Chapter 479 The Dilemma of AC Milan
On November 19, the Serie A League, which was suspended for two weeks due to the national team competition, rekindled the war.
Inter Milan is in the Meazza Stadium and welcomes Parma.
This traditional Serie A powerhouse is no longer the seven sisters at its peak. After thrillingly saving Serie A qualification last season, its performance this season is still weak. It is currently ranked 16th in Serie A and is only one step away from the relegation zone.
But even so, Gao Han still dared not be careless.
Many international players, including Adriano, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic, played two games in the national team games, so Gao Han arranged for them to rest this time, with Cruz, Solari and Recoba forming a trident, but the midfielder was the main force.
As a result, at Meazza Stadium, the main midfielder Figo stood up when the two teams scored zero to zero in the first half. In the 68th minute, relying on their outstanding personal abilities, he took the lead in breaking the goal of Parma, opening a record for Inter Milan, and winning a key goal.
Afterwards, Inter Milan took advantage of the victory and Recoba quickly received a return pass from Cruise and scored a very strange arc goal.
In the end, the Nerazzurri defeated Parma 2-0 at home and continued to lead the Serie A standings.
But in another game played at the same time, Inter Milan's city rival AC Milan was not so lucky.
In a away game, AC Milan sent all its main players to play, aiming to make three-pointers, but in just ten minutes of the start, high center forward Luca Toni scored a record for Fiorentina.
Afterwards, AC Milan attacked, and Fiorentina lost steadily. In the 25th minute, Girardino scored a header in front of the goal, equalizing the score for AC Milan.
Both sides ended the first half with a one-to-one score, but the second half just started 33 seconds, Nesta and Martini made a mistake at the same time. Fiorentina seized the opportunity, scored a goal, and scored the score again.
After falling behind again, AC Milan attacked wildly. First, Shevchenko hit the ball on the arm of the defensive player during a shot. The referee did not award the handball, which made AC Milan very dissatisfied.
In the 84th minute, Rui Costa made a cross from the right, and Girardino headed the ball, but the referee signaled him to push down the opponent's defensive player before jumping, and the goal was declared invalid, which once again aroused anetbsp; just three minutes later, Fiorentina took a corner kick, and Luca Toni headed the ball again, expanding the score to three-to-one.
At this point, AC Milan suffered a crushing defeat away.
What really caused controversy in this game was after the game, players from Ancelotti to Martini to Rui Costa and Giladino, who criticized the referee for their poor law enforcement in this game, and believed that they had been misjudged twice.
"The goal that was blown away completely changed the game." Ancelotti spoke out bluntly at the post-match press conference.
From equalizing the score to falling behind by two goals, AC Milan did experience a roller coaster-like tragic situation in just three minutes. However, after the game, when Sky TV replayed the game process, everyone could clearly see that Girardino did hold down the defender who was defending him on the front line and then jumped.
Milan Sports also expressed in the comments that AC Milan's defense is untenable, and the referee's penalty is still very accurate. Instead of worrying about this penalty, it is better to reflect on the team's performance throughout the game.
Perhaps it was affected by the national team competition, coupled with the continuous two-line battles over the past period of time, AC Milan felt physically and mentally exhausted. Many players were obviously not in shape and lacked concentration in defense.
For example, in the second goal, the steady Nesta and Maldini made a mistake at the same time, and both of them were distracted. Although it was only 33 seconds before the opening, this was also very telling.
"In fact, the goal was blown away, and many teams have encountered it. For example, after Inter Milan was blown up against Lazio, there were two more penalty decisions that were not conducive to the Nerazzurri. However, Inter Milan finally withstood the pressure, scored a winning goal, and took away three points from the away game."
"But looking at the whole game, it is difficult for us to see Inter Milan's fighting spirit and belief in winning from AC Milan. Perhaps this is the biggest gap between the two teams in the same city."
"As the league deepens, we gradually realize that Inter Milan has the best start and is ahead of the crowd. Juventus follows closely behind without any steps, but AC Milan has begun to fall behind. Isn't this a bit too early for the Ross and Blacks?"
In the absence of AC Milan, Juventus defeated Roma four-1 away. Capello defeated his old club with a refreshing victory and firmly occupied the second place in the Serie A standings.
This undoubtedly further deepened anetbsp;………
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The most happy thing about AC Milan's defeat and Juventus' big victory is the Italian media.
But Gao Han was not interested in this.
After playing in the 12th round of Serie A, he went to Sweden in the middle of the week to challenge Halmsdas away.
Although Sweden was in icy and snow at the end of November, the strength gap between the two teams was too huge. Inter Milan almost had no effort to defeat Halmsdas five to zero. Ibrahimovic was in a state of frightening form in front of the fans of his motherland and staged a hat trick, winning applause.
After returning to Italy, Inter Milan ushered in the 13th round of Serie A, challenging Messina away.
Recoba, who performed well in the last round, continued to get opportunities in this game, but Adriano was pushed to the center position by Gao Han and replaced Ibrahimovic.
As a result, in just six minutes of the game, Recoba scored a record for Inter Milan, allowing the game to enter the rhythm of Inter Milan from the beginning. In the 59th and 71st minutes, Cambiaso and Adriano scored goals one after another, helping Inter Milan defeat Messina 3-0 away.
After playing Messina, Inter Milan ushered in the fourth round of the UEFA Cup group stage, facing Hertha Berlin at home.
This Bundesliga team, which scored only one goal in the first four rounds of the group and conceded zero goals, failed to last ten minutes at the Meazza Stadium. Inter Milan also scored a goal with the start of the game, and in the tenth and fourteenth minutes, Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo scored one goal, defeating Hertha Berlin 2-0.
After winning all three games, Inter Milan has basically confirmed that they have qualified in the group.
In the 14th round of Serie A, Inter Milan continued to rotate, heading at the Meazza Stadium, and welcomed Ascoli.
This team ranked 14th in the Serie A standings was mainly defending the whole game, but under Inter Milan's tide offensive, it finally failed to last half an hour.
In the 24th minute, Adriano took the lead in breaking Ascoli's goal.
Five minutes later, Perron won another goal, helping Inter Milan further expand the score.
In the second half, Inter Milan still firmly grasped the situation. In the 73rd and 81st minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic scored consecutive goals, and finally defeated Ascoli four to zero, winning another big victory.
The day after Inter Milan defeated Ascoli, Juventus challenged Fiorentina away.
This time, the two sides were hard to tell. First, Trezeguet scored the first goal in the eighth minute, but in the 39th minute, Fiorentina equalized the score with Pacini's goal.
The two teams played very fiercely afterwards. Juventus frequently attacked strongly, but Fiorentina defended very tenaciously. The two sides remained stalemate until the 88th minute. At the critical moment, Trezeguet headed the ball, and Camoraneci pushed the ball with his right foot, helping Juventus score a gold goal and scored a valuable three-pointer.
It can be said that at the end of this game, Juventus' tenacious fighting spirit and iron-blooded spirit saved the Zebras, and the 2-1 score also gave Juventus the best reward.
But in another game, AC Milan was unexpectedly scored two goals in a row by Chivo when he scored the first goal in the beginning, and lost to Chivo one-two away, winning the third draw of the season.
At this point, Serie A has held fourteen rounds and the situation has become very clear.
Inter Milan has won 14 consecutive games and led the Serie A standings; Juventus has 12 wins, one draw and one loss, five points behind Inter Milan, followed closely behind; AC Milan gradually widened the gap with the two leading opponents, nine wins, two draws and three losses, and only 29 points, falling by as many as 13 points behind Inter Milan and eight points behind Juventus.
This also made many fans dissatisfied with AC Milan, believing that the Ross and Blacks had already lost the league championship early before the first round ended. Not to mention catching up with Inter Milan, it would be difficult for even catching up with Juventus.
But what worries the fans of the Ross and Blacks even more is that in seven days, they will usher in the first Milan derby of the season.
On one hand, there is Inter Milan with a strong morale and on the other hand, there is AC Milan in a sluggish state. Before the derby started, everyone sang tragic songs to AC Milan.
Even head coach Ancelotti said in an interview with the media, "Our problem is not the defense, but the mental state of the whole team. In the game against Chievo, we had the advantage. We should have done better and got more, but in the end we did not play as we should."
"This is a game that lost due to a bad swing, but we can't think about it anymore, because time won't stop for us. We will play Schalke on Tuesday and Milan derby on the weekend. We must show stronger determination and win**."
However, Ancelotti's pre-match mobilization did not seem to play much. In the key decisive battle against Schalke Zero 4 at home, the Ross and Blacks did not play well.
It was not until the 42nd minute of the first half that AC Milan took the lead with Pirlo's goal, but only two minutes later, Schalke Zero Four successfully equalized the score.
At the critical moment in the second half, Kaka scored two goals in the 52nd and 60th minutes respectively, helping AC Milan score again, but in the 66th minute, Schalke Zero Four recovered another goal.
After that, the Bundesliga powerhouse showed tenacious fighting spirit and chased AC Milan all the way. In the last thirty minutes, the visiting team even formed a one-sided situation where the home team was under the attack, and AC Milan was forced into a very embarrassing situation.
But in the end, the Red and Black Legion successfully defended the three-to-two result and achieved a key victory.
With this victory, Ancelotti's team led Eindhoven with one point advantage and advanced as the first in the group, Schalke zero-four was two points behind Eindhoven and was unfortunately eliminated.
Chapter completed!