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Chapter 198 Fierce battle against Rome

In the early morning of October 10th, BJ time, the seventh round of Serie A, Inter Milan ushered in the challenge of Roma at home.

Before this game, the Roma team was 2 points behind Inter Milan in the standings. If they can beat Inter Milan in this round, they will be at the top of the standings.

Inter Milan beat Olympiacos at home three days ago, and their physical fitness will definitely be affected in this battle. This is also the reason why the outside world is generally optimistic about Roma's undefeated team.

In this game, Inter Milan basically continued the lineup and style of play against Olympiacos, except that Jingxuan replaced Icardi, and Nzonzi came back after lifting the ban, replacing Argentine midfielder Cambiasso.

For the Roma team, a 4-3-3 offensive formation was deployed in this field, and No. 26 De Sanctis served as the starting goalkeeper in this field.

On the defensive line, Benatia and Kastan partnered with double central defenders, and Torossidis and Balzaretti divided the two wings.

In midfield, De Rossi, Strowman and Pjanic started together.

On the front line, Totti, Gervinho and Florenzi started the game.

In the first minute of the opening, Roma's left pass from the backcourt was intercepted by Nzonzi. He distributed the ball to Sanchez on the right. The latter's 1-degree diagonal pass was pushed out by Roma defender Benatia. Vacic followed up with a volley shot from the outside and hit the ball high.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Strowman fouled when fighting with Guarin in the midfield, and Inter Milan got a free kick.

Nzongzi dropped the ball into the penalty area, Jingxuan headed back to the left, Luliqi stopped the ball a bit too much, but he quickly caught up with the ball and made a pass from the bottom, but Jingxuan struggled to top the ball and missed it .

In the 5th minute of the game, Sanchez made a breakthrough from the right to create a corner kick. Kovacic drove the corner kick to the front point. Benatia pushed the ball out. Roma launched a counterattack. De Rossi moved to the right. At the feet of Vigno, the latter took the ball to the edge of the penalty area and made a cross, but Totti's shot was destroyed and went out of the touchline.

In the 8th minute of the game, Guarin made a mistake with the ball in midfield and was intercepted by De Rossi. The latter made a through pass. Gervinho dribbled the ball from the right to the penalty area!Fortunately, Oblak performed bravely, and Gervinho's shot was blocked by him from the bottom line!
Roma took a corner kick from the right, Hummels headed the ball out, Inter Milan launched a counterattack, Jingxuan received the ball from the frontcourt and hit his heel, Kovacic took it to break into the penalty area, shook Benatia, rubbed Shot top right corner.

De Sanctis reacted quickly and jumped up in time to drag the ball out of the goal range.

In the 15th minute of the game, Inter Milan got a good chance. Sanchez dribbled the ball from the right and knocked the ball down to Zanetti. The captain of Inter Milan broke through Balzaretti and then dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Step behind you and juggle the ball with your heels.

The score on the field became 1:0, Inter Milan took the lead at home.

After losing the ball, the Roma team became more and more anxious. In the 21st minute of the game, Totti received a pass from Gervinho in the frontcourt and was fouled by the latter when he dunked Sahin. The referee awarded the Roma team a frontcourt center Free kick 25 meters from the goal.

Roma captain Totti stood in front of the free-throw line, and then shot a scimitar, the ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

The score on the field was rewritten to 1:1, and the Roma team successfully equalized the score.

Since then, the two sides have entered a stalemate stage, with each other attacking and defending, but failed to form a goal.

After the start of the second half, Inter Milan replaced Lulic with Lavezzi who had returned from injury, while Roma replaced Florenzi with Bojan.

In the 54th minute of the game, the Roma team launched an attack. De Rossi and Pjanic repeatedly passed the ball in the frontcourt. Totti picked the ball into the Inter Milan penalty area with his instep. With no defense at the back point, Vigno shot the ball into the lower right corner of the goal. The score on the field was rewritten to 1:2, and the Roma team overtook the score in the away game.

After losing the ball, Inter Milan immediately pressed the front line, trying to quickly equalize the score.

In the 61st minute of the game, the Roma team used a corner kick to make another victory. Gervinho scrambled for a header and then rubbed. Godin was not tight on Bojan. Oblak pushed the ball into the empty goal, and the score on the field became 1:3. Inter Milan fell behind in two areas at home.

In the 72nd minute of the game, the physical disadvantage of the Inter Milan team began to appear, and it was no longer possible to oppress the Roma team.

Gervinho turned Inter Milan's defense upside down on the right. He made a 45° diagonal pass from the right and almost assisted Pjanic to score. Fortunately, Oblak attacked in time and fell to the ground to grab Pjanic. The ball was kicked out of the penalty area before the shot, and Inter Milan escaped unharmed.

In the 81st minute of the game, Hummels blocked Totti's shot with a handball in the penalty area. The referee awarded the Roma team a penalty kick. Unfortunately, Totti's scoop penalty kick to the center was blocked by Oblak. Out, Inter Milan escaped, while Roma missed the opportunity to completely kill the game.

In the 85th minute of the game, Lavezzi and Jingxuan played two-for-one to enter the penalty area and swept the middle with a very small angle. Benatia couldn't react in time and hit the ball into his own goal. The score on the field became At 2:3, Inter Milan finally pulled back a goal in front of the home fans.

In the 89th minute of the game, Jingxuan took the ball in the front court and was surrounded by three defenders of the Roma team. Jingxuan caught the ball with both feet. De Rossi kicked Jingxuan down immediately like a frightened bird, and was warned by the referee with a yellow card , Inter Milan won a free kick outside the penalty area to the left, 27 meters away from the goal.

I saw Kovacic driving the ball to the middle of the penalty area, Jingxuan jumped high, and using his strong ability to stay in the air, he pushed the ball diagonally backward. The ball drew a parabola, hit the lintel and bounced out.

The goalkeeper of the Roma team flew to save the ball just now. At this moment, he fell to the ground and did not get up. Lavezzi stepped forward and shot. The ball bounced off Benatia's hip key and went into the net. The score became 3:3. Inter Milan equalized at the last minute of regulation.

After the goal, the Inter Milan players came to the sidelines to celebrate passionately, and the host joked:

"Congratulations to Benatia for scoring two goals in a row today!"

With 3 minutes of stoppage time in the second half, both sides still had a chance to kill their opponents.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Jingxuan stopped the ball in the chest 1 meters away from the goal and then lobbed a shot. The Roma goalkeeper De Sanctis, who was standing in front, was frightened and ran into the goal desperately.

Fortunately, Jingxuan's ball was a little stronger, and the ball flew over the crossbar and out of the baseline, missing the chance to kill the Roma team.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Gervinho broke through Felipe from the side and entered the Inter Milan penalty area. He stopped and dunked, swayed to the half of Inter Milan's defense line, and then crossed the middle. Unfortunately, he was outflanked later. Bo Yang didn't hit the ball against most of the empty goal!
In this way, the Roma team missed the chance to kill the defending champion in the away game. Finally, with the referee's whistle, the game ended. The two sides drew 3:3 in this twists and turns.

(End of this chapter)