Chapter 760: Finally Becoming a Protagonist for a Time
"It looks like there's really going on next door this year."
"It's not easy, after 29 years, I finally reached the final of the Champions Cup."
On the streets of Milan, AC Milan fans are also talking about Inter Milan's Champions League final.
"It's terrible, you can play a 7:0 score at home, such a terrifying attack, you can't find a second team in the whole of Europe, Sunday's game, I think we are also quite dangerous, if they still come up with this terrifying state, then we will be miserable."
AC Milan also take on Inter Milan in Meaza at the weekend, away from home like Leeds United. Encountering Inter Milan at the height of their momentum is indeed not a good omen.
The city of Milan, the protagonist has finally become Inter Milan, not AC Milan.
The top two in Serie A are basically stable, Inter Milan and Roma are in the top two, and the teams behind are basically unable to catch up, while Juventus, AC Milan and Lazio are about to fight for two Champions League places. If you can't win the league championship, at least you have to get a place in the Champions Cup. In recent years, the prize money of the Champions Cup has become more and more generous, but the League Cup cannot attract the big teams.
"You can't think like that, the league is different from the Champions Cup, the Champions League is a desperate situation, the league is not, besides, we are not a rookie team like Leeds United, how can we lose so ugly, no, why do we have to lose? Can't we win against them? This game is also a battle for every inch of land, we also have to participate in next season's Champions Cup, if we can't catch up with Juventus, at least we have to press Lazio, right? Fourth-place finishers can also play in the play-offs, and don't forget that Lazio also have a game against Inter Milan in the next round. ”
"These two games are expected to determine the trend of the Champions Cup. With Lazio's current form, can they really beat Inter? If you take 10,000 steps back, we and Lazio have lost, and we are also ranked above Lazio, right? The Champions League final will be played on the 23rd, so Inter Milan will do their best to play us and Lazio, and if they win these two games, their league title will be secure, and they can play the final quietly. ”
It seems that AC Milan fans have no desire and just want to win the Champions Cup, and the fans' analysis is also very reasonable.
"But I'm still optimistic that they will win the Champions Cup, and I am optimistic about Real Madrid."
'Real Madrid lost in the final last year and they can't tolerate defeat anymore and they are still the team with the highest percentage of wins in the Champions League final.
Another AC Milan fan thought differently, "I think I still want Inter Milan to win the championship, after all, it's best for the championship to stay in Italy." And there are Chinese and Ronaldo in the team, and the two of them may be able to decide the outcome of the game. ”
"Not necessarily, Real Madrid is not more powerful, Raul, Figo, Zidane, Carlos, Hierro ......"
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Inter fans are not discussing the upcoming Milan derby, they are still in the excitement of Inter Milan to reach the final. For the first time, they forgot about the Milan derby and thought about the Champions Cup final, the Champions Cup final held in Meazza and although nominally the final venue was San Siro, what is the difference between being called San Siro and being called Meazza? It's all the same course.
As the saying goes, as early as the start of the first leg of the semi-finals, many Inter Milan fans took precautions and bought tickets for the final in advance.
Yes, before the game even started, they thought Inter Milan could reach the final and bought tickets in Meazza early.
UEFA sold a total of 85,000 tickets, and 30,000 Inter fans had already bought tickets to the final before Inter Milan reached the final. And when the final opponent was finally decided, the tickets sold out outside the Meazza stadium were immediately sold out within three hours.
In fact, from the moment the game ended last night, there were fans who bought tickets at the party overnight, and the next day there was a long queue outside Meazza that everyone did not want to miss the final.
As a result, nearly 70,000 tickets have been sold this morning, and if UEFA President Johansson had not stopped the sale of tickets in time, it is estimated that Inter Milan fans would have bought out tickets. Johansson has to think about the feelings of Real Madrid, Real Madrid fans also want to watch the game, fans from other countries also want to watch the game, it is impossible for Inter Milan fans to buy it out.
In addition, there are Chinese fans, and the huge fan group of Chinese fans should also be taken care of, otherwise how to promote the Chinese market.
However, Johansson must have underestimated the Chinese fans, who still have a relatively easy chance of getting tickets to the Champions League final, and they like to spend money on them, as was the case last year......
The city of Milan is noisy and lively.
However, the Pinettina training base is quiet, the players have calmed down from the joy of qualifying for the final, the fans can be excited, the players must be calm.
The Milan derby is now their most important game, with Jose Mourinho meaning back-to-back wins over AC Milan and Lazio before focusing on the Champions League final.
Even if Roma keep winning all the way to the penultimate round, then Inter Milan can win the league title with two points in the last two rounds, which is still the worst-case scenario.
He wants Roma to fall out early, so that Inter Milan will be more reassured. Of course, Mourinho won't put his hopes on other teams and there is nothing more reassuring than holding the initiative in his hands.
The best way to defeat all your opponents is to defeat them.
According to the existing rules, the league rules will play a home-and-away play-off when two teams have the same number of points, such as championship ownership, Champions League qualification, relegation qualification, etc.
Theoretically, it's possible, but perhaps only Roma fans would have that hope......
And now Inter Milan's most difficult situation has passed, Farinos, Di Biagio, Blanco, Pirlo and other players who were unable to play in the Champions Cup before can all play for Inter Milan, and even Zanetti has appeared on the training ground and started training with the ball. Inter Milan are back on the fence and when it comes time for the final sprint to the league, Jose Mourinho has players available again.
Although it was quite difficult some time ago, I survived!
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In the last eight meetings between the two sides, Inter Milan have taken advantage of only once, and that is the win against AC Milan away this season, when Inter Milan swept AC Milan 4-2. Compared with the stability of Inter Milan, the old Maldini's team is currently unstable, Bierhoff has a transfer trouble, Abbiati and Rossi have renewed the goalkeeper battle, Abbiati threatened to transfer to Barcelona if he can't play the main team.
But the Milan derby is unusual after all, and it is impossible to predict the outcome of the game simply by the form.
On Sunday afternoon, Inter Milan fans cheered in Meazza with many fans waving banners against AC Milan. The various banners are full of provocations.
"We hit the Champions League final!"
"We're at the top of the list!"
"We are Inter!"
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Although it is the home stadium of AC Milan, there are more AC Milan fans, but Inter Milan fans are not afraid at all, all because Inter Milan looks stronger now.
And these slogans are basically used by AC Milan fans to satirize Inter Milan fans in previous years, and this year it is rare that Inter Milan has a chance, so it will naturally be doubled.
But in the stands, Moratti and Berlusconi were talking and laughing, at least on the surface. The top is different from ordinary fans, ordinary fans can be undecent, but the top must be decent.
It won't be an ordinary match, Moratti wants a win, he wants a title, and Berlusconi just wants this victory, to contribute to his political career.
Silvio Berlusconi is running for prime minister.
He was a true industrialist, not only a big name in business, but also one of the few people in the world of sports who could occupy a place in politics. Berlusconi is known as a prodigy, a man of his calibre who is both politically savvy and capable of making a name for himself in the business world, not to mention in Italy, but in the whole world.
This election is not his first campaign, as he ran for prime minister in the 80s of the 20th century and was successfully elected prime minister in the early 90s. Two years later, Berlusconi, who lost his top position due to a change of government in Italy, is now back in the race.
And football can naturally become one of the political instruments.
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Meacha, the stars are like clouds, and the stars are shining.
Appearances of both sides:
Inter: Frei; Panucci, Materazzi, Blanco, Grosso; Di Biagio, Zheng Zhi, Grosso, Pirlo; Ronaldo, Adriano.
AC Milan: Rossi; Helweig, Costacuta, Roque Júnior, Maldini; Gattuso, Seedorf, Rui Costa, Redondo; Kaka, Shevchenko.
"This is the 248th Milan derby in history. In the absence of AC Milan's teenager Koko, Maldini returned to the left-back position, and Brazilian Roque Júnior partnered with Costacuta in central defence, and the elder Maldini made a painful decision to put the German veteran Bierhoff in the stands, and Sheva and the teenager Kaka formed a forward line. Inter Milan coach Mu Lin'ao used a 4312 formation. ”
"Today should be a tough game, AC Milan don't want to lose, Inter Milan doesn't want to lose!"
'I think it's going to be a big score today, with a lot of goals from both sides, as for the win? I dare not predict. ”
Politically frustrated, AC Milan legend Rivera rarely sits on TV as a guest commentator to narrate the game, and of course, this kind of game is indispensable to Inter Milan legend Bergomi.
Bergomi is too much younger than Rivera, and out of respect for Rivera, he speaks less......
Bergomi just smiled at Rivera's point of view, but did not refute it.
In my heart, I was thinking, it's okay to score a big score, but the two sides staged a goal battle? Not necessarily. With Inter Milan's current form, AC Milan may not be able to handle it.
At the beginning of the first half, the team immediately entered a high-tempo state, and the morale of the Inter Milan Milan team was high, and they suppressed AC Milan to play!
The passing and running position is very tacit, where did AC Milan think that the Inter Milan players would raise the tempo so quickly?
It's rare.
It's not rare, it's never seen before!
The domineering Inter Milan changed the caution of the previous Milan derby, and pressed AC Milan at the back when they came up. AC Milan, accustomed to possession and slow progress, failed to adapt.
Zheng Zhi and Pirlo played a quick short pass in the middle, and then split the side to Grosso, Grosso immediately crossed from the side to find Adriano, Costacuta steadily pushed the ball out, not giving Adriano a chance at all.
Then after Redondo in the middle took the ball, he immediately made a long pass to the Brazilian teenager Kaka, who stopped the ball directly with his chest and walked past Zheng Zhi, but Zheng Zhi took the lead in blocking the position, the ball was cut off by Zheng Zhi, and immediately handed the ball to Blanco, Blanco obliquely Di Biagio, and Di Biagio crossed the middle to Pirlo.
Andrea Pirlo sent a ball over the top to Ronaldo, and Maldini recovered the ball in the middle and easily disposed of it.
But once again the ball fell to Di Biagio, who passed to Pirlo again, and Pirlo slashed to the left! Grosso crosses again!
It was Costacuta who pushed the ball out.
It looks like Milan's defence is pretty solid!
However, Pirlo, who was suspended for one game in the Champions League, was well rested and was active up front, with a ball headed by Costacuta intercepted.
Gattuso flew in from the side and tried to cut off the ball at his feet, but he gently pulled the ball and turned it 360 degrees! Then he stuffed the ball out almost without looking ahead!
Grosso got the ball from the left, tapped his left toe lightly, and then slammed it down the middle, Herzog was passed, and then Grosso went straight down the bottom and used his speed to shake off the aging Costacuta!
"Oh no!"
Grosso immediately swept the ball in front of the goal and accurately passed the ball to the unmarked Ronaldo, who pushed the ball with his right foot into the bottom right corner of the goal.
1:0, Inter Milan got off to a dream start.
“goal!”
“goal!”
“goal!”
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
"Ronaldo!"
"Ronaldo!"
"Ronaldo's 30th league goal!"
The elderly Rivera really wants to plug his ears with cotton, Bergomi is so excited, let's explain it, as for being so excited? The sound is so long!
The opening period seemed to be windless and waveless, but as a result, the ground was thundering, and Inter Milan took the lead in the third minute. Ronaldo continued his frantic scoring streak as he headed for the record, with almost 360 minutes to go and he was capable of scoring seven more goals.
San Siro decisively turned into a meazza and a sea of blue-black, red-black and dim, as if the heart had stopped beating.
'Inter got off to a dream start, Mr. Rivera, you're right, it's going to be a good game, AC Milan have to go out if they want to win.'
Rivera was still not excited, and stroked his gray hair with his left hand, "The game has just begun,"
"It's just the beginning, let's see what happens next? AC Milan will not sit still. ”
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