green shooter

Chapter 165
At three o'clock in the afternoon on November 11th, local time in Italy, the 30th round of Serie A, Inter Milan's home game against Naples officially began.

The Nerazzurri coach Mourinho continued to use the 4-4-2 formation that was successful in the Italian national derby in the last round of the league. At the same time, Cordoba returned from suspension and returned to the starting list, and the other positions did not change.

Naples had a relatively good record at the beginning of the season. Although their recent record has declined, they have only won one game since they lost to Milan at San Siro on November 11, but they still tied for third place in the standings before this round.

Although the home performance is excellent, Naples has lost 3 away games and is only better than Fiorentina among the top 6 teams.Naples defender Rinaudo unexpectedly overwhelmed Italian international Santa Croce in this game.

Mourinho also targeted Santa Croce before the game. Fabiano Santa Croce, who has dual nationality of Italy and Brazil, relied on his excellent physical fitness and explosive power. He immediately secured the main position when he first arrived in Naples and became the regular partner of Cannavaro Jr. and Domic.

The shortcomings of Santa Croce lie in lack of experience, rough skills, and excessive defensive actions. After 13 games, he has already received 6 yellow cards. Mourinho originally planned to let the experienced Ibrahimovic play on his side to attract him.

Unexpectedly, the head coach of Naples is not stupid. He directly left Santa Croce on the bench and let Rinaudo, who transferred from Palermo, start the game.

The opening stage was a little dull. Inter Milan forced corner kicks twice but failed. After 7 minutes, Zhu Hantao finally got his first chance to touch the ball in the game.

"Judging from the position of the midfielders after the opening, Mourinho still made some adjustments in this game and the last game between Inter Milan and Juventus.

In this game, Muntari and Zanetti played more like left and right midfielders, and the center was handed over to Stankovic and Cambiasso. "

"Hey, after Mourinho came to Inter Milan, his 4-3-3 has not played particularly well for the time being, so the Portuguese are still trying new formations."

"Okay! Let's take a look at this attack! Can Inter Milan take the lead in breaking through the opponent's goal at home? Maicon and Zanetti's two-for-one cooperation! Zanetti's pass! Ibrahimovic missed a point! Zhu Hantao's chance!"

The attack was initiated from the right. Maicon dribbled the ball forward at high speed, facing Naples' defenders and Zanetti made a cooperation, and then the Inter Milan captain sent the pass.

Ibrahimovic observed Zhu Hantao behind him, so he deliberately swayed, tricked Cannavaro, and passed the ball to Zhu Hantao.

Zhu Hantao got the ball on the penalty area line, and Naples defenders Aronica and Rinaudo rushed towards him together.

Seeing that his opponent Zhu Hantao was not flustered, he was about to hit the goal with his right foot. The two defenders of the opponent turned their backs and tried to block Zhu Hantao's shot.

The corners of his mouth raised slightly, he felt a little embarrassed to deceive me so easily, then Zhu Hantao took the ball to the front right and strode into the Naples penalty area.

At this time, there were no defensive players around him to interfere. In this situation, Zhu Hantao, who was full of shooting skills, was not sure about hitting the goal. Facing the Naples goalkeeper Jezo, Zhu Hantao raised his right foot again and took the ball out of an arc.

Ye Zuo was panicked when Zhu Hantao passed two of his teammates, but he couldn't show it. He could only force himself to calm down, concentrate, and prepare to make a save.

But when Zhu Hantao actually shot the ball, the Naples goalkeeper could only weakly take off and stretch out his hand, then watched the ball hit the dead corner of the goal.

"The goal was scored! Zhu Hantao dunked the opponent's defender! Wonderful shot! Inter Milan took the lead with their first threatening attack of the game!"

"So, Inter Milan still has to play against Zhu Hantao. The previous few times they played in the frontcourt, Zhu Hantao ran to his position and was ready to respond. His teammates couldn't pass the ball, and they didn't pose a threat to them. They could only exchange for a corner kick. What's the use of that."

After scoring the goal, he ran to the sidelines excitedly. Zhu Hantao made a gesture of listening. How could the fans in the stands not understand what he meant, Nerazzurri shouted Zhu Hantao's name loudly.

In the sound of his name, Zhu Hantao waved towards the stands.Then the teammates gathered around one by one.

"I've given you all the limelight!" Ibrahimovic was not polite at all, and immediately grabbed Zhu Hantao.

"Zlatan, take it easy." Ibrahimovic's hands were neither light nor heavy, pinching Zhu Hantao a bit, "I will find a chance to help you score a goal later."

"Hahaha, that's what you said, I didn't force you."

Then Zhu Hantao turned his head to the other teammates and said jokingly, "Everyone pass the ball to me more, I promise you will get assists and get soft hands, hahahaha."

Hearing that, the smile on Maicon's face stagnated, and then he was the first to answer: "Zhu, don't worry, we will definitely pass the ball to you more."

"That's right!" "Your scoring ability is incredible!" "The shot is too good!" Amidst all the compliments on Zhu Hantao, the referee Roberto Rossetti came over and urged the Inter Milan players to go back and prepare for the kick-off.

It's perfectly normal to hold the high and step down. Zhu Hantao finally won the appreciation of his teammates with his own goals one after another after coming to Inter Milan.

Back to the game, Naples kicked off, Hamsik tried to dribble the ball in the midfield area, but was intercepted by Muntari, Ghana intercepted the ball in the midfield and handed the ball to Cambiasso.

The Slovakian midfielder just moved to Naples last season, and represented the team in 37 league appearances, scoring nine goals and four assists. Naturally, he will continue to sit firmly in the starting lineup this season.

After losing the ball, Hamsik was chasing behind the Inter midfielder and seeing that he was going to be unable to catch up. The Slovakian hooked Cambiasso from behind.

The referee Rossetti whistled and drew cards in one go, and Inter Milan won a free kick.

Cambiasso took a free kick on the right side with his left foot and passed it diagonally into the penalty area. No Inter Milan player in the front point could reach it. The Naples central defender Rinaudo who was standing on the goal line blocked the ball.

Zanetti won a second penalty from outside the penalty area, volleying the ball 20 meters from the goal and hitting the opponent's defender Cannavaro and missed the left goal post, a corner kick.

Maicon took a quick tactical corner kick from the left, Muntari made a cross with his left foot from the corner of the penalty area, and Cordoba volleyed with his left foot 9 meters from the goal and went straight to the far corner. Naples goalkeeper Jezzo did not respond, [-]-[-]!

Córdoba, who expanded the score for the team, ran to the corner flag area and celebrated the goal with a somersault.

"Two to zero! Cordoba's goal! The Colombian central defender helped Inter Milan expand the score advantage to two goals!"

"What's going on? What happened? The referee signaled that the goal was invalid! Let's take a look at the replay."

"Is there no offside problem? Oh, this time, Cordoba had a physical contact with the opponent's defensive player Aronika before hitting the goal. The Inter Milan central defender completed the kick after knocking the opponent to the ground."

"So the referee should have whistled for the Colombian's foul, and the ball doesn't count."

The Inter Milan players who were very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty rushed forward and surrounded the referee Rossetti. Cordoba was the most emotional, because the referee had blown away his goal abruptly.

Ibrahimovic and Maicon were also fanning the flames, but the referee was indifferent, waving his hands and backing away, telling the Inter players to disperse quickly, otherwise he would issue a warning card.

That is because this is just an ordinary league game, and Inter Milan is leading the score now. This goal is not a particularly important goal, so everyone is not too entangled. Except for Cordoba who is still very unconvinced, the other players turn around and leave.

Zhu Hantao watched Cordoba running towards the backcourt angrily, and couldn't help laughing. Does he, a central defender, care so much about scoring goals? If the goal just now is counted, it seems to be the second goal of the Colombian central defender this season. You must know that some forwards in the team have only scored one or two goals so far.

Lavezzi came back from the front line to press, intercepted the ball at the feet of Cambiasso, and then the Argentine was brought down by the uneasy Cordoba 27 meters in front of the goal.

"For the Naples team, they want to equalize the score. In fact, a set kick is a very good opportunity, if they can take a relatively high-quality free kick."

"The ball was given to the midfielder Gargano to take the penalty. Will he choose to hit the goal directly or pass it into the penalty area?"

Gargano's right-footed free kick passed through the gap leaking from the wall, and Cesar waited and fell directly under him.

In the 24th minute, just over half of the first half, Maicon launched an attack from the right. Ibrahimovic knocked back to Maicon with his heel near the baseline.

It was too late and then too fast, Zhu Hantao suddenly accelerated and threw away the defenders around him, and volleyed his cut kick straight into the upper corner of the far end of the goal. Ye Zuo bounced off the ground and wanted to reach for the ball, but it was too late.

"Go in! Another one! Still Zhu Hantao! This young striker scored his second goal of the game! The home team Inter Milan leads by two goals!"

"Hey, the ball was shot by Muntari first, but his ball was very powerful but the angle was too straight, and it was blocked by the goalkeeper of Naples.

Zhu Hantao's follow-up shot showed the difference in shooting skills between the two. Zhu Hantao's shot went straight to the dead corner of the goal. This Yezuo had no choice. "

On the other side of the penalty area, Ibrahimovic looked at Zhu Hantao with his hands on his hips, and gave him a look you know.

Zhu Hantao lowered his head and smiled, it's not that I want to show off alone, but my teammate's shot is almost meaningless, this opportunity has been sent to my feet, I must not miss it, right?

"Zlatan, don't worry, I will help you get one if you have the chance, don't worry, it's only twenty minutes, what's the rush."

"Then I'll just wait for your chance, don't let me down, hahahaha."

Although it was just a joke among his teammates, Zhu Hantao is a manly man, he spit on a nail, and he counts on what he says. Brother Ibrahimovic takes care of him so much, and he always passes the ball to him. I think he should be.

Naples kicked off. Before the game, they expected to be scored by Inter Milan. After all, this is the No. [-] team in the league and their home court, but they never thought that they would be scored twice so soon. The players of the visiting team were a little confused.

Naples striker Sarajeta dribbled the ball on the right, cut into the penalty area after passing three people in a row, but still fell to the ground under the pressure of Inter Milan central defender Samuel, no foul!The referee didn't say anything.

Inter Milan's quick counterattack, a long pass hit the frontcourt, Zhu Hantao received the ball from the right, looked at the position of his teammates and then made a low pass to the center, followed by Stankovic who volleyed vigorously over the bar from 17 meters in front of the goal.

"This attack is also very threatening. Stankovic should also be Mourinho's arrangement, let him play more long shots near the front of the penalty area."

"Yes, that's right. It's easy for the fans to think of Chelsea's Lampard. Although Stankovic is less interesting than a magic lamp, I believe that under Mourinho's training, he may be able to play the same effect as Lampard after a while."

Of course, some Stankovic fans may be dissatisfied with these words. Let’s not talk about anything else here, just talk about scoring ability and the efficiency of long-range goals. Stankovic is a bit worse than Lampard.

The main reason is that Stankovic likes to play far away from the goal, and then hit the sky above Meazza so that the plane dare not pass by.

Naples got back a point in the 36th minute of the first half. The two strikers of the visiting team disintegrated Inter Milan's five-man defense through wonderful cooperation. Ravezzi made a beautiful breakthrough on the right side and passed Samuel.

Sarajeta made a wonderful pass with his right heel without stopping the ball. In the penalty area, Lavezzi faced Cesar who was knocked down and saved. He lightly rubbed his right foot at the far corner 8 meters in front of the goal and succeeded, tying the score to one to two.

This is also the fourth league goal hit by the Argentine striker this season.

The subsequent game entered a stalemate again, and neither side had a good chance to score.

In the 42nd minute, Inter Milan midfielder Cambiasso's shot from the front of the penalty area hit the opposing defender's leg and popped out of the bottom line.

Maxwell's corner on the right was too deep and too close to the goal and was picked off by Jezzo.

Ibrahimovic picked the ball with his back and wanted to turn around, but was brought down by the Naples defender. Cambiasso took a free kick with his left foot 28 meters from the goal outside the penalty area and went over the far corner.

Before the end of the first half, Naples had the last chance to attack. Left midfielder Mannini made a cross from the left. Ravezzi's header in front of the goal was confiscated by Cesar.

"Hehe, this is also interesting. What does this left player from Naples think? He made a high pass to Lavezzi, who is 1.7 meters tall. This forced the Argentine to jump up and hit the ball with great difficulty, but the header was not threatening at all."

"Hey, maybe it was intended to pass to Sarajeta, oh, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half."

"Viewers, see you later."

(End of this chapter)