Chapter 627: Shock
The reason why the odd soldier can become a surprise soldier is because of his surprise, Mourinho used Santon as a left-back to deal with Benzema, who is also young at Manchester City, but in the case that Dick had already guessed this approach, the effect of the strange soldier was weakened to the limit.
Thornton came on the field, Zanetti pushed into the midfield, just to freeze Benzema, who was active on this side of Manchester City, and to deal with Manchester City's midfield core Deco through the defensive ability of Zanetti and Mascherano, but in this game, Dick did not send Deco, but let Vidal play as a midfielder, and Yaya Toure and Parker formed an offensive and defensive midfielder, all three of them have a certain ability to share the ball, and at the same time run and fight extremely well, and at the same time through Ribery's breakthrough to suppress McConn's assist, On the other side, Alves and Benzema hit the back and forth of the young Thornton on the left side, and if only one man hit this side, then Thornton could still hold on, but it was replaced by two people......
Zanetti himself was pushed into the midfield to protect McCann's forward insertion, but now he has to protect two people, plus Mascherano and others can't be distracted under the impact of Manchester City's midfield, even if Zanetti is good, he can't protect two wings at the same time!
Mourinho's tactics were completely suppressed by the tactics arranged by Dick!
This made the balance of advantage in this game tip in Manchester City's side from the very beginning!
In such a situation, Cesar began to protect Manchester City's door with his own saves, while Inter Milan's attack was difficult to create too many chances under Manchester City's defense.
Ribery created a free-kick from his own breakthrough two minutes into the game, and then his free-kick went over the wall and was saved by Cesar.
In the fifth minute, Alves, who inserted the assist, broke through on the side under the cover of Benzema, and the complementary Zanetti flew to tackle the ball out of the bottom line, a corner kick.
Inter Milan's defensive ability to defend high-altitude balls is also slightly worse, although in this game Mourinho did not let Córdoba play in order to increase the defensive ability of high-altitude balls, but let Chiellini and Zivo partner in the central defender, but it also seems a little worse, Vidal took a corner kick, and Torres, who was inserted, shook his head five meters in front of the goal!
Cesar made a brilliant save when he turned sideways and single-handedly blocked the close-range header for McCone!
"Nice save! Cesar blocked Torres' close-range header! The save was so wonderful that Dick on the sidelines was a little dumbfounded, it seemed that he didn't expect the Brazilian goalkeeper he had cultivated to block Manchester City's goal in this game! ”
Although Cesar is not cultivated by Dick, everyone will not forget that it was Dick who introduced Cesar, and after a year of transition, he decisively used Cesar as the main goalkeeper to replace Toldo, who had not significantly declined in form, so that the door of Inter Milan was stable again! And now Cesar is the main goalkeeper of the Brazilian national team, the world's top goalkeeper, it can be said that without Dick, there would be no Cesar now!
Inter quickly launched a counter-attack, McCone cut forward and passed the ball to Mascherano, Mascherano knocked on Sneijder, Sneijder sent a through ball in the midfield, Ibrahimovic still forced the ball into the box under Kompany's defense, and then shot, which was blocked by Hart who was in a good position.
The main players who played a major role in this attack were the players introduced and reused by Dick when he was at Inter Milan, and the Inter Milan fans who saw this scene were in mixed moods, if Dick was still there......
It's just that they knew from the beginning that even if Dick achieved such a good result at Inter Milan, he would not always work at Inter Milan, and in this day and age, there are not many managers who can continue to work in one club, including players, and they now have a top manager!
Jose Mourinho sat in his place, his brow furrowed.
Inter Milan's attack just now is good, but it can almost be said to be the embodiment of the individual ability of several stars, on the whole, Inter Milan has fallen behind, Dick's extremely targeted tactical arrangement, so that Mourinho almost suspects that something is wrong in the team, otherwise how could he make such a targeted arrangement!
When Mourinho was confused, Manchester City's attack continued to suppress Inter Milan and constantly tested Inter Milan's defense with shots.
In the 10th minute, Ribery broke down the flank and passed to Vidal, who followed up in the middle, and Vidal fired a shot from 25 yards out that went just over the crossbar.
In the thirteenth minute, Karim Benzema played a beautiful pass under the cover of Alves, and after shaking off Thornton, the Frenchman burst into the box and then fired wide of the near post with his foot in the box, but it was only wide of the near post after Chiellini's timely addition.
In the fifteenth minute, Parker went down under Zanetti's defence and City won a free-kick, which Franck Ribery took straight to the wall.
It wasn't until the 18th minute that Inter had a second shot on goal, when Zanetti fired a long-range shot in front of the penalty area, and Hart was in a good position to confiscate the ball.
This attack did not make Manchester City's advantage any less, and they continued to dominate the field in the rest of the game, with a dangerous shot almost every three or four minutes, leaving Inter fans anxious.
This situation makes Inter Milan fans very helpless, Manchester City's advantages are in everyone's eyes, if it weren't for Cesar and the defenders' outstanding performance, then I'm afraid Manchester City would have scored a goal long ago - Zivo is very brave, but his partner with Chiellini also seems to have some overlapping characteristics, the two central defenders are brave, and the top grab is very positive, but the filling position is a little worse, which also gives Manchester City too many opportunities!
In the 28th minute, it was precisely because of a mistake in the coordination of Zivo and Chiellini that Vidal's middle through the middle passed between the two, and Ribery, who was inserted on the side, received Vidal's pass and stabbed it alone!
César's brave save saved the mistake as Ribery shot first in Cesar's stomach, then in Cesar's face, before flying off the line for a corner.
It wasn't until the ball finally flew off the line that the Inter fans breathed a sigh of relief, and when Ribery made a solo shot, many of them had their hearts pumping in that moment – thanks to Cesar, who breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Cesar can block the first time, but he can't stop the second, and no matter how good he plays, there will always be times when he can't save the ball.
In the 38th minute, the retreating Torres was brought down by Muntari with the ball, Manchester City won a direct free kick 23 meters away from the goal, Yaya Toure, Ribery and Benzema all stood in front of the ball, Ribery pushed the ball, Yaya Toure stepped on it, and Benzema was a kick!
The long-range shot was very powerful, flying past the edge of the wall and then straight into the near corner of the goal, where Cesar jumped up and pounced on the ball in the air!
However, the save didn't send the ball off the line, the ball changed direction slightly, and then smashed the inside of the near post, and bounced into the goal amid the exclamations of the Inter fans!
Before the end of the first half, Manchester City did not let the advantage slip out of their hands, and this deadlock-breaking goal allowed Manchester City to start to dominate in the two legs!
The first leg conceded a goal at home - this is not a good result, and Inter Milan's current attack is a little too dependent on Ibrahimovic, last season Mancini used Ibrahimovic to death, although he won the league championship, but the overall attack of Inter Milan has declined a lot, relying on Ibrahimovic alone, it is quite difficult to reverse the overall disadvantage!
Mourinho, who entered the dressing room, had some realization, and it seemed that Inter Milan wanted to reach the top again, relying on overall strength, not an Ibrahimovic ......
Thinking of this, Mourinho also slandered his predecessor Mancini in his heart, in fact, the first team left by Dick is quite perfect, but he used the simplest tactics to establish Ibrahimovic as the core, so that Sneijder, who performed well in the first two seasons, can only be used as an assistant, which not only makes Ibrahimovic's personal ambitions inflated, but also makes Inter Milan suffer from Ibrahimovic dependence, without Ibrahimovic, he will play a mess, otherwise he would not have almost been overtaken by Roma when Ibrahimovic was injured in the last few rounds of last season, If it weren't for Ibrahimovic coming to office with an injury in the last round, I'm afraid Inter Milan would have lost the league title at the last moment!
After the break, City's advantage was still evident, although Mourinho replaced Santon with Stankovic, brought Zanetti back to the left-back position to solidify this side of the defence, and replaced Zivo with Cordoba to ensure the stability of the backline, but in attack, there were still few changes.
Manchester City's offense still suppressed Inter Milan, and Inter Milan's limited counterattacks were also completed by Ibrahimovic's personal performance, while Manchester City used Kompany, a tall and tough center forward, to target Ibrahimovic in defense, and others were responsible for the attack, so that Ibrahimovic's play was suppressed to the limit!
Dick knows Ibrahimovic well and knows how to keep the Swedish striker under control, but in fact Ibrahimovic's biggest threat is in the box, relying on his team-mates to deliver the ball, and when he is away from the box, his threat will drop very much.
In such a situation, Manchester City did not give Inter Milan any chance in the second half, and in the 89th minute, a counterattack by Manchester City made Inter Milan swallow the bitter fruit again!
Torres, who retreated to the back, headed the ball forward, Benzema received the ball and picked up the pass, and the inserted Ribery instantly formed a single knife, although Córdoba was trying to catch up, but still could not prevent Ribery from receiving the ball and rushing to the penalty area, Cesar took the risk to shovel the ball out, but Ribery accelerated past him and rushed straight to the empty goal!
When Ribery pushed the ball into the door of Inter Milan, the entire Meazza stadium began to fall silent, and the home team was almost sentenced to death by falling behind 0-2......
Two to zero! Dick led Manchester City to beat their former club Inter Milan by two goals away from home, and they have already stepped into the quarter-finals of the Champions League! For a strong team in Europe that aspires to win the Champions Cup, Manchester City's performance is enough to shock everyone!