Super Marshal

October 26, 2005, Milan, San Siro.

Serie A has had a north-south dispute since ancient times. The south headed by Rome and Lazio is against the north headed by Milan duo and Juventus. The duel between the two powers is often full of sparks.

The ninth round match between Rome and Inter Milan was no exception.

Before the game even started, the fans of the two teams almost went to war first, which made the explosion-proof police in the stands very nervous for a while.

After the game started, the situation was not worrying at all.

Although it is an away game, Roma's performance is just like their nickname, full of wolfishness, foul whistles come and go, and Inter Milan's offense is contained in Roma's almost savage defense.

In the first 30 minutes, the two teams contributed 23 fouls, including 8 for Inter Milan and 15 for Roma. The Red Wolves also received two yellow cards from the referee, which shows the intensity of the game.

Although the price was painful, the effect was good. Inter Milan appeared to be very passive on the scene, unable to create an effective threat.

On the contrary, Roma had a very threatening attack, which was Totti's cross, but under the interference of Cannavaro, Montella, who responded, failed to hit the right position, and finally followed the goal.

This made Spalletti, who was sitting in the coaching bench of the visiting team, in a good mood. He should be very satisfied with the situation in the first half.

If nothing else, it should be zero to zero.

Gao Han stood on the sidelines all the time, expressionless and unresponsive, looking helpless.

"Serie A really has no underdogs, and it specializes in tactical masters." Gao Han sighed softly and praised.

Spalletti's formation in this game is very particular, very meticulous, and highly targeted. It is obvious that he has learned the experience and lessons of the last Inter Milan game against Juventus.

Roma was in a bad situation last season, changing four coaches in a row. After Spalletti took over this summer, the team sold Mancini and Cassano one after another, which greatly affected their strength.

In this game, Spalletti played a four-four-one formation. The goalkeeper is the Brazilian player Doni, and the defense is Kufre, Mex, Kufuor and Panucci.

An obvious change is the replacement of the Romanian defender Qi Wu with the teenager Mex.

Gao Han can understand the intention, because both Kufuor and Qi Wu belong to the kind of short central defenders. In front of the Inter Milan trident, it can be said that they are at an absolute disadvantage, so starting with Mex, the effect is not bad.

In the midfield, Taddei is on the left, Dacourt and De Rossi are in the middle, and Perotta has moved to the right.

Since Emerson's transfer, Roma's central lane has been very problematic. De Rossi has gradually become the main force and performed well, but his combination with Dacourt is still difficult to reassure. Compared with Emerson's period, how much Still inferior.

Totti served as the attacking midfielder and Montella acted as the arrow figure.

After a 3-0 victory over Juventus in the last game, Inter Milan did not make substitution adjustments in this game.

This is not surprising, after all, all managers hope that by keeping the lineup stable, the state of the team can continue.

Surprisingly, Inter Milan seemed to have exhausted all their form in the last game against Juventus. They were not very active throughout the first half. Playing against Juventus in rounds, the speed dropped significantly.

On-site commentators and commentators think that this may be related to the physical exertion of the players.

But only Gao Han and Inter Milan knew it well.

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After listening to Gao Han's appreciation for Spalletti, Guardiola and Cantarero both agreed.

The most difficult thing to deal with in Serie A is this group of head coaches with high tactical literacy. They can often dig out your weaknesses without seeming to have any loopholes.

Especially for people like Gao Han and Inter Milan.

"However, Roma's strength is really not good." Guardiola shook his head.

Compared with Rome during Capello's time, the strength of the Red Wolves today has indeed dropped a lot.

Not only Emerson, Samuel, Mancini and other key players, but even Cassano left the team. Whether it can keep the top four in the league is very problematic.

Fiorentina, Parma, Lazio and other teams are also not weak, and have the strength to hit the top four in the league.

Of course, with Roma's strength, ranking fourteenth in the league is definitely not enough. As long as Spalletti adjusts the team, I believe the ranking will be improved soon.

"It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it's not easy for Spalletti." Gao Han sighed.

But in this game, he had to beat Spalletti.

Because he doesn't like losing, especially at home.

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The first half ended at zero to zero.

Roma looked satisfied with the result and happily walked back to the dressing room.

The Inter Milan players seemed to be relatively calm and didn't have much reaction. On the contrary, the fans in the stands were still cheering for the players and hoped that the team would continue their efforts in the second half.

After Gao Han sent the players back to the player channel one by one, Sergio Garcia came up behind him.

"This is the game data of the two teams in the first half..."

"Here's the running distance in Rome, and our physical exertion assessment..."

"and this……"

Gao Han looked at the analysis and data in Sergio Garcia's laptop very seriously, and after looking back and forth several times, he engraved everything into his mind, and then returned the computer to the assistant.

"Thank you, Sergio." After finishing speaking, Gao Han also got into the player tunnel.

When he first entered the tunnel, he could still hear the chatting and laughing of the Roma players at the end of the tunnel. It seemed that they were very excited about the result of the draw with Inter Milan in the first half, which made Gao Han shake his head with a wry smile.

Once in the locker room, he walked straight up to the players.

"I heard your opponents discussing it just now. It seems that your performance has disappointed them." Gao Han smiled slightly.

The Inter Milan players were a little embarrassed.

"However, I am quite satisfied with your performance in the first half." Gao Han smiled again.

The players breathed a sigh of relief at this time, so worried about being criticized by the head coach.

"As I said, it's a game of cat and mouse, we've just played Juventus, Roma are no better, they've just played Lazio, we've got the Derby d'Italia, they've got the Derby Roma, even They were worse than us because they played a UEFA Cup game in Norway last Thursday."

The situation in Roma is indeed miserable, and the pressure on Spalletti and the players is quite high.

Because Roma's results this season are two wins, three draws and three losses, but the results of the last four rounds are two draws and two losses, with no wins in four rounds.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Rome.

Therefore, the rumors of Spalletti's dismissal came out before the game, and it must not be groundless.

Facing the menacing Roma, Gao Han’s strategy for the team from the very beginning was to consume its energy first, so Inter Milan played more patiently and at a slower pace throughout the first half, using pass control to consume the opponent , Patiently looking for and creating opportunities.

Roma's oppression in the first half was indeed fierce, which made Inter Milan's offense contained.

But in the second half, it was time for Inter Milan to work hard!

"Cristiano, if I remember correctly, you should be twenty years old this year, right?" Gao Han pointed to Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Yes, boss."

Gao Han nodded and smiled, "Then you have to fight hard, don't let a thirty-two-year-old man haunt you."

After hearing this, everyone in the locker room couldn't help but smile.

Isn't Rome's right back Panucci a 32-year-old veteran?

"And you, Zlatan, a Kufuor who is a head shorter than you, plus a young central defender Mex, can this stop you?"

As soon as Gao Han finished speaking, Ibrahimovic replied angrily, "They are dreaming!"

"That's good." Gao Han accused Ibrahimovic appreciatively and said.

"And you, Adriano, just like you did in the last game when you knocked Pessoto, knocked Cufrey, he's thinner than Pessoto, understand?"

Adriano immediately nodded hurriedly.

The Brazilian is deeply aware of the team's competitive pressure. Recoba will come back soon. If he can't establish his main position as soon as possible, he may have to sit back on the bench.

"Luis, Juan, the opponent's midfield defense is not strong. We will attack at the beginning of the second half. Do you know how to do it?"

The two experienced veterans nodded, they knew it well.

"Very good. At the beginning of the second half, we counterattacked vigorously and directly destroyed the opponent with blitz!"

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"Trust me, guys!"

In the dressing room of the visiting team, Spalletti is also mobilizing the midfield.

Because he felt that after the first half of the game, the mentality of the players seemed to be a little slack.

"That team in the first half wasn't really Inter, I had a feeling they didn't give it their all, maybe it was to save the start of the second half, maybe it was to save it until the end of the game, I don't know, but I can guarantee , they will definitely do their best in the second half for a win."

Spalletti scanned the players in front of him with very serious eyes, hoping to calm them down.

"Here is the Meazza Stadium. Our opponent is Inter Milan. They have won eight consecutive victories this season. They just beat Juventus 3-0 at the Alpi Stadium. Inter Milan is the most terrifying team in Serie A this season."

After hearing Spalletti's words, the Roma players who were talking and laughing couldn't help becoming cautious one by one.

Yes, Inter Milan is definitely not that simple.

"Trust me guys, let's forget about the first half because it's pointless, we have to focus on the second half, each of us has to give it our all, keep our focus 100% One hundred concentration, from the first second of the second half to the end of the game, there can be no slack in the slightest."

Spalletti's words made the entire locker room dead silent, and everyone became as if they were facing an enemy.

"We have seen the video of Inter Milan and Juventus before, and you all saw clearly how they beat that unstoppable Bianconeri to the ground. You should also know that if we don't want to repeat Juventus Tus's mistakes, there is only one way."

"Work together and fight side by side!"

Spalletti's words rekindled the flames of fighting spirit in everyone in the locker room.

They all know that Rome has no way to retreat.

If you retreat again, you will really fall into the relegation zone.

"Come on, guys, in this battle, we are only allowed to win, not to lose!"

"kill!!!"