Three Hundred and Twenty First Civil War Insider, Foreign War Outsider

After the twenty-second round, the ranking of the top four in Serie A basically remained unchanged.

Still Inter Milan, Naples, Roma and Juventus.

But as Sacchi said in the post-match column, Naples was in a better state in the game against Sampdoria, which proves that Naples has gotten out of the woods.

"I am looking forward to the next Serie A championship battle more and more!" Sacchi said in the column.

The same is true of the Italian media.

The performance of Naples is obvious to all. At least this round has indeed played a very high level, and the state has improved significantly.

At the press conference after the game, Gao Shen also publicly stated that the team is returning to its best condition.

"I would like to say that the Serie A title race has just begun!"

Gao Shen did not deny that seven points is not an insurmountable gap.

"I believe, not only me, but all of you, no one will believe that Inter Milan can continue to win like this, they will lose, and at the San Paolo Stadium."

Gao Shen said that as long as Naples wins Inter Milan at home, the gap of four points, sixteen rounds, the suspense is still great.

The Italian media also basically agree with this statement, but what they really doubt is whether Naples has the ability to beat Inter Milan?

Gazzetta dello Sport questioned Gao Shen's post-match remarks. He believed that since Gao Shen coached Naples for two seasons, they have never been able to beat Inter Milan. In three duels, the results were two draws and one loss.

"His idea is beautiful, as long as they beat Inter Milan at home, the points gap can be reduced to four points, but the problem is that if Naples loses to Inter Milan at home, the gap will be ten."

The implication is that once this game is lost, Naples will no longer have the hope of hitting the championship. .

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A week later, the twenty-third round of Serie A.

Since the first leg of the Champions League away game against Liverpool will usher in the middle of the week, Inter Milan's game against Livorno is scheduled for the first game.

The Nerazzurri took three points in a 2-0 home victory over Livorno thanks to two goals from Suazo in five minutes.

AC Milan is distracted by the Champions League,

In the away game, they drew 0-0 with Parma.

Ancelotti's side have halted their latest winning streak.

Juventus was at home, relying on Del Piero's goal in stoppage time in the first half to beat Roma 1-0.

Naples defeated Empoli 3-1 at home with goals from Di Maria, Hamsik and Cavani.

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After this round of the game, everyone unexpectedly discovered that what Gao Shen said before was true.

Both Naples and Juventus are focused on Serie A, which allows them to concentrate all their resources in February and March and devote them to Serie A games without being distracted like Inter Milan, Roma and AC Milan. European War.

After this game, Inter Milan continued to lead with a seven-point advantage, followed by Naples, but Juventus and Roma were as many as five points behind Naples.

The Italian media began to feel very tangled.

If they conclude that Naples cannot catch up with Inter Milan, how can Juventus and Roma catch up with Naples?

The point is, from the twenty-fifth round to the twenty-eighth round, it will become the key to the Serie A championship this season.

In the twenty-fifth round, Juventus ushered in the Turin City Derby, and Inter Milan played against Roma at home.

In the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth rounds, Naples played against Inter Milan, Roma and Juventus respectively.

Among them, the first two are home games.

This period of the schedule will undoubtedly determine the ownership of the Serie A champion this season.

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On the evening of February 19th, Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England.

The UEFA Champions League knockout round, Liverpool's home game against Inter Milan is about to begin.

Gao Shen took Lucas and Buenaventura to appear in the stands of Anfield Stadium.

All three of them were disguised, but they had the best position in the field, with the widest field of vision. Lucas even brought his own camera equipment.

Liverpool's starting lineup is still four-two-three-one.

Goalkeeper: Reina.

Backline: Aurelio, Hyypia, Carragher and Finnan.

Midfielder: Mascherano and Lucas are the double defensive midfielders, and Babel, Gerrard and Dirk are in front.

Center forward: Torres.

This is Liverpool's signature formation.

Before the game, there had been rumors that after Benitez finished coaching this season, he was likely to dismiss get out of class, because the Red Army has been in a sluggish state recently, and it was a humiliating one-to-two home game in the FA Cup three days ago. Lost to Barnsley in the Championship.

After the Italian media heard the news, they almost sang praises to Barnsley, thinking that this is paving the way for Inter Milan, especially because Liverpool is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and the situation is already in jeopardy.

Almost the whole of Italy's opinion on this game is, win!

Even the underdogs in the English Championship can beat Liverpool in an away game, how could Inter Milan not do it?

Before the game, Mancini even threatened to kill Liverpool in the away game when he was interviewed by [National].

"Under my hard work, Inter Milan will transform from a cursed team into a winner!"

At Anfield, Mancini also put out his strongest lineup.

Goalkeeper: Cesar.

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Defense: Maxwell, Materazzi, Cordoba and Maicon.

Midfield: Chivu, Cambiasso and Zanetti, with Stankovic in front.

Forwards: Kroos and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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After Gao Shen saw Inter Milan's starting lineup, he felt somewhat awkward.

But it was the opening that really surprised him.

Liverpool, who played at home, insisted on their usual style of play and launched a fierce attack at the beginning.

Benitez's 4231 high position presses and presses, this style of play is very familiar to Liverpool.

When the Red Army pressed out to play at the beginning of the game, Inter Milan retreated a little timidly.

More than two minutes into the game, Liverpool used a corner kick to create chaos in Inter Milan's penalty area. Carragher's right-footed shot hit Cordoba's hand, and the two sides had a penalty kick.

After that, there was an obvious phenomenon that the Inter Milan players were a little timid and worried about gains and losses.

This mentality was reflected in the defense in the fourth minute, Qi Wu tripped Gerrard and was given a yellow card.

With the help of the offensive, Liverpool repeatedly got opportunities for set kicks in the frontcourt, either corner kicks or free kicks.

Fortunately, Cesar played steadily.

In the twelfth minute, Materazzi fouled Torres, which was nothing, but he vented his dissatisfaction towards the referee and was directly warned by a yellow card.

Well, in 12 minutes, one defensive midfielder and one central defender all got yellow cards.

Gao Shen watched from the stands and shook his head.

Many people were confused by Materazzi's performance in the World Cup. In fact, he is really a big player.

Just like the situation just now, there is absolutely no need to talk so much nonsense.

"It started like this, this game is not good!" Gao Shen shook his head and smiled wryly.

Anyway, Inter Milan is also a Serie A team.

The great leader once put forward a concept in his anthology: be cautious in the first battle.

"The first battle is very important. It has a great impact on the overall situation, and even affects the last battle."

Therefore, on the football field, getting a good start is undoubtedly a crucial part.

Either seek stability and stand undefeated, or seize the initiative and seize the enemy's opportunity.

Mancini's start was really bad and messy.

"He probably didn't unify the thinking of the players before the game, and maybe he didn't even tell the players a unified thinking, which caused them to be a little messy now and wanted to win, but they didn't perform well in the past and the players couldn't let go." Lucas also felt very upset. funny.

Such an important game, but it is arranged like this, Mancini's coaching ability really exposed the ceiling.

Experts in civil wars, amateurs in foreign wars.

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In the next half an hour, Inter Milan was directly beaten by Liverpool.

This was definitely something Gao Shen hadn't thought of before the match.

In any case, he never imagined that the incomparably powerful Inter Milan team, which has maintained an unbeaten 23 rounds in Serie A, was crushed by Liverpool and had no strength to fight back even though it was an away game.

This is absolutely not normal.

"Judging from the current performance, there is no problem with Inter Milan's physical fitness, but I can't understand how they played like this?" Buenaventura also felt very puzzled.

This is unreasonable!

If you really want to talk about the cards, will Inter Milan's lineup lose to Liverpool?

But on the court, the Nerazzurri were extremely embarrassed, and it could even be said to be one-sided.

"The midfielder couldn't get the ball out at all, so he was forced to use more long passes, but the long pass went to the front, Ibrahimovic and Cruz couldn't hold the ball, and Benitez restrained Inter Milan's midfielder. This set of ideas on the field is quite interesting." Gao Shen saw some clues.

Of course, judging from the course of the game, Liverpool didn't actually make many threats.

Occupying the advantage on the scene, but more of using some set-pieces to create threats, there are very few truly threatening positional attacks, and Gerrard is considered the most active.

This also proves that Liverpool's condition is not good, but Inter Milan is playing worse.

Gao Shen is really speechless.

"Why is Inter Milan in the Champions League completely different from Inter Milan in Serie A?"

Both Lucas and Buenaventura looked at each other and smiled wryly.

There is certainly a problem of team confidence, but there are also tactical problems.

In the 30th minute, after Torres received the ball in the right rib, he turned around and accelerated to start, throwing Materazzi away.

The Inter Milan central defender pulled Torres' collar from behind, dragging the Spaniard to the ground, and the referee signaled a foul.

In fact, there is no need to win a card, but Materazzi complained again.

The referee didn't know whether he was biased towards the home team, or if he forgot that he had received a yellow card before, and gave another yellow card directly.

Well, two yellows turned into one red, and he was sent off directly.

Gao Shen was really depressed in the stands.

How much he hopes that what he encounters at the San Paolo Stadium is the Inter Milan team tonight.

In that case, he must have caused Mancini's team to suffer a humiliating defeat!