Chapter 734 Leonardo Panicked (Seeking a Monthly Ticket)
April 5th.
Milan, Meazza Stadium.
Cloudy, starless night sky
The San Siro stadium was almost full.
Before the game, the Inter Milan fan organization issued an appeal to Inter Milan fans, calling on Inter Milan fans to fill the stadium and support the team with practical actions.
And shouted the slogan: Meazza's revenge night, not to be missed!
Players from both sides lined up to play, and amidst the huge cheers/boos at the scene, the starting lineups of both sides were displayed on the big screen.
Inter Milan (4-1-3-2): 1-Cesar/13-Maicon, 15-Lanocchia, 26-Chivu, 4-Zanetti/8-Motta, 5-Stankovic , 19-Cambiasso/10-Sneijder/9-Eto'o, 22-Diego Milito;
Aston Villa (4-4-2): 31-Enke/24-Cuellar, 6-Senderos, 15-Davis, 8-Milner/5-Clement, 13 - Ballack, 14-Bell, 10-Deisler/9-Ronaldo, 11-Abanglaho;
Seeing Aston Villa's starting lineup, Leonardo was surprised at first, and then scolded Fang Jue for being cunning.
Didn't it mean that Cuellar was injured in the Spanish national team?
Cuellar also did not play in the Premier League game against Everton a few days ago, which also corroborates this news.
Unexpectedly, Cuellar started today's game.
This is obviously a smoke bomb!
Leonardo felt uncomfortable, feeling that he had been fooled by Fang Jue and lost a game first.
Naturally, Fang Jue didn't know that his Brazilian colleague next door had so many mental activities.
Regarding Cuellar's starting event, Fang Jue really didn't play any smoke bombs.
Cuellar's injury recovery was better than expected, so he started.
Facing the defeat of Inter Milan, Fang Jue didn't feel the need to use a smoke bomb, and even if it was a smoke bomb, he would not choose Cuellar.
...
"What do you think of this game?" Fang Jue asked.
"We are already very familiar with Inter Milan." Aston Villa assistant coach Werner said, "There are no secrets on both sides."
This is exactly what makes this game interesting. Generally speaking, knockout matches are mostly skirmishes.
In encounters, in addition to the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, it also depends on the state of the scene, as well as the luck factor. Therefore, this is the reason why there are often upsets in the knockout rounds.
And like the pair of Aston Villa and Inter Milan, the two parties have already had a trial marriage in the group stage. You know my strengths and weaknesses, and I know your depth, and both parties are very satisfied.
Therefore, the knockout round was arranged again, and the official assignment was to combine them.
"So, what exactly do you mean?"
"We can beat them in the group stage, as well as in the knockout stage," Werner said.
"Don't be proud. The knockout match has its own characteristics. The two-round knockout match is actually a sudden death system. Be careful." Fang Jue said cautiously.
Just at this time.
"Stankovic——!!!" The on-site commentator suddenly cheered wildly and almost hysterically.
Fang Jue looked up and saw Inter Milan's midfielder Stankovic running excitedly to celebrate, behind him were the equally excited Inter Milan players.
In Aston Villa's penalty area, Aston Villa's goalkeeper Roberto Enke was taking his temper out of the net and kicking the football out as if venting.
Fang Jue glanced at the scoreboard again: 25 seconds, Inter Milan scored.
Is this so behind? !
I just pretended to be humble just now, so give me one?
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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!"
"Stankovic! He scored for Inter and the Nerazzurri had a fantastic start."
"Beautiful counterattack and attack! Beautiful goal! An incredible midfield goal!"
"Deisler was intercepted by Zanetti on the right side of the front field, Cambiasso directly passed a long pass behind the defense line, Roberto Enke rushed out of the penalty area and jumped in front of Milito to make a clearance, Stankovic waited The ball landed, and near the middle circle, he volleyed with his right foot and lobbed Enke into the net." Lineker also admired this goal.
"The hanging goal in the middle circle, Stankovic really dared to think and dare to do it, a man of high skill and boldness." Howe also praised, "However, Aston Villa's goalkeeper Enke has to bear part of the responsibility for this conceded goal .”
"Enke's attack was a bit reckless. Let's see, when he attacked, he directly knocked away his own defender Senderos, and then kicked the football out. In fact, Senderos was already taking off. Enke didn't trust his teammates enough this time when he hit football before, so he made a reckless attack." Zhang Lu said.
Stankovic and his teammates celebrate the goal.
But Fang Jue stood expressionlessly on the sidelines.
This conceded goal can be said to be very unexpected.
Who would have thought that the opponent would hang the goal directly in the middle circle? Stankovic is good at long-range shots, so he really dared to think and do it.
Of course, as the commentator said, the goalkeeper must bear certain responsibilities.
Fang Jue was not furious, nor did he rush to the sidelines to scold his goalkeeper Enke.
The game has just begun, and there is still plenty of time, so he doesn't panic.
...
Not only is Fang Jue not flustered, but the Aston Villa players are not too flustered either.
In the group stage here, Aston Villa once fell behind 0-4 in more than 20 minutes, and then scored five goals in a row to stage a miraculous comeback.
These players on the court have all experienced that thrilling game.
Now it's only zero to one, so panic.
The Villa players expressed their composure.
After that game, a reporter once interviewed Aston Villa players and asked what was the biggest gain after this game.
Bell, the team's great hero for winning and world-famous World War I, said excitedly (pretending to compare): The biggest gain is that even if we fall behind zero to five in the future, we will not panic.
In fact, what Bell wants to say is that as long as he is on the court, the team has hope... However, Bell is not an idiot.
Then, Fang Jue, who was also being interviewed, kicked Bell falsely and fucked up. He didn't want to do this kind of exciting (thrilling) thing a second time.
Besides, you can't run into Maicon every time, and Villa can't run into the capable Inter Milan every time.
To be honest, Fang Jue has analyzed the match against Inter Milan. There is no doubt about the strength of Inter Milan. The Triple Crown is a real achievement.
However, after the peak, there is often a trough.
In Fang Jue's view, after winning the Triple Crown, Inter Milan boss Moratti did not let go of a meritorious service when faced with the situation of many wealthy clubs seeking to buy players, but instead renewed his contract with a salary increase.
This is the root cause of Inter Milan's rapid decline this season.
Inter Milan has not made a breakthrough in the Champions League for many years before, and winning the Champions League is a breath of energy for Inter Milan in the Champions League.
After the Triple Crown last season, the players and the team achieved the pinnacle of life together, and the anger was exhausted.
If it was Fang Jue, although it would not be a big purge, it would definitely sell a few veterans and bring in fresh blood.
However, the emotional Moratti did not do that. Real Madrid wanted to buy Maicon for 27 million, but Moratti insisted on asking for more than 30 million.
In fact, Moratti didn't want the extra few million euros, and the old man didn't want to sell them at all.
...
Closer to home, in Fang Jue's view, this Inter Milan team no longer has too much aggressiveness.
Maybe one or two tough games will break out and rise, but the momentum of overcoming obstacles is gone.
Fang Jue stared at the field, he was observing the situation at Inter Milan, looking for a breakthrough.
Soon, Fang Jue determined his target.
To be precise, there are two goals.
One is Inter Milan midfielder Thiago Motta.
I don't know what Leonardo's considerations are, maybe to learn from Ancelotti's tactics of letting Pirlo play as a defensive midfielder during AC Milan, Leonardo arranged for Motta to play as a single midfielder.
Then instead advance the position of Stankovic and Cambiasso.
This is very interesting. On AC Milan, Pirlo is protected by Gattuso and Ambrosini, while Leonardo’s Inter Milan, Motta is alone behind him:
Instead, the two bodyguards ran forward to fight, leaving the protected object standing there as a target.
Therefore, here is Aston Villa's breakthrough in the middle.
Another is Ranocchia, a talented young man who was praised by the Italian media as the new Nesta.
Of course, Italy produces several new Nestas, new Pirlo, new Baggio, new Vieri, new Inzaghi every year...
However, in Fang Jue's opinion, this big young Italian defender is still very immature and lacks the experience of playing hard games.
Moreover, Ranocchia is tall and big, and turns around slowly.
This is great, Ronaldo and Abang Laho, Bell and Deisler and others will like it very much.
In the sixth minute of the game, a dead ball appeared on the court. Fang Jue called out the names of Ronaldo, Bell and Deisler, and dragged the old and the young to mutter on the sidelines.
The two returned to the field, and Bell and Milner behind him whispered.
Ronaldo found Abanglaho and muttered.
Deisler held a small meeting with Barack.
This action was naturally captured by other people and the camera lens.
Leonardo suddenly panicked: Fang Jue, what is that guy up to?
There is a feeling that a terrifying conspiracy is coming like a dark cloud cover.
The more you can't guess, the more panicked you are.
...
"Well, we saw that Director Fang Juefang called Ronaldo and others to the sidelines. This is for the new situation of conceding the ball, and he made adjustments on the spot." Shaking the rivers and lakes, let's see what happens next?"
"A zero to one is nothing. Aston Villa is not panic at all. They scored four goals in a row here, and some of them have the confidence to come back. Facing Inter Milan, they have a plan in their hearts." Zhang Lu said.
He Wei looked at Zhang Lu like that, and said to himself, Zhang Zhi, if you speak like that, Inter Milan fans must not like you.
Sometimes the old man doesn't know how to speak, and he talks about everything. He Wei is really worried that one day the old man will be bald, and if he says some unharmonious words about Messi or Ronaldo, he will get angry.
At this time, on the pitch, Aston Villa's offensive suddenly strengthened.
Ask for a monthly pass, brothers, do you still have a monthly pass?