42 Going to North London

42 Going to North London

After more than 20 days of rest and adjustment, the coldest time in Italy has passed.

Milan City, Meazza Stadium, today the Nerazzurri Inter Milan ushered in the challenge of Flying Donkey Chievo at their home court. This is the twentieth round of the Italian Football League. This game also marks the second half of Serie A. The season begins.

The two players Tevez and Nowotny introduced by Inter Milan in the winter both ushered in their Serie A debuts, and the teenager Luka Modric also entered the team's squad.

It seems that after more than 20 days of rest, the emotions of the Inter Milan fans have been suppressed for too long. Amidst their howling cheers, Inter Milan suppressed Chievo from the momentum as soon as they came up.

Speaking of the Chievo team, this team was once known as the Super Deportivo of Serie A. This team with good foot skills has also participated in the relegation battle this season. They are currently only ranked fourteenth. Four points ahead of the relegation zone. Judging from the 42-point relegation line in Serie A, Chievo has completed most of his goals.

However, the gap between the teams in Serie A this year is very small, so 42 points cannot be regarded as a safe score.

Chievo also played very pragmatically today. They seem to be trying to draw with Inter Milan. Among the five major European leagues, except for the Premier League, which has no winter break, for other leagues, the first few games after the winter break The game is the most important thing, and there are not a few cases of teams that suddenly become stronger after relying on a wave of signings during the winter break.

It can be said that the winter break is like a watershed, which is equivalent to the halftime break of a football game. Just because you lead in the first half does not mean that you can keep the score until the end of the second half.

"Nowotny is a good central defender..." After 15 minutes in the first half, the most eye-catching player on the Inter Milan field was undoubtedly Nowotny, a German veteran.

Because today Inter Milan is in a posture that seems to be about to attack, and Leonwell's continuous assists, so there is a lot of pressure on Inter Milan's defense line, because they only have three people.

If the triangular relationship between Cannavaro, Materazzi and Nowotny is stable, it can almost determine half of the game.

Although the rhythms of Serie A and Bundesliga are slightly different, it seems that Nowotny's performance is reassuring. His defense with Materazzi and Cannavaro several times made Chievo's defensive counterattack useless. no return.

The triangle in the backcourt stands firmly, and the attackers in the frontcourt can certainly attack unscrupulously. Tevez, a chubby man, also performed quite well. He has unique skills in holding the ball, protecting the ball and shooting. That cheating running was often criticized by Leon, but under the urging of Leon's saliva, Tevez's progress was indeed obvious.

In the 19th minute of the first half, Inter Milan successfully broke through the goal of Chievo. It was Adriano who scored for Inter Milan. Koba and Martins, Tevez's style is more comprehensive, and Chievo's players obviously don't know much about this new Inter Milan aid.

Tevez took the ball from the left and successfully tore through Chievo's defense on the right, then Leon stepped in, Tevez turned back, and finally Leon passed it to Adriano, which made Adriano single-handedly— — Textbook offense.

From the slow-motion replay, we can see how Inter Milan is tearing apart Chievo's defense bit by bit. Sometimes it is not good to have too many people. For example, when Tevez broke through with the ball just now, two defenders were marking him. The Chievo players obviously gave way to each other, which also made Tevez finally rush to the past relying on his instant explosive power.

After taking a one-to-zero lead, Inter Milan played more and more smoothly. The second goal and the third goal followed. Leon scored a free kick and Vieri caught Tevez in the bottom The cross headed into the net...

In the second half of the game, the Croatian Magic Flute player Modric also got the chance to play. He replaced Leonwell. With the overall situation set, Mancini also began to withdraw the main players.

In the end, in the first game of the second half of the season, Inter Milan's new tactic 343 was successful, and Mancini's tactical experiment was quite smooth.

After the game, people were also full of expectations that Mancini's 343 was prepared for Mourinho's Chelsea.

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"Obviously, Inter Milan is looking for a way to break through Chelsea's wall of sighs. Will it be 343? Let's wait and see!"

In this round of Serie A, the strong teams have almost all won. After a winter break, the strong teams have also started a battle for points, especially Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan, which have the task of the Champions League. It is very clear that if you can't grab enough points before the start of the Champions League, I'm afraid it will be difficult to secure your position.

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After winning Chievo, Inter Milan continued to put considerable pressure on the top two Juventus and AC Milan in the standings.

These days Leon is also continuing to live his career in bus training. Miranda, the little girl, also has to chat with Leon for a long time every time. Inter Milan is currently in a very hot state. Before the battle at Stamford Bridge, what Mancini and Leon wanted most was probably a continuous winning streak.

It is said that in the Coppa Italia, Inter Milan also uses a mixed lineup to win continuously. The super substitute Cruz is now the top scorer in the Coppa Italia. Handy.

Nowotny keeps getting chances to play. Although Mancini is suspected of draining the last ounce of energy from the German veteran, Nowotny himself is never tired of it. Maybe it's because he has been resting in Leverkusen for too long. Nowotny needs the game too much. Now Nowotny is more like a young man in his early twenties, desperately trying to find the feeling of the game.

In the 21st round of Serie A, Inter Milan took a break from chasing the leaders Juventus. They continued to rank third in the standings after a 1-1 draw with Fiorentina. Juventus lost to Bale this round. Mo, it was originally the best opportunity for Inter Milan's recent gap between the two sides. However, in this period of Serie A, Leon dare not say that Inter Milan has absolute dominance.

In this game, Mancini also continued to practice the 343 lineup. Now many Italian media believe that Mancini is training for the game against Chelsea.

The passing of January and the arrival of February announced the approaching of spring, the temperature in the whole of Europe is starting to warm up, and the Italian tycoons are also starting to win consecutive victories like wind and clouds.

Before the start of the Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds, Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan all played a series of victories in a tacit understanding.

The time soon came to February 22nd. On this day, Inter Milan, which just defeated Palermo in the league, also embarked on a journey to England. They will be in two days later, on February 25th. No. 1 challenged the Blues Chelsea led by madman Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge in North London.

At present, Chelsea is hard to find a defeat in the league. They have double-killed Liverpool, defeated Manchester United and Arsenal, just like Mourinho's declaration when he came to the Premier League, he is under God, the blue team Chelsea is simply overwhelming.

For Inter Milan, the tough schedule has begun, because after the game against Chelsea, they will usher in the Milan Derby at San Siro at the weekend. The noisy Milan Derby will be the best chance for Inter Milan to sit second in the standings At present, the gap between them and AC Milan is only two points. As long as they win the Rossoneri, Mancini's team will be able to ascend to the second place in the league.

There is no room for loss in every game, and it will be a very severe test for Inter Milan's physical fitness and mentality.

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On the first day of setting foot in North London, Inter Milan suffered a blow. The healthy team finally suffered an injury. Vieri fell down. With sixteen goals scored for Inter Milan, the prodigal son has exhausted his best.

Vieri was injured during an inadvertent confrontation in training. At that time, everyone thought that Vieri was fine, but the subsequent result was disastrous. Vieri had to end the season early. When the heat was on, the loss of Vieri meant that Adriano and Tevez would take on more goalscoring tasks.

Injuries are not a terrible thing. It is impossible for a team not to encounter any injuries for a season. However, the most feared thing for all coaches is serial injuries. Erdoba also sprained his ankle. It seems that the German veteran Nowotny must play a few more games...

"Now the team is in a difficult period. Chelsea is a great team. If we want to win at Stamford Bridge, we must have enough courage!" The war of words did not appear, because Jose Mourinho was unusually low-key.

Maybe it's because Leon is his big brother? Anyway, the smell of gunpowder that people were expecting did not pervade. Of course, no one would believe that the match between Inter Milan and Chelsea would not touch a little spark.

Both teams are the best defensive teams in each league, and the English media even used the title of Shield War to describe this matchup.

"This is a highly anticipated game. Both Chelsea and Inter Milan are quite attractive. Will Mourinho or Mancini be the last laugher? I believe the game the day after tomorrow will give us the answer!" ——"Gazzetta dello Sport" said so in the pre-match analysis.