Chapter 704: Number 10!
Inter Milan frantically launched an attack on the heart of Manchester City, and the Manchester City people couldn't even get past half time. Inter Milan's experience in the knockout stages came into play as defending champions, as they took control of the game and City looked rather passive.
The commentator is also saying that Manchester City must be careful, and Inter Milan at this time will show the strength of the defending champions.
With 65 minutes played, the odds were stacked against City. It's as if they could concede a goal at any moment.
Mancini walked around the sidelines with some anxiety. Now he is very nervous, for fear that the Inter Milan will score, in that case, the whole game will be greatly affected.
At this time, Sneijder, who had been silent just now, began to be active.
Sneijder continued to dribble the ball along the touchline, his pace well maintained and his body was just the right distance from the ball.
He intends to break through Zabaleta again.
However, this time it was not Zabaleta who came up first, but Kolarov, Manchester City's two full-backs are very interesting right now, or it can be said that they are very busy, once Inter Milan specialize in a certain way, the full-backs of the other road will run over to help defend, which can strengthen the defense on one side to a certain extent, but once the opponent successfully dispatches to the other wing, it is easy to be caught off guard by the opponent.
Sneijder is not that kind of strong man, but his body is very hard, he is still relatively strong, Kolarov hit hard, Sneijder's body shook, and he was not knocked down, and then, in the face of Kolarov's follow-up collision, Sneijder was very smart - he took the initiative to avoid, but the football was still rolling forward, and Sneijder cleverly avoided the opponent's collision.
But as soon as he avoided Kolarov and received the football, he saw Zabaleta's aggressive frontal rush.
Then a very vicious tackle, too close, and both of them were very fast, Sneijder did not have time to change direction again, and Zabaleta was tackled out of the touchline with the ball.
The referee's whistle blew and Inter was awarded a free-kick in front.
Sneijder knelt on the ground and raised his hands to signal to the referee, this foul should at least be a yellow card, right? But the referee ignored him, and Zabaleta ignored him, just got up from the ground, and then turned and ran back, ready to defend the free kick.
It also caused a great deal of displeasure on the part of Inter Milan, who felt that it should be shown a yellow card towards Zabaleta.
Snead waved his hand helplessly, got up from the ground, and shook his head helplessly. In fact, Sneijder is not happy at Inter right now.
The camera gave the Dutch star a close-up, with the number 10 on the back of his shirt standing out.
In today's football, numbers like 1-11 are becoming less and less symbolic, but numbers were born to distinguish specific locations. On 25 August 1928, in the Chelsea v Swansea City match at Stamford Bridge, players wore numbered shirts for the first time. The number 10 is positioned as a left inside forward (), and in the 19th and early 20th centuries when the 2-3-5 and M formations were popular, the left center forward position formed an inverted triangle behind the winger and center forward. The development of football has become more and more demanding on defense, and the symbolism of numbers has changed. The player who wears the number 10 shirt is usually an attacking midfielder or a second striker.
How to position the traditional No. 10? In 2010, the well-known tactical website ZM wrote an article analyzing that the "classic forward midfield" is one of the important components of the traditional No. 10. Euro 2000 was perhaps the heyday of the number 10, with France, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands having Zinedine Zidane, Totti, Rui Costa and Bergkamp respectively. They are known for their "ability to dance on stamps", with short-range passes in the scalpel, amazing free-kick kung fu, delicate dribbling in small areas and dribbling, and accurate long-range shots. They are almost the only source of inspiration for the heart of the team, with the responsibility of organising.
Cruyff, Maradona, Roberto Baggio and Piero represent another traditional number 10. They are not centre-forwards, nor are they pure midfielders, but agile killers lurking behind the centre-forwards. For example, in the Maradona era, the center forward was Baldano, and in Italy the tank Vieri was in front, and Baggio or Piero was behind. These two strikers are good at passing, dribbling, breaking, dribbling, free-kick skills, awareness and scoring ability.
How many traditional No.10s are left in today's football? Riquelme, who has fallen back to his roots, and Sneijder, who has fallen out of favor at Inter. There are even fewer top giants, Messi, who wears Barcelona No. 10, scored 61 goals and 12 assists in 1 year, Ronaldo is not a No. 10 player, and the Portuguese position is a winger, but he averages 7 shots per game and fires better than a center forward. Manchester United is most like No. 10 Rooney, "little fat" overall view, passing and running awareness is worthy of No. 10, but he is a brick of Manchester United, playing on the wing and even in the back position.
Yang Fan also wears the No. 10 shirt in Manchester City, but his position in Manchester City is neither different from Ronaldo's in Real Madrid nor Messi's in Barcelona, Yang Fan's position is sometimes closer to the penalty area, and he can play the role of a center forward, can also play a winger, and can even be pulled back to play a number nine and a half. The most shocking thing is that Yang Fan can perform well in every position. Yang Fan is also not the No. 10 player in the traditional sense.
Sneijder is a scarce commodity as the representative of the traditional No.10, and in terms of technical characteristics, Sneijder is widely regarded as the traditional No.10, or at least the closest player to the classic No.10 today. First of all, Sneijder has advanced awareness and judgment, can observe the position of his teammates on the run, and has already figured out how to pass the ball when he receives the ball. He is not tall and lacks excellent ball control skills, it can be said that he has good vision and high ball intelligence. In addition, although breaking through with the ball is not his strong point, he can get away from the opposition defense with his skills, and his trademark scoring means of heavy bombardment in front of the penalty area, as evidenced by South Africa's long-range shot that blasted Japan through the iron bucket formation. In fact, if the traditional number 10 in football is raised to a higher level, it can also be said that this is the core of the team and the number exclusive to the midfielder, and Sneijder can also fully match it.
If you take stock of the top 20 No. 10 in Serie A this season, it is not difficult to find that the traditional definition of No. 10 in the Apennine Peninsula has long been clear, like Roma's No. 10 Totti is actually a forward or shadow striker, Lazio's No. 10 Zarate also plays the role of a winger, and the only world-class player who can really have the aura of "traditional No. 10" is Sneijder. In fact, in the 2010 World Cup, although Sneijder was also involved in defense, he was also the closest player to the classic number 10 in the top four. While the traditional No. 10 is a rare item, Sneijder's presence is even more different.
This Manchester City team and Inter Milan match were also discussed by the media before the game, saying that this was a contest between Sneijder, the traditional No. 10, and Yang Fan, the new No. 10.
A free-kick from Inter.
Thiago Motta came running over to take the free-kick.
His cross was too low and was headed over by Zabaleta at the front post.
Cambiaso then fired a long-range shot over the crossbar and the Inter attack was finally over.
Due to Mancini's defensive counter-attacking tactics. And Leonardo is holding high the banner of attack, so now the situation on the field is that Inter Milan is pressing Manchester City to play, constantly besieging and besieging and besieging.
Thiago Motara moved to the right to organise the attack, but Zabaleta cut the ball off and handed it to Silva in front.
Manchester City switched from defending to attacking in an instant, and Silva did not dribble with the ball. Instead, he directly passed the football to Yang Fan in the front court.
Yang Fan rushed with the ball, now there are only two people in the front court, he and Balotelli, more teammates have returned to their own half to participate in the defense, Manchester City has not invested enough troops in attack in recent times, and can only rely on themselves.
Samoel came up to keep an eye on Yang Fan, Yang Fan didn't want to waste time in one-on-one with him, since it was anti-counter, then it was necessary to pay attention to speed. He gave the ball to Balotelli, who was following him, and continued to run forward. Balotelli took two steps and passed the ball out. The target is Yang Fan, who is running in front.
Yang Fan accelerated violently and temporarily shook off Samoel. In the case of running without the ball, fighting for speed, Samoel will never be able to win against Yang Fan - in fact, even if he runs with the ball, Samoel will have a hard time catching up with Yang Fan.
Reaching forward with his left foot and hooking his toes, he unloaded Balotelli's pick-and-roll pass, and the whole movement was very fluid, and he did not stumble because he tried his best to reach the pass.
"Beautiful unloading!" Mortenson applauded Yang Fan's solid fundamentals.
Reading the book () he was going to reach out and push Yang Fan to interfere with his next moves. Unexpectedly, Yang Fan's body shrank, changed direction, and knocked the football to the side. made him push into the air, but almost stumbled and fell to the ground. Yang Fan immediately hit the door directly, knowing that if he took a few more steps, he was likely to be entangled by Samoel again.
Yang Fan shot very tricky, this is not a high ball, nor a boccia ball, but a half high ball.
Such a shot is a test for the goalkeeper, Cesar moved to this side in advance, blocked Yang Fan's shooting angle, and then leaned to the ground, intending to hold the football, however, he underestimated the quality of Yang Fan's shot, the football landed before it reached Cesar, there was a bounce, and then jumped up, just under Cesar's slightly raised arm, and then people saw the Inter Milan goalkeeper hurriedly trying to make a second save, but it was too late.
Cesar twisted his body in embarrassment and turned around, trying to pounce on the football, but he could only watch as the ball rolled into the net behind him!
Yang Fan turned around and ran, his arms stretched outward, expanding out hard, and as he ran, the No. 10 behind his jersey swayed and swayed, and everyone's blood surged up instantly......