Chapter 241 Adriano's Counterattack
The reason why Xu Genbao encouraged these young players to study abroad was mainly because he saw the changes that took place in Wu Lei, Zhang Linpeng and others after they went abroad to play for Barcelona and Inter Milan.
The strength and talent of these two people are already the best among this group, and now their progress is faster than theirs. The gap between the two sides will only get bigger in the future.
The level of youth training in China is still not as good as that in Europe, so in order not to hinder the future of these children, Xu Genbao really hopes to see them study abroad.
His original intention in establishing the Genbao Football Base was to train some talents for Chinese football and contribute his personal strength, so he would not keep these children in his hands and never let go.
On the field, after Roma took the lead and launched a very threatening attack, Inter Milan immediately launched a counterattack.
In the 8th minute, seeing that the opponent's defense in the middle was very tight, Lin Feng knocked the ball back to Vieira and walked to the right side.
Vieira understood what he meant and quickly passed the ball back to him.
Figo, who was active on the right wing, smartly moved from the wing to the flank area, ready to receive Lin Feng's pass.
Figo's action aroused the vigilance of the opponent's full-back, and Roma was forced to let De Rossi move to the wing to defend Lin Feng.
Seeing De Rossi coming, Lin Feng suddenly sped up and rushed forward with the ball without waiting for the opponent to get into position.
De Rossi was shocked and quickly accelerated to catch up with the opponent, but Lin Feng did not really want to take the ball to the bottom line.
After the opponent sped up, he immediately dribbled the ball and changed direction, cutting in from the wing to the middle.
At the same time, on the left side of the penalty area, Torres, who had been strolling leisurely, saw Lin Feng cutting inside. Like a lion waking up from sleep, he accelerated and shook off the Roma defender who was guarding him and rushed into the penalty area.
Almost at the same time as Torres accelerated, Lin Feng made a straight pass into the penalty area with his left foot.
Lin Feng's through pass was very beautiful. The ball rolled right between Roma's full-back and center-back, and appeared right in front of Torres.
Torres, who had shaken off the opponent's defender, naturally ate the ball without hesitation when it was put in his mouth.
The Holy Infant used a beautiful shot to penetrate the goalkeeper's fingers!
The ball went in beautifully, but the linesman had already raised the flag early.
"Oh, what a pity about this ball. The teamwork was good and the goal was beautiful, but it's a pity that Torres started a little too early!"
In the commentary booth, both commentators lamented that Inter Milan's goal was disallowed.
"Inter Milan's attack just now was really smooth and sudden. Roma may have seen Lin Feng pass the ball back, so they relaxed their vigilance. They didn't expect that the opponent only used two or three passes to form a shot."
"That's right, this is the change that Vieira brought to Inter Milan after his arrival. In addition to contributing to the team on the defensive end, he can also provide a lot of help on the offensive end!"
"In addition, we have to mention Torres, the young Spanish striker. His explosive power is really terrifying. The defenders of the Roma team were left behind by him just for a moment!"
"Yes, in addition to speed, Torres's sense of smell, awareness, and shooting skills are excellent. Although he is still young, I think he has the potential to become a top killer!"
Inter Milan fans were all very happy to hear the commentator speak so highly of Torres.
For fans who don't pay much attention to La Liga, they are really not familiar with Torres.
In addition, the opponent is very young, so many people are worried that the team has made a mistake and spent 30 million euros to buy a fake.
But judging from this game, their worries were unnecessary!
On the sidelines, Mancini's tense face relaxed after seeing this attack.
In addition to the outstanding performances of Lin Feng and Torres, Vieira's insertion and screen after passing the ball, and Figo's pulling and support in the flank area all made him very satisfied.
Inter Milan's lineup this season is stronger than last season, so Mancini made some adjustments to the offensive tactics.
In order to prevent core players from being targeted by the opponent and causing the team's offense to be paralyzed, he required all players on the field to participate in the offense.
When attacking, not only frontcourt players such as Lin Feng, Torres, Crespo, Figo, Vieira, two full-backs and even central defender Materazzi have to participate.
Since there are so many offensive points to choose from within the team, we should make use of them to form a multi-level, three-dimensional offense, attack from multiple points, and make it difficult for the opponent to defend.
In this game, Inter Milan's players implemented Mancini's tactics very well.
After Torres' goal was blown off, in the 10th minute, Figo cut into the penalty area from the right and broke through the double-team of Aquilani and Cufre.
There were bursts of exclamations from the stands, and many fans showed expressions of disbelief.
At this moment, they seemed to see not the 34-year-old Figo, but the 24-year-old Portuguese winger who was unstoppable on the wing!
Figo's performance was not over yet. Seeing the opponent's defender rushing up, Figo, who was skilled and bold, used his footwork and exquisite dribbling skills to dribble past another defender in the penalty area. At this time, Figo was able to shoot.
But in order to dribble past the opponent, he was already near the baseline, so the shooting angle was very small.
Figo felt that his position was not good and his teammates had a better chance, so he selflessly passed the ball to the back post.
Torres' angle was also not good, and with his back to the goal at this angle he could not shoot directly, so he could only head the ball in front of the goal.
Crespo tried to head the ball but was blocked by Roma defender Mexes.
In the past few minutes, Inter Milan's attack gradually gained momentum, putting tremendous pressure on Roma's defense.
But Roma did not back down at all. As long as they got the chance, they would resolutely launch a counterattack in Inter Milan's heartland.
The fans who came to the scene saw the two sides going back and forth. In just over ten minutes, they had created several scoring opportunities and made wonderful passes. It was really exciting to watch.
"Is this what it feels like to watch a top European match live? It's so cool to watch!"
"No wonder Europeans love football so much. Such an exciting game, not only them, but I love it too!"
"If our domestic league could reach this level, the stadiums would definitely not be so empty!"
"Haha, you're overthinking it. Why don't you check the market value of these two teams? The market value of Inter Milan alone is enough to buy all the Chinese Super League teams several times over!"
"Yes, a high-level league needs high-level players. In Asia, due to the restrictions on the number of foreign players and financial constraints, it is difficult to recruit so many talents from all over the world like the top European clubs!"
"It's all about money. You can't play football without money!"
This is true. Today, the arms race in European football is becoming more and more intense, and the value of players is getting higher and higher, which has caused the budgets of major clubs to rise sharply and reach a very exaggerated level.
But the way of playing football with money is actually unhealthy. It is not only harmful to the team, but also to the league and even the fans. In the past few years, many of the seven Serie A teams were forced to go bankrupt because they could not make ends meet and could not afford to spend money, making Serie A a mess.
The reason why Serie A was called the Little World Cup back then was because these teams spent a lot of money to recruit talents, making the competition in the entire Serie A unprecedentedly fierce.
In the 1991 Italian Serie A, the leader changed hands eleven times, with seven teams competing for the championship and taking turns to top the list.
No one can predict who will be the champion until the last round!
This is simply unimaginable in today's Serie A era when the three giants dominate the world.
However, those teams that had followed the three giants in burning money did not become new giants in the end. Instead, they ended up in a miserable situation. Many of them were forced to be relegated, sell equity or even go bankrupt and restructure.
Both sides' attacks were fierce, but the goals were slow to come.
In the 15th minute, Inter Milan successfully counterattacked in the frontcourt. Seeing that the opponent's defense in front of the penalty area was empty, Lin Feng took a long shot after getting the ball.
The shot was about 26 meters away from the goal and the ball flew towards the goal at an extremely fast speed.
But Roma's goalkeeper reacted incredibly quickly, pushed off the ground and flew to save the ball, using his right hand to lift the ball over the crossbar in mid-air, helping the team resolve the dangerous situation.
Lin Feng's shot and the goalkeeper's save were both very exciting. The fans at the scene subconsciously sighed and then immediately applauded both sides.
Wonderful, really wonderful!
Fans who can't go to the scene can only envy and hate:
"Can we have more competitions like this? Can we hold it here next year?"
"Is the stadium over there that big? Are the supporting facilities so complete?"
"Shanghai's 80,000-seat stadium is not that big, not even as big as Inter Milan's home stadium, Meazza. But the domestic football foundation is not very good, there is no professional stadium, and the scale is pitifully small. This is like picking a general from a group of dwarfs!"
"It costs a lot of money to build a professional stadium. Among the current domestic clubs, except for those state-owned enterprise teams with strong backgrounds, other teams probably can't afford it!"
"It's not easy to get money from state-owned enterprises. For example, Luneng and Guoan still rent venues. If you want to own your own stadium, I think you have to wait at least ten years!"
"Take your time. Once the economy develops, we will eventually get what we deserve!"
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While the fans were chatting, the situation on the court suddenly changed:
In the 17th minute, Inter Milan captain made a big mistake. Facing Panucci's diagonal pass from the right, Zanetti missed the ball when he tried to clear it in the penalty area!
When Mancini saw Zanetti make a mistake in clearing the ball, he immediately got ahead of Cesar and swept the ball into the goal from 9 meters away.
The score became 1:0, and Roma took the lead!
"Little Mancini is really alert. He can see this kind of loophole!"
"Zanetti's mistake was totally unacceptable. How could he make such a mistake?"
"Looking at his posture, it seems like his feet are a little slippery. Maybe the grass was watered too much before the game!"
The two commentators did not spend too much energy analyzing Roma's goal, but instead focused on the reasons for Zanetti's mistake.
Seeing Zanetti smoothing the grass in the penalty area, they speculated that he might have slipped.
In fact, mistakes are inevitable for everyone.
It was only because the opponent's name was Zanetti that the commentators and fans were so surprised.
"mine!"
Zanetti did not try to defend himself, but immediately raised his hands to take responsibility.
"It's okay, there's still plenty of time, we can definitely catch it back!"
Materazzi was the first to step forward to comfort his teammates, and none of the teammates around him intended to blame Zanetti.
There is still a lot of game time, and they feel they are in good shape today.
If we keep playing like this, it's only a matter of time before we equalize.
However, to their surprise, Inter Milan's goal did not come, but Roma's second goal appeared!
In the 19th minute, Totti made a straight pass from the right, Taddei made a low pass in front of the goal, and Adriano pushed the ball with his right foot from 11 meters in front of the goal and it went into the small door of his old teammate Cesar, and the score became 2:0!
Roma scored two goals in just two minutes!
The Roma fans who came to the scene were ecstatic, and the Roma players on the field were also extremely excited.
What a fantastic script this is! Looking at Inter Milan's previous performance, they all thought that this game would be difficult and they might even lose the trophy to Inter Milan again.
Unexpectedly, Roma's luck suddenly improved. They first took advantage of an opponent's mistake to take the lead, and then took advantage of the opponent's eagerness to equalize the score and launched a large-scale attack, and took advantage of a counterattack opportunity to expand the advantage again.
Now that Roma has a two-goal advantage, they feel more confident!
They seemed to have seen the championship trophy waving at them!
Revenge on Inter Milan, today!
Seeing Ade celebrating wildly with the Roma players, Lin Feng sighed silently in his heart.
To be honest, Ade performed very well in this game. Apart from this goal, his presence on the front line was also very strong at other times. As a friend, he should actually be happy for the other party.
But now the two are rivals. The better Ade performs and the more goals he scores, the more disadvantageous it will be for Lin Feng and Inter Milan.
So Lin Feng had no way to congratulate Ade and could only take a more serious attitude and treat this game!
He doesn't want to suffer the bitter fruit of failure in the first official game of the new season, especially since it is a Super Cup held in his own country, which means a lot to him!
On the sidelines, Mancini was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
Being behind by one goal is still okay, but being behind by two goals is really a bit dangerous.
Although there is still a lot of time in the game, if Roma calls off the game now and shrinks its formation to defend, Inter Milan may not be able to win.
On the other side, Spalletti was already celebrating with his assistants.
Although he was not surprised that the team scored a goal, because after the improvement of last season, Roma has become stronger this season.
But the team was able to score two goals in two minutes, which was a bit beyond Spalletti's expectations!
After taking a look at Mancini's anxious and angry expression next to him, Spalletti let out a sigh of relief in his heart.
Finally you have experienced how I felt last year!
(End of this chapter)
