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Chapter 161 Italian International Derby

The winning streak is gratifying, but the long journey of a season is just the beginning. After returning to Milan after the game against Fiorentina, and returning to the Pinetina training base, the Inter Milan players will start to prepare nervously again.

Three days later, the Nerazzurri had to travel non-stop to Reggina for their second consecutive away game.

What's even more frightening is that three days after they had to play two Serie A away games in four consecutive days, they will go to Cyprus again to usher in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, an away game against Anorthosis.

Faced with such a schedule, Mourinho can't help but feel a little overwhelmed. What should we do? Can the players keep up physically?Will there be any problems with the physical condition?There is no way, I can only bite the bullet and fight.

Originally, Inter Milan was already full of injuries. Cambiasso, Jimenez, Muntari, Rivas, Figo and other players were all absent due to injuries. In addition, Adriano and Cruz, who questioned the coach's conflict with Mourinho due to lack of stable playing opportunities, were directly kicked out of the squad.

Mourinho would not say that he has fallen into a situation where no one is available, but the Nerazzurri coach is indeed stretched in terms of employment.

Fortunately, the opponent was Reggina, who was at the bottom of the league, and Mourinho once again resorted to a 4-2-4 tactic. The left and right wingers Mancini and Quaresma, the double center Ibrahimovic and Zhu Hantao, pressed the weak home team from the very beginning.

In the fifth and ninth minutes of the first half, Ibrahimovic assisted Zhu Hantao and Maicon to score respectively. In the 9rd minute, Quaresma made a cross from the outside instep and assisted Vieira to score from a long distance.

In the first half, Inter Milan took a three-to-zero lead.

Although the home team fought back after the start of the second half and pulled back two goals, in the No.90 minute of the game, Cordoba's header completely killed the game, [-] to [-], and Inter Milan won a victory in the away game without any risk.

In the last game against Regina, Zhu Hantao was replaced by Balotelli in No. 60 minutes, so the Champions League game to Cyprus was 4-2-4 again, with these four players in front.

The good news is that Materazzi can play and Cambiasso is back from injury.

The last time Inter Milan beat Anorthosis by one goal at their home court, this time the Cyprus team really played back and forth with the Nerazzurri at their home court.

At the beginning of the game, Zhu Hantao received a pass from Ibrahimovic and made a wonderful arc with his right foot to go down. Zhu Hantao's goal was also Inter Milan's 1992th Champions League goal since the restructuring in 100.

But then Inter Milan central defender Burdisso made a mistake in a return pass and was equalized by the opponent's empty goal.

In a corner kick attack, Materazzi headed to the top to help the team take the lead again, but Inter Milan did not take pride for long. Anorthosis caught Cambiasso's clearance error before the end of the first half, and the home team tied the score again.

In the second half, Burdisso headed the ball to the opponent, and Anorthosis took the opportunity to overtake the score.

Zhu Hantao's free kick assisted Cruise, who came off the bench in the second half, to tie again.

This [-]-[-] match made the neutral fans very addicted to it. The host and guest teams played very well and scored a lot of goals, but the Inter Milan fans who got up to watch the game in the early morning were about to have a heart attack.

However, in such consecutive away games, Inter Milan took one point from the Cyprus team, which is barely acceptable.

In another game in the same group, Bremen lost 0 to 3 at home to Panathinaikos, with three draws and one loss at the bottom of the group with three points.

Zhu Hantao, who played the entire game against Anorthosis, was not injured, but caught a cold without paying attention, and was urged by Mourinho to go home to rest.

In the No.11 round of the Serie A league that started on the weekend, when Inter Milan played against Udinese at home, Zhu Hantao could only watch TV at home.

The defending champion Inter Milan at the top of the standings played against Udinese, who ranked second in the league with 21 points in the first ten games. This is also one of the focus games of this round of Serie A.

Mourinho discharged the three arrows of Quaresma, Ibrahimovic and Balotelli.

However, I don’t know if the players are tired from the consecutive week of double matches, or Udinese coach Marino has seen through Inter Milan’s tactics. Inter Milan’s players failed to break through the opponent’s goalkeeper Handanovic’s ten fingers throughout the game.

Mourinho's Inter Milan played a zero-to-zero draw with Udinese at the Meazza Stadium, with the support of more than 5 Nerazzurri, and also ended their nine-game winning streak in the league.

Another week passed. In the Nerazzurri's away game against Palermo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Zhu Hantao, who recovered from a cold and returned to the starting lineup, each scored a goal to help the team beat the opponent [-]-[-] and take all three points.

So far, the first 2008 rounds of the 09-[-] Italian Football League season have come to an end. Inter Milan topped the list with an unbeaten record of [-] wins and [-] draws. In the next round of the league, they will usher in a seven-game winning streak at home and challenge the second-ranked Bianconeri Juventus.

Although Inter Milan is now eight points ahead of Juventus, the league has not yet passed the halfway mark, and everything that will happen in the future is still unknown. No one dares to say that the championship is no longer in suspense.

This match between Inter Milan and Juventus is related to the battle for the top of Serie A, the revenge of Calciopoli, or the encounter between the two former Chelsea coaches. There are so many things to watch in the first round of the Italian derby this season. It not only attracted the attention of the whole of Italy, but even media reporters from other European countries rushed to Milan all the way.

Cordoba's suspension and Chivu's injury absence must have had an impact on Mourinho's formation.

Ranieri's Juventus is even more outrageous, almost half of the team's wounded, Buffon, Trezeguet, Zanetti, Zebina, Salihamidzic, Poulsen, Knezevic continued to recover from injuries and missed the national derby.

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The day before the Italian national derby, on Friday afternoon, the Inter Milan team trained at the Pinetina training base, finishing the work of preparing for the next day's game against Juventus. The training is open to the public and the media.

After the warm-up, Mourinho's players first performed daily aerobic and ball-handling training, and finally conducted a series of tactical practice games under the arrangement of the coaching staff.

Injured players Christian Chivu and Nelson Rivas trained individually and striker Victor Obinna is on his way back to Italy after Nigeria's midweek trip to Colombia.

As announced at the press conference before training, Mourinho included all the players who can play in the list of Inter Milan's game against Juventus.

The love and hatred between the Nerazzurri and the Bianconeri for so many years will not be repeated. On November 2008, 11, in the 23th round of Serie A, Inter Milan's home game against Juventus is about to begin.

More than [-] fans flocked to the Meazza Stadium, which is enough to see the status of this game in the hearts of fans. The Italian Football Association also specially sent the famous referee Nicola Rizzoli to enforce this focus game.

"Good evening, audience friends, I am Liu Jianhong, and I am still guiding Zhang Luzhang to explain to you."

"Hey, good evening audience, I'm Zhang Lu."

"Presumably everyone can't wait to watch this strong matchup, so without further ado, let me introduce the starting players of both sides as usual.

Inter Milan officially gave today a 4-4-2 starting formation, with goalkeeper Cesar, right back Maicon, center back line played by Materazzi and Samuel who returned from injury, and left back Maxwell.

Four midfielders Zanetti, Stankovic, Cambiasso and Muntari.

The forwards are the double arrows Ibrahimovic and Zhu Hantao. "

"It seems that Mourinho's team wants to compete with Juventus in midfield."

"The visiting Bianconeri Juventus also played a 4-4-2 formation.

The goalkeeper was absent due to Buffon's injury. Today's starter is No. 13 Manninger.

Right back Grigera, two central defenders Lerottlie and Chiellini, left back Molinaro.

The four midfielders are Marchionne, Sissoko, Thiago and Nedved from right to left.

Up front is Del Piero and Amauri partner. "

Zhu Hantao stood in the middle circle of San Siro waiting for the kick-off, looking at his opponent's yellow away jersey and wanted to laugh.

But the combination of Juventus' golden jersey, black shorts, and golden socks...it's hard to describe.

I once grew up in the youth training of Juventus. As a result, the two teams I have played for, Torino and Inter Milan, and the Bianconeri are sworn enemies. A Turin derby and an Italian national derby are also very interesting.

Not long after the start of the game, Ibrahimovic's pass from the left was blocked by Juventus defender Chiellini on the penalty area line. The ball rebounded on the turf and hit Chiellini's right arm. The referee Rizzoli did not whistle.

The Swede gave up his temper and yelled at Rizzoli, indicating that it should have been a penalty just now.

Zhu Hantao and Zanetti took Ibra away together, which really angered the referee, so what good fruit can there be?

In the second minute of the first half, Juventus midfielder Thiago accidentally sprained his left knee while fighting with Inter Milan player Stankovic in the center circle. After 2 minutes of treatment by the team doctor, he still could not continue and was helped off by the staff. Marchisio came off the bench.

This game has just started, some players left the field due to injuries and had to be forced to make substitutions and adjustments. Ranieri, who wanted to give Mourinho a good look in this game, couldn't help but look a little ugly.

"Hey, some players were injured just before the game started, and Ranieri was forced to use a substitution. It seems that today's game will not be smooth for Juventus."

"Indeed, we hope that Thiago's injury will not be too serious, and wish him a speedy recovery. Injury is a heavy blow to every player."

Speaking of Thiago, fans now will definitely be more familiar with the Spanish midfielder who came from Barcelona's youth training and played for Barcelona, ​​Bayern and Liverpool.

Or the captain of Brazil, the powerful central defender Thiago Silva who has played for AC Milan, Paris and Chelsea.

Thiago Mendes, who was accidentally injured as soon as he came up today, is a technical midfielder from Portugal. He can efficiently protect the back line and provide support for the frontcourt. He has a good passing vision and an overall view.

In December 2001, Thiago, who was emerging in Braga, moved to the Portuguese Super League giants Benfica. In the following season, he scored 12 league goals and helped the team defeat Porto in the Portuguese Cup final.

Thiago's outstanding performance left a deep impression on Mourinho, who was the head coach of Porto at the time, so he signed Thiago with a transfer fee of 2004 million euros immediately after Mourinho took over Chelsea in 1500.

The Portuguese midfielder, who arrived in England, missed just four Premier League games as he helped the Blues to their first Premier League title in 50 years, while also reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League.

But in the summer of 2005, Chelsea bought Essien from Lyon. Two weeks later, Thiago decided to switch to the Ligue [-] overlord Lyon.

Mourinho himself admitted in a later interview that letting Thiago go was a huge mistake.

Thiago made Lyon fans no longer miss Essien. After winning Ligue 2007 twice in a row, he finally signed Juventus with a transfer fee of 08 million euros during the transfer period after the end of the 1300-[-] season.

Maybe the Portuguese wanted to perform well against Mourinho, his fellow countryman who had coached him today, to give the madman some color, but he tried too hard and was injured in just one shot.

After the unexpected substitution, Juventus was obviously a bit confused in tactics. Coach Ranieri failed to convey his intentions to the players on the field in time. Inter Milan took advantage of the home court and gained the upper hand in the game.

In fact, on the whole, the four midfielders played by Mourinho's Inter Milan today are more defensive than Juventus, but Juventus's midfielder has a black and hard midfielder, Mali midfielder Mohamed Sissoko who was transferred from the Red Army Liverpool.

Even Muntari, who is also a black brother, was helplessly defeated in the physical confrontation with Sissoko. Several times Inter Milan's offensive was blocked in front of the defensive midfielder.

Cambiasso was very witty and found that Marchisio, who was temporarily replaced by Juventus, was a breakthrough, and successfully created opportunities for the young Italian midfielder.

Commander Can suddenly stepped forward and snatched the ball from the scrambling Marchisio, and then made a direct pass through the gap between Chiellini and Lerottaglie.

Ibrahimovic rushed to the horse, and finally the right foot hit was picked off by Juventus goalkeeper Manninger.

Ibrahimovic, who failed to score, waved to Zhu Hantao, who was in place on the other side, "Zhu, you have to be careful, this goalkeeper is not easy to deal with."

　Uh, it's the national derby, I made a mistake. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)