Right now

All eyes on Italy are on the Italian national derby at 16:30 on Sunday afternoon.

Italian National Derby.

Many people will wonder why the matchup between Inter Milan and Juventus can be called the Italian national derby. This origin can be traced back to the famous Italian journalist Briela in the 60s of the last century, whose remarks for the first time elevated the duel between the two teams to the national level, as a way to describe the prosperity of Italian football, and also praised the match between the two teams as the most luxurious and intense. Of course, many people will ask why AC Milan is not named here in the top three in the north, this is because AC Milan was indeed slightly inferior to Juventus and Inter Milan in the Serie A championship table that year, so the title of the Italian national derby continued.

The Italian national derby has never lacked grudges, and even the fans sitting on the sidelines can talk about the killings of the two teams on a certain year, month, and day.

If you want to talk about the origin of the feud between Juventus and Inter, it all has to start with the match between the two sides in the 1960-1961 season. At that time, Inter had already led Juventus 2-0 in the first half, but due to a large-scale clash between fans of both sides, the referee on duty stopped the game and awarded Inter a 2-0 victory. Dramatically, however, the president of the Italian Football Federation, who is also the president of Juventus FC, decided to replay the game, which devastated Inter, who felt that the penalty was very unreasonable and even insulting.

However, the Italian Football Federation issued an order, and there was no way to appeal, and the Nerazzurri, who had already missed the league title, sent a youth team lineup to the rematch in protest. However, Juventus did not soften because of the youth team lineup sent by Inter, but beat Inter 9:1 in one go, in which Juve's legendary goalscorer Sivori scored six goals, making this game the most goals in the history of the national derby, and also set a record for the largest goal difference.

Hatred, from that time on, grew bigger and bigger......

After entering the 90s, Juventus began a period of hegemony with Zidane as the core. On the Inter side, Moratti was crazy to invest, but unfortunately became a "star black hole", and after not using Bergkamp well, he sent Carlos away in the summer of 1996. Although a large number of stars such as Zanetti, Ronaldo, Zamorano, Djokaeff and so on were introduced, and they have vowed to regain the Serie A title, but since being slapped in the face by Juventus again, Inter Milan has lost its spirit and watched Juve's glory.

1998 was the closest Inter Milan came to the league title, and it also happened to be the year that Inter Milan and Juventus competed for the league title, and the two meetings between the two sides almost decided everything. For more than two years, the two legs have remained a source of contention among fans. That year's most prestigious Serie A "mini-World Cup" once again reached its peak. Just a few of the line-ups of Inter Milan and Juventus can be found: Ronaldo, Baggio, Zamorano, Recoba, Zanetti, Bergomi, Simeone, Piero, Inzaghi, Zidane, Davies...... It can be said that the Serie A giants matchup that year was a temple in the hearts of fans.

Ronaldo was the hero of the first leg at the Meazza Stadium as he beat several men and then gave it to Djokaeff, and the French star won the game against his national team team-mate Zinedine Zinedine Zidane. And the Juventus twin stars who were favored before the game did nothing in this game.

In the second leg of the Italian national derby, it was a crucial moment in the race for the title, and the situation in the standings made it necessary for Inter to win this game. Piero opened the door for Pagliuca and then there was the most controversial scene when Ronaldo entered the Juventus penalty area and was knocked down by a Juve defender, but the referee said nothing. When the Inter players were still protesting to the referee, Juve quickly counter-attacked, from Zidane to Davies to Piero, Juve's counterattack was completed in one go, and at this moment Piero was also brought down in the penalty area by the angry Inter players, but the referee did not hesitate to point to the penalty spot. The same action, the same fall, but the same game is on a different scale. This has become an unavoidable topic in the history of Serie A since then. Although Piero didn't score a penalty despite the huge boos and pressure, the story of the one-legged Italian national derby that year is memorable enough.

Although the two sides fought fiercely on the field and there were many stories after the game, the handshake between Piero and Ronaldo also represented an era.

Now, we have entered a new century.

The two teams met again in the league, and the grudge is still there, but many players in the two teams are long gone.

Many players who have never experienced the national derby may not know what the concept of the national derby is, and those who have experienced it, whenever they talk about 1998, they are difficult to settle.

After the last training session, Del Pierrot remained on the pitch and did not leave, he wanted to practice a little more and did not want to go back to rest so early. How boring it is to go home, full of thoughts about this afternoon's game, but I don't know what kind of starting line-up Carlo Ancelotti will choose. It seems that Inzaghi and Trezeguet are the starters! He could only sit on the bench.

Just yesterday, Carlo Ancelotti said that he is still one of the most important players in the team, but he needs to maintain a good mentality and seek to get back to better form.

I've been on the bench for a lot of games, and this one is probably no exception. Ancelotti has not announced his starting line-up or spoken to him, and Pierrot feels that he will not be able to start in a national derby for the first time.

The past two years have been really unsatisfactory. In 1998, he was even more glamorous than Ronaldo, and in 1999, after injury, he became the prince of penalties. In 2000, he became Italy's sinner after missing two solo shots at the European Championship and returned to the club, where it was France's Golden Goal scorer Trezete.

People are talking about how good Inzaghi is scoring, how good Trezeguet is off to a good start at Juventus, how good Nedved is, how aggressive Davies is, how dominant Monterrodo is......

And when it comes to del Pierrot?

"Hey, don't mention him, this guy lost the European Cup, don't mention this person's name to me again."

"Ah~ Come to think of it, why did you let him replace Baggio back then?"

"Now at Juventus, he hasn't been able to contribute anything to Juventus."

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What a cruel fate!

Even some Juventus fans dislike him, although only partially......

Alas~

He sighed, put the ball in front of the big penalty area, and practiced again, completely unaware that there was a beautiful woman watching him quietly on the side of the training ground, and there was no sound the whole time.

It was his girlfriend - Amoruso Sonia. The butcher's owner's daughter, the bar cashier, the store salesman, these are her identities, a beautiful and ordinary woman.

They met in 1999, when Pierrot, who was recovering from a serious injury, went to the store to buy something, and it was just then that time that the two fell in love. In the most difficult days, it was Sonia who accompanied him on his way. Now, as always.

Eventually, Pierrot's gaze swept over her, and a smile appeared on his lips. No matter how bad the mood is, as long as this woman is standing by his side, he will be happy, even if only temporarily.

He began to pack his things and walked over to her.

"Would you like to go to Milan in the afternoon?"

"Well, I've made an appointment with my friends."

"Oh"

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In the dormitory of the Pinettina training base, Zheng Zhi found that Ronaldo today was a little abnormal. I saw Ronaldo holding a guitar on his chest, playing it lightly a few times, then looking out the window and sighing.

"Ronnie?"

"Is this your period today? Don't seem to be in a good mood? ”

Zheng Zhi made a joke.

Ronaldo laughed instantly, this joke came at an inopportune time, his thoughts were going back to two years ago, and such a nostalgic atmosphere was ruined by Zheng Zhi.

"Hey, Zheng, you're too sassy."

"I used to think you were a very serious guy, but then I found out that you are actually more sassy than anyone else, Vieri is a sassy person, and you are a."

Ronaldo has long changed his perception of Zheng Zhi.

Zheng Zhi smiled, "Life always needs a little fun, too monotonous life, it's really not interesting, seriously, you can actually play the guitar?" ”

"When I was young, I wanted to pick up girls, and then I learned it, but I didn't know it at all."

Ronaldo explained.

"And what are you thinking?"

Ronaldo: "I was thinking about the game two years ago, if we had been a little fairer back then, we might have won the league. When I think about the two games against Juventus, I feel uncomfortable. In fact, it wasn't just the two games that year, but the two games last year, and as long as it was against Juventus, I felt uncomfortable. ”

"Oh~" Zheng Zhi nodded, knowing a little bit about it. 98 years of controversy, who doesn't know.

"Well, let's get comfortable."

"The past will eventually pass, what we need to change is the present, and strive for a better future."

"Well, in the past two years, I always feel that I have been surrounded by demons, and there has not been a smooth thing, I hope that everything will be over."

Bite~

Ronaldo plucked the strings.

"In the past two years, there has been a guy who has been as miserable as me, perhaps, even worse than me."

"Pierrot?" Zheng Zhi guessed.

"How do you know?"

"How could I not know that you two were the two most powerful people in Serie A back then, and then you were injured one after another. No one is worse off than you. ”

"I'm better, at least I'm back in shape, but he's called the Prince of Penalties now, it's insulting."

Prince of Penalties, in the 99-00 season, Prince Pi scored 9 goals, 8 of which were penalties. Unable to find his form for a long time, Piero fell out with Inzaghi angrily, thinking that Inzaghi did not pass the ball alone, did not know how to cooperate, wasted too many opportunities, and did not respect his partner......

Before that big injury, Piero was second only to Ronaldo, or even not inferior to Ronaldo, in the world. Graceful and agile, he has both a dribbling break and a sense of smell in front of goal, and even carves out a zone of his own on the left side of the penalty area, called the Pierrot area. However, God is jealous of the talent, and the big injury is really a devastating blow to the players. The European Championship hated the final, the final performance was disastrous, and the league could only score on penalties, it seems that it is indeed worse than Ronaldo......

"It's going to be fine,"

"Trust me, everything will be fine."

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More than 5,000 Juventus fans arrived at the Meazza Stadium, wearing Juventus' traditional black and white striped jersey. And the larger number of Inter Milan fans have been waiting here for a long time.

Inter Milan fans at the extreme point have begun to take the lead in insulting.

"Hey,"

"Wait to be slapped by us!"

"Today we're going to give you a gray defeat!"

Inter Milan fans won't believe they will lose the game, the team is in great form, and it will definitely be able to hold Juventus on the pitch.

“……”

Juventus fans responded immediately:

"We have 25 league titles!"

"We have 25 league titles!"

Juventus fans are most proud of the number of league titles, which is the most exciting for Inter Milan fans, how many years have Inter fans not won the league title? They immediately roared:

"Hey, bastard, do you dare to come over here?"

"Do you dare to come here?"

It's all a war of words, no one dares to really do it, and thousands of Milan police officers patrol the stadium and outside the stadium to ensure that the game is in order. The national derby is just as hot as the Milan derby, and every time this time they are like a big enemy.

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At the pre-match press conference, Ancelotti was as low-key as ever, and he was questioned every day without a result. Today's game could decide whether he can stay in the Juventus position, and even if he can stay, if he can't win the title, he will probably have to leave at the end of the season.

'Inter Milan are in better shape at the moment, Juventus are having a bit of a hard time. Inter Milan have a better chance of winning the game and this is their home turf. However, the national derby has always been unusual, and it cannot be said that a team in better form can win. ”

"The more important the game, the more unexpected it is."

"Maybe it's going to be intense, but it's not necessarily exciting, maybe a star has a flash of inspiration that decides the game."

"We have a lot of players in the squad who can do that."

"Like Tresete, Pierrot, Nedved ......"

Pierrot, who was still resting in the hotel, suddenly lit up his eyes and immediately sat up, what does Ancelotti mean by this sentence that he is going to start? Otherwise, what else would he do by mentioning his name, he could have said Inzaghi's, not him.

Undoubtedly, this gave Pierrot a strong hope.

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Mourinho is not as low-key as Carlo Ancelotti, and his words are very straightforward.

"Everyone understands what this game means,"

'If we don't win, then we might have to say goodbye to the league and we have to beat Juventus and get the three points.'

"That's what my players are trying to achieve, a draw is a defeat, and a draw means we're not ready to win the title! We're still in a pitiful fourth place. ”

'Carlo Ancelotti is right, the game can be intense, but it may not be exciting, and it may be a flash of inspiration from a certain player who decides the game, they have, we have it, and there are more players like us, all 11 of our starters!

'Frei is the best player in Serie A, we have the best defence in Serie A, the best midfielder, the best striker, any one of them can stand up.

See, Mourinho will inspire the players more.

"Juventus don't have Zidane, this is their most fatal weakness, Nedved is very good, but he can't replace the position that Nedved left, and we have Zheng Zhi, I have paid attention, Zheng Zhi has now risen to the second place in the odds of European footballer of the year, very close to Zidane, I think Zheng Zhi will not let go of this opportunity!"

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An hour and a half later, the world-renowned Italian national derby will begin at the Meazza Stadium.

Inter starting line-up: Frei; defenders Panucci, Simic, Blanco, Gresco; Zanetti, Di Biagio, Zheng Zhi, Pirlo; Ronaldo, Adriano.

Juventus starting line-up: Edwin van der Sar; Pesotho, Montero, Ferrara, Billindeli; Conte, Tacinati, Davies, Nedved; Pierrot, Trezeguet.

In the player tunnel, players from both sides are already lined up, many of them are old acquaintances, especially on the Juventus side, the lineup is basically unchanged from the previous two years, only Trezetey and Nedved are relatively unfamiliar faces.

Inter Milan have changed a bit bit, with Frei, Zheng Zhi, Gresco, Simic, Pirlo, Adriano, more than half of them not experiencing the battles of two years ago.

The two sides behaved quite friendly, Ronaldo and Pierrot were greeting, both of them were smiling, like two very good friends, Di Biagio and Tacinati chatted together, both are teammates of the national team, and Frenchman Trezeguet is looking for the big brother of the national team, Blanco......

Isn't the mood right? The Italian national derby? The fans on the pitch were scolding, but there was peace in the tunnel of the players......

From time to time, Nedved's gaze fell on Zheng Zhi's back, and Zheng Zhi quietly stared ahead, just waiting for this derby to come. For Zheng Zhi, every new competition is a new experience and a new journey. In a game like this, I could only sit in front of the TV and watch it in my previous life, but where can I enjoy the feast of football at the center of football like now.

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"442 vs. 4312, if Zidane doesn't go, Juventus should also play 4312, but Nedved's better position would be left midfielder, which is his best position at Lazio."

"What I didn't expect today was that Del Pierrot actually got the starting position and Pippo was on the bench, is this a gift from Carlo Ancelotti to Inter Milan? Seriously, Pierrot wasn't in great shape. ”

Bergomi smiled happily when he saw Pierrot starting. More worried about Inzaghi than Pierrot, the man who is more active in the more dangerous world.

"Inzaghi is not here, Trezeguet is the most dangerous guy. Every time I see him, I think of this summer's Golden Ball lore, woo~"

"Of course, we have no reason to be afraid of them, because Inter Milan are at their best, as long as they play normally, Inter should be able to win Juventus in Meazza, Ronaldo, Zheng, Ade, they are all in excellent form."

Beep~

When the whistle blew, the Frenchman Trezeguet kicked the ball to Pierrot first, and Pierrot immediately split the ball to Nedved, who immediately accelerated to cut inside and shook off Zanetti and strode to Inter Milan's backfield.

Swish~

Zheng Zhi hit with a flying tackle and directly tackled the ball at his feet.

Hiss~

Nedved gasped and almost didn't react.

When he was in Lazio last year, he met Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, and Zheng Zhi defended him without a temper. When they met again, he has replaced Zinedine Zidane as the core of Juventus' midfield, and Zheng Zhi has also become the core of Inter Milan's midfield. Today, I also secretly vowed to show my best level to PK with Zheng Zhi, and I must not be cowardly.

He didn't think much about it, and immediately turned back to chase Zanetti who got the ball, and was about to catch up, but Zanetti passed the ball out and found Ronaldo directly.

Ronaldo took advantage of the situation and ran quickly to the right side with the ball, and the central defender Montero did not dare to kick out, and followed all the way, but Ronaldo easily buckled back, and throwing him away was like patting the dust on his body!

It's so easy!

But~

Davis also cut in front of him like a ghost from his left side, and his sturdy body cut sharply in front of him, and kicked the ball away in an instant! The wild boar didn't use a flying shovel, and he was even more fierce than Zheng Zhi in this regard.

The attack failed, and the ball fell to Billindley's feet, and Nedved actually ran back and re-received the ball at Billindley's feet. After adjusting a step, he immediately shifted the ball to the right, and the veteran Conte chested the ball near the touchline and immediately sent in a 45-degree cross!

Juventus's attack is wide open, and the tactics are quite simple and clear, looking for the French center Trezeguet! But his national team team-mate Blanco was too familiar with him, and he was already stuck in front of him, grabbing the most advantageous position and pushing the ball out.

Di Biagio kicked the ball out of the field with the interference of his friend Tacinati, and the ball fell to the back of Inter Milan! I saw Adriano stride towards the ball, and then jumped into the air from two meters away.

Bang~

The thick body smashed directly into the boar Davis's body, no matter how strong Davis was, he couldn't compare to the heavyweight Adriano. It felt like the whole person was being crushed to the ground by Adriano.

Beep~

The first foul came out like this, and the referee immediately ran to Adriano to give a verbal warning, but the ball was quickly sent by Conte, and Juventus launched a fast attack!

Conte passed the ball directly to the feet of Nedved, who was running inside, and although Zanetti's reaction was very fast, he was escaped by Nedved with the ball, but what Nedved really needed to face was Zheng Zhi!

After half a second of hesitation, Nedved still decided to pass the ball out and not face Zheng Zhi head-on, and it seemed that he was still a little lacking in confidence.

The outside of his left foot bounced the ball to Del Pierrot, Pierrot retreated slightly, and the outside of his right foot took the ball back, although he almost couldn't stand under Simic's body, but finally protected the ball, and took a light step to the left, seducing Simic up, but Simic really hit, Pierrot suddenly turned around with a Cruyff!

"Oops!"

"Danger!"

Although Pierrot's goals this season are still very small, his skills at his feet are still quite a threat, which puts Simic past him! Then he rushed to the front of Inter Milan's penalty area. Blanco had to give up defending against the national team's youngster Trezete, and made up for it to block Pierrot.

Pierrot was not greedy, and he also saw that Trezeguet's position was empty, and immediately pushed the ball over!

Swish~

Another sharp shovel!

"Zheng!"

"Whew~"

"Timely defense!"

"If he doesn't come back, it's a shame, it's a shame."

Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhifei shoveled back and shoveled the ball to goalkeeper Frei halfway.

Frei was ready to deal with Trezeguet's shot, but Zheng Zhi came back in time to shovel the ball to him and solve the crisis.

Trezeguet missed a chance.

"Focus!"

After Zheng Zhi got up, he immediately yelled. It seems that everyone did not get into the groove in time and was caught off guard by Inter Milan.

The ball was at the feet of Gresco on the left side, and Gresco was also a little panicked, because Di Biagio did not go over in time to respond, Gresco simply kicked the ball forward, and as a result, he kicked it directly out of the sideline.

Pexoto didn't intend to give the Inter players a chance to breathe, grabbed the ball near the touchline and threw it forward, although Di Biagio ran behind Conte in time, but the experienced Conte didn't stop the ball at all, and the arch of his right foot directly picked it up, jumping the ball behind the Juventus defense!

It was so unexpected that even Blanco couldn't imagine that Conte, who had his back to him, actually picked the ball over so casually, and this time he failed to stop Trezeguet, and Trezeguet rushed to the ball first.

However, it was a bit far from the goal, and Trezeguet knew that his speed was not good, so he simply volleyed it into the air.

Boom –

Volley with the outside instep, the ball flew to the top left corner of the goal with a strong external rotation arc, and the outside instep hit the far corner? I don't know if Trezeguet did it on purpose, or if it was blindfolded, in short, this curveball is quite weird and domineering, shiny!

Seeing that it flew into the goal of Inter Milan, Frei jumped and slapped the ball out of the bottom line with one palm, a perfect save! Difficult saves! He refused to score.

"Whew~"

"It was so dangerous, it almost flew into the goal."

"Frei's saving skills are world-class, it's hard to imagine that Frei didn't make the French national team?"

"Juventus corner."

Pierrot went to take a corner kick and the box was full of players from both sides, but Pierrot suddenly played a tactical corner flag and kicked the ball to Billindelly, and he immediately pulled it back.

"Get out of here and seal him alone!"

Zheng Zhi saw that Pierrot had regained the ball and rushed to the right corner of the penalty area with the ball, and immediately alerted his teammates. The nearest guy is Zanetti, in fact, there is no need to be reminded, Zanetti has already rushed over. It's just that the rush is too strong, and Pierrot easily slams it past Zanetti. With a slight half-step adjustment of his right foot, Pierrot didn't even look at the goal.

Straight to the feet! No one can stop him anymore.

Shout~

In mid-air, Zheng Zhi jumped up with all his strength, stretched his head up, and tried to block the ball, but it was just a little bit worse, the ball drew a strong arc in the air and flew to the upper right corner of the Inter Milan goal.

"Ah~"

"Ah~"

"Alas!!!!"

"The ball went in,"

"Damn the Prince of Penalties."

Frey's body was stretched out in the air, but his hands couldn't touch the flying ball, which eventually flew into the goal.

The Meazza Stadium was instantly boiling, more than 5,000 Juventus fans fell into a frenzy, and Inter Milan fans fell silent, and the stadium now belonged to Juventus.

Juventus No. 10, the state doesn't come early, it doesn't come late, but it's coming at this time, is it angry?

"Ah, I knew that guy was dangerous,"

'I had this foreboding before the game, every time he kicked us, he would explode.

Inter Milan fans are really helpless.

Bergomi's voice was gone, just now he said that Pierrot was not threatening, and now Pierrot hit him in the face with a goal, and he was silent in front of the TV camera with a red face, but another commentator talked eloquently.

"Carlo Ancelotti was right, and despite his doubts, Pierrot is a superstar after all and he has always had the ability to solve problems."

"He still owns the Pierrot region!"

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After the goal, Pierrot frantically rushed to the stands near the centre circle, sticking out his sexy tongue. Ancelotti was right in front of him and smiled at Pierrot when he saw him coming towards him.

But the next second, I found Pierrot with a heart on his chest?

Hey~

This is obviously not a celebration with me......

Of course not, Pierrot's celebration is a sign to his girlfriend, what does it have to do with him Ancelotti? Although he gave Pierrot the chance to start, in Pierrot's heart, he did not express his gratitude......

"Man,"

"He still scored."

Ronaldo stood beside Zheng Zhi and squinted his complicated eyes as Pierrot celebrated. This amnesiac opponent, every time he fights against him, he always has an extraordinary performance, just like back then, it has not changed.

"Hmm,"

'Chances are always given to those who are prepared, he scores, I don't think it's strange, I just want to know, are you ready?' Zheng Zhi withdrew his gaze from Pierrot and looked at Ronaldo.

'We won't let them win here today, no draw.'

"You can't be held down by him, you're the top scorer in Serie A right now."

Ronaldo's gaze also became determined.

"Yes."

"He can, and so can I."

"I can't be a spectator in a game like this, just a supporting role."

Pierrot inspires his desire to fight.