Milan - Inter (EuroDerby II)

[Ziyad]

Kaka relives World Cup tension Monday 4 April, 2005

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Milan ace Kaka has likened Wednesday’s Champions’ League derby with Inter to the World Cup Final.

"The tension is similar to what I experienced ahead of the 2002 World Cup Final," said the Brazilian.

"But back then I knew that I wouldn’t be playing. That isn’t going to be the case in midweek.

"This is one of the most important build-ups to a game that I have ever experienced. I expect it to be a real tough encounter too."

The Rossoneri go into the game as slight favourites but the attacking midfielder is taking nothing for granted.

"There are no favourites for us, that is something that the media and the fans will have to decide on," he added.

"I’m just delighted to be a part of what promises to be a very special game. Playing well in the derby earns you a place in history and I’m hoping to do that on Wednesday night."

Although both teams share the San Siro, many believe Milan will have to be at their best on Wednesday as they are technically the home side.

"But we shouldn’t try and win it in the first game," warned Kaka. "We need to remember that there will be another 90 minutes to follow. We must play with intelligence."

Kaka still hadn’t signed for the Scudetto holders when the teams last met in this competition at the semi-final stage.

"I wasn’t here two years ago but I have this opportunity now and I hope to take advantage of it," added the player, who scored the winner in the last League meeting between the rivals.

"However, I think it will be tougher to beat Inter now than it was in 2003. A lot has changed since then."

 

[hetfildd]

He is a very passionate fan, I think he's been a huge fan for a long time. I've been a fan since 98 and I can't take it, God knows how him, Frisko, Ashkan, Tommi, Jimmy and other old fans are surviving until now?

If we don't win Scudetto or CL in 2 years, I think I will just check out. :depress:

Hamed, thanks.
I think that maybe we have to decrease the amount of the messages that relates to the tactics, formation and other things. Maybe we have to start talking about something else to improve our feelings. I don't know how I can free up myselfe. In our country these days are the new year's holidays (we have 2 types of date, the persian and the other is like yours) and my wife (Lale) left for a trip to Russia. I didn't left with her as I knew that the pressure of this game won't let me have a nice trip. I just hope she was here as she completly undrestands me.
Just to let you know, I'm 26 and I'm so proud to be an Inter fan for 17 years and the best thing is that I have experienced our last Scudetto. Of course at that time my father was alive and he was a true interista and he died only 45 days after that scudetto. Also my mother was an Interista too. My mother was Italian and my father was Iranian. That's why I think that I have a Black & Blue blood and Inter's love is in my gens.
What hurts me is that the last time that we won the scudetto my father died. As I was just a 9 years old child at that time I started to think that when Inter win the next scudetto then I'll finaly forget the sorrow that my father's death left inside me. I'm badly waiting for the next Scudetto and the CL.

 

[hetfildd]

Ari: Normal medical laws work for those who have the normal body and blood but not us, the Inter fans. We have Black&Blue Hearts and Blood. Don't we?
:heart: :heart: :heart:
But believe me. Unfortunatly I couldn't sleep last night too. Maybe just 3 or 4 hours. I feel sleepy badly but when I go to bed I can't concentrate and the only things that fly in my mind is our dear INTER.
At least I must thank God that I don't have any exams, tests or works to do these days. Here we are passing the last days of our New year's holiday and I have finished the colouge 2 years ago.
Thank God.

 

[Ari]

Great and touching story hetfildd. For these kind of fans Inter deserves that god damn scudetto. :frustrat: But I quess UCL would be something also..? This is a great forum. hetfildd is again one example of this cultural fireworks and one more guy with Italin regions. Very nice hetfildd.

Anyway, again interesting to see are we again going to be beated in tifos.. Humiliation already for long time. Well there's surely going to be one. Come on Ultras - make good effort now.

 

[Ari]

I feel sleepy badly but when I go to bed I can't concentrate and the only things that fly in my mind is our dear INTER.

Don't know if it's good or bad that something happened just before derby.. I got also this girl in my mind in addition with Inter.

 

[hetfildd]

Hamed: I don't think that you have better days than me. So how can you advise me?
In persian there's a poem that it's translation is something like this:
" A fat doctor can't advise others to eat less "

And Ari:
I was again late to download that file. Would you please.....

 

[hetfildd]

I feel sleepy badly but when I go to bed I can't concentrate and the only things that fly in my mind is our dear INTER.

Don't know if it's good or bad that something happened just before derby.. I got also this girl in my mind in addition with Inter.

Dear Ari and Other Interistas:
Please don't forget to pray and ask GOD. Please.

 

[Ari]

And Ari:
I was again late to download that file. Would you please.....

Yeah, tomorrow on some point.

 

[Hammoudi]

Nice stroy Hetfildd :star: , I really hope inter win for you and for us and we can forget out sorrows. You are lucky to wintess our last scudetto, I never witnessed anything. I became a fan after the last cup (UEFA Cup) and I never saw a trophy.

You are right, I can't advice you , I got exams these days and I am busy looking for something to do in the summer, but it's Inter that is occupying me in the first place. Enjoy the festivities, and try and forget about inter for a while!

 

[Miki]

Martins looks like he is trying to walk upside down.

You know guys, i really shouldn't see any Milan fan these days. I'm liable to embarass myself in public by chanting all sorts of anti-Milan stuff. I just wish that if i did it, i wouldn't be alone *AHEM*.

Thankfully, Europe decided to catch up with the rest of the world by reverting their clocks back. At least the match won't be so late in the night now.

Ciao,
Tim

 

[Wittmann]

I just join you in asking God to help us pass Milan and win the CL.

Haven't you guys concluded that the God is actually Milanista??

I'm glad this week's matches were cancelled..too big tensions as pope died..and also you will not have any reasons to say that milan is in better position considering serie A schedule..

I'm pretty surprised how much both milan players and fans respect inter despite great success against them in recent years..it's really important feature for both clubs and everybody is trying to put off the pressure from players..

 

[Pani]

45 hours for the game...

I can't wait...

 

[Hammoudi]

I'm pretty surprised how much both milan players and fans respect inter despite great success against them in recent years..it's really important feature for both clubs and everybody is trying to put off the pressure from players..

You might not agree with this, but I believe many juve and some milan fans second guess their recent victories and trophies.

Juve is a well-known example and there is nothing to say, for Milan, your CL crown is deserved, but some of your scudetti should have a question mark. Ever since Berlusconi owned you and became PM you started winning. Yes, money makes difference, but also power.

Not to mention that your general manager is head of Lega Calcio. We have no power whatsoever and earn every single point we get. I don't want to re-count the numerous dubious penalties, late goals and calls that you got and got points for.

So that's why some have respect for us while - trophy-ly speaking - we are as fruitless as the Sahara. Deep inside you know that you get favours and we don't. We earn our victories, and when we win, well, it's going to be something. But I rather not win than win dubiously.

 

[SB9Dragon]

I'm starting to sweat... is that a good thing? I'm not really feeling supercharged for this match but I'm sort of relaxed. Bad signs if you ask me, my health may be at jeopardy.

Chill guys. Just rememeber. What will happen, will happen. If we are meant to win, then our destiny will be fulfilled. If our destiny is to draw then so be it...

And no I know for a fact that our destiny doesn't include LOSING :fero:

 

[snake]

i have a bad feelnig about this. The milan players are saying this is one of the biggest match of their lives and that kaka has never played anything more important.

then weh ave cristiano saying that the game from 2 years ago shouldnt effect us and we shoulfd play our game WTF

someone shouild say its tiem for fknig revenge and that we will not play a bigger match than this all year!!

 

[Ari]

I will see the match after bayern-Chelsea. So what should I do, watch it by Coolstream live and worse quality and chinese commentary or after bayern-Chelsea from TV finnish commentary..

Talking about God. Gismo hasn't wrote here since...

 

[J zanetti]

i have a bad feelnig about this. The milan players are saying this is one of the biggest match of their lives and that kaka has never played anything more important.

then weh ave cristiano saying that the game from 2 years ago shouldnt effect us and we shoulfd play our game WTF

someone shouild say its tiem for fknig revenge and that we will not play a bigger match than this all year!!

Finding the right mentality/attitude has been one of our biggest obstacles for some years now!
And C.Zanetti's answers clearly reflect that!

People are saying this and that about Murinho - but as a journalist put it Murinho gave his players a hell of a self believe like no one else has ever done before! His cockiness and arrogance has not only taken the pressure off his men but also provided them with a hell of a ego boost.
I wish our coach or a player or two has this attitude which I’m sure would have helped the team at times like this.

I don’t have a good feeling about the outcome. It’s so bad that a 1goal margin in the 1st leg will not make me confident enough to get pass the round! I’m pretty nervous to say the least. Theses 180min are a make or break game for our season

 

[snake]

Inter hopes to turn tide
Reuters

It is the derby that neither side wanted but in Thursday's (Australian time) Champions League quarter-final, first leg between AC Milan and city rivals Inter, the pressure is heavily weighted towards Roberto Mancini's side.

Milan, Champions League winners in 2002 after defeating Inter in the semi-finals, are Italian champions and joint leaders in Serie A with Juventus.

For Mancini's Inter, with just two UEFA Cup titles to show for 16 years of heavy financial investment, their entire season will be determined by the tie.

"If things go badly for Milan then they still have the 'scudetto' to play for in a race that will probably go down to the wire," says Inter midfielder Dejan Stankovic.

"For us, going out of the Champions League, which I don't even want to think about, would mean that we have lost everything and are left empty-handed. We have an awful lot to lose," said the Serbian.

If recent form is a guide then Milan will start as clear favourites.

Milan beat Inter 1-0 in February after a goalless derby earlier in the campaign and are unbeaten in their last eight meetings with their rivals, including the semi-final two years ago which Milan won on the away goals rule.

Inter's last victory was in March 2002 when a Christian Vieri goal gave them a 1-0 victory but that win did little to heal the wounds of the humiliating 6-0 defeat they suffered at home a year earlier.

"If you look at the facts then Milan are certainly the favourites," said Stankovic.

"They are playing well, they are top of the table, they won the last derby and this season we haven't managed a goal against them. But that all gives us extra motivation to change things around," he said.

The concept of home and away games is often dismissed for a derby which takes place at the San Siro stadium, shared by the two clubs, but there is no doubt that Milan will enjoy home advantage on Wednesday.

Inter fans will have just one end of the 80,000 capacity venue with the huge majority of the crowd backing Carlo Ancelotti's side.

Milan also have the boost of European Footballer of the Year Andriy Shevchenko's return to fitness after more than a month on the sidelines with a broken cheekbone.

The Ukrainian, in his sixth season at Milan, has scored 11 goals against Inter including the decisive strike in the semi-final in 2003.

Shevchenko was unable to make his return on Saturday after all Italian games were postponed due to the Pope's illness and eventual death but he could partner Argentine Hernan Crespo from the start.

Inter, though, will be without their main attacking threat as Brazilian Adriano is still recovering from a knee injury, although he is hopeful of being back in time for the second leg on April 12.

With Christian Vieri short of match fitness, Mancini will start with Argentine Julio Ricardo Cruz up front, either on his own or alongside Nigerian Obafemi Martins.

thats bettter!! man i love this guy. Stankovic nothing would be more right then for you to score in an inter victory over 180 minutes!!!

 

[brehme1989]

20 pages of posting and the game hasn't started yet!
I'll talk after the game and that's what everyone should do :stuckup:

 

[Johnny Ludlow]

This is what Mancini had to say:

In the last two years they have won the Champions League and the championship. They're clearly favourites, and it's right like this. But Inter are a solid team and can do well if they manage to stay calm

AAAARGH... We will not win with an attitude like this. If we really think this way, loosing is'nt that big of a deal because it's expected.

Our attitude must be similar to the little schoolboy when he decides he have had enough of bullying. He will beat the bully with sheer rage. It does'nt matter if he is smaller. With his mentality it's impossible to loose the fight.

when Inter and Milan face each other the teams know each other and it's impossible to try out anything new.

If he is serious, WHAT A BULLSHIT!! Surprise them is exactly what we should do! They are more than capable of stopping our regular midfield that has absolutely no wingplay. They play with diamond, and their rightback is Cafu. With Kily and Favalli we can easily make it two against one on the flank. We can also shut down one of their bigger attacking threats in the process. There is no doubt I would go with Kily, Cambiasso, Cristiano and Stankovic. We need to be straightforward here, Veron does not fit the bill. Both our wingers are good crossers and has excellent shots! Wingplay is the key here. We saw what happened with no wingers, we can keep the possession, but can we score the away goal? NO!!

With the right state of mind. We're calm, but there might be a bit of tension tomorrow. We must stay calm and convince ourselves that we will other important matches besides this one

NO!! This is not just a standard match, at the moment this match should be the whole world to the players!! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU MANCIO!!??