Chapter 184 Key Mr. Kanter
The game has gone on for sixty minutes, and the score on the field is still 1:1.
Among the commentators from various countries who broadcast the game live, some commentators have already criticized Guidolin's conservatism.
Guidolin doesn't hear these criticisms, and even if he hears them, he doesn't pay attention. His job is to lead Udinese forward, win wins, and get points, not to please the media and commentators.
After coaching Udinese for nearly five years, Guidolin has a deeper understanding of the coach's working environment. You don't need to pay attention to some gesticulating voices at all.
For football coaches, the only original sin is a poor record. If your coaching performance is poor, no matter how beautifully your team plays, you will still be scolded.
However, as long as your coaching performance is outstanding, those who criticize you will eventually come to praise you and become your licking dogs, even if they still have the intention of punishing you one day.
But the game time has passed an hour, and it's time.
Thinking of this, Guidolin got up from the coaching bench, came to the sidelines and whistled.
It was like the starting gun sounded, and Udinese suddenly stepped up the pressure in the midfield.
A few minutes later, Kanter and Wiedmon teamed up to steal the ball from Medel's feet, and Udinese suddenly launched a quick counterattack.
Vidmon passed the ball through the ball. After Bruno pulled away, he passed the football into the penalty area. Di Natale headed the ball towards the goal, but Handanovic bravely saved the football.
However, the ball did not completely leave the danger zone. Ranocchia did not kick the ball far when he made the clearance. Piris followed up with a long shot. The ball missed the baseline against the post, shocking the Inter Milan fans into a cold sweat.
Leota said with a smile: "This is obviously a premeditated counterattack by Udinese. They suddenly stepped up the pressure and wanted to steal a counterattack opportunity."
"Medel occasionally loses concentration on the court. Udinese obviously noticed this problem of his, and they almost succeeded..." Stankovic said with lingering fears.
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Inter Milan launched an offensive after the start of the second half, but the iron barrel formation faced by Udinese was quickly contained. Inter Milan's offensive gradually weakened, and the two sides once again fell into a stalemate.
There were loud boos in the Meazza stands, and Inter Milan fans were very dissatisfied with the current situation of the game.
Now the game is dull, the score is 1:1, and the fans can't see any advantages or possibility of scoring goals for Inter Milan for the time being, and their mentality has become impatient.
Of course, Meazza's boos at this time can also be understood as their strong dissatisfaction with Udinese's conservative tactics.
The camera turned to Inter Milan's bench. Osvaldo, who had finished warming up, returned to the bench, and the assistant coach was explaining tactics to him.
At this time, on the court, Vidmon was once again struggling with Medel, and the two fell to the ground together while tugging.
I have to admire the little Swiss guy Widmund for being such a clever guy. Before he fell to the ground, he took a stab at the ball and Kante got the ball.
Both Medel and Wiedmon complained to the referee about fouls, but the referee on duty raised his hand to signal the two to get up. This meant that no foul was committed and the game continued.
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"Counterattack, counterattack, Udinese's chance to counterattack." Beautiful commentator Leota exclaimed.
After Kanter received the pass from Widmund, instead of passing it to Bruno or other players as usual, he suddenly chose to dribble the ball forward himself.
Kanter's move caught Inter Milan's midfielder off guard.
Throughout today's game, if Alan, Wedmon and Guillerme occasionally pressed forward, Kante stayed firmly in his own half, at most pressing a few steps when there was the ball at his feet, etc. After passing the ball, he went back and never made a straight forward with the ball, so Kanter suddenly dribbled the ball forward, and no Inter Milan player came up to intercept it.
Kanter is dribbling the ball forward.
Guidolin stood on the sidelines and became excited when he saw this scene. He clapped quickly with both hands and muttered: Go! rush! rush!
In Udinese's usual tactical training sessions, Guidolin sometimes asks Kante to suddenly advance forward. The main consideration is that Kante rarely presses forward. Such a sudden press can sometimes have miraculous effects!
As for when to press forward, Guidolin leaves it to the players to decide based on the situation on the field. So this sudden forward thrust was a tactical drill, but the forward thrust at this time was Kanter's own judgment and choice.
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"Kante dribbled the ball forward himself, and Inter Milan's midfielder did not intercept at all... Kuzmanovic, he came up to intercept and rushed over." Leotta clenched his fists and shouted.
Kuzmanovic came up to intercept, but this interception was more symbolic. Kanter, who was not good at passing people, moved the football forward, accelerated himself, and it passed just like that.
"Kuzmanovic let Kanter go and he turned to mark Bruno," Stankovic said.
After seeing Kuzmanovic's symbolic block, he did not chase Kanter, but immediately pounced on Bruno. Experience told him that Kanter would not continue to dribble the ball, and he would choose to pass the ball. Bruno, who is closest to Kanter, is obviously a dangerous person.
Guidolin clenched his hands tightly, pursed his lips and looked at the court, motionless, his eyes seemed to sparkle.
"Di Natale retreats, he is ready to meet Kante... Ranocchia comes up, he is guarding Kante's pass, well done, Kante!!!" Leota shouted loudly.
Kante pretended to pass the ball to Di Natale. This was the most correct choice in everyone's opinion. Everyone knows that Kante's characteristic is that he dares to grab and fight. Breakthroughs and shooting are really not his strengths.
To be honest, being able to dribble the ball all the way through such a long distance and pass Kuzmanovic has made many people open their mouths in shock.
Ranocchia immediately stretched out his foot to block Kanter's pass, but unexpectedly Kanter moved the football forward, suddenly started to speed up, squeezed Ranocchia away with his strong physical fitness, and continued to move forward.
Ranokia was startled and turned around to chase after him.
At this time, Bruno and Vidmon were sprinting.
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"Pass the ball!" Guidolin clenched his fists and shouted toward the court.
At this moment, Bruno attracted Kuzmanovich and Dodo, and Widmund was empty.
"Take up the position! Make up the defense!" Handanovic shouted loudly, and Juan rushed towards Vidmon.
"Pass the ball! When there is space - Juan fills in - Kanter - he - shoots?!!!!!"
Leotta's eyes widened. The young beautiful commentator's eyes were filled with surprise. She saw Kanter lift his right foot, but instead of passing the ball, he shot.
The Udinese midfielder suddenly took off his foot and shot when he was nearly 30 meters away from the goal!
No one expected that he would choose to shoot, and the shot was so decisive.
The football jumped into the air and flew towards the goal, bringing with it a gust of wind.
Handanovic's attention was focused on Kanter's possible pass to Widmund on the right side of Udinese. He really didn't expect that Kanter would suddenly take a shot, so Handanovic His position was leaning to the left. At this time, he had no time to adjust his position. He could only rise into the air and stretch his arms to save the football that suddenly flew from a long distance.
"KANTER!!! GOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!"
Handanovic, the patron saint of Inter Milan, slumped down from the air. His facial expression was despairing. He did not touch the football. The football passed over Handanovic's right hand and suddenly penetrated into the net, throwing the snow-white ball into the net. The net rolled up high!
In the 71st minute of the game, Kanter scored.
This is his second goal in Udinese!
2:1, Udinese surpassed the score again at San Siro!
The beautiful commentator Leota did not witness Kante's first long-range goal with her own eyes, but she was stunned by Kante's goal and shouted in disbelief: "Crazy! Foot...World wave! Kante! Kante! He suddenly took the ball forward, he passed by Kuzmanovic, he shot, he scored! To Kante... Kante scored in Meazza. In the Italian Cup final last season, Kante scored his first goal after joining Udinese. It was also a surprising world wave! Now, he scored against Inter Milan, N’Golo Kante, either he doesn’t score, scoring is the key goal!”
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Kanter, who hit the world wave again, was running, but before he could take two steps, he was surrounded by equally crazy and excited teammates. They threw him to the ground and pinned him down.
Their mouths roared with excited good words, excited swear words, and excited howls.
This goal is too crucial, and this goal boosts morale too much.
Kante, who rarely scores goals, scores a key goal, and Udinese has never lost in the games where Kante has scored.
No, to be exact, if Kante scores, Udinese wins.
Udinese was celebrating wildly, while Inter Milan was completely silent. Everyone couldn't believe their eyes. They couldn't believe that Udinese rarely scored goals and almost never shot. Oh, the guy in the Udinese team who was least likely to score a goal, except for the goalkeeper, actually scored, and it was such a shocking world wave, a kick that even Handanovic had no choice but to surrender!
Stankovic shook his head bitterly and said: "Last season, Kante had such a super world kick. Yes, this French boy rarely shoots, and scoring goals is even rarer, because his shooting skills are really good. It's very bad, but he is such a player. As long as he scores a goal, he is super beautiful and super crucial. At 1:2, Kante scored a wonderful goal and Inter Milan fell behind. "
"Defensively, he worked very hard. He swept around. Together with his teammates, he built a solid defense line in front of Udinese's back line. Offensively, at critical moments, he contributed key goals that made people jump up and cheer. , N’Golo Kante, regardless of the final result of this game, I vote for him as the best player,” Leota also said.