AC Milan today is a 4321 formation, with goalkeeper Dida, defenders Carazze, Maldini, Nesta and Kafo. The three midfielders are Pirlo dragged back, and Sidorf and Gattuso escorted him. Double front midfielder Kaka and Rui Costa, among which Rui Costa is responsible for the frontcourt connection, Kaka takes on the responsibility of high-speed insertion in the rear row, and is more like a shadow striker. Single striker Crespo.

They can be said to have 4 No. 10 players on the court, Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka and Rui Costa, all have delicate footwork, excellent passing and organizing skills.

Inter Milan's formation is 442, goalkeeper Toldo, defenders Favali, Mikhailovic, Cordoba, and Sanetti. Although Mikhailovic and Favali have been proven difficult to take on major tasks many times, they are Mancini's direct descendants, so Mancini continues to trust them.

The midfielder is a four-player combination of C. Zanetti, Cambiaso, Stankovic and Peron. From this configuration, it can be seen that Mancini pays great attention to defense in this game. The four players are basically a shallow disc-shaped position. C. Zanetti and Cambiaso dragged behind, Stankovic is on the left and Peron is on the right.

In fact, Mancini was a little confident in winning before the game, and he always emphasized that he should first stabilize the defense and not rush to attack. For him, who has been playing offensive football this season, it is a rare tolerance. After all, his opponent is AC Milan, and his attack power is even better than Juventus now.

The two forwards are the partners of Ronaldo and Licardo. Adriano entered the roster, but when the team doctor checked him before the game, he believed that he had not returned to his best form and could only play 60 minutes, so Mancini put him on the bench.

Vieri and Cruz didn't even make the roster, and the three forwards to the roster were Adriano, Recoba and Martins.

In the locker room, Vieri has complained more than once about her playing time, and I don’t know when this conflict will break out.

While the players were waiting for the kickoff in the middle circle, both head coaches Mancini and Ancelotti looked very confident. I don’t know if they really have the confidence to defeat their old rivals, or pretend to be calm and confident to make the players feel at ease.

The referee DeSantis whistled and the game began.

AC Milan kicked off first, and after hitting the backcourt, he directly passed the ball from the backcourt to launch an attack. The ball was headed by Inter Milan defender Cordoba, and the football flew to the midfield. Gattuso fouled Peron while pressing in the midfield.

At this time, the game started less than 30 seconds ago. This small detail has been revealed that this will be a fierce battle.

According to Mancini's instructions before the game, Inter Milan played very fast in the opening minutes and launched a high-intensity front court press.

The same is true for AC Milan. They don’t give in. Both sides pass quickly, fight fiercely, and keep changing the ball rights, but they don’t get any good opportunities.

So after playing for 7 or 8 minutes, both sides slowed down their pace and began to focus on defense.

Li Kado was a little regretful. He wanted to use the opening few minutes and AC Milan was not firmly in his foothold, and find an opportunity to help the team get the lead, so that the subsequent game would be easier.

However, AC Milan is also very experienced and does not give the Nerazzurri a chance at all. Inter Milan's most chance attack was that Stankovic launched a long pass over the top after stealing in the midfield. The ball was a little bigger, and Dida attacked to the edge of the penalty area in time to remove the ball. Likado failed to close and collided with Dida.

Stankovic's footwork is still a little worse. If this ball was passed by Belon, it may be just right.

But Peron basically won't pass the ball to Brazilian players other than Ronaldo, so this is a paradox.

And he didn't pass the ball to Ronaldo much.

So as long as Peron appears at the same time as Licardo and Adriano, most of his passes are horizontal or backward.

Even if Licardo and Adriano run out of the open position, Peron is likely to transfer the ball to the wing, and the full-back player inserts the ball and passes it, instead of directly sending it to Licardo or Adriano.

Over time, as long as you see Bellona get the ball, Licardo and Adriano habitually stop running, so as not to waste their energy.

Ronaldo is a little different. After all, he is a team leader. No matter how hard Veron dares to offend him. Although he often pretends not to see him, sometimes when Ronaldo runs to a good position and Veron does not pass the ball, Ronaldo will complain, and Veron will pretend to apologize.

Sometimes, Bellon would do his best to pass him a few irrelevant balls.

In the 9th minute, Inter Milan attacked. When Cambiaso tried to stuff the ball to Ronaldo, Maldini broke the ball. However, Maldini's big foot was so high that it was not far away. Licado rushed to the landing point and stretched his foot to catch it. The football stuck to his feet as if glue was applied. Licado was about to stuff the ball to Ronaldo again, but was knocked to the ground by Pirlo.

The referee DeSantis gave a free kick, and Mihailovic took the penalty and shot heavily on the wall, wasting a free kick in this position.

In the 11th minute, Stankovic made another long pass to attack. Licardo used his head to pull the ball to Ronaldo before Nesta.

Ronaldo and Maldini ran to the ball in a tangled way. Before the ball could land, they directly volleyed. Maldini stretched out his foot in time to block the ball and blocked the ball out of the baseline.

In this game, Maldini focused on defending Ronaldo, almost unfamiliar with his steps.

Although he is old, his speed and explosive power are reduced, and his ability to confront is not as good as before, his rich experience allows him to use the most labor-saving method to intercept and block. Ronaldo has not yet been able to create a threat under his defense.

Ronaldo gave Likado a thumbs up and signaled that he had passed it well. Likado shook his head, not satisfied with himself.

In fact, he had just seen that Ronaldo had not yet gotten rid of Maldini, so he should not rush to head the ball over, but should have secured the ball first and waited for Ronaldo to run out of the room before passing. However, he was a little confident in getting the ball under Nesta's defense, so he chose to do the ball directly, which wasted an opportunity.

Nesta, who is in his prime, is now a world-class defender. He is strong, quick to turn, decisive in defense, and has no lack of experience. He is the peak age of a defender, and it does take courage to get the ball in front of him.
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