Chapter 910: Forced Attack (Part 2)
Manchester United continued to attack Inter Milan's penalty area, with waves of offensives rising higher and higher, barely giving Inter Milan any time to breathe. Since Inter Milan did not invest many troops in the frontcourt, under Manchester United's strong pressing, Inter Milan counterattacked. Either he made a mistake or was fouled, and he didn't pose any threat.
The foundation of defensive counterattack is defense, but without counterattack, the opponent will attack unscrupulously, and it is almost impossible to defend for 90 minutes, because even if your defense is impeccable, it cannot prevent bad luck from coming.
After the opening 30 minutes, the score on the field was still 0:0, evenly divided. However, judging from the scene, the defending champion Inter Milan was extremely passive and was simply being pinned to the ground by Manchester United.
Even if Italian fans can accept defensive counterattacks, it does not mean that they like to be abused, especially since Inter Milan is the defending champion and is playing at home. No fan will be satisfied if they are beaten by Manchester United.
The fans in the stands began to commotion, and some Inter Milan fans began to shout: "Get out! This is Meazza!"
"Inter Milan! Attack! This is Meazza!"
"Attack out! We are the champions! Not the bellies!"
More members of the Neira group shouted together: "Attack out! Attack out, attack out..."
The on-site commentator Martin was very dissatisfied and said: "Defensive counterattack was the magic weapon for us to win the championship last season! But what is it now? Is this counterattack? This is being beaten by the opponent! This is Meazza! Do you know? Doesn't Leonardo feel ashamed? Yes, Leonardo is from AC Milan. He doesn't have this consciousness. Are Inter Milan players shameless? Without Mourinho, Inter Milan has lost its ability to defend against counterattacks. The essence, without Gao Xiaodong, Inter Milan will lose its form."
Moratti's eyes in the box almost burst out with fire. Even if he is now two to zero behind, Moratti probably won't be as embarrassed as he is now. This game was too embarrassing. He was beaten by his opponent for 30 minutes. There is only one chance to shoot, and it is still a chance to set the ball. Even if it plays like this in the away game, the fans will not be satisfied.
With this style of play, if we lose in the end, we will really lose both the game and the player.
But Joel, who is sitting next to Moratti, is not relaxed. This Inter Milan was built by Mourinho. Defensive counterattacks are a special skill. Don't look at Manchester United's absolute advantage and press Inter Milan to the ground. Friction, but last season Barcelona also played Inter Milan in this way, but it was Inter Milan who advanced in the end.
Joel doesn't want this to happen to Manchester United. As long as he doesn't score, Joel can't feel at ease.
"Gao! Score a goal! Score a goal quickly! This is your old club's territory! I don't believe you don't want to score!" Joel clenched his fists and secretly cheered Gao Xiaodong on.
Joel thought well. Gao Xiaodong wanted to score goals. He wanted to score goals very much. Just like when a man and a woman break up, everyone wants to prove that they are doing well. Gao Xiaodong also wants to prove that he is doing well at Manchester United.
However, Inter Milan's starting lineup today is one Samuel worse than last season. Even if the condition is not good and the coach has been changed, the defensive awareness that Mourinho imprinted on the players is still there. This is not Manchester United. It can be broken easily. At this time, we must grit our teeth and persist, constantly exerting pressure on Inter Milan's defense. Gao Xiaodong believes that with Inter Milan's current state and the time bomb of Ranocchia, it is impossible for them to support 70 minutes.
Even if Inter Milan can sustain 70 minutes, Gao Xiaodong is not afraid. Just a week ago, Gao Xiaodong received another special point. In addition to the special point used for the last Ballon d'Or campaign, Gao Xiaodong now has two special points. Points, this also means that Gao Xiaodong has two trump cards. Once the game is unfavorable, he can use special points to buy luck points and reverse the situation.
"Attack! Keep attacking!"
Thirty minutes later, Gao Xiaodong saw that his teammates were a little tired and wanted to shrink back and pull out the Inter Milan players to fight again. He immediately stopped it and let his teammates continue to attack.
"Why? Our opponents are all in the penalty area and can't get in. We also need to take a breather." Scholes asked Gao Xiaodong with a frown.
Gao Xiaodong said: "I know Inter Milan. Don't worry. If we shrink, they won't attack. It will only give them time to breathe. They are old. If we keep putting pressure on them, they will collapse."
"Okay, just do as you say!" Scholes gave Gao Xiaodong a deep look and thought to himself, do you know, your words are very heartbreaking. I am also 37 years old, but... Coles didn't say anything, turned around and ran to attack.
Although Scholes is 37 years old, Manchester United's main players are still much younger and more athletic than Inter Milan. More importantly, Manchester United's players have stronger fighting spirit because they want revenge.
Although the players were a little weak after 30 minutes of fierce attack, they immediately regained their strength after taking a free kick and continued to attack Inter Milan's defense.
There were dangers in front of Inter Milan's goal, and they missed the ball several times. Even if the Inter Milan fans in the stands did not protest, the Inter Milan players also planned to counterattack to relieve the pressure on the defense. But today Manchester United played too much today. Fierce, except for Berbatov in the penalty area, everyone ran actively, Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher took turns to watch Sneijder to death, and Leonardo's formation was conservative, Inter Milan couldn't counterattack even if they wanted to. Come out, and by the 40th minute, Inter Milan's generals also gave up the idea of counterattack and concentrated on defense, hoping to hold on to the first half and wait until after the intermission.
Although there is a saying in war that after a vigorous effort, it will be exhausted again and again, but today is an exception. After 40 minutes, Manchester United's offense has not exhausted at all. Breakthrough crosses from the wing and short passes from the center are coordinated one after another. Constantly tearing apart Inter Milan's defense.
Under the constant pressure from Manchester United, Inter Milan's defense finally made a mistake. In the 44th minute of the game, Inter Milan center back Ranocchia's header went straight in front of Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong stopped the ball with his chest and then kicked it with his right foot. , passed Stankovic who wanted to block his shot, and volleyed towards the upper right corner of the goal.
Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar eagerly wanted to save the ball from the bottom line, but the ball was too fast and powerful. The ball deflected slightly, hit the goal post and bounced in front of Rooney. Rooney subconsciously pushed his chest. Dumped the ball into the net.
1:0
After Manchester United attacked wildly for 44 minutes, Rooney finally succeeded in making a supplementary shot and broke through the door of Inter Milan.
After the goal, Rooney ran towards Gao Xiaodong crazily and threw Gao Xiaodong onto the turf. Manchester United players also ran towards Rooney and Gao Xiaodong from all over the stadium and jumped on them.
Ferguson clenched his fists excitedly and rushed from the coaching bench to the sidelines, shouting towards the court: "Okay! Well done, kids!"
When Leonardo saw Rooney's follow-up shot, his face turned pale and he kept shaking his head, "What bad luck! What bad luck!"
The on-site commentator Martin said disappointedly: "Finally scored! Finally scored! You know you can't defend! An away goal is equivalent to one and a half home goals. Just wait and see the Manchester United people's counterattack in the second half."
"Trash!" Moratti slapped the table angrily, but then he felt that he had lost his composure. He tried his best to regain his composure, but he was shaking with anger and could no longer calm down.
But at this time, Joel had already rushed out to celebrate excitedly and did not see Moratti's gaffe.
The fans of Inter Milan suffered for 40 minutes. They originally expected the players to get angry in the last five minutes of the first half. Unexpectedly, the Inter Milan players were resigned to the end and even conceded a goal. The fans were so angry that they almost switched sides and supported Manchester United. .
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