Chapter 913: Inter's Hope

After 70 minutes, the score was still 0:2, Inter Milan was behind at home, and they did not have the upper hand on the field.

The Nerazuri in the stands were getting impatient, and many impatient fans began to shout for Leonardo's dismissal, and even the more patient players began to chant for Coutinho.

Coutinho is a rising star at Inter Milan at just 19 years old, but he is already seen as the next king after Gao Xiaodong and Balotelli.

In such a focus battle, it is actually difficult for a young man like Coutinho to play a role in changing and deciding the game, not every player is Gao Xiaodong, and Inter fans are also very aware of this, and they call for Coutinho to change just to express their dissatisfaction with the attacking players on the field.

Due to Milito's injury, apart from veterans Suazzo and Coutinho, Leonardo has no attackers at hand who can change the tide of the battle.

Suazzo is getting older and his form has declined greatly, and in this game, which has little hope of winning, fans naturally hope that Coutinho can play and experience it.

At this point, Leonardo was not confident of an equaliser, and he decided to go along with the fans' advice and bring on Coutinho.

For Leonardo, whether Coutinho can improve his attack is not the most important thing, as long as Coutinho can play in the game and give the fans a little bit of hope, there may be less criticism of him after the game.

Coutinho didn't expect Leonardo, who looked a bit conservative, to give him more than 20 minutes of playing time, and he thought it would be nice to be able to play five minutes at the end.

In the 71st minute of the game, Coutinho came on to replace Stankovic.

There was applause in the stands.

For Inter fans, this game is like this, and even now this season, if the teenager Coutinho can train out, even if he can't reach Gao Xiaodong's level, it is also excellent to be able to become another Balotelli, at least there is still some hope.

Except for Gao Xiaodong, Manchester United's players don't know where Coutinho is, and they are a little surprised to see Inter Milan replace a milky hairy boy at this time, thinking that Leonardo is sick and rushed to the hospital, or is ready to give up.

Only Gao Xiaodong showed a cautious look on his face, and said to the players beside him: "Don't underestimate this Brazilian teenager, he has excellent skills and is also very smart, underestimating him will suffer." ”

Although Gao Xiaodong warned his teammates, Coutinho was too young and too obscure, and the Manchester United players did not care.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Coutinho received the ball for the first time, and under Gao Xiaodong's rapid pressing, Coutinho wanted to dunk the ball past Gao Xiaodong's mistake, but Gao Xiaodong stole the ball, and then Manchester United's counterattack almost expanded the score.

Coutinho's mistake made the Manchester United players look down on the young, short, skinny little guy even more.

However, as Coutinho got used to the rhythm and atmosphere of the game, he slowly began to show his skills and intelligence to the world.

In the 75th minute of the game, Coutinho received the ball in the middle and quickly shook past Fletcher, Scholes was overtaken by Coutinho again, Rooney moved closer to the middle, trying to prevent Coutinho from advancing to the penalty area, but at this time Coutinho suddenly took the ball to the side and shook Rooney.

Coutinho's successive breakthroughs in the middle frightened Manchester United's full-back O'Shea, who was too tall and fit to match the 1.71m Coutinho, who quickly stepped back to leave enough space to prevent Coutinho's breakthrough.

Coutinho is not a stunned young man who only knows dribbling, there are many big guys in the Inter Milan team, how dare he just play with the ball, seeing that O'Shea did not stick to himself, Eto'o came over and raised his hand to ask for the ball, Coutinho quickly passed the ball to Eto'o.

Coutinho had already ripped up United's defence and Samuel Eto'o suddenly ran wide unguarded, giving Eto'o time to take the ball in stride.

Samuel Eto'o turned and quickly faced the goal.

Nemanja Vidic didn't follow in the first place, seeing Coutinho's pass and trying to block it too late, Eto'o took a step inside the corner of the box and shot straight at goal.

Samuel Eto'o was a world-class striker, and the ball was played fast and tricky, and although United goalkeeper Van der Sar was prepared, he didn't save it, and the ball flew past Van der Sar's fingertips.

However, Van der Sar was lucky, and the must-score bounced off the post.

Coutinho didn't stand and wait for the ball after passing the ball to Eto'o, and when Eto'o shot, he rushed into the box to shoot in the first place.

Coutinho was lucky, and after the ball hit the post, it went right for Coutinho.

However, the ball was too fast, and Coutinho ran quickly towards the goal, and before he could swing his leg, the ball hit his leg and bounced off the line.

This is a great opportunity to become famous!

Coutinho clutched his head in his frustrated hands.

Eto'o saw that he couldn't score with two consecutive shots, and he cracked his mouth in frustration and smiled bitterly, Made, Gao Xiaodong is gone, is it even luck that has been taken away?

Coutinho's individual performance was a reminder to United's players that they should not take the youngster lightly, or the youngster could cause a little trouble for his goal.

But at this moment, the time has reached almost 80 minutes, Manchester United's players are fighting very hard in front of them, and their physical energy is almost consumed, especially a veteran like Scholes, who has almost no ability to sprint, but now Manchester United focuses on defensive counterattacks, so that he is mainly on the field to control the ball and counterattack the ball, but now Scholes has become the focus of Coutinho's breakthrough, and Fletcher and Gao Xiaodong have to frequently fill Scholes's position.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ferguson quickly made a substitution, replacing Scholes with Park Ji-sung and using the South Korean's run to assist Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher to control the midfield.

However, Fletcher's fitness was about the same, and in the 80th minute, Sneijder received the ball and turned around, shook it past Fletcher, and passed the ball to Eto'o.

Samuel Eto'o was marked by Vidic, he shook a little, did not shake off the angle of the shot, decisively passed the ball to Coutinho, who ran to meet him, and quickly cut into the box, ready to play with the youngster.

Coutinho was a little flattered to see Eto'o give the ball to him, and was ready to pass the ball to Eto'o, but Eto'o's intention was seen through by Vidic, who blocked Eto'o with his arm and followed Eto'o.

Coutinho gave up on playing the ball to Samuel Eto'o, took him sideways, shook past Chris Smalling, and volleyed straight to Park Ji-sung's pounce.

Philippe Coutinho unleashed a high-quality curling ball into the top right corner of the net.

Goalkeeper Van der Sar didn't expect Coutinho to shoot, let alone play so tricky, he tried his best but couldn't touch the ball, and the ball flew into the net against the post.

1:2

Coutinho was so excited to see the ball go into the net that he took off his shirt and brandished it to the stands.

This goal was also unexpected by Inter Milan fans, and in an instant, the whole stadium was boiling, and all the Nera groups jumped up and cheered.

"Scored and scored......" The on-site commentator Martin shouted excitedly: "Coutinho! It's Coutinho! The 19-year-old Inter hopes to score an important goal, which pulled Inter back from hell, 1:2! There is still a chance, if there is another goal in the end, Inter Milan has a hope of survival at Old Trafford......

Leonardo had no idea that an unintentional substitution would work wonders, as Coutinho pulled a goal back, and he rushed to the sidelines in celebration with his fists on the pitch.

Gao Xiaodong watched Coutinho's long-range shot break through the goal, shook his head and sighed, he was going to let Zhang Qi dig Coutinho, this time I'm afraid it's no fun, after scoring this goal, Coutinho will definitely enter the eyes of the giants, and he must not look down on a small shrimp like Xinglong Company.

Ferguson didn't feel nervous, although Inter pulled back a point, but Inter Milan to Old Trafford at least two goals to eliminate Manchester United, Manchester United still have an absolute advantage, but Inter must not be allowed to score again.

Ferguson hurriedly called Anderson, who had warmed up for a while, to replace the exhausted Fletcher, and then asked striker Hernandez to warm up, ready to take over from Berbatov.