Super Marshal

On September 30th, Serie A ushered in the fifth round.

Inter Milan faces Cagliari away from home.

This team from Sicily did not have an ideal start to the season. They had two draws and two losses in the first four rounds and only scored two points. Moreover, they have not faced a traditional strong team so far. Such results are not enough. Satisfying.

Facing Inter Milan at home, Cagliari is fully prepared. Coach Franco Colomba is also a veteran coach in Italian football. Before the game, he repeatedly told the players to be careful of Inter Milan's grabs. attack.

Facts have proved that Colomba's judgment was accurate. Gao Han used his skill cards from the beginning and launched an offensive against the away team. In the fifth minute, he took the lead in breaking through Cagliari with Adriano's goal. inside the goal.

Five minutes later, Pandev, who started in place of Cristiano Ronaldo, scored another goal, rewriting the score to 2-0.

This score was maintained until the end.

Inter Milan relied on two goals in the first ten minutes to take away three points from the away game.

Although most of the game seemed dull, both the media and the fans were very tolerant of Inter Milan, because in the past month, Inter Milan played a total of five league rounds and two Champions League games, and there were Two weeks off from national team matches.

Such a high-density schedule is indeed a big challenge for Inter Milan. It is not easy to win.

At least, AC Milan, which has been chasing Inter Milan since the beginning of the season, drew 0-0 with Siena at home in this round.

Ancelotti's team has obviously been affected by multi-front operations. There are even vague rumors from the outside world that AC Milan's bench is relatively weak. In addition, eight points were deducted from the League Cup, so Ancelotti and the management are on the same page. Agree, the team will focus on the Champions League and hope to make another breakthrough.

As for the league, it’s all Inter Milan’s bag anyway.

As if to confirm the rumors from the outside world.

After entering October, Serie A was suspended again, ushering in a two-week national team competition period.

But two weeks later, in the sixth round of Serie A, AC Milan challenged Sampdoria away from home. Ancelotti did not try his best to save energy for the Champions League game against Anderlecht in midweek. An away draw with Sampdoria.

After three consecutive draws, the Rossoneri have frequently fallen behind since the beginning of the season. This has made many fans dissatisfied, because Ancelotti and the management once shouted slogans to catch up with Inter Milan, but after only six rounds, the results But only three wins and three draws.

On the other hand, Inter Milan defeated Catania 2-0 at home and won six consecutive games.

Nine points behind, everyone knows that it will be difficult for the Rossoneri to catch up with their rivals in the same city.

However, in the third round of the Champions League group stage in midweek, AC Milan relied on Kaka's winning goal to defeat Anderlecht 1-0 in the away game, establishing the first lead in the group.

Inter Milan defeated Spartak Moscow 3-0 at home and ranked first in the group with three consecutive victories.

Bayern Munich also quickly got out of the slump, beating Sporting Lisbon 1-0 away from home and ranking second in the group.

Roma also defeated Olympiacos 1-0 away from home in this round and ranked second in the group.

But the most eye-catching performance in this round is Real Madrid.

After Capello's team lost to Lyon 0-2 in the first round, they slaughtered Dynamo Kiev 5-1 at home in the second round. In this round, they defeated Steaua Bucharest 4-1 again. won, so Real Madrid could only settle for second place.

In the most focused game of this round, Chelsea, sitting at Stamford Bridge, defeated Barcelona 1-0 with Drogba's key winner.

In this game, Mourinho fully learned from Gao Han's tactics in the European Super Cup, and arranged Ballack, Lampard, Essien and Makelele to form the midfield, firmly suppressing Barcelona, ​​especially Ronaldinho and Messi on the left and right wings did nothing.

After the game, Barcelona coach Rijkaard said gracefully that Chelsea should win.

"Drogba's goal completely changed the game. The loss makes every one of us sad, but we should get out of the shadow of Stamford Bridge as soon as possible."

But for Chelsea, Rijkaard does not have a high evaluation, and even thinks that Chelsea is not as good as last season.

"Our ball possession rate reached 65%, while our opponents only had 35%. I think this is enough to explain the problem. Our current crux is not the team's overall tactics, but our Certain aspects were not handled well.”

As for the specific links, Rijkaard said he would study them carefully after returning.

Mourinho rebutted on the spot.

"Yes, there is no doubt that this was an exciting game. The opponent had possession of the ball and even almost beat us at one point, but in the end our tactics worked. I believe that tonight, even the most fanatical All Barcelona fans will definitely not deny that we did play better."

"Of course, that's assuming they're honest enough to admit what's on their minds."

At the same time, Mourinho also thanked the referee, "I am very happy. At the end of the game, we are still eleven against eleven."

This made Rijkaard a little embarrassed. The Portuguese madman was obviously suggesting that when the referee no longer favors Barcelona, ​​Chelsea can completely defeat their opponents.

Everyone can see that after defeating Barcelona, ​​Mourinho has let go of a big problem in his heart. He is in an extremely good mood and knows everything he knows when asked by the media.

Even when the media pointed out that Chelsea defeated Barcelona's technical passing with muscle power, the Portuguese smiled and said that he was not a believer in a certain type of football, he just wanted to win.

As for the team, Mourinho seems even more confident.

"What I want to remind everyone is that the current Chelsea is not the best Chelsea yet. I believe that as the season progresses, the strongest Chelsea will come soon, and we will make everyone bow down."

"Including the cold Inter Milan, Mr. Mourinho?" a reporter asked loudly.

Mourinho was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Of course!"

The media cheered again.

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For another provocation from Mourinho, Gao Han didn't even fight back this time.

The reason is simple, the schedule is too intensive.

Two weeks after the national team match day, Serie A ushered in a consecutive week of double matches.

Three days after playing the third round of the Champions League group stage, Serie A welcomed Udinese in the seventh round.

After Inter Milan passed the rotation, they defeated their opponents 1-0 in the away game.

Everyone can see that as the season progresses, Inter Milan must ensure the team's competitiveness in multi-line operations through effective rotation.

This is because Inter Milan's bench is thick enough. On the other hand, AC Milan, after playing in the Champions League, returned to Serie A and immediately lost 2-0 to Palermo at the San Siro Stadium, suffering its first defeat of the new season.

It can be said that the thickness of the bench is the fatal injury of the Rossoneri.

Three days later, in the eighth round of Serie A, AC Milan defeated Chievo 1-0 away from home.

But in this round, Inter Milan once again exerted its strength and defeated Livorno 4-1 at home. Cannavaro, Materazzi, Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo all scored.

Over the weekend, the ninth round of Serie A, Milan Derby.

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At the end of October, the air in Milan was filled with the chill of near-winter.

Although they defeated Chievo in the last round, the points gap between AC Milan and Inter Milan has widened to 11 points.

This is an almost despairing gap.

Even the tough-talking Ancelotti had to admit before the game that AC Milan could only hope to retain the possibility of winning the championship if they defeated their opponents in the Milan Derby, but he himself admitted that this was unlikely.

Inter Milan is in really good shape.

Even in the rotation, the cold team can always find a way to defeat the opponent.

In this game, Ancelotti deployed a relatively rare single forward Christmas tree style of play, which is a four-three-two formation.

The forward is Inzaghi, Kaka and Seedorf are roaming at the back, and Ambrosini, Pirlo and Gattuso serve as the three defensive midfielders.

This is also a change from Ancelotti's previous 4312 formation.

Inter Milan did not use all their main players in the away game. The goalkeeper was Cesar, the defense was Evra, Materazzi, Cordoba and Maicon. The midfielder was Marchisio, who was behind and Stan. Kovic and Yaya Toure were forward, and the trident was used. Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic and Adriano all started.

But with this lineup, Inter Milan got a set kick opportunity in the frontcourt just thirty-seven seconds into the game, but Yaya Toure's header hit the right post and bounced back into the penalty area. Cole Doba shot away with a kick.

Gao Han's strategy was obvious. He knew that the team's continuous battles would consume a lot of physical energy, so he did not intend to get entangled with AC Milan. He wanted to end the battle as soon as possible, so he used skill cards from the beginning of the game to launch an attack.

Two minutes later, Inter Milan once again got a free kick opportunity.

Gattuso received a yellow card for a handball foul while defending Cristiano Ronaldo, and Adriano took the free kick.

As a left-footed player, taking free kicks on the left side is really awkward.

But a minute later, Inter Milan finally scored a goal.

Stankovic made a diagonal pass from the center to the left. Evra quickly stepped in and passed the ball to the front point. Cristiano Ronaldo quickly stepped in, rushed to the top, and headed the ball into the goal from close range. One to zero.

After that, Inter Milan continued to increase its offensive, especially on the left.

In the seventh minute, Gattuso committed another obvious handball foul when competing with Cristiano Ronaldo for a long pass from the backcourt. However, the referee may have considered that he already had a yellow card, so he only A foul was called and no card was given.

Soon, AC Milan left back Kaladze fouled while defending Adriano. Stankovic took a free kick from the right and dropped it into the penalty area. Adriano overpowered his opponent and scored with a header eight meters in front of the goal. The score was rewritten to two to zero.

Inter Milan pursued the victory and continued to put pressure on AC Milan.

Especially Yaya Toure, who specializes in grabbing Pirlo's point, makes the Italian midfielder very depressed.

In the 22nd minute, Stankovic passed through the middle. Ibrahimovic took the ball with his back and turned around to pass. Maicon lightly kicked the ball and sent the ball to the left side. Cristiano Ronaldo quickly crossed into the penalty area, got ahead of everyone, shot without stopping the ball, and scored again, 3-0!

Twenty-two minutes, three goals, Inter Milan was unstoppable.

Just when everyone thought the Nerazzurri's offensive was about to be suspended, AC Milan midfielder Seedorf suddenly tackled Maicon from behind. The referee Farina gave him a yellow card and a verbal warning.

But what I didn't expect was that two minutes later, Seedorf, who had already received a yellow card and had obviously lost his cool, tackled Materazzi in an unnecessary defensive process.

This time, Farina showed no mercy and directly gave another yellow card, which turned into a red card, sending Seedorf off the field.

Head coach Carlo Ancelotti was furious and rushed out of the coaching area.

In an instant, the entire San Siro Stadium was in complete chaos.