Chapter 532: Stealing the Master
"What?" asked Boas with concern. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
For Mourinho, he still admires it very much.
Mourinho looked at the Inter Milan players celebrating on the pitch and sighed softly, "Slow down." β
Boasden's eyes lit up and he understood what Mourinho meant.
The reason why Inter Milan was able to suppress Barcelona from the beginning was that Gao Han's opening attack directly accelerated the pace of the game, and even worse, he scored a goal.
In the face of Alpine and Inter Milan, Barcelona was already trembling, and a goal conceded made them mentally unbalanced and eager to equalize, because they knew very well that the opponent was the ever-undefeated Alpine and Inter Milan.
But Inter Milan took advantage of Barcelona's psychology and continued to maintain a high-pressure situation, allowing Barcelona to make frequent mistakes in the fast pace, and then use this mistake to create frequent counterattacks.
Looking at the three goals in this game, it can be said that they are almost the same.
On the other hand, Barcelona is not as physical as the opponent, so it must slow down the tempo, ensure the success rate of passes, stabilize their own position first, and then slowly and patiently look for opportunities, instead of blindly playing fast attack with the opponent.
In the fast-paced transition between attack and defence, possession is poison.
"I still remember that Sir Robson once said that every team and every player is in good shape, very strong, very great, at this time you are omnipotent, but it is not real, it is not worth believing, but it is the person who is not in good shape, very weak, is the most real, and the test at that time is the real test. β
Villas-Boas showed a thoughtful look, obviously after watching this game, combined with Mourinho's words, it touched him a lot and remembered a lot of things.
Everyone knows that Inter Milan is good at passing and controlling, but when Inter Milan met Barcelona, who was better at passing and controlling, Gao Han decisively abandoned his long-established advantages, combined with his own situation, and turned the original disadvantages into advantages. β
Mourinho said it in moderation, but everyone could hear it, and this game also touched him deeply.
Losing possession, Gao Han took this high pressing to a new level, especially with Yaya Toure.
The African midfielder, with his almost beastly physique, was too evident in Inter's midfield, with his relentless running up front and desperately pressing to make Barcelona make a surprising number of passing and receiving errors in the first half hour of the opening kick-off.
If the front trident completely suppressed Barcelona's backline, then the midfield of Yaya Toure and Veron completely disrupted Barcelona's midfield, and may not be able to steal the ball, but it can disrupt Barcelona's smooth passing, forcing them to make frequent passing and receiving errors.
"If I'm not mistaken, it's probably his preparation for the Champions League. Mourinho guessed.
Prepare in advance?
Boas and the others were secretly taken aback.
Yaya Toure joined Inter Milan last summer, and the Nerazzurri were still playing in the League Cup at that time, and in Serie A, Inter Milan was also under Juventus and AC Milan.
If so, that's an exaggeration, right?
Is he really so confident?
But the facts are in front of them, how can they not believe it?
"Study this game well and then we're going to use it against Barcelona. β
Mourinho's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness.
Although he always disagrees with Gao Han in his mouth, if he can learn the trick of defeating Barcelona from Gao Han, then he doesn't mind stealing a teacher, and no one will know about it anyway, right?
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As the game entered 30 minutes, Rijkaard finally made an adjustment.
As if completely awakened by Inter Milan, Barcelona began to consciously slow down the tempo, patiently passing back and forth in the midfield, first stabilizing the team's rhythm, and then slowly advancing.
Gao Han also quickly saw the clue, immediately adjusted his tactics and began to retreat.
With three goals in hand, he really doesn't need to fight Barcelona, and Inter Milan's defense is not weak.
It turns out that although Barcelona have possession of the ball, they really can't break through Inter Milan's defense.
The main reason is that many of the main players are not in good shape, especially Ronaldinho and Eto'o, the two aces, and midfielders Deco and Xavi are also under the pressure of Yaya Toure, and their performance is mediocre and does not create many chances.
On the contrary, when the game was 77 minutes into the game, Inter Milan played another counterattack.
Cannavaro made a long pass from the backfield, Ibrahimovic grabbed the first spot, the header was ferried, Yaya Toure quickly cut in, grabbed the ball and staged a long run, and suddenly shot after shaking Puyol in the Barcelona penalty area, goalkeeper ValdΓ©s couldn't react and watched the ball go into the net, 4-0.
The match ended in a 4-0 scoreline, with Inter Milan winning their first European victory of the new season.
When the news spread, not only the whole of European football, but fans around the world were shocked by Inter Milan's performance.
Breaking the defending Champions League champion 4-0, Inter Milan is going to rebound strongly.
For a while, all the media and fans sang praises to Inter Milan, and some media even publicly said that Inter Milan was the strongest contender for the Champions League title this season.
A number of bookmakers, such as William Hill and Must-Win, have offered Inter Milan quite high odds to win the title, even higher than the traditional giants Real Madrid and Manchester United, and only narrowly behind the defending champions Barcelona.
In an interview with the media, Barcelona coach Rijkaard also said that Inter Milan is the strongest team he has encountered so far since he took charge of Barcelona, and will be the strongest contender for the Champions League title this season.
"We deserved to lose this game, and we really lost because we had nothing to say, we can only say that Inter Milan were too good. β
In addition to manager Rijkaard, players such as Deco, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o have also publicly praised Inter Milan, which has been trained by Gao Han, as an amazing team.
Barcelona captain Puyol also praised the cold, but also called on his teammates to remain calm.
"We've been able to achieve great results in the past because we're a united unit, and now we've had a big rout, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, we can tear everything down and start from scratch, as long as we're united, I'm sure it's not a problem at all. β
In any case, the 4-0 defeat of Barcelona in the UEFA Super Cup made Inter Milan the hottest club in Europe.
There are also countless fans and media reporters around the world, who are looking forward to seeing if Gao Han can continue his past brilliant record and continue to show his strength in the Champions League.
You know, in the past three years, European football has also produced a lot of talent.
In addition to familiar old faces such as Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Fabio Capello and Carlo Ancelotti, there are also young managers such as Jose Mourinho, Rafael Benitez, Rijkaard and Magath, all of whom have achieved quite a few impressive results in the past.
Many media reporters have analyzed that if Gao Han wants to win the Champions League, the competitive environment he faces is more intense and more difficult than when he coached Atletico Madrid.
At the very least, in the past few years, Gao Han's passing and control style of play has become more and more important, and there are even giants like Barcelona who are better than the blue.
Everyone believes that as long as Rijkaard adjusts the team's form, the outcome is uncertain in the future.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho also said in an interview with The Sun that Inter Milan were not as strong as the scoreline appeared in the UEFA Super Cup, and Barcelona was not as weak as the score suggested.
"It wasn't so much Inter Milan beating Barcelona as Barcelona beating themselves. β
"Playing four games in seven days, and everybody is going to lose badly. β
Mourinho's implication is clear: Inter's big win was nothing more than a big bargain.
This remark by the Portuguese madman also immediately brought him a round of controversy.
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With the UEFA Super Cup coming to an end, the European summer transfer market is also coming to an end.
In the analysis of the situation in the European transfer market according to the statistics of the media, everyone is shocked by the decline of Serie A.
According to statistics, there are a total of 23 transfers worth more than 10 million euros in the summer transfer market, of which, except for AC Milan from La Liga's Real Betis for 15 million euros to bring in striker Oliveira, Serie A has no second transfer expenditure of more than 10 million euros.
This shocked everyone, and they all clearly realized that the glory of Serie A's mini-World Cup has declined.
With the relegation of Juventus, AC Milan tightened its monetary roots, Zambrotta, Emerson, Vieira, Thuram, Capello and other superstars and coaches left Serie A, and the former glory of the Apennines will enter the situation of Inter Milan alone.
Especially under Gao Han's coaching, Inter Milan will completely dominate Serie A.
In the case of the gradual decline of Serie A, La Liga is quietly rising.
The triumvirate of Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid is already clear.
La Liga has invested more than 300 million euros in the entire summer transfer market, making it the most invested league in European football, the most luxurious league, and the first in UEFA's league rankings, which can be called another mini-World Cup after Serie A.
The Premier League has also shown incredible purchasing power.
The likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton have all invested heavily in the summer transfer market, giving everyone a glimpse of the Premier League's strong pockets.
What's more, in recent years, the Premier League has also taken the initiative to attract famous coaches from continental Europe such as Arsene Wenger, Benitez, Gao Han and Mourinho to coach, and the style has gradually tended to be continental, coupled with the introduction of strong and powerful stars, which is bound to make Premier League teams more competitive in the European arena.
As for the Bundesliga, after years of adjustment and transformation, it has gradually gotten rid of the business difficulties of previous years and gradually embarked on a business path of its own.
Only Serie A, in just one summer, although it won a World Cup title, it also encountered an astonishing decline.
Therefore, after Inter Milan defeated Barcelona and won the European Super Cup, there began to be a wave of calls in Italy, hoping that Inter Milan could provoke the banner of Serie A and make a difference in the Champions League.
It's like Italy won the World Cup.