Soccer Card System

Chapter 539 An Unfamiliar Opponent (Fifth)
5 Chapter Forty

There is a saying in England: no derby, no football.

The two giant teams of Milan City have performed countless derby battles in this stadium!

For Atletico Madrid, this stadium is completely unfamiliar.

Except, of course, Lucio.

When the players entered the visiting team's locker room, Lucio couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity.

In the past two seasons, he has been extremely familiar with this stadium, and he has even experienced the visiting team's locker room several times.

Every Milan derby, the visiting team has to enter the visiting team's locker room.

Lucio's feelings for Inter Milan are somewhat complicated.

On the one hand, Lucio's career peaked at Inter Milan.

Of course, if you want to talk about Lucio's career, then Bayern Munich is the first battle that has to be mentioned.In Germany, he won three Bundesliga Lindsay titles, three German Cup titles, and two Bundesliga Super Cup titles.Before joining Bayern Munich, the Brazilian defender also played for Leverkusen, and in Leverkusen, Lucio experienced his most painful season-the 01/02 season was unbearable for both Leverkusen and Lucio. Real Madrid has painfully become the "King of Sanya".

However, after the "Sanya King" Lucio was sold to Inter Milan by Bayern Munich, he quickly became a general under Mourinho, and in that season, Lucio and Inter Milan became the "Triple Crown!"

Although he has not played for Inter Milan for a long time, the glory of the Triple Crown still makes Lucio have special feelings for Inter Milan, so now, when he faces AC Milan, he seems to think of those times in the Milan derby.

Just when Lucio was thinking blankly, Gao Bo had already started the final deployment and mobilization for the game.

What he holds in his hand is AC Milan's starting list for today.

Allegri's Milan is still a 4312 formation.

The starting goalkeeper is Abiano, the defense, right back Bonera, the combination of Nesta and Mex at the center back, Antonini at the left back, Nocerino, Ambrosini, Seedorf in the three midfielders!

Basically, these seven players constitute Milan's basic defensive formation, with three midfielders and four defenders. Except for Seedorf's occasional advance and control of the team's game rhythm, these people will not easily press the offense.

And what does AC Milan's offense rely on?

Naturally, it is the trident in the frontcourt.

Front midfielder Boateng, this is the brother of Atletico Madrid's Boateng.

His full name is Kevin Prince Boateng, and he works as a midfielder. Boateng is physically strong and has comprehensive skills. He showed amazing strength in his first season after joining AC Milan and firmly occupied the position of the main midfielder.However, unlike his younger brother Jerome Boateng, he chose the national team of his own country, Ghana. Therefore, although the two are brothers, they can only play for Ghana or Germany in international competitions.

However, in this game, the two brothers may not be able to compete on the same field, because Gao Bo's starting central defender combination is Godin and Lucio. In the Champions League, Gao Bo relies more on Lucio's experience.

After all, this arena is different from the domestic league.

And in front of this midfielder are two strikers from Milan.

Swedish god Ibrahimovic, and Brazilian cyclist Robinho!

Allegri is an Italian coach, and Milan is also a typical Italian team.

So now this Milan's emphasis on defense is engraved in the bones, excluding the goalkeeper, Allegri has arranged seven defensive players, and in terms of offense, AC Milan can only rely on the performance of the three players in the frontcourt.

And the most core of them is of course the Swedish striker Ibrahimovic with his own system.

This high center forward with a height of 190 cm has a delicate footwork that is difficult for a player of this length.

In fact, not only among the tall players, even compared with those short-legged tigers, Ibrahimovic's footwork is not far behind.

He has a particularly good foot feel, can always score goals in unimaginable ways, has a balanced left and right feet, and is especially superb in shooting.

It can be said that he is almost a perfect striker, with a world-class body and technology.The only thing that can be nitpick is that Ibrahimovic, who is over 190 centimeters tall, does not have a good header.Of course, when the big man can send the ball into the goal with extremely delicate footwork and all kinds of incredible shooting movements, the small disadvantage of not being good at headers can be ignored.In addition, his speed is a little lacking.

"Lucio!! You come to focus on Ibrahimovic, he is the focus of Milan's offense, you must always keep an eye on him!"

Gao Bo stood in the middle of the locker room and said.

Lucio was a little distracted and didn't react for a while.

After seeing Lucio distracted, Gao Bo was a little angry, he raised his voice: "Lucio!"

Lucio reacted, and he hurriedly said: "Leave it to me! Boss!"

Gao Bo looked at Lucio with some anxiety, he was a little worried about his decision to put Lucio in the starting lineup.

But this thought just flashed through my mind.

Perhaps Lucio, who has played here for two seasons, just fell in love with the scene.

He is an old player, and Gao Bo believes that he can adjust his emotions to the best state after the start of the game.

"The focus of this game is to defend against AC Milan's counterattack. This is their main offensive method!" Gao Bo said, pointing to the tactical board. "They have three defensive midfielders and four defenders. These people basically don't step forward to participate in the attack. Therefore, my request is that they must not be intercepted easily! In an away game, even if it is a zero-to-zero game, you can't lose!"

Gao Bo emphasized.

The opponent of AC Milan is quite unfamiliar to both Gao Bo and Atletico Madrid.

Gao Bo has never played against AC Milan, and the last time Atletico Madrid and AC Milan played against each other was in a warm-up match in 2006, when AC Milan won [-]-[-].

Therefore, this opponent is unfamiliar to both parties.

At the stage of the quarter-finals of the Champions League, any small mistake may ruin all the team's efforts in the Champions League.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid's away game must be based on stability.

Players from both sides began to enter the field.

The appearance of every AC Milan player always makes the stands cheer.

The stadium, which can accommodate 8 people, is almost full today.In Italy, the popularity of AC Milan is comparable to that of Inter Milan and Juventus, and they have many fans.If it is not based on safety considerations, it is necessary to reserve some vacant seats as a buffer, there must be no vacant seats in this stadium.

Lucio looked at the stands. He was already very familiar with this stadium, and the feeling of the derby in the same city returned to him, which made Lucio even more motivated.

The live broadcast also started broadcasting.

"Welcome to the San Siro Stadium!!!"

The strong voice of the live DJ made the whole stadium boil.

"It's Meazza!"

Lucio said in his heart.

The opponent of AC Milan is unfamiliar to Atletico Madrid.

But for Lucio, it is the most familiar.

(End of this chapter)