aspirations football

Chapter 145
With a draw with AC Milan, Inter Milan finally held the top position in the standings. Next, against the "underdog" Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the entire Inter Milan team has a sense of superiority from the bottom of their hearts.

At this stage of this season's battle, it is the final sprint stage. With Jingxuan in peak form and the terrifying financial resources that top Europa, Inter Milan should successfully defend their title.There are already six championships, but the team that has won six consecutive championships does not yet exist.

Now the three strongest teams in the Champions League, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Inter Milan, will fight desperately for the final champion.

BJ时间4月6日凌晨2时45分，也就是意大利当地时间4月5日晚20时45分，国米与沙尔克04的欧冠1/4决赛首回合在梅阿查球场打响。

This season, Inter Milan beat Bremen in the Champions League group stage to advance, and eliminated Bayern Munich in the 1/8 finals. If Schalke 04 is eliminated, Inter Milan will eliminate all three teams in the Bundesliga.

历史上国际米兰和沙尔克有过3次交锋，1996-97赛季的欧洲联盟杯决赛，国际米兰点球1比4负于对手痛失冠军。

A season later, the two teams met in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, and Inter Milan eliminated Schalke to advance.

Inter Milan has a 4-3-1-2 formation in this field, and the goalkeeper position is the Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

On the defense line, due to the suspension of Lucio's yellow card, Chivu replaced him as the starting left center back, while David Luiz still started at the right center back.

In the position of the two full-backs, Maicon, who has been in poor form recently, is still starting the game, and the old captain Zanetti has a cameo at the left-back today.

In midfield, Benitez has a combination of Stankovic + Cambiasso + Thiago Motta.Jingxuan replaced Sneijder, who was in poor form, as the attacking midfielder.

On Inter Milan's striker, Diego Milito, who had been out of battle for a long time, returned from injury and formed an attacking group with Eto'o.

沙尔克04队本场排出的是4-4-2阵型，1号门将诺伊尔首发出场。

On the back line, Japanese international Atsuto Uchida is on the right, Sarpe is on the left, and the two starting central defenders are Matip and Howides.

In midfield, Farfan and Papadopoulos lag behind, while Baumjohn and Jurado lead.

On the front line Schalke 04 discharged the combination of Raul and Edu.

The Schalke 04 team, who played away in this game, took the lead. In less than 30 seconds, Inter Milan scored. Before the Argentine striker touched the ball, he headed the ball near the middle circle. Stankovic volleyed with his right foot from the midfield line, and the ball went into the dead corner of the gate!The score on the field became 1-0, and Inter Milan made a fantastic start!

All Inter Milan players came to the sidelines to embrace and celebrate. It seemed that this game would be another big victory, but after only 2 minutes, Inter Milan's bad luck came.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Jingxuan's foot slipped while the midfielder was holding the ball, and when he fell to the ground, he accidentally tripped with Matip, who stretched his legs to intercept him, and sprained his knee.

Jingxuan then called the team doctor to enter the arena. After Jing passed the team doctor's diagnosis, Jingxuan could not continue to compete in this field. He lowered his head, depressed, and limped off the field under the support of the team doctor.Cambiasso and Stankovic touched Jingxuan's head to express comfort and encouragement when he was off the field, but only Jingxuan knew best that he would not be injured under normal circumstances now. Once injured, the situation is not optimistic.

Jingxuan's accidental injury and leaving the field was a big blow to Inter Milan, but fortunately there was Sneijder on the bench, so Benitez had to send the Dutchman on the field early, although the Inter Milan coach did not think that the Dutchman played the entire game The fitness of the game.

After Sneijder came on the field, he still played the attacking avant-garde position. The referee whistled and the game continued.

And Jingxuan sat quietly on the bench, with a serious expression, as if worried about something.

In the 5th minute of the game, the Schalke 04 team missed a good opportunity. The Japanese international Atsuto Uchida made a cross from the right. The former Real Madrid player Raul's header from the small penalty area line slightly missed the left post. Inter Milan Escaped.

In the 7th minute of the game, Schalke 04 midfielder Farfan made a long pass from the left to the penalty area. Raul's header 11 meters away from the goal was thrown into the arms of Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar.

Inter Milan got a good chance in the 9th minute. Diego Milito dribbled the ball from the right to break through Sarpe and Hovides into the Schalke 04 penalty area.

He then faked Atsuto Uchida and passed the ball to the middle. Sneijder's header from the small restricted area line, which had just debuted, was helplessly high.

Schalke 04 also got a good chance in the 12th minute of the game. Sarpe made a cross from the left side near the bottom line. Edu's high jumping header in the penalty area was shot out of the penalty area by Inter goalkeeper Cesar.

Then Stankovic and Papadopoulos were injured and left the field when they grabbed the ball. Interestingly, only 3 minutes later, Stankovic, who had just returned to the field, violated Baumjohn and received a yellow card.

In the 17th minute of the game, Schalke 04 got a good chance to score. Papadopoulos used his footsteps to get rid of David Luiz's follow-up defense, and then took a left corner kick from Farfan and headed the goal 7 meters away. , Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar dropped the ball, Baumjohn shot from 9 meters away from the goal in the melee in the penalty area!Schalke 04 scored and tied the score at 1-1.

After that, Inter Milan was unfairly punished in the penalty area. In the 20th minute of the game, Stankovic made a long pass from the midfielder. Milito broke into the penalty area and made contact with Atsuto Uchida and fell to the ground. However, the referee refused to call a penalty kick. Slow motion showed this Obvious foul by a Schalke 04 player.

In the 22nd minute of the game, the captain of Schalke 04 launched a counterattack. After receiving the ball in the frontcourt, Jurado volleyed with his left foot and was saved by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar!

After that, Eto'o almost finished the goal. In the 24th minute of the game, Maicon made a pass from the right. Eto'o scored with acrobatics in the middle, but because he was slightly offside when receiving the ball, the goal was ruled invalid.

In the 26th minute of the game, Inter Milan suffered another unfair penalty in a short period of time. Sneijder made a pass from the frontcourt to the penalty area. Milito stopped the ball with his chest and made a single goal, but was called offside first. From the slow motion display, this was an obvious mistake. sentenced.

After that, Inter Milan was forced to adjust personnel again. In the 28th minute of the game, Stankovic, who scored the goal, was replaced by Shaheen due to injury.In the 30th minute of the game, Cambiasso dribbled the ball into the Schalke 04 team's penalty area and took a shot. Unfortunately, his long-range shot hit the left side of the post and popped out of the bottom line.

Then Edu fought back. In the 32nd minute of the game, his left-footed shot from outside the penalty area also hit the left post.

In the 34th minute of the game, Inter Milan took the lead again. Sneijder made a pass from the front of the penalty area to the right. Thiago Motta beat Matip from the left to ferry the header. Milito volleyed with his left foot and scored 8 meters away from the goal!

This is the first time Diego Milito scored against Cesena on January 1 after a lapse of two and a half months.

But the good times didn't last long. In the 38th minute of the game, Sneijder's right-footed shot from outside the penalty area was blocked by goalkeeper Neuer.Baumjohn got the ball and hit a through pass. Edu single-handedly broke into the small penalty area on the left and shot with his right foot. Cesar held the ball out with a single palm. Raul made a supplementary shot with his left foot 5 meters away from the goal!The score on the field became 2-2, and the Schalke 04 team tenaciously tied the score again in the away game.

In the 45th minute of the game, Farfan violated Zanetti and received a yellow card. The two almost broke out in conflict, which also means that Farfan

Due to the accumulative yellow card suspension, the two sides will miss the second leg of the game.

During the intermission, Jingxuan left the field early. His ligaments and knees were probably torn out of the line, but the specific diagnosis results will not be available until the next day.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. In the 47th minute of the game, Sneijder made a wonderful pass from the middle. Diego Milito broke through Matip's defense and shot from a small angle from the left. Unfortunately, the ball stuck to the left post and missed the goal. Inter Milan missed A very good chance to score.

Since then, Sneijder almost assisted Eto'o to break.In the 49th minute of the game, Sneijder made a pass from the midfielder. Eto'o got rid of the interference from Howards in the middle of the penalty area and then attacked with his left foot. Out of the crossbar!

In the 53rd minute of the game, Chivu fouled Farfan when he defended the breakthrough. The referee showed the Romanian defender a yellow card. He will also miss the second round of the game due to the cumulative yellow card suspension.

Not long after, Inter Milan’s bad luck really came. In the 55th minute of the game, Farfan made a through ball in front of the penalty area. , David Luiz stretched his legs to block at the same time, but unfortunately they failed to prevent the former Real Madrid prince from shooting.In the end, Raul's right-footed low shot from 8 meters away from the goal hit the lower left corner of the goal, and the score became 2-3. Schalke 04 counterattacked Inter Milan away.

It is worth mentioning that this goal is Raul's 70th Champions League goal, and he temporarily leads the famous players behind him in the Champions League scoring list.

After conceding the goal, Inter Milan woke up like a dream, and began to put down their body and press the audience.You must know that in the first 60 minutes of the game, Inter Milan's defense against Schalke 04 was too loose, and it seemed that they didn't pay attention to the opponent at all, but what they got back was three bombs.

However, there are some things that cannot be easily stopped once they start. Although Inter Milan has strengthened the frontcourt press, they are helpless.

In the 61st minute of the game, Raul leaned on Chivu on the right side and gave the ball to Jurado, who broke into the penalty area and made a low pass to the middle. David Luiz fell to the ground 9 meters away from the goal and shoveled it The ball hit his own gate, and the score on the field became 2-4!

Defending champions Inter Milan are shockingly two goals down at home after a fantastic start in the opening 30 seconds!

After that, Inter Milan went on a crazy offensive. In the 62nd minute of the game, Eto'o broke into the penalty area and shot from a small angle with his left foot and missed the right post.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Chivu took down Edu calmly in a hurry and got the second yellow card of the game!This made the already extremely difficult game situation even worse.

Benitez laughed angrily on the sidelines, so he had to use veteran Cordoba to play left back and replace Thiago Motta.

In the 67th minute of the game, Jurado broke into the Inter Milan penalty area on the left and shot with his right foot. The ball hit the left post and popped out!The Inter Milan generals broke out in a cold sweat.

In the 68th minute of the game, Inter Milan attacked in the front court, Eto'o passed the ball from the side, Sneijder's long shot after receiving the ball in the middle was blocked by Matip, and Shaheen's supplementary shot from 30 meters away was higher than the crossbar !

In the 75th minute of the game, an embarrassing scene appeared.

Farfan received Jurado's oblique plug, the ball in the penalty area broke through David Luiz and then made a one-handed push, which was blocked by Inter goalkeeper Cesar with his legs, Farfan made another shot and was blocked by Lucio Hit the post to pop up.Edu's third shot was miraculously blocked by Cesar with his crotch!Lucio made a clearance error, Baumjohn at the top of the penalty area got the ball and passed it obliquely, Edu shot with his left foot 10 meters away from the goal and broke through Cesar's ten fingers, the score became 2-5 !

The Schalke 04 team bloodbathed Inter Milan in the away game, and one foot has stepped into the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Before the game, no one would have thought that the mighty Inter Milan would concede five goals at home at San Siro, even against Ibrahimovic, Pato, Kaka, Ronaldinho and Ronaldinho. For an AC Milan team with a top attack group like Binho, Inter Milan's defense has never been so embarrassed.

Benitez has become very indifferent standing on the sidelines. If Inter Milan, which is two goals behind, can still fight away, then swallowing five bullets at home is tantamount to surrendering.

In the following game, Inter Milan replaced Cambiasso with Sanchez. Benitez was obviously betting, hoping to add a striker to reduce the score gap between the two sides.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Sneijder passed the ball from the right of the midfielder. After Eto'o got the ball from outside the penalty area, he did not choose to give it to Sanchez who was in a better position. Instead, he shot with his right foot. Unfortunately, the ball was missed by Schalke 04 The team defender blocked it out.

In the 86th minute of the game, Sneijder took a free kick from the wing, and Cordoba's header in the restricted area was easily obtained by Neuer.

Then Schalke 04 replaced Jurado with Drexler.In the 89th minute of the game, Sneijder's long-range shot from 30 meters away was saved by Neuer again.

At the last moment of the game, the Schalke 04 team made a tactical substitution, replacing Raul with Karimi.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Sanchez received a pass from Sneijder from the left and stopped the ball, past the Schalke 1 defender and entered the penalty area.He could choose to hit the goal with his kick, but the Chilean international passed it unselfishly to Eto'o in the middle of the penalty area.

It's a pity that the passing line was not good and was destroyed by the Schalke 04 defender stretching his foot.

After that, the Schalke 04 team began to waste time in the backcourt. Inter Milan had no intention of fighting again. The score of 2-5 was fixed at the end. Inter Milan lost Jingxuan and Stankovic at home, but in exchange for a shame fiasco.

Maybe Inter Milan can comeback in the away game, but that needs to win the opponent at least 4:0, which can be said to be an impossible task for Inter Milan, which is full of injuries.

After the game, Benitez rarely criticized David Luiz, whose performance in this game was a nightmare, at the press conference. The "shaggy head" made two man-marking errors today, which led to Schalke 04's direct goal.And he is currently the most expensive defender in the Inter Milan team, but this battle has caused his status in the eyes of the fans to fall from the cloud to the deep valley.

(End of this chapter)