Chapter 594: Weird Human Wall

At the last moment of stoppage time in the first half, although Inter Milan won the ball, they were still unable to complete the attack. Referee Gonzalez directly blew the whistle to end the first half. On the way back to the locker room, the Inter Milan players were full of praise for Gao Xiaodong. Even Sneijder, who never talked much to Gao Xiaodong, was impressed. He can even play the special position of goalkeeper. Such a monster. Who dares to dissent?

Mourinho went back to the locker room to wait for the players. When Gao Xiaodong came in, Mourinho gave him an excited hug, "Xiaodong, you just saved the team today."

Gao Xiaodong has been a goalkeeper for a while, but he has kept a low profile and calmed down a lot. "We can't say we can save it yet. We still have a tough second half."

Mourinho said with confidence: "Don't worry, I often play games with one less player. As long as we save the penalty kick, we can hope to get a draw. Although the score is not good, we only need to play in the away game." One goal is enough to advance, which is acceptable under the circumstances."

When Mourinho said this, the players knew that he already had a plan for how to play the second half.

Sure enough, when everyone was sitting down to relax, Mourinho said: "We have one less player, and we can no longer focus on winning in the second half. Keep the current score and try not to let the opponent score in the second half. This is our best goal." Realistic goals.”

Although the players of Inter Milan are a little unwilling, they also know that home court advantage is not omnipotent. It is wisest to get a draw and then wait for the personnel to be tidied up to go to Stamford Bridge for a life-and-death battle with Chelsea.

Mourinho also understood that Inter Milan players have a great psychological shadow. He explained: "Don't think about the record of not winning for decades. Records are just records. That is the past. Records are reserved to be broken. Sooner or later, they will be broken." will be broken, now we just need to think about using our own strength and completing the goals I set."

After telling the players the goals for the second half, Mourinho began to summarize the lessons learned in the first half, adjust tactics, and prepare for the second half.

visiting team locker room

Ancelotti looked very relaxed. He hugged every player and praised their performance, "We played very well in the first half and almost overtook the score. Missing a penalty kick is not a problem. Everyone misses a penalty kick." At that time, the Chinese high goalkeeper from Inter Milan was very good..."

Lampard interrupted Ancelotti angrily, "That kid is so shameless. He destroyed the turf at the penalty spot when he was bowing. Otherwise, how could I have kicked the ball?"

Chelsea's players and coaches suddenly realized that no wonder Lampard's penalty kick was abnormal. Everyone began to scold Gao Xiaodong for being shameless and comfort Lampard.

After the players vented their anger,

Ancelotti also began to deploy tactics for the second half.

Although the score of: is completely acceptable for Chelsea in the away game, because Inter Milan has one less player, Ancelotti still hopes to score another goal and end the game on the road.

The opponent has one less player and will definitely continue to defend in the second half. Against the iron barrel formation, Ancelotti has no good solution, which is to add set kicks and long shots, long passes and lobs and crosses. As for whether he can score, that is more A lot of it depends on luck.

After halftime, players from both sides walked out of the locker room.

Chelsea did not make any adjustments to the lineup, but Inter Milan replaced forward Milito and replaced midfielder Muntari to strengthen the defense of the midfield.

The strong Muntari came on the field, which improved the toughness of Inter Milan's midfield. In the midfield battle, Inter Milan finally no longer suffered as much as it did in the first half.

Chelsea continued to rely on their numerical advantage to besiege Inter Milan.

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea created an opportunity. Malouda broke through from the wing and cut across to the front of the penalty area. He messed up Inter Milan's defense with two consecutive shots. Then Malouda gently passed the ball to Find Drogba in the penalty area.

In the first half, Drogba was very uncomfortable being stared at by Lucio. In the second half, African Warcraft also made obvious adjustments. He got the ball less. When he got the ball, he tried to shoot and ferry directly instead of controlling the ball.

Malouda passed the ball very cleverly. Drogba kept the ball in the penalty area and turned around to volley.

This volley was very beautiful, and the ball was very low, showing Drogba's good footwork. The only shortcoming was that the shot was a bit on target.

Gao Xiaodong continued his excellent form in the first half. This shot, which was a test of reaction, was jumped up and blocked with both fists.

Lampard grabbed the spot and followed up with another volley. The ball hit the defender and bounced back.

Mikel followed up and shot again, and the ball flew directly into the stands.

Inter Milan took a goal kick. Gao Xiaodong kicked the ball to Maicon, who assisted forward along the wing.

Chelsea deployed heavy troops near the center circle to block Maicon's progress.

In this unfavorable situation, Maicon did not force the ball and passed directly back to Motta.

Motta passed the ball to Cambiaso, who moved to the left. Zanetti received the ball from the wing and launched an attack.

Inter Milan's midfielder moved very quickly. When Zanetti launched the attack, Chelsea's personnel had not yet been deployed, and Zanetti led them all the way through half-time.

Zanetti was heavily intercepted when he entered Chelsea's 30-meter area, and Zanetti passed to attacking midfielder Sneijder.

Sneijder cleverly stopped the ball and turned around, passing the ball to Eto'o when two Chelsea players were double-teaming him.

Eto'o showed his true nature as a cheetah under the defense of Chelsea's two central defenders. He took the ball and raised his foot to hit from the top of the penalty area. However, Eto'o's shot actually hit his supporting foot. The ball bounced out and Eto'o also fell to the edge of the penalty area.

Lampard grabbed the ball and passed it long to Drogba. Drogba stopped the ball on his chest and tried to turn around and shoot. Lucio pushed Drogba down from behind and was awarded a free kick from the front of the penalty area by the referee.

This is the first free kick Chelsea has received since Gao Xiaodong came on the field.

The ball is not far to the left of the top of the penalty area, 223 meters from the goal.

This ball is neither good nor bad. It is basically easy to score by hitting the wall, but because the distance is a bit close, the curved ball has no room to fall.

It takes skill to line up a wall for such a free kick. The Inter Milan players were all worried about Gao Xiaodong. They wondered if Gao Xiaodong, a guest goalkeeper, had any experience in forming a wall.

Gao Xiaodong was calm and composed, commanding his teammates to stand on the wall and block the near corner with a general style. At the same time, he also made an arrangement that surprised the Inter Milan players. Gao Xiaodong actually let Eto'o lie behind the wall.

Eto'o said speechlessly: "Gao, what does this mean?"

Gao Xiaodong said seriously: "Prevent your opponent from hitting ground balls when the wall jumps."

The players of Inter Milan suddenly understood and looked at Gao Xiaodong with more admiration. They could even think of this. Is this really the first time to play goalkeeper?

The fans had never seen such a wall of people, and they were surprised that there were people lying behind it.

"What is this for? Eto'o resting?"

"A wall of people lying down?"

"Is this allowed?"

"This is a really big idea. "

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Inter Milan's goalkeeper coach Silvino nodded repeatedly and said to Mourinho: "This kid is very thoughtful. He is a genius. He can think of all this."

Chelsea's free kick was taken by Lampard. He was really prepared to hit a ground ball when the Inter Milan wall jumped. After all, curve balls are not easy to score, but Gao Xiaodong's arrangement made Lampard give up. Got this idea.

After the referee blew the whistle, Lampard kicked a banana ball towards the near corner of the goal.

The distance was really close, and the ball had no room to fall. After crossing the wall, it flew close to the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.

However, at this time Gao Xiaodong also quickly moved sideways and flew to make a save. Even if Lampard's free kick hit the goal frame, it would be difficult to break through Gao Xiaodong's ten fingers. (.)