Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Without the burden of Champions League games, AC Milan returned to Serie A with great lineup integrity and health.

In the 29th round of Serie A, Inter Milan defeated Brescia 1-0 and Milan also defeated Bari 2-1. The points gap between the two teams remained unchanged.

But in the 30th round of Serie A, when Milan finished ahead of schedule and defeated Palermo 3-0.

Next door, Inter Milan panicked.

Because they won the quarter-finals against Bayern just four days ago.

This knockout round has taken too much of a toll on Inter Milan.

Many veterans struggled until their physical strength was exhausted, and midfielder Stankovic even retired from injury on the spot. In this round of the league, Inter Milan can only use rotation.

Milan has put too much pressure on Inter Milan. If they cannot defeat their opponents in this round, the Inter Milan generals will lose a lot of their motivation to compete for the championship.

Speaking of which, Inter Milan has entered the next knockout round of the Champions League, which is not necessarily a good thing for them.

Not to mention that their energy was dispersed, they fought hard until the end of the season, and now they don't have much advantage on the three lines.

Compared with AC Milan next door, which is very likely to win the league championship this season, Inter Milan does not have a chance to compete for the championship.

But in the eyes of the outside world, Inter Milan is still very bright this season.

Although the league is unstable, there is a high possibility of losing the championship to the rivals in the same city.

But they made it to the final four in the Coppa Italia and the last eight in the Champions League, but they eliminated Bayern Munich, who was in great form.

It can be said that with this victory, Inter Milan is still considered by the media on the European continent to be a powerful and prosperous club.

However, only one’s own family knows their own affairs.

It was only after Leonardo took over Inter Milan that he realized that the iron-blooded army led by Mourinho had reached the end of its strength.

It can be said that last year's Triple Crown achievement forced Inter Milan's veterans to be at their strongest, but at the same time it also drained the last drop of Inter Milan's blood.

What Inter Milan now needs to complete is reconstruction work, rather than continuing to rely on this group of veterans to compete on all lines.

However, public opinion wouldn't let it go, Inter Milan fans wouldn't let it go, and Inter Milan's boss Moratti no longer had strong financial resources to support reconstruction.

Leonardo had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to lead Inter Milan's third-line attack.

This is really no different from walking a tightrope.

One step off and you lose everything.

For example, on the afternoon of March 20, in the 30th round of Serie A match between Inter Milan and Pepper Lecce.

Inter Milan only scored the first goal of the game in the 76th minute, but in the 87th minute they gave Lecce a chance to tie with a penalty kick due to handball in the penalty area.

Not to mention Leonardo, the more than 70,000 Inter Milan fans at home were already desperate.

If Lecce were to draw another game, Milan's lead over them would reach fifteen points, a full five wins!

At this point, it really doesn't make much sense for Inter Milan to continue fighting. They can be prepared in advance to surrender in the league.

Fortunately, at this darkest moment, when many players in the Inter Milan team gave up, Cesar rejected Lecce's penalty kick with a superb save!

In an instant, they returned from hell to plain earth. Many excited Inter Milan fans were almost in tears!

“Saint Cesar!!!”

Countless Inter fans chanted slogans passionately, and the resurgent Inter Milan withstood the counterattack of Pepper Lecce at the last moment.

A tough 1-0.

Inter Milan is still alive!

Without further widening the gap with Milan, they finally stood in front of Milan again!

Two teams also from Milan will compete in the next round of Serie A.

The Inter Milan players who escaped the disaster expressed their determination to win the Milan derby to the camera while praising God.

But here at AC Milan, everything seems too "quiet".

No AC Milan player or coach talked about his thoughts on the Milan derby in front of reporters.

AC Milan, which had won against Palermo a day earlier, was already in holiday mode.

There are no international competition tasks and no Italian Cup. After this round of league games, Serie A will usher in a two-week "rest period."

Therefore, Milan's players have "returned to their respective homes" and lived a warm family life for the time being.

Li Ang was also temporarily freed from the monotonous hard training, because Ibrahimovic forced him to go to Northern Europe with him.

When the entire Italian media thought that AC Milan players, like Inter Milan players, were nervous for the upcoming focus battle and were ready for hard training.

Leon and Ibrahimovic were strolling leisurely in the old town of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

In three days, Li Ang visited Stockholm's Zoo Island and Ship Island.

Finally, after being reminded by Uncle Jon's phone call, Li Ang and Ibrahimovic packed up their luggage and slowly hurried back to Milan.

Relaxing mentally and physically at the same time, meeting his teammates again in Milan City, Li Ang found that everyone seemed to be in better spirits than before.

Well, except for Robinho, whose dark circles under his eyes have become a little heavier.

Uncle Jon's holiday arrangement has achieved very good results.

The following recovery training was successfully completed by Milan's players in a relaxed atmosphere where they talked and laughed.

During this period, I faced interview requests from reporters from outside media.

Milan still adopts the attitude of "don't refuse, don't respond, and don't pay attention".

Uncle Jon is clearly trying to lighten the mental burden on the players, and the top management of the Milan club will naturally have to follow suit.

We are about to start preparing for the battle with Inter Milan. How can we let outside public opinion interfere with our own players first?

So within an invisible "wall", Milan began their targeted tactical drills in an orderly manner.

For five days in a row, the Italian reporters squatting outside Milanello did not come up with any valuable news information.

On March 31, reporters who finally seized the opportunity blocked Li Ang, who had just finished extra training and was the last one to drive away, at the gate of Milanello.

Unexpectedly, this time, Li Ang was very cooperative and directly accepted their interview request, which made all the reporters overjoyed.

"Have you been training very hard recently? Have you prepared some 'special' tactical plans for Inter Milan?"

"It's hard work. It's almost the same as before. Training is just like that anyway. Besides, you all know what our coach likes to practice, so you don't need me to say more, right?"

"I heard that Robinho's condition is not very good recently. Will you put him on the bench in the Milan derby two days later?"

"You have to ask the coach about this, I don't know."

"Leon, what do you think of being named the most popular player among Milan fans in the first quarter of this year by Gazzetta dello Sport?"

"My pleasure, if what you say is true, but I think Zlatan and Pato should be more popular with Rosenery~"

"Before the big battle, do you have anything to say to the Milan fans?"

Li Ang, who had answered the previous questions quickly and fluently, paused on this question.

The reporter from "Gazzetta dello Sport" also looked at Li Ang with curiosity, wondering what he would say in the end.

"It is my duty to restore the glory of Milan! Please give way, I want to go home."

After leaving a slogan that made the reporters at the scene look at each other, Li Ang drove away smoothly.

Of course, his words were well known to fans all over Italy early the next morning.

Milan fans like Li Ang's slogan very much, very much.

How appropriate!

Today, six years after Milan lost the league title, there is no more suitable slogan to regain the Serie A championship trophy than Li Ang's words.

Fans of other Serie A teams thought about it after seeing this sentence in the newspaper and modified it slightly. Hey, wouldn't it be appropriate to use it for their own teams?

For a time, Li Ang quickly became popular in the Italian football world because of this slogan.

Milan fans also made a large number of signboards, using Li Ang's slogan as a slogan, and with high morale, they began to "ride the face" of Inter Milan fans in Milan.

Allegri was also happy. He didn't expect that Li Ang could come up with such a slogan to inspire Milan fans.

He himself quite liked this sentence, but Li Ang was a little confused.

"I just said it casually. How can there be more slogans? If I had known that it would cause such a big noise now, I might as well just say Forza milan."

After the training session that day, faced with the "requests" from Boateng and Pato for a new slogan, Li Ang simply raised his hands to indicate that he really had no more ideas in his mind.

After finally coaxing the suspicious two people away, Li Ang quickly packed up and didn't practice any more today. He just mixed in with the large group of teammates and left Milanello early.

Otherwise, he is afraid that those reporters will get involved again and cause more public opinion disturbances. Then he will really be the head and the two.

Fortunately, preparations for the game have ended successfully. Tomorrow we will see the difference with Inter Milan on the field, and Li Ang is also relieved.

After crossing Inter Milan, the schedule behind Milan is smooth.

Calculating the best result, if Milan successfully defeats Inter Milan, then by winning two more rounds of the league, Milan can win this season's Serie A championship five rounds in advance!

A Serie A champion is worth a reward of 500 points!

In addition, Li Ang has already accumulated more than 500 points, so he can directly draw a "diamond-level" talent fragment card before the offseason!

Li Ang asked the system before that the single talent values ​​drawn from the "Diamond Level" talent fragment cards all exceeded 95.

Li Ang has been coveting this for several months.

Of course, there are also a lot of good things in the "Diamond level" prop pool. Li Ang is still undecided whether to further draw talent fragment cards or gamble on prop cards.

However, there is still plenty of time before the offseason arrives, and he can take his time to think about it.

But he no longer wants to wait too long for this Serie A champion.

In the battle with Inter Milan, he and Allegri had the same idea.

Don’t procrastinate, don’t avoid, face the difficulties and decide the outcome in one battle!

Milan is determined to win this battle!

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On the evening of April 2nd, during another period when no other Serie A games were being played, the contest between two traditional giants in Milan attracted the attention of a large number of fans around the world.

In this era when the Milan duo have not completely degenerated into the Milan duo.

Every city derby between the Nerazzurri and the Rossoneri is a rare visual feast for Serie A fans.

And the Serie A commentators from various countries also did their homework early.

Five minutes before the official start of the game that night, he appeared in front of the TV on time and began to introduce the recent results of the two giant teams to the fans in his country.

Liu Jianhong and Xu Yang greeted the Chinese fans on time at 02:40 in the morning, Chinese time.

While the two were talking rather boringly to each other, the appearance of Milan and Inter Milan players quickly woke up the sleepy Chinese fans.

And with Xu Yang's quick introduction, many guys who didn't read the post or forum information before the game clearly understood the starting lineups of both sides today.

“Milan didn’t change their starting formation much today, it was still a 4-4-2 midfield diamond.

At the goalkeeper position, Abbiati continues to be the starter.

On the back line, Gianluca Zambrotta replaced Antonini as the left back today, Thiago Silva and Nesta partnered as double central defenders, and Abate started as the right back.

At the midfield end, Pirlo trailed behind, Li Ang and Van Bommel were on both sides of the midfield, and Seedorf replaced Boateng as the starting midfielder.

On the forward line, Ibrahimovic still undoubtedly occupies a starting position, and his partner today is Cassano. "

“Inter Milan is still adopting their best starting formation of 4,231 today.

Goalkeeper Cesar.

In the defense, Zanetti, Chivu, Ranocchia and Maicon lined up.

Motta and Cambiasso formed a double defensive midfielder.

Sneijder served as central midfielder, with Eto'o and Pandev on either side of him.

Pazzini continues to serve as the starting center, and Milito has only recently returned from injury. To be on the safe side, Leonardo did not immediately use the Argentine center."

When Xu Yang finished introducing the starting lineups and players of both sides, the game also entered the countdown before the official start.

At 20:45 local time in Italy, with the whistle of the referee on duty, the battle officially began!

Milan, who took the lead in kicking off, attacked from right to left. After receiving Cassano's back pass, Pirlo directly sent forward the first long pass attempt of the game.

Ibrahimovic relied on Cambiasso in the Inter Milan half and returned the ball to Seedorf who followed up in the middle of the midfield.

Players on both sides entered the game relatively quickly, so when Seedorf got the ball, before he had time to move forward, he was faced with a double-team from Sneijder and Pandev coming from the flanks.

Upon seeing this, Seedorf directly knocked the ball horizontally, and Li Ang, who got the ball, also decisively started to insert along the sideline!

Milan started with a very active offensive momentum that Leonardo did not dare to take lightly.

Moreover, Li Ang also proved his ability to pass and threaten the ball by stepping on Naples before.

Regardless of whether this would work or not, Leonardo really didn't dare to give Li Ang the chance to try.

He roared and asked Maicon to press forward directly to block Li Ang's path forward. Leonardo felt a little relieved.

When Li Ang saw that Maicon was already approaching him with eager eyes, he didn't hesitate much. After protecting the ball, he quickly chose to pass back.

Regardless of the fact that Maicon was beaten by Bale in the Champions League group stage this season, against Li Ang, Maicon's single defense ability is more than enough.

Li Ang, who is self-aware, still leaves this "dazzling opportunity" for one-on-one to his teammates.

If you don’t have that ability at this stage, you have to follow your heart when you should, without any shame.

After several offensive and defensive tests with Milan, Inter Milan's defensive players also began to press more aggressively.

Facing Ibrahimovic, his former old teammate, Cambiasso showed no mercy at all.

Teaming up with Motta effectively restricted Ibrahimovic's space for movement in the Inter half.

Anyway, it is impossible to easily get the ball and organize an attack. Leonardo and Cambiasso, who are well aware of Ibrahimovic's ability, directly suppressed Milan's offensive formation.

But at this time, Cassano became active.

Allegri watched the game situation evolve in line with his expectations, and continued to sit on the coaching bench.

Bad boy Cassano can be a bomb for any team when his brain is not working.

But when his brain works well, he is the top "number nine and a half" in Serie A currently.

Dribbling, breaking through, organizing offense, passing the ball, and doing it alone.

These are things that Cassano in his right mind is very good at.

At this moment, Cassano is obviously clear-headed.

He took over the organizational responsibility from Ibrahimovic's shoulders, and quickly sorted out Milan's frontcourt offense without feeling unfamiliar.

Leonardo obviously did not expect that Allegri would dare to let Ibrahimovic be a tool man again, and at the same time dare to trust Cassano who had just fallen out with Sampdoria not long ago.

The bad boy used his talent to activate Milan's offense, and repeatedly succeeded in breaking through on the right, beginning to force Inter Milan to invest more defensive energy in him.

Ibrahimovic is naturally playing much more comfortably at this time than before.

He approached the left area, and with Li Ang's full defensive protection, he also began to take over the ball and attack Inter Milan's defense line with confidence.

Milan, which has a dual-core frontcourt attack effect, can be said to be blooming more.

Coupled with Seedorf, who can shoot and pass, and almost perfectly coordinates the two offensive cores, Inter Milan's midfield and backcourt defenses immediately increased the pressure.

Without having to devote all his efforts to the defensive end, Li Ang felt comfortable going forward today.

With Ibrahimovic's comfortable play and Seedorf's support, Li Ang also experienced the feeling of Boateng playing in the frontcourt and participating in the attack.

Of course, he doesn't have any long-range shooting ability yet, so it's unrealistic to seize the opportunity and take a kick like Boateng.

But he also has his own way of helping the team.

In addition to creating danger with his header, his wider vision and better short passing skills than Boateng played an unexpected offensive role at this moment.

The left and right positions of Ibrahimovic and Cassano greatly distracted the energy of Inter Milan's defensive players.

But correspondingly, it is not easy for Milan's two offensive cores to achieve stable contact.

After all, there is one missing "linking point" between them.

Seedorf is currently limited by his physical fitness, and it is difficult to actively return to defense after being inserted.

Therefore, he can only provide support by passing the ball, but cannot directly step up to act as a link between the two.

But Li Ang had no concerns about physical fitness or returning to defense, so when he stepped in and Seedorf stepped in to cover for him, there was a link between Ibrahimovic and Cassano.

At first glance, it seems that Li Ang has switched positions with Seedorf, and he has played in the attacking midfielder position.

An "alternative midfielder" who has excellent physical fitness and does not have much independent offensive ability, but has excellent short passing and heading abilities.

Relying on abundant physical fitness and stable short passes to connect Ibrahimovic and Cassano, relying on headers to complete the occasional threatening attack forward.

Li Ang did not take the ball and played the role of a tool man to the extreme. He did not have a few shots, but Ibrahimovic and Cassano were completely comfortable playing.

Allegri watched in amazement from the sidelines.

This was not the offensive tactic he planned before the game.

But at this moment, Li Ang's positive performance greatly increased AC Milan's offensive threat.

He feels more and more that Li Ang still has a lot of potential that can be slowly tapped.

And he himself is like a treasure hunter, facing a mountain of treasure whose depth is unknown.

Every time you dig out some unknown treasures, you will feel a surprise.

"Perhaps I can give Li Ang more tactical freedom?"

Such an idea suddenly popped into Allegri's mind.

But then, he laughed and shook the thought out of his mind.

It might be possible in the future, but for now, forget it.

It is enough to have Ibrahimovic in the team who has great tactical freedom. Compared with surprises, what he prefers is a victory that is firmly in his hands.

While he was thinking, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out from the scene, interrupting Allegri's thoughts.

But when he looked up towards the field, all he could see was Li Ang holding the ball and heading towards the Inter Milan penalty area!

"What happened?"

Allegri asked subconsciously.

At this moment, the Italian Sky Sports commentator has begun to speak faster and faster.

"Pan Dev's return pass to Cambiasso was intercepted by Li Ang!!! He didn't notice Li Ang coming out from his side at all! Li Ang passed by Motta, and he was about to face Chivu!"

Before the commentator finished speaking, Li Ang used the opportunity he grabbed to successfully reach the Inter Milan defense.

But at this moment, his mind was as clear as when he faced Maicon about ten minutes ago.

Against Chivu, does he have a chance to continue to break in?

Yes, but it's so small that it's almost negligible.

Therefore, Li Ang made an action in the next second that made all the fans feel incredible.

The moment he and Chivu were almost facing each other, he took the initiative to turn his back, bent down and opened his arms slightly, protecting the ball tightly under him!

Chivu was also stunned. He had seen all kinds of opponents in Serie A, but he had never encountered one who suddenly changed his back in the middle of a frontal attack.

Li Ang didn't care about the exclamations and surprised looks of the fans in the audience at this moment.

After he withstood Chivu with an unusually awkward back posture, when Cassano completed the overtake of Zanetti, he suddenly pushed the ball to the wing!

Only then did all the defensive players of Inter Milan really understand what Li Ang wanted to do.

He used himself as the axis, sacrificing the speed of Milan's counterattack, but gave Cassano a comfortable opportunity to get the ball down!

After the bad boy completely got rid of the elderly Zanetti, he only looked up for a short second. He directly made his own passing choice.

Instead of passing the ball backwards to the forward Ibrahimovic, he passed a low-altitude inverted triangle. The target was Seedorf who had just quietly inserted himself in front of the top of the Inter Milan penalty area!

Li Ang completed everything he could do on the offensive end. Now looking at Seedorf who adjusted his shooting position after perfectly offloading the ball, he felt inexplicably relieved.

Milan's No. 10 boss Seedorf stretched out his body, swung his legs slightly and then directly hit a fast and tricky shot!

As if a wonderful rainbow was drawn over the Inter Milan penalty area, after the short and stunning arc disappeared, the football almost passed Cesar's fingertips and went into the upper right corner of the goal!

Leonardo seemed to be frozen at this moment. After being stunned on the sidelines for a moment, he waved his hand in annoyance and motioned to the assistant coach to quickly bring the tactical board!

Cesar was so angry that he stood up from the ground and sprayed directly at the defensive players in front of him!

Giving Seedorf a chance to kick in that dangerous position was simply an unforgivable mistake!

And this mistake may completely plunge Inter Milan into the abyss!

You know, it's only the 18th minute of the first half. This time point is too early, too early.

Losing the ball at this time is a huge blow to Inter Milan, but the morale improvement for AC Milan is very significant!

At this moment, the live broadcast camera first showed the goal scorer Seedorf and Cassano who provided him with an assist.

But he suddenly turned around and faced Li Ang, who had previously completed the frontcourt steal and finally helped Cassano successfully hit the bottom!

At this moment, Li Ang was laughing and skated and knelt down near the corner flag area to celebrate with Seedorf and Cassono.

Compared with Seedorf and Cassano, Leon's sliding and kneeling posture still lacks a touch of smoothness and seems a bit stiff and stiff.

Moreover, he also deliberately made room for him to slide and kneel in the middle. At first glance, he didn't want to be the focus of reporters' photos.

But at this moment, the Inter Milan fans stared at him fiercely!

After all, without Li Ang's frontcourt steals and ball protection and distribution in front of the penalty area, AC Milan would not be able to carry out this attack at all.

Inter Milan fans still know very well who the "culprit" was that caused Inter Milan to lose the ball in the end!

Unfortunately, today is AC Milan's home court, so the boos from the less than 10,000 Inter Milan fans present were quickly drowned out in the cheers of the Milan fans.

Allegri once again celebrated with a passionate "clothing bust", and his ferocious expression was simply unbearable to look at.

However, it does boost the morale of Milan fans!

One sign after another was held high by excited Milan fans.

After Li Ang, who had finished celebrating, saw this scene, he smiled and patted his chest while giving a thumbs up to the south stand.

On those signs, clearly written was the slogan he shouted to reporters before:

“It is our duty to restore the glory of Milan!”

If there is no update at 12 o'clock at noon, it should be updated at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. There will be at least 10,000 words of updates today, so don't worry, bosses.

The Europa League final is over, and I feel a little mixed.

There are no cowards before the twelve yards. The Roma players have tried their best. I hope these players can achieve better results next year. ,

So does Mourinho.

good luck.