage, basically losing the hope of advancing to the group stage. That season, Milan's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.

Of course, this account will have to be recovered from Real Madrid.

However, Milan did not think so when they were interviewed, or that they could not promote any such topics as revenge.

Mourinho said: "It's just a normal group stage, not a knockout round. ”

The implication is that even if Milan wins against Real Madrid, it may not make Real Madrid unable to qualify, unlike Milan last season,...... Such a game is not a qualified revenge.

In fact, putting aside the "curse" of Real Madrid's trip to Italy, this game is dominated by Real Madrid, no matter how you look at it, this is the case.

In terms of the number of stars and the overall strength of the team, Real Madrid is better than Milan. Use a very vulgar but intuitive concept to judge the strength of the two teams, that is, the value. Real Madrid's entire team is worth much more than Milan's.

In addition, judging by recent matches, Real Madrid are also more prepared than Milan. Both teams played their last game at home, but Milan played a tough Milan derby, and Inter pushed Milan hard. What about Real Madrid? The 2-0 win at home to Celta de Vigo was a bloodless game. Zidane didn't even send all the main players, and during the game, he also replaced the main players in advance in order to prepare for the game.

Real Madrid is away, but they only have this one disadvantage, but they have more advantages.

Every Real Madrid fan is worried about the so-called curse, but also full of expectations for this team - maybe the day to break the curse is today?

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At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on November 25, 2027, Milan's Champions League group stage against Real Madrid officially began.

With a whistle from referee Kaushoi, Morata kicked the ball to Osto, and the Brazilian turned and kicked the ball back to Barquez.

Shouts rang out above the San Siro stadium.

The atmosphere at the stadium is familiar to Alvaro Morata and Isco, two Real Madrid players, as they have both played in Serie A and come here at least once a year.

Morata didn't pass the ball right away, but waited a moment to see how his team-mates pulled the ball apart before he had the angle and space to pass the ball.

But this time, as soon as he raised his head to observe, he saw that Cai Heng had already rushed towards him, and he was close at hand!

It took him by surprise.

Morata really didn't expect Cai Heng to pounce so fiercely, he quickly turned around and passed the football back to Isco who was not far behind him.

But Isco's situation is not much better than his, as soon as the football falls to Isco's feet, Rodriguez has already leaned in, leaving him almost no room to handle the ball!

In the face of such a situation, Isco naturally does not dare to let the football stay at his feet more, he is a midfielder, if the ball is lost at his own feet, the opponent may directly face the back line, which is very dangerous!

So he passed the ball sideways to his midfield partner Casemiro.

Casemiro stopped the ball a little bigger, and a blue-black figure rushed up like lightning and stabbed his ball with one kick!

At that moment, Casemiro didn't even see who it was, and football was gone.

But fortunately, the ball that was poked out rolled a little far and fell directly to the feet of Real Madrid defender Delboren.

"Gross! Ah! What a pity! Peta exclaimed. When Gross poked the football from Casemiro's feet just now, he thought it would be a Milan attack, but he didn't expect the football to be obtained by Delboren......

Delpoel didn't dare to delay, and directly kicked the football to the front court with a big foot, or don't let the football stay in his own half for a long time, even if he wants to lose the ball, it is better to lose the ball in the front court than to lose the ball in front of his own goal.

"As soon as the game started, Milan showed nothing more than aggressiveness, after all, this is their home stadium, and of course they have to declare the presence of their host to the 'guests'." Said the commentator of Spanish television. "Pressing up front can really cause Real Madrid a little bit of trouble, but it's also quite physically demanding, and Milan have been doing that since the first minute of the game, how long can they be physical? What should I do if I run out of energy in the second half? Straight crash? ”

The Spanish commentator is naturally inclined towards Real Madrid, although this time it is Real Madrid's penalty area that is in danger, but he can still see the factors in Real Madrid's favor.

But Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane on the sidelines is not as relaxed and confident as the commentator, and when the TV camera sweeps over him, he will be seen frowning, standing on the sidelines, waving his arms and shouting.

If you could tell what he was shouting in the noisy San Siro stadium, he was asking the Real Madrid players to speed up their passes, turn the ball upside down, and not possess the ball too much at the back.

As an experienced and high-level manager, it is impossible for him not to see how Mourinho has arranged it, nor can he not see the intention behind it.

It is clear that Milan are hoping to disrupt Real Madrid's rhythm by pressing high at home and put Real Madrid in a panicked situation.

Zidane frowned, which shows that Mourinho's arrangement has worked, and any team and any player is afraid of pressing from a high position, and is afraid of those close entanglements and aggressive tackles.

Even people like Long Chen are somewhat out of temper when they encounter them.

The Real Madrid players are also afraid, and even more afraid.

Jose Mourinho must have carefully studied this strategy after studying Real Madrid. Of course, it is impossible for him not to know the problem with this set of tactics, which is that the physical requirements are very high. But since he still chose to fight like this, there must be his reasons.

Maybe he thinks his team can establish a winning momentum before they run out of energy, or maybe he thinks the Milan players are fit enough to run around the pitch.

In any case, even if this style of play will cause problems for Milan, it will only come after the Milan players have physical problems, in the second half of the game. And now, in the first half of the game, it was Real Madrid who were in trouble......

Delpo's kick was met by Osto, and the Brazilian leaped high to show off his ability to bounce, fly and head the ball to team-mate Bale.

But as soon as Bale received the ball, Sanchez and Rugani pressed up.

Between the two of them, Bale's ball was quickly lost, and instead of being lucky enough to fall to one of the Real Madrid players, the ball was firmly controlled by Rugani, who then passed it to Chen.

Chen Long turned and passed the football forward.

Although it was Real Madrid who kicked off, it took only half a minute for Milan to regain possession.

They showed not only momentum but also excellent tactics and execution in their home venues.

On the other hand, Real Madrid, from the start-off, everyone seemed a little flustered with the ball, which eventually led to the loss of possession.

Perhaps, that "spell" has begun to work unconsciously.........