Chapter 418: The Great Counterattack in the Last Ten Minutes
Vieri's form is declining, Inter Milan is now beginning to be unable to afford the high salaries of some players, if you can use various factors to provoke it, so that Vieri and Moratti have all kinds of dissatisfaction, Vieri is really likely to leave, Cannavaro and Zanetti have not reached the expected heights at Inter Milan in the past two years, if the new manager does not reuse them, they are also very likely to leave, especially their salaries are a lot, in order to cut expenses, Perhaps it will be possible to get such a player in the most economical way.
Historically, Moggi has done just that, although Zanetti and Vieri stayed at Inter Milan for various reasons, but with Cannavaro, Moggi accomplished a feat, just using a substitute goalkeeper Carini in exchange for Cannavaro, and Cannavaro also lowered his salary - such a transfer can only be described as a miracle.
However, now, the situation is completely different, Dick wants to sell Vieri, but when Juventus and AC Milan are interested, Dick delayed for a while, first asked Juventus for Marescaga academy Nocerino to add money, and then asked AC Milan for Tomasson and cash, and finally turned around and sold Vieri to Juventus, as for Zanetti and Cannavaro, Dick didn't think about selling them at all, and after talking directly to the two Italian internationals, he kept the two......
This approach has been so powerful that Juventus and AC Milan have been so disrupted that Juventus had to sign Ibrahimovic at a high price at the last minute before the transfer deadline, AC Milan also signed Crespo on loan from Chelsea before the transfer deadline, and Juventus could not dispose of Maresca, so they could only sell half of his ownership to Fiorentina, and AC Milan could only sell Tomasson in a hurry......
In such a confrontation, whether it is Juventus' Moggi or AC Milan's Galliani, they have suffered a big loss at the hands of Dick, not that Dick can confront these two top shrewd managers, but because he understands history and understands the needs of the other party, so he played such a small trick - he is not worried about offending these two people, anyway, Moggi can't jump for a day or two, and the more he is pushed now, maybe the more he will lose his temper in the future, and he will fall even worse.
In a box in the stands, Moggie stared at Dick as he walked out of the players' tunnel, then sneered.
Even if Dick is a good manager, he can't fight with him, he has been mixed in Italian football for so many years, and the connections and power he can have are definitely not something that a manager can compete with!
Mogi didn't mind letting Dick suffer a small loss, telling the other party that in Italian football, who is able to cover the sky with one hand!
In this game, both sides sent the strongest lineup they could send, because of Cannavaro's injury, Córdoba returned to the middle to partner Materazzi, Zanetti is still on the left, and on the right side is Maggio with good assist ability, midfielder Zanetti Perrota Stankovic, and frontcourt trident Pandev Adriano Toni.
Capello lost two strikers, Trezeguet and Piero were injured and unable to play, goalkeeper Buffon, right-back Zebina he brought from Roma at right-back, Zambrotta at left-back, Thuram and Lerotari in the middle, midfielders Emerson and Blasi as a double midfielder, Camoranesi and Nedved on the wings, and Ibrahimovic and Uruguayan striker Salayeta, who had previously become a super substitute under Capello, were partnered in the attack.
In Dick's view, Inter Milan is going to have some advantages in this game, after all, even if Inter Milan does not reach the top level he expected, it is already in excellent form, Juventus is obviously because Cannavaro failed to join, the backline is still a little weak, Lerotalie is a very good central defender, and this season after Capello's adjustment and Thuram's steady partner began to perform extremely well, but after all, his overall strength is not so strong, The current Juventus is still weaker than the Juventus in history.
Coupled with Trezeguet's inability to play, Dick also breathed a sigh of relief, in defense, without the elusive Trezeguet, Inter Milan's frontal defensive ability is not weak at all, and in attack, Juventus without Vieira and Cannavaro may be difficult to resist the attack of Inter Milan's new trident!
However, soon after the game began, Dick began to feel that something was wrong.
The problem is with the referee.
The referee on duty today is Rodomenti, and his first penalty made Dick frown - in the first two minutes, Pandev took the ball on the right side of the front court and turned to break through, and was directly tackled to the ground by Zebina, but such an action only got a foul penalty, not even a verbal warning!
Five minutes later, Perrotta was booked for a midfield knockdown on Nedved.
Although there is not much controversy other than these two decisions, Dick can see that in terms of scale, the referee is slightly biased towards Juventus, although it is not obvious, but when some penalties are made in some key places, one side will lose some advantages, and one side will gain some benefits - in a close confrontation, such a slightly biased penalty will definitely put one side at a disadvantage!
It is clear that Inter Milan is the "one party" that suffers.
"Is this Moggie's revenge? The crazier you are, the faster your demise will come. Dick glanced up at the grandstand box, and although he didn't know which box Moggie was in, he knew that Moggie must be there.
The first half of the game was almost evenly matched, Inter Milan's attack was crazy, but Capello did an equally good job defensively, Lerota fought Toni hard in the box, and Thuram was present as a sweeper, and every time Adriano picked up the ball outside the box, he would be surrounded by two or three defenders, making it impossible for him to pass the ball smoothly.
The two sides continued to strangle in midfield, Inter Milan's attack was slightly superior, but Juventus' defense was solid, and some of their slightly larger moves were easily let go by the referee.
The hot-tempered Stankovic once clashed with his former teammate Nedved, Stankovic knocked over Nedved in the aerial duel, but Nedved retaliated with Stankovic when he landed, although he didn't hit, but made Stankovic angry, but such a clash did not punish anyone, and Rodomenti did not show any yellow cards.
The first half ended 0-0, with both sides strangling in midfield, with most of the contact coming in midfield, and not as many as they got into the opposition box.
'We continued like this in the second half...... We suffered a little bit in the first half, but it wasn't because of our performance, because there was no defence that could have done well when we were under constant pressure, which showed that we are not a team that any team can easily stop...... The pressure continued in the second half, their right side will be a breakthrough for us, and the defender is very physical, but still reckless! Hit them this point and create better chances! ”
After the start of the second half, the two sides were still strangled together in the midfield, and it seemed that for a while and a half would not see who was more dominant, and at this time, the situation changed abruptly......
In the 52nd minute, Juventus made a long diagonal pass on the left, Camoranesi leaned on Zanetti and then unloaded the ball with his chest, took two steps horizontally and then passed the ball horizontally, and the follow-up Nedved met the ball and shot directly with his feet, the ball touched Salayeta's thigh and then changed direction slightly, and flew into the door of Inter Milan from Toldo's hand!
Juventus take a one-goal lead away from home!
After conceding this goal, the Inter Milan players were not discouraged, but ten minutes later, Juventus made another long pass from the backfield, Ibrahimovic received a long pass from Thuram and attracted the attention of three Inter defenders, and then passed the ball to Camoranesi, Camoranesi quickly passed diagonally, and Salayeta formed a single knife into the penalty area and was knocked down by Toldo, the referee gave Toldo a yellow card and awarded a penalty, Ibrahimovic hit the penalty, Inter Milan fell behind by two goals!
Such a situation, but all the Inter Milan players did not expect, they did not fall behind on the field, and even had the upper hand, but inexplicably conceded two goals......
Capello smiled, his tactics were brilliant enough to give Juventus a two-goal lead, and now he can make substitutions and wait for the game to be over......
At this point, Dick stood up.
He brought on two players at the same time, Di Natale came on and replaced Perrotta, and Recoba came on and replaced Pandev!
Four strikers!
Such a substitution, when the players of Inter Milan were a little dazed, reminded them in time - your task is to attack, continue to attack wildly! Although Juventus scored two goals on two counter-attacks, they were under too much pressure before that and their mentality would look different after leading by two goals.
At this time, it is time to really fight back!
Although there are four forwards on the field, but Inter Milan's four forwards are not all piled up in the penalty area, Di Natale wanders on the side, but his position is higher than Perrotta, Recoba is also on the side, with his crossing ability on the side will be more lethal, Stankovic's position retreated a little, in the midfield through the running connection, Adriano more retreated to get the ball, Toney is in the penalty area, such a tactic is also a tactic that Inter Milan often practices in training!
Such a ruined tactic immediately surprised the Juventus players!
After a frantic onslaught, Inter Milan's two substitutes played a beautiful combination, Recoba advanced more than 20 meters with the ball in the middle, and then cleverly passed the ball to Di Natale who received on the side, Di Natale passed the ball into the penalty area for the first time under Zebina's defense, Toni suddenly turned and shot after receiving the ball, and the ball went into the net from Buffon's armpit!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Capello replaced Camoranesi with Pesoto to strengthen the defense, but just five minutes after his substitution, an attack by Inter Milan sent the Meazza Stadium into a frenzy!
This time Toney and Adriano came to a switch, Toni pulled to the outside of the penalty area to receive the ball, and then quickly distributed the ball with his right foot to the side, and the side was inserted by Di Natale, he sent a curling ball directly on the inside of his left foot, Adriano who burst into the penalty area still grabbed the first landing point in the sandwich of Thuram and Lerotari two central defenders, and volleyed the inside of the foot to break the goal!
2-to-2! A big counterattack in the last ten minutes!