Madrid-Inter, duel with history: from the cry 'Yeyé' to the 'long minutes' of Juanito and exile to Seville in 98

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A

evokes

and

, Gento and the

, the Bernabéu on fire from the European comebacks and the tight shirts of Zanussi.

The phrase legendary Juanito about the peculiar way to advance the clock at Chamartin, so wrung later ( "Noventa

are

"), he sprang to the Malaga genius to heat around a tie against the Rossoneri.

In UEFA, two years in a row theirs turned their previous defeats against the Italians at home.

The duel of these shields sounds old, because in the

contemporary

only crossed once.

His good cycles did not coincide anymore.

It was in 1998, with the move to Seville due to the closure of the La Castellana stadium, punished after the ultras throw the goal down on that famous night against

.

Today, for very different reasons, the match will also be in a different setting at the Bernabéu.

The strange packaging and early calendar date do not detract an ounce of significance from the clash, much more decisive than expected when Group B was formed in the Nyon draw.

The topic emerged yesterday in the mouth of the protagonists, without the need for the press to rescue it: "It's a final,"

,

and

repeated

.

Both teams assume the importance of the appointment, after reaching it without knowing victory yet.

With one point for Whites and two for Inter, both are in danger of derailing very soon in the great tournament, as soon as they get lost.

The fight between the two should have been for first place, but now it's about simple survival.

Whoever gets the worst of the two games in a row they face, tonight in

and next November 25 in

, will have a very difficult time going to the round.

In fact, a defeat today would leave

on the canvas

, which would have to win the remaining nine points and surely pray for some other setback.

Night for Hazard

While Inter has also started the Italian league with a low tone (three victories in six games, sixth place), Zidane's team wants to transfer to the

the competitive version that it gave, for example, at the Camp Nou, now seasoned its line offensive with the return of

«It has a lot of quality.

It is special and unbalancing.

He's going to give us a lot on a technical level », says Varane about the piece that the whole club is looking at.

They suspect in Madrid that the European horizon of the team will depend on the level that the Belgian manages to reach.

The

at night label appears as good test for him.

"We know the player who

is

, his quality and we are going to use it," acknowledges Zidane, who will be able to wrap the star with the most solvent midfield in recent weeks, where the absence of

.

Without the rings falling off, the Croatian is contributing in the final stages, coming off the bench, either to secure advantages (Barcelona) or fix wrongs (Monchengladbach).

Opposite, Antonio Conte's block, as tough as he is experienced, and without lack of talent.

Young soldiers, such as the former Madrid player Achraf, together with veterans (Vidal, Young, Perisic) who promise war against Madrid.

Striker Lukaku is missing, it seems.

Ronaldo hugs Roberto Carlos at Madrid-Inter de Sevilla (1998) .EM

With

, sweat is not negotiable.

At

coincided with ZZ, at the end of the 90s. They always respected each other, although the great friend (and almost bodyguard) of the Frenchman was

.

Yesterday the Madrid coach said that in his training for the benches, he traveled to Turin to chat with his rival today.

«At dinner, he began to ask me a lot about the trade.

There I understood that he was serious about being a coach, "Conte later revealed.

"As a player he was an extraordinary boy. You tend to think that talented footballers shy away from physical effort. But in that Juventus they worked very, very hard and I can say that Zizou always did it with a smile," he explained with admiration about his seasons together at

.

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