Chapter 474: Must Be Stronger

At the beginning, both sides each had a shot on goal, which made the next game start to become more positive.

In the seventh minute, Makinwa received a pass from a team-mate in the box and immediately turned to shoot, but Chiellini's timely interference allowed Makinwa's shot to go straight over the crossbar.

In the tenth minute, Sneijder split the ball in the middle, Perrotta received the ball and passed it to Adriano, Adriano passed through the box again, Toni still barely got up to shoot under Barzagli's defense, and the ball was saved by the opposing goalkeeper and quickly pressed under him.

Dick frowned, he had already discovered the problem of this formation in attack, Sneijder's performance was okay, he was able to divide the ball in time in the midfield, but after arriving in the front, Inter Milan was still a little obstructive in passing, sometimes the offensive opportunity is fleeting, and a second of delay may make the opportunity disappear, not to mention that Palermo's current defense is quite strong.

What's more, the two sides are very fierce in the midfield, and the referee's penalty is a little loose, which naturally makes Inter Milan suffer a little, for the strong team, if the weak team is too fierce, they will undoubtedly suffer, not to mention that there are several similar collisions, the penalty is slightly unfavorable to Inter Milan......

With such a coming-and-going, Palermo is not a team to deal with, and Inter Milan naturally seems to be playing a little hard, not to mention the opponent's home stadium.

"Do you want to start now? But the fucking Italian referee is really good at blowing the black whistle, it's not obvious, it's just a little bit of tilt, it may not seem like a lot in a single game, and it has accumulated throughout the season, that's a lot of advantages......" Dick thought to himself, touching his chin.

All kinds of penalties that can be awarded or not, all the disadvantages belong to you, and all the benefits belong to the other party - from the perspective of a single penalty, they all make sense, but if you accumulate them, put them in the whole season, it is not one or two points that can be experienced!

In this regard, the level of Italian referees can be said to be perfect, almost comparable to the level of their club's fake accounts.

In the twentieth minute, Caraciovo broke through outside the penalty area, Chiellini was judged to have committed a foul with a non-obvious action, Palermo won a direct free kick 20 meters from the goal, Collini took the penalty, the Italian veteran took a wonderful free kick, the ball went around the wall and hung into the corner of the goal, Cesar made a save, but still could not stop the ball into the net!

All the Palermo fans cheered loudly when the ball flew into the goal, and after they had drawn in the last round, it would be glorious to be able to beat Inter Milan at home last season!

What's more, although Inter Milan lost the UEFA Super Cup and the official unbeaten record before, but for them, they are still unbeaten in the league - last season's single-season unbeaten and last season's last two rounds of victory, plus the victory in the first round of this season, they have maintained a 41-game unbeaten run in the league, and there are only seventeen games left from AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten streak, if they stop Inter Milan's unbeaten record at this time, it is also a great honor - Just as people talk about Parma's 1-0 win to end AC Milan's unbeaten streak, that victory can also make Parma go down in the history of Italian football!

And now, they are really ahead of Inter, it's not an illusion, it's history beckoning to them.

This made the Palermo players even more excited, and after the restart, they started to press more aggressively, hoping to make the Inter players start to panic and then take the opportunity to take the lead again!

This kind of pressing still has some effect for Inter Milan, they start to pass back and forth more to avoid the opposition's pressing, and the defense line also begins to be pressed further back, so that the offensive threat will naturally be reduced.

"Inter Milan were pinned down by Palermo at home!" The commentator who was broadcasting the game began to exclaim.

The players of Inter Milan are aggrieved, the opponent's actions are a little too big, but the referee often ignores them, and Chiellini was also sentenced to a foul in the key place just now, resulting in the loss of the first goal - how can you play if you continue like this?

At this time, Sneijder's role began to show - Inter Milan's offensive line was suppressed, Sneijder began to take the initiative to retreat, Dick also noticed this, and after affirming Sneijder's approach, he began to make gestures on the sidelines, allowing Stankovic to come more to the middle, forcing Collini and giving Sneijder more protection.

This approach made Inter Milan's organization start to become smoother, and in the back of the organization, Sneijder was more protected - with Zanetti behind him, and Stankovic's sweep in front of him, so that he could better organize the midfield, although he is not a master of rhythm control like Pirlo and Xavi, but it is possible to stabilize the team's rhythm by passing, and after doing so, Inter Milan, who were forced to grab a little enough by Palermo, can finally attack steadily.

Dick nodded slightly, he didn't have the idea of "Palermo is so hard, it's not more difficult to play other teams in the Champions Cup", Palermo's own strength is not bad, and there is a referee bonus, Inter Milan has rotated several young players, and the strength has also declined to a certain extent, in fact, this situation is not necessarily not a benefit, if you can always play in such a situation, Inter Milan's players will be more consistent in the league and the Champions Cup.

"Want to use the referee to stop us in our tracks? Let's take this as a test. Dick thought to himself.

Since Moggi wants to be crazy at the end, let him be a little crazier, not winning two games in the league will not affect Inter Milan's final result, if Inter Milan can still lead Juventus in such a situation of being targeted by the referee, what will Moggi be crazy?

At the thought of this, Dick chuckled slightly.

After such an organization, Inter Milan gradually began their own attack, in the 31st minute, Inter Milan's attack finally had an effect, Sneijder won the ball in his own half and suddenly turned around and sent a beautiful long pass, Toney jumped at the edge of the penalty area to ferry the ball, Adriano took a step forward after receiving the ball, and then just entered the penalty area with a powerful left-footed shot, the ball flew into the door of Palermo like a cannonball!

"See, bastards, we can still score!"

By the time Dick shook his fist, Adriano was already roaring in the arena, and then jumped up with Tony, and the two slammed into each other in the air!

Dick nodded, this kind of attack is also what he wants to see - in the Champions Cup, Inter Milan may often encounter the situation of being suppressed in the midfield, at this time, Sneijder's organization and long passing ability in the backfield will play a very good role, which is why Dick wants to bring him in, last season Inter Milan was rarely able to meet players who could suppress them in the midfield in the domestic and international arenas, and he also paid more attention to defense when facing AC Milan and Juventus, As a result, AC Milan won two draws last season, and in the away win over Juventus, Dick pushed the counter-attack to the limit, where Inter Milan had only about 30 per cent possession and eventually won 3-0 – an atypical victory.

In the next game, Inter Milan began to play more cautiously, looking for opportunities with passes in the midfield, the two forwards kept running in the front to pull out gaps, Palermo's performance in this game was also quite good, the whole game was played in a lot of running, such a game, enough to bring Inter Milan a lot of pressure.

And they were lucky, shortly after the start of the second half, after Cesar saved Zaccardo's shot from the bottom line, Collini took a corner, and centre-back Teliz headed Cordoba at the front post to send the ball into the net again!

Inter Milan equalised with a corner kick ten minutes later, Perrotta's breakthrough created a corner, Sneijder took a corner, Toni beat Teliz, who had just scored with a header, in the middle, and the ball also went into the net!

After 2-2, the two sides began to play more openly, Santana in the 71st minute in the face of Arbeloa's defense after a series of crosses, Materazzi made a mistake this time, he failed to block the opponent's cross, Makinwa nodded the ball in the back of the head, but the ball was ghostly around Cesar, who had blocked the front post, and flew into the back of the net.

In the case of falling behind again, Dick replaced Zanetti with Cruise, changed the formation of three forwards to force the attack, and Palermo, which had an advantage on the basis of consuming a lot of physical strength before, began to decline in physical fitness at this time, and they began to retract the defense, trying to keep the victory, but at this time, the magical substitute Cruise still played his magic, in the eighty-sixth minute, Stankovic split the ball in the middle, passed a beautiful diagonal pass, Adriano successfully countered offside, and crossed in front of the goal after breaking into the penalty area, Cruise fell to the ground before the opposing defender and tackled, and the ball went into the net three times!

Three to three draws!

Inter Milan began to play to their advantage in the last few minutes, suppressing Palermo's crazy attack, but at this time their luck began to decline, Cruise had a good chance, his volley hit the crossbar and bounced off the bottom line, and Toney's breakthrough in the box was brought down by the opposing defender and was ignored by the referee, the final score was 3-3, Inter Milan kept their unbeaten record away from home, but for this draw, Inter Milan had no reason to be satisfied......

'I'm happy with the players' performance, but not with some other things. Palermo played well, but we suffered a lot of losses in the game. I don't want to be banned, so I won't say a few things, but in the last moments of the game we missed a penalty, a penalty that should have been there. It's a lesson that will allow us to perform a little bit better in the next races, and we have to be stronger to survive in the harsh environment. Dick said in his post-match press conference.