Super Marshal

May 1, 2007, evening, Calderon Stadium in Madrid, Spain.

After a 0-0 away draw with Chelsea in the first round, Heynckes once again set up a strong offensive formation after returning to his home court. He also made targeted arrangements to target the weakness of Chelsea's right defense, and It also played its due role in the game.

The left wing composed of Villa, David Silva and Jankulovski became the most powerful side of Atletico Madrid's offense, frequently creating murderous opportunities and threatening Chelsea's right defense.

But Mourinho has obviously made sufficient preparations for this side, arranging John Terry and Makelele to focus on assisting Paulo Ferreira on the right, and asking Andrade to block Torres's point.

Still the same as in the first round, Atletico Madrid had the advantage and repeatedly created murderous opportunities on the left, but they were never able to convert offensive opportunities into goals, especially when the game entered the second half and players from the Sheet Army began to appear. This overcomes the shortcomings of young players' inexperience and being a little too rash and impatient.

Heynckes also realized the problem and frequently called on the players to stay calm on the sidelines, and used substitutions to cool down the players' hot-headedness, but in the end he still failed to stop the players' enthusiasm on the court.

When the game progressed to the 83rd minute, Atletico Madrid was unable to attack for a long time and exposed its flaws. Chelsea seized the opportunity to counterattack. Lampard received Ballack's pass and passed it diagonally to the right.

After Anelka, who came on as a substitute, received the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he passed by Jankulovski who hurriedly returned to defend. After entering the penalty area, he got ahead of Carvalho and suddenly kicked the goal.

Anelka's powerful shot was saved by goalkeeper Cech, but Drogba blocked Ramos with his body and volleyed into the net from close range twelve meters in front of the goal.

The entire Calderon Stadium fell into a dead silence!

No one expected that Chelsea would suddenly seize such an opportunity near the end of the game, counterattack, and score a crucial goal. This was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

Zero to one, Atletico Madrid has been forced into a desperate situation.

Heynckes made a prompt decision and made the final substitution adjustment to decisively strengthen the attack.

Atletico Madrid players on the court were also frantically attacking Chelsea's defense, but they were never able to break through the Blues' defense.

In the end, the game ended with a score of zero to one.

Chelsea eliminated Atletico Madrid with a total score of 1-0 and successfully advanced to the final.

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Italy, Milan, Pinetina training base.

According to the Champions League schedule, Inter Milan will play one day earlier than Chelsea in the first round, but the second round will be played one day later.

Although they will face Liverpool tomorrow, Gao Han and the coaching staff still stay in the training base to watch this focus game.

When they saw that until the end of the game, Atletico Madrid failed to score Chelsea's goal, and saw players such as Torres, Villa, David Silva and Ramos lying on the grass crying in pain, a scene Everyone was filled with sadness.

They all came from Atletico Madrid, and they all have deep feelings for the Shelter 19 team. Before, they were still hesitating whether they could make a move if they met Atletico Madrid in the final. Unexpectedly, Chelsea took the initiative to go to Inter Milan. This illness made them feel very uncomfortable.

"You guessed it right." Guardiola turned his head and looked at Gao Han with admiration in his eyes, but he was not happy.

"Anelka is indeed his surprise player. He didn't play in the first round, but after coming on as a substitute in this round, his performance was too eye-catching. He could cause a counterattack almost every time he got the ball. Mourinho may have planned it long ago. All this."

Although he guessed correctly, Gao Han was not happy at all.

Atletico Madrid is indeed stronger, but he feels uncomfortable being eliminated, and judging from the current situation, Chelsea is even more difficult to deal with than Atletico Madrid.

As for why Mourinho did not use Anelka at home, Gao Han has no way of knowing. Perhaps it was because he felt that if he came on as a substitute in the first round, he might not have a chance to sneak attack on Atletico Madrid, so he might as well leave it to the away game.

But there is no doubt that Mourinho's formation and on-the-spot command in these two rounds are classics.

I believe that even as an opponent, Heynckes would have to be convinced of his defeat.

"Judging from the performance of this game, the right wing is still the weakness of Chelsea's defense." Cantarero pointed out the problem.

Paulo Ferreira was brought to Chelsea by Gao Han himself. He knew this Portuguese player very well. He was quite law-abiding, hard-working and had high tactical execution ability, but he had always been mediocre, so Mourinho was not particularly satisfied with him. Only then would they want to bring in Ivanovic and Micah Richards.

But in the Champions League, Mourinho obviously did not dare to promote newcomers casually, so he still reused Paulo Ferreira.

"Atletico Madrid's attack direction in this game was in the right direction, but they failed to convert opportunities into goals. They were unable to attack for a long time and became disorganized. This gave Chelsea a chance to sneak attack. Therefore, I think we should target this next step." Let’s study it carefully.”

As the chief assistant coach next to Gao Han, Cantarero's analysis is clear and reasonable.

"Our left-side attack is not a big problem. I believe Cristiano Ronaldo will not let us down. Coupled with Evra, I believe our left-side attack power will not lose to Atletico Madrid."

Gao Han has very strong confidence in his team's abilities.

In terms of attacking from the left, Inter Milan will not lose to any team.

"As for the center, we have Ibrahimovic and Adriano, as well as the second-tier offense formed by Yaya Toure's back-breaking. No matter from which point of view, we are better than Madrid. Competition is more aggressive and sharper.”

What shocked the European football world most about Inter Milan was the team's outstanding attacking power.

The trident composed of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic and Adriano has outstanding offensive ability. Looking at the entire European football, no team can match Inter Milan.

So far, no team's defense can stop Inter Milan's attack.

"It's just..." Gao Han closed his eyes and sighed softly, "I'm a little worried, what kind of targeted defensive tactics will Mourinho use to freeze us?"

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

Guessing the opponent's targeted tactics is also one of the head coach's preparations before the game.

The different characteristics of the players lead to different offensive characteristics of Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan. The offensive areas that the two teams are good at are also different, so Mourinho's targeted tactics will definitely be different.

Gao Han and his assistants had no way of knowing exactly what arrangements he would make.

It can only be said that the soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it with soil.

With Inter Milan's current strength, there is no need to guess too much about the opponent. Instead, they should think about how to perform to their own level. As long as they can perform normally, no team can stop Inter Milan.

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May 2, 2007, evening, Milan Meazza Stadium.

When the final whistle sounded, the entire Meazza stadium completely erupted.

More than 60,000 fans stood up from their seats and loudly praised the outstanding performance of the players in the stadium.

2-0, Inter Milan narrowly defeated Liverpool.

Interestingly, just like the first round, it was Ibrahimovic and Adriano who scored.

Although Liverpool's right back Arbeloa was absent in this game, Finnan still did not give Cristiano Ronaldo too many opportunities to perform in the starting lineup. The Portuguese was once again frozen on the left and was replaced by Gao Han early.

But this did not dampen the excitement of Inter Milan fans.

Two to zero, with a total score of four to one, Inter Milan successfully advanced to the final.

This is also the fifth time in the history of the Champions League that the Nerazzurri have reached the final. The previous four times were in the 1963-64 season and the 1964-65 season. Inter Milan defeated Real Madrid 3-1 and 1-0 respectively. Madrid and Benfica won the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.

Among them, the second time was at the Meazza Stadium in Milan, winning the cup at home.

After that, Inter Milan entered the Champions League finals twice in the 1966-67 season and the 1971-72 season respectively, but lost to Celtic 1-2 and to Ajak 0-2 respectively. Si, missed the championship twice.

After an absence of more than 30 years, Inter Milan once again reached the Champions League final, and this time it advanced as the top favorite. This undoubtedly made the fans at the Meazza Stadium full of expectations for the team to win the cup.

Even in the stands, some fans couldn't wait to shout slogans to win back the third St. Petersburg Cup.

Standing in front of the home team's coaching bench at the Meazza Stadium, Gao Han heard the fans shouting for him. This made him feel very proud, and also made him secretly swear in his heart that he would lead the team from Greece no matter what. Return to the championship trophy.

But it won't be easy.

In the past few years, with strong financial support, Premier League teams have continuously introduced high-level players, and the overall level has been greatly improved. Mourinho's Chelsea is one of the best.

Especially during the winter break, more than 70 million euros were spent on powerful stars such as Anelka and Andrade.

Although Quaresma's performance was not satisfactory, the performances of Anelka and Andrade are still worthy of recognition. These two players also helped Chelsea greatly in the European war.

Among them, Anelka used a sudden shot in the key semi-final match to cause Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Petr Cech to take the shot, which allowed Drogba to miss and succeed.

Gao Han himself did not expect that the first showdown between him and Mourinho would be in the Champions League final.

When he said in front of the media that he would wait for Mourinho in the Champions League final, it was originally just a joke, but he didn't expect it to become a reality.

Gao Han felt funny when he thought of this. What a twist of fate.

However, Gao Han is not Heynckes, Inter Milan is not Atletico Madrid, and he will not give Mourinho any chance.

"How's it going? Is there anything you want me to convey to you?" Benitez walked up to Gao Han at some point. He seemed to be in a good mood and was not affected by the loss.

Perhaps it should be said that this defeat was already expected by him.

Liverpool will face Chelsea at Anfield this weekend, so Benitez is happy to be the messenger.

Gao Han knew that the fat Spanish man just wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, but he didn't mind satisfying his interest.

"Then tell Mourinho for me, tell him to wash his neck and wait to be slaughtered!"