The Premier League leaders meet Serie A supremacy.

This has undoubtedly become the most anticipated matchup in the round of 16 knockout stage of the Champions League this season.

Liverpool first away and then home, the schedule is relatively favorable.

Because when Yang Yang and Kaka competed for the World Footballer before, the media of the two countries competed a lot, so when Liverpool met Inter Milan, the media of the two countries heard the wind again.

It just so happened that Yang Yang broke the goal drought at this time, which undoubtedly gave the media of the two countries more talking points.

Especially since the phonegate incident, Serie A has fallen rapidly from the world's first league at its peak, and now it even has to be relegated to the Premier League and La Liga, while the Premier League has risen strongly, surpassing La Liga and replacing Serie A to become the world's first league.

This can be seen from the competitiveness of Premier League teams in the Champions League in the past two or three years.

Serie A is like a declining giant, the Premier League is a rising upstart, and it is natural that the media and fans of the two countries do not like each other, coupled with the previous competition between Yang Yang and Kaka, and Liverpool's previous bloodbath against the Serie A team Roma, two Champions League finals defeated AC Milan......

The so-called new hatred and old hatred have all been turned over in this duel.

Liverpool have been restrained as they are away, with Rafael Benitez and Steven Gerrard both saying a draw away from home would be a satisfying result.

Yang Yang also said in an interview with the media that it was not easy to play Inter Milan away.

"In this team there are a lot of players I know well, my best friends Ibrahimovic, McCone and Maxwell, who are all the best players in Europe, as well as Zivu, Vieira, Cambiaso, Stankovic, Crews ......"

Yang Yang listed many of Inter Milan's stars and believes that this team is very competitive and should not be underestimated.

"Against a team like that, I think we have to play 120,000 points."

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Compared to Liverpool's restraint, Inter Milan is relatively high-profile, after all, they are playing at home.

According to the rules of the Champions League knockout round, if you can't win the opponent at home, it will be difficult to play away, so Inter Milan's home stadium must want to win, and the players have also shown their determination to win.

Materazzi will start this game as a regular and the day before the game, he told the Italian media that he is no stranger to Premier League teams, especially Liverpool, because he has played for Everton, so this game is a derby for him.

The Italian centre-back even threatened to score a goal in the game.

Like all media, when the Italian media interviewed Materazzi, they also deliberately planted a trap for him, asking him what he thought about Yang Yang winning the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or.

Maybe it was out of psychological warfare, or maybe Yang Yang mentioned a lot of people in his previous interview, but his name was not mentioned, so Materazzi said very unceremoniously, "If I had to choose, Yang Yang's name would definitely not appear among the five strongest attackers in the world, and even the top ten would be a bit reluctant." ”

The media reporters originally just wanted him to step on Yang Yang, but they didn't expect Materazzi to fire the cannon directly, which made them excited, and they all chased Materazzi to ask questions.

The Italian centre-back also answered a lot of tough questions honestly and unceremoniously.

For example, he believes that defending Liverpool should not only focus on Yang Yang, because Yang Yang is not the most difficult player for Liverpool to defend.

And he believes that even if Liverpool does not have Yang Yang, it is still the most competitive team in Europe.

"In fact, Yang Yang is not as important as you think."

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When Liverpool arrived in Milan en masse, the Italian media quickly spread Materazzi's words to Yang Yang, with the intention of fearing that the world would not be chaotic.

When Yang Yang was interviewed by them, he smiled and agreed with Materazzi's words, believing that he was indeed not the strongest attacker.

"At least not now." Yang Yang smiled and hinted that his recent state was indeed not ideal.

As for Liverpool, Yang Yang agrees more with Materazzi's remarks.

'It's vital that I'm where I am today and the help of everyone at Liverpool, who are still one of the best teams in Europe without me, but if I lose Liverpool as a platform, it's hard to get where I am today.

'I think he's right, Liverpool can't just stare at me because we have a better group of players like Steven Gerrard, Crouch, Kuyt and Mascherano who are all very good players and any team that only looks at me and ignores the others will pay a terrible price.

Yang Yang followed Materazzi's words and did not give the media any chance to make waves, and he looked smiling and in a very good mood throughout the whole process.

When the media asked him why he seemed to be in a good mood, Yang Yang said that he was very happy.

was blocked back by Yang Yang's Tai Chi pusher, overcoming rigidity with softness, and the media reporters found that they hit the cotton directly with a fist, and they couldn't use it.

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Not only Yang Yang is in a good mood, but everyone in the Liverpool dressing room is also in a good mood.

Because the day before the team left for Milan, Xavi Alonso's wife bore him a son, named Jon.

It was definitely a celebration as everyone at Liverpool was preparing for the game, but they also sent their best wishes to Xavi Alonso for the first time, and the team also gave him maternity leave to take care of his wife and children, and it is expected that he will miss the recent away games.

Without Xavi Alonso and failing to bring in Gareth Barry during the winter break, Liverpool are now a little stretched in midfield, and Lucas Rewa is starting to have high hopes that he will take the place of Xavi Alonso in this game.

That's the difficulty of a team like Liverpool.

With limited finances and can't afford to raise so many players, there is really no way to pile up a complete set of star lineups like other giants.

However, the management has promised a sizable transfer fee this summer if the team does well this season, which has undoubtedly made everyone in the dressing room hold their breath.

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"Sky TV, this is Sky TV."

"Audience friends, we are now at the Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy, and we are about to broadcast it live for you, which is the first leg of this season's Champions League round of 16 knockout round."

"Inter Milan, the leader of the Serie A table, against Liverpool, the leader of the Premier League table."

"It's going to be a star-studded battle for sure."

"And the lineup of guests who are responsible for the live commentary of this game is also very strong, the legendary Italian striker Rossi, the former Italian international Vialli, and the former Inter Milan legend Bergomi."

"What do the three of you think about this game?"

"I think that whether or not you can defend Yang Yang will be the focus of Mancini's defense, freezing Yang Yang, Liverpool's attack will be greatly reduced, and Inter Milan will have a chance." Vialli analyzed.

"I agree with this statement, Yang Yang recently broke the goal drought, I watched the goal, and the psychology is definitely very relaxed, it can be seen that the long vacation given to him by Benitez is very effective, because he has indeed been too tight in the past period of time, which is not good, the player just wants to be tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and the psychological must not be too nervous, and the pressure must not be too much."

Rosie, as a legend of the past, is obviously also very experienced.

"I agree with Rossi's statement that it is very necessary for Yang Yang to take this long vacation."

'In fact, a lot of managers do that, like Alex Ferguson, who gave Cristiano Ronaldo a long holiday, and then the Portuguese did really well in the second half of the season, and as far as I know, Ferguson gives his players a holiday almost every year before the winter break, in December.

"What do you think, Giusepp?"

After hearing the inquiry, Bergomi nodded, "I agree with everyone's statement, Yang Yang is indeed Liverpool's most dangerous player, even if he doesn't seem to be in ideal shape now, but it's still quite scary." ”

"But I think Inter Milan are also mentally prepared for this, you see, Materazzi has been in good form lately, and you can see that he is very motivated now."

"I just looked at Mancini's starting lineup for this game, four-three-one-two, won Figo, and got on Zanetti, I think his intention is still obvious, which is to lock Yang Yang on the side."

"In terms of central defenders, Materazzi and Córdoba are a combination of one high and one fast, I think this is also targeted, and now we will look at the specific process of the game, because football games cannot only look at the line-up, but more importantly, the details."

Everyone agreed with Bergomi's analysis.

"And I think there's a big place for Liverpool where Xavi Alonso isn't in the squad." Rosie reminded.

"Yes, his wife just gave birth to a son for him and he stayed in Liverpool."

'So, Liverpool's midfield will definitely be affected.'

"This is indeed a bit unexpected, because last weekend's league game, Benitez arranged for Xavi Alonso to rest, obviously to let him concentrate on playing in the Champions League in midweek, but he didn't expect his wife to give birth at this time, which must have disrupted Benitez's plans."

"Yes, that's right, so it's up to Mancini to take advantage of the opportunity, because from the past few games, Lucas Rewa's performance is still too immature and he doesn't have the strength to replace Xavi Alonso for the time being, so Liverpool tried to bring in Gareth Barry before, but it didn't work out."

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With the commentator's pre-match analysis, the live broadcast of the game also switched to the players' tunnel at the Meazza Stadium.

It can be clearly seen on the screen that Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic, McConn, Maxwell and other players are chatting hotly, hooking each other's shoulders, and they seem to have a very good relationship.

"They are all a group of players who debuted at Ajax, and they are also very good friends, and tonight Yang Yang vs. McConn, the brothers killed each other, which is also quite interesting."

Soon, under the organization of the referee, the players of the two teams lined up and walked out of the player tunnel.

At this moment, the 80,000 fans in the stadium made a deafening noise.