Chinese champion

Chapter 366 The Rise of the Blue-Black Empire

With the outstanding performance of the substitutes, Pei Wei and the others got valuable rest time, and the schedule is also more favorable to them. They played against Cagliari and the second round against Chelsea at home, so They can wait for work in Milan, waiting for Chelsea to come and challenge.

This game is very different from a week ago, because the venue of the game is the home court of Inter Milan, in Meazza. Endure the endless boos from the stands and now, it's Chelsea's players who are baffled by it.

Meazza's field situation is not very good, because Inter Milan just played a game on this lawn three days ago, but it is still much better than the famous "vegetable field" at Stamford Bridge.

On such a field, the skills of both players can be fully utilized.

Chelsea's lineup remained unchanged from the previous game, but Inter Milan's changes were relatively large. Stankovic replaced the suspended Ronaldinho, Vieira did not play due to injury, and Mascherano started.

Chelsea resolutely implemented Mourinho's defensive and counterattack tactics. Inter Milan did not attack at the beginning of the game, but gradually put pressure on the opponent's hinterland under the premise of a stable midfield. The personal ability of the field trident creates opportunities.

In Mancini's view, Inter Milan's frontcourt trio's offensive ability is undoubtedly one of the best in Europe. Except for Barcelona, ​​​​almost no team's frontcourt combination can match the strength of these three people. Excellent attackers, why should Mancini not use them?
"Forward! Forward! Forward!"

The Inter Milan fans shouted rhythmically. On the field, Mascherano tackled the ball at Lampard's feet with a fierce tackle, and then passed it to Stankovic in front.

Stankovic and Pei Wei made a two-for-one cooperation to pass Essien, and then immediately took a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball was firmly held by Petr Cech.

Two minutes later, Chelsea made a mistake in passing the ball in midfield. Ballack's pass was intercepted by Cambiasso in the middle, and then quickly went straight to the feet of Pei Wei in front.

Pei Wei turned around with the ball and ran into Essien head-on. Essien had suffered enough for Pei Wei in the last game. He was also very responsible for the equalizer that Pei Wei scored, so he has been holding back for the past seven days. Waiting for this day, I want Pei Wei to know how powerful he is.

However, there was a gap between him and Pei Wei seven days ago, and it is still the same after seven days.

Pei Wei stopped suddenly and made a move to shoot from a long distance. Essien immediately fell to the ground and shoveled at the football under Pei Wei's feet. He knew how great the threat of Pei Wei's long-range shot was, so he didn't dare to let Pei Wei just like this Shoot the ball out.

He didn't know that Pei Wei's long-range shot was just a fake move. He watched Essien shovel towards him, pulled the football behind him very quickly, and then flicked the ball to the outside, speeding up and breaking through Essien.

Pei Wei, who broke through Essien, swung his left foot again. This time he was not a fake move. Before Cech could react, he suddenly shot a long shot!
This shot was beyond the expectations of the Chelsea players. Cech's save action seemed very hasty. Fortunately, he has a height of 1.9 meters [-], and he barely pushed Pei Wei's tricky shot off the crossbar.

"Wow! It's a sudden shot! Just 5 minutes into the game, Inter Milan had two shots! It seems that they are really different when they are back at home. The offense is much more threatening than seven days ago! And defensively They also did a good job and kept at least four defensive players in the backcourt! Chelsea should be careful, their state seems to be a bit slow today!"

Seeing Inter Milan relying on a few people in the frontcourt to create several shooting opportunities one after another, Mourinho couldn't sit still, he rushed to the sidelines and yelled at the players: "What are you doing! Cheer me up! Control the midfield and don't shoot casually! Give me less of those fucking stupid mistakes!"

This time Mourinho was really angry. Before the game, he told them to reduce mistakes, and it was best not to make mistakes-although he also knew that this was impossible, but as a result, there were two almost It was a fatal mistake, how could he not be angry?

If the mistake just now really caused the goal to be conceded, then the tactics he formulated will have to start all over again.

Mourinho jumped and shouted on the sidelines for 1 minute, until the fourth official came to stop him before returning to the coaching bench, but his shouting still worked. After Inter Milan's attack, Chelsea's players were obviously more serious, which made Mourinho, who was sitting on the bench, heaved a sigh of relief.

Inter Milan lacked Ronaldinho's side attack in this game, but because Mascherano seldom stepped forward to attack and always helped defend from behind, the assists of Inter Milan's two full-backs began to increase, especially the one on the left. Wang Xiaomin, his quick breakthroughs and crosses from the wing caused a lot of trouble for Chelsea's defense. If it weren't for the excellent performance of the two central defenders Terry and Carvalho, Chelsea's door would have been opened under the impact.

but……

No.206 minutes, Chelsea launched a quick counterattack. Ruben quickly went to the bottom after receiving a long pass from Lampard in the backcourt, but Mascherano returned to the defense quickly, and a side tackle scooped the ball out. Bottom line, corner.

Lampard's corner kick sparked a scuffle in front of Inter's goal, the ball rolled around in the dense crowd, Cesar was dazzled, but he didn't dare to attack, he could only concentrate Mentally guard against cold arrows that may come at any time.

Ballack squeezed Mascherano away and then volleyed towards the ball. Cesar made a wonderful save and fisted the close-range shot!
The ball flew halfway and was stopped by Didier Drogba. The Ivorian kicked the ball again in an awkward situation. This slow shot was blocked by Wang Xiaomin who was guarding in front of the goal again!
"Get out!" Cesar yelled as he got up from the ground, but a figure in a white jersey quickly appeared in front of the ball, and he fell down and shot the ball!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Shevchenko! The nuclear warhead exploded again at Meazza! This is the first time the Ukrainian has come to this stadium two years after leaving Milan. Although he is no longer wearing the AC Milan jersey, he is still Inter Milan. nightmare!"

"Damn it!" Mancini threw a mineral water bottle to the ground in a rage, splashing the juice all over the place: "It's the first goal again! Where is our steel defense line!"

0:1, the total score is 2:4, Inter Milan has reached a very dangerous situation. In the next game, they must score at least two goals, and they cannot concede even one goal. The key is that in this After conceding the goal, Inter Milan's morale and confidence, which had already recovered, suffered a severe blow again, and the feeling of unconfidence began to spread in the hearts of the players again.

"Could it be that we just can't pass the hurdle of the quarterfinals?"

Mancini lying on the coach's bench, murmured.

This season is the fourth season since he took charge of Inter Milan. In the first three seasons, Inter Milan reached the quarter-finals in the Champions League, but they all stopped in the quarter-finals without exception. In the 04-05 season Eliminated by AC Milan, eliminated by Villarreal in the 05-06 season, and lost to Barcelona last season, is it going to fall at the feet of Chelsea again this season?

Mancini suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness against fate, and he even forgot to motivate the players psychologically.

The head coach's mentality easily affected the players on the field. In the next few minutes, the momentum that Inter Milan showed at the beginning of the game disappeared, and they could only struggle to support under the oppression of Chelsea.

"Fuck! What are you doing!"

Chelsea attacked from the wing, Ruben took the ball and faced Zanetti, who was nearly ten years older than himself, he wanted to use his speed to force a breakthrough.

But the "old guy" in front of him used a flying shovel that was not old at all to cleanly shovel the ball under his feet out of the sideline. Just when Ruben was dawdling about to get up from the sidelines, he heard There was such a roar.

Zanetti blushed, and his face, which was always smiling, was more serious than ever: "What's wrong with all of you! Are you confused? Like a group of stupid birds! Isn't it just a ball lost? Isn't it the general manager? Are you two behind? Are you still playing like a pro?"

The entire Meazza stadium was silent, only the roar of the 33-year-old veteran could be heard: "The game has just begun! We still have enough time! Don't forget, this is in Meazza! It is our sacred home stadium , you," he pointed to the north stands: "you are playing in front of more than 8 most loyal fans! Don't make them sad, don't make them angry!"

"Don't talk to me about fate! I never believe in fate! Someone once told me that I would never win the league championship in my life, but I never gave up! So, I got it! Champions Cup champion, I I will never give up!"

"What about you? Are you going to give up?" He looked around at the other players and roared louder: "Answer me!"

(End of this chapter)