aspirations football

Chapter 48 Battle against Catania
BJ时间2月11日3时30分(意大利当地时间10日20时30分)，意甲第22轮开始最后1场角逐，
Although Inter Milan led the standings with 8 points before this round, it still cannot conceal the reality of the team's decline.

Victory over the relegation teams Parma and Empoli was quite difficult. Vieira was suspended for this game, and Chivu, who played for the 100th time in Serie A, moved forward to the midfield.

Burdisso replaced Maicon, who was absent due to injury, as the right back, and the position of left back was still the Brazilian giant Maxwell.

Chivu, Zanetti and Cambiasso formed a three-back midfielder, and Jingxuan came forward.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Kroos served as the starting center combination.

Catania had a 1-1 draw with Juventus at home last month. This season, they only conceded 5 goals at home, and their defense is very strong.

In the opening stage, it was difficult for the two teams to get a chance to shoot.

In the 4th minute of the game, Jingxuan made a breakthrough from the right and was brought down by Vargas. Chivu took a free kick and Ibrahimovic was sentenced to a foul for pushing.

In the 18th minute of the game, the Catania team played a beautiful attack. Sardo shot from outside the penalty area and missed the opponent's player. Scott misses the ball.

In the 25th minute of the game, Jingxuan was knocked down by the opponent's defender during a breakthrough and sprained his arm. Mancini replaced Jingxuan with Jimenez just to be on the safe side.

After Jingxuan left the field, Inter Milan's midfield became more passive.

In the 35th minute of the game, Isco shot with his right foot from the right rib 32 meters away from the goal. The ball went over Julio Cesar's fingertip and slightly higher than the crossbar!
In the 37th minute of the game, Mascara broke through Cambiasso on the left rib, Cordoba tackled him and received a yellow card, and Colucci took a free kick 27 meters away from the goal on the left.

In the 43rd minute, Vargas brought down Zanetti and was given a yellow card.

Judging from the first half, Inter Milan did not have a threatening shot.

In the 50th minute of the game, Chivu's free kick from the right was hit by goalkeeper Polito, and Maxwell hit Spines with a volley from the left 18 meters away from the goal, but the referee Farina did not interrupt the game .

At this time, Mancini made the second substitution adjustment, Suyaso replaced Chivu, and Inter Milan played the trident instead.

Spinesi was booked for stepping on Materazzi while fighting for the top.

In the 59th minute of the game, Cruz scored the ball from the center, Ibrahimovic broke through the front of the penalty area on the right side, contacted Stovini and fell to the ground, and failed to get a free kick.

Mascara faced Burdisso on the left side of the penalty area with a shovel and fell to the ground, but received a yellow card for diving.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Ibrahimovic headed the ball from the left. Suyazo stopped the ball with his left foot 17 meters in front of the goal and volleyed with his left foot. The goalkeeper Polito still got the ball after holding the ball. This is the first time in the game Shot on target.

Inter Milan finally broke the deadlock in the 64th minute. Maxwell made a cross from the left. Zanetti headed back to the left from the corner of the small penalty area. Ibrahimovic scored from a close angle with a shot from 4 meters in front , 1 to 0!It was his 17th league goal of the season.

However, the slow motion showed that at the moment when Zanetti headed the ball, Ibrahimovic was obviously in an offside position.

Since then, every time Farina blew his whistle, the Catania fans chanted his name in unison.

Inter Milan expanded their advantage in the 67th minute, Julio Cesar kicked in,

Zlatan Ibrahimovic holds the ball in the middle and puts his left foot straight through the gap between the two defenders.
Suyazo broke into the penalty area against offside, dunked Polito with his left foot, and scored an empty goal with his right foot 7 meters away from the goal on the right. The score on the field became 2-0!

Then Ibrahimovic, who played a pass and a shot in this game, was replaced by Marchena, and Inter Milan ran out of substitutions.

In the 74th minute of the game, Maniche scored from the top of the penalty area. Zanetti slid past the defender on the right and cut into the penalty area.

His stab shot went through Vargas' crotch, and Cruise didn't touch it in front of the goal!The ball went straight out of the far post.

In the 84th minute of the game, Inter Milan teenager Pele shot a low free kick at the post from 27 meters in front of the goal, but unfortunately failed to score.

In the 89th minute of the game, Cruise hit the outside of the near post from a small angle 15 meters away from the goal after breaking through his right rib!

Inter Milan hit the post twice in 5 minutes!
In stoppage time, Silvestri kicked Suyazo from behind and was given a yellow card.

国米最终2比0胜出，至去年4月18日以来连续28轮不败。

(End of this chapter)