Chapter 243: A comeback from desperate situation, a crazy game!
"What can I say about this game? It feels so weird!"
"Inter Milan's football is not bad, but it is far worse than Roma!"
"Yes, except for Torres' offside goal at the beginning, it was difficult to see them pose a real threat to Roma's goal at other times. On the other hand, Roma's attacks were very effective every time. Although they lost Cassano, with the joining of the stronger Adriano, Roma's forward strength has been greatly enhanced. Adriano's two goals in this game are the best evidence!"
"Originally, after Juventus was relegated and AC Milan was penalized, the outside world thought that Inter Milan would dominate Serie A, but after seeing this game, I think it is too early to draw such a conclusion. In the new season, Roma may very well become a dark horse in Serie A and bring unexpected results to everyone!"
The opponent's consecutive goals made the Inter Milan players on the field a little confused, and their morale was visibly low.
They lost three goals to a weaker team without any clear reason. Anyone would be confused.
The key point is that Roma is still attacking!
This is going to be a tragedy for Inter Milan!
The Chinese fans who came to the Shanghai Stadium were all confused. Didn’t they say that Inter Milan was the Serie A champion and would definitely win this game?
Why do I feel that Inter Milan is not as strong as the outside world hypes them up to be, and is instead being bullied by the opponent?
"Come on Inter!"
"Come on, Lin Feng!"
Some fans shouted anxiously, hoping that their cheers could reach the players' ears and cheer them up.
I finally get to watch Lin Feng’s game at home, so I must not lose!
In fact, Lin Feng never gave up from beginning to end.
As Roma continued to score goals, Lin Feng was trying to launch counterattacks.
Unfortunately, his teammates were in poor condition and failed to seize the opportunities he created.
Seeing this, Lin Feng decided to take action himself!
In the 38th minute, Lin Feng broke through on the right and passed the ball in front of the goal. Torres, who was in front of the goal, was disturbed by the opponent's defender and missed the ball.
In the 41st minute, Vieira intercepted the ball in the backcourt and dribbled across half court, attracting double-teaming from several opposing players.
Seeing this, Lin Feng immediately retreated to receive the ball, and Vieira passed the ball to him.
De Rossi, who was guarding him, wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when his back was turned to steal the ball, but was passed by Lin Feng with a graceful Marseille turn.
The moment he passed De Rossi, Lin Feng looked up and observed the running positions of his teammates in front of him.
Torres' reaction was as quick as ever. He had already surrounded the goal and gained position, but there were two defensive players around him, so it was difficult to pass the ball, and it was not easy for the forward to handle the ball even if it was passed.
Lin Feng did not choose to pass the ball to him, but passed it diagonally to the left, where a top shooter was lurking - Crespo!
Although Crespo was half a beat slower than Torres, he slowed down to the right point, creating a sense of hierarchy between Inter Milan's two forwards. By using Torres to attract a lot of opponent's attention, a short space appeared in front of Crespo.
As long as his teammates can seize this opportunity and pass the ball to their feet, the Argentines will be able to change the score!
But, can the teammates discover this fleeting opportunity?
Crespo didn't have high hopes in his heart, but just when he ran out of the open space, Lin Feng's pass was already at his feet!
Although Crespo was shocked, his movements did not slow down at all. It was as if it had become a conditioned reflex, and he completed the shot smoothly.
This shot fully demonstrated the style of Crespo, the king of shooting. Not only was the angle tricky, but the power was also great.
The goalkeeper had such a short reaction time that he simply couldn't save a shot of this magnitude.
Without any suspense, the ball rolled into the net.
The score became 3:1, Inter Milan finally scored a goal!
After Crespo scored the goal, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the linesman. Seeing that the referee did not raise the flag, he felt relieved. He ran towards Lin Feng with a smile and celebrated by high-fiving the person who assisted him.
Crespo high-fived the other player and asked curiously, "How did you think of passing the ball to me? Torres was obviously closer to the goal, wasn't he?"
He did not explicitly state the fleeting opportunity before him, as he wanted to verify once and for all whether Lin Feng was just guessing or had really seen through it.
Lin Feng smiled and replied: "I saw an opportunity on your side, and I guessed that with your shooting skills, you will definitely be able to seize this opportunity, so I passed it!"
Crespo laughed loudly and gave Lin Feng another warm hug:
"Good job passing it on. Next time there's such an opportunity, don't forget to pass it on to me. I promise I won't let you down!"
With such a reassuring passing master behind him, Crespo was in a good mood and began to look forward to his future career at Inter Milan.
The last experience of joining Inter Milan was not a pleasant one for both parties. I hope I can change my bad luck this time!
Inter Milan's goal ignited the enthusiasm of the fans at the scene. After all, the vast majority of the fans present came for Lin Feng and Inter Milan.
Although the game was very exciting, if Inter Milan lost in the end, the fans would still feel regretful and even unhappy.
Now, Inter Milan finally scored a goal, giving everyone a glimmer of hope for a comeback.
"At the critical moment, we still have to rely on Lin Feng!"
"Crespo's shot just now was also very beautiful. He is worthy of being the king of shooting. His shooting skills are really amazing!"
"Crespo is too low-key. He has the ability of a top shooter, but he is always ignored. Even his starting position has been taken away by others!"
"Not really. Crespo's shooting skills are indeed good, but his other abilities are not that good. His dribbling, organization, passing and breakthrough abilities are not that outstanding. How can a player who is only responsible for the finishing shot compete with a striker like Ronaldo?"
There is nothing wrong with what he said. When people mention Ronaldo, their minds will involuntarily think of his high-speed dribbling and his iconic pendulum pass.
Crespo may not be bad in terms of goal efficiency, but he is a complete loser in terms of playing style.
Crespo's goal greatly boosted Inter Milan's morale. The players seemed to have regained their confidence in an instant and launched a fierce counterattack against their opponents in the remaining time of the first half.
In the 43rd minute, Inter Milan's attack advanced to the frontcourt.
The Roma team had already retreated on all fronts at this point, the first half was about to end, and they didn't want to take any more risks.
But how could Inter Milan let them do as they wish?
Lin Feng tried to pass the ball to his teammates to pull the opponent's defense line.
But Roma remained unmoved. Seeing this, Lin Feng cut sideways and made a sudden move, taking a long shot from outside the penalty area.
The kick was very sudden and the goalkeeper was a beat slow to react, but unfortunately, the football hit the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.
The startled Roma team, at the request of Spalletti, immediately intensified their pressure on Lin Feng in front of the penalty area and resolutely refused to give him another chance to shoot from long range.
Spalletti felt a headache when he saw Lin Feng. This kid is really difficult to deal with!
He is good at shooting, dribbling, passing, speed, and can dribble past opponents. If you don't care about him, he will do it by himself. If you care about him, he can also assist his teammates to score. Fortunately, Inter Milan only has one Lin Feng. If there are more people like this, wouldn't their players be exhausted?
The Roma players carried out Spalletti's orders very resolutely, even a little too resolutely!
In the 44th minute, Taddei hooked down Lin Feng and Inter Milan won a free kick in the frontcourt.
Figo discussed with Lin Feng, and finally Lin Feng gave the penalty kick to Figo, and ran into the penalty area as if preparing to compete for the header.
Because Inter Milan's set-piece tactics were so good last season, the Roma players became suspicious, not knowing what tricks the opponent was playing.
After Lin Feng came to the penalty area, a large group of people gathered around him. These guys ignored the real forwards Torres and Crespo and made Lin Feng the focus of defense, which made Lin Feng laugh and cry.
However, the more the opponent did this, the happier Lin Feng was, because he was just a cover in this set-piece tactic. No one could guess Inter Milan's real killer move!
Figo raised his right hand before the free throw, and after his teammates and opponents saw it clearly, he ran up slowly to take the free throw.
Figo took the free kick and passed it diagonally into the penalty area. Lin Feng at the front point had already jumped up before Figo passed the ball to him.
The confused defensive players were worried that this was some tactic of the opponent, and many of them jumped along without knowing what was going on, distracting the Roma players in the penalty area.
At this moment, Vieira, who did not participate in the header, rushed in like a dump truck with the accelerator pressed to the bottom, jumped high, received Figo's pass at the back point, and headed the ball into the goal.
The score became 3:2!
Inter Milan also scored two goals in 2 minutes, narrowing the gap to one goal!
"Beautiful, Vieira!"
"Inter Milan's set-piece tactic caught Roma off guard. They all focused their attention on Lin Feng, Crespo, Torres and Materazzi, but ignored that Vieira, who is over meters tall, also has a strong heading ability!"
"Haha, I can only say that Inter Milan's tactical arrangement was very clever. If Vieira had stood in the penalty area at the beginning, he would have definitely become the opponent's key target of defense. But Vieira did not enter the penalty area at the beginning, and Lin Feng's almost funny actions distracted their attention, making their vigilance further reduced, so Vieira scored this goal!"
"So, when facing Inter Milan, you must pay attention to their set pieces. If you are not careful, you may be punished!"
"Inter Milan's two new players in the new season both scored in their first games. Now only Torres is left!"
Torres is indeed a bit embarrassed. Among the new players, he has the highest transfer price, but he is the only one who has not scored a goal!
So, after the restart, Torres was particularly active, and the words "I want to score" were almost engraved on his forehead.
But unfortunately, there was not much time left in the first half and Torres' efforts were not rewarded.
In order to strengthen the attack, Inter Milan made personnel adjustments at the beginning of the second half.
Mancini replaced Grosso with Maicon and captain Zanetti moved from the right to the left.
Maicon has outstanding offensive ability, and this substitution is obviously intended to further increase the offensive rhythm.
After Maicon came on the pitch, Inter Milan's attack on the Figo-Maicon side became even more unstoppable.
In addition, Lin Feng would run to the right from time to time, which made Roma's left side of the defense overwhelmed and they had to frequently send people over for support.
But in this way, Roma's defensive formation gradually tilted to the left, and large areas of space appeared on the right.
In the 61st minute, Ade was intercepted by Lin Feng while dribbling the ball in the middle. Although he counterattacked immediately, he fouled Lin Feng immediately after failing.
Ade is very aware of the threat of letting Lin Feng attack with the ball in this position!
But Ade made a mistake. After committing the foul, he only thought about pulling up Lin Feng, and did not stand in front of the ball to guard against the opponent's quick serve.
Cambiasso, the clever little guy, saw an opportunity and immediately took a free kick.
Figo received the pass from Cambiasso, rushed forward quickly, and then seized the opportunity to pass the ball in the middle. Crespo received the ball on the right side of the penalty area and pretended to shoot, but when the goalkeeper made a save, the ball was knocked across the middle.
Torres, who was on the outside, did not waste this great opportunity. He easily pushed the ball into the empty goal and changed the score to 3:3!
Doni, who was fooled by Inter Milan's two big forwards, was so angry that he lay on the grass and pounded the ground.
After scoring the goal, Torres excitedly slid on his knees to celebrate. Damn, he finally scored a goal!
And the goal he scored was the one that tied the score!
We thought we were doomed in the first half, but unexpectedly, in just 20 minutes, the team turned the tide and equalized the score!
Even with such a huge deficit, the team hasn't been defeated yet. Their resilience is incredible!
Is this the foundation of a wealthy family?
Torres, who had no experience of playing for a top club, was surrounded by a huge sense of happiness.
My decision to join Inter Milan was indeed the right one!
Torres' goal ignited the atmosphere. Even the usually reserved Chinese fans did not care about their image at this time and celebrated wildly in the stands.
"Damn it, this game can actually be turned around, it's outrageous!"
"Is this the level of the top European leagues? Is it so exciting?"
"Oh my god, six goals, it's worth the money! It's totally worth it!"
"When Inter Milan was three goals behind in the first half, even I, an Inter Milan die-hard fan, thought they were doomed. Who knew that Inter Milan had equalized the game just over ten minutes into the second half? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it!"
For the fans, this game has all the elements.
The game itself involves the ownership of the Super Cup champion, and it is also a game of grudges between the two teams and Roma's revenge.
The course of the game was full of twists and turns. At first, Roma took a big lead and had the upper hand.
Inter then launched a desperate counterattack and quickly scored three goals, bringing both teams back to the same starting line.
It is rare to watch a game of this level live, and the ups and downs of the plot immediately conquered the Chinese fans who came to the scene.
Please have more competitions like this!
Their idea was nice, but the players on both sides couldn't stand it.
Inter Milan, which has already overcome its disadvantage, vowed to make a final push and completely crush Roma!
Want to take charge?
Wait till next season!
(End of this chapter)
