Chapter 165 Exploiting loopholes in the rules, Inter Milan 20 Juventus!
When Buffon saw the opponent's strange position, he felt something was wrong.
There are five Inter players at the back post, which seems to be the most threatening place.
But somehow, he felt that the opponent would not kick the ball to the back post, but would most likely kick the ball to the position of the person in the middle of the penalty area.
Thinking of this, Buffon loudly reminded his teammates to pay attention to marking the Inter Milan player standing in the middle of the penalty area.
The Inter player standing in the middle of the penalty area was none other than Cordoba, who had almost scored with a header before.
He is only meters tall, which is definitely relatively short among central defenders.
But thanks to his excellent jumping ability, he is not inferior to those big players when competing for headers.
In fact, because of his shorter height, his physical flexibility is much better than that of big players.
The main reason why Lin Feng arranged him here was because of these two characteristics of his.
The Juventus midfielder responsible for marking Cordoba was Emerson, who originally played as a defender but was transformed into a defensive midfielder by Capello.
Lin Feng's deepest impression of this man was probably that before the 2002 World Cup, he played as a goalkeeper in the Brazilian team's training match, but accidentally injured his collarbone. Unfortunately, he missed the following World Cup and missed the chance to lift the World Cup with his own hands.
Seeing that his teammates were ready, Lin Feng kicked the ball out.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the football flying in the air. Everyone wanted to know where Lin Feng would kick the ball.
Is it the back point where heavy troops are gathered, or the front point where no one is deployed? I wonder if this is the middle of the penalty area?
All three possibilities are very high, but most people think that Lin Feng will kick the ball to the back point.
In fact, it is true!
After Buffon saw the trajectory of the ball in the air, he prepared to attack and grab the ball.
But when he was about to move to the left side of the goal, he found that his way was blocked!
It turned out that the moment Lin Feng kicked the ball, the five Inter Milan players stationed at the back point began to move and rushed towards the near goal post.
Their sudden advance not only blocked the Juventus defenders' way back to defend, preventing them from going to the back post to defend, but also interfered with Buffon's attack to receive the ball.
The purpose of doing this is to cover the secret soldier who is ambushing near the penalty spot!
The moment Lin Feng kicked off, Cordoba suddenly shook off Emerson who was defending him, accelerated into the small penalty area, and took advantage of the gap left by his teammates who suddenly moved forward to catch the ball that went around the front point and fell to the back point. He then made a diving header and easily headed the ball into the goal.
The score became 2:0, Inter Milan took a huge lead in the first half!
Another goal created by the corner kick tactic!
Almost all the fans watching the game had an unbelievable feeling. Inter Milan's corner kick tactics looked not only novel but also very powerful!
Juventus was completely stunned. They couldn't guess the killer move of the opponent's corner kick tactics and could only passively take the beating!
Having conceded two goals in the first half, this game had become a hellish one for Juventus.
To win this game, they need to score at least three goals in the remaining time without allowing the opponent to continue scoring.
This is too difficult, even if they are Juventus, it would be difficult to accomplish.
After scoring the goal, Cordoba was extremely excited. He rushed to the corner area, jumped on Lin Feng and gave him a hug.
"Haha, Lin, you are such a genius. Did you see Buffon's constipated expression? I actually scored a goal against the world's best goalkeeper. This feels so great!"
The reason why Cordoba said this was because Lin Feng’s corner kick tactics were well designed. Without this clever tactic, they would never have been able to score two goals so easily.
After all, Inter Milan had tried it in the previous positional battle, but it was difficult to threaten the opponent's goal.
"Haha, it's your good move to get rid of him. If you hadn't succeeded in getting rid of Emerson, this ball would have been a mistake!"
In Arsenal's tactics, the player at the penalty spot is the most critical. The success of this tactic depends entirely on his personal performance.
Judging from the results just now, Cordoba's performance was perfect!
Lin Feng’s praise made Cordoba even happier, and he almost wanted his tail to rise to the sky.
Because of their position, it is not easy for defenders to score goals, so they will be happy for a long time whenever they score one.
Not to mention that he scored a goal against the world's best goalkeeper in an occasion like the Italian national derby. Cordoba can brag about this goal for the rest of his life!
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Just like the previous goal, Juventus players were very dissatisfied with Inter Milan's goal.
They found the referee again and protested and put pressure on him, believing that the opponent's player interfered with the goalkeeper and should be called for a foul. As for this goal, since the opponent committed a foul first, the goal should naturally be cancelled.
The referee was a little hesitant. He did see several Inter Milan players standing in front of Buffon, blocking his attack.
According to the current FIFA regulations on the protection of goalkeepers, this situation seems to be called a foul?
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!"
Seeing the referee's hesitation, it seemed that he was convinced by the other party.
Lin Feng hurried over and began to explain:
"According to Chapter 2005 of the Football Competition Rules and Article 17 of the Partial Explanation of the Competition Rules just promulgated by IFAB (International Football Association Board) in 3:
It is a foul for an attacking player to take a favorable position to block the goalkeeper before a corner kick is taken and the ball has not yet entered the game.
My teammate was not standing there from the beginning. He just thought I was going to take the penalty kick and wanted to rush to the front point to compete for the header. He just happened to pass by there. How can this be considered a foul? "
The referee recalled it and it seemed to be true.
Inter Milan's players were all at the back point at the beginning, and only rushed to the front point after Lin Feng kicked the ball.
As for the fact that they 'happened' to appear near the goalkeeper and 'happened' to block the goalkeeper's attack, this certainly cannot be considered a foul, it can only be considered a coincidence!
So he ignored the protests of Juventus players and pointed to the center circle again, indicating that the goal was valid.
In the era without VAR, the referee's decision would basically not be overturned.
So after seeing the referee's actions, Lin Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, this tactic is just a side attack and it is easy to be called a foul and have the goal canceled.
Fortunately, I got out in time, otherwise these Juventus guys would have succeeded.
When the Juventus players heard Lin Feng's explanation, they all cursed him in their hearts for being shameless.
How could there be so many coincidences? It's obvious that the other party designed it this way on purpose.
But even if they knew this, they could do nothing because according to the rules, the other party did not violate any rules.
After hearing what Lin Feng said, his teammates all gave him a thumbs up.
No wonder Lin Feng was able to design such a corner kick tactic, it turns out he had studied the IFAB regulations!
How many players have the patience to watch that kind of thing?
Not to mention remembering or even studying it thoroughly, and using the rules to exploit loopholes.
No wonder everyone says that East Asians have high IQs. Now I know that the rumor is true.
They were completely convinced.
... Losing two goals in a row dealt a heavy blow to Juventus’ morale.
After seeing the team score goals one after another, tens of thousands of Inter Milan fans who came to the Meazza Stadium also began to sing.
They started by singing Inter Milan’s team song, but after that they were still not satisfied, so they sang the Lin’s Song which was written specifically for Lin Feng.
Lin Feng, who joined the team last summer, is clearly the new favorite of Inter Milan fans this season.
The fans now like him more and more, and they can't wait to watch him play football every day.
So, Lin Feng's name echoed again and again in the Meazza stadium.
The Chinese fans who came to watch the game could not understand Italian, so when they heard Lin Feng's name repeatedly, they all pricked up their ears and were full of curiosity.
"Are Inter Milan fans singing praises for Lin Feng?"
"It's possible. I heard that Inter Milan fans wrote a song specifically for Lin Feng, called Lin's Song. I even heard them sing it during a game before!"
“Although I don’t understand it, it sounds really cool!”
The news that Lin Feng joined Inter Milan at the beginning already made the fans quite excited.
I didn't expect that he would do so well after joining Inter Milan. Not only did he not have no chance to play like Dong Fangzhuo, he even became Inter Milan's main force and even the core on the field.
What they didn’t expect was that even in Italy, there were so many fans who loved Lin Feng and were even willing to write songs for him.
Even Lin Feng's compatriots, because of this relationship, have felt the kindness of many Italian fans during their recent stay in Milan.
This discovery made these Chinese fans happy and proud!
"It's a pity that we can't sing. It would be great if we could!"
"Hey, since Italian fans can write a Lin song in Italian for Lin Feng, why can't we write a Lin song in Chinese?"
Many people made up their minds to find someone to write a Chinese song for Lin Feng when they returned!
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Lin Feng, who was playing in the game, naturally had no idea what was happening outside the field.
On the field, after scoring two goals in a row, Inter Milan was in high spirits and launched wave after wave of attacks towards Juventus' goal.
In the 27th minute, Figo made a signature cross from the right, and Adriano headed the ball slightly higher from 7 meters in front of the goal.
One minute later, Lin Feng made a cross from the left, Juventus' central defender made a mistake in the tackle, Martins got the ball 1 meters in front of the goal, turned around and shot low with his left foot, but was confiscated by Buffon.
In the 28th minute, Veron was brought down while dribbling the ball in front of the penalty area, and Inter Milan won a free kick in the frontcourt.
Lin Feng took the penalty kick himself, aiming at the far end of the goal and firing a powerful shot, forcing Buffon to make another god-level save, and only then did he manage to save the ball.
During this period, Inter Milan's attack was very sharp. Juventus was once pressed unilaterally in its own half and could not attack at all.
But as physical energy was consumed and the stimulating effect of the goal faded, Inter Milan's attack gradually slowed down.
In the 33rd minute, Vieira accurately positioned himself on defense, successfully intercepted the ball from Veron, and took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack.
The opponent's counterattack was very fast, and Cambiasso was forced to commit a tactical foul, bringing down Nedved who was dribbling forward with the ball.
Although the Czech iron man quickly got up from the ground and did not lose his temper or complain to Cambiasso, the referee still gave Cambiasso a yellow card.
This yellow card made Mancini on the sidelines very nervous, as he remembered Cambiasso's red card in the last game.
But don't commit fouls again. If you get another yellow card, and two yellow cards turn into one red card, Inter Milan's current good situation will most likely be ruined.
The free kick was quite far from the goal, so Camoranesi made a quick estimate in his mind and gave up the idea of shooting directly.
He passed the ball diagonally toward the penalty area, trying to find his own high point, but neither Trezeguet nor Vieira could get the ball. The spring man Cordoba, with his excellent jumping ability, overwhelmed the crowd and cleared the ball out of the baseline.
Corner kick for Juventus.
Since the opponent had already scored two goals using the corner kick tactic, the fans at the scene and in front of the TV couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation when they saw Juventus get a corner kick opportunity, wanting to see if Juventus could bring them any surprises.
Unfortunately, there is no reborn player in Juventus. Although they have just seen three different corner kick tactics of Inter Milan, it is obviously unrealistic to learn and use them in such a short time.
Corner kick tactics are something that needs to be practiced many times before they can be used.
Sharpening your skills before the battle may backfire due to a lack of tacit understanding and inability to cooperate with your teammates.
Juventus still used the traditional corner kick tactic. After the ball was kicked into the penalty area, it was cleared by Inter Milan players again, but the cleared ball accidentally hit Ibrahimovic's arm. Ibrahimovic seemed to be unaware of this and continued to dribble and shoot after being judged for handball.
The referee Papares ran over angrily and took out a yellow card to warn him.
He didn't believe that the other party didn't hear his whistle. It was obvious that the guy did it on purpose.
Ibrahimovic raised his arms, did not argue with the referee, and walked away cursing.
In fact, he should have been given a card for the tackle on Zanetti before, but the referee showed mercy by only showing the card now.
On the sidelines, Capello couldn't help but frown when he saw Ibrahimovic asking for a yellow card himself.
Ibrahimovic has a bad temper, so it's not surprising that he would do this.
But generally speaking, Ibrahimovic can still control his temper.
The reason why they couldn't control themselves at this moment was probably because the score of being two goals behind brought too much psychological pressure to the players, making it easier for their emotions to get out of control!
This can't go on like this!
Capello looked at the time and saw that there were only ten minutes left in the first half.
It is a bit difficult to score two goals in ten minutes, but if we make good use of these ten minutes, we might be able to score one.
The effects of being behind by two goals and being behind by one goal are completely different.
It's just that the team had some problems with its offense today. Apart from the threat created in the first ten minutes of offense, the subsequent offense did not produce any results.
So, what's the problem?
Capello's eyes involuntarily fell on the opponent's number eight player.
(End of this chapter)
