Chapter 664 Entering the Champions League Final

In the 2002-03 season, Milan, Inter and Juventus gathered in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, creating the best record in Europe in 10 years in Serie A. What excites Inter Milan and AC Milan fans most is that the Milan derby will play six games this season, two games in the league and two matches in the Coppa Italia. Milan's semi-finals meet again. In the first round, Milan's "home" 0-0 draw with Inter Milan. The second round determines who can reach the finals.

This is the 10th time that AC Milan has reached the Champions Cup semi-finals, and it was only eliminated by Real Madrid in the season when the Champions League was founded. This is also the 13th time that Milan has entered the Champions League final, equaling the record held by the Madrid team. Real Madrid has participated in the finals 12 times, and Atletico Madrid has also had one final experience. However, if Real Madrid eliminates Juventus early tomorrow morning, the number of times Madrid has reached the Champions League final will beat Milan.

The Milan derby will have 79,000 fans coming to San Siro to watch the game, including Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi. Maldini's 45th appearance in the Milan derby broke the record held by Bergomi. Since his first time in the derby on December 1, 1985, Maldini has only missed four derbys, and these four derbys are AC Milan's record of 3 losses and 1 draw. This game is also memorable for Costa Kuta. He has participated in 100 club international events, including 74 Champions Leagues Cups, 14 League Cups, 8 European Super Cups and 4 Toyota Cups.

Jiang Mu unexpectedly played the three-back combination in this game. Captain Sanetti mentioned that the midfield formed five midfielders, and the striker sent Adriano and Vieri's double center combinations, and AC Milan was also the main starting lineup.

Because Inter Milan did not score a goal in the away game, Milan can advance as long as there is a goal in this game, so Milan launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the game. Dainzaghi is in the front of AC Milan, and Shevchenko and Rivaldo swim behind him.

In the second minute, Brazilian veteran Rivaldo performed well. He broke through to the side of the penalty area of Inter Milan on the left. Fortunately, Cordoba and Robben surrounded the ball.

A minute later, Shevchenko broke through with the ball on the right side, Cannavaro hit the bottom line, Rivaldo's corner kick, and the ball was grabbed by Inter Milan's defender.

In the 7th minute, Rui Costa was kicked down by Di Biagio. The two had a verbal conflict. Seeing Toldo standing forward, Rivaldo suddenly made a quick free kick, and his long shot was higher than the crossbar.

In the 11th minute, Shevchenko's left rib broke through and knocked horizontally, and Albertini, who followed up, shot high with his right foot from 22 meters away. AC Milan's counterattack lasted for 11 minutes. 11 minutes later, Inter Milan slowed down and launched a fierce counterattack.

In the 13th minute, Materazzi made a 50-meter long pass from the backcourt. Adriano shot with his right foot 16 meters from the right side. The ball was strong, but the angle of the shot was too straight. Abbiati got out of the ball, but there was no Inter Milan player 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 opportunity to score for the first time appeared in the 16th minute. AC Milan, who had a small advantage, got the opportunity to score through the active rush in the front court.

This is Inter Milan's passing in AC Milan's attack in the backcourt, but Sedov played the ball a little slowly in the backcourt and was snatched back by AC Milan, forming a second attack.

At this moment, AC Milan's assistant defender Maldini has not returned. Rui Costa in the front court quickly split, and Maldini broke through Inter Milan's left Simic's defense and passed the ball to the penalty area.

This is a critical period of offensive and defensive conversion. Inter Milan's players are running and have not yet returned, while AC Milan's players are attacking and have not returned. Dibiao did not look at AC Milan's striker Inzaghi, giving Inzaghi a chance to face the empty goal directly, but Inzaghi entered The ball was eager. Facing the empty goal, he jumped up and headed for the goal, but when AC Milan's fans thought that the goal must be scored, Inzaghi incredulously pushed the ball out of the crossbar.

AC fans in the stands are very disappointed. The opponent is the powerful Inter Milan. There are certainly not many opportunities they can get. Such opportunities may never be available again.

AC Milan missed this opportunity, and the players are still regretful. At this time, Inter Milan launched a quick attack and went straight to AC Milan's penalty area.

The ball was a long pass to find Vieri. Vieri headed the ball back to Ronaldinho. Just when everyone thought that Ronaldinho would make a breakthrough, Ronaldinho smashed the ball back and seemed to turn around, but he hit the ball and passed it to Adriano.

After receiving the ball, Adriano saw Vieri quickly insert into the ribs of AC Milan's penalty area, and other players of AC Milan were attracted by themselves to move to the side. Adriano immediately passed another high ball, and the ball bypassed the defender and flew to Vieri's running line.

AC Milan's defense line was out of control in an instant. After Vieri's chest stopped the ball like a tank, the nearest Costa Cuta could not be blocked.

Vieri did not stop the ball while running. He looked at the landing point and shot directly in the middle of the goal.

The shot was sudden and powerful. The goalkeeper Abiati had little time to react. He made a squat posture to save, and the ball flew into the net.

1:0

Inter Milan took the lead at home.

Inter fans roared excitedly, and the applause shocked the whole city of Milan like a tsunami.

However, the players of Inter Milan are not relieved, because now AC Milan can eliminate them with more away goals as long as they score another goal. After a short celebration, they quickly return to stand up and prepare for the counterattack of their sworn enemies in the same city.

AC Milan has strengthened its offensive, but it is not in a hurry to attack. It is still patiently organized in the midfield, using the personal ability of the strikers to attack Inter Milan's defense and looking for loopholes in Inter Milan's defense.

When playing in the first half to the stoppage time, Rui Costa turned around in the front court and got rid of his right foot and passed it directly to the left side of the penalty area. Cordoba's defense was in place to seal Shevchenko's angle, but Shevchenko shook and smashed his left foot. The ball happened to pass between Kordoba's legs. When Shevchenko rushed past Kordoba's side. After that, Kordoba reached out and pulled Sheva. Shevchenko staggered into the penalty area. When his body was out of balance, Shevchenko shot with his right foot 7 meters in front of the goal and hit the ball into the upper left corner of the gate. Toldo, who was blocked at close range, did not touch the ball, and his left knee was kicked by Shevchenko when he shot.

1:1 flat.

Sheva ran wildly, and he finally realized his pre-match wish.

May 13 is the first anniversary of the death of the famous coach Lobanovsky. Commemorative activities were held all over Ukraine. Shevchenko said that he would make a goal to pay tribute to his mentor. "He is like my father. I hope to have a goal for him."

Shevchenko has always been the nemesis of Inter Milan. Since joining AC Milan, he has scored a total of 89 goals, 10 of which have broken through Inter Milan goals.

Jiang Mu frowned and said nothing. Finally, he was scored an away goal by his opponent. Inter Milan had to score another goal to advance, but he also put down his hanging heart and scored a goal, so that Inter Milan could fight with his opponent without any illusions.

After Shevchenko scored, the first half of the game was over. The players from both sides returned to the locker room to rest, and the substitutes warmed up and waited for the start of the game in the second half.

In the second half of the game, Inter Milan did not replace them and continued to fight with AC Milan with the original lineup. Jiang Mu believes that the players on the field can overtake the score again.

In the forty-seventh minute of the game, Robben launched an offensive on the sideline. His speed has become the biggest nightmare for AC Milan full-back Maldini. The old horse is experienced, but his physical function has declined, and Robben eats him with speed and change, and Maldini really can't prevent it.

Maldini couldn't resist, and Rivaldo didn't work well when he came back. The midfielder Albertini also had to go to the side to help frequently to stop Robben's impact.

In the 58th minute, Robben continuously changed inward on the side under the cover of Cordoba. After being blocked by Maldini and Albertini, he quickly went to the bottom and passed the ball into the penalty area on the bottom line.

This time, Robben's cross was very fast and powerful, which made great difficulties for the defender to relieve the siege, but it was not easy for the striker to grab the point. Vieri's toes just rubbed a little skin, and the ball changed to the left side of the goal.

The goalkeeper Abbiati made a world-class save at this time. The ball was only five or six meters away from the goal, but Abbiati actually hit the ball with one hand.

There was an exclamation at the scene. The players of Inter Milan withdrew their congratulatory arm and hugged their heads. They couldn't believe it was true.

Ancelotti couldn't help wiping the cold sweat. This ball really tested his heart.

Such a shot can't score a goal, which makes Inter Milan's players a little impatient. Nesta and Adriano fought back and fell to the ground by a Brazilian teenager who was hit in the right cheek. Costa Cuta and Adriano's theory, Adriano, who was out of control, pushed Costa Cutter, which almost caused a group fight between the two sides. However, the referee separated the players of the two teams in time and showed a yellow card to each of them.

Jiang Mu saw that Adriano was too anxious and played abnormally, so he replaced Adriano with striker Fran and continued to strengthen his attack.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Ronaldinho made a wonderful heel pass with Fran at the front of the penalty area. Fran attracted the opponent's defensive attention when he ran towards the penalty area, but Ronaldinho looked at Fran and gave the ball to Vieri.

Vieri inserted into the penalty area at high speed, and Nesta had to pull and pull Vieri down from behind in the penalty area.

"force!"

The referee ran over and gave Nesta a yellow card, but only awarded a free kick, because Nesta began to foul outside the penalty area, and it was in the penalty area when he pulled down.

Inter Milan's players and fans protested strongly, but the referee ignored it and gave Vieri a yellow card.