Chapter 160 The team lost, but he didn't lose
"The ball went in!!!"
"That man once again stepped up and saved the team!"
"You can always trust Lin Feng!"
Lin Feng's earth-shattering long-range shot finally helped Inter Milan break the deadlock.
The stadium was filled with deafening cheers; the fans had been waiting for this goal for too long.
"Forest!"
"Forest!"
"Forest!"
There was a uniform voice coming from the stands, the fans shouted Lin Feng's name, expressing their love for him without reservation.
But Lin Feng himself did not take credit for himself. He took the initiative to run towards Cruz who passed the ball to him and hugged him.
"Good pass, Brother Cruise!"
Cruz smiled innocently and said:
"You shot well yourself. I just did my job as a forward!"
The reason why Cruz, the super substitute, is liked by almost everyone in Inter Milan is not only because of his super personal strength and extremely efficient scoring efficiency, but also has a lot to do with his low-key, humble and gentle character.
His performance on the court is really like his nickname "Gardener", diligent and hardworking. He can be a main player, an assistant, and even do some dirty and tiring work. Who can not love such a player?
Lin Feng also likes to have such a teammate in his team.
So he returned the favor and made up his mind to pass the ball to Cruz more often in the next game and help him score a goal as well!
Such an opportunity did not have to wait too long!
After Lin Feng changed the score, the situation of the game began to become unfavorable for Chievo.
Being behind, they had to increase their offensive strength in order to equalize or even reverse the score.
But when they attacked, the backcourt defense became empty, which created a lot of opportunities for counterattacks.
In the 77th minute, Inter Milan launched a quick counterattack after stealing the ball in the midfield. Lin Feng got rid of the defensive player after getting the ball and quickly sent a precise pass to Cruz on the front line.
Cruz showed the excellent awareness of a top shooter. Despite the joint blockade of the opponent's defender and goalkeeper, he accurately found the angle of shooting and sent the ball into Chievo's goal with a small-angle shot.
The score became 2:0, Inter Milan's super substitute scored another goal, and his total number of goals in the league this season has reached 14!
This number is extremely exaggerated, even more than the number of goals scored by many teams’ top scorers!
No wonder many people in later generations called Cruz, AC Milan's Tomasson and Manchester United's Solskjaer the three super substitutes in football.
These people's goal-scoring efficiency is really terrifying. They eat grass and squeeze out milk!
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Thanks to goals from Lin Feng and Cruz, Inter Milan narrowly defeated their opponents at home and increased their winning streak to 12 games!
Victory can cover up all problems, even if Inter Milan did not play well in the first half.
But after Inter Milan defeated Chievo and won 12 consecutive victories, the outside world only praised them and no one criticized them at this time!
"Lin Feng passed the ball and shot, Cruz scored as a substitute, Inter Milan 2:0 Chievo!"
"Breaking the Serie A record again, Inter Milan wins 12 consecutive games!"
Who can stop this Nerazzurri?
As the MVP of the game, Lin Feng's outstanding performance won unanimous praise from the outside world.
Including the goals and assists in this game, Lin Feng has achieved the achievement of both goals and assists for three consecutive games.
So far this season, Lin Feng has made 14 assists in the league, surpassing Pirlo and Camoranesi to top the assist list.
In addition to reaching the top of the assists list, Lin Feng has scored 18 goals in the league, currently ranking second in the scorer list, only behind Luca Toni, who is at the top of the list.
The latter scored 23 goals in 22 league games, averaging 1 goal per game, making him not only the Serie A Golden Boot winner this season, but also the European Golden Boot winner, leading the goal list in the entire top five leagues.
Lin Feng is currently 4 goals away from him. Considering the position difference between the two sides and Luca Toni's hot form, it is not easy for Lin Feng to catch up with the opponent.
Inter Milan's 12-game winning streak looks terrifying, but in fact they have not narrowed the gap with Juventus.
In this round of the game, Juventus, playing at home, defeated 1-man Udinese 0:10 and won three consecutive victories, leaving Inter Milan no chance to narrow the score gap.
AC Milan, playing away, was tied by Lazio, which further widened the gap between them and Inter Milan to 8 points.
The gap between them and Juventus is an exaggerated 14 points.
This also means that AC Milan has completely withdrawn from this season's championship battle.
The suspense of the league championship ultimately focused on Juventus and Inter Milan.
On February 2, the 9th round of Serie A kicked off.
This round of games will be a huge test for Inter Milan, as they will travel to face Fiorentina, who is ranked fourth in the league.
In the fifth round of the league, Inter Milan defeated the opponent 2:0 at home with Lin Feng's pass and one shot.
But half a season has passed, and Inter Milan, which has won 12 consecutive games, has already become a tired team. Although it looks very strong, it has actually reached the end of its strength.
On the other hand, Fiorentina's condition has been getting better and better in the second half of the season, especially their main striker Luca Toni, who has played like a top striker this season.
In order to limit Luca Toni's performance, Inter Milan focused on strengthening their defense and restrictions on him in this game.
Try your best to not give him any chances to score!
The good news is that his tactical arrangement worked.
Inter really restricted Toni.
But the bad news is that only Tony was restricted!
In the 10th minute of the first half, Fiorentina took advantage of a corner kick and Brocchi scored with a long shot from outside the penalty area.
Fiorentina leads 1-0.
In the 60th minute of the second half, Fiorentina seized the opportunity of Inter Milan's eagerness to equalize the score and launched a quick counterattack.
In the counterattack, the Fiorentina player in the middle passed the ball to Fiore on the right, who made a wonderful cross near the sideline of the penalty area. Jimenez, who had just replaced Bokinov, fell to the ground and shot in front of the goal.
The score became 2:0.
The Fiorentina fans who came to the scene to support the team were extremely excited. This victory meant a lot to them.
It not only means that Fiorentina has successfully taken revenge on Inter Milan, but also means that they have ended their opponent's 12-game winning streak!
They did what the previous 12 teams failed to do!
Being two goals behind made Inter Milan's situation extremely difficult. If there was still hope of a reversal when they were one goal behind, then being two goals behind made it almost impossible for Inter Milan to win the game.
In addition, their players have entered a period of fatigue both physically and mentally.
After falling behind by two goals, many players even gave up resistance and seemed to have accepted the result of losing the game.
But some people haven’t given up!
In the 67th minute, the Fiorentina midfielder was indecisive in handling the ball and Lin Feng seized the opportunity to steal the ball.
Lin Feng intercepted the ball and ran all the way towards Florence's penalty area.
Having seen how powerful Lin Feng was, the entire Florence team was on edge, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Their defender did not dare to let Lin Feng pass, and decisively chose to commit a tactical foul, knocking Lin Feng to the ground, and stopping Inter Milan's counterattack at the cost of a yellow card.
After showing the yellow card to the opponent, the referee gave Inter Milan a free kick in the frontcourt.
The position of this free kick was not very good, it was about 37 meters away from the goal. It was very difficult to shoot directly from such a long distance.
But that is for ordinary players. For Lin Feng, this distance is still within his shooting range.
He chose to use Mihajlovic's free kick skills to complete this free kick.
The football slid in a beautiful arc in the air, with an extremely strong spin, and flew towards the blind corner of the goal.
Mihajlovic on the bench subconsciously clenched his fists after seeing Lin Feng's free kick.
The ball went in! His intuition was spot on. Although the Florence goalkeeper made a save, the angle of the ball was too tricky. It spun and went into the net from a theoretical blind spot.
The score became 2:1, and Inter Milan scored a goal.
After scoring the goal, Lin Feng did not waste time celebrating. Instead, he rushed into the goal immediately, ran back with the ball, and at the same time called on his teammates to return to their positions. He did not want to waste even a quarter of an hour.
The scene fell into an eerie silence, and Fiorentina fans looked at the Inter Milan player wearing the No. 8 jersey on the field with fear and even awe.
The home team fans, who seemed extremely relaxed and even felt that they had won the game a second ago, now started to panic.
Could it be that he has overturned this game?
Lin Feng's goal was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Inter Milan, whose morale was low.
The Inter Milan players, who had originally planned to surrender, saw hope again.
On the sidelines, Mancini also made a key substitution.
He replaced two forwards, Recoba and Cruz, at once, ready to fight to the death.
Inter Milan also took advantage of this momentum and launched a fierce counterattack against Fiorentina.
In the 69th minute, Lin Feng passed the ball to the side, and Figo successfully broke away from the opponent and made a cross.
The pass was not very good, but Adriano risked injury and completed a small-angle shot under very difficult circumstances. Unfortunately, the ball went wide of the post.
In the 71st minute, Figo made another cross, but the first point was headed out by the opponent's defender. Cambiasso, who made a follow-up shot from the outside, kicked the ball into the stands.
One minute later, Cruz received a cross from Figo, but unfortunately his header also went wide.
In just a few minutes, Inter Milan launched several waves of threatening attacks on the wing, especially on the right side where Figo was.
The Portuguese are just older and their physical fitness has declined, but their awareness and skills are still there, and they are even more experienced.
If his physical fitness can keep up, he will still be able to kill anyone who stands in his way on the wing.
In the 73rd minute, the opponent focused its defense on Figo's side.
Lin Feng decisively changed direction and passed the ball to Recoba on the left.
The latter had just come on as a substitute and was full of energy.
He used his footwork and changes in rhythm to dribble past Fiorentina's full-back and then made a cross.
Cruz fought for the first point, but was disturbed by the opponent's defender and could not shoot directly. He had to head the ball to his teammates on the periphery and let them reorganize the attack.
After Lin Feng got the ball, he made a lob pass and sent the ball back into the penalty area before the opponent's defensive player could get to him.
When Adriano saw Lin Feng getting the ball, he realized that the opponent might make an unexpected pass, so he prepared to receive the ball.
His advance preparation paid off at this moment.
With almost no interference, he jumped up easily and headed the ball into Fiorentina's goal.
After scoring the goal, Adriano raised his arms and shouted, preparing to celebrate.
He stood on the sidelines with his arms open, waiting for a hug from his teammates, but saw that no one followed him.
Just when I was feeling strange, I turned around and saw the linesman raising the flag.
His goal was ruled offside and disallowed.
Adriano was instantly depressed, thinking that his joy was for nothing!
Fiorentina is not the kind of team that would just take a beating without fighting back. After withstanding Inter Milan's offensive, they also took advantage of the situation to launch a wave of attacks.
In the 77th minute, Tony received a pass from his teammate and forced a turn and shot in the penalty area.
Although it was a forced shot, this ball almost caused an own goal for Inter Milan.
Materazzi's clearance kicked the ball into his own post, but fortunately the ball bounced out, otherwise he would have been the last person to close Inter Milan's coffin.
After the attack failed, Fiorentina retreated and began to play a defensive counterattack.
There is little time left in the game, and all they have to do now is to defend this last-goal lead.
As long as they can run out of game time, victory will be theirs!
Defensive counterattacks are not scary, what is scary is a strong team playing defensive counterattacks.
After the opponent actively contracted their formation, Inter Milan's attack became extremely difficult.
In the 82nd minute, Adriano relied on his strong personal strength to dribble past four opposing defenders and chose to shoot. His first pass was very beautiful, but his final shot was too high.
If this goal could be scored, it would definitely become the best goal of this round of the league.
It's a pity that Ade seems to be a little lacking in luck.
In the final stage of the game, Inter Milan's attack became more and more frantic, and Fiorentina began to frequently cramp and lie on the grass, in this way interrupting Inter Milan's offensive rhythm and wasting time.
Although this method is shameful, it does not violate the rules.
But despite the protests of Inter Milan players, the referee still showed a yellow card to the opposing goalkeeper who deliberately delayed the game.
But at this time, the 90 minutes of regular time had been exhausted and the game entered the injury time period.
The fourth official added 5 minutes of injury time, which caused dissatisfaction among the fans at the scene.
Fiorentina fans felt that the extra time was too long. They wished they could not add even a minute and just end the game directly.
But Inter Milan fans felt that the extra time given was too short. The opponent had deliberately delayed the game for a long time, so all the time should be made up.
But unfortunately, the extra time has been determined and will not be changed.
In the injury time, Fiorentina players continued to lie on the grass to delay time, while strengthening the interception in the middle and the defense against Inter Milan's forward line.
At the last moment, seeing that the defense in the middle was too tight, Lin Feng took the initiative to move to the wing, using his passes to find several high points of Inter Milan in the penalty area, hoping to equalize the game by crossing from the wing.
In order to complete this tactic, Materazzi even rushed into the opponent's penalty area aggressively and acted as a striker to participate in the header.
Lin Feng's consecutive crosses frightened the opponent's goalkeeper and defensive players, but unfortunately, Inter Milan failed to change the score due to the opponent's united defense.
The score remained 2:1 until the end of the game. Inter Milan suffered the bitter fruit of defeat and their 12-game winning streak came to an end.
When the final whistle sounded, Inter Milan players collapsed on the field as if they had exhausted all their strength.
Among the fallen Inter Milan players, Lin Feng, who was still standing, stood out particularly.
"What a formidable opponent!"
"If it weren't for him, we would have won this game easily. It wouldn't have been so thrilling at all!"
"Those few passes he made at the end really scared me. I thought we were going to be tied!"
Seeing the lonely figure on the field, Fiorentina fans felt frightened but also full of admiration.
What a respectable opponent. For such an opponent, I have no other thoughts except Reshbai.
"Lin, do you mind exchanging jerseys with me?"
Serie A Golden Boot Luca Toni took his jersey and took the initiative to find Lin Feng, wanting to exchange jerseys with him.
Although the two are direct competitors in the scorer list, this does not prevent Tony from admiring his opponent.
The stronger the opponent, the greater the fun of the competition will be.
It’s a pity that Lin Feng scored a goal in this game, but he failed to score, which narrowed the gap between the two to 3 goals.
This number is rather ambiguous. If we fail to score a goal next time, we might be caught up.
(End of this chapter)
