number one striker

Chapter 147 Snow Battle
After the game, Inter Milan immediately raised the above-mentioned treatment of Balotelli at home in Sampdoria.They believe that if the fans of the home team have not insulted Balotelli with "full of racially discriminatory words", he will not make the next uncool moves.

Similarly, Mourinho's inexplicable red card was also mentioned incidentally, hoping to cancel his next round of suspension.But even Mourinho himself does not believe that he can be exempted from the suspension. He is ready to let Faria replace his on-site command.

In this round of the Champions League, Inter Milan is a guest in Kazan and will play against Russian powerhouse Rubin Kazan.In the previous 6 visits to Russia, Inter Milan had 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. They defeated CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow nearly 2 times.

The core of the team, Sneijder, did not go with the team due to injury. Compared with last weekend's league, Mourinho replaced three starters.

Stankovic and Chivu replaced Vieira and Santon respectively, Milito and Muntari were absent from the squad due to muscle injuries, and Balotelli, who received a red card in the last round, thought he would be suspended by Mourinho, but he came to distant Russia with the team.

Caesar replaced Milito as a striker, he and Eto'o, Quaresma formed a quick counterattack formation.

Facts have proved that without Milito, it is difficult for these three people to break through Rubin Kazan's iron barrel defense.Not to mention Caesar and Quaresma, these two are not so much forwards, they are more often on the wing.

Eto'o is at the top of the center position, but he is not a traditional center who likes to get the ball with his back.Caesar and Quaresma often broke through and found that Eto'o was not in the position to grab points, and he preferred to face the goal.

Mourinho was standing on the sidelines wearing a thick down jacket. Although the official report that the local temperature was 15 degrees Celsius, probably due to psychological reasons, Mourinho still felt the biting cold wind.

Soon, the cold caused by losing the ball made him tremble slightly, and Rubin Kazan took the lead in the 11th minute.

Bukharov responded with a back pass from the middle and knocked back, and Samuel knocked him down behind his back.Just when the Inter Milan players thought that the referee would blow the whistle and slowed down their defense, Dominguez, No. 10 of the home team, received the ball and rushed directly into the middle.

The Inter Milan players just woke up like a dream, but it was too late.

Lucio came over to make up for it, and he immediately shoveled anxiously.However, Dominguez wisely waited for Lucio to make a move first, just shaking the Brazilian central defender.

Samuel's supplementary defense did not play much of a disturbing role, and Dominguez volleyed with his left foot from a close corner.

Cesar who lost the ball was very angry. He immediately got up from the ground, pointed to his eyes and shouted: "What are you doing?! The referee didn't blow the whistle, why did he stop!!"

Lucio also looked frustrated, which was a very low-level mistake.

Mourinho sat back on the bench with a cold face, and Faria gasped on his hands and said, "I don't want to come to this place again."

Balotelli sat far away from Mourinho, who was wrapping his head in a towel and then putting on a cotton cap.

Thornton pulled him down: "We just lost the ball! It's funny that you are still here!"

Balotelli snorted: "Well, it's just a Russian team, and it will be equalized soon."

Inter Milan immediately launched an offensive after losing the ball. In the 17th minute of the first half, Stankovic took a corner kick.

"You idiot!" Quaresma yelled, and Caesar was also wronged. Fortunately, he hid quickly, otherwise he would be kicked to the heart.

Eto'o outside the penalty area blocked the ball and directly volleyed towards the penalty area.This time it was Quaresma's turn to get in the way, the ball hit him in the ass, and then was cleared by Rubin Kazan defender Sharolov.

"Don't blame me! It's your inaccurate kick." Quaresma saw Eto'o glaring over and immediately defended himself.

"Just now why didn't you say that you were inaccurate in kicking?" Caesar muttered.

Russia is really too cold. If Caesar does not keep moving, his hands and feet will immediately become cold.

It was the first time he played in such severe weather conditions. Instead, the strong Russian men in the stands, all shirtless, sang cheering songs in the freezing Kazan Central Stadium.

Fighting nations are different.

Caesar was sighing there, and Rubin Kazan almost expanded the score.

Dominguez dribbles down the right, his former River Plate team-mate Cambiasso defending him.

"Your speed is still so slow!" Cambiasso harassed his opponent with words while defending. As a result, Dominguez dunked the ball from behind to the other side, dodging Cambiasso who was sliding.

"Each each other!"

After Dominguez dodged Cambiasso, he immediately made a cross. Spanish central defender Cesar Navas rushed up at some point and overwhelmed Lucio with a header!
"Get out!" Julio Cesar, who was also called Cesar, jumped up vigorously and flicked the ball away with his fingertips amidst the huge sighs of the home fans.

Although Rubin Kazan can only use defense to harass Inter Milan, but to be honest, the effect is good.Until the end of the first half, Inter Milan failed to threaten the opponent's goal.

This embarrassing situation continued until the second half. Quaresma was replaced by Balotelli. Under Thornton's unfriendly eyes, Balotelli muttered "It's so cold, I don't want to play" while hurriedly changing clothes, listening to Mourinho arrange tactics for him.

Quaresma looked gloomy, and he failed to score again.

After Balotelli came on, the team got a good free kick, and he immediately volunteered to stand in front of the ball.

"Play well, we are lagging behind now." Zanetti said to Balotelli, this guy's training attitude has become more active, which should be a good sign.

Maybe he can get rid of those stinky problems and be used by Inter Milan to meet people's expectations of him.

As a result, Balotelli, who had just come up, hadn't moved yet, and he kicked the ball directly into the stands.

Faria clearly saw the bruises in Mourinho's temples, and he was secretly speechless.

Then Balotelli got another chance to hit the goal from the front of the penalty area, this time even more outrageous, the ball flew straight to the corner flagpole.

Eto'o couldn't help but said to him: "You have exerted too much force! So why worry, get ready to kick again!"

Balotelli nodded. He wanted to prove himself so much that he was a little too excited after playing.

Take your time and take your time.

The future will be even better.

"Hey, isn't this the gorilla who was sent off in the last round?"

There was a joking laugh behind him, and Balotelli suddenly turned his head to look at him. The No. 16 midfielder was looking at him provocatively, and Balotelli clenched his fists.

The successive attacks finally brought results to Inter Milan. In the 67th minute of the game, Maicon broke through from the right and made a cross. Stankovic flew a header 6 meters away from the goal and rubbed into the near corner.

Caesar also rushed to the back point, but it was a pity that Stankovic moved faster.

But an equalizer is a good thing, it doesn't matter who scores.

In the following game time, neither team could score again.

The final score was fixed at 1:1, and one point was taken away in the ice and snow.

However, Mourinho was very unhappy.

Before the end of the game, Balotelli was sent off by a direct red card for trampling on his opponent. It was Noboa No. 16 who was trampled.

(End of this chapter)