Chapter 498: Deadly Speed
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The ball was passed to full-back Alves, who wanted to pass the ball to Messi, but was forced by Eto'o to pass the ball to Xavi, who retreated in the middle to get the ball.
Today, Stankovic's task is not to let Xavi organize calmly, and when Xavi retreated, Stankovic also followed, and quickly came over to force and prevent Xavi from turning around.
Xavi's sense of experience has reached the level of a master, and he has already figured out how to pass the ball and how to get rid of it before he gets the ball.
Before Stankovic could arrive, Xavi deftly flicked the ball to the side to dodge Stankovic and passed the ball to Toure.
Toure receives the ball and passes it to Ibrahimovic, who is at the front, and asks Ibrahimovic to organize the attack up front.
But Lucio was not afraid of Ibrahimovic, and after Toure passed, he quickly stepped up, broke the ball before Ibrahimovic, and hit Ibrahimovic hard.
The ball rolled to the feet of Motta, who had good vision and was quick to handle the ball, and he spotted Milito in an unguarded position in the chaotic midfield, who immediately found Milito with a long pass.
Pique, who was guarding Milito, had just focused on the attack, missed Milito, and saw Motta's long pass counterattack, Pique hurriedly ran to Milito's side.
Milito stopped the ball on his chest unhurriedly, and after the ball landed, he pulled the ball and shook it just past Pique, but Keita pounced quickly, Milito didn't have time to shoot with his feet, he had to pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong.
Toure suffered a dumb loss in front of Gao Xiaodong at the beginning, he was very unconvinced, and when Gao Xiaodong got the ball, he directly made a flying shovel, trying to scare Gao Xiaodong and prevent Gao Xiaodong from taking the ball.
Gao Xiaodong does not have the fast frequency of Messi's movements, but he has super protective gear to protect himself, and he is not afraid of the opponent's shovel kicks.
As soon as the ball was passed, Toure's feet arrived, and Gao Xiaodong was tackled to the ground.
However, referee Stark saw that McCone got the ball, so he did not blow the game to stop, allowing Inter Milan to continue attacking.
McCone held the ball and forced Abidal to pick it up, Milito came over to pick it up and brought Pique with him.
McCone saw Pique come out, and he suddenly cut cross-cutting into the box, and Abidal didn't follow up with the first step before he was thrown off by McConn.
After Gao Xiaodong was tackled by Toure, seeing that the referee did not blow the whistle, McConn formed a breakthrough and quickly got up again to answer McConn.
However, McCone is a full-back's vision, he didn't see Gao Xiaodong, he took two steps horizontally at the edge of the penalty area, found the angle of the shot, and shot directly with his feet.
Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés made a flying save, but the ball flew high into the stands.
Gao Xiaodong shrugged his shoulders helplessly, he felt that it would be better to shoot himself with this kick.
Referee Stark wanted to give Toure a yellow card, but seeing that Gao Xiaodong was running casually, he only gave Toure a verbal warning.
Barcelona saw that Inter Milan defended tightly and it was difficult to reach the opponent's penalty area, so they passed the ball directly to Ibrahimovic, who could not get the ball under the defense of Lucio and Samuel and could not play the role of a bridgehead, so they passed the ball to Henry to see if Henry's side could open the gap.
Henry took the ball and wanted to break through McConn, but McConn was very old in defense, he couldn't find a chance to break through, and was trying to force a cross to see if he could create a corner, and suddenly saw Ibrahimovic move to the side to ask for the ball, Henry decisively passed to Ibrahimovic and cut into the penalty area himself.
Ibrahimovic's abrupt pull gave himself a chance to get the ball, but he didn't pass the ball to Thierry Henry, who cut to the box, and fired straight into the goal.
Lucio couldn't stop Ibrahimovic from getting the ball, but he wasn't slow to follow and when Ibrahimovic shot, he arrived and blocked it with his body.
Ibrahimovic took this ball, and the Barcelona players all hit the 30-meter area, the ball was grabbed by Xavi, he stopped the ball and dodged Stankovic's save, and then turned in a circle, dodged Stankovic's save again, and passed the ball to Messi, who ran to the middle to receive the ball.
Messi even stopped and wanted to get past Zanetti, but Zanetti seemed to have predicted Messi's intentions and grabbed the position first.
Messi gave the ball to Xavi again and walked to the side himself.
Xavi played the ball diagonally to Messi, who attracted Zanetti and Zivo before suddenly slamming the ball back with his heel in front of the ribs of the box.
It was a beautiful pass and Barça right-back Alves slapped in and fired a low shot into the bottom right corner of the goal.
Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar had already been drawn to the left side of the goal and could not do anything about Alves' shot.
However, Alves' shot went just wide of the post, although it pierced the long legs in the box.
It was a goal kick, but referee Stark was a little blind, and the linesman ignored it, thinking that he had touched Inter defender Samuel and awarded a corner.
The Inter players protested to Stark, but Stark insisted on his decision and almost gave Samuel a yellow card.
Barcelona took advantage of Inter Milan's impetuousness and played a tactical corner, and Messi, who suddenly inserted into the penalty area from the side, scored with an unguarded header, but Messi's header level was really not flattering, and the ball went high over the crossbar.
Although Messi got the chance to head the ball because everyone thought Messi was not good at heading, Mourinho was still angry and yelled at Zanetti and Zivo, but the distance was too far for the two to hear.
After getting a few chances to attack the goal in a row, Barcelona came up in form, constantly playing a pass in the half of Inter Milan, and even Ibrahimovic, a newcomer, also integrated into it, and continued to hit the wall with Messi, Xavi and others, and also got a push opportunity at the edge of the penalty area.
The average age of Inter Milan's players is more than 27 years old, which is still Gao Xiaodong's lag, they are very experienced, seeing that the situation is not good, without waiting for Mourinho's command, they took the initiative to recycle to their own half, compressing Barcelona's passing space.
Inter Milan under Mourinho's tutelage, the defense is much stronger than the offense, their dense defense is by no means a pile of numbers, who should grab, who should be in position, who to intercept, who to cut off the passing line, the division of labor is clear, Barcelona's excellent passing and receiving level is also difficult to find the line of the ball, can only pass around the 30-meter area of Inter Milan.
Some pseudo-fans saw the ball passing around in their own half, thinking it was dangerous, worried and anxious, and kept shouting: "Grab it!" "Go and grab him!" "Stand and watch what you do!"
Fans who know the ball understand very well that although Barcelona has the advantage of possession and seems to have the initiative, but the Barcelona team is so high, once the pass is wrong, or the ball is cut off by Inter Milan, the speed of Eto'o and Gao Xiaodong will definitely make their defenders suffer.
This is a time when patience is better than will, and whoever can hold his breath may have the last laugh.
Inter Milan is a bit different in Serie A, because of the chairman and tradition, they prefer to attack, but that is compared with the teams in Serie A, compared with the La Liga teams, Inter Milan is undoubtedly much more conservative, such a passive defensive situation, the players at Inter Milan seem to be normal, they are also used to this way of playing.
Gao Xiaodong and Eto'o are the players who want to prove themselves the most, but Gao Xiaodong's skills and awareness are not as young as his age, he has 20 years of experience and awareness, even if he wants to win, Gao Xiaodong still plays very calmly.
Samuel Eto'o is a bit anxious, but he is a striker, he needs to be fed by his teammates, and there is no one to pass the ball to him, so it is useless for him to be in a hurry.
After more than ten minutes of siege in the Inter Milan half, the Inter Milan players were still calm, but the Barcelona players couldn't hold their breath, and in the 22nd minute of the game, Xavi saw Henry suddenly cut inside, although Henry did not completely get rid of McCone, but there was a gap between Henry and the central defender, Xavi immediately stuffed the ball over.
It was a risky shot, and Henry could get a dangerous shot on goal, and before he could get it, the opponent was stealing and counterattacking.
Xavi saw the gap, and so did Motta, who moved to the line leading to the gap and stretched out his foot to cut Xavi's pass away.
After breaking the ball, Mota immediately passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong stopped the ball to the left with the inside of his foot, dodged Toure's pressing, Toure followed again, Gao Xiaodong pushed again, and quickly turned in place.
Toure was too tall and slower to turn in circles, and by the time he caught up, Gao Xiaodong had already passed the ball to Eto'o on the wing, and he quickly plugged it in.
The Barcelona players know Eto'o, and Eto'o knows the Barcelona players, and in the face of such an opportunity, Eto'o did not entangle with the Barcelona defender Abidal, he poked the ball forward, accelerated sharply and forced the overtake with speed.
Eto'o is nicknamed Cheetah, strong explosiveness, the speed of short-distance sprints can be imagined, it is very fatal to give him space, Abidal can play fullback, the speed is certainly not slow, but it is still a lot worse than Eto'obi, Abidal was left behind, Eto'o caught up with the ball, and killed the bottom line at high speed.
Eto'o has been able to establish himself in Barcelona for many years, and he also won the third place in the Ballon d'Or, and the ball quotient is also very high, he knows that Gao Xiaodong, who is keeping up with him in the middle, is not slower than himself, so he does not cut inside, runs to the bottom line at the highest speed, and gives full play to the speed advantage of his side.
In the 30-meter area, Pique and Toure were left behind by Gao Xiaodong, and Milito also fell behind, and only Puyol, who was dragging behind, could barely keep up with Gao Xiaodong.
When Eto'o was about to reach the bottom line and started to cross, Gao Xiaodong ran faster and faster, as if the wind was galloping, and Puyol couldn't keep up, and was thrown out of two positions by Gao Xiaodong.
Seeing that Gao Xiaodong inserted into the penalty area to grab a shot, Puyol was helpless and reached out behind to grab Gao Xiaodong's jersey.
Gao Xiaodong didn't want to be pulled down, and he wanted to force a shot under the pull of Puyol, but the golden lion king Puyol was also very powerful, and Gao Xiaodong didn't break free, and was pulled down in the penalty area with his back facing the sky.