Chapter 891: This is a battle between geniuses
"Him?"
"You haven't figured it out until now, you can't compare your disadvantages with his advantages."
"Could it be that he still has to compete with you for headers?"
Zheng Zhi patiently explained to him.
"Obviously he's better on the dribble, you have to admit it."
'You can't just ignore your team-mates and choose to dribble past the ball yourself, right, if you pass the ball out, you get at least an assist, and you choose to go it alone, and if you fail, you have to take responsibility.
"I don't think it's necessary."
Zheng Zhi is telling the truth again, the truth is ugly.
Xiao Xiaoluo's face is still not good-looking, as if to say, why do you say that my dribbling is not as good as his? The two have different styles.
'You play to your strengths, I'm talking to you, improve your movement, your shooting, your headers, your counter-attacks, your finishing, try to get closer to the box.
"Since Messi likes to bring so much, why don't you go and eat cakes? He passes the ball to you, isn't it fragrant for you to finish? ”
"How boring is that?" Xiao Xiao Luo is not interested in this kind of unskilled work, he likes to dribble the ball and show his skills in front of the fans.
They all showed very well before, but after Messi came, this trick didn't work, Messi not only showed his skills, but also showed a one-stop goal.
And he can't do it......
Zheng Zhi glanced at him with contempt:
"Fool, scoring goals is what makes the fans blood boil the most, you just look at the previous Ballon d'Or and Mr. Footballer, basically all the awards have been taken away by the striker."
Xiao Xiaoluo, who was originally tied his shoelaces with his head down, suddenly stopped his movements and entered the Daigo empowerment.
Oh, yes.
These awards are basically taken away by strikers, all of whom are strikers who can score goals.
Scoring goals is the perfect result......
Zheng Zhi's words gradually changed Xiao Xiao Luo after that, and Xiao Xiao Luo began to fully develop his potential.
It's just that he doesn't focus on which direction to develop as Zheng Zhi said, but develops in an all-round way, not only wanting to improve his dribbling skills, but also taking care of other things.
Xiao Xiaoluo defines himself as the most well-rounded player.
But in the game, he was still able to control his desire to dribble and reduce his dribbling.
In the 18th round of the league at home against Empoli on the 26th, Xiao Xiaoluo played very concisely, Messi still played vigorously on the right side, making the Meazza fans in the stands scream again and again, and he basically cut forward, run, send the ball to the middle, or run inside without the ball, and receive Zheng Zhi's pass at the first time.
Inter's first assist was provided by Ronaldo, who received a pass from Zheng Zhi on the left side of the box and knocked the ball across the middle, where Vieri easily slotted home.
However, Messi was quick to get on the scoresheet, scoring in three consecutive games. Still solving the problem through his passing ability, Zanetti got the ball at his feet and once again broke through two defenders to finish the shot.
If you don't accept it, you can't!
The composed-off Ronaldo then set up another second-half assist for Vieri, giving Vieri a brace.
This time, Ronaldo was not replaced by Jose Mourinho early, with Robben sitting on the bench for 90 minutes.
Inter Milan seem to have found the key to victory, which has also put pressure on AC Milan next door, with the two teams currently neck in the league, with AC Milan at the top of the table with goals scored, followed by Inter Milan.
However, the difference in the number of goals is not much, only 3, which is not safe at all.
The next two teams continued to fight in the league. AC Milan won 2-1 at home to Modena and Inter Milan beat Torino 2-0 away. In this game, Xiao Xiaoluo and Zheng Zhi each contributed an assist, Messi did not score, but another Argentine blossomed, and Cambiaso scored twice.
Then AC Milan capsized on February 10, losing 0:1 away to Perugia, and Inter Milan defeated Reggina 3:0, and in the standings, Inter Milan is three points ahead! Juventus and AC Milan are both three points behind.
Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Zheng Zhi each had an assist, Toney scored two goals and Vieri scored one.
Inter Milan is full of momentum, and it has returned to the invincible and invincible Inter Milan of the previous two seasons!
Such results also led Mourinho to opt for rotation before the Champions League resumed.
The heart of the midfield, Zheng Zhi, was put on the bench and as a result, Inter suffered a nightmare at the Bent Gordy Stadium in Chievo.
In the 18th minute, Materazzi was judged to have handballed while defending in the penalty area, and the referee also warned Materazzi with a yellow card, Collini hit the bottom left corner, Buffon judged correctly, but did not touch the ball, and Inter Milan fell behind 0:1.
In slow motion, Materazzi's hand did touch the ball when Pelissier shot, which Lacalbutto did not see, but was prompted by the assistant referee to give a penalty.
The second nightmare came in the 32nd minute, when there was renewed drama when Zanetti toppled Pelissier in the box, Lacalbutto was sentenced to death, Zanetti was sent off for disobeying the referee, and Collini converted the penalty again.
At the end of the first half, Inter Milan was two goals behind!
In the second half, Mourinho did not send Zheng Zhi and still played in the starting lineup.
He pinned his hopes on Messi, Xiao Xiao Luo and Robben, but the three of them were dumbfounded, and they couldn't jump up if there was one less person to fight.
Both Messi and Ronaldo tried to use their individual abilities to tear apart the defence, but Chievo's defence was watertight.
In the end, it was Toney who took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to head the goal in the 88th minute and pulled back a point.
But in the end, Inter Milan was upset by Chievo 1:2 away.
This is absolutely good news for both Juventus and AC Milan.
Juventus seized their chance and managed to level Inter Milan's points with a 2-1 win away at Parma, while AC Milan were not so lucky, drawing 2-2 with Lazio.
After the game, "Milan Sports Newspaper" bluntly said: Inter Milan is still a team of Zheng Zhi, although it has won a series of victories recently, but without him, the team's control has dropped too much, although the talented players on the field are still star-studded, but they can't turn the tide.
Mourinho could have sent Zheng Zhi in the second half to try for an equaliser, but Mourinho made it clear in his post-match press conference that Chievo's home stadium was so bad that their turf was simply used to raise pigs, not to play football, so he refused Zheng Zhi to play in case of injury.
Although the league points are scorching with Juventus and AC Milan, Mourinho still prefers to beat Barcelona at home in the next Champions League.
This is the most important game of the month.
Of course, the failure also made Mourinho deeply aware that without Zheng Zhi, this Inter Milan team is not reliable at all.
In November last year, Zheng Zhi was missing, and Inter Milan was also injured because of Zheng Zhi, and the results were not very optimistic, but I didn't expect that now Zheng Zhi has rested for a while, and Inter Milan has also lost.
Of course, this time the loss was different from the last one, this time because there was one less person on the pitch.
But that's not an absolute reason.
"A real superstar has to stand up in a desperate situation and save the team."
Zheng Zhi personally taught Xiao Xiaoluo, Robben and Messi.
"It's not always going to be smooth sailing, there's always going to be a situation where you're behind, or one person less. Maybe it's nothing in the league, but what if it's the Champions League? Are we just giving up and can't think of a way? ”
"So, you're not doing enough."
'There were a lot of goals that opened the scoring and the icing on the cake, but what about the goals that the team turned the tide?
Messi and Xiao Xiaoluo's faces are very ugly, both of them have been secretly competing recently, and the data is so gorgeous that they can't do it, but when they encounter such a cheating game, both of them are dumb, and they don't even have assists.
When the team really needs them to step up, no!
'Next week, our opponent is Barcelona, so it's going to be tougher. Zheng Zhi talked about Barcelona.
'Even though they played badly in the league, they won the Champions League 10 times in a row and it's not a good home game.
Although Inter Milan is playing at home, Zheng Zhi is very cautious.
Now Barcelona has completely become Ronaldinho's team, since Van Gaal left and Antic took office, Ronaldinho has become the core of the team, and Barcelona has returned to the winning track.
"Leo, this is your best chance to prove yourself."
"There's no better chance to beat your parent club and impress you than this to make Barcelona fans and the hierarchy miss you more." Zheng Zhi suddenly smiled slyly.
I'm curious about what kind of performance Messi will show in the game, after all, I really haven't seen Messi play Barcelona in my last life.
Messi's tender face turned red instantly, the fingers of his hands hooked back and forth, to be honest, he himself was very excited and conflicted.
I don't want to meet Barcelona, but I want to prove myself in front of Barcelona and prove that I should go back to Camp Nou and play for Barcelona instead of wandering.
It's all to blame on Van Gaal, who didn't want to promote him to the first team when he was there, but believed in the Dutch gang, and now he's finally gone......
"And it's not just a fight for the club, it's a fight for the national team, you know, Saviola."
Saviola.
Messi's eyes lit up when he heard Saviola's name. In the national team, he overlaps with Saviola's position, he wants to enter the national team, Saviola is the opponent he wants to surpass.
"Cristiano,"
"You have to come on, too,"
"Although Quaresma has a good relationship with you, he is also your opponent, and the national team still has to compete."
Quaresma was his brother at Sporting Lisbon, and he had always played with him, and now he was going to be his master.
"Naturally, Alger, your predecessor is Overmars,"
Not to mention Overmars, who is Robben's idol and grew up watching Overmars play.
"You all have a common opponent!"
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Although Barcelona's recent poor record in La Liga led to the resignation of Dutch coach Louis van Gaal and club president Gaspath, the new coach Antic quickly reversed the decline.
With Ronaldinho righted, Barcelona have won three in a row.
Antich's contract with the club is only on contract until the end of the season, with the aim of bringing Barcelona to next season's European competition and at least reaching the last four of the Champions League. Judging from the current situation of the team on the two battlefields, the latter task has a better chance of being realized, after all, although the Barcelona team was in a serious crisis some time ago, it still won 10 consecutive victories in the Champions League, equaling the highest winning streak before AC Milan.
Now, it is Inter Milan, another team in the city of Milan, who prevents Barcelona from setting a new record.
Although the Barcelona team is not out of the crisis yet, who doubts the quality of the Barcelona team? Who would think that they are no longer the green giants of Europe? What the Barcelona players lack is not ability, but fighting spirit.
Last week's derby win in Barcelona gave the players confidence back. Now Barcelona has a neat line-up. Judging from the last two games, the two aspects of the team have changed the most obviously, one is the left side of the attack, and the other is the organization of the midfield.
Ronaldinho on the left has fully recovered his form and Ovemas could be a substitute, but Argentina international Solin will not be available due to playing for Lazio in the UEFA Cup.
But it can be expected that Barcelona will hand over the task of attacking the fortification to Ronaldinho in this strong battle.
Xavi is the most noteworthy player. The young and mature Xavi has long been quite in the style of Pep Guardiola, and his kung fu of transmission and set-pieces is quite homely, and his performance is very stable. It was his pass and shot that gave Barcelona the win last weekend. With him in midfield feeding shells on both wings and up front, Inter's defenders will have a headache.
Barcelona's form has picked up, but the situation of Inter Milan, who had been smooth sailing some time ago, is not so optimistic, losing just before the big game.
So Mourinho was also cautious at Tuesday's press conference.
Jose Mourinho still said that he should not ignore his opponents and should give the Spanish giants enough respect. Mourinho said: "Since Louis van Gaal was sacked, they have improved and made some improvements, I have watched a lot of Barcelona games lately and they are really ready and mentally stronger than before. ”
Inter Milan are now tied with Barcelona for top of the group with a winning record, so Mourinho knows that this victory will almost book their ticket to the last eight. 'It's a big game for us because if we win we can almost get to the quarter-finals.'
However, Mourinho still faced some problems with his selection before the game, saying: "We have some problems in the defence, if we continue to play like we did last weekend, our defence will not be reassuring, I haven't decided on a starting XI yet, Barcelona can't match Chievo's attacking power. I need the players at the back to stay focused. ”
He was unhappy with the defence last weekend.
'Up front, we have to be more resolute and the lads have to prove themselves in such an important game if they want to prove that they are on the way to greatness. Many of the opponents are their seniors, and they have to beat their seniors before they can have a place. ”
'It's a similar fight to Ajax in the first stage, but against a stronger opponent and I think it's going to be a pretty good fight. It's a battle of geniuses. ”
"Messi, Ronaldo, Robben, Ronaldinho, Quaresma, Saviola, Xavi, ......"
Indeed, this list of names is the best young players in Europe and the world, not to mention the stars who have made a name for themselves......