Without the burden of Champions League matches, AC Milan has maintained great squad integrity and fitness and returned to Serie A.

In the 29th round of Serie A, Inter Milan defeated Brescia 1-0, and Milan also defeated Bari 2-1, and the points gap between the two teams remained unchanged.

But in the thirtieth round of Serie A, when Milan finished the game early, after beating Palermo 3-0.

Inter Milan next door panicked.

Because they won the eighth-elimination match with Bayern Munich only four days ago.

The cost of this knockout round for Inter Milan is too great.

A number of veterans fought until they ran out of energy, and midfielder Stankovic retired injured on the spot, and Inter Milan could only use rotation in this round of the league.

Milan puts too much pressure on Inter, and if they can't beat their opponents in this round, the champions of Inter will lose a lot of their spirit.

Speaking of which, Inter Milan are in the next knockout round of the Champions League, which is not necessarily a good thing for them.

Needless to say, they fought until the end of the season, and now they don't have much advantage on all three fronts.

Compared to the league title next door AC Milan that is likely to win this season, Inter Milan is not a tournament that is sure to compete for the title.

But in the eyes of the outside world, Inter Milan is still very glamorous this season.

Although the league is unstable, there is a possibility of losing the championship to the sworn enemy in the same city.

However, they reached the final four of the Coppa Italia and the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and eliminated Bayern Munich, who were in good form.

It can be said that Inter Milan is still considered by the media to be a strong and prosperous club on the European continent with this battle.

However, it is only in their own family that they know their own business.

It was also after Leonardo took over Inter that he learned that the iron-blooded army led by Mourinho had reached the end of its power.

It can be said that last year's treble achievement forced the strongest state of Inter's veterans, but at the same time, it also drained the last drop of Inter's blood.

What Inter Milan now need to do is to rebuild rather than continue to rely on this group of veterans to compete on all fronts.

However, public opinion did not allow it, Inter fans did not let it, and Inter Milan's owner Moratti did not have strong financial resources to support the reconstruction.

Leonardo had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to lead Inter Milan to attack on the third line.

It's actually no different from walking a tightrope.

If you miss one step, you will lose all the games.

For example, on the afternoon of March 20, in the thirtieth round of Serie A between Inter Milan and Lecce.

Inter scored their first goal of the game in the 76th minute, but in the 87th minute, Lecce was given a penalty equaliser by a handball in the box.

Not to mention Leonardo, the more than 70,000 Inter fans at home are already in despair.

If Lecce were to draw again, Milan's lead over them would be fifteen points, a full five wins!

At this point, there is really little point for Inter to continue to fight, and it is completely ready to surrender in advance in the league.

Fortunately, at this darkest moment, when many players in the Inter Milan team gave up, Cesar denied Lecce's penalty with a brilliant save!

In an instant, from hell back to the flat ground, many excited Inter fans even saw tears coming out!

"San Cesar !!"

Countless Inter fans chanted passionate slogans, and the reinvigorated Inter Milan withstood a last-minute comeback from Lecce.

A hard-fought 1-0.

Inter Milan is alive!

On the premise that the gap with Milan has not been further widened, they finally stood in front of Milan again!

Two teams, also from Milan City, will face it out in the next round of Serie A.

The Inter players who escaped the disaster praised God and expressed their determination to win the Milan derby to the camera.

On the AC Milan side, everything seems too "quiet".

None of the AC Milan players or coaches have spoken to reporters about their thoughts on the Milan derby.

AC Milan, who won Palermo a day earlier, are now in holiday mode.

There are no international breaks, no Coppa Italia, and after this round of the league, Serie A will have a small two-week "break".

So the Milan players have been "going back to their own homes" and living a temporary warm family life.

Leon was also temporarily freed from the monotonous hard training, because Ibuchan took him with him on a trip to Northern Europe.

When the media all over Italy thought that the AC Milan players, like the Inter players, were nervous and ready for the next big game, ready to train hard.

Leon and Eevee are leisurely wandering around the old town of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

For three days, Leon visited Stockholm's Zoo Island and Ship Island.

Finally, under the phone call reminder from Uncle Yi, Li Ang and Da Ibu packed their bags and slowly rushed back to Milan.

Mental and physical relaxation went hand in hand at the same time, and when he met his teammates again in Milan, Leon found that everyone seemed to be in better spirits than before.

Well. Except for Robinho, who has dark circles on his face and a few points heavier.

Uncle Yu's holiday arrangement has received very good results.

The following recovery training, the Milan players also completed smoothly in a relaxed atmosphere with talking and laughing.

During this period, I faced the interview requests of reporters from outside media.

Milan is still adopting a "don't refuse, don't respond, don't ignore" attitude.

Uncle Yu is clearly reducing the burden on the players mentally, and the senior management of the Milan club naturally has to follow the pace.

Seeing that he is about to start preparing for the big game with Inter, how can he let the outside public opinion interfere with his own players first?

So inside an invisible "wall", Milan methodically began their targeted tactical drills.

For five days, the Italian reporters who were squatting outside Milanello did not come up with any valuable news.

On March 31, the reporters who finally seized the opportunity blocked Li Ang, who had just finished training and was the last to drive away, at the gate of Milanello.

Unexpectedly, this time, Li Ang cooperated and directly accepted their interview request, which made the reporters overjoyed.

"Have you been training hard lately? Is there some 'special' tactical plan for Inter Milan? ”

"Hard. It's pretty much the same as before, anyway, the training is like that, and you all know what our coach likes to practice, so I don't need to say more, right? ”

"I've heard that Robinho hasn't been in great form lately, will you put him on the bench in the Milan derby in two days' time?"

"I'll have to ask the coach, I don't know."

"Leon, what do you think of being named the most popular player among Milan fans in the first quarter of the year by Sport Newspaper?"

"My pleasure, if you're right, but I think Zlatan and Pato would be a little more popular with Rossoneri~"

"Did you have anything you would like to say to the Milan fans before the big game?"

Leon, who had answered the previous questions relatively quickly and fluently, paused on this question.

And the reporter of "Milan Sports Newspaper" also looked at Li Ang with a curious face, not knowing what he would say in the end.

"Cough to recast the glory of Milan, my generation is duty-bound! Excuse me, I'm going home. ”

After leaving a slogan that made the reporters at the scene look at each other, Li Ang drove away smoothly.

Of course, his words were well known to fans all over Italy early the next morning.

Milan fans love Leon's slogan, very, very much.

How apt!

Now, six years after Milan lost their league title, there is no better slogan than Leon to regain the Serie A trophy.

And the fans of other Serie A teams thought about it after seeing this sentence in the newspaper, and modified it slightly, hey, isn't it appropriate to use it for their own team!

For a while, Li Ang quickly became popular in the Italian football world again because of this slogan.

And Milan fans also made a large number of signs, using Leon's slogan as a slogan, and the morale was high in Milan and began to "ride the face" to Inter fans.

Allegri was also happy, but he didn't expect Leon to come up with such a slogan to inspire the Milan fans.

He himself liked this sentence quite a lot, but Li Ang was a little confused.

"I really just said casually, how can there be more slogans, if I had known that I could make such a big move, I might as well just say Forza milan"

After the day's training session, in the face of the "request" of Da Boaten and Pato for a new slogan, Li Ang simply raised his hand to indicate that he really had no more ideas in his head.

finally coaxed the suspicious two people away, Li Ang also quickly packed up, didn't practice today, and left Milanello early in the large army of his teammates.

Otherwise, he is afraid that those reporters will be entangled again, and there will be more public opinion turmoil at that time, then he will really be a big one.

Fortunately, the preparation has been successfully concluded, and tomorrow will see Inter on the field, and Li Ang is also relieved.

After Inter Milan, the schedule behind Milan is a smooth one.

Calculate the best result, if Milan successfully beat Inter again, then win two more league rounds, Milan can win this season's Serie A title five rounds in advance!

A Serie A champion is worth 500 points!

Coupled with the fact that Leon has already accumulated more than 500 points on his body now, he can directly draw a "diamond-level" talent shard card before the offseason arrives!

Li Ang asked the system before, and the single talent value in the "diamond" talent fragment card draw exceeded 95.

Leon had been raving about this for months.

Of course, there are also a lot of good things in the "diamond" prop pool, and Leon can't decide whether to draw more talent shard cards or bet on prop cards for the time being.

However, there is still plenty of time before the offseason arrives, and he can take his time to think about it.

But this Serie A champion, he already doesn't want to wait too long.

Against Inter, he and Allegri had the same idea.

Don't procrastinate, don't evade, face difficulties, and fight a decisive battle!

Milan is determined to win this battle!

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On the evening of April 2, in another period when there were no other Serie A matches in play, the battle between two traditional giants in Milan attracted the attention of a large number of fans around the world.

In this era when the Milan duo has not completely degenerated into the Milan duo.

Every local derby between the Nerazzurri and the Rossoneri is a rare visual feast for Serie A fans.

And the Serie A commentators of various countries also did their homework early.

Five minutes before the official start of the game that night, he appeared in front of the TV on time and began to introduce the recent results of the two giants to the fans of his country.

Liu Jianhong also greeted the Chinese fans with Xu Yang on time at 02:40 a.m. Chinese time.

In the rather boring self-talk between the two, the appearance of Milan and Inter players quickly woke up the sleepy Chinese fans.

Under Xu Yang's quick introduction, many old brothers who didn't read the post bar or the forum information before the game still clearly understood the starting formation of the two sides today.

"Milan didn't change their starting formation much today, still playing in a diamond-shaped midfield of four-four-two.

In goalkeeper, Abbiati continued to start.

Zambrotta replaced Antonini at left wing-back today, with Thiago Silva and Nesta partnering in central defence, with Abate starting at right-back.

At the half-point end, Andrea Pirlo dragged behind, Leon and Van Bommel flanked the midfield, and Seedorf replaced Boateng as the starting midfielder.

Up front, Ibrahimovic still has the undisputed position in the starting line-up, with Cassano joining him today. ”

"Inter's side is still using the 4231 starting formation that they are best at.

Goalkeeper Cesar.

At the back, Zanetti, Zivo, Ranocchia and McCone lined up.

Motta and Cambiasso form a double midfield.

Sneijder played in central midfield, with Samuel Eto'o and Pandev flanking him.

Pazzini continued to play as the starting center forward, Milito only recently returned from injury, and Leonardo did not immediately use the Argentine center forward to be on the safe side.

When Xu Yang introduced the starting formations and players on both sides, the game also entered the countdown before the official start.

At 20:45 local time in Italy, with the whistle of the referee on duty, the big battle officially began!

Milan, who were the first to kick off, attacked from right to left, and Pirlo received Cassano's return pass and sent forward the first long ball of the game.

Ibrahimovic latched on to Cambiaso in the Inter half and gave the ball back to Seedorf, who was following up in the middle of midfield.

Players on both sides were quick to get into the game, so when Seedorf got the ball, before he could push forward, he was caught between Sneijder and Pandev who pounced on him from the flanks.

Seeing this, Seedorf directly knocked the ball horizontally, and Li Ang, who got the ball, also decisively began to insert it along the sideline!

Milan's very aggressive attacking momentum from the start made Leonardo not dare to take it lightly.

And Leon has also stepped on Napoli before to prove his ability to threaten the ball with a pass.

Regardless of whether this will work, Leonardo really doesn't dare to give Leon this opportunity to try.

Yelling to let McCone press forward directly to block Leon's further forward path, Leonardo was a little relieved.

And Li Ang saw that McCone was already pressing towards him, so he didn't hesitate much, and chose to pass back after protecting the ball.

Don't look at McCone who was beaten by Bale in the Champions League group stage this season, against him Li Ang, McConn's single defense ability is more than enough.

The self-aware Li Ang still left this kind of heads-up "bright opportunity" to his teammates.

At this stage, if you don't have that ability, you have to follow your heart and not be ashamed.

After a few offensive and defensive tests with Milan, Inter's defenders also began to press aggressively.

In the face of Ibrahimovic, a former teammate, Cambiaso showed no mercy.

Linking up with Motta was very effective in restricting Ibrahimovic's space in the Inter half.

Anyway, it is impossible to easily take the ball to organize an attack, and Leonardo and Cambiaso, who know Ibrahimovic's ability, directly killed Milan's attacking array on the surface.

But at this time, Cassano came alive.

Allegri watched the game evolve as he expected, and continued to sit in the coach's seat steadily.

Bad boy Cassano, when he has a bad brain, can be a bomb for any team.

But when he has a good brain, he is the top "nine and a half" in active Serie A.

Dribble, break, organize, pass, go it alone.

These are all things that Cassano is very good at when he has a normal brain.

And at this moment, Cassano is clearly in his right mind.

He took over the playmaking responsibilities from Ibrahimovic's shoulders and quickly sorted out Milan's forward attack without any jerkiness.

Leonardo obviously didn't expect that Allegri would dare to let Ibrahimovic be a tool again, and at the same time, he dared to trust Cassano, who had fallen out with Sampdoria not long ago.

The bad boy used his talent to revitalize Milan's attack, and repeatedly broke through on the right flank, and began to force Inter to put more defensive energy into him.

Ibrahimovic was naturally much more comfortable playing at this time than before.

He moved close to the left flank and began to take possession of the ball under the full defensive protection of Leon to attack the Inter defence.

Milan, which played a double-core effect of attacking in the frontcourt, can be said to have blossomed more.

Coupled with a Seedorf who can shoot and pass, almost perfectly coping with the two offensive cores, Inter Milan's midfield defense is suddenly under great pressure.

In the absence of a full-fledged defensive end, Leon was comfortable moving forward today.

With Ibrahimovic's comfortable ball and Seedorf's response, Leon also experienced the feeling of a big Boateng participating in the attack in the front court.

Of course, he doesn't have much long-range shooting ability right now, and it's not realistic to take a kick at the chance like Big Boateng.

But he also has his own way of helping the team.

In addition to creating danger with his header, his wider vision and better short-passing skills than Boateng played an unexpected attacking role at the moment.

Ibrahimovic and Cassano were in a left-to-right position that greatly distracted the Inter defenders.

Correspondingly, it is not easy for Milan's two attacking cores to make a consistent connection.

In the middle of them, after all, there is one less "link point".

Seedorf is now limited by physical fitness, and it is difficult to actively return to defend after plugging in.

Therefore, he can only use passing, but he can't directly go up to act as a link point between the two.

However, Leon had no fitness or defensive concerns, so when he plugged in and Seedorf pulled in for him, the link between Ibrahimovic and Cassano was there.

At first glance, Leon looked as if he had switched positions with Seedorf, and he went to play in the midfield position.

An "alternative striker" with excellent physical fitness and not much independent offensive ability, but with excellent short passing and header ability.

Relying on plenty of energy and steady short passes to link up Ibrahimovic and Cassano, and relying on headers to complete the occasional threatening attack in front of him.

Leon didn't eat the ball and played the role of a tool man to the extreme, he didn't have a few shots on goal himself, but Ibrahimovic and Cassano were completely comfortable.

Allegri was amazed from the sidelines.

It wasn't an attacking tactic he had arranged before the game.

However, Leon's positive performance at the moment has greatly increased the threat of AC Milan's attack.

He felt more and more that there was still a lot of potential in Li Ang that could be tapped.

And he himself is like a treasure hunter, facing a treasure mountain that does not know the depth.

Every time you dig up some unknown treasure, you will feel a surprise.

"Perhaps, I can give Leon more tactical freedom?"

Allegri's mind suddenly burst into such thoughts.

But then, he laughed and threw the idea out of his mind.

It's possible in the future, but for now, forget it.

It's enough to have a big tactical freedom in the team, and he prefers victory in the palm of his hand rather than surprise.

As he was thinking, Allegri's imagination was interrupted by a sudden burst of cheers from the scene.

But when he looked up at the field, all he could see was Leon's figure holding the ball to the Inter Milan penalty area!

"What happened?"

Allegri subconsciously asked.

At this moment, the Italian Sky Sports commentators have begun to speed up their speech passionately.

"Pandev's return to Cambiaso was cut off by Leon!! He didn't notice Leon coming out of his side at all! Leon has traveled through Mota, and he's going to face Ziwo! ”

The commentator's words did not fall, and Leon used the opportunity he grabbed to successfully kill in front of the Inter Milan defense.

But he was in the same clear mind now as he had been when he faced McCone a dozen minutes ago.

Against Zivo, does he have a chance to continue to break through?

Yes, but it's so tiny that you can barely count it.

Therefore, Li Ang made a move in the next second that made the fans feel unbelievable.

At the moment when he was almost facing Zivo, he took the initiative to turn his back, bent down and spread his arms slightly, and protected the ball under him!

Zivo was also stunned, he had seen all kinds of opponents in Serie A, but he had never encountered a frontal attack that suddenly changed his back halfway.

Li Ang didn't care about the exclamations and surprised eyes of the fans at this moment.

After he withstood Zivo with an unusually awkward back position, he suddenly sent the ball to the side when Cassano completed the overtaking of Zanetti!

It was only then that all the defenders of Inter really understood what Leon wanted to do.

He used himself as the axis, sacrificing the speed of Milan's counterattack, but let Cassano comfortably get a chance to take the ball and go to the bottom!

And the bad boy only looked up for a short second after completely shaking off the aging Zanetti. He made his own passing choice.

Instead of passing to the back point to Ibrahimovic, he passed a low-altitude inverted triangle, and the target was Seedorf, who had just quietly inserted himself into front of the top of the arc of the Inter penalty area!

Leon has done everything he can on the offensive end, and now he is inexplicably relieved to look at Seedorf, who has adjusted his shooting position after unloading the ball perfectly.

Milan's No. 10 boss Seedorf Shu stretched out his posture, and after a small leg swing, he directly hit a fast angle and tricky shot!

As if a wonderful rainbow had been drawn over the Inter penalty area, the ball almost skimmed César's fingertips and into the net in the top right corner of the goal after a brief awe-inspiring arc disappeared!

Leonardo seemed to be frozen at this moment, and after being stunned on the sidelines for a moment, he waved his hand in annoyance and signaled the assistant coach to quickly bring the tactical board!

Cesar was so angry that he rolled over from the ground and sprayed directly at several defenders in front of him!

Giving Seedorf a chance to get off the ground in that dangerous position was an unforgivable mistake!

And this mistake may completely knock Inter Milan into the abyss!

You know, the first half will just hit the eighteenth minute, this time node is too early, too early.

Losing a goal at this time is a huge blow to Inter, but the morale boost for AC Milan is very significant!

At this moment, the live camera was given to the goalscorer Seedorf and Cassano, who provided him with an assist.

But he turned around suddenly, facing Leon, who had previously completed the frontcourt steal and finally helped Cassano successfully go down!

Leon was laughing and celebrating with Seedorf and Cassono on a kneeling session near the corner flag area.

Compared with Seedorf and Cassano, Leon's sliding kneeling posture still lacks a trace of smoothness, and it looks a little jerky and stiff.

And he also deliberately gave up the position of sliding and kneeling in the middle, so that he didn't want to be the focus of reporters' shooting.

But at this moment, the Inter fans are glaring at him fiercely!

After all, without Leon's frontcourt steal and ball protection in front of the penalty area, AC Milan would not have been able to play this attack at all.

Who is the "culprit" who led to Inter's final conceded goal, Inter fans still know very well!

It's a pity that today is the home stadium of AC Milan, so the boos from the Inter fans who were less than 10,000 at the scene were quickly drowned out by the cheers of the Milan fans.

Allegri celebrated another passionate "burst of clothes", and his hideous expression was simply unbearable to look at.

However, it does boost the morale of Milan fans!

Signage after sign was held aloft by the excited Milan fans.

After Li Ang, who finished the celebration, saw this scene, he also smiled and patted his chest while giving a thumbs up to the south stand.

On those signs, the slogan he shouted to reporters was written:

"It is incumbent upon our generation to recast the glory of Milan!"

If it doesn't come out at twelve o'clock at noon, it should be two o'clock in the afternoon, and there will be at least 10,000 words of updates today, so don't worry.

The Europa League final is over, and the mood is a little complicated

There are no cowards before 12 yards, and the Roma players have done their best to give their last bit of strength, so let's hope this group of players can have a better result next year. 、

Mu Shuai too.

Best wishes.

(End of chapter)