Chapter 472: Preparing for the Milan Derby

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

From fans to players, from coaches to staff, everyone's attention and energy are devoted to next week's Milan derby.

AC Milan, formerly known as Milan Football and Cricket Club (Milan Football and Cricket Club), was founded in 1899 by English expatriates Herbert Gilpin and Alfred Edwards.

The team rose to prominence in its inception, becoming one of the best teams in Italy and quickly achieving success. However, in 1908, when the club was founded for nearly a decade, a split appeared within the team. Due to disagreements over the introduction of foreign players, a group of splinters broke away from the club and created Inter Milan. The Milan Derby was born, and its fierce battle continued. To this day, the establishment of Inter Milan still adheres to the concept of introducing foreign players, while AC Milan continues to retain the policy of cultivating local players.

After parting ways, both teams began to consolidate and perpetuate their very different identities. Inter Milan quickly became a club for the middle class and the wealthy business class, while AC Milan's supporters were more of the working class. In urban derbies around the world, we often see one club representing the social elite and the other carrying the shouts of the working class. This split embodies a much-discussed social issue—class differences and their impact on society. The Milan Derby is no exception. The inherent gap between the fans of 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 played a total of 100 years. After 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 confrontations before. AC Milan was at a disadvantage with 47 wins, 49 draws and 54 losses, scoring 199 goals and conceding 209 goals. .

Last season, Inter Milan and AC Milan were tied in the league. AC Milan beat Inter Milan 1:0 at home, and Inter Milan beat AC Milan 2:1 at home. 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 warm-up match this summer, Inter Milan and AC Milan played against each other twice. Inter Milan won one and drew one, but the warm-up match is completely different from the official match. No one can say that they can easily beat 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 the reporters of the Inter Milan Channel were not allowed to enter the training ground to visit.

Mourinho's pretentious performance made Inter Milan's fans very dissatisfied. They believed that the current AC Milan lost the head coach Ancelotti and the core Kaka, and did not supplement the same strength as Inter Milan. The strength of the stars can be said to have declined. For such AC Milan, Mourinho can't show the confidence to win. How can he grab the Champions League trophy from the English and Spanish giants.

Mourinho is dismissive of what the fans and reporters say. Through the two derby battles last season, he has a clear understanding of the Milan derby. Definitely not entirely determined by strength.

In terms of strength alone, since Calciopoli, the strength of Inter Milan has far surpassed that of AC Milan, and it has indeed won four consecutive league championships. However, in the Milan derby, Inter Milan did not have the upper hand at all.

This season, AC Milan left the meritorious coach Ancelotti and the world footballer Kaka. There is no doubt that the strength has declined. In name, Inter Milan left Ibrahimovic and came Eto'o and Milito. The reputation is a little bit worse, but these two people are indeed the top of Ibrahimovic.

In the midfield, Inter Milan finally has the midfielder Gao Xiaodong that Mourinho wanted. Another surprise is that Lucio was brought in from Bayern for 8 million. Inter Milan's strength on paper is stronger than last season. of.

One ebbs and another, in the hearts of pseudo-fans, Inter Milan should be much stronger than AC Milan.

However, Mourinho knows better that strength on paper is not the same thing as real combat power, just like the first round of Serie A that just passed. He is worth more than the entire Bari team, but anyone who has watched the game knows that it would not be easy for Inter Milan to win against the newly promoted Bari team if Gao Xiaodong hadn't scored first.

What Inter Milan lacks is running-in. Whether it is players and players, or players and coaches, they haven't run in well.

When Mourinho was in Chelsea and Porto, he was absolutely forbidden. No one dared to disobey the tactical record. There would never be a situation where Milito and Eto’o grabbed a penalty kick in the last game, let alone because I can't understand my teammates and don't pass the ball to my teammates.

These things all show that Mourinho's control over the team is not enough. It seems that these are details, but in a world-renowned competition like the Milan Derby, 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 and reiterated the team's right to take 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 on the court, or when he doesn't want to take the penalty, Eto'o, you can take the penalty. Then Gao Xiaodong, if The three of you are not present, let the captain decide who will be punished."

As soon as Mourinho finished speaking, Gao Xiaodong whispered to Balotelli, "This is inappropriate. If Milito misses penalty kicks in a row, what should I do? I missed three penalty kicks in one game, well, I can’t say that, I said it, the coach thought I was trying to grab a penalty kick.”

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

Hearing that Gao Xiaodong didn't dare to speak, Balotelli immediately stood up and said Gao Xiaodong's words in public.

Milito was very unhappy when he heard that: "I'm not stupid. I will continue to make consecutive missed free throws."

Everyone knows that Milito is not stupid, but everyone has selfishness. It is hard to say whether he will continue to punish after missing penalties. It has nothing to do with being stupid or not.

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

Where did Balotelli think about what to do? He just felt that what Gao Xiaodong said made sense, so he stood up and said it. When Mourinho asked this, he thought for a while and said, "Whoever can get a penalty will be punished. Those who cannot be fined will stand aside."

Hearing what Balotelli said, it seemed that Balotelli wanted to fight for the penalty kick. Zanetti took the lead in speaking in support of his compatriot Milito, saying: "Mario, do you want the whole team to take turns to try to take the penalty? ? It's just nonsense."

The team deputy Materazzi used to have the right to the ball, but now he has become a substitute and the right to the penalty kick has been cancelled. He laughed and said: "What Mario said is not unreasonable. Whoever takes a penalty kick will continue to take the penalty. , Substitution if the penalty does not go in."

What Materazzi said made Mourinho's eyes light up, and he thought, this is a good idea. He waved to Balotelli, asked him to sit down, and said: "Mario is right, but it's not true. The whole team can’t go up to take penalty kicks. That’s it. Let me revise the right to take penalty kicks just 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 scored, continue to punish until the penalty is missed."

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

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