Three Hundred and Thirty-Three Doomed
Mancini made a substitution adjustment during the intermission, using Mani to switch Zanetti.
This is a very questionable substitution.
Among the three defensive midfielders, Vieira is actually the one with the least satisfactory performance.
Just as Wenger sold Vieira back then, the reason was that he felt that Vieira would usher in many injuries.
It was okay when he was at Juventus, but after coming to Inter Milan, Vieira's performance declined significantly and his injuries increased, but his temper is still very bad.
For example, when he was replaced due to poor performance before, he refused to shake hands with Mancini, and kicked the drink box in the face.
Tonight, Mancini arranged for Vieira to start, somewhat consoling.
Another midfielder who did not perform very well is Cambiasso.
The presence of the Argentine midfielder is really not strong, and the organization and passing ability have not been shown. This has a lot to do with the fact that he has just returned from injury, and at the same time he has been strongly oppressed by Hamsik, Biglia and Rakitic. big relationship...
In contrast, in fact, Zanetti can still do.
It's just that Naples has Vargas and Di Maria on the left. Maicon frequently put in assists, and there was a big loophole behind him. As a result, Zanetti failed to restrain Di Maria several times.
Mancini's substitution, the intention is obvious, is to strengthen the team's defense on the right.
But it is up to the beholder whether to change it like this.
...
The trend in the second half was a bit surprising.
Whether it was Mancini, the professionals in the stands, or even the commentators in front of the TV, they all speculated that Naples would definitely not be able to exert a strong pressure on Inter Milan in the second half like the first half.
The reason is simple, physical fitness can not meet this requirement.
Throughout the first half, the running of the Naples players was amazing.
Regardless of whether it is the frontcourt or the backcourt, even the center Cavani has run more distance than Inter Milan players.
This is simply outrageous!
With so many runs, coupled with the advantage of passing the ball, it is not surprising that Inter Milan is overwhelming on the scene.
But the player is not a perpetual motion machine, it is impossible to run like this all the time, right?
Therefore, they all speculated that in the second half, Naples would at most start to grab another wave, and then start to slow down the pace, allocate their physical energy reasonably, and finish the game.
Even, Inter Milan had the opportunity to counterattack and regain the situation when Naples' physical fitness declined.
But actually?
From the second half, Naples continued to chase hard.
The fiftieth minute, the sixtieth minute...
Everyone was shocked to find that Naples showed no signs of slowing down.
The players are still outputting crazily, passing and cutting non-stop, and patiently looking for opportunities.
Needless to say anything else, just look at this group of aging players from the opponent Inter Milan. Just keeping up with the rhythm of Naples has already exhausted them.
It can be said that the physical fitness and running ability of the two sides, as well as the tactical execution ability in the game, are not at the same level at all.
"We can look at the movement data of the players on both sides so far in this game."
"Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said before that he said that if you let him run aggressively, he won't last half the time."
"And now, we compare the data of the Swedish center and Naples center Cavani. Ibrahimovic's running distance is only half of Cavani's, a little bit more, and it is really only half-court."
"The rest of the Inter Milan players are also inferior to the Napoli players, which is a very shocking surprise."
"We are even wondering why the Naples players can run so well?"
...
When the game progressed to the 65th minute, Inter Milan made the second substitution of the whole game.
Mancini replaced Materazzi with Crespo.
This made everyone in the chairman's stand bewildered.
"Materazzi probably got injured in the split in the first half,
I can't bear it now, and I limped when I walked off the court, so this substitution is understandable, but why Crespo? "
"Replace a central defender and replace with a center forward. Is this going to go all out and fight Naples desperately?"
"I don't understand it at all. The midfielder can't play the ball. What's the use of replacing a center like Crespo?"
"That's right, can Crespo pass the ball to the frontcourt if he goes up?"
"My God, with such a substitution, what about the defense?"
"There is only one backup central defender Rivas left on the bench. It is estimated that Mancini wants to take a gamble."
"In the last game against Roma, Crespo came on as a substitute and changed the situation."
"That's different, one moment and another, now Napoli will not give Inter Milan such a chance."
"In other words, Mancini is betting that the Naples players should have almost the same physical fitness, and they want to counterattack at this time."
"Well, that makes sense, but..."
Just as he was talking, he saw that Naples' formation was steadily retreating on the field.
An obvious scene is that the pressing and pressing in the front field is not as pressing as before, but after a symbolic rush, they quickly retreat, and more camps are set up near the center line.
As soon as Inter Milan made a substitution and signaled an active attack, Naples retreated, somewhat suspicious of timidity, as if the home team's players had exhausted their stamina, and they seemed to be actively retreating.
The enemy retreats and we advance.
Inter Milan suffocated, seeing Naples retreating, immediately dribbled forward and began to plan an attack.
"I always feel an ominous premonition, is it that simple?" Lippi frowned.
Nicknamed Silver Fox, he is not only as cunning as a fox, but also has a keen sense of tactics.
Not only him, but experienced head coaches such as Trapattoni, Ventura and Ulivieri all sensed the abnormality, but in the stadium, in front of the coaching bench of the visiting team, Mancini was still signaling the team to Press forward.
Fans of the authorities!
More importantly, Mancini must now reverse the situation as soon as possible.
He can't afford to lose this game!
A week later, it will be Inter Milan's centennial celebration. If they lose tonight and give up the leader's throne, Mancini is likely to be punished by dismissing get out of class and resigning to apologize.
He has no choice!
...
When the game progressed to the 71st minute, Inter Milan pushed past the center line once, and wanted to go forward to find Crespo with a long pass, but was headed back by Naples defender Bonucci at the front of the penalty area.
Rakitic in the middle judged the landing point, turned his back to the attacking direction, and directly headed the ball.
After the ball fell, it rebounded and fell towards the center line.
Sanchez ran back from the front and just received Rakitic's header ferry in no man's area.
Stop the ball, turn around, start!
As soon as the Chilean winger started, his speed rose immediately, and he dribbled the ball directly between Vieira and Cambiasso.
Before the two Inter Milan midfielders had time to attack, they were rushed by Sanchez.
The Chilean winger is small but quick, with excellent dribbling skills and getting faster.
After Materazzi was substituted, Inter were down to three defenders.
Maxwell on the left stands in the front position, because Sanchez hits his defense zone.
Qiwu and Maicon in the middle are flanking Cavani, for fear that he will connect with Sanchez.
But as Sanchez was advancing rapidly, Cavani rushed from the top of the arc obliquely to distance himself from Sanchez.
There are many advantages to doing this, it can create a one-on-one opportunity for Sanchez with Maxwell, and it can also create a more favorable running route for himself.
Sanchez also understood. When he dribbled the ball into the 30-meter area, before Maxwell could grab it, he saw a gap. After calling Cavani, he quickly sent a diagonal pass with one foot on the ground.
The ball passed Maxwell and fell directly to Cavani's feet.
During the run, Qiwu and Maicon could not stick to Cavani at every step, causing Cavani to have enough space to handle the ball, turn sideways, stop Sanchez's pass into the penalty area with his left foot, and then Turning around, he used his strong body to pin Maicon directly behind him, forcing the Brazilian right-back to slow down.
When it was posted again, Cavani fell to the ground directly.
Qi Wu turned pale with shock, and directly made a sliding shovel.
But Cavani had been prepared for a long time, and gently pushed the ball in front of his left foot with his right foot, narrowly avoiding Qi Wu's tackle. A heavy volley.
The whole process sounds like a long time, but it actually happened in a very short time.
Everyone saw that Cavani stopped the ball and entered the penalty area. He turned around and adjusted in one go. He shot with his left foot and the ball went straight to the left side of the goal.
Cesar fought hard to make a save, and even got the ball with one hand, but the ball only slightly changed off the line, and the castration remained undiminished, flying directly into the left side of Inter Milan's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Four to zero!!!!"
"My God, in the 71st minute of the second half, Naples made a quick counterattack and broke through Inter Milan's goal again!"
"Mancini's substitution is questionable!"
"He wanted to gamble on the goal, but in the end he went a step further and exposed his defense to the opponent's attack."
"Napoli's counterattack is very fast. Sanchez's dribbling and passing, Cavani's handling and shooting, all left us extremely impressed."
"Four to zero! Inter Milan is really doomed tonight!"
After Cavani scored a goal, he rushed directly to the sidelines and slid and kneeled excitedly, which made him cheered by the fans.
Players such as Di Maria, Sanchez and Hamsik also chased after him, and surrounded him in groups.
Relatively speaking, Gao Shen is very calm.
Although he was very happy and even excited in his heart, he was much calmer.
Four to zero!
This was something he didn't dare to think about before the game anyway, but he really didn't expect that Mancini would make such a decision to make such a substitution. Did he really think that copying the substitutions against Roma would be a big mistake? Can it turn the tide?
Or, does he really not mind conceding a few more goals?
The game has come to this point, and many things are no longer under the control of the head coach.
Even Gao Shen himself didn't know what the game would be like.
However, he was very much looking forward to it.