"Milan Derby" used to be the first derby in football; Serie A used to be the small world cup; Berlusconi and Moratti used to be the most forthright owners; Milan city used to be the undisputed center of football.
With the loss of stars and the departure of coaches, the Apennine peninsula is no longer the small world cup of that year. The focus of the media and fans is shifting. Manchester United and Real Madrid, Manchester United and Ronaldinho, Manchester United and Real Madrid start to focus on each other.
Although compared with five years ago, the attention of Milan derby has dropped a level, as the most famous Derby in the world, the charm of the same city derby is still fascinating.
Without Kaka, Ibrahimovic, Shevchenko, Ronaldinho, Nesta and Eto'o, without FIGO and Maldini, there are 36 year old sanetti, Pirlo and Inzaghi, as well as local fresh meat Santon and Balotelli, not to mention the super popular stars David, Gao Xiaodong and super popular coach Jose.
These stars are not as dazzling as Messi C Roca caib, but they also have a high popularity in the world football world, where they have a group of their own supporters.
On August 29, fans all over the world turned their attention to the Apennine Peninsula, to Milan City, to AC Milan and Inter Milan.
In this summer, Milan's situation is very similar. Milan lost the meritorious service of 24 years, Captain Maldini, also let go of the team's top star Kaka; on the other side of Milan City, inter also experienced the pain of losing a superstar. Not long after the glorious retirement of 37 year old Figo, No. 1 player Ibrahimovic also left La Liga.
In terms of Milan, Ronaldinho and Pato have become the biggest dependence of the front court. As the No.1 player in the world, Ronaldinho is eager to prove that he is not very old after his unsuccessful first season. Although there are still many people who doubt that Ronaldinho's condition can return to geometry, and are not optimistic about Milan with Ronaldinho as the new core, in the first round of the League last week, Ronaldinho also responded to these doubts with good condition and performance After Kaka, Pato naturally became Milan's biggest hope. The two goals in the first round not only showed Pato's good condition, but also brought more hope to Milan fans. We have reason to believe that Pato will bring more surprise this season In addition, the combination of Nesta and Silva played a very high level in the first round. In the first round, both of them were on the list of the best team in the first round of Serie A. It seems that with the arrival of Silva and the recovery of few injuries, the central defender problem that has plagued Milan for a season seems to follow In addition, Huntelaar and Inzaghi are likely to be the factors that influence the outcome of the game.
as for Inter, after Ibrahimovic left, they welcomed Eto'o and Milito, while Eto'o and Milito's team won "Terror firepower" combination plus all-round front waist high Xiaodong, Brazilian team captain Lucio plus rock Samuel or Materazzi, seems very wonderful, but still need more running in time, in this case, Cambiasso's injury is absent, montari because of Ramadan and other useless people, always famous for defending the lack of back waist, which is a blow to Inter Milan It could be fatal.
Before the match, the fans, the media and the famous Italian football players who know the ball are not optimistic about Inter Milan, mainly because of the lack of back midfield and the lack of new foreign players.
If Inter have an absolute advantage, it's not on the field, it's in the coach's seat.
The 46 year old is one of the world's top three coaches in the past six years. With the highest salary in the coaching world, he has set many brilliant records. On the other hand, Leonardo, the new coach of Milan, who has not yet reached the age of 40, seems to be a lot of "amateurs". As a new coach who was promoted to the top in the Milan crisis, this summer is very tragic for Leonardo. The spiritual leader of the team retired and the key players left. However, Berlusconi did not bring him a suitable candidate. From the failure of introducing Sissoko and Dzeko to the eight consecutive defeats in the warm-up match, the fact proves Leonardo's 82 year Brazilian style The idea of Milan doesn't apply to today's Milan, but at the same time, Leonardo has accumulated some experience in the constant losses. After returning to 4312 in the last few games, Milan recovered their good form. In the last warm-up game of the summer, they beat Juve on penalties. In the first round, they also won a good start, Leonardo also ushered in a good start. If he can stand the great test of Milan derby, maybe he will become a great young coach like Guardiola and Jose.
Three days ago, tens of thousands of fans poured into Milan city. On the 29th, tens of thousands of people poured in. Not counting the fans of Milan City, more than 60000 fans came to Milan. The San Siro stadium can provide 80000 seats at most, which also means that many fans have to watch the game in the bar outside the stadium.Because it's derby day, the metro in Milan has opened extra trains, every two minutes. There are all fans watching the Derby along the way. This round is the home of AC Milan, and there are a lot of fans in Milan. Therefore, new fans don't have to worry about getting lost. After leaving the station, follow the crowd and you can see the location of the San Siro stadium in about five minutes. Along the way, there are some vendors selling food and other items such as hats, scarves and jerseys.
Because there are a lot of people, the speed of entering the stadium is relatively slow. Two hours before the game, the fans of both sides began to enter the stadium. One hour before the game, there were basically 7788 seats in the stands. The stadium was very noisy, and deafening songs, shouts and boos could be heard outside the stadium.
The San Siro stadium has four colored seating areas. The blue stand (South) is the loyal position of AC Milan; the green stand (North) is exclusive to inter; the red stand (West) is the rostrum with the best vision; the orange stand (East) is the neutral fan stand. There are only 15 boxes in the San Siro stadium, but it's still early. The VIP celebrities in the box haven't arrived yet.
At this time, the north and South stands are full. The loyal members of Milan in the south stand hold up huge portraits of Nesta, Ronaldinho and other stars, as well as huge banners, which read: "there is only one Milan in Milan city." In the north stand, Inter's loyalists, like Dou Tu, also hold up the huge portraits and banners of Eto'o, Zanetti, Gao Xiaodong and other stars, which read: "we are from the north, we are the king of apenning."
After that, some warm-up activities began to take place in the stadium, and the commentators also began to cooperate with the game pictures played on the big screen on the stadium, telling the fans about the history of Derby loudly. The fans of both sides either waved flags or lit fireworks, and the atmosphere of Derby became more and more strong, and gradually reached the edge of a hair trigger.