Chapter 55: Drink on the head
March 12 is Arbor Day for some hypocritical, but for football fans, it's the day of the second leg of Blackburn's battle with Inter Milan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Starting line-ups:
Inter Milan (4-4-2):
Goalkeeper: Cesar
Defenders: Thornton, Córdoba, Samuel, Zanetti
Midfielders: Deco, Marchini, Vieira, Stankovic
Forwards: Adriano, Ibrahimovic
Blackburn Rovers (4-4-2):
Goalkeeper: Cech
Defenders: Ashley Cole, Nemanja Vidic, Kompany, McConn
Midfielders: Bale, Alonso, Frank Lampard, Cristiano Ronaldo
Front: Torres, Arshavin
The game was played in light rain, which was slightly in Blackburn's favour.
Frank Lampard, captaining the field, won in a guess and Blackburn Rovers kicked off first.
With the referee's whistle, the second leg of the much-anticipated Blackburn Rovers vs Inter Milan Champions League quarterfinals began.
Blake themselves wear the traditional blue and white jersey, while Inter Milan wear their black jersey.
Fernando Torres flicked the ball to his striker and Arshavin slammed the ball back to Frank Lampard.
After a couple of back-to-backs, Frank Lampard and Alonso played a one-two combination, Alonso crossed in front of the box on the right, and Lampard used his body advantage to shake off Deco's defence and go straight into the box.
After the "magic lamp" waded past Stankovic, who was rushing to block, he flashed a gap and passed straight to the middle, but unfortunately it was held by Cesar who was standing in front, and although Ronaldo shook off Córdoba, it was to no avail.
Córdoba passed the ball to Deco, and the Inter commander looked at the situation in the box, glanced at it, quickly dribbled straight down and passed the ball diagonally, and the ball quickly spun to the vicinity of the Blackburn small penalty area.
Vidic held Adriano at the back post to prevent him from jumping, and he jumped up with all his might, trying to push the falling ball out.
"Oops!" Vidic felt a black figure appear in front of him, and he had rushed from the side, Vidic wanted to take the lead, but Adriano behind him was pressed against his waist, preventing him from exerting his strength.
A tall figure had already crossed Vidic and was in the middle of the ball, which instantly changed direction and flew towards the right side of Petr Cech, straight into the dead corner.
Kompany was a little out of shape at the start of the game, but this time he couldn't protect Vidic and was stolen from behind by Ibrahimovic to finish with a goal.
"Shot, Ibrahimovic's header, oh, damn the crossbar!" The Italian commentator saw Ibrahimovic's powerful header hit the crossbar hard and bounced off the line.
Vidic patted Kompany and signaled to be more focused, knowing that it was Ibrahimovic – the Blues' first Ballon d'Or winner who would not be soft on his old club.
Blackburn Rovers narrowly escaped and the players quickly increased their concentration, with McCone and Alonso quick to pay attention to their handling of the ball.
Torres used his speed advantage to shake off the aging Zanetti, quickly cut inside, and had already hit the penalty area, Córdoba hurriedly pulled the side towards Torres, and Stankovic also approached Torres at this time.
Torres didn't expect his inward cut to attract the attention of the three players, and he knew that he couldn't break through the defense of the three players, so he knocked the ball on his foot and quickly sent the ball to the feet of Ronaldo.
At this time, Ronaldo was already in the middle of the road with no one to defend, he started quickly, shook off Vieira who was pulling behind, quickly burst into the penalty area, and forcibly shook off the blocked Stankovic, and there was a vacancy.
It's a space where you can shoot with your feet!
Ronaldo glanced at Cesar's position, did not stop the ball during the movement, slammed his left foot into the upper part of the football, and fired a low shot, which flew directly to the right side of the goal against the ground.
Cesar's body was blocked by Cordoba who returned to the defense at this time, but he didn't expect Ronaldo to shoot as soon as he entered the penalty area, and quickly fell to the ground.
Although the football shot by Ronaldo flew close to the ground, it was extremely fast, and at the moment when Cesar fell to the ground, the football had already passed through everyone, directly through Cesar's ten fingers.
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal? Oh no! Oh my God, Ronaldo's shot flew out against the goal frame, I thought this ball would go in, but unfortunately if it was a little closer, it would have been. "The commentator invited by Sky Sports TV in this game is Lineker again.
Lineker first saw the high-speed flying football through Cesar's ten fingers, and soon stirred up a white wave, thinking that the ball had already gone in, and excitedly shouted "goal", but unfortunately saw Ronaldo's posture holding his head, only to know that the football was rubbing against the door frame and hitting the side netting.
Lippi and Mourinho also thought that Ronaldo had scored the goal, so their expressions changed dramatically in just a dozen seconds, which made many people's computers have a lot of emojis.
After the restart, both sides watched their defence, knowing that whoever made a mistake first would be scored first by their opponent and the situation would be in trouble.
The midfield scramble was the focus of the game, with McCone increasing his pace and quickly getting the ball down Bale's left.
After Bale held up his chest to catch the ball, he increased his speed for a moment, saw Vieira rushing over, realized that the opponent was no longer the beast of the Arsenal period, the football flicked outside, and then the body passed, wading through Vieira alive, opening a gap on the left side, and Ashley Cole on the same side also followed.
However, Bale was quickly blocked by Zanetti, who stopped his body moving forward, and then quickly pulled back the ball and stepped on the ball, preventing Zanetti from having any chance to touch the ball.
Then with a knock, the ball passed under Zanetti's crotch and rolled towards the left side of Inter Milan again, and a blue and white figure galloped past and quickly received the football.
After receiving Bale's pass, Ashley Cole ignored Stankovic, who rushed over, and quickly inserted into the penalty area of Inter Milan, and glanced at the penalty area.
Torres saw Ashley Cole's incoming ball, shook off Cordoba, leaped high and headed directly on the ball, and threw it hard to the right side of the goal.
However, this time Cesar told the world why he can sit as the chief goalkeeper of Brazil and Inter Milan.
Cesar swooped sideways to his left side the moment of Torres' header and struck the ball sideways with one hand.
After Cesar got up, he also yelled at the team's backline in dissatisfaction, this time the opportunity for Torres was too easy, and the Inter Milan backline had a fault that could not be ignored.
Ronaldo's performance in this game was not outstanding under the targeted tactics of Mourinho, who coached him for three seasons, and in most cases he was tired of running in the midfield, and he couldn't get close to the goal at all, although there were some good passes, but there were few effective attacks.
Vieira got a pass from Córdoba in the backfield, kicked wide, and the ball raced across the half-court, quickly handing the ball to the feet of Deco, who had already stepped forward.
With a flick of his right foot, followed by a clasp, Deco shook off Alonso's center of gravity and did not move towards the wing, but continued to turn to the middle, and Alonso followed him deadly.
Deco saw a figure running at high speed, and as soon as he sent it, the football passed over McConn's body and was sent to the feet of Marchini, who was thrust in at high speed. After Marcheni won the ball, he took advantage of his not bulky movements to dribble the ball, and Kompany was quick to make up for it.
Although Macioni is Portuguese, he does not have such great skills, and when he saw Kompany and McCone beside him, he hurriedly sent the ball to his side, and Stankovic had already inserted it.
Stankovic cut in from the back, got Marcioni's football without any pause, and then vigorously sent it to the left wing, where there was already a high-speed running Deco.
Adriano used his speed advantage to shake off Brown, get the ball, and sped around the Blackburn penalty area, ready to deliver the fatal blow, and Kompany decisively stepped in to fill in.
Adriano was not afraid of Kompany, using his speed and technique to dribble in front of Kompany, and soon he was near the six-yard box, where Cech immediately came over and stood in Adriano's near corner.
Adriano took the football, his body shook, and he was about to break through along the sideline, Kompany's center of gravity moved, Adriano then pulled his body, and the football instantly moved to the right side, and brought his center of gravity back, and his body paused, and stopped his movements, Kompany's center of gravity was already a little unbalanced with Adriano's movements.
Adriano then started at high speed, and the speed of the moment far exceeded Kompany's reaction speed, cutting raw to the outside of Kompany, and there was a big gap, before Vidic surrounded him, sent the football into the small penalty area, where an Inter Milan player was already outflanked.
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal! Ibrahimovic, he poked the ball into the net before Petr Cech, we took the lead, a beautiful breakthrough, a beautiful point, Ibrahimovic killed his old club! ”
0:1!
The Italian commentator saw Ibrahimovic, who suddenly appeared in front of Cech, poke the ball into the goal, and shouted excitedly, and Inter's fatal pass finally appeared.
"Oh! Ibrahimovic! Inter! The Inter Milan fans finally woke up from the suffocating atmosphere just now and saw their team taking the lead, and the whole stadium once again set off a loud shout.
A 1-0 scoreline isn't terrible, but now Inter Milan have an away goal, which means that Blackburn, who have not scored in the first leg, will have to come back from defeat to win this game to advance.
"Damn!" Ronaldo's heart was a little depressed at this time, Blackburn played a little awkward in this game, and Ronaldo was also very uncomfortable with Inter Milan's kick of controlling the ball, because he didn't like to run without the ball all the time.
Although Lippi knows Italian football very well, Mourinho's Inter Milan is very different from the Italian team he knows, and the situation on the field has been gradually controlled by Inter Milan. (To be continued.) )