green shooter

Chapter 128
Zhu Hantao, who made his debut in the European competition for the first time, wore a classic Inter Milan blue and black striped shirt and black shorts with his number 17 printed on it. On the chest of the jersey was the golden logo of the sponsor Pirelli, above which was the Nike checkmark and the Inter Milan team logo.

The already tall and handsome Zhu Hantao is even more handsome in the Nerazzurri shirt. Whenever Zhu Hantao is shown in the camera, the female fans in front of the TV will always scream uncontrollably.

Standing in the center of the Olympic Stadium in Athens waiting for the kick-off, Zhu Hantao felt the warm atmosphere of the scene. Although he could not understand the Greek words spoken by the Panathinaikos fans, he could feel everyone's enthusiasm. This is why I like football so much.

The field is green on and off the field, not only the grass of the stadium is green, but also a sea of ​​green in the stands. Most of the more than 5 fans of the home team are wearing green team home jerseys.

It's great, being in the green will always give people a feeling of vitality and spring, and Zhu Hantao feels that he is much younger.

"Mourinho made some adjustments to the team's starting lineup in this game. Captain Zanetti and Cambiasso, who sat on the bench for a rest in the league last weekend, started the game. In addition, Mancini and Zhu Hantao replaced Balotelli and Quaresma who started the game.

On the defensive line, Cordoba, who returned from injury, made his debut due to Burdisso's suspension. "

"Yes, it can be seen that Mourinho is bound to win this game and cannot afford to lose. I think the eleven players who started today will also use their performance to repay the trust of the head coach."

After the start of the game, both sides played more cautiously, especially Inter Milan, who played away, was not too anxious, and first got used to the venue to find the feeling.

I don't know if Panathinaikos did some tricks on purpose. The water on the turf seems to be a bit too much, which made not only the opponent players uncomfortable, but even the home team's own players slipped to the ground in embarrassment from time to time.

A certain amount of water will be poured on the field of football matches before the game. This is to prevent the field from being too hard while ensuring the elasticity of the field, and it also has the effect of protecting the players.Moisture-filled turf will reduce friction, allowing the ball to roll smoothly and quickly, and reducing the risk of injury when players tackle or fall.

However, if there is too much water, it will directly affect the running and passing of the players, which will increase mistakes, which in turn will affect the normal game.

Generally, a team that knows its relatively weak strength and wants to win at its own home court will use these tricks to make opponents, especially teams that are good at ground coordination, suffer a dark loss.

An offensive opportunity for Inter Milan in the opening game, Mancini dribbled the ball from the left side past the opponent's right back and then crossed it into the penalty area.

Without saying a word, Zhu Hantao broke into the penalty area and wanted to grab a shot, but who would have thought that the Greek team sprinkled more water in their penalty area. Zhu Hantao, who had just accelerated and ran in, slipped his feet and lost his balance instantly and fell in the penalty area.

The defensive players of Panathinaikos dodged and raised their hands to signal to the referee that no one touched Zhu Hantao, and he fell down by himself.

Zhu Hantao is not the kind of person who likes to cheat fouls and penalties by flopping, and he patted his butt and stood up without pain. The referee naturally didn't make any penalty when he saw this, and the game continued.

Zhu Hantao failed to touch the cross from his teammate, and was directly caught by the opponent's goalkeeper Garinovic.

In the 4th minute of the game, Panathinaikos launched a counterattack. Brazilian midfielder Clayton took a decisive kick from the middle distance and shot a long shot. However, the ball was too straight and did not pose much threat. Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar got it.

But before Inter Milan had time to attack, Cesar had just handed the ball to Materazzi. The Italian central defender made a mistake under the pressure of the Panathinaikos striker and missed the pass. The opposing midfielder Calagones got it.

Calagones made a slight adjustment and his long shot from outside the penalty area was blocked by Inter Milan central defender Cordoba with his body.

"Oh, I didn't expect that the home team Panathinaikos took the initiative after the game started. Their bold attack has already caused some threats in front of Inter Milan's goal. Unfortunately, they haven't scored yet to take the lead."

"That's right, they are playing at home. According to official sources, more than 8000 spectators came to the game. It seems that they all attach great importance to this Champions League match against the Italian giants Inter Milan.

With the support of these fans, the morale of the home team is booming, and they are much more familiar with the field than Inter Milan. I saw that players slipped and fell several times in the first few minutes. It is estimated that there is something wrong with the turf. "

"Oh? Director Xu, can you tell us what's wrong with the turf?"

"I'm not sure, but I guess it's probably because the home team sprinkled more water secretly before the game, so the court looks particularly slippery. In fact, it's also a double-edged sword. It's not easy for Inter Milan to play ground offense, and they themselves are the same."

"Oh! So they took a few long shots at the beginning, because they knew in their hearts that the court was tampered with, but isn't it against the rules?"

"Of course not. It can be said that they are making reasonable use of their home court advantage and making some targeted arrangements within the scope of the rules, but it is not certain whether the effect will be good."

Inter Milan's midfielder Vieira took the ball and pushed forward, but because the vegetable field was slippery, a garlic ball under his feet escaped his control and was swiftly intercepted by the opponent's midfielder.

This is not good, the ball he lost has to be recovered by himself, the fierce French midfielder is a flying tackle, and the opponent even dribbles the ball.

The referee for this game is the famous Spanish referee Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez.

The referee with the long name blew his whistle and gave the home team a free kick.

"Oh? In the 9th minute of the game, Inter Milan's midfielder Vieira fouled with a tackle. The referee gave Panathinaikos a very good chance to set the ball in the frontcourt."

"For a weak team, set-pieces are actually a scoring tool when playing against a strong team. If the home team can seize this free kick, I think it will definitely give Mourinho a headache."

The free kick was 28 meters away from Inter Milan's goal. Midfielder Matos took the penalty. He chose to hit the goal directly. Although Matos' shot successfully crossed the wall, it missed the near corner.

"Oh, it's a pity, it didn't hit within the range of the door frame."

"Actually, this player's footwork is not bad. This free kick is of good quality, but it's just a little bit wide. I think this...Pa...then..."

"Panathinaikos."

"Yes, that's right, the Pana team can ask for more free kicks. I think this is more threatening than their long-range shots outside the penalty area. In sports games, it is difficult for them to hit Inter Milan's penalty area."

Not long after the start of the game, Inter Milan hadn't had a particularly good chance. On the contrary, Panathinaikos's attack was flourishing. Mourinho stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, frowning, wondering if he was already dissatisfied with the performance of a certain player.

At this time, Inter Milan attracted another excellent opportunity. Maicon sent Ibrahimovic an exquisite through ball from the right, which directly penetrated the defense of Panathinaikos. The Swede went straight!Facing the attacking goalkeeper Garinovic, Ibrahimovic's push went wide of the goal.

At this time, Zhu Hantao, who ran 40 meters away from the defender on the other side, looked at Ibrahimovic helplessly with his hips crossed and panting. He wanted to say something, but he didn't say it. Ibrahimovic raised his hand after noticing it, "Mine, mine, next time I will consider passing it to you."

"Panathinaikos is too big. Inter Milan is much stronger than them. They just took advantage of their home court and gained a little upper hand at the beginning. If they dare to continue to attack like this, Mourinho's team will teach them... to play football."

"I think Inter Milan and the others are slowly finding their status. If the home team doesn't have prepared measures before the game, it will be difficult to play."

Sure enough, only a few minutes later, Inter Milan had patiently controlled the ball in the midfield, looking for an opportunity. Suddenly, Cambiasso saw the opponent's loophole, and passed a long diagonal pass to Mancini on the left.

Mancini performed extremely well in Rome last season. After moving to Inter Milan, he seemed to have lost his previous motivation, and his state has declined significantly.

Furthermore, the bustling metropolis of Milan made the Brazilian lose himself. As soon as he arrived in Milan, he skillfully mingled in the nightclubs and bars of Milan City. His competitive state was inevitably affected.

Anyway, with the salary in hand, he is indispensable, and he doesn't pay much attention to his usual training. He is only 28 years old and has started to dawdle.

Coach Mourinho had a talk with Mancini Jr., and he was allowed to start this time. I don't know if it has any effect.

This is also a common problem among South American players. If you are not self-disciplined, you will be greedy for enjoyment. Many of them have amazing talents.

On the contrary, there are many European players who are late bloomers, who are getting older and more obscene. If you want to prolong your career, you must maintain a good physical condition and always pay attention to avoiding everything that is not good for your health. Especially, long-term diet is the most difficult to restrain.

Of course, among so many football players, there are always some counterexamples. I’m talking about most of the cases here. There must be some South American players who are very self-disciplined and have maintained a good competitive state, but most of them, on the whole, are worse than European players in this regard, let alone African blacks.

That's right, black Africans are different from blacks born and raised in Europe, so let's stop talking here and go back to the game.

After Mancini made a breakthrough, he knocked the ball across the middle. Ibrahimovic stopped the ball easily. Facing the central defender and the captain of the Greek team Gumas who rushed towards him, Ibrahimovic's upper body swayed greatly, making the Greek central defender stupid.

Although Ibrahimovic looks like a traditional high center, Ibrahimovic is completely different from ordinary big centers. The Swedes have delicate footwork and excellent skills. They are good at hitting their feet and don't like headers.

It was also many years later that Ibrahimovic finally improved his header level. Now Da Fengxian is excellent in passing and shooting.

Ibrahimovic was just about to shoot directly after completing the pass. He thought of the promise he had made to Zhu Hantao just now. It happened that another central defender of Panathinaikos, Ventra, came to defend him. The 1.9-meter-five tall man had a wide field of vision, and he saw Zhu Hantao standing on the sideline of the penalty area at a glance.

Zhu Hantao just habitually interspersed with running positions. Even if he opened up space for his teammates and could take away an opponent's defensive player, he made a contribution to this offense, didn't he?

From the right side of the penalty area, Zhu Hantao came to the left side of the penalty area and stopped. He decided to complete the task by himself and waited to see how Ibrahimovic shot.

Ibrahimovic often scores amazing goals in unimaginable ways, which is worth looking forward to.

"Eh? Really passed?!" Standing there, Zhu Hantao didn't even think that Ibrahimovic could pass the ball in that position. First, the pass is difficult and there are opponents' defenders on the route.

Hey, I didn't expect that, Ibrahimovic really passed the ball through the gap, Zhu Hantao stopped the ball with his left foot, since the old brother passed the ball to him, he was not polite, he adjusted his right foot and shot directly to the far corner of the goal.

The sneakers on Zhu Hantao's feet are on the surface customized for him by the sponsor Nike, but they are actually his golden equipment [Zebra Prince's Shooting Boots]. In addition to attribute bonuses, it also comes with a very useful skill.

This shot did not accidentally trigger the skill [Piero Zone] attached to the sneakers. The scoring rate in this position has been greatly improved, not to mention that Zhu Hantao has already reached a shooting attribute as high as 20 points under the equipment bonus.

Panathinaikos' goalkeeper Garinovic couldn't react in time. He was still staring at Ibrahimovic. He didn't know when Ibrahimovic passed the ball. He didn't see it clearly. Maybe his teammate's body blocked his sight.

It was only when Zhu Hantao shot the ball that Garinovic realized that something was wrong. At this time, there was still no time to make a save, so he could only stand there without any reaction and watch the ball go into the net.

After confirming the goal, Zhu Hantao couldn't wait to run to the corner flag area and flew over to kneel passionately. He said that he would try not to kneel after kneeling because he hurt his knee. Today, Zhu Hantao couldn't hold back his emotions.

That's right, the first goal in the Champions League, isn't it worth kneeling to celebrate?Ibrahimovic, who got an assist, also slid and knelt behind Zhu Hantao, "Zlatan, thank you, you really did what you said."

Ibrahimovic laughed, "No, you don't even look at who I am, what God said will come true immediately."

"Then I'll give you one back later." Zhu Hantao grinned and couldn't help laughing.

"Then I'll just wait for your assist." Ibrahimovic reached out and rubbed Zhu Hantao's hair.

"Don't touch my hair anymore! The hairstyle I just had before the game!" Zhu Hantao didn't pay much attention to hairstyles at first, but now he has so many fans after receiving the endorsement, he gradually began to pay attention to his appearance under the advice of his agent Mino Raiola.

"Okay, okay, I understand, I must pay attention next time, I will definitely next time."

"Hahahaha!"

Amidst the cheers and laughter, Inter Milan rewritten the score to [-]-[-] with Zhu Hantao's goal and took the lead in the away game.

(End of this chapter)