As soon as the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Milito, who was standing in the middle circle of the pitch, immediately kicked the ball to Sneijder and ran towards the AC Milan half.

The entire Meazza Stadium erupted in thunderous cheers.

The much-anticipated Milan derby has officially kicked off.

After Sneijder stopped the ball, he didn't pass the ball forward, but passed it back to Cambiaso, who was standing in a midfield position.

At this time, Milan's formation also began to slowly press.

But at this time, Milan's forward line only has Inzaghi as a veteran, and Seedorf behind him is not good at defense, so he did not press Inter's team carriers, but only symbolically went over to interfere.

Cambiaso and Guarin exchanged a few passes in midfield before passing the ball back to centre-back Lucio.

The Brazilian defender stopped the ball and saw that Inzaghi was running towards him unhurriedly, so he gently picked the ball up and reached the feet of Yuto Nagatomo on the left.

In other words, the Inter players only fell to their feet in their own backfield after the opening and did not seem to be in a hurry to attack.

This is actually because their pre-game deployment was completely unsuccessful, and the players did not know how to implement the coach's tactical intentions for a while, which belonged to self-adjustment.

At the same time, the Inter coaching staff can also be given time to make a temporary response.

After all, Milan's lineup and style of play not only made Stramaccioni feel confused, but also made the Inter players on the field a little confused.

What about the Milan players who said that the frontcourt pressure is fierce?

Said that Milan's wide breakthrough is very sharp?

Now it's all gone.

Therefore, experienced Inter players will not rush to hit the ball in front of the court at this time, so as to avoid messing up in the fierce scramble.

When the true intentions of Milan's side are discovered, both the coaching staff and the players can prescribe the right medicine and adjust the appropriate tactics.

And this scene was reflected in Pan Yi's eyes, and he was more determined about Inter's style of play.

It turns out that Stramacioni is really so afraid of his frontcourt pressing 433 tactics.

And he did not hesitate to hoard a large number of personnel in the backfield to compress the sprinting space of the Milan striker.

It's a pity that Milan's current style of play is also static braking, slowly advancing, and is not afraid of such a response at all.

You're amassing troops for defense, aren't you?

I also have a lot of people in the middle of the pile.

Let's try to see which side is more resilient!

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On the field at this time, after several inverted feet of Inter in the backfield, the ball was again under the control of Yuto Nagatomo.

This time he didn't choose to pass to the centre-back.

Because in front of him, Guarin had already pulled to the side to pick up.

And next to Guarin, there are also no Milan players pressing.

So Yuto Nagatomo sent a direct pass forward.

After receiving the ball, Guarin took a few steps forward and crossed the halfway line.

This was the first time that Inter Milan had taken the ball past half of the pitch in this game, and there was a burst of cheers from fans in the Meazza stadium.

But the cheers didn't last long.

Before Guarin had walked a few meters, Milan's midfielder Van Bommel and midfielder Aubameyang pounced viciously and formed a left-right attack on him.

Guarin couldn't move on, and in order to avoid losing the ball, he could only pass the ball back to Yuto Nagatomo behind him.

This is equivalent to the ball just a few seconds after reaching the Milan half, and then returning to Inter's own half.

This is the defensive strategy that Pan Yi designed for Milan's formation in this game.

He allowed most of his players to defend in their own half and did not press the whole court.

In this way, when Inter's ball comes, Milan has five people in front + back to defend, which can block the space.

Doing so would also minimise the gaps in the flanks caused by the absence of wingers, making the weaknesses of the Christmas tree formation as small as possible.

After all, the number of local defenders is not as scattered as when the frontcourt is pressed, and there are naturally many fewer gaps exposed.

And because Inter itself is not a strong attacking mentality, when encountering such a tough defense, it can only choose to pass back.

As a result, the scene froze a little for a while.

For quite some time, the scene that fans saw in the stands was like this:

Inter controlled the ball at the back, and the Milan players followed the ball slowly;

Inter kicked the ball over the halfway line, and the Milan players suddenly turned into fierce beasts to scramble, and the ball returned to Inter's backfield;

Inter then continued to possess the ball at the back......

It's a boring game!

The Milan fans in the South Stand began to boo shrill boos.

There were even some Inter fans who followed suit, even though it was the Inter players who were in possession most of the time right now.

Stramacioni was a little overwhelmed.

He had a vague feeling from the beginning, was Milan coming for 0:0 in this game?

But thinking that Pan Yi needs to win this game to "prove himself", maybe he has other ideas.

And as the match progressed, this feeling became stronger and stronger for Stramaccioni.

Maybe Pan Yi really doesn't want to win!

After all, AC Milan are now 14 points ahead of second-place Juventus, in fact, they only need to win one point to basically secure the league title.

And they are at a critical juncture in the Champions League semi-finals, and now they are sending all the substitutes to try to draw with Inter, this set of logic makes perfect sense.

Maybe this Pan Yi didn't value the victory of this match as much as Stramaccioni originally expected.

Or maybe Pan Yi got the instructions of the Milan management, or Allegri, that is, to fight for a draw away.

In short, if Inter don't hurry up, Milan may really succeed!

After all, Milan can accept 1 point, but Inter can't!

They are now at a disadvantage in the race for a Champions League place, after all, the current sixth place ranking is not guaranteed at all!

And once Inter Milan can't enter the Champions League this season, Stramaccioni's position must be difficult to keep.

After all, Inter Milan have not missed a Champions League game since the 2001-2002 season.

They have won five consecutive Serie A titles since the 2005-2006 season, only last year when AC Milan broke their monopoly.

If it falls to fifth or sixth place this year, Inter's top brass and fans will definitely not be able to accept it.

Thinking of this, Stramacioni stood up.

He walked to the sidelines and began to lecture Sneijder on the sidelines.

Then, he kept waving at the Inter players on the pitch, signaling to press the formation forward.

And Pan Yi, who was sitting on the bench, saw Stellamacioni's move, and a subtle smile appeared on his face.

His opponent finally couldn't resist attacking.

And Pan Yi was waiting for this moment.

Wait for Inter to put the premise of the formation and increase the space in the backfield, then let you see, the Milan ancestral Christmas tree formation is amazing!