On October 26, 2005, Meazza Stadium, Milan.

The Serie A has had a battle between the north and the south since ancient times. Rome and Lazio are the south, against the north, with Milan's two heroes and Juventus. The showdown between the two major forces is often full of Mars.

Roma's match against Inter Milan in the ninth round was no exception.

Before the game started, the fans of the two teams almost started the battle first, which made the explosion-proof police in the stands feel worried for a while.

After the game started, the situation was not worry-free at all.

Although it was a away game, Roma's performance was like their nickname, full of wolfishness, and the whistles of fouls came one after another, and Inter Milan's offense was curbed in Rome's almost unrestled defense.

In the first thirty minutes, the two teams contributed twenty-three fouls, including Inter Milan eight times and Roma fifteen times. The Red Wolf also received two yellow cards from the referee, which shows the intense game.

Although the price is painful, the effect is good. Inter Milan seems very passive in the scene and cannot create an effective threat.

On the contrary, Roma had a very threatening attack, which was Toti's cross, but Montera, who was supporting, failed to play the main part under the interference of Cannavaro, and finally lost the chance to follow the goal.

This made Spaletti, who was sitting in the visiting team's coach's seat, feel very good. He should be very satisfied with the situation in the first half.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be zero to zero.

Gao Han was always on the sidelines, expressionless and unresponsive, looking a little helpless.

"Serie A is indeed no weak team, and he specializes in tactical masters." Gao Han sighed softly and praised.

Spaletti's arrangement of troops in this game is very particular, very detailed, and highly targeted. It is obviously learned from the lessons learned from Inter Milan's last match against Juventus.

Roma's situation last season was very bad, and he replaced four coaches in a row. After Spaletti took over this summer, the team sold Mancini and Casano one after another, which greatly affected his strength.

In this game, Spaletti lined up a four-four-one formation. The goalkeeper was Brazilian player Doni, and the defense was Kufre, Mex, Kufur and Panucci.

A very obvious change is to replace the Romanian central defender Ziwu with young player Mex.

Gao Han could understand the purpose of it, because Kufuer and Ziwu are both short central defenders, and they can be said to be at an absolute disadvantage in front of Inter Milan's Trident, so the effect of using Mex is pretty good.

In the midfield, Tadei on the left, Dakot and De Rossi on the middle, and Perotta moved to the right.

Since Emerson's transfer, Roma's middle lane has become a problem. De Rossi has gradually taken the lead and performed well, but the combination of him and Dacott is still hard to reassure. Compared with Emerson's period, it is somewhat inferior.

Totti serves as the front midfielder, and Montera acts as the arrowhead.

After defeating Juventus in the last game, Inter Milan did not make substitution adjustments in this game.

This is not surprising, after all, all head coaches hope to continue the team's form by maintaining the stability of the lineup.

But unexpectedly, Inter Milan seemed to have devoted all its form in the last game against Juventus, and played in the whole first half. Although you can still see skillful pass control, the degree of comparison with Juventus in the previous round has dropped significantly.

The on-site commentators and commentators felt that this may be related to the players' physical energy consumption.

But only Gao Han and Inter Milan knew it.

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After hearing Gao Han's appreciation for Spalletti, Guardiola and Cantalero both agreed.

The most difficult thing to deal with in Serie A is this group of head coaches with extremely high tactical qualities. They can often find weaknesses for you without seemingly loopholes.

Especially for those who are targeting public criticism like Gao Han and Inter Milan.

"However, Rome's strength is indeed not good." Guardiola shook his head.

Compared with Rome during Capello's era, the strength of the Red Wolf has indeed declined a lot.

Not only Emerson, Samuel, Mancini, and others, but even Casano left the team, which made it difficult for Roma to compete with the three northern teams. Not to mention winning the championship, it is probably a problem whether it can maintain the top four in the league.

Teams such as Fiorentina, Parma, and Lazio are not weak, and they have the strength to compete in the top four in the league.

Of course, with Roma's strength, it will definitely be more than one place in the league. As long as Spaletti adjusts the team, I believe the ranking will be improved soon.

"It is hard to cook without rice, and it is not easy for Spaletti to cook." Gao Han sighed.

But in this game, he had to defeat Spaletti.

Because he doesn't like losing, especially at his home court.

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The first half ended at zero to zero.

Roma looked very satisfied with the result and walked back to the locker room happily.

Inter Milan's players looked relatively calm and did not react much. Instead, the fans in the stands were still cheering for the players, hoping that the team would continue to work hard in the second half.

After Gao Han sent the players back to the player's passage one by one, Sergio Garcia behind him walked up.

"This is the game statistics of the two teams in the first half..."

"This is Rome's running distance, and our physical energy consumption assessment..."

"And this..."

Gao Han looked at the analysis and data in Sergio Garcia's laptop very seriously. After reading it back and forth several times, he engraved everything into his mind and returned the computer to his assistant.

"Thank you, Sergio." After saying that, Gao Han also entered the player channel.

When he first entered the passage, he could also hear the laughter of the Roman players at the end of the passage. It seemed that they were very excited about the result of the draw with Inter Milan in the first half, which made Gao Han smile bitterly and shake his head.

As soon as he entered the locker room, he walked straight to the player.

"I just heard the opponent discussing it. It seems that your performance disappointed them." Gao Han smiled slightly.

Inter Milan players are all a little embarrassed.

"However, I'm quite satisfied with your performance in the first half." Gao Han smiled again.

The players were relieved at this time, and they were worried that they would be criticized by the head coach.

"I said, it's a cat and mouse game. We just played Juventus, but Roma wasn't much better. They just played Lazio, we were the Italian derby, they were the Roman city derby, and they were even worse than us because they also went to Norway to play a League Cup last Thursday."

Roma's situation is indeed very miserable, and Spaletti and the players are under considerable pressure.

Because Roma's results this season are two wins, three draws and three losses, but the results in the last four rounds are two draws and two losses, and they are not winning in four rounds.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Rome.

Therefore, the rumors that Spaletti was dismissed before the game were reported, and it must have been groundless.

Faced with the fierce Rome, Gao Han formulated a strategy for the team from the beginning to consume its energy first, so Inter Milan played more patiently in the first half and slowed down, using passes and controls to consume opponents, and patiently searching and creating opportunities.

Roma's pressure and pressing in the first half was indeed very fierce, which curbed Inter Milan's offense.

But in the second half, Inter Milan is going to work hard!

"Cristiano, if I remember correctly, you should be twenty years old this year, right?" Gao Han pointed at Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Yes, boss."

Gao Han nodded and smiled, "Then you have to be more angry. Don't let a thirty-two-year-old man entangle you."

After hearing this, everyone in the locker room couldn't help but smile.

Isn’t Roma’s right-back Panucci the 32-year-old veteran?

"And you, Zlatan, a Kufour who is a head shorter than you, plus a young centre-back player Mex, can this block you?"

As soon as Gao Han finished speaking, Ibrahimovic replied angrily, "They are dreaming!"

"That's good." Gao Han said accusing Ibrahimovic of admiration.

"And you, Adriano, just like when you broke Pesotto in the last game, knocking Cufrey away. He was thinner than Pesotto, do you understand?"

Adriano nodded immediately.

The Brazilian felt the team's competitive pressure deeply, and Recoba will come back soon. If he cannot establish his main position as soon as possible, he may have to sit back on the bench.

"Luis, Juan, the opponent's midfield defense ability is not strong. At the beginning of the second half, we will attack. Do you know what to do?"

The two experienced veterans nodded, and they knew it.

"Very good. At the beginning of the second half, we launched a large counterattack and directly destroyed our opponents with blitz!"

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"Trust me, guys!"

In the visiting team's locker room, Spaletti is also mobilizing the midfield.

Because he felt that after the first half, the players' mentality seemed a little slackened.

"The first half was not really Inter Milan. I have a feeling that they didn't give their all, maybe they wanted to keep the start of the second half, maybe they wanted to keep it until the final stage of the game. I don't know, but I can guarantee that they will do their best to win in the second half."

Spaletti glanced at the players in front of him with a very serious look, hoping to calm them down.

"This is Meacha Stadium, our opponent is Inter Milan, who won eight consecutive games this season and just beat Inter Milan in Juventus 3-0 at the Alp Stadium. They are the most terrifying team in the Serie A this season."

The Roman players who were originally talking and laughing couldn't help but become cautious after hearing Spaletti's words.

Yes, Inter Milan is definitely not that simple.

"Believe me, guys, let's forget the first half together, because that's meaningless, we have to focus all our energy on the second half, each of us must do our best, keep our attention 100% focused, from the first second of the second half to the end of the game, there is no slight slack of slack."

Spaletti's words made the entire locker room silent, and everyone became like a big enemy.

"We have watched the video of Inter Milan and Juventus before, and you all clearly see how they beat the unstoppable Zebra Legion to pieces. You should also know that if we don't want to repeat Juventus' mistakes, there is only one way."

"Work together and fight side by side!"

Spaletti's words rekindled the flames of fighting spirit for everyone in the locker room.

They all knew very well that Rome had no choice but to retreat.

If you retreat again, you will really fall into the downgrade zone.

"Come on, guys, we only allow us to win this battle, not lose!"
Chapter completed!