Football irons are burning

Chapter 227

In the first round of the Coppa Italia quarter-finals in the middle of the week, Inter Milan beat Lecce with 4 goals in an away game.

Li Tie continued to start, played the whole game and scored a hat-trick.

This year, his battlefields are everywhere.

Li Tie doesn't care if people say that he abuses food, anyway, it is the right way to get back to his best state as soon as possible.

In this game, under the command of Li Tie, the substitute players still played very well. The twin tower combination of Iaquinta and Pauletta in front constantly attracted the opponent's attention and created many good shooting opportunities for Li Tie.

The entire midfield has also been mobilized by Li Tie. Although he is a substitute player, the overall combat effectiveness is still very strong.

This phenomenon also made Lippi very happy. If a team has such a strong substitute, what kind of multi-line battle does such a team have to worry about?
This score also basically determined that the team advanced to the semi-finals, and the second round was basically a formality.

After reaching the top 4 of the Coppa Italia, Inter Milan's opponent will be Juventus. Juventus has also started the third-line battle this season and has achieved good results.

It is estimated that this duel will definitely become a peak duel by then.

But at this time, a bad news came.

On Friday, Inter Milan's midfielder Pirlo suffered an injury. The team doctor's test report showed that Pirlo had a thigh and groin strain and needed to rest for at least a month.

Pirlo's body is indeed relatively tired. This season, he has participated in many games.

In the summer, he also participated in the Sydney Olympic Games. Such frequent competitions caused him to be suddenly injured and leave the field during Friday's training.

Originally, Pirlo's physical fitness was not very good, and he was not a player like Li Tie.

Moreover, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of interception work to be done when playing a defensive midfielder. In addition, technical players are always the target of injury.

Therefore, Pirlo's injury came like this.

If Li Tie can stay with the team all the time, it is estimated that Pirlo can get more rest time, so that he will not be injured suddenly at this time.

This made Lippi very dissatisfied and shifted the responsibility to the Italian Football Association.

"This is a terrible thing. The Italian Football Association is really a bunch of shit. For the so-called Olympics, they overdrafted my players! And then they got nothing. This is really a bunch of pigs. There is no doubt that Andrea is an important member of us. He cannot play. The damage to the team is obvious. Now we can only hope that Li Tie's all-roundness will bring good compensation to the team."

At the press conference before the 14th round of the league, Lippi said so.

In this round of competition, Inter Milan will face Parma at home, which is a tough one.

Parma is different from Lazio. Although they lost Crespo and Cannavaro, the team's performance is better than last year.

Malesani's offensive football is a rare highlight in Serie A.

And Inter Milan lacks Pirlo, which means that the team's formation needs to be adjusted again.

And Li Tie is used to kicking the midfielder, and letting him return to the position of the midfielder may also have an impact on the offense.

After some thinking, Lippi still decided not to change Li Tie's position on the field and let him be closer to the opponent's goal.

Therefore, in the league in the middle of the week, Lippi formed a 4-4-2 formation. The teenager Chiellini played for the first time this season, partnered with Materazzi as a central defender, and Di Biagio served as a single midfielder.

Although the Parma team lost Crespo and Cannavaro, their goalkeeper Buffon has played better and better. He has conceded 13 goals in 6 rounds this season, becoming the team with the least conceded goals so far.

On the forward line, Chiesa is in a hot state, scoring 13 goals in 9 rounds, and the older he is, the more popular he is.

The little donkey Ortega also successfully integrated into the team because of Veron's transfer. His breakthrough and dribbling are still so powerful. Many teams have suffered from Ortega.

After the game time is up, players from both sides walk out of the player channel.

After a simple ceremony, the game begins.

After the game started, the Parma team that kicked off first quickly caused a storm in the frontcourt.

Ortega faced Di Biagio with the ball. Both of them were relatively short and had a low center of gravity. Therefore, Ortega struggled to break through, and it was still difficult to get rid of Di Biagio.

However, Ortega was indeed very delicate with his feet. He suddenly made a clever pass through the crotch, and the ball slipped between Di Biagio's legs.

Di Biagio saw that it was not good, and immediately kicked off. Unfortunately, he was still half a beat too late. He kicked Ortega's heel, and the latter screamed and fell down immediately!
Almeida, who was relatively close, rushed over immediately, and Di Biagio, who got up, was pushed by him immediately.

Di Biagio is also a ruthless person. After he stood still, he entered immediately and rushed back, pinching Almeida's neck.

Players from both sides rushed over immediately, and the conflict was on the verge of breaking out.

At this moment, Li Tie rushed over suddenly, pushed the Inter player back, then pulled Di Biagio's hand away, and shouted at him: "Calm down, back off!"

After hearing this, Di Biagio calmed down immediately. The role of Li Tie was very obvious.

He quickly retreated, and a conflict was stopped by Li Tie just like that.

However, when the referee came over, he still gave Di Biagio a red card. This foul was indeed very serious. Ortega was still rolling on the ground at this moment. He was not pretending.

Li Tie signaled Di Biagio to go down, and he walked over to see Ortega's injury, good guy, the socks are covered in blood.

And Di Biagio also saw Ortega's situation, he didn't argue, and went straight down.

In just 1 minute of the opening, Inter Milan's main midfielder was sent off, only 10 against 11!

Inter Milan has never encountered such a situation.

While Ortega was recovering from his injury, Li Tie also called his teammates over. In this situation, he had to retreat, and the position of the front midfielder could only be used, or let Drogba retreat to make a transition.

After thinking about it, Li Tie decided to maintain the suppression of the two forwards.

"You two continue to be in front, African Andy Lau, you have to pay attention to my long ball, Eto'o, you pay attention to my through ball. Both sides, Sebastian, Frank, you don't have to be restrained, you can attack as you want, and let me defend!"

Li Tie said while his teammates nodded.

Lippi saw it from the sidelines, so he didn't say much. He knew very well that a golfer like Li Tie would definitely adjust his position on the court quickly.

Ortega's injury was serious and he couldn't continue, so he was also replaced.

Bergsion came up and took Ortega's place.

In fact, Ortega suffered the most from this matter. Although he let the team play one more player, he himself is likely to be injured for many games because of this, and even shorten his career in the future, which is not worth the loss.

If it was Li Tie, he would definitely be willing to pass the ball instead of recklessly. How meaningful is it like Ortega?

Thinking about the scene where he was repeatedly kicked over in the 98 World Cup, it seems that this little donkey still hasn't improved.

But it's also strange, most South American players are like this, they like to show themselves.

The game continues.

Parma's free kick, Bergsian kicked into the penalty area, and Materazzi destroyed the ball out of the bottom line.

The corner kick was taken, and it was still Materazzi who headed out. Almeida was about to take a long shot, but Li Tie came up to block it, so he had to pass directly to Chiesa.

Chiellini gave him a push, and the ball fell. Panucci poked it, and the ball landed at Li Tie's feet.

Li Tie pulled his feet, swaying Bergsian's attack, and then rushed forward with a stab.

Three times, five times and two times, he rushed through the middle circle, and his current offensive line is also very clear.

Parma has four people in the backcourt, but on Inter Milan's side, Deisler and Ribery have already rushed over, forming a five-on-four situation.

Great opportunity!

Li Tie continued to move forward, and now the opponent had to choose. As long as they defended the middle, Li Tie would hit the side. Once they did not defend, Li Tie would definitely go in and shoot.

Sure enough, the Parma players decisively chose the defensive center.

Facing Thuram who was defending, Li Tie slammed it in. Deisler caught the ball and wiped it in. With a dunk and poke, he passed Sensini, and then he scored with a curve ball!

Inter fans, stand up, this is Deisler's signature move!
But Buffon jumped up, waved his fists, and he hit the ball out of the bottom line!

"Hey!"

There was almost a uniform sigh in the audience, and the ball was saved by Buffon.

This guy, the state is really good, and he has entered the state so early, which is not a good thing for Inter Milan.

The corner kick was taken by Li Tie.

At this time, Li Tie thought to himself: "Buffon is in such a good state, I can't wait for it."

After the whistle sounded, Li Tie suddenly kicked the ball directly to the near corner of the goal.

In the penalty area, everyone didn't jump, and no one could win the ball.

Buffon was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly took off, but it was still a little bit short.

The ball headed into the goal, 1:0!

Li Tie raised his hands high, then pointed his thumbs down, pointing to his back.

The Inter Milan fans cheered unceasingly. Li Tie can always bring them surprises. In this game, under the circumstances of such an unfavorable start, Li Tie scored directly from a corner kick. Who would not love such a captain?
This is definitely a surprise. Although there are many similar goals in history, Li Tie is still very excited.

The team is one man behind and the lead is very important.

Later, Inter Milan was able to relax and launch a full-scale defensive counterattack.

On the sidelines, Lippi sat back satisfied, and his previous worries disappeared.

The game is like this, although Inter Milan has one less player, but the score is ahead, this is the charm of football, Li Tie's role, once again fully reflected, he can always bring key help to the team.

(End of this chapter)