380 Final Day

Many people say that Yang Cheng is amazing. Once he reaches the final, he will definitely win the cup, so he called him the king of the finals.

Therefore, this has become a very important reason for the popularity of Inter Milan this season.

Little did he know that one of the important reasons why Yang Cheng was able to win in the finals was that he always did more preparation than anyone else. From the team's skills and tactics, to the referee's personality, and even the characteristics of the ball used in the game, he had to conduct special tests and research.

Don't underestimate these, these can help Inter Milan get into the game better.

Of course, the finals have more time to prepare than other competitions, so it is easier to play Yang Cheng's characteristics because he can design tactics in an orderly manner and think about his opponents.

"I've learned that Costakuta's problem is not serious, and it may or may not be. But now AC Milan is rumored to the outside world as if he is about to retire early." Chris Schmidt looked puzzled.

"I guess it's going to have a smoke battle, which makes us think Costakuta can't get on!" Paul Baier speculated.

Yang Cheng smiled, "What's the matter?"

"Then?" Paul Baier thought Yang Cheng's question was very strange, "and of course he suddenly went to Costakuta."

Benitez shook his head, "Yang Cheng means that if Costakuta is not up, there is no big difference!"

"Yes!" Yang Cheng nodded. Benitez knew him best. He liked this Spaniard more and more. He was very easy to use. He could understand whatever he thought.

"When Costa Cuta goes up, AC Milan's right side still has many problems. The stubborn problems on the two sides are still not solved. Is there any difference?"

Paul Baier was speechless and couldn't help but nod.

"Ancelotti set up a suspicion array, so we let him play. I know that he wanted us to hit the right side, so we would use the trick!"

Benitez nodded repeatedly. Since he followed Yang Cheng during the period when he was following Yang Cheng, he felt that Yang Cheng was very good at setting tactics, that is, using tricks. In addition, his offense is very committed to one principle. It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers!

This makes Inter Milan's offense desperately hit the loophole once it finds its opponent's loophole. It will never give up until the opponent collapses. Unless the opponent can better defend the loophole, Yang Cheng will hit you until the opponent collapses.

"Ancelotti and many AC Milan players have been in the first Champions League final, and the situation is at a disadvantage. In order to compete for the initiative, they should be more proactive at the beginning. I even suspect that he will attack at the beginning, so we have to play more patiently from the beginning, stabilize the defense first, and then plot to counterattack. When counterattacking, we will feint attack AC Milan on the right, and in fact we will hit their left."

This trick was used when dealing with Manchester United, but some tactics are like this and have been tried and tested.

Since Ancelotti deliberately exposed the flaws on the right, I believe he will definitely defend the right side at that time, but Inter Milan has Pirlo on the left side. Once the wind direction is wrong, it will be easy to transfer immediately.

This is the benefit of having a long passer!

Of course, everyone will be fully prepared, and Ancelotti will definitely be on guard against Inter Milan's move, so the best way is to play unexpectedly.

"The midfield must cut Seedov and Rui Costa!" Benitez reminded.

These two midfielders are equivalent to Inter Milan's Pirlo and Deco. Their ability to create opportunities is also very good and cannot give them too much connection and activity space.

"Let Emerson move forward and stare at Rui Costa!" Yang Cheng thought for a while and said.

"But in this way, Shevchenko and Dainzagi..." Paul Baier frowned and reminded.

The performance of these two forwards is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and it is a problem after all.

"Shevchenko's best performance recently was away games against Real Madrid. At that time, the excellent midfielder dribble was very sharp." Yang Cheng commented that Shevchenko was retreated more deeply in that game, a bit similar to Kaka later.

"But don't forget that once he reaches the midfield, he may not be able to rush. We have a Lucio with great mobility. If I'm not wrong, Ancelotti will continue this tactic."

Paul Bayer still couldn't rest assured, "But what if the two appeared in the middle together?"

"I wish they were like this, but I think Ancelotti is more likely to arrange Shevchenko on both wings, so our full-back should not be too pressed when attacking, and must stay one, don't both go up and guard against Shevchenko."

Paul Bayer immediately wrote this in his notepad and prepared to explain it to the players at the tactical preparation meeting.

"I have been studying AC Milan's double striker configuration in recent days. The so-called Ancelotti used the double striker to live, which is simply nonsense. Da Inzaghi's tricky running position makes him an expert in bargaining, so Ancelotti used this to let Shevchenko feint attack on the periphery, attract defensive pressure, and Da Inzaghi's bargaining in the penalty area."

"So when we face AC Milan's face-to-face attack, the defensive arrangement must be targeted at this point, not to be chaotic, and stand firm. The key is to take advantage of the big inzagji who is taking advantage of the gap."

The league is different from the cup. The league results rely on offense. The cup results rely on defense. Therefore, teams with more balanced offense and defense often become the final winners of the cup.

Inter Milan's offense is sharp, its defense is not bad, and it is very balanced, but AC Milan is not bad, so it is difficult to guarantee that the game will not turn into a penalty shootout in the end. In order to prevent this, Yang Cheng asked Paul Bayer to make a report from the database, and what he was going to hand it over to Buffon was the technical characteristics and direction angle of each player on the opponent's side's penalty kick.

This is also the final preparation, just in case.

To some extent, Juventus is stronger than AC Milan, and Lippi is more difficult to deal with than Ancelotti. However, from the perspective of defense, AC Milan has a more adequate defense against Inter Milan, because neither Stam nor Maldini are the kind of defenders who are purely physically competing, which increases the difficulty of breaking their defense.

In the early stage of the season, many people praised Ancelotti and believed that his team played very well, but now, no one will say that, because after a season, he began to become more and more inclined to balance, and even conservatively, and returned to the old path.

Therefore, Yang Cheng didn’t dare to say what kind of score the final would be. Maybe it was 0:0, and it was unknown!

"There is another very important point that we won the Serie A championship and had an advantage in the Italian Cup final, but we must prevent the players from having a relaxed mindset. This must be strengthened in training and given the greatest importance!"

Yang Cheng was very worried about this, for fear that the players would relax their vigilance.

The biggest enemy of a team often comes not from the outside, but from itself.

"Also, I hope to warm up at Old Trafford Stadium 20 minutes in advance, and all players will warm up 20 minutes more than usual!" Yang Cheng said without doubt.

Everyone present heard the news and immediately understood that Yang Cheng wanted to get the players to get into the state at the beginning of the game.

Everyone immediately recorded this request and told the players to know at the game preparation meeting.

Yang Cheng has always been meticulous in preparing for the game. He does not allow players to violate his requirements, especially before such a major game.

After all, Yang Cheng has rich experience in dealing with such finals that many people do not have.

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After the final game of Serie A, Inter Milan continued to conduct closed training at the Pinetina base.

However, the outside world has already made a big fuss for the upcoming Champions League final, and everyone is fighting for a ticket to Old Trafford Stadium.

In addition to the tickets, the prediction of who wins and who loses has also caused an uproar throughout the European continent.

There is no doubt that Inter Milan has an advantage in popularity. Among them, 16 head coaches in Serie A, except for 4 who remain neutral, 8 of the other 12 head coaches believe that Inter Milan has the advantage, but they all left a way out and felt that whoever performs better in the final will win.

In addition, well-known head coaches including Bosque, Beckenbauer, Bremer, Heathfield, Ferguson have chosen to support Inter Milan. They all feel that Inter Milan's strength has tilted the balance of victory to the Nerazzurri since the beginning of the game. Only by striving for a hard time can AC Milan have the possibility of winning.

The head coaches such as Zacheroni, Trim, Uli Vieri are optimistic about AC Milan. They believe that the Ross and Blacks will win because Inter Milan has already slacked off in their desire to win the game after winning the league and booking the Italian Cup, and AC Milan's hunger in honor will make the Ross and Blacks laugh to the end.

But the real war of words started with Berlusconi joining the interview ranks.

Italian Prime Minister praised Ancelotti, "We will definitely win, which is very obvious because we have performed better this season, unparalleled, and most importantly, we come with a revenge heart, and we are eager to defeat our mortal enemies and win the Milan derby!"

Morati responded immediately after hearing Berlusconi's words.

"I've been excited about the team's performance this season, and I hope we can continue this momentum in the Champions League final. Caesar is a great head coach and I think he will lead us to a key victory and create Serie A history."

Berlusconi responded immediately, "That's right, but I think the internal internal of Inter Milan has been shaken at this moment, because Yang Cheng may not continue to stay in Inter Milan next season. Look at the back and forth between him and Real Madrid, look at the words of Liverpool Chairman David Morse not long ago. He will not continue to stay in Inter Milan, so what we have to face is no longer a united Inter Milan, but a turbulent team!"

The Liverpool president praised Yang Cheng in an interview with the Guardian, believing that he has become more capable and mature in the past four years in Inter Milan. Now he is the world's top head coach.

However, as soon as the interview was released, he and Liverpool's CEO Parry called Yang Cheng respectively and explained the interview, saying that at that time, it was just a Guardian reporter asking him to comment on Yang Cheng, that's all.

Yang Cheng didn't care about this matter, but he was a little unhappy when he was moved out.

"I don't think Berlusconi's words are obviously ulterior motives that will affect me and my team. On the contrary, I think we will use facts to fight him back."

"Acc Milan is indeed a good team, but I am very confident in the finals. This is the first time Ancelotti has entered the Champions League finals, and it is also the first time for many stars in the AC Milan team. The first time I often lack some experience, so I think this will be our opportunity."

"Finally, I have to remind Ancelotti that the Champions League final is different from other games. When you pay attention to tens of thousands of fans and countless fans around the world, any decision you make is difficult."

Yang Cheng's words were very obscure, but anyone could hear that he was pointing out Ancelotti's flaws.

Fatty An made frequent mistakes in command at the moment of battle, which is well known. He is indeed inferior to Yang Cheng in this regard, so Yang Cheng wants to use this to attack him and let him face his flaws directly.

You should know that football matches and pre-match command are also very important.

Milan City News also seemed to reflect Yang Cheng's words, and immediately issued a column, directly commenting on why Ancelotti was the second-year-old, "because he always made fatal mistakes in key games!"

Then, Milan City Post listed some of the key games Ancelotti has experienced so far in his coaching career, as well as the fatal mistakes he made in key games. Some were improper command at the front, and some were forced choices, but without exception, when the media wants to attack you, these will become a handle.

Inter Milan fans were really happy at this time, and they finally realized the pleasure of using the media to attack their opponents.

In addition to the war of words between the two sides, many people have also listed a lot of data to set off this final.

For example, AC Milan has not won the Milan derby for many years. For example, they have been away from the European Champions League final for 9 years, but the most important thing is that as long as Inter Milan wins another game, they will break the record of 10 consecutive Champions League victory set by AC Milan.

This was something that few people noticed before, but as soon as they were reminded, Yang Cheng suddenly realized.

Since the second round of the group stage, Inter Milan has been winning. They have now won 10 consecutive victories in the Champions League. Even in this season's Champions League, they have maintained an unbeaten record of 16 rounds, with 15 wins and 1 draw, which is also very impressive.

A series of disturbances made the whole world focus on Old Trafford Stadium.

Yang Cheng led Inter Milan to train at the Pinetina base for two days, then set off on the morning of the 27th and arrived in Manchester at noon.

This time, in order to avoid the harassment of Inter Milan fans, Yang Cheng specifically asked Malpensa Airport to open a special passage so that Inter Milan could avoid fans and reporters waiting at the airport, and set off from Malpensa Airport in a low-key manner, then go to Manchester Airport, avoid everyone in a low-key manner, and arrive at the hotel.

However, AC Milan failed to avoid it. They were intercepted by fans at Malpensa Airport and Manchester Airport, causing them to delay a lot of time in both places. By the time they arrived at the hotel, it was already 18:28, and they did not continue the training for the 27th day in the end.

According to the custom of the Champions League final, the plane can carry family members, but this time, Yang Cheng went against the norm and directly asked the club to arrange for family members to take another plane, so that the players can prepare for the game with peace of mind.

It was not until the team completed the training on the afternoon of the 27th that the players and staff members arrived in Manchester, but they were also arranged on different floors from the players and only lived in the same hotel.

AC Milan arrived in Manchester with a big strife. The players all took their families with each other, just like traveling. Ancelotti's family, Galliani's family and girlfriend, Gatuso's parents, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Monica, etc., and even his two fathers called Yang Cheng to harass him and threatened him to kill him.

The most terrifying thing is Martini. He even personally booked a helicopter and sent his family to Manchester. It was so awesome and immediately attracted the attention and interviews of countless reporters.

The hotels where the two teams stayed in were very close to Old Trafford Stadium, both of which were about 30 minutes, but the news was frequent when it came to AC Milan, while Inter Milan seemed much more low-key.

Yang Cheng had issued a ban before, that all players must stay in the hotel for group activities. Although they are allowed to visit relatives and friends, they cannot stay overnight and are prohibited from going out of the hotel.

"Calm emotions help us to play our strength more, so I don't want you to be disturbed by the media when you go out."

Yang Cheng's approach has been understood by the players. They have all experienced one Champions League final, and some have even experienced two sessions. Naturally, they can understand the benefits of Yang Cheng's arrangement.

The atmosphere before the game is very important. You cannot be too nervous or too relaxed. How to master the degree here depends on each head coach's own control.

If it weren't for the crowded reporters outside, Yang Cheng would rather let the players go outside, go around, go shopping, or even have a barbecue in Manchester to completely relax.

But it is obvious that this is impossible, because media from all over the world gather at the hotel entrance, and it is impossible to give Inter Milan a too relaxed environment, and even regular training will be harassed by them, let alone free activities?

In such an atmosphere, the long 27th day passed quickly. On the 28th, the final day, under the attention of countless fans around the world, it was finally late!

This key game with a total prize of 100 million euros finally came to a sound of gongs and drums, igniting the war with all fans looking forward to it.

The slogan in UEFA's promotional video is: Is Inter Milan the first triple-champion in Serie A history? Or is AC Milan breaking its fate for many years? Who can reach the throne of the Champions League this season?
Chapter completed!