Chapter 208 We are the champions!
"Inter's form today is a bit up and down!"
"Yeah, it's too unstable, sometimes he's in high spirits and sometimes he's in a low spirits, as if he can't play football unless he's behind!"
The two commentators were also speechless by Inter Milan's performance. You said Inter Milan played badly, but they were able to catch up after falling behind, and the opponents could not stop their attack at all. It often only took Inter Milan a few minutes to equalize the score.
But if you say they played well, once they equalized the score, they immediately lost their form and no longer felt like a top team.
If you don’t know, you might think Inter Milan is an ordinary team that punches in and out on time and has no desires or ambitions!
But in fact, Inter Milan is competing with Juventus for the league championship!
"It should be because of too much pressure. After all, they haven't won the league championship for almost 20 years. The psychological burden on the players is too heavy!"
Just as Inter Milan is concerned about the score of another game, Juventus is also keeping a close eye on Inter Milan's game progress.
During the half-time break, Capello asked his assistant as he was leaving the field:
"What's the score at Inter Milan?"
The incident of the phone-gate scandal had escalated further at this point, and the punishment for Juventus had become increasingly clear.
Next season, Juventus will almost certainly be relegated and their previous honors will be stripped away.
Although it is still uncertain how low they will be relegated, as long as they are relegated, Juventus will definitely not be able to keep their current lineup.
By then, a large number of top stars will leave Juventus and seek other ways out.
This includes Capello himself!
Although it has been confirmed that he will leave the team at the end of the season, Capello will definitely not refuse if he can help the team win another championship trophy in his last game as coach of the Old Lady!
Even though the trophy was finally invalidated by the Serie A officials and handed over to Inter Milan due to the Calciopoli incident.
But the championship won by oneself and the championship obtained after being confiscated have completely different meanings for Inter Milan.
If Juventus won, then even if Inter Milan won the championship, it would just be copying others.
They don't have the strength to snatch the championship trophy from Juventus and can only rely on official donations. I believe that even if Inter Milan gets this trophy, they will feel ashamed!
As for Capello, standing his last post well, even when the team was in turmoil and morale was low, he was still able to lead the team to defeat strong opponents and win the championship battle.
This is also a recognition of his coaching ability, which will help further enrich his resume and win him a big contract from a top club.
"It's 2:2, all the goals were scored in the first half!"
Capello raised his eyebrows at the assistant's answer. He remembered that Inter Milan's defense was good this season and the number of goals conceded was relatively low in the entire Serie A.
How come we lost so many goals to a team ranked low in the league?
But he soon realized that this was mostly due to the unstable mentality of Inter Milan players.
In that case, let’s add fuel to the fire!
After the start of the second half, Juventus made a substitution, replacing a defensive player with Zebra Prince Piero.
This is a signal to further intensify the attack!
Piero did not disappoint Capello after he came on the pitch. In the 56th minute of the second half, he instigated an attack and made a fatal pass in front of the penalty area, assisting Trezeguet to score another goal.
The score became 2:0, and Juventus secured the victory.
After Trezeguet scored the goal, Juventus players ran over to hug and celebrate.
Although no one said it explicitly, everyone knew that this was the last game they would fight side by side.
After this game, everyone will go their separate ways next season!
Therefore, let’s use this big victory to put a perfect end to everyone’s Old Lady career!
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"Juventus scored again!"
As soon as Juventus scored a goal, the news reached Mancini's ears.
"What's the score?"
Mancini scratched his hair in annoyance. Because he used some force, he didn't know how much hair he pulled out.
No wonder there are so many top coaches in the football world. With so much pressure, it would be strange if their hair didn’t fall out!
"It's 2:0. Their opponents have no power to fight back. If they continue like this, they will score more goals!"
"Let them score. Our goal difference is ten more than theirs. Unless they can score ten goals, there is no way they can surpass us!"
Mancini quickly calmed down. He knew that it was not Juventus but Inter Milan who would decide who would win the championship.
If Inter Milan's game ends in a draw, Inter Milan and Juventus will have the same points, and they will win the championship with the advantage of goal difference.
So no matter how Juventus plays, unless they can win by 10 goals in a game.
Otherwise it would be impossible to threaten Inter Milan!
For Inter Milan, the benefit of goal difference is that they can win the championship with a draw.
But if they are unexpectedly defeated by the opponent, they will lose the championship.
It is precisely because of this that Inter Milan played so awkwardly.
After all, we are still affected by the curse that a draw will qualify us!
Thinking of this, Mancini couldn't help but stand up and shout to the players on the field, asking them to play more actively and proactively, and not to wait passively for the opponent to make a move.
The other party is just a weak team, what are you afraid of?
Of course Inter Milan’s players are afraid of losing!
A draw would win the game, but if we attack and get stolen, wouldn't that backfire?
At this time, Inter Milan players felt that the spotlight of the whole world was on them, making their every move visible.
The players were in a state of high tension, fearing that they would make mistakes accidentally and become the sinners of the team, and be criticized by Inter fans all over the world.
Therefore, everyone kicked with fear.
With the idea that the more you do, the more mistakes you make, and the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make, I would rather not make mistakes than become the sinner of the team.
"Damn, the more I watch, the more I feel that this Inter Milan team looks like our national football team!"
Chinese fans who were watching this game found a strong sense of déjà vu in this Inter Milan.
Isn’t this the Chinese national football team?
"You know what, they really do look a bit alike!"
"For many years, the Chinese national football team was not bad, but they lacked confidence. They were afraid of being cyberbullied and afraid of taking responsibility, so they wanted to throw the responsibility to others and didn't want to show themselves!"
"The results kept getting worse and worse, and the fans kept scolding them more and more fiercely, which further made them lose confidence. They became even less confident on the field and even more afraid to take the ball. As a result, the Chinese national team became weak against strong opponents and weak against weak opponents, as if they were unsure of who to play against!"
Thinking of the performance of the Chinese national football team in the past few years, every fan couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.
This statement really hits the nail on the head!
Originally, the Chinese national football team was caught in such a death spiral, until Lin Feng appeared and changed the situation!
After the unexpected victory over Germany away from home, the Chinese team's morale and confidence soared visibly.
The players gained confidence and dared to take the ball and make moves on the court, and even occasionally showed off their skills and tried some fancy moves.
Although the Chinese national team was badly beaten by the technically sophisticated Spanish team during the training camp in Spain, the self-confidence of the national team was not hit.
Even in the Asian Cup qualifiers, the Chinese national football team cleanly defeated Iraq, their old and always difficult rival.
If the Chinese national football team can be saved, can’t Inter Milan, which is far stronger than the Chinese national football team on paper, be saved?
In an instant, almost all the fans' eyes were involuntarily cast towards Lin Feng. He was the youngest, most energetic and motivated player on the court!
In fact, Lin Feng was a little nervous before the game, but after he got on the field and played for a while and found the feeling, the nervous feeling disappeared.
However, although he was no longer nervous, his teammates were a little out of shape.
Even the old captain Zanetti made many mistakes today and seemed very unreliable.
But there are also some players in the team who have a good mentality and have not been affected too much - Figo and Cambiasso!
Both of them have won championships in other leagues before, and even won higher-level honors such as European competitions.
Therefore, his attitude towards the Serie A championship is more relaxed than other players in the team who have never won the top league championship.
One fence has three stakes, and one hero has three gangs.
Although Lin Feng himself is quite strong, it is still too difficult for him to challenge the entire opponent team alone.
After discovering that the conditions of these two people were not affected, he consciously increased his cooperation with them.
Figo immediately understood Lin Feng's intention, but Cambiasso was still a little confused and didn't understand why Lin Feng kept passing the ball to him.
But Commander Kan has developed his offensive attributes during this period, so I don’t care about you.
After receiving the pass from Lin Feng, he rushed forward with the ball.
Seeing Commander Kan's actions, teammates and fans were all scared.
But he also passively moved the formation upwards and filled the space behind Cambiasso.
That’s right!
No matter whether you are active or passive, as long as you are mobilized, there will be results.
Cambiasso's dribbling ability is okay, but his breakthrough ability is only average.
After being intercepted by the opponent's midfielder, he could only pass the ball.
Fortunately, Lin Feng was always by his side to support him. Before the opponent was about to double-team him, Lin Feng waved and asked for the ball.
As soon as Lin Feng got the ball, Figo started to move forward, as if he knew that Lin Feng would pass the ball to him.
Figo was really good at judging people. Lin Feng really passed the ball to him, and almost at the right time, passing the ball before Figo was about to be offside.
When the ball was transferred by Lin Feng, Cagliari's entire defense line moved to the right.
A large space is exposed on the left side!
Lin Feng did not run to the left, because even if he ran to the left, there was no one to transition in the middle and he was expecting Figo to pass the ball to him. The opponent would definitely have time to prepare, and it would be difficult for the attack to achieve an unexpected effect.
So, Lin Feng made an unexpected choice: follow the defensive player and run to the right.
The defending team was originally moving to the right, and they also allocated some manpower to keep an eye on Lin Feng in the middle.
But when they saw Lin Feng also running to the right, their midfielders naturally focused their attention on Lin Feng.
As a result, Cambiasso, who came up with the ball to assist, was left with an empty space in front.
At this time, as long as someone passes the ball to Commander Kan, Commander Kan will have the opportunity to take a long shot directly.
But it is easier said than done.
The ball was at Figo's feet. There were at least four or five defensive players between him and Cambiasso. It was almost impossible to pass the ball on the ground. If he kicked a high ball, by the time the ball landed and Cambiasso stopped the ball, the opponent's defensive players would have already taken up their positions and blocked his shooting angle. More importantly, the opponent's goalkeeper was also prepared, so the suddenness of the long shot would no longer exist.
Therefore, this ball cannot be played like this. Someone needs to transition between Figo and Cambiasso.
This is also the reason why Lin Feng followed the defensive player to run to the right. He has to take on the responsibility of the transition player.
However, it takes at least one or two seconds to complete the four steps of receiving the ball, stopping the ball, observing and then passing the ball while being surrounded and blocked by so many opposing players.
This long time is enough for the surrounding defensive players to react and double-team him.
Therefore, this is a great test of the receiver's ability to handle the ball. How to get the ball out in the shortest time is the key to the success of this attack!
As Figo dribbled the ball towards the penalty area, he observed the positions of his teammates with the corner of his eyes.
Seeing Lin Feng coming over, Figo cut into the penalty area and made a fake move to pass the ball across the penalty area. After tricking the opponent's player into raising his foot to block, he quickly dribbled the ball, changed direction, and passed it back to the front of the penalty area with an inverted triangle.
Lin Feng rushed over and caught the ball before the defensive player.
Instead of stopping the ball, he accelerated into the penalty area.
The attention of the opposing defenders was attracted by Lin Feng's actions, and they all moved towards him, trying to block his shooting angle.
However, they soon realized that they had been fooled because there was no ball under Lin Feng's feet!
Where's the ball?
Cagliari's defenders had cold sweat on their foreheads, they had realized that something was wrong.
Before they had time to react, a blue figure suddenly appeared in front of the penalty area. After receiving Lin Feng's pass, he swung his right foot and shot directly.
With a dull thud, the ball hit the upper left corner of the goal.
The goalkeeper was unable to react and could only watch the ball go into the net.
In the 75th minute of the second half, Cambiasso received Lin Feng's heel pass and scored a crucial goal.
It was not until this time that Inter Milan finally took the lead!
The suspense of the Serie A championship has finally disappeared!
Cambiasso's goal made the Inter players and coaches on the bench lose their minds.
Everyone rushed towards the field like crazy, rushing towards Cambiasso who scored the goal.
In the away team's stands, Inter Milan fans went crazy and their cheers completely drowned out the boos from the home fans.
At the same time, all the Inter Milan fans around the world who were watching this game jumped up from their sofas and chairs almost at the same time, cheering and celebrating this goal!
Seeing the visiting team players and fans celebrating, the home team players' confidence suffered a big blow.
Especially after watching Lin Feng's performance just now, they lost all their fighting spirit.
They really couldn't figure out how the other side passed the ball.
It was not until I watched the replay on the big screen that I realized that Lin Feng assisted Cambiasso with a realistic fake move and an extremely concealed heel pass.
I was just curious before I finished watching it, but I was even more shocked after I finished watching it.
Originally, the outcome of this game didn't matter much to the home team. Now they were hit hard by their opponents and couldn't make any waves at the last moment of the game.
After more than ten minutes, the game ended with the score fixed at 2:3.
Inter Milan defeated their opponents away from home, beating Juventus by 2 points and winning the Serie A championship in the 05-06 season!
"A historic moment. After 17 years away from the top league, Inter Milan won their first league championship trophy since the new century!"
"The Inter dynasty is rising!"
(End of this chapter)
