"Both sides are tentatively attacking each other, and the tempo on the pitch is relatively slow," the commentator analyzed, "but playing like this, Inter Milan is fine, but Milan can't go on like this, they have to find a way to equalize." ”

"Neither side had too many chances during this period and the game was generally flat. But I don't think it's going to go on forever, AC Milan will always come out and Inter will be able to show the power of the counter-attack when the time comes. ”

In the 17th minute, Stankovic received a return pass from Ricardo and fired a volley at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and the football flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post.

In the 18th minute, Stankovic returned the favor by giving a cross to Ricardo, but under the interference of Nesta, Ricardo did not go in the right direction.

In the 22nd minute, Ricardo swam to the left, shook off the defending Gattuso and crossed the bottom, Adriano chested the ball and leaned on Stamm's left-footed volley, but he hit the ball high, he punched hard to show regret and give Ricardo a thumbs up. It was Inter's best chance since the opening kick apart from that penalty.

AC Milan also went on the offensive.

In the 23rd minute, Kaka broke through on the right rib and was knocked down by Córdoba. Messina is booked to Córdoba.

Pirlo took the free-kick and crossed diagonally into the box, where Stam headed in under pressure from Samoel and headed it straight for Cesar to pick it up.

In the 25th minute, Shevchenko received a through ball from Pirlo and almost formed a one-on-one shot, but Favali, who had been in a daze, made a contribution at this time, and he made a timely tackle to stop the attack.

In the 31st minute, Figo switched to the left flank, used his technical breakthrough to cut inside, and then suddenly made a sharp stop and fired a left-footed volley that he was not so good at, and the ball went just wide.

"Both sides have been attacking during this period, but Inter Milan have the advantage of being at home and attacking more. Both sides had good chances, but they didn't take them," the commentator said, "and we could see that the top players on both sides, Shevchenko and Ricardo, were playing very aggressively. I wouldn't be surprised if either of them scored first. ”

In the 37th minute, Gilardino was tripped by Córdoba and AC Milan won a well-placed free-kick, almost directly facing the goal, about 22 meters from the goal.

Inter's players were very nervous and Ricardo also came back to play as a human wall. Cesar decorated the wall in Portuguese, and Ricardo translated for him.

Against Juventus, it was Cesar who made a mistake in setting up the wall that allowed Nedved's free-kick to go through the gap in the wall. Cesar has shown what he can do as a top goalkeeper, but he hasn't been able to get into the role due to language issues when it comes to leading the backline and setting up the wall.

Andrea Pirlo takes the free-kick. His free-kick hit the wall and the Inter players were about to kick the ball away. Messina whistles and points to the penalty spot!

The Inter Milan players immediately gathered around to ask for an explanation.

"The referee gave a penalty!" The narrator said, "What just happened?" Judging by his gestures, it should be someone handballing. We take a look at the slow-motion replay, where Andrea Pirlo takes a free-kick that hits the side of Cambiasso's head and bounces off Stankovic's left hand. It was a handball, but the decision was debatable. ”

"Generally speaking, if the ball is refracted on someone else or yourself, and then hits your hand, you can not award a penalty. Messina's penalty was a bit harsh. ”

Messina may be trying to find a balance, no matter how much the Inter Milan players plead, they are unmoved.

Shevchenko took the penalty. He calmly slotted the ball into the bottom right corner of the net and Cesar made the wrong save.

The score becomes 1-1!

It was a goal that ignited the fire among the players on both sides. As Ricardo battled for the top, his elbow knocked out of Kaladze's eyebrow bone. Soon, Nesta stepped on another foot after colliding with Adriano, sending his rival to the ground. And when Gilardino was also fighting for the top, he was hit in the face by Samoel and injured the corner of his mouth.

The referee didn't see it, or turned a blind eye. No one was punished.

In first-half stoppage time, Inter Milan were awarded a well-placed free-kick, but Ricardo's lift ball failed to find the back of the net and was slightly off target, grazing the post and flying off the line. He also regrets it, he feels good about the ball.

At half-time, Roberto Mancini made no personnel changes. He was generally positive about the team's performance in the first half, but only tweaked some details.

"We did a better job than our opponents in terms of the overall tempo, we were in control of the game," he encouraged, "and keep going and the victory will be ours." ”

The Inter Milan players also think they can win this game at home. In terms of the number of chances, they had a little bit more in the first half.

However, at the beginning of the second half, AC Milan gave them a dismissal. In the 47th minute, Stam crossed from the right, and Gilardino headed the ball slightly wide of the far post in front of the goal, causing Cesar to break out in a cold sweat. He yelled for Samuel to keep an eye on Gilardino, but it was chickens and ducks.

One minute later, AC Milan had another good chance to overtake, Gilardino dribbled continuously on the right side, and one of his high school strikers actually showed delicate footwork, passing Favali, Samoel and Córdoba in a row, and pushing the ball to Shevchenko, who ran forward to respond, Shevchenko immediately got up and pushed, but because of the slippage under his feet, he did not use his strength, and the ball was blocked by Zanetti who came to make up for the defense.

Gilardino did hit the value of these two goals.

Mancini was unhappy with his team's performance in those two defences and yelled on the sidelines.

Nesta was then replaced by Simic. It is said that Nesta had a fever before the game, which has not completely subsided by now, and he did make some low-level mistakes in this game, which should not have been made at the level of his top five centre-backs in the world.

Then Kaka suddenly came into play, he cut in at high speed twice in a row, disrupting Inter's defensive line and sending a sharp through stopper, both of which posed a threat to Inter's defence.

When he tried to break through again, the returning Ricardo knocked him down.

Kaka wanted to be furious, got up from the ground, and when he saw that it was Ricardo who hit him, he immediately shouted: "Ricardo, our friends are over!" ”

"Don't make a fuss," said Licardo with a smile, "I'll treat you to a big dinner after the game." ”

"It's useless to have a big meal!" Kaka said angrily, "If this one had broken through just now, it would have been possible to score." ”

"I know," said Ricardo lightly, "why don't I foul?" ”

"You wait," Kaka swore aswearing, "I'll ruin your chances of scoring, too." ”