Restricted Superstar

Chapter 472: Preparing for the Milan Derby

After the Serie A debut, Inter Milan quickly entered Derby time.

From fans to players, from coaches to staff, everyone's attention and energy will be spent on the Milan Derby next week.

ac Milan was originally called the Milan Football and Cricket Club (minfootbalndcriketclub), founded in 1899 by English expats Herbert Gilpin and Alfred Edwards.

This team emerged from the very beginning, became one of the best teams in Italy, and quickly achieved success. However, nearly ten years after the club was founded in 1908, there was a split within the team. Due to disagreements on the introduction of foreign players, a group of insurgents left the club and set up another way to create the Inter Milan Club. The Milan Derby was born, and its raging war continued. To this day, the creation of Inter Milan is still adhering to the concept of introducing foreign players, while ac Milan continues to retain the policy of cultivating local players.

After parting ways, the two teams began to consolidate and continue their distinct identity characteristics. Inter Milan quickly became a club for the middle class and wealthy business class, while AC Milan’s supporters were more of the working class. In derby cities around the world, we can often see one club representing the social elite, and the other carrying the shouts of the working class. This split reflects a divergent social problem, class differences and their impact on society. The Milan Derby is no exception, and the inherent gap between the fans on both sides is also one of the reasons for the passion of the game.

The first confrontation between Inter Milan and AC Milan took place on January 10, 1909, when AC Milan defeated Inter Milan 3-2. From then to August 2009, the Milan duo fought together for 100 years. In 270 derby games, AC Milan had the upper hand with 105 wins, 72 draws, and 93 losses. In Serie A, the two sides had 150 previous encounters. AC Milan had 47 wins, 49 draws and 54 losses, and was at a disadvantage, scoring 199 goals and conceding 209 goals. .

Last season, Inter Milan and AC Milan were tied in the league. AC Milan defeated Inter Milan 1-0 at home, and Inter Milan defeated AC Milan 2:1 at home. Mourinho's Milan derby can only be said to pass, absolutely no. Excellent.

Obviously, in addition to winning the Champions League and keeping his handsome position, the Milan Derby is the game Mourinho most wants to win.

In the summer warm-up match this season, Inter Milan and AC Milan played twice, Inter Milan one win and one tie, but the warm-up match and the official match are completely different, no one dare to say that they can easily defeat their opponents in the weekend league.

In order to prepare for the Milan derby, Inter Milan once again conducted closed training, not only closed to fans, but also refused to open to reporters, even Inter Milan channel reporters are not allowed to visit the training ground.

Mourinho’s pretending performance made Inter Milan fans very dissatisfied. They believe that the current AC Milan has lost the head coach Ancelotti, has lost the core Kaka, and has not added the same strength as Inter Milan. The star, the strength can be said to be declining, for such AC Milan, Mourinho can not win the confidence, how to grab the Champions League trophy from the hands of the British giants.

Mourinho is dismissive of what fans and reporters say. Through the two derby games last season, he has a clear understanding of the Milan derby. This kind of derby, which has been more than a hundred years old, wins and loses. It is definitely not determined by strength.

In terms of strength alone, since the call, Inter Milan's strength has far surpassed AC Milan, and indeed won the league's four consecutive championships, but in the Milan Derby, Inter Milan did not have any advantage.

This season, AC Milan has taken the meritorious coach Carlo Ancelotti and the world football player Kaka. There is no doubt about the decline in strength. In nominal terms, Inter Milan has gone to Ibrahimovic and came to Eto'o and Milito, although The reputation is a bit worse, but the two of them are indeed the top Ibrahimovic.

In midfield, Inter Milan finally had the midfielder Gao Xiaodong that Mourinho wanted. Another surprise was that 8 million Luzio came from Bayern. Inter Milan’s paper strength is stronger than last season. of.

In the hearts of the pseudo-fans, Inter Milan should be much stronger than AC Milan.

However, Mourinho knows better that strength on paper and real combat effectiveness are completely different, just like the first round of Serie A just past. On paper, Gao Xiaodong, Eto'o, Maicon, etc. People are worth more than Barry's team, but everyone who has watched the game knows that if Gao Xiaodong is not the first to score, it is not easy for Inter Milan to win the newly promoted Bari team.

What Inter Milan lacks is the running-in, whether it is the players and the players, or the players and the coach, they have not run-in well.

When Mourinho was at Chelsea and Porto, he was absolutely prohibited. No one dares to abide by the tactical record. There will never be a penalty kick by Milito and Eto'o in the last game, let alone because Can't get used to teammates and not pass the ball to teammates.

These things show that Mourinho's control of the team is not enough, it seems that these are details, but in the Milan Derby such a world-renowned competition, these small details will determine the final outcome.

After the game against Barry, Mourinho gave the players a day off. When he returned to training, Mourinho immediately held a tactical meeting to reiterate the team's right to take the set kicks and penalty kicks.

"The first penalty shooter is Milito, the second is Eto'o, and the third is Gao Xiaodong. When Milito is no longer playing or don’t want to make a penalty, Eto’o can take the penalty, and then Gao Xiaodong, if If the three of you are not present, let the captain decide who will punish."

Just after Mourinho’s words were finished, Gao Xiaodong whispered to Balotelli, “It’s not appropriate. If Milito loses consecutive penalties, what should I do if I don’t want to let him? Palermo, Milito’s compatriot I missed three penalty kicks in a game, alas, this is hard for me to say, I said, the coach thought I wanted to take a penalty kick."

Gao Xiaodong was clearly fanning trouble with Balotelli. Materazzi, who was sitting next to Balotelli, heard very clearly, but pretended not to hear anything. As the boss of the local gang, Materazzi actually I hope that Balotelli will come out to smash the Argentine gang, and Balotelli has always been childish, and when he speaks it out, others will not really be angry with him.

Hearing Gao Xiaodong didn't dare to say it, Balotelli stood up immediately and said what Gao Xiaodong had said in public.

Milito listened very unhappy and said: "I am not stupid, and I will continue to punish for consecutive misses."

Milito is not stupid, everyone knows it, but everyone has selfish intentions. After the penalty is lost, he will continue to be punished. This is hard to say. It has nothing to do with being stupid or not.

Mourinho didn't know what Balotelli meant by interjecting, and frowned, "Mario, what do you say?"

Where did Balotelli think about what to do, he just felt that Gao Xiaodong’s words made sense, so he stood up and said, Mourinho asked, he thought about it, and said: "Who can get the penalty? Step aside if you can't get in."

Hearing what Balotelli said, it seemed that Balotelli wanted to fight for the penalty kick. Zanetti was the first to speak in support of his compatriot Milito, saying: "Mario, do you want the whole team to take turns to try to take a penalty? What a mess."

Team deputy Materazzi originally had a point of the ball, but now he has become a substitute and the penalty has been cancelled. He laughed: "Mario's words are not unreasonable. Whoever scores a penalty kick will continue to take the penalty. , If you don’t get in, you will change."

Materazzi’s remarks made Mourinho’s eyes bright, and he thought, this is a good idea. He waved to Balotelli, told him to sit down, and said: "Mario makes sense, but it is also a good idea. The whole team can’t make a penalty kick. Just like that, I’ll modify the penalty kick right now. The order is still Milito, Eto’o and Gao Xiaodong, but whoever misses a penalty kick will have to take the next penalty kick. Substitution, if the penalty can be made, the penalty will continue until the penalty is lost."

This arrangement is more reasonable. Whether you can guarantee your penalty kick depends on your ability, not the coach's arrangement. Milito, Eto'o and Gao Xiaodong have no objections, and this arrangement is finalized.

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