From the morning, Milan has become a football city.
The streets are full of Inter fans in blue and black and Chelsea fans in blue.
The flags of Inter Milan and the banners supporting the victory of Inter Milan are hanging outside the bars and shops, and the team songs of Inter Milan are playing. Even the tramps on the street have adapted the songs of praising Inter Milan to attract the attention of the fans.
Radical inter and English football hooligans meet, which is a headache for the Milan police. On the day of the game, the Milan police strengthened their guard, and the cavalry police can be seen from time to time among the fans.
After all, a small number of fans came to watch the match live. More fans watched the live broadcast of the Champions League knockout match on TV and Internet.
According to incomplete statistics, there will be more than 200 million fans around the world watching the live broadcast of the Champions League knockout match on TV and on the Internet. In addition, there will be 40 TV stations and 300 reporters from all over the world.
In the morning, Gao Xiaodong sent a message on his twitter and microblog that "no one can stop us". The message was forwarded 100000 times in an hour, with more than 50000 comments.
In the afternoon, inter had their last training at the pinetina training base, but Jose did not make it public to the fans as usual, which made the Inter fans from afar very dissatisfied. Many people accused him of being mysterious and impersonal in the forum, and even some people swore at him.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the meacha stadium opened for the fans.
An hour later, the inter bus drove from pinetina into the meacha stadium.
When they came out of the bus, the players looked very serious. No one spoke. They all rushed to the dressing room with their equipment bags on their backs.
The average age of the top stars of Inter Milan is over 29 years old, and they have experienced countless battles. But apart from Eto'o, they have one common feature, they are all Champions League losers.
In particular, the old players of Inter Milan, who have never won a Champions League knockout in the past four years, have never won the Premier League in the past seven years. Now they have to meet the challenge of the toughest Chelsea in Europe. Everyone feels nervous and scared.
Into the dressing room, Eto'o seems to feel the atmosphere is too tense and depressed, said: "let's guess who scored first?"
Very embarrassed, no one answered, we all stuffy head, each change their uniforms and shoes.
"Don't be nervous, we have done everything we need to do. There are no accidents. The victory will belong to us," he said
There's still no one talking in the dressing room.
"Don't be afraid of the dead data. The records are always used to break. I beat all the Premier League teams except Chelsea for three years in the Premier League. Because it's my team, I know more about the strength of Chelsea than anyone else, but I also know more about its weakness. According to my plan, we can get three points from Chelsea 。”
The words of Jose played a role. The look of the inter players relaxed a little. However, the loss of the main goalkeeper Cesar before the match is a bad omen, which makes the inter players not confident at all.
He patted Toldo on the shoulder and said: "Toldo has been in good shape recently. He is our most reliable last line of defense against Juve and Fiorentina. How terrible his madness is. I think the Dutch players know best."
Snyder showed an unnatural smile on his face and said, "I didn't have a chance to participate in that game, but I heard from the predecessors that Toldo beat us in that game."
Toldo knew what he should do at this time. He said confidently: "yes, so don't think Toldo will become a burden to you. Just give me your back and I will keep the door for you."
"Eto'o, I think you should have some experience in playing in the Premier League. You can tell your teammates," he continued
Eto'o said easily: "don't be afraid of them. I think Inter can fight against any team. The skills and tactics of the Premier League team are very rough. We can break their defence by blocking their impact and cooperating patiently in the front court."
"The biggest weakness of Chelsea is their left back. Their main left back and substitute left back are injured. Belletti is not only old, but also in poor condition. I believe Ancelotti will not let him start. The only one who can start is Malouda. Whether it is Malouda or not, the left back is theirs The Achilles heel, Gao Xiaodong, today you play the right wing, the task is to play through the opponent's left, assists or goals, can win, your role is very important
Gao Xiaodong clenched his fist and said: "don't worry, coach. I'll make the left back of Chelsea suspicious."
If ordinary people listen to Gao Xiaodong say so, they will certainly laugh, but now there is no one laughing.
Jose looked at Sneijder again and said: "if Xiaodong wants to attack the opponent's left back on the right, the task of organizing and scheduling the midfield is up to you. Whether we can win the game or not, your role is as important as Xiaodong.""We must finish the task!"
Sneijder is very excited. He has been joining inter for almost a month. He only played in the Coppa Italia and made a mess of the league. Now, he has finally got the chance he has been dreaming of. Whether he can go to the top depends on today's match with Chelsea.
Although he knew about Chelsea and had prepared well before, Inter's Champions League record was too bad and had a psychological shadow. He had to encourage every player separately before he began to reiterate the tactics of today's game.
While Jose is lecturing the players, the coach and players of Chelsea also come to the meacha stadium by bus. Their dressing room is AC Milan's which Ancelotti is most familiar with.
Standing in a familiar speaking position, some paralyzed Ancelotti seemed to return home and showed a relaxed smile. He stroked the red and black seats. "I have played 18 games with inter here, and I have only lost five of them. In the Champions League, I have never lost to Inter. I hope this dressing room will bring us good luck."
The players of Chelsea are also very relaxed. They are at the top of the league and are likely to win back the league title lost for three years from Manchester United. What they encounter in the Champions League is the soft footed crabs. They have never won the Premier League team Inter Milan. As long as they don't lose this game, they'd better get an away goal, so promotion is almost certain.
Didier Drogba warned: "Jose is not an easy man to deal with."
Ancelotti smile, said: "I know inter too well, they lack the temperament of a strong team, there is no Champions League tradition, just a year and a half, Jose can change their technical and tactical play, but change the temperament and tradition of Inter, rest assured, as long as we do not lose this game, back to Stamford Bridge, they will certainly collapse."
Iron captain, steal sister-in-law door protagonist Terry said: "Mussina's counterattack is very good, we send three forward is not some risk?"
Ancelotti said proudly: "on defense and counterattack, no one is better than Italy. This is an away game. What we need is goals. Believe me, as long as we get the ball first, they will panic. If we score two goals, they will collapse."
The players of Chelsea have been with him for three years. They don't believe that his team will collapse easily. However, seeing that Ancelotti is not very happy with someone praising him, no one talks about him and listens to him silently.