Chapter 262: Foul Tactics
Match day.
At 20:40 p.m. on April 12, Italian time, players from both sides walked out of the players' tunnel and began a series of pre-match preparations such as lining up.
From time to time, Ricardo glanced into the stands.
Despite the economic downturn and much lower attendance at many stadiums, the Milan derby was close to full. Officially, at least 81,000 fans will pour into the Meazza stadium tonight, most of them Neila.
The North Stand has been occupied by Ronaldo's giant mate TIFO, and the current king of the ball with his rabbit teeth is smiling and celebrating the goal with his index finger, and the words "King of Meazza" at the bottom of the picture make Ricardo envious.
What warmed his heart was that for the first time in the stands today, his picture appeared, although it was more than twenty times smaller than Ronaldo's TIFO, but after all, it also represented the fans' identification with him. And under his picture, the inscription is "Prince of Meacha".
And singing, of course, is also everywhere, and "the unique Inter Milan" resounded in every corner of the stands.
Not to be outdone, the Rossoneri sang the Milan song in the South Stand:
"Milan, Milan only wants to support you
Milan, Milan will always be for you
We walk beside the heroes
On a green field, under a blue sky
We've earned another star
Flickering between us
We sang in unison. โ
The night sky was lit up with singing and fireworks.
Before the game officially began, the frenzy of the fans on both sides was already on display.
Ricardo walked the procedure to shake hands with the AC Milan players, and when he walked up to Kaka, Kaka asked with concern: "Is Stella okay?" โ
"Much better."
"I'm going to see her when it's over."
"I'm afraid you'll be in the mood by then." Ricardo smiled.
Kaka raised his eyebrows and smiled handsomely: "It's going to be us." โ
Ronaldo, who was walking behind Ricardo, squeezed Ricardo away, grabbed a handshake with Kaka, and said with a narrow smile: "I'm in good shape today." Just say you're going to lose a few goals! โ
Kaka stuck out his tongue, "Be merciful at your feet, Ronnie." โ
Milan's line-up today was much the same as in the previous leg, except that Ambrosini replaced Gattuso, who had accumulated yellow cards.
After guessing the coin, Inter kicked off first.
They played a fast attack, and after returning to Cambiaso, Cambiaso immediately found Ricardo with a long pass to launch an attack.
Ricardo unloaded the ball with a cushion on his chest, squeezed it behind his back and turned past Kaka, and then dribbled the ball along the wing at high speed until he was about to hit Cafu, when he came out with his left foot and seemed to be about to pass.
Cafu was deceived so that his center of gravity moved, and Licardo's left-footed soccer ball swiped over and then quickly retracted the kick, and immediately went forward with his right foot, erasing the old Cafu, and after creating an opening, he did not continue to dribble and delay the opportunity, but directly crossed to Ronaldo.
Ronaldo received the ball in the penalty area and then smashed the ball with his left foot, Stam stretched his leg to block but didn't block it, the ball went straight to the dead corner of the near corner, but because he used the outside instep of the shot to take a little arc, he turned out when he was about to fly into the net, and hit the post out of the bottom line.
He looked at it in frustration for a long time before shaking his head, unable to believe that he was so lucky.
"Inter Milan launched a very threatening attack at the beginning, giving AC Milan a disadvantage!" Before the commentator finished reading the list of appearances of the two sides, he saw a wonderful scene.
Ronaldo gave a thumbs up to Ricardo, who clapped in order to shoot beautifully.
When he ran back, he passed by Kaka's side, and Kaka said quietly, "You're in such good shape today......
"You don't need to be in good shape, you defend with your eyes anyway." Ricardo joked.
"I'll use foul tactics next time." Kaka laughed.
"Come on, I'll show you my free-kick kung fu." Ricardo shot back.
Kaka wasn't kidding, and in the following games, he began to use foul tactics frequently. Not only him, but the entire AC Milan team began to use foul tactics from the midfield, using some less intense and not so easy to eat cards to disrupt Inter Milan's attack, so that Inter Milan's offensive was extremely sluggish for a while and could not advance smoothly.
Inter Milan, who were eager to score goals, encountered such an obstacle that the players became impetuous, and they also used foul tactics to deal with it.
German referee Merck did not relent, and in the opening 10 minutes, both sides received two yellow cards each, with Cรณrdoba, Adriano, Ambrosini and Seedorf all carrying the Yellowstone card.
By the 15th minute, the total number of fouls committed by both sides reached 14, almost one foul every minute. This was not good for Inter, as too many interruptions wasted their time and made it difficult for them to organise a fluid attack.
"Carlo Ancelotti's foul play worked," the commentator said, "and Inter Milan couldn't play a smooth attack except for the opening attack. Moreover, AC Milan's foul tactics are very particular, they will not foul close to the penalty area, and Inter Milan did not get a well-placed free kick. โ
Mancini looked a little anxious, but he was helpless.
Foul tactics are a kind of tactics that make reasonable use of the rules, and although they are hateful and criticized, they are also speechless in the era of utilitarianism.
Foul tactics are often used by the leading side; Or it can be used by the weaker side with the aim of disrupting the attacking rhythm of the stronger team and forcing a draw.
Adriano's comeback has indeed increased the impact of Inter Milan's forward line, but Adriano is not familiar with the position of right winger after all, and he is still in the middle when he is most powerful.
And he plays more solitary football, and he has never given Ronaldo any good balls.
After Ricardo flashed that once in the opening stanza, he also fell into Cafu's marking. Although the experienced Cafu has lost his physical fitness, the experience has made up for his physical shortcomings, and it is difficult for Ricardo to make a difference under his guard.
Ambrosini and Seedorf, in addition to their midfield confrontation with Inter Milan, often assisted the full-backs in defending and prevented Ricardo and Adriano from breaking through.
The game was a stalemate. Both teams tried to dominate the midfield but failed to do so. Eager to attack, Inter Milan could not find an effective attacking means, and in the face of AC Milan's tight defence, Inter Milan could neither open the middle nor form an effective breakthrough on the wing, Mancini was embarrassed on the sidelines, constantly pacing back and forth, thinking about strategy.
All it takes is one goal, one goal, to give Inter Milan a win over their opponents and eliminate AC Milan by virtue of away goals.
But apart from Ronaldo's attempt in the opening game, Inter Milan did not threaten Dida's goal.
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