Chapter 664 Reaching the Champions League Final (1)
Update time:2013-05-30
In the 2002-03 season, Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus gathered in the semi-finals of the Champions League, creating the best record of Serie A in the European competition in 10 years. What excites the fans of Inter Milan and AC Milan the most is that there will be six Milan derbies this season.
, two games in the league, two games in the Italian Cup, and the two Milan heroes met again in the Champions League semi-finals. In the first round, Milan drew 0-0 at home with Inter Milan. The second round decided who of the two sides could advance to the final.
This is the 10th time that AC Milan has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. It was only eliminated by Real Madrid in the season when the Champions League was founded. This is also the 13th time that the Milan team has reached the Champions League final, tying the record held by the Madrid team.
Real Madrid has participated in 12 finals, and Atletico Madrid has also experienced one final. However, if Real Madrid eliminates Juventus early tomorrow morning, Madrid will have reached more Champions League finals than Milan.
79,000 fans will come to the San Siro to watch the Milan Derby, including Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Maldini will play in the Milan Derby for the 45th time, breaking the record held by Bergomi on December 1, 1985.
Since participating in the Derby for the first time, Maldini has only missed 4 Derby games, and AC Milan's record in these 4 Derby games was 3 losses and 1 draw. This campaign is also memorable for Costacurta. He has participated in 100 club international events, including
74 Champions League games, 14 UEFA Cup games, 8 European Super Cup games, and 4 Toyota Cup games.
Jiang Mu unexpectedly deployed a three-center-back combination in this game. Captain Zanetti mentioned that the midfielder formed a five-midfielder. The forwards sent a double center combination of Adriano and Vieri, and AC Milan was also the main force.
Since Inter Milan did not score a goal in the away game, Milan can advance as long as there is a draw with a goal in this game. Therefore, Milan launched a fierce attack at the beginning, with Inzaghi at the front of AC Milan, Shevchenko and
Rivaldo was cruising behind him on the wings.
In the 2nd minute, Brazilian veteran Rivaldo performed well. He broke through from the left to the side of Inter Milan's penalty area. Fortunately, Cordoba and Robben teamed up to clear the ball.
One minute later, Shevchenko broke through with the ball from the right, Cannavaro stepped in to block and hit the bottom line. Rivaldo took a corner kick and the ball was grabbed by the Inter Milan defender.
In the 7th minute, Rui Costa was kicked down by Di Biagio, and the two had a verbal conflict. Seeing Toldo standing forward, Rivaldo suddenly took a free kick and his long shot went over the crossbar.
In the 11th minute, Shevchenko's breakthrough on the left rib was blocked and then he hit it horizontally. Albertini, who followed, shot high with his right foot from 22 meters away. AC Milan turned the away team and attacked for 11 minutes. After 11 minutes, Inter Milan slowed down.
Then launched a fierce counterattack.
In the 13th minute, Materazzi made a 50-meter long pass from the backcourt. Adriano volleyed a shot with his right foot from 16 meters away on the right side. The ball was powerful and heavy, but the angle of the shot was too right. Abbiati took the ball and let it go.
But there were no Inter Milan players in front of him.
In the 15th minute, Vieri was hit on the back by Nesta and fell to the ground, but the Inter Milan center was fine.
The first chance to score came in the 16th minute. AC Milan, which had a slight advantage, got the chance to score through active pressing in the frontcourt.
This is when Inter Milan intercepted the pass from AC Milan in the backcourt, but Seedorf was a little slow to play the ball in the backcourt, and AC Milan stole the ball back, forming a second attack.
At this moment, AC Milan's full-back Maldini has not returned yet. Rui Costa quickly separated the frontcourt. Maldini broke through Simic's defense on the left side of Inter Milan and passed the ball to the penalty area.
This is a critical period of transition between offense and defense. Inter Milan's players are pressing forward and haven't come back yet, while AC Milan's players are attacking and haven't come back yet. Di Bianho didn't watch AC Milan's forwards.
Zaghi gave Inzaghi a chance to directly face the empty goal, but Inzaghi was eager to score. Facing the empty goal, he jumped up and headed the ball. But when the fans of AC Milan thought that the goal must be scored,
, Inzaghi incredibly headed the ball over the crossbar.
The AC fans in the stands were very disappointed. Their opponent was the powerful Inter Milan. They definitely didn't have many opportunities. Such opportunities may never come again in the future.
AC Milan missed this opportunity, and the players were still regretting it. At this time, Inter Milan launched a quick attack, approaching AC Milan's penalty area.
The ball was passed to Vieri from a long pass, and Vieri headed the ball back to Ronaldinho. Just when everyone thought Ronaldinho would lead the breakthrough, Ronaldinho actually
Smashing the ball backwards, he looked like he was about to turn around, but instead knocked the ball and passed it to Adriano.
After receiving the ball, Adriano saw Vieri quickly inserting himself into the ribs of AC Milan's penalty area, and other AC Milan players were attracted by the ball and some moved to the side. Adriano immediately
A high-altitude ball was passed, and the ball flew around the defensive player and onto Vieri's running route.
There was a gap in AC Milan's defense for an instant. After Vieri stopped the ball with his chest and rushed like a tank, Costacurta who was nearest could no longer stop him.
Vieri did not stop the ball while running, and he accurately targeted the spot and volleyed directly into the center of the goal.
The shot was sudden and powerful. Goalkeeper Abbiati had almost no time to react before he squatted down to save the ball and the ball flew into the net.
1:0
Inter Milan took the lead at home.
Inter Milan fans roared excitedly, and the applause was like a roaring tsunami, shaking the entire city of Milan.
However, the players of Inter Milan did not relax, because now AC Milan only needs to score one more goal to eliminate them with more away goals. After a short celebration, they quickly returned to their positions, ready to face the counterattack of their rivals in the same city.
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AC Milan strengthened their offensive, but did not rush to attack. They still organized patiently in the midfield, using the personal abilities of the forward players to attack Inter Milan's defense and find loopholes in Inter Milan's defense.
When the first half reached stoppage time, Rui Costa turned around in the frontcourt and passed with his right foot straight to the left side of the penalty area. Cordoba defended in place to block Shevchenko's angle, but Shevchenko missed the goal.
With a shake and a kick of his left foot, the ball passed between Cordoba's legs. When Shevchenko rushed past Cordoba, Cordoba reached out and pulled Sheva.
Shevchenko staggered into the penalty area. With his body out of balance, Shevchenko fired with his right foot from 7 meters in front of the goal and hit the ball into the upper left corner of the goal. Toldo, who blocked it from close range, did not
After touching the ball, his left knee was hit by Shevchenko's shot.
1:1 flat.
Sheva covered his head and ran wildly. He finally realized his pre-match wish.
May 13th is the first anniversary of the death of the famous coach Lobanovsky. Commemorative activities were held across Ukraine. Shevchenko expressed that he would use a goal to pay tribute to his mentor. "He is like my father. I hope to have a goal."
Dedicate it to him."
Shevchenko has always been Inter Milan's nemesis. He has scored a total of 89 goals since joining AC Milan, 10 of which were against Inter Milan.
Jiang Mu frowned and said nothing. Finally, his opponent got an away goal. Inter Milan had to score one more goal to advance. However, he also let go of his worries and just scored, so that Inter Milan would have no illusions.
Fight with your opponent.
After Shevchenko scored, the first half of the game was over. Players from both sides returned to the locker room to rest, and the substitutes came on to warm up and wait for the start of the second half.
In the second half of the game, Inter Milan made no substitutions and continued to fight AC Milan with the original lineup. Jiang Mu believed in the players on the field that they could overtake the score again.
At the 47th minute of the game, Robben launched an offensive on the wing. His speed became the biggest nightmare for AC Milan full-back Maldini. The old horse has rich experience, but his physical function has declined, and Robben just used his speed.
He changed directions and attacked him, and Maldini really had no way to guard against him.
Maldini couldn't resist, Rivaldo couldn't help when he came back, and midfielder Albertini had to frequently go to the wing to help block Robben's impact.
In the 58th minute, under the cover of Cordoba, Robben continuously changed directions on the wing and tried to cut in. After being blocked by Maldini and Albertini, he quickly went down and passed the ball into the penalty area from the baseline.
This time Robben's cross was very fast and powerful, which created great difficulties for the defenders to clear the ball. However, it was not easy for the forwards to grab the ball. Vieri's toe just touched the ball a little, and the ball changed direction and flew towards the goal.
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Goalkeeper Abbiati made a world-class save at this time. The ball was only five or six meters away from the goal, but Abbiati hit the ball with one hand.
The scene was filled with exclamations. Inter Milan's players retracted their celebrating arms and hugged their heads. They couldn't believe this was true.
Ancelotti kept wiping his sweat. This goal really tested his heart.
Such a shot could not score a goal, which made the players of Inter Milan a little impatient. Nesta and Adriano fought hard to recover it, but was hit by the Brazilian boy on the right cheek and fell to the ground. Costacurta argued with Adriano, and his emotions
Adriano, who lost control, pushed Costacurta and almost caused a fight between the two sides. However, the referee separated the players from the two teams in time and showed each of them a yellow card.
Jiang Mu saw that Adriano was too anxious and was not performing properly, so he replaced Adriano and replaced him with forward Forlan to continue to strengthen the attack.
In the 62nd minute of the game, Ronaldinho played a wonderful back-heel pass with Forlan at the front of the penalty area. When Forlan ran towards the penalty area, he attracted the opponent's defensive attention, but Ronaldinho looked at him.
Forlan passed the ball to Vieri.
Vieri drove into the penalty area at high speed, and Nesta had no choice but to pull Vieri from behind and knock him down in the penalty area.
"force!"
The referee ran over and gave Nesta a yellow card, but only awarded a free kick because Nesta started the foul outside the penalty area and was inside the penalty area when he was pulled down.
Inter Milan players and fans protested strongly, but the referee ignored it and gave Vieri a yellow card.