After the players from both sides entered the stadium, the head coaches of both sides came out of the player tunnel.
Guardiola smiled and shook hands with the opponent's head coach.
Inter Milan's head coach looks very handsome.
Simeone·Inzaghi.
When you hear the surname Inzaghi, you know that this person is special.
He is the younger brother of Italy's famous striker Philip Inzaghi, and is known as "Little Inzaghi".
Compared with his elder brother, little Inzaghi's career is not great.
But on the road to becoming a head coach, little Inzaghi has had a smoother journey than his older brother.
In his first season as the head coach of Lazio, little Inzaghi helped Lazio reach the fourth position in the league and obtained the qualification of Champions League.
You know, the year before, Lazio only ranked eighth in the league and did not even qualify for the European competition.
In the second year, although little Inzaghi failed to lead Lazio to the semi-finals again, he still secured a European qualification by finishing sixth in the league.
In the summer of this year, the contracts of little Inzaghi and Lazio expired.
Inter Milan extended an olive branch to him.
Little Inzaghi came to Inter Milan and led Inter Milan to successfully defend the Serie A league championship in the 2021-2022 season.
Moreover, he also won the championship of Coppa Italia. The double championship result allowed little Inzaghi to secure the position of Inter Milan.
This season, Inter Milan has been in good shape.
Not only did they maintain the lead in the league, Coppa Italia also entered the finals, facing their old team Lazio.
Champions League also entered the semi-finals.
Little Inzaghi is also full of confidence and wants to win his first Triple Crown.
Facing the highly motivated Manchester City, little Inzaghi did not dare to neglect. After carefully studying most of Manchester City's games this season, he made a tactical arrangement.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in Stadio Giuseppe Meazza and obtaining the skill of Inter Milan celebrity Ronaldo: emergency stop and line change during high-speed dribbling.]
Ronaldo, Ronaldo in Inter Milan should be considered a tragic character.
I will never forget the scene of Ronaldo crying on the bench that year.
On May 5, 2002, the final round of the Serie A League of the 2001-02 season started at the same time.
In a competition related to the championship, team Inter Milan visited Roma City to challenge team Lazio.
As long as they win that game, the Inter Milan team will lock in the Serie A championship for that season.
At that time, 13 years had passed since Inter Milan last won the league.
The course of the game also developed in the direction they expected. Vieri's goal in the 12th minute gave Inter Milan the lead.
Poborsky's goal in the 20th minute made the two teams fight 1-1.
Four minutes later, Di Biagio's goal allowed Inter Milan to surpass the score again, but in half-time stoppage time, Poborsky equalized the score again.
In the second half, the Inter Milan team still failed to improve. Inter Milan's old player Simeone scored a goal that allowed Lazio to take the lead. After the goal, Simeone refused to celebrate because he still had feelings for Inter Milan.
In the 73rd minute, little Inzaghi's goal allowed Lazio 4-2 to expand its advantage.
Inter Milan coach Cooper made a last-ditch effort, replacing Ronaldo with Kallon.
But they were unable to recover at the last moment, and finally lost to Lazio 2-4.
Ronaldo, who was substituted early, covered his face and cried on the bench. His championship dream was shattered again, and the championship dream of team Inter Milan was shattered again. The fans of Inter Milan and Ronaldo were heartbroken at that moment.
That game became Ronaldo's swan song in Inter Milan. In the World Cup field that summer, Ronaldo lifted FIFA World Cup Trophy with his teammates. After that, he joined Real Madrid and finally realized his championship dream in the second year.
In Inter Milan, Ronaldo was plagued by injuries. The first reason was that Ronaldo was troubled by Italy's reinforced concrete chain defense. The second reason was that Ronaldo's sudden stop and change of direction put great pressure on his knees.
Li Mingyu couldn't help but lick his teeth after seeing this skill.
When this skill is used, he will definitely be extremely handsome, but his knees are not made of steel. If he is at home, he would dare to use this skill unscrupulously, but in the away game, Li Mingyu still has to be careful.
The referee blew his whistle, and Champions League's first semi-final began.
"Hello late at night, Tencent fans. Here is a matchup in the Champions League semi-finals of the 2022-2023 season that we are broadcasting for you. The two sides of the game are Manchester City, which has already won the Premier League championship, and the current Serie A leader, the Inter Milan team."
"What you see now, attacking from the left to the right of the screen, wearing blue and black striped shirts, is the Inter Milan team playing at home, and attacking from the right to the left of the screen, wearing blue jerseys, is the away team Manchester City."
"Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. The Inter Milan team playing at home has a 3-4-1-2 lineup."
"The goalkeeper is the 25-year-old Romania goalkeeper Ionuit Radu."
"The three defenders are Milan Skriniar from Slovakia, Stefan de Vrij from Netherlands and Italy player Alex Sandro Bastoni."
"The wings of the midfield are Ashley Young and Achraf Hakimi. They are two very aggressive wing-backs."
"The three midfielders in the center are captain Nicolo Varela, Arturo Vidal, and Hakan Hakan Çalhanoğlu, who just transferred from AC Milan."
"The transfer of AC Milan made AC Milan fans very angry. They didn't expect that he would switch to his mortal enemy."
"The frontcourt duo is the combination of Lukaku and Lautaro-Martinez."
"Inter Milan's lineup will become a 3-2-3-2 lineup when attacking, and will become a 5-2-1-2 when defending. This requires very high physical fitness for the two wing backs."
"Looking at Manchester City, it is still their most familiar 4-3-3 lineup."
"The goalkeeper is still Ederson."
"The back four of Kyle Walker, Laporte, Stones and Zinchenko is very stable."
"As for the defensive midfielder, Rodri definitely occupies this position."
"Two attacking midfielders, today Guardiola is sending out the partnership of Bernardo Silva and Li Mingyu."
"The frontcourt trio, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, and Foden appear together."
"In the last league match, the rotation of Li Mingyu, Sterling and Gabriel Jesus gave them sufficient physical strength for today's game."
"The game has begun, let's wait and see!"