Chapter 251 Lin Feng and Torres both explode
The head coaches of both teams had their own plans, which were reflected on the field, with both teams playing cautiously and very conservatively.
In the 11th minute, Inter Milan made a cross from Grosso on the left, and Crespo followed up with a right-footed shot to complete the first shot.
The shot missed the target and went wide.
Seeing that Inter Milan was not fooled, Spalletti really couldn't sit still.
This won't work. Roma took the initiative to give up space but the opponent didn't fall for it, which made Roma seem too conservative.
The fans at the scene were already somewhat dissatisfied. If the opponent launched a fierce attack on Roma, they would be able to accept it if the team played more conservatively.
But the problem is that the opponent didn't attack very aggressively. In this situation, Roma is still so conservative. Isn't it a bit too cowardly?
After all, Roma was touted by the outside world as the second favorite to win the championship. It is totally unacceptable that they played so cowardly in their own home stadium.
Spalletti had no choice but to change tactics and ask his players to step up their attack after waiting for a few minutes in vain.
Of course, his idea of luring the snake out of its hole remained unchanged, so even if Roma launched an attack, he had no intention of pressing forward in a large scale. He only mobilized some players in the middle and on the wing, using the speed of Mancini Jr. and Adriano as weapons to try to find opportunities.
If we find an opportunity, it will not be too late to send more troops to expand the results of the battle.
There would be no loss if they couldn't find the opportunity, because they didn't have many troops, so even if Inter Milan launched a counterattack, it would be difficult to threaten their goal.
Seeing that Roma finally took the initiative to attack, Mancini immediately perked up. Roma's attack is very powerful, and even Inter Milan may not be able to withstand it.
But after watching for a while, he felt relieved.
The opponent's counterattack relied on the individual strength of the frontcourt players and did not invest too much manpower to develop a systematic tactical coordination.
This kind of offensive intensity is unlikely to threaten Inter Milan's goal.
"What on earth is Spalletti, this old fox, doing?"
Mancini is not an idiot. It has been so long since he should have come to his senses.
Although we don't know Roma's true intentions, it is very obvious that they want to lure the snake out of its hole.
This aroused his curiosity: If Inter Milan increases its offensive strength, what tactics will Roma adopt to deal with them?
Thinking of this, Mancini decided to give it a try. Under his call, Inter Milan's formation began to push forward little by little, pressing the midfield as a whole and entering the opponent's half.
In the 20th minute, Inter Milan completed a steal in the midfield. Cambiasso intercepted the ball and passed it to Vieira. As soon as Vieira received the ball, he saw Lin Feng get rid of the defensive player in the frontcourt and ran out of the open space.
Vieira wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, but so many teammates and fans were watching. If he didn't pass the ball, he would definitely be criticized after the game.
So he hesitated for a moment and passed the ball to Lin Feng.
"Oops, the ball was passed too slowly, it should have been passed earlier!"
"Lin Feng has a hard time handling this ball. The defender he just got rid of is coming back, and Torres on the front line has already run past his position. If he passes the ball at this time, he will definitely be offside. It seems that we can only reorganize the attack."
The commentators all felt that this attack had no chance, but Lin Feng didn't think so.
Although Torres was offside, someone was not offside!
He paid attention to the movements of the Roma player defending him behind him, and when the ball was about to reach his feet and the opponent was about to steal the ball, he took the initiative to take a step forward, slightly increasing the distance between him and the opponent. When the ball flew towards him, he gently tapped it with the inner instep of his right foot, allowing the ball to pass between himself and the defender's crotch.
This action was very concealed. The defensive player, whose view was blocked by Lin Feng's body, was still subconsciously trying to get closer to Lin Feng and did not notice the ball slipping past his crotch at all.
By the time he reacted, Lin Feng had already turned around and passed by him!
Seeing that Lin Feng had completed the dribble and was moving forward at high speed with the ball, Spalletti stood up from the coaching seat.
He was screaming wildly in his heart: Stop him!
As if they had heard Spalletti's thoughts and realized the huge threat posed by Lin Feng, the Roma players immediately pounced on Lin Feng.
But when their attention was focused on Lin Feng, the threats posed by others were automatically ignored!
But Lin Feng did not forget that he still had teammates!
Before Roma's central defender Chivu could rush to grab the ball, Lin Feng made a straight pass into the penalty area.
Torres was in an offside position before, so no one paid any attention to him.
But Torres, who had a positive attitude, had already used this time to readjust his position. Seeing Lin Feng's pass coming, he rushed out like a tiger coming down the mountain, and took the ball before the goalkeeper. After getting the ball, he pushed the ball, and the Roma goalkeeper was unable to save it, and the ball rolled into the net.
Torres' goal brought total silence to the stadium, with Roma fans looking at the ball rolling into their own goal in disbelief.
Mancini had the same expression and even forgot to celebrate the goal at the first moment. No one expected that Roma's goal would be breached so easily!
I haven't even started to exert any force yet and you've already fallen down?
At this moment, Mancini fell into self-doubt: Am I overthinking it, and Spalletti is not playing any tricks?
How can there be such a tactic that would voluntarily give up the leading advantage?
Spalletti's face had turned purple at this moment. This goal was completely beyond his expectations.
If Vieira or Lin Feng had passed the ball in the first place, whether he passed it to Lin Feng or passed it directly into the penalty area, it would have fallen into the offside trap set by the Roma team in advance.
Under the fierce pressure of the defensive players, Lin Feng did not have much time to handle the ball after getting it. He could either pass it back and give up the attack, or pass it directly into the penalty area. But if he passed it directly at the first time, both Torres and Crespo would be in the offside trap.
But the bad thing was that Vieira did not pass the ball immediately. As a result, Lin Feng took the ball and moved forward, which completely disrupted their plan.
For a moment, Spalletti was not sure whether this was Vieira's mistake or a specific tactic arranged by Mancini!
If it is the latter, then this old guy Mancini is too scary, right?
Can even this be predicted?
Could it be that he really is a genius?
Spalletti was not in a hurry to draw conclusions, he needed to observe further.
However, the opponent scored first, which meant that his previous conservative tactics had failed, and now Roma needed to launch a counterattack!
After the game resumed, Roma obviously increased its offensive intensity.
The smooth midfield and frontcourt cooperation that they have performed many times in the league and the Champions League was once again powerful. Ade, Totti, Mancini and other attacking points took turns to attack, constantly threatening Inter Milan's goal. In the 22nd minute, Roma played a wonderful cooperation in the frontcourt. Mancini took the ball to the bottom and passed it back. Totti received a pass from his teammate at the front of the penalty area and shot hard, making a very threatening shot.
But Cesar was very focused and flew to save Totti's shot.
There was a sigh at the scene. Roma's attack in the past few minutes was very powerful, but they always fell short of the final shot and were unable to break through Inter Milan's goal.
This made the home team's fans a little anxious. It was not a good thing to be unable to attack for a long time. The opponent's counterattack ability was also very strong. Once they made a mistake in the attack and the opponent seized the opportunity, the score was likely to widen further.
However, what was even worse was that in the 29th minute of the game, Mancini Jr. was injured in a fight and was unable to continue the game and was replaced by Montella.
Mancini Jr. is very important to Roma. After he left the field, Roma's offensive threat decreased a lot, especially on the wing, it is difficult to create as much threat to the opponent as before.
Moreover, without the cooperation from the wingers, Totti received less support and was more "taken care of" by his opponents, and he began to lose his energy.
Mancini saw all this and became excited.
Roma's current attack will definitely not last too long. In ten minutes at most, they will stop attacking due to physical strength and the emptiness of the backcourt.
What Inter Milan needs to do now is to wait patiently for the opportunity and launch a thundering attack on Roma at the moment when the opponent is about to retreat!
But plans often cannot keep up with changes. Before Roma's offensive stopped, Inter Milan's counterattack opportunity had already appeared!
In the 33rd minute, Inter Milan intercepted the ball in the backcourt. This time Cambiasso did not pass it to Vieira, but gave it directly to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng saw Torres' position in the frontcourt and kicked him directly.
Although this retro tactic of kicking the ball to the striker seems to have no technical content and does not reflect the style of the attacking midfielder at all.
But sometimes, this simple tactic is particularly useful, especially when your striker is Torres.
Although it was a long pass, Lin Feng's pass was still very accurate.
Torres used his strong body to hold his position, stopped the ball with his chest, and turned around with the opponent's defender. He then exerted his instantaneous explosive power to eat up another defender. After breaking into the penalty area and facing the goalkeeper who came out, he did not panic at all, and calmly shot the ball into the far corner with his right foot.
At this moment, Torres seemed to have awakened and showed the style of peak T9.
After scoring the goal, Torres roared, rushed to the sidelines and slid on his knees to celebrate passionately.
In fact, after joining Inter Milan, the outside world's doubts about him have basically never stopped, which has caused him to be under a lot of pressure.
But in this game, he proved his strength with his perfect performance.
If the first goal could be considered as Lin Feng feeding the ball into his mouth, then the main credit for the second goal must be his own!
But he was able to score this goal thanks to Lin Feng.
Even since he joined Inter Milan, all the goals he scored in the official matches were assisted by Lin Feng.
These are not teammates at all, they are like reborn parents!
Although playing for a top club is very stressful, his teammates are indeed more supportive, which makes Torres feel a mixture of pain and happiness.
Torres's two goals made Spalletti's face green.
The plot shouldn't be like this!
What he didn't expect was that the two people who performed best in this game were the two people who had been criticized and attacked by the outside world before - Torres and Lin Feng!
Due to his previous poor performance and low goal efficiency, Torres has been criticized by the outside world, who think that Inter Milan spent 3000 million to buy a fake player.
But Spalletti did not look down on him just because of his temporary poor form. Since Inter Milan is willing to spend so much money, the opponent must have some merits and will definitely explode in the future!
But you can't suddenly explode and attack our Roma team harshly, right?
As for Lin Feng, he had obviously discovered the root of the problem that limited his performance, so in this game he had been looking for space to rush forward and avoid falling into an unfavorable situation in positional warfare.
Even though they were forced into a positional battle, Lin Feng's precise pass could not be ignored. Both of Inter Milan's goals were assisted by him, which left Spalletti speechless.
Why did these two people explode in the game against Roma, why didn't Roma have a turn when they were in poor form before?
Inter Milan's two goals seemed to daze Roma, and they took a long time to recover.
On the other hand, after scoring goals one after another, the morale of the whole team was high. They didn't care whether the opponent had any traps or not, and just attacked madly.
From the 35th minute onwards, the game was completely under Inter Milan's control.
Relying on its strong midfield, Inter Milan kept Roma suppressed in its own half. The two teams seemed to be playing a half-court offense and defense drill. Inter Milan's shots constantly tested Doni's saving skills.
In the 39th minute, Inter Milan got a free kick in the frontcourt with limited space. Lin Feng wanted to shoot directly, but was blocked by the wall.
Four minutes later, Figo's long-range shot from outside the penalty area was blocked by the goalkeeper, and Crespo's threatening follow-up shot was again blocked by Doni.
In the 44th minute, Roma finally had a chance to counterattack.
Montella's powerful long shot from 27 meters away from the goal was saved by Cesar. After Roma took a corner kick, Tonetto's volley was blocked by Samuel.
Just when Roma fans were upset about the failed attack, Inter Milan suddenly sounded the clarion call for a counterattack.
The ball blocked by Samuel appeared right in front of Lin Feng. Without thinking too much, Lin Feng passed the ball to Figo and rushed forward as fast as he could.
Figo understood Lin Feng's intention in seconds. After receiving the ball, he deliberately walked to the sidelines to attract the opponent's attention. Then he passed the ball to the middle and handed it back to Lin Feng.
At this time, the Roma players had realized that something was wrong, but when Lin Feng got the ball, he had already reached the center circle, and his speed had been fully increased.
When facing the Roma players who were rushing towards him one by one and trying to stop him, Lin Feng showed no mercy. He sprinted, spiked the ball, changed direction, and accelerated. With just these few simple moves, he killed all the opponents.
These players were like stepping stones for Lin Feng, and they were all passed by Lin Feng one after another!
It can’t be stopped. It can’t be stopped at all!
All the Roma fans at the scene were shocked. Although they had heard of Lin Feng's reputation before, the visual impact of seeing him in real time on the field was not comparable to what they saw on TV or in newspapers.
When Roma goalkeeper Doni saw Lin Feng rushing towards him with the ball, his face turned bitter:
Why is it this guy again?
He really doesn't want to be this guy's background anymore!
But at this time, Lin Feng had already passed the last defender of the Roma team and reached the Roma penalty area.
(End of this chapter)
