Chapter 120: Seeing through the team owner’s defense
Roma's goal turned the Meazza Stadium into a Milan library.
Tens of thousands of Inter Milan fans looked at each other in bewilderment. How come we lost the ball when we haven’t even finished singing our team song?
Inter fans were confused as they watched the Roma players celebrating wildly at the Meazza Stadium.
How come the ball was lost so quickly and so easily?
What about the defenders? What about the goalkeeper?
Can you help me?
In their impression, Inter Milan has never lost a goal at home this season!
I thought this game would be the same, another day of clocking in and shutting out the opponent.
Unexpectedly, their dream was shattered just 10 minutes into the show.
Inter fans were angry and started booing the Roma players who were celebrating recklessly.
Mancini couldn't help but shrink his neck when he heard the boos.
Why do I feel like some of these boos are directed at me?
He did not dare to delay and quickly called a player over, whispered a few words in his ear, and asked him to pass the message to the players on the field.
After the game resumed, Inter Milan obviously increased its offensive intensity.
Mancini's attitude is very clear: this is Inter Milan's home court, they can't continue to be so passive.
Since the other party wants to fight them, then come on!
After Inter Milan stepped up their attack, they soon saw the results.
In the 15th minute, Inter Milan launched an attack on the right side. Figo's breakthrough caused a foul by the opponent and Inter Milan got a chance for a free kick in the frontcourt.
The ball was about 28 meters away from the goal, within Lin Feng's shooting range.
So he naturally went to the free throw spot and prepared to take the free throw.
Seeing that Lin Feng was going to take the free kick, the entire Roma team started to get nervous.
"The human wall should move a little to the left. Captain, you are short, so move a little to the right and give space to De Rossi!"
The Roma goalkeeper shouted at his teammates very hard, asking them to form a human wall according to his instructions.
I?
Are you short?
Totti felt like he was stabbed in the heart. He turned around to look at his goalkeeper, wanting to say something but stopping himself. In the end, he forgot what he said.
Forget it, the opponent is a newcomer. As the captain of Roma, I won’t bother with him!
The goalkeeper on the field now was not Roma's first goalkeeper, but the third goalkeeper.
He transferred here at his own expense during the summer transfer window. Roma only signed him for one year, and his annual salary is a pitiful 30 euros, which is lower than many players in the second-tier leagues.
No one took him seriously at first, but they didn't expect this guy to be so capable.
Donny has an incredibly quick reaction time in front of the goal and outstanding shot-saving ability.
In the team's training matches, he blocked many shooters' shots and made them doubt their lives.
With his outstanding performance in the training match, he quickly stood out and made a comeback to become the current starting goalkeeper of the Roma team.
Although this guy spoke rudely, Totti still had confidence in his ability, so he honestly gave his position to De Rossi and stood on the edge.
After Lin Feng placed the ball, he watched the scene with interest.
He thought that the hot-tempered Totti would be angry, but he didn't expect that the Wolf King actually held back and didn't lose his temper.
It seems that Donny is already very strong now, otherwise Totti would never have this reaction.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng became much more cautious about this free kick.
The referee's whistle sounded and Lin Feng started to run.
This time, he chose Mihajlovic's signature free kick!
With a bang, the football flew to the right side of the goal with a strong spin.
Fans of both sides held their breath and stared at Roma's goal.
The speed of a football flying in the air is extremely fast, and due to the effect of rotation, the flight trajectory of the football is somewhat erratic and difficult to judge.
But Donny quickly moved a few steps to the right, then flew forward, stretched his body to the extreme, and rushed the ball out like a roc spreading its wings!
The save was so beautiful that even Lin Feng couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
This guy is really capable.
After withstanding Inter Milan's attack, Roma immediately retaliated.
Wolf King Totti dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Facing the goalkeeper's blockade, he made a shot that looked like a pass or a shot with a very small shooting angle.
But Cesar didn't care about that and directly confiscated the ball, making the Wolf King's plan completely fail.
Cesar tried to attack with a hand throw, but the Roma players were the first to destroy the ball and the two sides returned to positional warfare.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, seeing that the opponent's defense on the right was empty, Lin Feng transferred the ball to the right on a large scale.
After receiving the ball, Figo chose to cut inside and shoot, but unfortunately the ball was not controlled and went over the crossbar.
In the 27th minute, Inter Milan got a corner kick. Lin Feng kicked the ball to the back post. Figo suddenly fell to the ground when he received the ball.
Slow-motion replays showed that Roma striker Montella was pushed from behind.
But the referee still didn't blow the whistle. I don't know if he really didn't see it or was trying to make up for the penalty he missed before.
The Portuguese was angered by the referee's decision. He was originally a very Buddhist player, but suddenly he turned into a killer on the wing.
In the 29th minute, Figo dribbled past two defenders on the wing and broke into the penalty area, facing blockade by the goalkeeper and the opposing defender.
He knocked the ball across the middle, but unfortunately his teammates were half a beat too slow and the ball slipped through the goal. Inter Milan missed a great opportunity to equalize the score.
Seeing that Inter Milan's offensive was becoming more and more fierce, Roma had to shrink its formation and put a large number of troops into defense in order to withstand Inter Milan's counterattack.
After they contracted their formation, Inter's midfield felt comfortable.
In the 31st minute, Lin Feng suddenly accelerated after receiving the ball on the left side. After making two consecutive side cuts and changes of direction to pass two Roma defenders, he dribbled the ball to an area about five meters away from the top of the arc.
While the opponent's defender had no time to pounce, Lin Feng looked up and observed the goalkeeper's position, then took a long shot.
The ball was hit with great power, and after flying into the penalty area, it hit the defender's calf and refracted.
For any goalkeeper, this kind of ball is hellish.
But Roma goalkeeper Doni was able to make a second save after being shaken, and narrowly deflected the ball with his fingers.
The Roma players who escaped death all rushed up to hug their savior Doni.
Especially the Roma defender who almost caused an own goal, he wanted to hug the goalkeeper and take a few bites of him.
This ball is all thanks to my dad’s help!
If it weren't for the goalkeeper, he would have become the sinner of the team.
After a corner kick, the ball was cleared by the Roma defender, but was passed back into the penalty area by Inter players on the periphery.
There was chaos in the penalty area, some players from both sides were rushing out while others were running back.
In the chaos, Cambiasso scored with a header from 9 meters behind.
The Argentine excitedly rushed to the sidelines, slid on his knees, stood up and opened his arms, ready to welcome the warm hug of his teammates.
However, Cambiasso was shocked to find that his teammates did not catch up with him and he was the only one celebrating there.
what happened?
No matter how bad my popularity is, it wouldn't be like this, right?
He soon figured out what was going on!
It turned out that his goal was offside by the linesman, and the referee blew the whistle after confirming the situation with the linesman. Cambiasso was not happy with this!
Why the hell was I offside?
When I shot the ball, the opponent's No. 2 was still behind me!
There were also bursts of boos at the scene. Ever since the referee did not award Figo a penalty, the term "black whistle" began to appear in the stands of the Meazza.
At first the sound was not very loud, but this time, after Cambiasso's goal was blown off, the black whistle on the scene reached a peak.
"Inter players are very angry and are complaining to the referee."
"Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay. It seems that this ball was not offside. When Cambiasso shot, Roma defender Panucci was almost on the same line with him.
If we have to say it was offside, then it was probably Cambiasso’s hair that was offside.”
Zhang Lu's humorous metaphor made all the fans watching the game laugh!
"God damn body hair whistle!"
"This referee came with a mission!"
"With the lessons of the national derby in mind, it's hard not to be so suspicious!"
"If the referee had been fairer, Inter would have taken the lead now!"
"That's not necessarily true. If it was really fair and just, Roma would have given a penalty at the beginning, and the score should be 2:2 now!"
"2:2 is better than 0:1. No matter how you look at it, Inter Milan is at a disadvantage!"
The continuous unfair treatment has caused widespread anger among Inter Milan players.
They can only vent their anger on Roma!
In the 34th minute, Cruz received a cross from Veron and headed the ball in the penalty area, but it went wide.
In the 36th minute, Cambiasso passed the ball, Figo made a wall pass with Lin Feng on the side, and then dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
Roma's defenders thought Figo would pass the ball into the penalty area, but they didn't expect him to pass the ball out of the penalty area with an inverted triangle.
Lin Feng made a high-speed run along the flank and took a long shot without stopping the ball. Donny reacted incredibly quickly and slammed the ball out with both hands.
Cruz got the ball, but he was trapped by the opponent's defender and couldn't turn around. He could only knock the ball back to the middle. Cambiasso followed up and also tried to kick it.
But the quality of his long-range shot was a bit unbearable to watch. The shot was like a cannon and the ball flew directly into the stands.
Inter Milan's attack in the past few minutes was very fierce, but they just couldn't score.
The Roma players defended very tenaciously and their goalkeeper performed very bravely, defusing Inter Milan's offensive threats many times.
In the 38th minute, Inter Milan got another corner kick.
Unfortunately, this corner kick did not pose a threat to the opponent's goal.
After all, not all teams are like the Chinese national team, which will lose the ball as soon as the opponent takes a corner kick.
Strong teams have very complete defensive tactics when defending corner kicks and will not easily give opponents the opportunity to score.
It is actually very difficult to score a goal from a corner kick.
However, the Chinese national team's corner kick defense seems to have huge flaws, which makes corner kicks like penalty kicks. As long as the corner kick is given, a goal will be scored.
After successfully defending Inter Milan's corner kick, Roma immediately launched a quick counterattack.
The goalkeeper threw the ball to the wing, and the wing player quickly moved it to the front court.
Roma's advancement speed was extremely fast, and while Inter Milan players had no time to return to defense, they formed a three-on-two situation in the frontcourt!
Mancini Jr. broke through on the right flank and entered the penalty area. Montella, who was covering the middle, was already in an open position.
As long as he passes the ball, it will be a sure goal!
Many Inter Milan fans in the stands were already in despair after seeing this scene, but they did not expect that Mancini Jr. did not choose to pass the ball, but instead kicked the ball himself.
The kick was of high quality. Cesar tried to save it but failed and the ball went under his armpit.
But Mancini's luck was not good. He was about to score a goal, but was blocked by the post at the last moment.
His shot hit the far post and bounced back into the field, where it was caught by Roma's other striker Montella.
Inter Milan fans had just breathed a sigh of relief, but the hearts of the people were hanging again.
It's over, it's really over now.
Cesar, who had just made a save, is still lying on the ground. If Montella shoots now, Inter Milan's goal will be completely open to him.
Montella thought so too. After preparing to shoot the ball into the empty goal with his left foot from 6 meters in front of the goal, he opened his arms and prepared to celebrate.
However, Inter Milan was not doomed. At the moment Montella shot, a blue figure rushed over quickly, made a sliding tackle, and knocked the ball out of the bottom line when it was about to cross the goal line.
There were continuous gasping and breathing sounds coming from the stands, and Inter Milan fans were almost suffocating.
They finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lin Feng kick the ball out of the baseline!
But after relaxing, they all felt very surprised.
Didn’t Lin Feng just take a corner kick in the opponent’s half?
How did you get back to your restricted area so quickly?
Did he turn on the teleport function?
"Lin Feng played a great role in this goal. If he hadn't retreated to the middle after the corner kick and quickly chased back when the opponent launched a quick counterattack, Inter Milan would have been beaten 0:2!"
In the commentary booth, the commentators all felt it was extremely thrilling and had to admire Lin Feng's keen sense of smell and excellent defensive awareness.
"Brother Lin really tried his best. He almost ran all over the court to save the game!"
"Yeah, it's too hard!"
"Fortunately it was Lin Feng who came back to defend. If it was someone slower, he might not have been able to clear the ball in time."
"Inter Milan's condition today seems average!"
"I think the opponent is in great shape. Roma's attack was very smooth today!"
"Spalletti still seems to be quite capable!"
"Then the question is, why didn't such a good coach achieve results at Inter Milan before?"
"First of all, we should rule out the correct answer. It's definitely not the team owner's problem!"
Moratti also came to the scene of this game. Seeing Inter Milan almost lost the ball again, he was furious!
"Let Mancini pack up and get out. Look at what he has done to my Inter Milan."
Moratti's old impatience came back again, and as soon as things didn't go his way, he thought about firing the head coach.
He was already very angry when the team lost the ball before.
I was just hoping that Mancini could lead the team to launch a counterattack and equalize the score as soon as possible, so I didn't get angry.
But the first half was almost over and Inter Milan still hadn't scored a goal.
Instead, the opponent created good scoring opportunities one after another, making Inter Milan nervous in front of the goal.
This was totally unbearable for him!
If this game cannot be won, Mancini must be sacked!
(End of this chapter)
