green knight

Chapter 65: The first Clasico of the season
Outside the corridor in the visiting team's dressing room, Inter Milan's coach Stella Maggioni was a little nervous, and he kept taking deep breaths.Trying to keep a confident smile on his young face, he doesn't want to bring tension and pressure to his players.

The 36-year-old Andre Stramacho was originally the head coach of the reserve team. In March, the head coach of the first team was fired because of poor performance in leading the team, so he was promoted.He knows that this is an opportunity. If he leads the team well, he will jump into the ranks of the head coach. If the result is poor, he will be beaten to the prototype again, and if he wants to come to Inter Milan, he will not let him go back to serve as a reserve team coach.

He kept telling himself that he must seize this opportunity, even though he is the No. 20 head coach of Inter Milan in the past 20 years.But if the results are good, I will continue to sit in this position. Inter Milan, which has been struggling for many years, urgently needs a league championship, and I also need a good result to prove my ability.

This game is also his first Italian national derby, because when he took over in March, he had already finished the home and away games with Juventus last season, and this season is the first time he has met Juventus .

He knew that in order to win the satisfaction of the fans and the club's top management, he had to defeat his arch-rivals Juventus and AC Milan.If the Milan Derby was won in the seventh round, then this national derby must also be won.Defeating the deadly enemy can increase the possibility of winning the championship at the same time, so no matter what the reason is, he must win this game.

After taking another deep breath, he walked into the locker room with a confident smile.

On the other side, Conte in the locker room of the home team has already begun to speak: "Guys, listen, we have been preparing for this game for a long time. In the first few games, we have a lot of rotations and rotations. Waiting for the arrival of the Milanese, we even gave up a game in the Champions League that we should have won."

Speaking of this, Conte's face twitched, looking very unhappy.Originally, I thought that it would be no problem to score three points from the bench against North Sealand, but I would have thought that I would only get one point.The club's top management was very dissatisfied with the three consecutive draws in the Champions League. If it weren't for the good results in the league, I would have been called by the chairman to smoke cigars in the office.

If this derby is also lost, Inter Milan will be reduced to one point difference in the league. For less than half of the league, one point is almost no point difference.

"So in this game we are going to give the Milanese a head-on blow. What did the fans and the media call this game before the game? Who will tell me."

Players, look at me and I look at you. I don’t understand what’s wrong with the head coach. He asks such a simple question.Li Zihan wondered if he didn't win Beixilan in the Champions League. The wretched uncle is still upset, so he is confused.

"Derby, Clasico, boss," Bonucci said loudly.

"Derby? Clasico? They are also embarrassed. In recent seasons, how much have we ranked? How much have they ranked? We are the defending champions, and they almost didn't even qualify for the UEFA Cup." Conte was so excited that he spit out his saliva .

Bonucci wiped his face innocently, dammit, I said why Arturo was smiling so lasciviously when I answered the question, so he already knew about this situation.
Conte seldom speaks such words of contempt for opponents in the locker room. Generally, he plays every opponent as if they are of similar strength. Of course, he thinks of teams like North Sealand and Genoa whose strengths are far apart. except.

"So, guys. Hold your head up, get out of here and tell them, this is the Juventus Arena, this is the foot of the sacred Alps, this is - our place!"

The players were gearing up, and Li Zihan was also excited. This was his first time participating in the Italian national derby.Facing the legendary Inter Milan, he felt his heartbeat soaring non-stop. In China, the Milan duo is a legend.Although Inter Milan has been struggling in the past few years, but the rich background is there, he must not have dared to underestimate Inter Milan.

And now, he will face the legend himself.

"The game is about to start, and I have now got the starting lineups for both sides. Inter Milan did not use the three-back formation that Italian teams often use, but still adopted the traditional four-four-two offensive and defensive balance. Goalkeeper Handanovic , the defenders are Ranocchia, Silvestre, Samuel, and Pereira. The Japanese Nagatomo, who everyone was optimistic about before the game, was not in the starting lineup, but sat on the bench. The midfielder is Gargano, Cambiasso, Stankovic and Zanetti, Milito as the attacking midfielder, and Casalo alone, but the formation does not explain everything. Looking at the lineup, Inter Milan should have Milito and Casalo Nuo served as a striker partner. From the midfield point of view, the visiting team Inter Milan should play a defensive counterattack. After all, the defensive counterattack capabilities of the four midfielders are quite strong." Hullhouse analyzed with the list.

Uncle Zhan Jun is also doing the same thing: "Okay, let's take a look at the roster of the home team Juventus. It is still a three-five-two formation, with Italy's world-class goalkeeper Buffon as the starter, Barzagli, Bonu Chiellini and Chiellini serve as the starting central defenders. Asamoah and Lischsteiner are two defensive full-backs, but considering their offensive and defensive balance characteristics, it looks more like A winger and a winger. Italian national midfielder Pirlo serves as a defensive midfielder, Vidal and Marchisio partner in midfield, and Vucinic and Giovinco serve as two forwards. This is a full main lineup, and it can be seen Juventus must win this game."

"The two protagonists in the vigorous verbal battle before the game are both on the bench. Li Zihan has always been a substitute, so it is not very unusual. When will the first start be the big news. But Nagatomo Yuto has a lot of starts. Now put him on the bench. What does it mean to put it on the bench? It’s rare that it’s specially designed to deal with Li Zihan who played in the meeting?”

After more than a dozen games, everyone can see that Li Zihan is the rhythm of the substitute, as long as he sits on the bench, he will definitely play. That's why everyone, Uncle Zhan Jun, is so sure that Li Zihan will play.

"Okay, with the referee's whistle, the first Italian national derby match of the season has officially started. The first kick-off is the visiting team Inter Milan."

Inter Milan fell back in the midfield as soon as they came up. They did not rush forward, but opened up the formation first.

Cambiasso received the ball and passed it to midfield partner Stankovic, who passed it to Milito in front.Just when the fans thought the attack was about to start, Milito took two steps and passed it back to Zanetti when he saw Vidal approaching.
"Inter Milan played very patiently. After all, they are on the road, and Italian teams often play like this when defending and counterattacking away."

"Come on, you invincible old lady!" Elaine stood up in a good position in the north stand and cheered loudly.

She originally wanted to call out Inter Milan to cheer, but when she just called out the word "international", she saw the angry eyes of the strong men around her, so she changed her words immediately.Sure enough, the fans around looked at her with more friendly eyes.
In fact, this is not to blame for Elaine. After all, the Serie A team started the Milan duo in China in the early years with the most fans and the greatest popularity.At that time, she was often influenced by what she saw and heard, so she was more friendly to the name Milan, especially the city of Milan that symbolizes fashion.

Susu covered her face, "I don't know her, I really don't know her." She was next to Elaine's seat.

Susan brought the two of them to watch the game today, and the tickets were given by "Han Niang". After all, Juventus played against Inter Milan, and it is the best location, and the North Stand where Juventus fans are most concentrated, the tickets for this location The two hundred euros on the spot were still priceless.

Six hundred euros for three tickets is quite extravagant for Susan, which is almost a month's living expenses for the two sisters.

The active Yi Lian kept taking pictures with the camera, she already looked like a reporter, but the one she took the most was Li Zihan on the bench.She used these rare photos to fill her post bar, and Li Zihan was the protagonist.

Li Zihan sat on the bench and observed the players of both sides. He was no stranger to Zanetti, Cambiasso, Milito and Casalo.They are all the stars that the fans of the previous generation talked about in those days, but in terms of grades, they can also be Li Zihan's uncles.

When he was in Chengdu before, the crippled uncle would often tell him about some of the stars of the previous generation, such as Brazil’s 3R combination, Serie A’s World Cup, Qi Zu’s gorgeous skills, and Ferguson’s Class of [-] .At that time, he was still young, and he could only tell other people about these all-powerful superstars. Among them, the most famous ones are Ronaldo and Beckham. People who don't know football in China know them.And when Li Zihan grew up and understood what football is, they have gradually faded out of people's sight.

So Li Zihan focused on watching these old Serie A big brothers on the bench, hoping to learn something from their games. Although he basically relied on the system, it didn't affect Li Zihan at all. The heart that wants to have some "true skills" of its own.

Elaine in the stands happened to take a photo of Li Zihan staring at the stadium with concentration. Looking at the serious expression on this beautiful face, Elaine sighed that the man who is serious and focused is the most attractive.

If Li Zihan, who just turned [-], is considered a man.