Chapter 940, Warring States Rice

Due to the close relationship between Icardi and Kim Tiger, the two teams seemed very friendly before the game.

Icardi hugged and shook hands with his old Manchester United teammates, appearing very close; and in the Manchester United team, there were many players who had a good relationship with Icardi.

At this time, Van Dijk, as the captain of Manchester United, looked serious. Faced with Icardi's move to hug him, he just stretched out his hand and shook his hand, which made Icardi a little embarrassed.

"Man, the game hasn't started yet. You don't hate me so much now, do you?" Icardi said with a wry smile.

Van Dijk was expressionless: "Mauro, as long as you step into the gate of Old Trafford, you will be the enemy of Manchester United. I am the captain of Manchester United, and I will never show mercy to you when I get to the field! Even if it is Not even brothers!"

Hearing Van Dijk's words, Icardi also stopped smiling and nodded: "You're right! When we get to the court in a while, the two of us will definitely be in position. Let's see if you can guard me. .”

"I also want to see how you have improved in the past few years." After saying this, Van Dijk turned around, looked ahead in the player tunnel, and stopped talking to Icardi.

"Hello fellow viewers, this is BT Sport, I am your old friend Trick, and the person commentating the game with me today is my old partner Nori."

"This game is a match in Group A of this season's Champions League group stage. Manchester United plays Inter Milan at home."

"Since Kim Tiger took office, he has never played against the country. This game is his first collision with the Nerazzurri. Nonetheless, Inter Milan is no stranger to Manchester United. Their current captain is He was once a member of Manchester United, but in the end due to different football pursuits, Icardi left Apennines. Today the two sides meet again, I wonder what kind of sparks will burst out?"

"We have just introduced the squad for the game. Both teams are all playing with their main players. They have all won victories in the league over the past few days and have rotated most of the players. The physical fitness and condition of the current group of players on the field All good, it will be a great game today!”

"With the referee's whistle, the game begins!"

"In this game, Inter Milan deployed a 4-2-3-1 formation. The double midfielders defended solidly. Icardi stepped forward to seek opportunities. It seems that they still focus on playing steadily in the away game."

"Manchester United is still in a 4-3-3 formation. Their offensive trident was very active from the beginning and continued to create opportunities."

"Salah's cross! Griezmann won the point! Push in front of the goal! Handanovic bravely blocked the ball! This defense is so crucial!"

"It's Manchester United's attack again! This time it's Mbappe's continuous dribbling, shooting into the far corner from the upper right corner of the penalty area! Handanovic rubbed the ball out with his fingertips!"

"Manchester United got consecutive chances at the beginning, but Inter Milan showed no sign of weakness! Perisic kept getting rid of it on the left, and Kimmich and Kroos couldn't get the ball!"

"Suddenly made a cross at a 45-degree angle! Look for Icardi!"

"Kimmich blocked it, and the ball changed direction and went a little behind!"

"At this time, Icardi suddenly retreated and headed the ball towards the goal with a look back at the moon! The ball went straight to the blind corner!"

"Fortunately, De Gea was in a better position and picked off the ball!"

In order to fight for the header, Icardi fell to the ground. He was just about to get up when he stretched out a hand in front of him: "The ball just hit the ball well."

Icardi stood up, and Van Dijk, who pulled him up, nodded and praised: "I have been to Inter Milan for a few years, and I have really lost the characteristics of the 'Tin Man', and now I can move flexibly on the field. Not bad. Very good. It seems that defending you in this game is more difficult than expected."

Icardi smiled: "It's not harder, it's a lot harder."

After surviving the tentative opening period, the two teams' offenses completely opened up.

Although Inter Milan has two defensive midfielders in this formation,

But they are not strictly defensive. After all, the front four offensive stars are on the court, and they also want to score goals on the away road and strive for victory.

The person who performed the best in this game was Perisic. His continuous breakthroughs on the left wing created murderous opportunities many times. If it weren't for Kimmich's marking and Van Dijk's command of the defense, then maybe they would have already. A goal was scored.

Faced with this situation, Golden Tiger Kanter focused on defending Perisic, and then asked Cross to move to the back position in the center to fill the gap caused by Kanter's possible loss of position.

In the following period, Perisic's offense gradually faded, and this was the first time for Inter Milan to see Kanter's power. When he was controlling the ball in the frontcourt, Kanter was always around to interfere. If he wasn't paying attention, the ball would be intercepted. And even if he barely passes the ball, he has lost the best opportunity to attack.

If Perisic is guarded, other Inter Milan offensive players need to take on some offensive responsibilities. But neither Candreva nor Brozovic created any good opportunities, and Icardi in front was isolated and completely surrounded by Manchester United.

In the following period, as Inter Milan's focus on attacking the left side fell silent, their offense also became silent.

Faced with this situation, Spalletti shouted to his offensive players not to be anxious and continue to hold on; at the same time, he asked his defensive players to pay attention to shrink and not give Manchester United a chance to attack the trident.

At this time the two teams were in a stalemate and someone needed to step up.

Faced with this situation, the people with the clearest minds and broadest vision at Manchester United at this time are De Bruyne and Kroos.

Between the two of Inter Milan's offensive and defensive lines, they can see many of Inter Milan's problems.

However, Kroos had already retreated to the midfielder position to help Kanter defend. He did not dare to press easily for a while, and the task of launching the attack was left to De Bruyne.

De Bruyne was observing the situation on the field at this time, and he admired Inter Milan's style of play today. Although there are no extremely big-name offensive combinations on both ends of the offense and defense, the team's cooperation is very tacit, especially the defensive system, which temporarily made Manchester United's front three useless.

At this time, some changes need to be made.

At this moment, Perisic, with Kanter marking him, forced the ball into the penalty area and looked for Icardi.

Van Dijk grabbed the header in front of Icardi to clear the ball, and the ball fell to Kroos outside the penalty area.

Cross glanced up, and De Bruyne was also looking at him. As soon as their eyes met, they immediately understood what they were thinking.

Kevin, get ready, I will launch this attack!