Chapter 555: Just Talking
When Inter Milan beat Roma 3-2 at home, it means that the title race for Serie A this season has come to an end six rounds in advance, and now Inter Milan is 21 points ahead of Roma, such a big advantage, and also set a record in Serie A.
"It's an Inter Milan team that has never been stronger, and if Dick wants to achieve a treble this season, he's got it now...... They reached the semi-finals of the Champions League against AC Milan and the Coppa Italia against Roma – however both teams were beaten twice in the league and if nothing else, it seems unlikely that Inter Milan will be in the Champions League final for the second time in a row...... Can they become the first Italian team to win the treble so far? Now it seems, infinitely close, quite possibly. We're now focused on the next round of the league, will Inter Milan show their key players in order to break the winning streak? They will face AC Milan in midweek, but such a record is a once-in-a-lifetime one, and it seems like a difficult option for Dick......
In reality, however, this choice was not difficult for Dick at all.
He wants to break the record, and ensure more fitness and condition to play AC Milan, he also has to achieve, and he doesn't think that the next league opponent, Siena, who is ranked in the bottom half of the standings, will have any impact on Inter Milan, even if Inter Milan sends a substitute, it is also the strongest substitute in Europe, and it is definitely not something that Siena can stop.
In fact, Siena were keen to cause some problems for Inter, but they were unable to do so, relying on a goal each from the substitute strikers of Cruz and Di Natale, who were not inferior to any Serie A team, to beat Siena 2-1 away to set a new record of 26 wins!
"The European winning streak was broken at this moment! Twenty-six wins in a row! Belong to Serie A, belong to Inter Milan! Is such a winning streak that occurred after the phonegate a glory of Serie A, or a proof of the decline of Serie A? It's just that for Inter Milan, such a record belongs to them, there is no doubt that it is very brilliant, whether Serie A is brilliant or declining, it has nothing to do with them, after creating such a record, they can finally focus on the Champions Cup......"
"For Inter Milan's opponent in the Champions Cup, the same city team AC Milan, such a game is also very stressful, because Milan has been the best team in the world before, but now? In the league, AC Milan is back in fourth place, but their points are only 53 points, and Inter Milan's points have reached a full 90 points! A gap of nearly 40 points, even because AC Milan were deducted eight points, is a huge difference, and there are few times in the history of the Milan derby when the difference between the two teams is so big...... Forget about it, Inter Milan are also very likely to set a new points record this season since the introduction of the three-point system in Serie A, and they only need to score more than 10 points in the next six rounds to reach three figures! ”
The game against Siena, Dick only took eighteen players to the away game, and the rest of the main players all stayed in Milan to rest, after all, AC Milan is now also focusing on the league, and they also sent all the substitutes in the last round of the league, and there is no problem with physical fitness, although AC Milan is not in good shape this season, but a group of veterans are still top-notch in the Champions Cup, if you don't pay attention to it, maybe it will capsize in the gutter, Dick didn't want to fall victim to Ancelotti's character.
AC Milan is really low-key now, in fact, the phone gate is not a pain for them, after all, they have not been relegated, nor have they lost the opportunity to participate in the Champions Cup, and the gap of eight points is not particularly large, so before the start of the season, many AC Milan fans are full of confidence to say "In fact, we are only two points apart from Inter Milan, because we will win two games in the Milan derby", and their performance was also good at the beginning of the season, At one point, the winning streak shortened the two-point gap between Inter Milan, but in the following game, Inter Milan began their crazy winning streak, while AC Milan began to drop the chain repeatedly......
After Christmas, Galliani's words of "overtaking Inter Milan at Christmas" have also become a laughing stock, and at this time AC Milan began to pay more attention to the Champions Cup, because although AC Milan went to Shepchenko, the introduction of Oliveira was unreliable, which led to their overall combat ability began to decline, but they were still able to show strong strength in a single game, and being able to beat Bayern by two goals away is a good example, in some games, AC Milan are still capable of playing at the top level.
For these two semi-finals, Ancelotti has also been preparing for a long time, although it is impossible to occupy any advantage in terms of physical fitness, and the thickness of the bench is not as good as Inter Milan, but such a game is just to see the players on the field, AC Milan can still come up with a quite competitive lineup.
Because he has already played in the Champions Cup for Real Madrid in the first half of the season, Ronaldo, who joined in the winter, cannot play, but Ancelotti doesn't care much about this, Inzaghi performed well at the Allianz Stadium in the last game, although he is old, but as long as there is one him in the AC Milan striker, there is no need to worry about no goals!
'We won't be able to win the league this season, but in the Champions Cup, we still have chances. Ancelotti said before the start of the game.
"AC Milan are really very competitive in the Champions League, but a double in the league will give us more confidence." Dick replied.
In such a game, the pre-match war of words is no longer meaningful, after all, both sides know the roots, there is no need to hide, and the highlight of such a game in the European arena often lies here.
Although he knows the roots, Dick's pre-game preparation is not a lot at all.
"Guys, we had won two games against AC Milan before this game, but at the start of the second half of the season, their minds were clearly out of the league. Closer to 40 points doesn't mean anything, what we have to do is play this game as if it were an important game, and of course, this game is really important...... AC Milan can get to this point, relying on their counterattack, which was obvious in the first round of the knockout round, in the face of the same defensive counterattack Celtic, their performance is quite average, if it wasn't for Inzaghi's stoppage time goal, they would have been eliminated, and against Bayern, their counter-attack tactics are excellent, at the home of AC Milan, if it weren't for Van Bitten's luck to score two goals, Bayern would have lost away from home, and when back to Bayern's home stadium, They even relied on counterattacks and point grabbing to bring this ability to the extreme! This kind of counter-attacking tactics is a bit of a disadvantage for us, because we are better at attacking than defending, so we will have a lot of things to use at the back. But don't worry, when it comes to attacking ability, there is no team in the whole of Europe that can be better than us, even if their defense is also very strong, they will be torn apart by us! Don't worry if we concede at home, we just need to score more goals than AC Milan! Nesta is injury-prone, Maldini is old, and their centre-back partner, although strong, is not without a place to exploit, constantly impacting, tearing apart their defence, attacking from both wings, and using passes to put more pressure on their backline! Impacting them, their average age is not young, and there are certain physical problems, even if they have a good rest before, but if the game is dragged into high intensity, they will still be physically exhausted at the end of the game, not to mention that the next game is a week later, if they are tired enough in this game, then we will have more advantages in the next game. We have the physicality, we have the condition, so we have to make this advantage even better! ”
Dick made it clear before the start of the game that the game needs to pay attention to, the most important thing is that he asked the players not to worry about conceding goals in the game, if you want to play the characteristics of Inter Milan, you have to attack boldly in the game, and AC Milan happens to have a very good experience in defensive counterattacks, in this case, Inter Milan's defense will definitely be impacted, and it is not uncommon to lose goals. That's not good for the whole team, so the players know that beforehand and they will perform better in the game.
Although Inter Milan's opponents in the Champions League have a lot of weaknesses to exploit after beating Chelsea, after all, this is a Champions League game, and even a normal team will show more form than usual in such a situation, and if you are careless, it can have more serious consequences.
This season, AC Milan's forward line can be described as quite sluggish, Gilardino is not in good shape, Oliveira proves to be a parallel commodity, Inzaghi is not always able to play, but in this case, Kaka's ability has been exerted to the limit, his ability to dribble and break through in the counterattack is vividly displayed, the striker pulls away the gap for him, he uses speed and technology to impact the opponent's defense, and this season is actually a season for Kaka's god, for this player, Dick naturally has to deal with it well, Even if he will go downhill next, but the most glorious season before the downhill is indeed not easy to stop him.
"I'm sorry Kaka, I'm going to strip you of this championship cup...... But if you choose to come under my command in the future, maybe I'll make you some compensation......" Dick thought to himself, but he knew that his idea was unlikely to come true, because Kaka's state would definitely decline in the future, and it would be difficult for Kaka to recover with his ability, so it was just talk......