Chapter 355: 42 The Forgotten Center
42 The Forgotten Center
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With the long whistle of the referee and the cheers of the fans at the Meazza Stadium, the duel between the old overlord of Serie A and the new overlord of Serie A has begun!
The Bianconeri Juventus took the lead in the kick-off. On the front line, today Juventus' two strikers, Trezeguet and Ibrahimovic, played at the same time. Speaking of it, they can compete with Inter Milan in the height of the striker in Serie A. It seems that only Juventus has competed.
For Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini, this is his best chance to fight back against Capello. Therefore, before the game, the players of Inter Milan also shared the same hatred and vowed to win the game for the coach.
Modric and Stankovic today, which allows Leon to take more time to participate in the team's offense.
As soon as the game started, Inter Milan quickly took the initiative on the field. It's not that their strength is so strong that even Juventus don't pay attention to it. It's just that Capello's tactics today are defensive counterattacks.
If you want to defend against counterattack, then naturally you have to let your opponent pull it out, and under the leadership of Leon, Inter Milan is also pressing forward unscrupulously. The tall man is bold.
However, Juventus really has nothing to do with Inter Milan's forward pressure, because the midfielders who appeared today are all types who can run and pass.
Inter Milan's offense is not the kind of offense that presses you and then desperately attacks and then shoots. Leonwell leads Cambiasso, Modric and Stankovic to walk back and forth, and then uses the constant interspersed and Juventus Tooth fought guerrilla warfare.
Using running and the width of the court to mobilize the opponent's defense, Juventus is showing weakness so that Inter Milan can press on, and Inter Milan is pressing to pull Juventus out.
Who says Mancini is not a tactical master? Although Man Er is really two sometimes, he is still a pretty good head coach in many cases.
Moreover, as a famous young marshal in the new era of Italy, Man Er has a relatively advanced tactical theory.
As for Man Er's failure in the Manchester City era, it cannot be completely blamed on him. If it is a crime, everyone is at fault, a slap can't be slapped, but as the head coach, Man Er really has to pay for the poor performance of Manchester City in the European war.
However, in this life, under the influence of Leon, Man Er's self-willed personality has been restrained a lot. Mancini, who began to listen to other people's suggestions, also absorbed the elders of a hundred schools of thought to continuously enrich his own tactical theory.
Using the width of the court is learned from Ancelotti, and pressing forward is learned from Mourinho. Mancini in this life is indeed very powerful.
With Inter Milan's tactical suppression, the Juventus players soon found that they were empty and had a peerless martial arts but were unable to use it.
In the 24th minute of the first half, Leon played a two-for-one with Modric in the midfield. After passing Emerson, Leon began to rush forward. Looking at Vieira, who appeared in front of him, Leon Ang did not choose to take it by force, but distributed the ball to the left.
At this time, Cambiasso has already inserted from the left, Inter Milan used interludes to drive away Juventus' defense, and Camby, who got the ball, also decisively gave the ball to Tevez.
Although the latter's strong shot was confiscated by Buffon, Inter Milan's wonderful attack still won rounds of applause from the fans.
Speaking of which, Juventus, with Emerson and Vieira's two major midfielders, shouldn't be so passive, but the tactical suppression made Capello on the sidelines constantly scratching his head.
Times have changed, Mancini is no longer the Wuxia Amon of the past, Capello, don't take Mancini too simply, if you still want to beat Inter Milan, show some real talents!
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Facing the passive situation of Juventus, Capello began to adjust. Juventus is no longer shrinking, but began to press forward gradually. Inter Milan should make reasonable use of width, so Juventus will use the press to make room. They could not pass the ball comfortably, forcing Inter Milan to make mistakes.
To be able to reach a position like Capello's, I have to say that I really can't do it without some skills.
At least in the case of Juventus being passive, Capello has not lost his sanity, and he has identified the key points to make adjustments.
This is the biggest difference between a famous coach and an ordinary coach.
And Capello is undoubtedly a famous coach. For Capello, his calculations are also very good, because he knows that if this game is lost, Mancini will definitely lose the game after the game. Hit back his previous evaluation of Mancini.
So for Mancini this is a game that must be won, and for Capello it is also a game that must not be lost.
One wants revenge, the other wants to avoid being revenged...
On the court, with Juventus' tactical adjustments, the game began to return to a balanced situation. In the third minute of the first half, Del Piero took the ball in the frontcourt. After shaking Cambiasso, the Zebra Prince put The ball was handed over to Nedved, the steel warrior who went forward. The latter dribbled the ball from the left and then hit the penalty area. Zlatan Ibrahimovic volleyed from the outside of the penalty area. Fortunately, Cesar's position and vision are good. , the ball was confiscated in advance.
The Inter Milan fans at the scene also gave their applause to Cesar, who performed very stably.
In the 34th minute of the first half, the two sides began to enter the first physical peak. Leonwell took the opportunity to attack. His through ball penetrated the first line of defense of Juventus. Unfortunately, it was Tevez's shot. Slightly missed opportunity.
In this way, the balanced situation between the two sides was not broken until the 43rd minute of the first half.
This was broken by a passive substitution by Inter Milan. Speaking of which, whether it is football or basketball, big centers are relatively vulnerable to injury.
Because the center forward needs to be able to carry and stand up... so the center forward basically has to maintain a high weight. For example, later on Ibrahimovic, many people said that Ibrahimovic is lazy and whether Ibrahimovic can be physically fit, but they never thought about it. Ibrahimovic with such a high weight consumes twice as much as an ordinary person running two steps.
Adriano didn't play today, so the pressure on Tony at the top has been great. Although Mancini's rotation has always been reasonable, the accident still happened in the 43rd minute of the first half.
In the absence of physical contact, Tony suddenly fell on the court and made a gesture to Mancini on the sidelines to replace him.
Tony's accidental injury made Mancini quickly turn his head and glance at the bench. Adriano is in rotation today, so this guy is wearing a suit and chatting leisurely with Figo in the stands!
And Inter Milan's top substitute Cruz did not enter the squad for this game.
Mancini's eyes swept all the way to the corner of the bench, well, needless to say, it's you Morientes, what warm-up? There is no time to warm up for you, take off your jersey and go up immediately.
For the Spanish center Morientes, he has been very low-key since he came to Inter Milan. The low-key made the fans and the media almost forget that there is still him on the Inter Milan bench.
In fact, Mancini is still good for Morientes. Although he is the fifth striker in name, but because Inter Milan has played in the 433 lineup for a long time, Morientes has more chances to play than he did last season. More time for Liverpool.
Morientes' life is tragic. At the beginning of his career, he was a genius and the hope of the Spanish striker. In the middle of his career, it was the heyday of Morientes. He and Raul formed a powerful striker for Real Madrid. .
At that time, Morientes was the darling of the Bernabeu fans. However, with Florentino's superstar policy, Morientes, who has always been in good form, can only help Ronaldo...
At the end of his career, there was no place for Morientes in the Bernabeu, so Morientes started his three-year wandering life. He proved his strength in Monaco, then he returned to Real Madrid and went to Liverpool. Came to Inter Milan again.
A good center and a respectable player at the same time.
Throughout Morientes' career, he didn't complain like Ibrahimovic and others who didn't get opportunities. He has always paid silently for the team he played for.
After coming to Inter Milan, Morientes just wanted to end his career here.
But with Tony's injury, Morientes didn't know that he would start his fairy tale journey in San Siro before the World Cup in Germany.
Morientes came on, without any warm-up.
Mancini just told him to go up front and Morientes nodded.
At this time, Morientes is no longer the Spanish Zhengyin center in his prime. This handsome Spanish center is already thirty years old.
It seems that Juventus doesn't pay much attention to the substitute center that Inter Milan has just replaced. After all, the current Morientes is not the Morientes of the year.
Can the 30-year-old Morientes be as difficult to deal with as Tony?
Facts have proved that the Juventus defenders will soon taste the bitter fruit.
Because Morientes is not just a center.
In Albacete, Morientes, who just made his debut, is full of impact. In Zaragoza, he is one of the few centers that are frightening in La Liga. In Real Madrid, Morientes not only continues his height advantage In addition, he honed his technique with his feet.
Juventus doesn't pay too much attention to Morientes. You must know that although Morientes is thirty years old, his short burst ability is still the top player in the center position.
In Liverpool, due to tactical needs, it is impossible for Morientes to face the goal more directly, and Liverpool will not give Morientes so many opportunities.
But at Inter Milan, everything will be different!
Just thirty-seven seconds after Morientes came on, Inter Milan scored!
And the scorer is - Fernando Morientes, lightning goal!
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