Chapter 435: Zanetti, the soul of the Inter team
Zhuo Yang's low free-kick from the outside of the wall was saved by Toldo.
His free kicks are accurate, but they can't be as infrequent as Xiao Li's flying knife, there is no player like that in the world, and there will never be. Except, of course, in football.
Like Handanovic, Toldo is a goal-oriented goalkeeper, but he is naturally stronger and more experienced than the hero. Saving set-pieces is a must for Santo, and he can be the best in this technique. Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhuo Yang failed to score from this free kick. What's more, because the distance is too close, he doesn't dare to exert too much force in order to ensure the arc.
Recoba gives a good impression to the outside world, polite and even a little shy. But in fact, he is a somewhat willful person, the first biological son hand-picked by Moratti Yubi, and his degree of kinship exceeds that of Ronaldo back then, which makes him not have to look at anyone's face in Meazza.
Seeing that Zhuo Yang slapped his palms twice in annoyance after failing to take a free kick, then got up as if nothing happened, and ran back to his position with Gomez while twisting his ass, Recoba suddenly felt that the game was boring. He didn't know where that feeling came from, but he just lost interest in the game all of a sudden.
When he landed in the Apennines from Uruguay, Recoba was only 21 years old in the spotlight, the same age as Zhuo Yang today. Nine years have passed, and the maple trees in the base of Pinetina have changed from the thickness of their fists to their palms together, and the fallen leaves on the ground have been swept away by the autumn wind, but he is still the same Recoba.
- What Chinese boys? It took less than four years for this real Chinese boy in front of me to become the European Golden Ball, how can I still have the face to be called a Chinese boy again? As long as Zhuo Yang stands here, this title is a kind of mockery of me.
Thinking of this, Recoba limped even more, in fact, the pain in his thighs was barely felt. Recoba gestured to head coach Roberto Mancini with both hands in a circle, he didn't want to play any more, it was boring.
There are many stars in world football who have not been able to break through the bottleneck, but there are also many of these people who have achieved good results, after all, to meet the bottleneck means to be world-class, even if they fail to reach the next level, there is no problem in maintaining the previous level. But Recoba is a special case, his form is always inexplicably up and down, and there is no pattern to speak of.
Perhaps, it is the quiet on the surface but the extreme emotion on the inside that is the root cause of his failure to live up to Moratti's expectations.
In the 29th minute, Mancini replaced Recoba with Nigerian striker 22-year-old Oba Femi Martins, and the 'Chinese boy' limped to the bench before leaving his face expressionless.
The rest of the game was a little uneventful, until the 40th minute, when the experienced Inter Milan suddenly launched several waves of aggressive attacks in the closing stages of the first half.
Captain Zanetti dribbled the ball on the right side of midfield, broke through Khedira and Grosso in succession, ran 40 meters and then approached the Madiborg penalty area, splitting the ball to the left when the Madiborg defence was in disarray. It's a pity that Cesar's cross was pulled off and cleared by Dras's header.
A minute later, it was Zanetti who broke through on the right side, and this time it was Zepek who was tricked, and the waste wood brother stumbled quite embarrassed. Zanetti cut inside and calmly crossed, the ball found Adriano's head on the ground, and the Brazilian stepped up to head the ball over the top of the box line. Just as Mancini jumped from his seat to celebrate, the ball grazed the beam.
Mancini retracted his body and almost flashed his waist. Although the expression of regret spread all over his face, he still gathered his hair as if nothing had happened.
In the 44th minute, Zanetti broke through again unreasonably, Zepek was forced to make a tackle, and Inter won a free kick from 25 yards. Recoba went down, and the job was naturally handed over to Adriano, who had the ability, and there were many people at Inter who had the ability.
Adriano's left leaf slash swept over Zhuo Yang's head with a whistling sound, and then fell sharply, Handanovic judged that he was in the right direction and pounced but failed to touch the football because the football grazed the post and went to the sidelines.
Two minutes later, Inter won another free-kick, it was Zanetti who created it, and the foul became Delas, and it was Adriano who took the penalty. Still flying meteors, still full of destructive power. This time the ball did not deflect off the post, but it was high above the crossbar.
In just a few minutes, there was a lot of noise in front of the Madiburg goal, and Inter Milan's brutal offensive knocked Zhuo Yang back to participate in the defense. Fortunately, everyone's character value is not bad, and Inter Milan failed to score with two earth-shattering long-range shots from outside the penalty area. Veron's shot was blocked by Handanovic, and although Zanetti's long-range shot was deflected into the net, the reason for the refraction was Adriano's right arm, which naturally cannot be counted.
In the chaos, the referee Mr. Sass blew the half-time whistle, and Zhuo Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Wiping the beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, he looked at the opponent's captain, Zanetti.
In world football, there is a kind of player called the soul of the team. They don't have to be the biggest names in the team, they don't have to be the best, but they have to be the most prestigious. These players represent the image and spirit of their respective teams, and the individual and the team club have come together. They are the totem of the team, but also the flag and faith.
If you want to become the soul of the team, you must first be the captain who everyone wants, and you must also have the temperament of a leader, so Henry and Gerrard are not;
Secondly, you have to play for the club long enough and be loyal in the face of temptation, so Ronaldinho and Ballack are not;
He also had to accompany the team through the night, so Shevchenko was not;
And they must also have a high reputation and be worthy of the world's attention, so Warnes and Belleron are not.
Among the active players in today's football, there are several who meet the above conditions and are recognized as the soul of the team by the world: Chelsea Terry, Manchester United Keane, Juventus Piero, Roma Totti, Bayern Kahn, Barcelona Puyol, Real Madrid Raul, AC Milan Maldini.
On the pitch today, there are also two world-recognized top ten team souls: Inter Zanetti and Madibao Zhuoyang.
Needless to say, Zhuo Yang has no soul if he doesn't have a soul in Madiburg, and Zhuo Yang can even be said to be the soul of the entire Bundesliga. The 33-year-old arrived at Inter Milan eleven years ago, the first star to be bought by Massimo Moratti at the helm of Inter Milan, and Zanetti's blood has been blue and black ever since.
Eleven years of ups and downs, Zanetti's world-class superstars have come and gone, many sad partings have broken how many Nerazuri's liver sausages, only Zanetti held high the blue and black flag in the wind and rain, this flag comes from the heritage of Bergomi.
The all-round talent in the midfield, the wing-backs and full-backs on both sides and even the midfielders are all world-class at the world's first-class level, how can such a character not be convincing!
Zhuo Yang suits? None of the people he wears are in football.