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Chapter 315

I really don't know how those Milan fans sitting in the San Siro Stadium survived the first half of the game. Milan's duo has always been so dull, and physical confrontation and conflict will always be more exciting than goals.

It is not without sparks between them, but Italian teams have always been like this. Once they are in this kind of life-and-death competition, their subconscious will take defense as their vocation.

Even the midfielders have such a string in their minds, they can also be used as defenders at critical moments.

Don't expect these Italians to make mistakes easily on the court, especially in the case of full defense, they rarely leave opportunities for their opponents, which is one of the reasons why Mourinho is unwilling to meet them in the knockout stage.

"Don't meet the Italians in the knockout round, otherwise you must be the one who gets hurt." This is a saying that has been circulating in European football for a long time. Although it is a bit arbitrary, it also represents the truth.

Many people have said this when discussing who can beat the nearly invincible Chelsea team in the Premier League. Mourinho's defensive counterattack tactics may be the most afraid of encountering the same type of team.

For example, Italian clubs, such as Juventus and AC Milan, may rely on their equally strong defense to trap Chelsea's offensive, and then use their rich experience to defeat Mourinho.

And this statement has been recognized by many people, and some people even said that in the knockout stage of the European war, Mourinho has defeated the already declining Lazio team so far, and there are not many victories.

Mourinho did not respond to these people's speculation, but from his own inner feeling, encountering an Italian club in the knockout stage is a very severe test for Chelsea and himself.

If they do meet, it will definitely be a competition of internal skills. Neither side will make mistakes easily. Mourinho is not afraid of anyone, but for him, such a confrontation is better the later it comes. good.

The confrontation between AC Milan and Inter Milan was like this. The physical collision between the two sides was entangled for 45 minutes.

It was not until the stoppage time of the first half that AC Milan, who were playing at home, relied on Pirlo's free kick from the wing to instigate the offensive. The Dutchman Stam scored the opponent's goal with a header in the penalty area of ​​Inter Milan. .

It is estimated that no one can predict who will be the first to knock on the opponent's door before the match. After all, the two sides are too familiar with each other. It is estimated that they can even guess the size of underwear that the opponent usually wears.

But this time Mancini did not guess that AC Milan captured his own goal through the cooperation of set kicks, and it was even more impossible to predict that Stam's old iron tree that hadn't blossomed for thousands of years could actually make trouble in Inter Milan's penalty area.

It is estimated that before Pirlo passed the ball, all the defensive players of Inter Milan were looking for the shadow of Shevchenko. The Ukrainian talent is the eternal nightmare in their hearts, but it was just such a moment of absence that made Stam in the penalty area Having found the best header position, Cordoba was powerless to stop the Dutch attack.

There is no way, Cordoba's height is a bit too small in front of Stam. If you don't calculate the difference in jumping ability, it is estimated that Cordoba's height can only be around the Dutchman's armpit hovering.

It is really difficult for Cordoba to prevent Stam's high-altitude bombing due to the height gap.

Facts have also proved that this is basically a dream, and Mancini cursed in a low voice on the sidelines, and he kept complaining there, "Damn back line, why can't you give me a qualified central defender! "

The shortage of central defenders is no longer a problem faced by a wealthy Inter Milan club. It is a problem that many teams need to deal with. Now it is even more difficult to find a good central defender in the transfer market.

But under such a background, Chelsea can still have Terry, Huth, Carvalho, and other defenders.

I really wonder if Mancini is envious of Mourinho who is far away in London at the moment when Inter Milan concedes the ball. That guy has too many soldiers at his disposal, so many that Mancini can only Can drool aside.

Now not only is Mancini coveting Chelsea's defense, but many European clubs also value Chelsea's defensive players very much, but they can't resist the huge checks of the Russians.

"Don't try to compare yourself with a desperado." This is a proverb, but it is also applicable to Chelsea, because now don't try to compare with Abramovich who can spend more money on the football field. money.

Although this Russian is not the richest man in the world, he is at most a middle-class billionaire, but he can definitely be regarded as the leader among the owners of many wealthy clubs in terms of spending money.

Who wants to poach someone from Chelsea now?Bayern Munich has done this before, but the outcome of this action is also very educational. Not only did Chelsea not agree to let Huth enter the summer transfer list, but Kenyon was on Chelsea's summer player acquisition list , filled in Barack's name.

And this guy is definitely not talking about it, he really said that when he was interviewed by the media, "The best club should have the best players to join, and Ballack is one of them."

In this regard, Rummenigge, a member of the Bayern Munich board of directors, also publicly criticized Kenyon's approach in the media.

"Chelsea's gangster behavior in the transfer market is really not worthy of the title of their century-old club!"

But in Kenyon's view, this kind of protest and criticism is just the opponent's timidity after the failure of the provocation. Everyone knows why Bayern Munich chose this time to seduce Huth, and Chelsea is just fighting back.

You can openly seduce my players, so can't I fight back?Can I just sit and watch you play tricks in front of me?

I'm afraid there is no such reason in this world, not to mention that the Chelsea team has never been reasonable in the transfer market.

Since you dare to poach my people, then you have to know what it's like to be poached by me. This is Kenyon's way of fighting back. Similarly, Abramovich gave him the check behind his back. Emboldened.

However, Kenyon's counterattack was insidious enough. It is impossible for the Bundesliga to pay players a particularly high salary. They may pay more attention to the balance of income and expenditure. Even clubs like Bayern Munich are not exempt.

In the past two years, their biggest acquisition cost was to acquire Ballack from Bayer Leverkusen.

This is because after they won the Champions League in 2001, the competitiveness of the entire team began to decline sharply. In order to extinguish the dissatisfaction that had accumulated in the hearts of Bayern fans for several years, they made great efforts to buy people.

Bayern Munich is not without money, even they have money to compete with Chelsea in the transfer market, but the habits of Bundesliga clubs make Bayern also forget how to spend a lot of money, and become a little timid in the transfer market.

Kenyon's transfer conditions are very strong. The most effective way to deal with the Bundesliga team is to directly increase the salary of the players. Coupled with Chelsea's recent ferocious state, this is undoubtedly an extremely sharp double-edged sword.

But in the end, Kenyon had no idea how many people would actually get Chelsea from the seemingly huge acquisition plan in Kenyon's hands. After all, those were all long-established big names.

In addition to dealing with their salaries, Kenyon also needs to consider whether Mourinho really needs them.

When Ranieri was the coach, Kenyon already spent a lot of money, and now he doesn't want to continue to waste like this, otherwise, no matter how generous Abramovich is, there will be a day when he can't stand it .

Anyway, regardless of what Chelsea will do when the summer comes, anyway, Inter Milan has already made up their minds to buy people. Mancini vowed that no matter how much money is spent, they must buy a few useful defenders to fill their appearance.

The conceded goal just now made Mancini unable to tolerate his back line, but he couldn't change anything.

This may be the best scoring opportunity contributed by the players of both sides in the first half after doing their best. In the remaining 45 minutes, they were practicing how to crawl on the turf, or how to foul.

But Stam's header still ignited the enthusiasm of the Rossoneri fans. The noise they made at the San Siro Stadium is estimated to be heard throughout the city of Milan. AC Milan fans at this moment do not need to restrain themselves.

Especially in front of their old enemies, AC Milan fans have always been so unkind, their roars are simply venting, because they were overtaken by their opponents in the league, and now they can only take revenge in the Champions League.

Sitting in the stands, Moratti could only watch helplessly as his team fell behind again in the Champions League.

The league championship is obviously not as attractive to Inter Milan as the Champions League, at least for Moratti himself. This chairman who has dedicated his life to Inter Milan now only wants a Champions League trophy.

The "Great International Era" is a dream that Moratti will never get rid of, but at this moment, amidst the shouts of the Rossoneri fans, this haunting feeling seems to have reached the point of being defeated again. edge.

Apart from being unwilling, Moratti may have no other ideas. He has spent a lot of money in the past few years but failed to return the glory of Inter Milan. It is estimated that the number one oil tycoon in Italy is also a little sad now.

Especially when Moratti saw Abramovich's money play a role on the field, he was even more depressed.

He didn't spend less, but his team was always a little bit less lucky than the championship, which didn't make people psychologically balanced.

But now there must be someone who is more depressed than Moratti, such as Magath, who is suffering at Stamford Bridge, his eyebrows are almost twisted together at this moment, because the embarrassing score makes him extremely depressed.

Two to zero is enough to give Magath a headache, but now the score has been rewritten to three to zero. This is really a reality that has already begun to bleed the hearts of the German fans at the scene. . .

(The Trail Blazers are not strong today. They can still fight hard in the first three quarters, and the offense starts to misfire in the fourth quarter. They can't be so nervous, right?)
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