The Italian media focused on one topic: at the critical moment of increasing pressure to compete for the title, AC Milan and Inter Milan faced similar problems, but they had completely different situations.
What do you mean by a similar question?
It refers to the managers of both teams, in fact, they have no experience in winning the league championship - to be precise, not only do they have no experience of "winning the championship" in the league, but they do not even have much experience in "fighting for the championship" to the last few rounds.
Inzaghi Jr. has won some trophies from his teaching career, but they are all Italian Cups and Super Cups, which is very different from the league championship.
Pioli has been teaching for more than two decades and has never won a cup unless the U17 champion is counted.
A few years ago, Inter fans were still bashing then-manager Spalletti as a "championship-free coach", and the shortcomings in temperament against Allegri and others were obvious. But in fact, Spalletti is really better than Pioli and Inzaghi Jr. in this regard, after all, he won the league championship when he coached Zenit.
Inzaghi Jr. and Pioli are the real inexperienced in the league title race.
In recent interviews, both have pointed out that Juventus and Atalanta are also likely to win the championship. Atalanta are currently 12 points behind the top of the table, while the last 12-3 rounds of the league are left. Still vigilant about it, it can also be confirmed from one side that the psychology of the two Milan managers is bottomless.
This is normal. Conte said: "Only if you really win, you can think with a championship mentality." ”
Therefore, the Italian media has always emphasized that Inter Milan and AC Milan who can laugh to the end in the league championship battle may have a key impact not only on the tactics, abilities, states and schedules of the two sides, but also on how to cope with psychological pressure. In this regard, both managers are "raw hands", and it may not be small to take some detours because of lack of experience.
Experts such as Bergomi pointed out that inter's biggest variable at present is not only the goal drought of forwards, not only the impact of several injured players, but also whether the manager can cope with the pressure.
Whether Inzaghi Jr. can withstand the pressure and not mess up is Inter's current top priority.
But the situation between the two Milans is different, which is that the degree of tolerance of the public opinion for Inter Milan is much lower than that of AC Milan.
Recently, journalists asked Pioli and Inzaghi Jr. the same question: What is the team's goal this season?
Neither coach dared to put the slogan of "must win the championship" on their lips, and both chose a vague and subtle statement.
Inzaghi Jr. replied: "When I took over the team, the boss asked us to secure our Champions League qualification, reach the round of 16 and win the Italian Super Cup. The lads are doing very well, we have raised expectations with our actions and the fans should be happy about it. ”
Pioli replied: "From the time I took over this team, our goal was to keep improving the team and we did a good job. We all know that if we can win the championship, it proves that we have done something great beyond expectations..."
The basic meaning of the two coaches is the same: even if they do not win the championship, both teams have achieved their goals at the beginning of the season. If you can win the championship, it is a "surprise that exceeds expectations".
The idea is all good, to reduce the pressure on the players.
The two coaches are telling the truth, at the beginning of the season, the fans of the two Teams of Milan did not have the idea of "failure if they did not win the championship", and both aimed to "protect the top four and rush to the ceiling" as the goal of the season.
But today, the situation is completely different.
Inzaghi Jr.'s remarks have caused a lot of criticism, and some angry fans believe that it is inappropriate for him to say what "fight for four" at an important juncture when the title race is white-hot. An episode: The famous Biasin tried to support Inzaghi Jr., pointing out that at the beginning of this season, Zhang Kangyang emphasized in interviews with The Milan Sports Newspaper and various TV stations that the goal was to compete for four more times, but it was the excellent performance of the team led by Inzaghi Jr. that raised the expectations of fans. Now Inter should "try hard" to win the title, not "have to win".
But this defense had little effect, and Little Inzaghi was criticized, and Biasin was not spared.
Because of the expectations of the fans, once it is raised, it will not come down again. What are your goals for the start of the season? In any case, if the second star is not embroidered, what awaits little Inzaghi will never be understanding, support or consideration, but only insults, reprimands and even judgments.
Relatively speaking, ac Milan has a much less pressure on public opinion.
Italian media commentator Aalobic pointed out: "Last autumn, AC Milan once led Inter by 7 points, but was overtaken by the Nerazzurri in a short period of time, and most of the media fans calmly accepted the reality and continued to support the team and support Pioli. This is the basis for the Rossoneri army to return to the top of the list in February. What if this had happened to Inter at the time? Maybe the headlines in the media and the roar of the fans at that time were 'inzaghi out'! ”
Inter's bad public opinion environment began in the era of Moratti Berlusconi and began with the confrontation between the "center-left alliance" and the "media tycoon". In the Zhang Kangyang era, because the new Inter chose to be tough on the "unspoken rule blackmail" of Chinese and foreign print media tycoons, the problem did not improve. Problems that have not been solved for decades are now once again plaguing the Nerazzurri.
Fortunately, before a series of life-and-death battles began, people saw a positive response from Inter's die-hard fans: the North Stand expressed contempt and disdain for the media and critics who continued to criticize Inter, and firmly supported the team's general who is currently facing difficulties.
This is the strength that Inter needs most at the moment.