Chapter 911 Closing the Door

After Rooney scored, Inter Milan's players finally launched an attack.

Since the regular game time in the first half had exceeded, Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar directly launched a long pass to attack. Unfortunately, Cesar used too much force and the long pass was directly passed to the hands of Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

The referee Kasai originally wanted to give Inter Milan a chance to attack, but when he saw the ball being taken by Van der Sar, he stopped the game directly.

The players on both sides stopped moving and walked to the locker room together.

Taking the lead in the away game, the Manchester United players were very excited. Except for Gao Xiaodong who silently walked to the mixed tunnel, the others were very flamboyant and punched and shouted in the stands, celebrating with the Manchester United fans who came to support.

There was no applause in the stands, and fortunately there were no boos either. Inter Milan's players were very disappointed, and everyone walked to the locker room with their heads sullen.

Leonardo came to the home team's locker room early to wait. After the players arrived, Leonardo saw the players were in low spirits and said: "Actually, we defended well in the first half, but we were just unlucky, otherwise I wouldn't have Will lose the ball.”

The Inter Milan players silently took off their shoes, opened their shin guards, and massaged their muscles. No one said a word. They felt that even he himself would not believe what the coach said. Based on the situation in the first half, it should be said that Inter Milan was very lucky. Otherwise, what you will lose is not a ball.

Leonardo continued: "Now Manchester United has got an away goal. We can no longer defend in the second half. We have to attack. Chivu rested in the second half, and the Salvador team went to play defender. Pandev came on and partnered with Eto'o in the first half. I observed the field and found that Manchester United's center back Smalling and full-back O'Shea both have weaknesses. As long as we can catch them... However, we must also pay attention to defense. Defense must be as important as offense. Losing the ball After the right, all players on the field must return to defense, no one is exempt."

Several of Inter Milan's offensive players were upset when they heard that they were one goal behind at home and put defense on the same footing as offense. Do they want to win or die a good death?

However, we were only one goal behind in the first half, and it was Rooney who hit the net. Although the scene was too ugly, the result was not too bad. There was still a chance to come back in the second half. Inter Milan's players did not publicly question the coach's tactics. They all put the questions in their hearts.

In the visiting team's locker room, the Manchester United players had a heated debate over whether to attack or defend in the second half. The senior players, led by Scholes and Vidic, thought that this was an away game and the score of 1:0 was very good, but they had to play defensive counterattack. , it is better to be able to expand the score, but it is acceptable to be unable to expand the score, and even be equalized by Inter Milan.

Young players such as Gao Xiaodong, Rooney and Nani all believe that the 1:0 situation is very favorable, but it is not safe and they have to continue attacking in the second half.

You can enter two and then fight against counterattacks.

Just when the players were arguing fiercely, Ferguson came. The old man was very satisfied with the first half of the game.

Although they were only leading by one goal, Manchester United had the absolute upper hand on the field and played the defending champion like a relegation team, which really made Ferguson very happy.

The question of offense or defense is nothing to the fiery-tempered Ferguson. Manchester United scored an away goal. With this goal, they are at the bottom. Even if Inter Milan equalizes the score, Manchester United still has the upper hand. It can be 0:0 at home. After eliminating Inter Milan, under such circumstances, it is natural to continue to attack and see if they can seal the victory in the first round.

The 15 minutes of the intermission passed quickly, and the two sides walked from the mixed tunnel to the court to start the second half of the contest.

At the beginning of the second half, Inter Milan went against the conservative nature of the first half and took the lead in attacking Manchester United.

After Pandev came on the field, Inter Milan's formation changed to 4312, and the two full-backs Zanetti and Maicon strengthened the assists from the wing.

In the first half, Inter Milan's offensive players were suppressed. In the second half, under the orders of head coach Leonardo, not only the two sides but also the midfielders also pressed forward.

Inter Milan's players believed that after Manchester United took the lead, they should scale back Inter Milan's counterattack in the second half, but Manchester United did not. They still advanced their defense to the midfield, started intercepting and pressing near the center circle, and kept the enemy out of the penalty area. .

Maicon held the ball and cooperated with Motta in the middle, passed Rooney, and continued to attack the baseline. Midfielder Sneijder moved closer to the wing to meet Maicon.

Manchester United's left back Evra saw Fletcher moving to the wing to help defend, and immediately retreated to wait with Fletcher to guard Maicon.

Maicon wanted to cooperate with Sneijder in the middle. Seeing Gao Xiaodong following Sneijder, he didn't dare to pass the ball, so he ventured forward and wanted to use his speed to eat Fletcher alone.

Evra's speed is no slower than Maicon. Maicon couldn't get rid of Evra. He forced a cross from the wing, but Evra stretched his foot and blocked the baseline.

Inter Milan received a corner kick opportunity.

Sneijder took the corner kick and looked for the double center backs Lucio and Ranocchia in the middle of the penalty area.

However, Manchester United's air defense was not ambiguous. Vidic grabbed the spot and headed it out.

Manchester United did not seek stability in the second half. Even when defending corner kicks, there were three players left on the outside to grab the second point.

The second landing point of the ball was coincidentally grabbed by Scholes. After Scholes grabbed the landing point, he quickly got rid of Motta's press and found Gao Xiaodong who was rushing forward with a cross pass. When switching from defense to offense, Inter Milan still had Stankovic, who was responsible for long-range shots, staring at Gao Xiaodong, but this was of no use. Gao Xiaodong suddenly started this move very fast, and even Stankovic at his peak could not follow. , let alone the elderly Stankovic.

Scholes passed the ball very beautifully. Gao Xiaodong did not need to slow down after starting the ball. He strode the ball forward and hit only Zanetti and Cambiasso who were left behind by Inter Milan.

Scholes did not stand still after passing a good ball to Gao Xiaodong. The ginger head ran forward with Gao Xiaodong desperately, preparing to give Gao Xiaodong a ball when Gao Xiaodong was blocked in dribbling. point.

Out of the corner of his eye, Gao Xiaodong saw Scholes following up, dribbling more unscrupulously, and constantly accelerating towards Zanetti. When he was less than five meters away from Zanetti, Gao Xiaodong suddenly slowed down, as if It was the same as making a pass and changing direction. Just as Zanetti and Cambiaso were also slowing down, Gao Xiaodong suddenly pushed the ball forward and accelerated quickly between Zanetti and Cambiaso. Rushed over.

Neither Zanetti nor Cambiasso expected that Gao Xiaodong would dare to break through between the two of them. Almost subconsciously, both of them moved closer to the middle, trying to close the door instead of fouling Gao Xiaodong.

Whether it is Zanetti or Cambiasso, as long as they extend their legs to intercept, Gao Xiaodong will not be able to break through, but both of them want to close the door, but give Gao Xiaodong a chance. The "door" between the two has not yet closed. Gao Xiaodong had already arrived, and Zanetti and Cambiasso subconsciously reached out to pull Gao Xiaodong's jersey, but it was too late. Before they could exert any force, they were rushed by Gao Xiaodong like a speeding armored car. passed.