The game continued, and both sides were careful not to invest too many troops in the attack, and always maintained the defensive line.

AC Milan in particular, there are almost only Crespo, Kaka and Rui. Costa's trio were on the attack, so it was difficult to form an effective threat.

After all, Inter Milan is at home, and the momentum is a little more sufficient, so there is more investment in the attack, although the full-backs rarely assist, which is completely different from football ten years later, but the four midfielders are involved in the attack, which also leads to a period of time, Inter Milan still has a slight advantage.

However, Inter Milan did not have many dangerous attacks.

In the 15th minute, Ricardo picked up the ball in front of the penalty area and fired a shot into the far corner, which was deflected wide by Nesta's interference.

In the 17th minute, Ricardo sent in a low cross, and Maldini grabbed the ball before Ronaldo headed the ball off the line.

Mihajlovic took a corner kick and was immediately pushed out of the box by AC Milan and did not pose much of a threat.

In the 20th minute, Veron stepped forward to receive the ball in the AC Milan penalty area, but the stop was a little bigger, Nesta threw away Licardo to come up to defend, and used his body to separate Veron from the football, the two were entangled, using their hands and feet together, fighting for the ball, and finally the referee DeSantis blew Veron for a foul.

Perón was unhappy with the decision, believing that Nesta was also moving on his hands.

In the 26th minute, Cambiaso received a return pass from Ricardo and fired a long-range shot, which was slightly higher.

In the 30th minute, Stankovic dribbled the ball to the middle and distributed it to Veron, who took a step forward and fired a long shot from the right side of the penalty area, which was slightly over the crossbar.

As for Inter, there are threats, but most of them are not lethal threats, and they don't get too good opportunities.

The time of the game passed in a dull way.

And DeSantis's attitude to law enforcement also put Ricardo at ease. Although he had some controversial decisions, they were not always against Inter Milan and generally kept the balance on the pitch very good.

In the 35th minute, Caradze was injured in a scramble with Ronaldo, and Carlo Ancelotti was forced to make his first substitution, bringing on Serginho, who played as a wing-back, at left-back.

The substitution also caused some problems in AC Milan's defence, with Ricardo, Ronaldo and Veron getting shots in quick succession, but none of them took them.

Especially in the 41st minute, Ricardo's shot hit Gattuso's hand, and Ricardo immediately raised his hand to signal for a penalty, but DeSantis ignored it.

Licardo's good mood suddenly vanished. Sure enough, DeSantis is still that DeSantis.

And soon, Inter Milan attacked again, Veron handed the ball to Stankovic, Stankovic volleyed under Cafu's defense, and hit the ball with interference, but he fell to the ground and was stepped on by Cafu three times in a row, DeSantis still did not say anything, but signaled for the goal kick.

Ricardo quit, he first ran to Cafu and pushed Cafu. It would have been unwise for him to do so in the face of this legend of the Brazilian team, the big brother of his national team, but Ricardo had completely put himself in the role of Nerazzurri at this time, shouting at Cafu: "You did it on purpose! ”

Cafu shook his head and spread his hands: "I didn't mean to. ”

And when DeSantis ran over, Ricardo pointed the index and middle fingers of his right hand into his eyes and asked, "Don't you see such an obvious foul?" At the very least, this should be a yellow card! ”

DeSantis shook his head: "It wasn't a deliberate foul. Step back away and don't interfere with my law enforcement. ”

Ricardo said angrily: "You didn't see Gattuso's handball just now? ”

"Please respect my sentence." DeSantis said coldly.

Ronaldo ran over and grabbed Ricardo: "Forget it, don't fight, do you want to take the initiative to apply for a yellow card with him?" ”

Ricardo shook off Ronaldo's hand and said indignantly: "He's blind!" Such a glaring miscalculation! ”

DeSantis heard Ricardo's words and immediately took out a yellow card and shook it at Ricardo.

There was a loud boo at the Meazza Stadium!

Ricardo calmed down a little and shook his head away.

Stankovic got up, patted Ricardo on the shoulder, and whispered thanks, "Thank you for standing up for me, brother, but calm down and be careful that this referee takes you down." ”

"I'll calm down." Ricardo said.

The game continues. Although Ricardo calmed down a little, his heart was full of negative emotions, and he quickly stretched out his foot in the scramble to trip Pirlo.

DeSantis walked over and verbally warned me: "I'll play my cards next time." ”

Ricardo didn't say anything. At this time, he felt a little afraid, just now the action to not give the card completely depends on the referee's mood, between the two, if because of such a move on two yellow and one red was sent off, this game Inter Milan will be difficult to play.

There will be three minutes of stoppage time in the first half.

In the 47th minute, Kaka made his first performance of the game, taking the ball and breaking through two people in a row to the penalty area, and his shot was blocked by Córdoba.

Mihajlovic immediately kicked the ball to the side, and Ricardo took the ball on the side, and just as he was about to rush forward, he was pulled down by Cafu.

Mihajlovic took the free-kick and drove it into the box with a big kick, which was cleared by Seedorf with a header.

Inter and AC Milan players battled for the second spot from outside the box, with both sides pushing the ball back and forth, before Cambiaso scrambled the ball down and picked it up to the wings for Ricardo.

Ricardo glanced up, stepped on half of his bike, and simply shook off Serginho, who was not a professional defender, and crossed with his feet.

He passed a half-high ball with a strong arc, avoiding the AC Milan defenders and hitting the back post, but it also made it difficult for Ronaldo to deal with the receiver, Ronaldo rarely stopped the ball wide, and the ball was stabbed by Maldini and went in.

At the edge of the penalty area, Veron rushed up, did not make any adjustments, and directly volleyed vigorously, and the football went straight to the far corner of the goal facing AC, with both speed and power, but Dida quickly made a sideways pounce and magically flicked the football with his fingers, pulling the football out of the bottom line.

Mihajlovic takes a corner kick that goes forward and is picked up by AC Milan to head the ball out of the danger zone.

DeSantis blew the whistle at this point, and the first half of the game ended in a fierce and unexciting one.

The commentator had this to say about the first half: "In the first half, both sides were looking for chances on the basis of stabilizing the defence, Inter had a slight advantage on the pitch and created a very good chance at the end. But Dida's heroic performance kept AC Milan's goal from being breached. ”

"But overall, the chances are basically equal for both sides. Whoever has the better ability to take advantage of their chances in the second half could win the game. ”

Players from both sides walked into the players' tunnel one after another. Kaka deliberately walked with Ricardo, his handsome face with a sunny smile and a shy smile like a lilac. "Licardo, don't be impulsive, play well in the second half."

Ricardo rolled his eyes: "I thought it would be better for you guys if I was sent off." ”

"Yes it's better for us, but you're my friend." Kaka said simply.

Ricardo's heart warmed.