At 8:25, players from both sides walked out of the locker room under the leadership of bald referee Collina.
Seeing Roma's red jersey, the Roma fans were as excited as the bulls seeing the red cloth. They screamed and clapped hard, doubling the noise in the already quiet stadium.
Inter Milan fans were sitting in the north stand where Lazio, Roma's rival, usually sat. They also applauded their players vigorously and called each player's name loudly to avoid being drowned out by the shouts of Roma fans.
Although the players on both sides are experienced veterans, facing such an important game, they still did not dare to relax at all. They all applauded and thanked the fans with serious expressions.
While the players were shaking hands and taking photos, some VIPs also arrived one after another. The long lens of the reporter's camera turned to the box from time to time, aiming at popular stars and former stars. When some of their fans saw it on the big screen in the stadium, they also
There were bursts of cheers.
Unlike the current tense relationship between the fans, the two presidents Moratti and Sensi are still very friendly. At least they shake hands, talk and laugh when they meet, and it is not as bad as their relationship with Juventus.
In fact, Sensi and Moratti became related because of oil. Moratti's Salas company is engaged in refining oil and producing power products. He and Sensi's Italian oil company are one of the partners, and the two are involved in
The time in the football field is also similar. Sensi took charge of Roma at the end of 1993, and Moratti took charge of Inter Milan in 1995. Their relationship has always been good. Due to the relationship between their common rivals AC Milan and Juventus, although they did not
They form cliques. But the two sides often take care of each other and fight against the holy alliance of AC Milan and Juventus.
However, in the past two seasons, due to the rise of the Roma duo, the relationship between Moratti and Sensi has also become subtle. They both use each other and undermine each other. When dealing with AC Milan, Lazio and Juventus,
They took advantage of each other, and when the two teams played against each other, they became enemies again.
When captains Zanetti and Totti exchanged team flags and emblems, the applause in the stands fell temporarily, but when Jiang Mu appeared in the coaching bench, the applause in the Inter Milan stands immediately rose again, with tens of thousands of fans cheering at the same time.
Calling Jiang Mu's name, the force of the unanimous voice suppressed all the voices present.
Jiang Mu became the focus of the audience. At this moment, the cameras and camera lenses were almost all focused on this young magical coach. The film flashed and the cheers rose again.
Roma fans couldn't stand an outsider playing the leading role in their own home, and they quickly launched a counterattack, with 70,000 fans booing to suppress the applause and cheers of Inter Milan fans.
Jiang Mu has a very strong psychological quality. He did not show any concern, but walked briskly to the Roma coaching bench and took the initiative to shake hands with Capello.
Although Capello has not yet led Roma to win the championship, he is already a world-famous championship coach. Jiang Mu can only be regarded as a rising star in front of him. However, Capello was unknown when he played, while Jiang Mu played in front of thousands of people.
Phew, as a matter of fact, no matter whether he is praised or criticized, Jiang Mu is the focus of everyone's expectations. In comparison, Capello is like a soy sauce.
Although Capello is not a very competitive person, and at his age, he does not want to compete with young people like Jiang Mu, but the comparison is so obvious, which makes Capello very unhappy and unconvinced. He thinks that Jiang Mu only
Winning several championships in a non-mainstream Eredivisie league is not very convincing. The evaluation and honor given to him by the media and fans are obviously higher than his own strength.
However, when Jiang Mu came over to shake hands with Capello, Capello shook hands with Jiang Mu as usual before sitting down on the coaching bench with a gloomy face.
The friendly ceremony before the game ended, and the bald referee Collina blew the whistle to start the game. The real fighting began.
At this time, except for the players and coaches of Inter Milan, everyone was surprised to find that Zanetti really appeared in the forward position, and Dalma was also a forward, but the two of them played as wingers, and
It was Vieri who served as center forward.
This scene shocked Inter Milan fans even more than the Romans, because they were already used to Inter Milan's winger-less tactics. Jiang Mu coached 9 games and played a lot of wing tactics, but he had never set up a pure winger.
Winger. And having Zanetti and Dalma as wingers is a bit whimsical. Seeing Zanetti kicking off the ball with Vieri in the center circle, Inter Milan people feel like they are in the game.
Capello, the head coach of Rome, was as astonished as if he saw an alien coming. He never imagined that Jiang Mu would arrange such a strange formation. Let alone him, even God could not have guessed that this Oriental man would let the defender go.
Playing as a forward, Dalma playing as a winger is definitely something new for French fans.
At this time, Capello didn't have any countermeasures. He didn't know whether this strange formation was a masterstroke or a failure of his opponent, whether it was extremely powerful or self-inflicted. He could only wait for changes.
Scarpini, a die-hard fan of Inter Milan and the famous commentator, opened his mouth so wide that he could almost put down a duck egg. He was speechless and said: "...Ah...Zanetti...really appeared in the forward position! Dar."
Ma is a left winger! God, tell me, what does our young head coach want to do? Did he regard this game that is related to Inter Milan's championship hopes as a friendly match? I thought there was an error in the starting lineup, but I didn't expect it.
It’s really unbelievable that this is really the case, leaving the top five forwards on the bench and letting the defenders and midfielders play forward. We still don’t know what the consequences of this young coach’s whims will be for us. I hope it will be good.
As a result...otherwise, what awaits him will be a storm of criticism..."
In the end, Scapini's words almost turned into a murmur, because he was very optimistic about Jiang Mu creating an era for Inter Milan. He was worried when Jiang Mu proposed the goal of at least one championship this season. The Italian media is used to adding insult to injury.
Yes, before this game, Jiang Mu has won 9 consecutive victories. Even if he loses this game with Roma, it will not have much impact on Jiang Mu. However, Jiang Mu has put together such a lineup. If he loses,
, not only has he become a big joke and lost all his authority, but it may also cause conflicts in the locker room, because big-name forwards like Recoba, Robbie Keane, Zamorano and others may complain.
However, Scarpini could only watch Jiang Mu take risks and had no choice, because he was just a commentator, or at most a special fan. He had no influence on the direction of Inter Milan's tactics.
In the VIP box, Roma President Sensi gave Moratti a thumbs-up with a sarcastic smile, "Awesome, awesome! You actually left a lot of forwards unused and used defenders to attack our defense. You really think highly of us.
We are."
“It’s not too late to comment after the game.”
Moratti defended Jiang Mu with a wry smile, but he was completely unsure. He knew Jiang Mu's starting lineup last night. At that time, he had a phone call with Jiang Mu and asked if such a change of formation would be too risky.
He had no intention of interfering with Jiang Mu's tactical arrangements, but this lineup was so amazing that he could no longer pretend not to see anything.
However, Jiang Mu did not explain it to him, he just told him that this lineup was the result of his careful consideration and that he would be responsible for the game, so that Moratti did not need to worry or care too much.
This is a soft nail. No matter how ignorant Moratti is, he understands that Jiang Mu does not want him to interfere with the team's specific tactics, so Moratti is inconvenient to ask more questions and can only stay in the gourd like an outsider.
In fact, Jiang Mu couldn't sleep the night before the game. There were too many questions to consider: How was Ferrari, who hadn't started for a long time? How about Materazzi playing as a defensive midfielder? He played in Perugia
Defensive midfielders are also rare. Both Dalma and Zanetti have played as wide midfielders, but can they adapt to the winger's style of play? Wide midfielders and wingers are not exactly the same. In addition, he also has to consider Recoba and Zamora.
What are the feelings of No, Robbie Keane, Hakan Suk and Farinos?
After careful consideration, Jiang Mu decided to take a risk: After a week of training, the players were very adaptable to such a strange formation. When training in groups within the team, they often beat the other group to a pulp. Di Bianho was training
With outstanding performance, Dalma's speed can easily break through the opponent's midfield. Therefore, both players, Jiang Mu, are placed on the left side of Inter Milan to curb Cafu's assists. Zanetti's role as right winger is even more important to Jiang Mu.
A great player, he can not only return to defense to assist Cordoba, but also provide crosses from the wing to attack the opponent's defense in the fastest way.
Quick, concise and unexpected, this is Jiang Mu's biggest reliance against Capello and Roma in this game. As for the effect, it depends on the performance of the players in the game.
When Inter Milan, who kicked off first, passed the ball to Pirlo, the three forwards of Vieri, Dalma, and Zanetti were already cutting into Roma's left, center, and right lanes like three sharp swords.
Roma played with a back three, and opponents would definitely like to play on their wings. Capello was already prepared, Candela dropped back to chase Zanetti, like a left back, and Assuncao followed Dalma.
Returning to the right side of the penalty area, trying to intercept Inter Milan's wing attack.
However, Inter Milan's three forwards advanced too fast and too deep, and Pirlo's long pass attack did not stop at all. Before Candela could catch up with Zanetti, Pirlo's cruise missile was in front of Zanetti.
Zanetti crosses directly to Vieri.
Samuel, who was defending Vieri, made a simply unforgivable mistake: he was originally blocking in front of Vieri, but somehow he was overtaken by Vieri. And Tomasi was obviously not in the state yet.
Following Vieri like a headless fly, watching Vieri shoot.
Vieri jumped high from the penalty area line and hit the goal with a powerful header.
At this time, goalkeeper Antonioli had no time to fall to the ground to save, so he stretched out his foot to block the ball in a hurry.
Vieri's shot focused too much on power and did not pursue angles, and was blocked by Antonioli's foot.
There was a burst of exclamation at the scene!
In the first 6 seconds, before the Romans had woken up, Inter Milan had already completed a very threatening shot.
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