Chapter 539

September 30, Serie A ushered in the fifth round.

Inter face Cagliari away.

This team from Sicily didn't start the season well. They had two draws and two defeats in the first four rounds and only got two points. Moreover, they haven't met a traditional strong team so far. This result is not satisfactory.

At home against Inter Milan, Cagliari can be said to have done enough preparation, coach Franco Colomba is also regarded as the veteran coach of Italian football. Before the game, he repeatedly told the players to be careful of Inter's attack.

Facts have proved that kolomba's judgment is accurate. Gao used his skill card from the beginning to attack. In the fifth minute, with Adriano's goal, he took the lead in attacking Cagliari's goal.

Five minutes later, Pandev, who started for Cristiano Ronaldo, went to the next city and changed the score to 2-0.

The score also held up to the end of the game.

Inter took away three points from the road with two goals in the first ten minutes.

Although most of the game seems dull, both the media and the fans are very tolerant of Inter, because in the past month, Inter have played a total of five league matches and two Champions League matches, and there is a two-week national team truce.

Such a high-density schedule is really a big challenge for Inter. It's not easy to win.

At least, since the beginning of the season has been chasing Inter's AC Milan, this round of home zero draw Siena.

Ancelotti's team is obviously affected by the multi line battle, and even there are rumors that the thickness of AC Milan bench is relatively weak, plus eight points deducted from the Carling Cup, so Ancelotti and the management agree that the team will focus on the Champions League, hoping to make a breakthrough again.

As for the league, it's all in Inter's pocket.

As if to confirm the rumors of the outside world.

In October, Serie A stopped again, ushering in a two-week period for the national team.

But two weeks later, in the sixth round of Serie A, AC Milan's away game against Sampdoria, Ancelotti didn't spare no effort to play Anderlecht's Champions League game in the middle of the week. As a result, he drew Sampdoria 1-1 away.

Three draws in a row, the Rossoneri have been falling behind frequently since the beginning of the season, which makes many fans feel dissatisfied, because Ancelotti and the management have called out to catch up with Inter Milan, but this is only six rounds, the result is only three wins and three draws.

Inter, on the other hand, beat Catania 2-0 at home and won six games in a row.

Nine points behind, everyone knows, the Rossoneri have been difficult to catch up with the city rivals.

However, in the third round of the Champions League group match in the middle of the week, AC Milan beat Anderlecht one-to-zero with Kaka's goal, laying the first leading edge in the group.

Inter are home 3-0 defeat Sparta Moscow, with three wins in a row ranked first in the group.

Bayern Munich also quickly out of the downturn, away 1-0 beat Sporting Lisbon, ranked second in the group.

Roma also beat Olympiacos 1-0 away from home, ranking second in the group.

But the most eye-catching performance of this round is Real Madrid.

Capello's team lost 2-0 to Lyon in the first round. In the second round, they slaughtered Dynamo Kiev 5-1 at home and beat Bucharest 4-1 this time. However, Lyon also won a big game, so Real Madrid can only take second place.

In this round of the focus of the most attention from the outside world, Chelsea sat down at Stamford Bridge, relying on Drogba's key victory, beating Barcelona 1-0.

In this game, he drew lessons from the tactics of Gao Han in the European Super Cup and sent out Ballack, Lampard, Essien and Makelele to form a midfield. He firmly suppressed Barcelona, especially Ronaldinho and Messi, who are on the left and right flanks, and did nothing.

At the end of the game, Barcelona coach Rijkaard graciously said that Chelsea should win.

"Drogba's goal changed the game completely. Losing made everyone sad, but we should get out of the shadow of Stamford Bridge as soon as possible

But for Chelsea, Rijkaard's evaluation is not high, even think that Chelsea is not as good as last season.

"Our possession rate has reached 65% and that of our opponents is only 35%. I think that can explain the problem. The crux of our problem now is not the overall tactics of the team, but the fact that we have not dealt with some links properly."

As for the specific links, Rijkaard said that he would study them carefully when he went back.

Jose is to refute on the spot.

"Yes, there is no doubt that it was a wonderful game. The opponent had the right to control the ball and even almost beat us for a time. But in the end, our tactics worked. I believe that tonight, even the most fanatical Barcelona fans will not deny that we did play better."

"If, of course, they are honest enough to admit what they think."

At the same time, Jose also thanks the referee, "I am very happy, the game to the end, we are still 11 to 11."

This makes Rijkaard a little embarrassed. The Portuguese madman is obviously suggesting that when the referee is no longer partial to Barcelona, Chelsea can beat their opponents.

Anyone can see that after defeating Barcelona, he has laid down a big stone in his heart. He is also in a good mood. In the face of the media's inquiry, he has said everything.

Even when the media suggested that Chelsea beat Barcelona's technical pass with muscle strength, the Portuguese said with a smile that he was not a believer in a certain type of football, he just wanted to win.

And for the team, Jose is full of confidence.

"I want to remind you that the current Chelsea is not the best one. I believe that with the deepening of the season, the strongest one will come soon, and we will make everyone bow to us

"Including inter in the cold, Mr. Jose?" A reporter asked in a loud voice.

"Of course!" he nodded

The media cheered again.

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For another provocation from Jose, Gao didn't even fight back this time.

The reason is very simple, the schedule is too intensive.

Two weeks after the national team match day, Serie A ushered in a continuous week of double games.

Three days after finishing the third round of the Champions League group match, Udinese arrived in the seventh round of Serie A.

Inter won one-to-zero away game after rotation.

Everyone can see that with the deepening of the season, Inter have to ensure the competitiveness of the team in multi line combat through effective rotation.

This is also because Inter's bench is thick enough. AC Milan, on the other hand, returned to Serie A after playing in the Champions League and immediately lost 2-0 to Palermo at the San Siro stadium and suffered the first defeat of the new season.

It can be said that the thickness of the bench is the fatal injury of the Rossoneri.

Three days later, in the eighth round of Serie A, AC Milan beat Chievo 1-0 away.

However, in this round, inter made another effort, breaking Livorno 4-1 at home. Cannavaro, Materazzi, Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo scored successively.

At the weekend, the ninth round of Serie A, Milan derby.

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At the end of October, the air in Milan was chilly.

Despite beating Chievo in the last round, the gap between AC Milan and Inter has widened to 11 points.

It's almost a desperate gap.

Rao is a tough mouthed Ancelotti, who has to admit before the game that AC Milan can only hope to retain the possibility of winning the title if they defeat their opponents in the Milan derby, but he also admits that it is unlikely.

Inter are in great form.

Even in the rotation, the cold team can always find a way to beat the opponent.

This game, Ancelotti discharged a set of relatively rare single forward Christmas tree play, that is, 4321 formation.

Forward is big Inzaghi, Kaka and Seedorf cruise in the back, Ambrosini, Pirlo and Gattuso as the three back midfield.

This is also a change of Ancelotti's previous four three one two formation.

Inter didn't play their main part in the away game. The goalkeeper was Cesar, the back line were Evra, Materazzi, Cordoba and Maicon, the midfield was Marchisio, Stankovic and Yaya Toure were in front, the Trident was out, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic and Adriano all started.

But it was this line-up. In the first 37 seconds, inter got a set piece from the front court. However, Yaya Toure's header hit the right column and rebounded back to the penalty area, and Cordoba hit the ball directly.

The cold strategy is very obvious. Knowing that the team is fighting continuously and consumes a lot of physical energy, they don't intend to entangle with AC Milan. They want to end the battle as soon as possible. They used their skill cards from the beginning of the game to launch the attack.

Two minutes later, inter got another free kick.

Gattuso got a yellow card for a handball foul while defending Cristiano Ronaldo. Adriano's free kick was higher than his free kick.

As a left footed player, the free kick on the left side of the penalty is really not going well.

But a minute later, inter finally got a goal.

Stankovic's cross from the middle to the left side, Evra quickly put in, the bottom pass hit the front point, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly put in, attached himself to the top, and pushed the ball into the goal from close range, 1-0.

After that, inter continued to increase their attack, especially on the left.

Gattuso had another obvious handball foul in the seventh minute when he was fighting for a long backcourt pass with Cristiano Ronaldo, but the referee may have considered that he had a yellow card in his body, so he only played the foul and didn't give it.

Soon, AC Milan left back Kaladze fouled when defending Adriano. Stankovic took a free kick from his right side and dropped it into the penalty area. Adriano forced his opponent to head the ball eight meters in front of the goal to make the score 2-0.

Inter continue to put pressure on AC Milan.

In particular, Yaya Toure, who specializes in robbing Pirlo, makes the Italian midfield very depressed.

In the 22nd minute, Stankovic went straight in the middle, Ibrahimovic took the ball with his back and turned to cross, Maicon rubbed the ball to the left, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly and obliquely inserted the big restricted area, grabbed in front of all the players, pulled out his feet and shot furiously without stopping the ball, scored again, 3-0!

Twenty two minutes, three goals, and Inter are on a roll.

Just when everyone thought that the attack of the Nerazzurri was going to be postponed, AC Milan's midfield Seedorf suddenly shoved Maicon behind his back, and the referee farina gave a yellow card and a verbal warning.

But what I didn't expect was that two minutes later, there was already a yellow card. It was obvious that Seedorf, who had lost his cool, shoved Materazzi in an unnecessary defensive process.

This time, farina didn't show mercy any more. He gave a yellow card and turned it into a red card, sending Seedorf off.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti stormed out of the coaching area.

In an instant, the whole San Siro stadium was in complete chaos.