Chapter 242: The beginning of the collapse of the sky, Torres???
"Inter's form today can't be said to be bad, but the opponent's luck was too good!"
"Yes, Roma seized two consecutive chances and scored two crucial goals. Now Roma has the initiative in the game. It is up to them to decide how to play next!"
Inter Milan fans were all disheartened at this point. They were all in Serie A and were very clear about each other's strength.
Given the defensive quality of the Italian team, if Roma really defends with all their might, Inter Milan will probably face a very difficult task!
Therefore, Roma must not change their playing style!
As if he had heard the voices of Inter Milan fans, Roma head coach Spalletti suddenly stood up from the coaching bench, walked to the sidelines, and shouted something loudly to the players on the field.
The noise at the scene was so loud that most fans couldn't hear clearly what the other side was shouting.
But Spalletti's move undoubtedly exacerbated the concerns of Inter Milan fans.
It can’t be that bad, right?
Be conservative once you are ahead?
But contrary to what they thought, Spalletti told the players not to retreat in a hurry. He saw the problems exposed by Inter Milan's defense in the previous two defenses. In addition, the opponent must be eager to attack at this time, and might even give them a chance!
If Roma can score one more goal, it will kill the game directly!
It turns out that Spalletti was right!
In the 21st minute, Vieira's long shot from 27 meters outside the penalty area was caught by the goalkeeper. Roma goalkeeper Toni immediately launched a counterattack by throwing the ball with his hand.
Mancini Jr. ran quickly with the message in his mouth, and used his speed to create a path on the wing.
Inter's full-back had rushed forward in the previous attack and now had no time to return to defense.
Seeing that Mancini was about to cut inside, the two central defenders could only assign one person to defend him.
After seeing the opponent's response, Mancini decisively dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
In the penalty area, Adriano is already in position, just waiting for his teammates to pass the ball so that he can shoot!
But Mancini Jr. did not do that, but suddenly passed the ball out of the penalty area!
Roma captain Totti had already quietly reached the most dangerous area when everyone was focusing their attention on the two teammates in the penalty area!
He had just run to the position when Mancini Jr. passed the ball to him with perfect timing. This was obviously a tactic that Roma had practiced in advance!
However, just as the Wolf King was about to shoot, a blue figure suddenly rushed out from the side, slid and destroyed the ball!
Totti was shocked and when he looked carefully, he was surprised to find that the person who made the tackle was not Inter Milan’s two defensive midfielders, but the attacking midfielder Lin Feng!
When did this guy show up?
Shouldn't he be in the frontcourt at this time?
Let's go back to more than ten seconds ago. When Vieira was shooting, Lin Feng led the players defending him to the left, creating space for Vieira's long shot.
The moment Toni blocked Vieira's long shot, Lin Feng realized the opponent's intention to launch a quick counterattack.
And it is very likely that he will go to Mancini's side, but Lin Feng is quite far away from Mancini, so even if he chases him now, it will probably be too late.
So Lin Feng focused his attention on the opponent's player in the middle, and this person was the tactical core of the Roma team - Totti!
In Spalletti's strikerless formation, Totti is the undisputed tactical core, similar to Messi's position when Guardiola was at Barcelona!
So he chose to speed up immediately and chased after Totti. His speed was so fast and his pursuit was so decisive that he even left the two midfielders Cambiasso and Vieira behind.
Totti, who was running in front of Lin Feng, was completely unaware of the pursuers behind him. After all, he didn't have eyes behind his head, and his attention was all on the two teammates and the football in front of him, so it was naturally difficult for him to notice the situation behind him.
But the Roma fans in the stands noticed this. As soon as Lin Feng caught up, they shouted desperately towards the court, hoping to remind Totti.
But unfortunately, the scene was too noisy, and there were too few Roma fans present, causing their sounds to be completely drowned out by the noise of the surrounding crowd.
In this way, Lin Feng chased all the way, and finally caught up with Totti at the front of the penalty area when he slowed down and prepared to receive the ball and shoot, so the scene just now happened!
"Damn, this speed, this sliding tackle, Totti was stunned!"
"Everyone would be confused. Look at the wolf king's expression. He didn't even notice there was someone behind him. His reaction was obviously that he was frightened!"
"It feels like I'm watching the Captain Tsubasa animation. It makes my blood boil!"
"This goal is just like the one Sun Jihai scored when he saved the team in Manchester City last year!"
"Sun Jihai's 1v4 clearance was really amazing, but it's a pity that Manchester City still lost in the end. I wonder if Inter Milan can escape the curse this time!"
The fans were right. Lin Feng's clearance was indeed beautiful, but it was useless because Inter Milan was still behind by two goals.
With such a huge disadvantage, and the opponent constantly looking for opportunities to attack, Inter Milan’s situation is quite bad!
In the penalty area, Adriano, who had waited in vain, spread his hands towards Mancini Jr. in frustration.
You were clearly in the penalty area, why didn't you pass the ball to me?
Don’t you believe in my ability?
This made Adriano begin to miss Lin Feng's passes. If he was his teammate, he would definitely pass the ball to him without hesitation!
Lin Feng pulled up Totti who had tripped. Totti was not frustrated or angry. Instead, he gave Lin Feng a thumbs up and praised him for his wonderful performance.
No wonder this kid received unanimous praise from Inter Milan, just because he spared no effort to run dozens of meters back to clear the ball, doing a job that should not have been done by him. Which teammate would not like this attitude towards the game?
Such an opponent deserves my respect.
But the better the opponent's performance, the more it will inspire Totti's fighting spirit.
If Inter Milan was defeated so easily and couldn't even put up a fight, how could Roma experience the joy of revenge?
What the Romans want to see most is Inter Milan struggling with all their might, but in the end in vain, and then having to watch Roma lift the championship trophy in front of them, a scene of perfect revenge.
This is the best revenge for Inter Milan taking the championship twice from them!
Mancini was under a lot of pressure. Although the opponent's counterattack did not result in a goal, they were only a hair's breadth away from scoring.
If Lin Feng had not come to the rescue, the score would probably have become 3:0.
He glanced at the Roma coaching booth next door with some fear, and he had obviously come to his senses:
Spalletti definitely didn't ask the players to strengthen defense just now, but to continue attacking!
This old guy is so bold. Isn’t he afraid of Inter Milan scoring a goal?
He didn't know whether the opponent was afraid of him or not, but at this moment, he was really afraid that Roma would score another goal.
Thinking of this, he even had the urge to call on the players to stabilize their defense first.
Before he could shout, in the 26th minute, Roma's attack came back.
Cufre passed the ball from the wing, Aquilani broke through the middle and made a beautiful two-on-two wall pass with Totti, and then he pushed the ball into the lower left corner with his right foot from the penalty spot to score!
Mancini’s eyes went dark and he almost fainted!
No, it’s really three to zero, right?
Fortunately, a whistle saved his life. When Roma scored, the linesman raised his flag, indicating that the attacking team was offside and the goal was invalid. Slow-motion replay showed that this goal was very similar to the one Torres scored before, both of which were within a millimeter.
At a time when hawk-eye and goal refereeing technology have not yet been introduced in football matches, determining whether a player is offside really depends entirely on the eyesight of the linesman.
Although the opponent's goal was blown off, Mancini seemed to be awakened!
Don’t hesitate any longer at this time. If you don’t adjust your tactics, the team will really be doomed!
So he gritted his teeth and shouted loudly to the players on the field to strengthen their defense.
Although Inter Milan's players had doubts about the head coach's words, they still carried out them meticulously.
The fans in the stands and in front of the TV were concentrating on watching how Inter Milan would turn defeat into victory despite the adversity, but they ended up seeing the Inter players retreating to defend.
This made them have a thousand question marks floating over their heads!
It’s not you, big brother. It’s you who are lagging behind. Why the hell are you defending?
Mancini's adjustment ignited the dissatisfaction of the fans. For a time, he was criticized overwhelmingly:
"You can take it with you but you can't. If you can't take it with you, go home and take care of the children!"
"Such a strong lineup has turned into such a mess. I think this coach needs to be fired!"
"I've said Mancini is a fake, but you still don't believe it. He was just lucky last season, plus Juventus was in good form, otherwise there would be no chance for Inter Milan!"
"Well, Moratti has spent a lot of money on signings, why can't he be more generous and just get a better coach?"
"Haha, the guy above may not know Inter Milan or Moratti. Hasn't Moratti changed many coaches for Inter Milan over the years? Almost all the famous coaches in Italy were fired by him, and in the end no one was willing to go. Otherwise, it would never be Mancini's turn to take over Inter Milan's position!"
In Italy, Moratti, who was watching the live game on TV, could not hear the fans' curses, but he had the same idea.
Feeling disappointed with Mancini, he quickly picked up the phone, dialed a person's number, and asked directly:
"Jorge, I want Mourinho, name your price!"
Mendes was surprised that the Inter Milan boss would call him at this time and directly asked Mourinho to go to Inter Milan. He was very curious about what happened at Inter Milan?
So, while dealing with Moratti's call, he asked his assistant to collect intelligence to find out the cause of the incident.
The transfer window is about to close. At this time, let alone coach transfers, even player transfers are difficult to complete.
Chelsea is not some small club that can be dismissed with a small amount of money.
They are the defending champions of the Premier League, and Abramovich is known to be rich. Do they think highly of the small penalty fee that Inter Milan has to pay?
The new Premier League season has already started three rounds. Wouldn't it be irresponsible to the team and the boss if Mourinho quits at this time?
Where can Abramovich find a new coach for the team in such a short time?
This is not how business is done. Doing this would be tantamount to destroying Mendes' reputation.
Although his business in Serie A is not small, his business in the Premier League is even bigger, and the business dealings with the Premier League upstart Chelsea are obviously the biggest part.
Therefore, even if Moratti specifically asked for someone, Mendes would never do something like stabbing Chelsea in the back.
But he also doesn't want to offend Inter Milan because Moratti is also not short of money.
So after learning about Inter Milan's situation from his assistant, Mendes recommended several outstanding coaching candidates to Moratti.
Among them is the former Chelsea coach, Italian, Ranieri, who is known as the tinkerer.
But Moratti is very skeptical about Ranieri's ability. After all, he has only been in small teams and even led Atletico Madrid to relegation. It is hard to guarantee whether he can manage a giant club like Inter Milan.
After talking with Mendes for a while and realizing the difficulty of changing the coach at this time, Moratti slightly gave up the urge to change the coach.
Moratti is a person who likes to act on impulse. When his anger subsides, the impulse in his heart naturally fades.
But just after he hung up the phone, a scene that made him go dark appeared on the live TV:
In the 34th minute, Cufre made a straight pass from the left side of the backcourt, Mancini Jr. dribbled the ball back, Aquilani touched the ball to the right, Taddei pushed the ball in front of the goal with his right foot, Totti missed the ball in front of the goal, and Adriano pushed the ball to the lower left corner with his right foot from 7 meters in front of the goal.
Incredible 3-0!
Former Inter Milan player Adriano struck back and scored twice in the first game against his old club after leaving the team.
At this moment, Moratti was furious.
No matter how I look at it, I just don't like Mancini. I think the guy standing on the sidelines deserves to be torn to pieces!
At the same time, he also secretly regretted not listening to Facchetti's advice and should not have let Ade leave so easily. Even if he let him leave, restrictions should have been set, and he could not stay in Serie A, let alone play in the game against his former club.
It's a pity that he generously terminated the contract out of consideration for their old friendship, allowing Ade to leave the team freely without any restrictions.
This led to the embarrassing scene today!
Ade thought that he was kicked out by Inter Milan, so like the players of Roma, he faced this game with the mentality of revenge against Inter Milan.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world. Even Facchetti was hospitalized due to illness a few days ago.
Now there is no one around Moratti to advise him.
The Inter Milan players on the field were a little confused.
what's up?
Is Roma so strong this season?
The cooperation of the opponent just now was smooth and pleasing to the eye. Even they, as opponents, had to cheer for each other.
It's only been 30 minutes and Inter are already three goals behind.
They couldn't remember how long it had been since they had faced such a desperate situation!
Looking at the glaring score numbers on the big screen, the players couldn't help but wonder:
Is there really still hope for this game?
Torres, who had just joined the team, was even more upset.
I came to Inter Milan because I couldn't win a championship at Atletico Madrid.
But why did the championship team come and immediately fail?
At this moment, he was as confused as a certain British striker in later generations who could not win the championship.
(End of this chapter)
