Chapter Four Hundred and Seventy First Small Victory

Eto'o placed the ball on the penalty spot, feeling dissatisfied, stepped on the turf at the penalty spot, and put it away again.

After a small run-up, Eto'o pushed the lower right corner of the goal with his arch.

Although this penalty does not decide the outcome, Eto'o snatched this penalty from Milito. Eto'o was a bit too angle-seeking when he kicked. The goalkeeper Gillette missed it, but the ball was hit. It bounced off the goal post, and Eto'o tried to make another shot, but the ball was kicked out by a Barry player.

"I wipe! Didn't even enter."

"At this level, he still grabs a penalty kick."

"Penalty kicks are a psychological test! Bitch!"

"It doesn't mean you can score a penalty if you are good at shooting!"

"It's better to let Milito punish."

"Can't Gao Xiao be punished in winter?"

"It's just that Gao Xiaodong's penalty kick is very stable."

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There was an uproar in the stands.

When Eto'o grabbed the penalty kick, the fans were a little displeased with Eto'o. They felt that he was bullying honest people. Seeing that Eto'o hadn't scored a penalty and missed the chance to seal the victory, they were even more dissatisfied. Many fans The boos were directly given to Eto'o, who made his debut in Serie A.

Seeing that Eto'o didn't score a penalty, the suffocation in the honest man's chest finally came out. He even felt a little sympathetic to Eto'o. I robbed and got booed in the first game.

Gao Xiaodong was disappointed but also a little happy. He felt that he should talk to Mourinho about the order of penalty kicks. The top scorer in Serie A has 10 points. To get 1 point, the right to take a penalty kick still needs to be fought for.

The Barry team escaped unharmed, but the following situation is still very unfavorable to them. The score is behind. Facing the powerful Inter Milan, they must attack, otherwise they can only accept the result of losing.

The Bari team played Serie A for the first time in 9 years. They hoped to have a good start. Taking advantage of the opponent's penalty kick and the morale was frustrated, the Bari team cautiously launched an attack on Inter Milan. In the 74th minute, the Barry team almost equalized the score. Kutuzov made a straight pass from the left rib. Langella broke through the penalty area and made a pass from the left of Thornton. Kutuzov volleyed with his right foot from 8 meters in front of the goal. The ball was slightly wide. out the post.

Three minutes later, Barry substituted and adjusted. The new Rivas continued to play skillfully with his teammates and passed the ball obliquely to Langela. Langela returned the pass again. Kutuzov's low shot from the front of the penalty area on the right side was caught by Cesa. Er pointed his fingertips wide of the far post.

In the 80th minute, the Bari team looked at Inter Milan's tight defense. Parisi made a strong long-range shot 25 meters from the left side of the goal. The ball hit Samuel's leg and missed the right post.

Then Mourinho made substitution adjustments, Manic Jr. came on and replaced Thornton, Zanetti returned to the left back position, Gao Xiaodong retreated to the midfielder position, and Inter Milan's formation became 424.

This strange change was very effective. The Bari team saw that Inter Milan had a small number of midfielders and hoped to penetrate from the center with a short pass. They did not expect that there were Gao Xiaodong, Stankovic, Lucio and Samuel in the midfielder position of Inter Milan. For these four stealers, Kutuzov, who had shot consecutively before, was robbed by Lucio and Gao Xiaodong, the ball was intercepted by Gao Xiaodong, and then he made a long pass to Quaresma to launch a counterattack.

Quaresma finally took advantage of Masiello's advance to get a breakthrough opportunity. He broke through the bottom line and made a pass. Milito had no chance to shoot under the defense of the defender. To'o, Eto'o pushed the bottom left corner and scored. Inter Milan made the score 2:0.

After the goal, Eto'o hugged Milito and thanked him. Milito graciously forgave Eto'o, and the two forwards reunited on the field.

After 2:0, Inter Milan continued to attack, and soon Maicone cut into the penalty area and scored another goal, rewriting the score to 3:0.

However, the Barry team is not without strength to fight back.

In the 89th minute, Kutuzov took advantage of a counterattack to tie the score 1:3 for Bari.

1:3 is a score acceptable to both sides. Bari players did not counterattack in stoppage time, and Inter Milan did not continue to attack. The final score was fixed at 1:3. Inter Milan beat Bari at home without any risk and won the season. First win.

After the game, Gao Xiaodong and Eto'o were interviewed by reporters.

A reporter from the Inter Milan channel asked Gao Xiaodong: "You scored a goal in your debut in Serie A. How would you rate your performance in this game?"

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "On a 10-point scale, I'll give myself a 9."

The reporter continued to ask: "Which aspect do you think you haven't done well enough?"

Gao Xiaodong said modestly: "The last pass and the ability to tear through the opponent's defense are still lacking."

Another reporter asked: "What do you think of the current Inter Milan team?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "The teammate's level is very high, and it's easy to play with teammates in such a store, but our running-in time is too short, the cooperation is not tacit, and the team is not perfect."

The reporter said: "Serie A has started, what is your goal for this season?"

Gao Xiaodong waved his fist at the camera, and said, "Championship, the double championship of the league and the Champions League, this is our only goal."

After asking a few innocuous questions, an Italian reporter suddenly asked: "What do you think of the penalty kick between Eto'o and Milito?"

Gao Xiaodong said calmly: "Is there a penalty kick between Eto'o and Milito? I only see them handing over penalties. Inter Milan needs this kind of spirit of unity and friendship."

Seeing Gao Xiaodong open his eyes and talk nonsense, the reporters were all stunned, this kid is not yet 20 years old? Damn, it's a genius, compared to him, Balotelli is a child.

Another reporter asked sarcastically: "If you were asked to take a penalty kick, would you be humble?"

What the hell, someone gave me a pillow just as I was about to sleep, Gao Xiaodong said seriously: "I won't, because I was a penalty shooter in Porto and Rexos, and I'm used to standing in front of the penalty spot .”

In the subsequent press conference, Mourinho expressed his satisfaction with the team's performance. He believed that the debut was not good. After a long vacation, it is acceptable for Inter Milan to have such a performance. Rinho pointed out that because of Cambiasso's injury, Inter Milan still needs to introduce a player in the midfield, but Mourinho did not point out which player to introduce.

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On the second day, when many media commented on Inter Milan's Serie A debut, they believed that Inter Milan's performance was mediocre, but its potential was huge. After running in, it was fully capable of competing with the European powers for the Champions League trophy.

Regarding Gao Xiaodong's performance on the midfielder, the media believes that as a boy under 20 years old, this performance is very outstanding and sophisticated, but as a signing of 50 million euros, Gao Xiaodong can only be said to be qualified.

However, after Gao Xiaodong's interview speech was broadcast on the Inter Milan channel, reporters and Inter Milan fans all praised Gao Xiaodong's wit and sophistication, and believed that from the perspective of Gao Xiaodong's performance on and off the field, he is fully capable of taking over in the future. Zanetti's captaincy.

In addition, Gao Xiaodong's speech also caused reporters and fans to discuss who will be Inter Milan's penalty shooter. Many people think that Gao Xiaodong should be the first penalty shooter for Inter Milan, or at least it should be a rotation Take the penalty.

For the other three signings of Inter Milan, the Italian media also gave a good evaluation, thinking that Lucio is absolutely worthwhile, and although Eto'o and Milito cannot completely replace the role of Ibrahimovic, they will not let them. Fans continue to miss Ibrahimovic.

All in all, Inter Milan's first show can only be regarded as qualified, after all, their opponent is a newly promoted team, and the city derby with AC Milan next week is the real test for Inter Milan.