Chapter 470: Contention

With Gao Xiaodong's goal, Inter Milan ended the first half with a 1-0 lead. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When the players returned to the dressing room, the Inter fans gave a standing ovation, completely forgetting the dissatisfaction and disappointment that preceded the goal.

But Mourinho did not forget the poor performance of the players in the first 40 minutes, and when he entered the dressing room, he scolded the players for their relaxed mentality, laziness in running, and selfishness in cooperation.

It is normal for Mourinho to praise Gao Xiaodong, that is his cronies, but recently Mourinho and the Argentine gang have been in full swing, what does it mean to suddenly take out Zanetti to praise? Could it be that the wind in the dressing room has changed again?

Mourinho not only praised Zanetti, but also replaced Zivo with Argentine centre-back Samuel.

The Argentine central defender Samuel, nicknamed Rock, was scared by Mourinho, not knowing if he would be swept away like Cruise and Burdisso, but he didn't expect that now he suddenly had the opportunity to play, although he was a substitute, but he was still sitting next to Materazzi and Córdoba two vice-presidents. Rock Samuel was so excited that he almost burst into tears.

Gao Xiaodong sat in a seat that was even more modest than Porto's dressing room, quietly watching Mourinho play tricks.

From the purge to create an atmosphere of terror, to compromising with the Argentine gang, to reusing Zanetti and using Samuel, to co-opting himself and isolating himself from the rest of the gang, Mourinho has packed up Inter's big-name stars with a much better wrist than the two coaches Ferreira and Oliveira he has come into contact with.

No wonder he can get the highest salary of 10 million euros, it's really awesome, Gao Xiaodong sighed, and he was in awe of Mourinho.

Mourinho arranged the substitution and called Quaresma aside to give him some advice.

Quaresma came off the bench in the first half and played poorly, but Mourinho felt Inter had taken the lead and Barry were likely to attack in the second half, so Quaresma should still have a chance to show his skills.

Quaresma is Mourinho's heart disease, and only if Quaresma can perform, Mourinho can fully stand up and speak, so he would rather be called nepotism than give Quaresma a chance.

After the break, the game resumed.

After falling behind in the score, Bari's veteran coach Ventura also made tactical adjustments, replacing Allegretti with veteran Langera to strengthen the team's attack speed on the wings.

Langella was the speed king of Cagliari as a young man and was very attacking and he came on to attack Thornton's side to open the gap from Inter's weakest side.

Thornton doesn't think his Inter Milan is the weakest link, after giving Gao Xiaodong an assist in the first half to break the deadlock, Thornton's self-confidence is bursting, the assist is more resolute, and he is determined to let the fans see that he is no worse than right wing-back McConn.

In front of Thornton was Quaresma, and there was no tacit understanding between Thornton and Quaresma, and Quaresma's defensive awareness and enthusiasm were not as good as Eto'o on the other side, and Thornton's assist soon took the opportunity for Barry.

In the 53rd minute of the game, after the Bari team made a steal at the edge of his penalty area, Langeira quickly counterattacked and advanced along the wing, Sandton and Quaresma were unable to catch up with Rangera, and Zanetti could only make up for the defense to the side.

Rather than continue forward down the flank, Langela crossed the ball to team-mate Sforzini in the middle.

At this time, the tacit cooperation of the Bari team showed its power, with Stankovic defending by his side, Sforcini did not stop the ball, and directly crossed the ball with the outside of his instep to the top of Lucio and Samuel, while the striker Kutuzov suddenly accelerated, throwing off the two central defenders to form a single knife to the meeting.

It was a beautiful combination, originally Inter Milan's backfield was 4 to 3, the danger was very small, and after the Bari team passed the ball with two feet, the situation immediately changed to Kutuzov singled out the goalkeeper.

All the Inter fans fell silent, and everyone looked at the attacking goalkeeper Cesar in panic, pinning all their hopes for saving the team on him.

Apparently Kutuzov was not mentally prepared for such an opportunity, and was a little nervous, facing the attacking Cesar, when he changed the direction of the ball, he slipped and fell to the ground, and Cesar rushed out of the penalty area to clear the ball without much effort.

The old handsome Ventura was full of hope, but when he saw Kutuzov make such a low-level mistake, he was so angry that he took off his suit and fell to the ground.

Although Inter Milan escaped, Mourinho was not happy at all, and he immediately asked Zanetti to warn Santon to play like this again, and replace him immediately.

Thornton was honestly warned by Mourinho, and Gao Xiaodong also passed the ball more to the right flank, looking for McCone and Eto'o.

At this time, the players of Inter Milan also realized that a goal was not safe, and the opponent was not as weak as imagined, so they all cheered up, went all out to attack and defend, and looked for opportunities to lock the victory.

Although the Barry team fell behind in the score, they did not press the attack, but only invested more troops in the counterattack, and the rest of the time they still focused on defense.

In the face of such a Bari team, Inter Milan does not have many opportunities for positional battles, but Inter Milan's players are not young and experienced, and they know that their opportunity is not a positional battle, but to seize the moment of the transition between attack and defense, so they are all patiently waiting for the Bari team to make mistakes in the counterattack.

In the sixty-first minute of the game, Lucio suddenly stepped forward to steal Sforzini, and then drove straight with the ball, killing the half, seeing the opponent's two players coming to intercept, Lucio did not stick the ball and passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong gave Quaresma a side and quickly stepped forward.

Quaresma finally didn't entangle with Marcello this time, passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong again, and inserted himself behind Marcello.

Now there is a big gap in Bari's defense at the back, Gao Xiaodong receives the ball easily, and when he stopped the ball, he saw Milito and Eto'o suddenly start and make a cross run.

Run beautifully!

Gao Xiaodong praised in his heart and immediately pushed the ball behind the defender.

This is a typical through diagonal pass, Gao Xiaodong's pass is accurate, Eto'o runs fast, and it directly forms an opportunity to face the goalkeeper.

Samuel Eto'o flicked the ball past goalkeeper Gillette into the bottom left-hand corner, but was unlucky enough to deflect the ball wide of the post.

Although there was no goal, the attack was very beautiful, and the Inter fans still gave Gao Xiaodong and Eto'o warm applause.

The coach of Barry knew that Inter Milan wanted to play the counterattack of the Bari team, but the score was behind, the initiative was not in his hands, and the Bari team could only play like this if he had other ideas.

Bari opened the door with a long pass to attack, but Inter Milan had stronger air defense after Samuel, and the ball was headed by Lucio to Stankovic, who found Quaresma with a long pass, Quaresma inserted his foot to pass the ball to the penalty area, Milito's header was ferried, and Gao Xiaodong followed up with a volley that missed the post.

Bari then went on the attack, but the Inter players were very focused and did not give Bari any chances, and Inter's counter-attacks repeatedly created danger in front of Bari's goal.

In the 72nd minute of the game, McCone broke through to the bottom line and crossed, the Bari defender pushed the ball out of the penalty area, Gao Xiaodong grabbed the landing point outside the penalty area, saw Eto'o running, he arched his foot at one end, picked the ball behind the defender, Eto'o slashed into the penalty area to grab a shot, but was pushed to the ground by Bonucci. Referee Russo decisively awarded a penalty.

In the Inter Milan team, free kicks and corner kicks are generally taken by Gao Xiaodong, Stankovic, and McConn, while penalties are taken by Milito, Eto'o and Gao Xiaodong in order of priority, and the first knife puller is Milito, unless someone asks for it, this order is unchanged.

Although Gao Xiaodong is the most valuable and is Mourinho's cronies, he is still young after all, and it is good to have the status of a third knife copyist.

If it's a general penalty, it's estimated that it will be forgotten, but this is the first goal in Serie A, Gao Xiaodong has scored, Milito and Eto'o both want to score, Milito is thinking about taking a penalty, but Eto'o is the first to run over. 'I created the penalty and I took it. ”

Milito didn't want to let go, and said to Eto'o unhappily: "I'm the first penalty taker, I should take this ball." ”

Eto'o didn't want to let it go, saying: "The coach said that it is the turn of the penalty, this time I will punish first." ”

Milito said: "That's not good, the coach said, I'm the first penalty taker. If you want to be punished, ask the coach first. ”

The fans in the stands were shocked to see Inter Milan win a penalty.

"I'm rubbing!"

"Isn't there a rule in normal times? Who creates and who punishes?"

"Who grabs and who takes the penalty in my country?"

"A fist-pounding penalty?"

"No, the penalty for the big egg. ”

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There was a lot of discussion in the stands, and Mourinho on the sidelines was also displeased, he made the rules in advance, but he was afraid of fighting, but he didn't expect there to be a dispute, Mourinho thought to himself, it seems that he needs to continue to strengthen discipline in the future.

On the field, the captain is often called the coach on the field, at this time, if you change to a domineering captain, you must directly order Eto'o to get out of the way, according to the rules, but Zanetti has a gentle temperament, and the current Argentine gang has just been forgiven by Mourinho, and he doesn't want to do much, so he made peace and said to his fellow countryman Milito: "Forget it, let him, go back and let the coach comment." ”

Milito saw Zanetti speak, this is the captain and fellow countryman, and it is difficult to fight anymore, so he can only step aside angrily and give up the penalty to Eto'o.