Chapter 71 Warring States Rice (1)
On February 23, a plane flying from London to Milan landed safely at Litna Airport after a period of bumpy ride. It only takes half an hour to go directly to Inter Milan's home stadium Meazza, which can be seen as a result of football's status in Italy.
Chelsea and his group did not rush to go to the venue to adapt, but went to the assigned hotel first and placed their luggage. After dealing with these life matters, everyone guessed that they followed the coaching team to the training ground specially arranged for the team and started adaptive training.
It has to be said that this time the match with Inter Milan is not an easy job. Although Inter Milan is known as the black hole for the star, no one can deny his status as a giant. In the face of such a team, Chelsea's foundation is insufficient. After all, Inter Milan has its former glory - the era of Inter Milan.
When confronting such an opponent, it is conceivable that Chelsea players will not feel much more relaxed. From getting on the plane to getting off the plane, everyone's faces are tense, unlike usual. And when facing interviews with local media, no one accepted it.
Although Chelsea beat attacking Milan during the summer training session, Inter Milan's strength since the start of the new season is obvious to all, which shows how profound Mourinho's training skills are. No one will doubt how terrifying the combat effectiveness of Inter Milan in Meacha is.
From the perspective of all fronts, Inter Milan is not much weaker than Chelsea. First of all, it is on the attack line. Although Etoo, a money-refined man, has an average character, but his skills are undeniably excellent. He is a striker who is bothered by defenders in the world. Although Milito's condition is rising and falling, his goal rate remains ahead of Serie A.
Goalkeeper Cesar plays stably. Although sometimes not as good as Toldo, his performance is also the world-class goalkeeper level. Of course, what makes people feel more at ease is that the new Inter Milan defenders are now showing their own level. Others, Macon, Lucio, Zivo and Zanetti, and of course Matrazi are all world-class defensive masters, with body, speed and skills. They seem to have a decline in size than before, but they are more flexible.
The midfielders are Cambiaso and Sneider, both of whom are off and defending. Although their performance in Real Madrid is not very good, no one dares to underestimate Sneider. After a period of precipitation, after a period of precipitation, his personal ability has steadily improved, with excellent speed, accurate passes, and superb free kicks. With these three things, no team in the world would ignore Sneider's existence. Cambiaso's iron-man-like physical fitness and fighting spirit are quite as charming as Nedved back then.
"This game is not the match in summer. The opponent has been in a strong momentum recently, not to mention that it is still at the opponent's home court, which is difficult to play..." Dimateo flipped the information at hand, frowned involuntarily, and muttered to himself. Dimateo knew about the Italian team better than anyone else. As a member of the national team, he deeply knew how excellent Italy's defensive skills were. This game was undoubtedly better than who was more patient and able to seize opportunities.
However, no matter how difficult it is, Dimateo never shows any worries in front of the players and the team, because he knows very well that the more nervous he is, the more confident he is as the head coach of the team, and if he can't stand it, then the team's mentality will be even more problematic, and the game will be even more difficult to play. What's more, Dimateo has a vague feeling that if the team can pass this game smoothly, the dream of the Champions League will no longer be far away.
After a short rest and adaptation, the Champions League match between Chelsea and Inter Milan officially started in Meazza on the afternoon of the 25th. Meazza Stadium can be said to be a landmark building of Milan City, with a capacity of more than 80,000 people. It can be regarded as a large luxury stadium in the whole of Europe.
The name of this stadium comes from Giuseppe Meacha, a former famous Italian football player. This is the best scorer in the Italian Legion in the 1930s and a core player in the two World Cups. He has created a horrifying record of 367 games and 216 goals in the Serie A field. Some experts even believe that Meacha is the founder of this shooting technique.
Although Meazza died in 1979, the Italians named the stadium in Milan after Meazza in order to commemorate this great player forever. It can be said that this is a great player, this is a great stadium.
At this moment, Chelsea players were all staying in the visiting team locker room at Meacha Stadium. Everyone was very focused and listening to head coach Di Matteo's tactical arrangements. The opponent who would wait for a while was not a weak team, and his strength was not inferior to himself. If you don't arrange suitable tactics, it would be really difficult to defeat the opponent.
Today, countless fans poured into the Meacha Stadium. In addition to many Chelsea fans and some neutral fans, there were about 70,000 Nerazzurri fans coming in. Before the game started, the stands were already noisy, and the huge noise came into the ears of Chelsea players.
It seems that the sound insulation effect of each visiting team is not very good. Meacha is already considered polite. It is said that the Valencia visiting team's locker room in La Liga is directly equipped with a loudspeaker, and the world of the locker room is as lively as the outside world.
When the players listened to Dimateo's tactical arrangements and opened the locker room door, the sound waves that were dozens of percentage points noisy than before were hit. Listening carefully, it was obvious that it was time for Inter Milan fans to sing the team songs. In the player channel, Inter Milan's stars have already lined up to wait, Cambiaso, Etoo... familiar faces, but compared with the last time they fought, they had a lot of confidence and murderous aura.
Seeing this situation, Qin Tian had to sigh that even though he was called a star black hole, it is undeniable that this is one of the largest teams with stars like Real Madrid.
Following the referee out of the player channel, the entire Meacha stadium suddenly burst out with warm cheers. The huge sound made Qin Tian feel that the hair on his forehead seemed to be shocked, and the game was about to begin.
According to the consistent process of football matches, the captains of both sides took sides, took photos of the team members, shook hands with each other, etc. In a seemingly harmonious atmosphere, the willingness to fight did not decrease at all, but continued to rise. Qin Tian looked at the stands around him, and looked around and saw clearly the colors, and the blue-black and pure blue flags fluttered in the wind and could be seen everywhere.
In addition to looking at the atmosphere of Meacha’s stadium, Qin Tian was also looking for a person’s voice, Megan Fox. When he was resting in the hotel yesterday, Qin Tian received a call from Megan. She was also in Milan, but this time she was here to participate in a fashion show. Qin Tian didn’t understand the fashion show at all and had no interest, but women were different.
There is no interest in other Qin Tians, but Meghan wants to watch this Chelsea and Inter Milan match, which makes Qin Tian's desire to perform well a little stronger. Men's vanity is no less than women at some point. For this reason, Qin Tian also specially asked the team's staff to ask for two more tickets.
Seeing Qin Tian leaning on the court and waving in the direction he was sitting, Megan, sitting in the stands, smiled in his charming eyes, staring at the man on the court without blinking, and his sexy lips slightly bent into a beautiful curve.
Inter Milan is a strong team and has a long history of strength. Although Chelsea can be regarded as a strong team, there is still a certain gap compared to Inter Milan. With the whistle sounding, Inter Milan took the lead in taking advantage of its home court to frequently attack Chelsea's defense line, and wanted to take advantage of the opponent's first goal.
Fortunately, this method was not beyond Dimateo's expectations, and the team was prepared for it. Dimateo's strategy at the beginning was to avoid his edge and not play against you. After all, Inter Milan has the advantage of home court and is in a strong morale. It is not a good strategy to fight hard at this moment. Every team is always invincible in their home momentum.
For this game, Di Matteo also has his own little plan and strives to win. If he doesn't work, he will guarantee a draw. If he doesn't work, he will also score in Meacha and have the advantage of away goals. No matter which one it is, it will be a victory for Chelsea. Next time when the opponent is away from Stamford Bridge, the pressure will no longer be on his side.
Therefore, although Inter Milan's offense was very fierce, it could not break Chelsea's goal for a while. The layers of blocking of the Blues' back line caused quite a lot of trouble for Inter Milan. Fierce tackles and exciting Chinese people appeared on the court at all times, which attracted fans in the stands to make surprise sounds from time to time as the rhythm changes on the court.
The game entered a tense and exciting atmosphere from the beginning, and the fans were very happy to watch it, so many people think that the real start of the Champions League starts from the knockout stage, which makes it very reasonable. After all, every game and every goal in the knockout stage are crucial.
Everyone knows this truth that Chelsea players do not just huddle in the half and get passively beaten. From time to time, they also make a strong attack, so that the opponent will be cautious and not be so unscrupulous, and relieve the pressure on defense.
It can be said that Chelsea's strategy after the opening was relatively opponent, but as for whether they can persist and how long it will depend on Inter Milan's offensive, and Mourinho on the sidelines is obviously going to take action.
Chapter completed!