Chapter 881 This is a disaster!
"Dear viewers, we are now at the Meazza Stadium in Milan, broadcasting the 15th round of Serie A live for you. Because there was a problem with the live signal just now, the game has already started.
"We see Lazio... Oh my God, Lazio is already one goal behind!"
"What kind of situation is this?"
"The signal gave us the replay and we saw that it was Aubameyang who dropped back to get the ball and assisted Felipe Anderson's goal."
"This goal happened just over a minute after the start of the game, Inter Milan scored in their first attack!"
“It’s incredible!”
"Now, Pioli should think carefully about how the team can turn defeat into victory after falling behind by one goal at the start!"
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"Lazio has invested a lot of manpower in the attack, but has not been able to pose an effective threat, which is very dangerous."
"Especially against a team like Inter Milan that switches between offense and defense so quickly, they have to be careful!"
"Hey, the ball is intercepted, pass it to De Vrij, a long pass to Aubameyang!"
"He's so fast, he scored a goal, 2-0!"
"We were just saying that Aubameyang didn't perform well in the last game against Udinese and he should have performed well in this game. Unexpectedly, he scored a goal right away!"
"Lazio, the defense is too high. Don't you know that Aubameyang is the fastest killer in Serie A? The defense is so high that it is like ramming its head into Inter Milan's gun!"
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"Khedira was injured before, so Klopp made adjustments to the midfield in this game. Inter Milan's youth training midfielder Benassi and Nainggolan partnered up to protect De Bruyne."
"Although this midfield combination is not as stable as when Khedira was there, it is also quite good and suppressed Lazio very well."
"After the last game, our reporter interviewed Udinese coach, Stramaccioni, and asked him to evaluate Klopp's Inter Milan. Stramaccioni said that the biggest changes in Inter Milan are in three points."
"One is that Klopp has injected wild passion into this declining giant team. They are always hungry for attack and goals."
"Secondly, Klopp's movement and pressing system is a good match for Inter Milan's current players. This advanced tactical concept is not inferior to Juventus in Serie A, and even surpasses the Bianconeri."
"The third factor is that after selling Icardi and Palacio, Inter Milan reorganized the frontcourt attack combination with De Bruyne and Aubameyang, and with the assistance of players such as Dybala, Felipe Anderson, Pelle and Morata, Inter Milan's offense is better than any previous season."
"In Stramaccioni's opinion, Inter Milan's offensive ability this season even surpasses that of Inter Milan during Ibrahimovic's time, because Inter Milan now has more offensive routines and more means, making it difficult for opponents to defend!"
"We can also see that in this game against Lazio, Pioli had made sufficient preparations in terms of defense, but they lost the ball within two minutes of the start, forcing Lazio to press forward."
"When Lazio pressed forward, Inter Milan made a long pass from the backcourt and launched a counterattack against Lazio."
“Two to zero!”
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While Inter Milan was fighting with Lazio at the Meazza Stadium in Milan, at the Nuovo Alpi Stadium in Turin, Juventus led Sampdoria 1-0 in the first half thanks to a goal from left-back Evra.
When Allegri turned and walked into the locker room of the stadium with a satisfied look on his face amid the cheers of the fans, assistant coach Marco Landucci came up to him.
"Hey, Marco!" Allegri waved, "How's it going? What's the score at Milan?"
Although he was asking about Milan, everyone knows that Allegri is most concerned about Inter Milan.
Because after losing to Inter Milan at home, Roma unexpectedly drew with Sassuolo at home in the last round.
In this way, Inter Milan surpassed Roma by one point by defeating Udinese and ranked second in the league.
Also in the 14th round of the league, Juventus drew 0-0 with Fiorentina away, reducing the original seven-point lead to five points.
Faced with the aggressive Inter Milan, Allegri had to pay attention.
In the next round, Juventus will play against Klopp's Inter Milan at home, but Allegri is not careless at all.
First, the schedule.
Although Inter Milan is playing away, the Nerazzurri have already advanced to the Europa League group stage. In the previous fifth round of the group stage, Klopp arranged for the entire substitute lineup to play.
It is called training, but in fact, it is just to give the main lineup a rest.
After this round, in the last round of the Europa League group match in the middle of the week, if nothing unexpected happens, Klopp will still play with a full substitute lineup and concentrate on preparing for the weekend's game against Juventus.
But what about Juventus?
In the group stage we faced damn near Atletico Madrid, Malmö and Olympiacos.
As a result, although Juventus beat Malmö 2-0 at home in the group match, they failed in the second and third rounds. First, they lost to Atletico Madrid away, and then after being taught a lesson by Simeone, they lost to Olympiacos away.
Although Juventus reversed Olympiacos and defeated Malmö after returning to their home court, Olympiacos' performance was also not bad.
In the last round of the group stage, Olympiacos played against Malmö at home and it could almost be said that they had already got three points.
But Juventus is playing against Atletico Madrid. If it draws, that would be better, at least they can get second place in the group and qualify.
But if they lose, then qualifying for the group stage will be...
The European competition goal that Juventus set for Allegri this season is to reach the round of 16, so in the last group match, he had to fight hard against Atletico Madrid.
I just hope that Simeone's team can show mercy now that they have already qualified.
In order to play against Atletico Madrid, Allegri even held back in the match against Sampdoria and did not send out all his main players. Fortunately, they were temporarily leading by 1-0 in the first half.
Juventus' schedule is quite terrifying, with a match against Atletico Madrid in the middle of the week and Inter Milan at the weekend.
Therefore, in Allegri's mind, the best scenario is that Inter Milan loses the game and loses points early.
In this way, Juventus will be under much less pressure.
So, as soon as he saw Marco Landucci, he immediately asked about the result of Inter Milan's game.
Marco Landucci is Allegri's chief assistant coach. They have been working together since the AC Milan period. How could he not know Allegri's thoughts, but he could only sigh.
"What's going on?" A sinister premonition flashed through Allegri's mind.
"Inter scored within two minutes of the game, Felipe Anderson opened the scoring, then Lazio pressed too high and were beaten on the counterattack, with Aubameyang scoring the second goal."
"f...!" Allegri couldn't help but swear. Is there any worse news than this?
"What does Pioli do for a living? Doesn't he know how strong Inter Milan's offensive capabilities are?"
"AC Milan, Roma, Udinese, these three teams all died so miserably, why didn't he learn from their experience?"
Facing Allegri's complaints, Marco Landucci sighed helplessly: "There is nothing we can do about it. When he took office, he promised that the team's style of play would be more advanced and better looking, and that they would insist on playing offensive football, so..."
"Bullshit!" Allegri couldn't help but curse again.
All those promises back then stink!
If every head coach keeps his promises, how can he cope with the ever-changing game situation?
"The current situation is a bit tricky for us!" Marco Landucci said worriedly.
Now the points gap between Juventus and Inter Milan is only five points. They have to deal with Atletico Madrid in the middle of the week and play against Inter Milan at the weekend. If there is any mistake, the points gap will immediately be reduced to two points.
This is a disaster for Juventus!
What needs to be considered in particular is that after the next round, Serie A will enter the winter break.
This is quite bad for Juventus' morale!
But they cannot not compete in the Champions League, because the Juventus management attaches great importance to the Champions League results. When Conte resigned, they chose Allegri, wasn't it because of his performance in the Champions League?
so……
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While Allegri and Marco Landucci were whispering in the player tunnel, worrying about how to deal with the current situation, in the visiting team's locker room at the Alpi Stadium, Sampdoria head coach Mihajlovic also received news from Milan's Meazza Stadium.
"Inter Milan is leading by two goals?" Mihajlovic's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Sampdoria is currently ranked fifth in Serie A, but is very close to fourth place in the league.
In this situation, it is very difficult to win against Juventus away, but if we can draw and get one point, it would be quite good.
Thinking of this, Mihajlovic couldn't help but laugh.
"Inter Milan's momentum has been really strong recently!"
"Yes!" The assistant coach beside him also nodded with admiration, "Klopp is a famous European coach after all, his tactical style is very advanced, plus Inter Milan's players are very strong, it's not surprising to have such results."
Mihajlovic nodded. “Speaking of which, Inter Milan’s scouts are really amazing, especially after the full cooperation with Southampton. The players they brought in are better than each other, Dybala, Felipe Anderson, De Bruyne, Aubameyang, Pelle… Their ability to recruit players is too strong.”
The assistant coach nodded, "So what do we do next?"
Mihajlovic thought about it and laughed, "What should I do? Of course I have to turn defeat into victory!"
As a professional player, Mihajlovic knows very well that leading Sampdoria to fifth place in the league, or even reaching the Champions League zone, can make him famous, but if he wants to go further, he must coach a top club.
If he wants to coach a top club, he must demonstrate his ability to fight tough battles.
Juventus is undoubtedly a very good touchstone. If they win, they will have a chance to be in the top four of the league and they can also go further.
What's more, he also felt that Allegri was saving his strength for the Champions League match in the middle of the week.
Let me ask you, if we don’t fight Juventus desperately now, then when should we wait?
Thinking of this, Mihajlovic immediately waved to the assistant coach and said, "Go, tell Gabiadini to replace Kostic in the second half."
"What?" The assistant coach was shocked.
"We must step up our offense from the first minute of the second half and attack with all our might!"
At this point, Mihajlovic's eyes flashed with fanaticism.
"We want to beat Juventus here, get three points and get into the top four!"