our champion dream

Chapter 163 Goal
The two sides played very lively in the first half, and the defense also called the police frequently.

Mourinho turned a blind eye to this and continued to ask the players to step up their offense in the second half, constantly putting pressure on Manchester United.He told his players to believe in themselves. In terms of offensive firepower, they will never lose to Manchester United, and they are even stronger than Manchester United!
These words greatly encouraged the morale and confidence of the Inter Milan team.

So at the beginning of the second half, Inter Milan took advantage of their strong offensive firepower and slowly gained the upper hand.

At 5 minutes, Manchester United won a corner kick.

After Sneijder kicked out the corner kick, Lucio nodded in the front and rubbed in, and Milito followed up with a header in the back!
But maybe Lucio's header rubbed back so that Milito didn't expect that the ball didn't have the strength to go up and was easily hugged by Van der Sar.

Just 1 minute later, Inter Milan made a comeback again.

First of all, Manchester United launched an attack and just advanced to the front field, but was destroyed by the opponent in front of Inter Milan's 30-meter area. The football fell to the middle circle and Eto'o caught it. "Cheetah" Eto'o took the ball forward, and the Manchester United players were very afraid of Eto'o's speed and did not dare to rush up, for fear that Eto'o's ball would be pierced by the back line.

So even though Manchester United has five people in the back line, none of them dared to come up to grab Eto'o's ball. When To'o took advantage of his speed, the threat of this attack was minimized.

But Eto'o is not a fool, it is impossible to just lead the ball all the way to the black - Eto'o has very rich experience in the game, he knows what he should do at this time

So when Eto'o entered the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester United, he distributed the football to Pandev who was pulling to the side to meet him.

After Pandev got the ball, he immediately became the focus of Manchester United's defense.

He didn't pass the football out immediately, but took the ball to the baseline, and it seemed that he wanted to go directly to the side to break through.

This action of course attracted the attention of Manchester United defenders.

Gary Neville strictly guarded the inside line and prevented Pandev from breaking through.

However, after Pandev made a gesture to go down, he suddenly stopped and changed direction, and charged horizontally towards the middle!
This action completely attracted the attention of Manchester United's defense, and the Manchester United defenders all rushed towards Ribery.

Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic all rushed forward and blocked Pandev's face!
At this moment, all eyes were on Pandev, completely ignoring the others.

But Pandev didn't think about coming by himself. After dribbling horizontally, he suddenly pushed the football out with his right foot, not to the center, but to the penalty area, behind Manchester United's defense!
There's still a vacancy there!
Eto'o sprints into the box like a blue-black lightning bolt and catches the ball!

When Gary Neville looked back, he saw Robben catch the ball and raised his arm to signal that Eto'o was offside.

But the referee ignored it, because he could see clearly that Eto'o's ball would never be offside!

"This is a good goal! Manchester United's chance!!"

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar decisively abandoned the goal when Eto'o hadn't caught the ball.

He knew that things could be salvaged.

When Eto'o is facing the goal from the side, he can't shoot directly. He must adjust, and I can take advantage of his adjustment to force him to the bottom line and make him lose the angle of shooting...as long as he can't let Eto'o shot, the defense can be described as a success.

Everyone knows that Eto'o is a shooter. A shooter will have the instinct of a shooter. When he gets the ball in front of the goal, it is almost impossible to let him pass the football. It must be a shot to end the attack. All of these It is the confidence that a top shooter should have.

In fact, Van der Sar's defensive strategy almost succeeded.His experience is indeed very rich.

After Eto'o received the ball, he really couldn't shoot directly. Van der Sarle had already pushed to his side. If he forced a shot now, it would hit Van der Sar's body again in all likelihood, and then waste it. An excellent one-handed chance.

So Eto'o didn't shoot, but slanted the football to the baseline. Van der Sar followed closely and continued to block his shooting angle.

Seeing that Eto'o chose to pass the ball to the baseline, Martin Taylor cried out in disappointment: "No shot!"

He Ping also felt that Eto'o's choice was questionable: "I still bring it? Too many!"

Seeing that football is about to be crossed by Eto'o, Van der Sar has the chance to win!It is necessary to end this attack of Inter Milan.

I saw Eto'o stepping forward with a stride, and before the football crossed the bottom line, he half-turned and kicked the football towards the goal with his left foot!

Not a shot, but... a cross!
Van der Sar saw that Eto'o turned out to be a cross, and quickly stretched his legs to block it.

But he failed, the football passed him by and rolled from him to the open space in front of the goal!

Carrick, who returned to the goal, watched the football fly over, braked hard while retreating, and then stretched out his foot, trying to kick the football out.

But the backward body prevented him from touching the football...

He could only watch the football pass by his feet and fly straight to the back of the goal!

There, it was the Inter Milan center Diego Milito who came up.

To be honest, the position of the Argentine center forward is actually not very good. He is too close to the football, and there is almost no space and distance to shoot hard.

But Milito knew that he didn't need to exert strength at this time, as long as he could hit the football!

He stepped aside, and then swept his left foot sideways!
He hit the football!

The football was swept out of a parabola, and then flew into Manchester United's goal...

Manchester United, who dominated the first half, was scored first by Inter Milan!

Seeing this scene, many people have such a sentence in their minds: Wasted opportunities will indeed be punished!
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"Ah—ah! Ah..." He Ping was in a complicated mood, and he didn't know what to say. He didn't want Inter Milan to take the lead...

"Diego Milito!!!" The Italian commentator didn't have so many thoughts. When he saw the football flying into the goal, he jumped up from the commentary booth and shouted. "Inter Milan took the lead! After 6 minutes, the deadlock was broken!"

The entire Bernabéu stadium was filled with cheers from the roaring Inter Milan fans.

After the goal, Diego Milito ran to the billboard behind the goal, put his hands behind his ears, and made a celebration of listening.

Because the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half, Inter Milan attacked towards the stand where their fans were. Behind Manchester United's goal was the stand where Inter Milan fans gathered. He could directly hear the cheers of Inter Milan fans from here.

After running to the advertisement to run for money, he excitedly pulled up the Inter Milan team badge on his chest, and then slapped his heart hard.

Other excited Inter Milan players rushed up to celebrate the goal with him and the Inter Milan fans in the stands.

The TV broadcast began to replay Diego Milito's goal just now.

Although the goal was scored by Milito, the most important contributor to this goal was Eto'o the Cheetah. He dribbled the ball in the middle circle to launch an attack, and it was he who nimbly advanced and ran behind Manchester United's defense to receive the ball. , or he made an accurate cross after leading goalkeeper Van der Sar out, sent the football to Milito's feet, and gave him a chance to hit an empty goal.

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"Eto'o, he sent a fatal pass for Milito. This is really a surprising scene..." The TV camera also quickly found Eto'o and gave him a close-up.

Eto'o in the close-up is celebrating the goal with his teammates.

The Inter Milan players were elated after the goal.

Manchester United was hit, and the players seemed helpless for this conceded goal.

They never thought that Eto'o would choose to pass the ball... This is really a very tricky and smart choice.

Van der Sar stood where he was. Now that I think about it, Eto'o's trip was intentional at all, and it wasn't because he was forced to a dead end... He just wanted to draw himself out and create a vacuum in front of the goal. This kind of hesitant thinking makes it easy to miss opportunities in defense and give the opponent room to take advantage of.

The Manchester United fans in the stands and in front of the TV were silent at this time.

The situation was so good in the first half, and the opponent gave the lead as soon as the second half came up.

This ups and downs is really unacceptable.

Being behind also made many people feel sorry for the team's generous waste of opportunities in the first half-so many opportunities, even if only one is seized!It won't be like this now!

"In fact, there were threatening shots in this game. Manchester United had much more shots than Inter Milan..." He Ping said. "But it is Inter Milan who scored the goal now. Although Manchester United is very aggressive, they do not score, but their efficiency is indeed worse. Whether it is Nani, Rooney or Berbatov, they have wasted a lot of opportunities... "

After losing the ball, Ferguson rushed to the sidelines immediately and gave instructions to his players-in fact, there were no tactical instructions to say, he just reminded his players to keep calm and not panic because of losing the ball.

It's just one goal behind. On the scene, Manchester United is not at a particular disadvantage, and it hasn't reached the end of the mountain.

If you panic at this time, you will really give up the victory.

He pointed to his head and kept yelling at the players on the field.

In this way, even if the players can't hear what he is saying clearly, they can understand what it means just by watching his action.

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The Inter Milan players finally finished their celebration and returned to their own half, while the Manchester United players had been waiting for the kick-off.

The head coach was right, he was just one goal behind.

After the Manchester United players took their positions, the referee blew his whistle and the game resumed.

The lagging Manchester United did not immediately kick the football to the frontcourt, trying to get a shot. After Li Xiaoming received the ball, he directly passed it back.After passing the ball, he ran back himself to make a response.

He is very clear that the morale of Manchester United, which has just led, is high. Continuing to fight against Inter Milan at this time may instead allow Inter Milan to take advantage of the loopholes in the defense.You must know that defensive counterattack is Mourinho's housekeeping skill.

No matter how calm the Manchester United players are on the surface, they will definitely be affected by this conceded goal in their hearts.At that time, it is inevitable that the defense will not be perfect. As long as there is a slight mistake, it may be caught by Inter Milan and make another victory.

Manchester United must avoid such a situation.

As the head coach, Ferguson did not give such instructions to the team. This is entirely the idea of ​​Manchester United's midfielder as a front-line commander based on his own experience.Li Xiaoming, Carrick, and Beckham exchanged opinions, and asked for the ball after retracing. His teammates also cooperated with him. Although they seemed to equalize the score immediately after losing the ball, they also knew it. The son is not in a hurry, Li Xiaoming wants the ball, no matter what the reason is, just give it to him.

So for the first time in this crazy confrontation, there was a situation of back and forth - everyone rushed forward as soon as they got the ball. How often have you seen such a scene of continuous backcourt?

Manchester United's inversion caused the Inter Milan fans in the stands to boo, thinking that Manchester United was cowardly and cowardly.They booed Manchester United desperately, hoping that Manchester United could press out and attack.

But in terms of thick skin, Li Xiaoming would not admit defeat casually.Even with the boos above his head, he calmly led his teammates in the backcourt.

His inversion is not necessarily to attract Inter Milan players to press up and press, and then hit the space behind them.The main purpose is actually to slow down the rhythm of the game and prevent the game from falling into the rhythm that Manchester United most hopes.

First consume the spirit of Inter Milan, lest they score another goal in one go.

Manchester United's on-the-spot approach worked. The Inter Milan players were a little reckless after taking the lead, and were led to run around by Manchester United's reverse foot.

Soon, the Inter Milan players came to their senses and understood that this was some small trap set by the Manchester United players.

If they continue to chase like this, not to mention the waste of physical energy, they may leave a space behind the defense and be caught by Manchester United.

So they stopped going up and slowed down. If Manchester United wants to fall in the backcourt, let them fall. Anyway, they are leading the score now.

The pace of the game was thus slowed down.

After the rhythm slowed down, Manchester United began to plan a counterattack.

They finished an attack very quickly, and at the end Berbatov's shot was just a little higher.

When it was Inter Milan's turn to attack, they did not slow down behind Manchester United for a long time. Instead, they advanced very quickly to the front of Manchester United's penalty area. Eto'o passed the ball from the left to Milito in the middle , Vidic grabbed the football before Milito.

The football that flew out was caught by Sneijder outside the penalty area. He directly kicked and shot, which also went above the crossbar.

When possession returned to Manchester United's feet, Manchester United still deliberately slowed down and turned around before hitting forward.

(End of this chapter)