Chinese champion

Chapter 326
In the No.14 minute of the first half, Eto'o's lightning raid helped Barcelona lead Inter Milan 1-0 at home, and at the same time made Inter Milan's hard-earned advantage at home gone!

3:2 at home and 0:1 away, which means that although the total score is 3:3, if Barcelona, ​​which has scored two away goals, keeps this score until the end, it will win more than [-] away goals. advantage to eliminate Inter Milan!
Many Inter Milan players looked at the head coach Mancini off the field, but saw Mancini's palm pressed forward: the tactics remain unchanged, continue to attack!

This time Mancini made a mistake. He failed to realize that the conceded goal was actually the result of Rijkaard's arrangement. He just thought that the conceded goal was just an accident. Barcelona must continue to attack. It is necessary to use offense to suppress the opponent's offense, not to mention that now Inter Milan has fallen behind in the total score, and they must score goals if they want to qualify.

This is the difference in experience between Mancini and Rijkaard in the Champions League, just like the ambitious Rijkaard lost to Mourinho who had the experience of winning the European Champions Cup two years ago. It is entirely the gap in experience. It is undeniable that Mancini and Rijkaard are still far behind in terms of experience in the Champions League.

Inter Milan's offense was not very smooth. Although Barcelona were defending, they did not retreat to the penalty area to defend, but started to intercept in the midfield. Their three midfielders, Deco Xavi and Marcos They are both offensive and defensive figures, especially Deco. This Portuguese-Brazilian with a standard peasant face is a standard all-round midfielder. He is proficient in stealing, organizing, attacking and shooting. Always feel very difficult.

But even so, Inter Milan's offense still makes Barcelona feel a little overwhelmed. You must know that Inter Milan's offensive ability this season is also among the top few in Europe. With Barcelona's defensive strength, they want to completely block Inter Milan. Offensive is impossible.

Pei Wei dribbled the ball forward in the middle, and Deco and Marcos immediately flanked him. Pei Wei had already suffered once under the pincer attack of the two of them just now, so this time he did not choose to fight recklessly, but dribbled the ball towards He rushed from the left, and before Deco and Marcos attacked, he looked at Ibrahimovic who was running, giving everyone an illusion that he was going to cooperate with Ibrahimovic.

When Deco was moving his feet, Pei Wei immediately dunked the ball back, and then knocked the ball with his heel to Stankovic behind him.

Deco and Marcos didn't dare to let Pei Wei go, so they had to watch Stankovic dribble the ball into the 30-meter area. You know, the Sevilla also has a very beautiful long shot!

Fortunately, Harvey withdrew back in time, which prevented Stankovic from taking a long shot comfortably.

Stankovic, who was entangled, had no choice but to pass the ball to Dacourt, who then passed the ball to Vieira, who directly hoisted the ball into the penalty area after receiving the ball.

Crespo supported Thuram with his hands, and squeezed hard into the penalty area, but the experienced Thuram was not suppressed by Crespo's strength, and in turn squeezed Crespo to lose balance.

Crespo could only swing the header and passed the ball to his striker partner Ibrahimovic.

After Ibrahimovic got the ball, he made several fake moves in front of the penalty area, but Puyol was unmoved. The forward is most afraid of this kind of defender. When you were about to pass someone, as soon as he kicked out, he poked your ball away.

Seeing that the fake action was useless, Ibrahimovic suddenly poked the ball to the left, and then forced a breakthrough!

Although he is tall, he is very flexible on his feet. Many defenders are often shaken by him because they cannot turn quickly enough.

It is a pity that Puyol did not make a mistake in judgment. When Ibrahimovic started, he also started it at the same time. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he blocked Ibrahimovic behind him, then turned around and drove the ball out.

The ball that flew to the center circle was jumped up by Vieira and pushed it back. Speaking of the header, Vieira is the best among all the midfielders in this game. His height of 1.9 meters makes him easy to intercept. High pass.

Before the ball flew towards the penalty area of ​​Barcelona, ​​Pei Wei suddenly accelerated and got rid of Deco and Marcos who couldn't keep up with him. He was about to shoot after catching up with the ball!

Zambrotta rushed over from the side, and blocked the ball out of the sideline with his body just as the ball was shot from Pei Wei's feet!Inter Milan's attack came to an end.

Rijkaard breathed a sigh of relief. Inter Milan's offensive ability was beyond his expectations. If it hadn't been for Thuram and Zambrotta before the season, they are very familiar with Serie A players and have exceptional defensive capabilities. In terms of players, it is almost impossible to deal with Inter Milan through defensive counterattacks based on the staffing of Barcelona's defense last season.

But now... It seems that the game has gone according to my idea, although there are some deviations...

Just when Rijkaard was thinking of this, he saw Pei Wei in the midfield seemingly carelessly holding the ball, and then suddenly kicked it straight...

The ball passed through the crowd and suddenly landed at Crespo's feet!

"How did he pass the ball?" Rijkaard jumped up. There were at least three Barcelona players who could break the ball on the route where the ball rolled just now, but they all stretched their feet and could only watch. The ball rolled in front of him and landed at the feet of Crespo who suddenly jumped in!
One-handed!In the No.203 minute of the first half, Inter Milan got an excellent opportunity!

Crespo broke into the penalty area, facing the attacking Valdez, first made a shot from a close angle, and then suddenly pushed a far corner!
"It's over!" Rijkaard was shocked, but at this moment, Valdez, who had already fallen to the ground, suddenly yelled, jumped up from the ground, and stretched his left hand as far as possible to slap the ball!
The castration of the ball slowed down immediately. At this time, Puyol, who was running back frantically, had already caught up and drove the ball forward with his big foot!
"Damn! Did he take the wrong medicine!" Mancini slammed his hands on the ground fiercely, "Such a ball can be thrown out, and it has already fallen to the ground!"

Just when all of Inter Milan was still sighing at the missed goal, Puyol's clearance played an unexpected role!
Since Puyol's clearance was kicked out while running, he used a lot of force. The ball flew high and flew across the half-court until it landed in Inter Milan's half-court!
Samuel dragged at the end. When he saw the ball flying over, he immediately went up to the ball, jumped high and wanted to push the ball out, but it was probably because Barcelona had been under pressure during this period that he Maybe it's because his body hasn't warmed up yet. When he jumped up, he found that he couldn't hit the ball!The ball flew over his head!

A horrendous overhead mistake!
None of the Inter Milan players expected that Samuel, who is known as the "rock" and known for his stability, would make such a mistake. After a while, no one chased it back. At this time, Eto'o was already in a whirlwind He rushed past Cordoba's side, and then took a step forward with the ball, directly facing Cesar who was attacking.

But maybe this scoring opportunity came a little easier. Eto'o seemed a little too excited. He shot directly before Cesar fell to the ground. As a result, Cesar made the right judgment and threw the ball away!
But in the face of this short-range shot, Cesar couldn't save the ball, so he had to shoot the ball out!
A thin figure flickered, and Messi appeared in front of the ball, and then he intercepted the ball and hit the goal with an easy volley!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Messi! Messi! The Golden Boy of Argentina has extended the score for us!"

The ball flew into the goal quickly, and Barcelona led Inter Milan 2-0 at home!

After scoring the goal, the Argentine golden boy celebrated excitedly. Just from Messi's keen sense of goal in the goal just now, people think that the liquidated damages of up to [-] million euros set by Laporta for him is How fitting!
But having said that, someone like Messi can be called a golden boy. Compared with Rossi, Baggio, Del Piero, Raul, Torres and others who were called golden boys before, Messi looks like a golden boy. A little too shabby.

People have to sigh, now the standard of the golden boy has indeed been lowered...

"Haha, this is interesting now! I didn't expect Barcelona to lead Inter Milan by two goals in a passive situation! What should Inter Milan do? Continue to attack? But the backcourt has already conceded two goals, strengthen defense? But this There is only the fate of being eliminated, what should Inter Milan do?" ESPN commentator gloated.

Mancini looked at the expression of Rijkaard on the opposing coach's bench. Although he was far away, he could still feel the smile on Rijkaard's face.

"Damn it! That damned black duck tricked me!" Mancini cursed fiercely in his heart. He didn't dare to curse out loud. If the fourth official heard this, he might be punished. Put on a "racist" hat, not to mention that Barcelona takes discriminatory language very seriously. Eto'o once tried to strike because the opposing fans imitated him like a monkey.

"We need to calm down now. The mentality of the players is already in chaos. If we continue to strengthen our offense now, the holes in the defense will only get bigger and bigger!" Baggio leaned into Mancini and whispered in his ear. said.

"But now Rijkaard may be waiting for us to recover, and then Barcelona will carry out their most familiar pressing attack!" Mancini said helplessly: "In that case we will be led by the nose by him. !"

"Even if we know that Rijkaard will do this, we can only stabilize our position first!" Baggio's expression is also very helpless: "We can't concede the third goal, otherwise we will collapse! It is a trap, we can only jump into it! Get through the last ten minutes, and we will fight back again during the intermission!"

Mancini felt very annoyed. He had seen Rijkaard's intentions now, but he could only follow the route set by the other party. This feeling made Mancini very angry.

"Okay... Robbie, you go and ask the players to take it back. I... don't want to go out now, or I will be laughed to death by that black duck." Mancini sat down on the coach's bench and shook his head heavily. .

Mancini hid in the coach's bench and couldn't come out. Baggio and Miha took on the heavy responsibility of directing the game. They didn't know what to do. The Inter Milan players immediately recovered after receiving the defensive instructions, leaving only The two forwards and Pei Wei were attacked, and the others were all defensive.

There is always ebb and flow on the football field. Just now, Inter Milan’s crazy attack beat Barcelona to the point where they couldn’t even lift their heads, but they immediately tasted the taste of Barcelona just now. He is good at oppressive play, using his skilled personal skills and skilled cooperation to continuously launch wave after wave of attacks on Inter Milan's goal.

At this time, we can see the defensive skills of the Italian team. Unlike Barcelona's hard work in the midfield, Inter Milan's defense line is retracted very far back, so that Barcelona's defenders also unknowingly press up, and the formation is very compressed. Compact, under such circumstances, even Ronaldinho has no way to create a good chance. Instead, Pei Wei seized the opportunity and hit Barcelona with a counterattack. If it is a pass, maybe Inter Milan has already regained a point.

"Hey, it seems that Inter Milan's luck is really bad today! Although Barcelona scored two goals, their absolute chances seem to be less than Inter Milan's! But today, Barcelona's defensive players performed too well! Whether it is Valdez or Zambrotta, respectively, spoiled an almost sure-going chance for Inter!" sighed the ESPN commentator.

Indeed, Inter Milan's luck today is indeed a bit bad. Except that the first conceded goal was the result of Barcelona's careful planning, the second conceded goal was a complete accident.

Just like now, the fully defensive Inter Milan almost completely blocked Barcelona's positional attack, but they couldn't block Ronaldinho's free kick.

After receiving a pass from Deco, Ronaldinho broke through the penalty area with the ball. Facing Vieira's defense, he rushed past Vieira with a beautiful flick of the cow's tail. Vieira had no choice but to Pulled Ronaldinho down, the referee's whistle sounded immediately, a free kick.

26 meters from the goal, a free kick slightly to the left.

In the last round of the match, it was Ronaldinho's free kick at the last moment that gave Barcelona an advantage before the start of the second round, and the location of that free kick was almost the same as this one!

That goal was only seven days ago, and Cesar still has a fresh memory of his powerlessness in the face of that free kick.

I must save this ball!Not only for myself, but also for our team!

Cesar clenched his fists and said to himself in his heart.

Ronaldinho took a deep breath, and when he looked up, he saw Cesar's firm eyes.

Back up, run up, kick up!
Just like that free kick, it jumped up without ignoring the human wall, a beautiful arc, bypassing the human wall!

Cesar had already jumped when the ball flew out, and flew towards the side covered by the human wall!
But unfortunately, the ball did not arc to the near corner after bypassing the human wall, but flew directly to the left corner - that is where Cesar was standing just now!

Cesar didn't realize what was wrong until he threw his whole body out, but now he has no way to turn back!

3:0!This is a score that makes Inter Milan almost desperate!
"This is the true level of the king of Europe last year! In the first half, he led the opponent firmly by three goals! Great Barcelona, ​​this will be the beginning of another dynasty!" The commentator at the Camp Nou excitedly Shouting, accompanied by the shouts of [-] Barcelona fans in the audience.

All the fans of Inter Milan turned off their lights, and they couldn't help it. They were beaten like this in the first half of the away game. Could it be that Inter Milan will face a massacre in this game?
"It's so surprising! I'm afraid no one would have thought that Inter Milan would be beaten 3-0 by Barcelona in the first half! Terrible Barcelona, ​​terrible attacking power! And when Barcelona, ​​who is accustomed to attacking with oppressive style, learns I can imagine that all the other Champions League quarter-finalists watching this game are terrified! It will be a terrible Barcelona!" ESPN commentator said.

Rijkaard clenched his fists, waved his hands vigorously, then laughed and gave Ronaldinho and others a high-five to celebrate. His vision for the first half was completely realized, and it was even better than he imagined. Good, it seems that it was the right thing to let many main players rest in the last game!

Mancini hurried past him with a blank face, and the camera captured the performance of both of them well. Rijkaard's stretched face was exactly in proportion to Mancini's frown. .

Mancini walked into the player tunnel alone. Behind him, fireworks, laughter... The team anthem sung by Barcelona fans in unison resounded in the sky of Camp Nou.

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The atmosphere in the locker room was very dignified. The players all lowered their heads and did not speak. Even Ibrahimovic, who usually likes to joke the most, covered his head with a towel and remained silent.

"What's wrong with everyone?" Mancini suddenly laughed: "Why don't you talk?"

Still no one said anything, several players raised their heads to look at Mancini, then quickly lowered their heads, Mancini took out a piece of chewing gum and put it in his mouth: "It's no big deal, we Only three goals behind, you know, we also scored them three goals at home, and now they have just pulled them back!"

He stretched out two fingers: "But this is already my bottom line. In the second half of the game, I can't allow them to score us even one goal! On offense, we must score at least two goals! Don't forget , even Barcelona, ​​we also scored their three goals, I believe in you, just like I believe in myself!"

The players raised their heads one after another.Mancini took a long breath: "Listen up, everyone, I admit that a large part of the responsibility for the result of being behind in the first half of the game lies with me! I didn't guess Rijkaard's arrangement, and I was led by the nose by him! But now, I have seen through all his tricks, and in the second half, the real game begins!"

"Please believe me." Mancini looked at the players sincerely: "In the second half, Barcelona will definitely attack at the beginning! Because Rijkaard also knows that three goals are not stable! Because if we score two If the ball is scored, it will be a tie. He thinks that we will attack like crazy, so we will do the opposite! First solidify the defense. I am sure that Barcelona will attack very hard at the beginning of the second half. At that time, it will be ours. Chance!"

"In addition, in the second half we do not change, but we need to make some small adjustments in tactics, Oliveira, you are responsible for marking Ronaldinho in the midfield! Patrick, you change to marking Deco! It is not that you are in the first half. Not doing well, but in terms of speed, Ronaldinho is more suitable for Oliveira to stare at!"

Dacourt and Vieira nodded at the same time. Mancini continued: "I believe in our offensive strength. Even in the first half, we had two absolute chances to score goals. It was just bad luck! In the second half Continue to do the same, and be firm when fighting back!"

Mancini waved his arms as if to justify his own words: "We have no retreat! If we want to go further in the Champions League, we must counterattack! Jedi counterattack!"

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Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Barcelona still did not give up the attack, but continued to launch a fierce attack!
Deco inserted in the middle and immediately kicked a long shot after receiving Ronaldinho's cross!Cesar flew to throw the ball out, Eto'o was ready to follow up and hit again, Cordoba made a clearance ahead of time!
Zambrotta stepped forward for an assist, made consecutive breakthroughs along the left and then passed back to Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho did not stop the ball, but flicked the ball. The ball flew over the defense of Inter Milan. Eto'o put his foot in the back row Just hit, but was destroyed by Zanetti who returned to defense!

A gust of stormy attack oppressed Inter Milan as if they didn't even have the ability to fight back!

However, despite such a crazy attack, the Inter Milan players were well prepared and defended impeccably!

Mancini's correct prediction of the enemy also filled the players with confidence: follow what the coach said, and we will be able to counterattack successfully!
In the 5th minute of the second half, Barcelona was still attacking.

In the 8th minute of the second half, Barcelona was still attacking.

In the No.13 minute of the second half, Barcelona was still attacking.

"Time passed by minute by minute, but Barcelona kept attacking! They seemed to refuse to give up until they scored the fourth goal! However, Inter Milan seemed to have given up the game, three goals behind, and the total score was 5:3 behind. They don't seem to have any desire to attack, they just defend in their own half! Facing our attack, Inter Milan is trembling!"

Every time the Camp Nou commentator said something, the Barcelona fans gave a deafening cheer. In their opinion, this evening will be another perfect night!

No. 17 minutes in the second half, Barcelona was still attacking, Inter Milan was still defending, and the Camp Nou fans were still cheering one after another...

At this time, Inter Milan's Jedi counterattack officially kicked off!
Messi's cross was pushed out of the penalty area by Samuel. Dacourt seemed to be very panicked and kicked the ball forward. The ball fell near the center circle. Marcos jumped up and prepared to head the ball again. Go back and continue to organize the next attack.

He just pushed the ball back when a black figure rose from the ground and abruptly intercepted the ball from the air.

The ball was pushed towards Ibrahimovic by Vieira, and as soon as Ibrahimovic took the ball, Zambrotta had already forced over from the side, but Ibrahimovic did not take the ball himself, but knocked the ball horizontally and passed it to the Pei Wei in the middle.

"Stop him!" Puyol just yelled, when Pei Wei raised his foot and flicked the ball!
Crespo has been cruising between the two central defenders. After more than half a year, he has long been familiar with Pei Wei's passing method. At the same time, Pei Wei also understands his accustomed running position. When he raised his foot, he suddenly accelerated and rushed out from between the two central defenders!

And at this time, Pei Wei's pass also arrived!

Barcelona's defenders raised their hands to signal Crespo to be offside, but the linesman followed Crespo all the way down, and the anti-offside was successful!

Although Crespo's speed is not very fast, but with his excellent running position, he caught the moment when the opponent's two defenders moved forward. When he received the ball, Puyol, who was closest to him, had already been thrown away by him. Seven or eight meters!
On the football field, this distance is enough!
Crespo, who drove straight in, did not make any mistakes in the first half. He broke through Valdez after he was completely off balance, and then sent the ball into the empty goal!
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