Chapter 425: I've Led the Weak Brigade Too
In the first half, Mazzari's defensive tactics were quite good, he did not arrange four defenders or five defenders, but boldly adopted the defensive tactics of three central defenders in front of four midfielders with excellent defensive ability, the biggest reason why Inter Milan's attack in the first half of the season is that they not only have a strong scoring ability in the penalty area, but also attack outside the box is the source of their attack.
Adriano often pulls the ball into the midfield to break through is an important scoring point for them to break the deadlock, in the two league games that Adriano did not play, Dick has focused on the wing, and then used Toney's dominance in the box to get opportunities - this style of play is a non-mainstream style of play in Inter Milan this season, they rely more on the midfield's running and pressing to create chances, and the vast majority of goals are created through the control and running of the midfield, especially the attack in the middle, It's even more important.
Everyone knows that it is the most difficult thing to break the deadlock in the middle, the attack in the middle is the most threatening, but the defensive pressure is also the most difficult, and no one thought that Inter Milan's attack is actually mainly starting from the middle - this is a bit incredible to think about, but it is a real thing, whether it is Adriano's attack after pulling out, or Pandev's threading in the middle, or even the midfield run of Perrotta and Stankovic, it is more concentrated in the middle than on the wingAttacking from the flanks was just one of their means, and when the opponent's attention began to focus on the middle, they began to attack from the flanks to create chances for Toney, and in this style of play, Inter's true intentions began to be concealed.
Mazzali was keenly aware of this, which made him bold to arrange four players with strong defensive ability in the middle, the first is to let Adriano have more people to defend him when he retreats to get the ball, the other is to fight against Inter Milan's midfield running ability, and the last point, that is, to reduce the chance of Pandev to get the ball, so that he can not pass sharp through passes without too much interference!
Such a tactical arrangement, from the first half, is very effective, Inter Milan's central attack has been under a lot of pressure, Toney did not get too many opportunities in the penalty area, Pandev also rarely had the opportunity to get the ball, Adriano who got the most balls always in the case of numerical advantage and could not play, which made Mazzari believe that his tactics are absolutely effective!
What he didn't expect was that Inter Milan in the first half today was not Inter Milan under normal circumstances, and Adriano, who was eager to prove his ability, had too much ball, and at halftime, Dick pointed out this, and Inter Milan's attack in the second half would return to its usual state, instead of letting Adriano play alone with the ball.
The four defensive midfielders only make the thickness of the midfield better, making Inter Milan's attack less easy than usual, but it is not enough to make Inter Milan's attack completely useless!
The ambitious Mazzari will be met by Inter Milan in the second half.
At half-time, Dick said a few words, which calmed down Adriano - the difficulties of the first half only made him start to know that he was not so good - so many goals in the first half of the season were more because of the tactical system arranged by Dick, right? And when you start to do it, it suddenly becomes difficult to score goals!
It turns out that in the first half of the season, I was able to score so many goals because of the tactical arrangement of the leader? Without that support, even when he faced the underdog Regina, couldn't he rely on his own ability to score?
Adriano, who thinks like this, actually fell into a misunderstanding, he scored so many goals in the first half of the season, not only because Dick's tactics were well arranged, but his own state was also a big factor, so many players in Inter Milan have scored, but he is still the one who scores the most goals, which is enough to prove his excellence, and this game he feels that the game seems to be very difficult, that is also a lot of factors, first of all, his own state is not as good as the first half of the season, some time ago he lost weight very hard, I haven't touched the ball much for a while, and I only have two or three days to practice with the club, secondly, he is more anxious, eager to use his personal performance to bring goals, the intention is too obvious, and finally, the tactics arranged by the opponent are aimed at him, so he will naturally feel very difficult......
In the season that Dick knew, Adriano was called Shaq O'Neill on the football field in the first half of the season, and when Mancini had not adjusted Inter's offensive tactics and the whole attack was like a mess, he almost completely relied on his own ability to score fourteen goals in sixteen rounds of the league, but after the winter break he turned off the fire, made fourteen appearances, and scored only two goals. His style of play, which focuses on individual breakthroughs, is also easy to be targeted, and in modern football, where players are getting closer, it has become increasingly unrealistic to score goals by one person.
However, in this case, Adriano can have such an idea, which will undoubtedly be a good thing, which makes him start to pay more attention to the cooperation of his teammates and start to know what to do on the field.
With such a turnaround, Inter Milan surprised Mazzarri immediately after the start of the second half!
They did not launch a stormy attack, but the pace of the attack slowed down much compared to the first half, which in the eyes of Reggina fans may think that Inter Milan was too physically exhausted in the first half of the attack, and now it is beginning to be unsupportable, but in the eyes of Mazzari, he will definitely not think so.
Throughout the first half of the season, Inter Milan has played a stormy offensive tactic, especially their midfielder three players have a considerable running distance, can run and rush, making Inter Milan's midfield this season full of strength.
Although Regina was pressed in the first half, but because there was no back and forth sprint, could their fitness problems occur so quickly? Besides, the winter break has just passed for more than a week, how can anyone be physically overdrawn so quickly!
This can only say one thing, that is, the players of Inter Milan did not rush to the game, but began to face the game with a more calm mind, after the fierce attack failed, they began to play their advantage in technology and control, control the game on the field, first did not give Reggina too many opportunities to counterattack, and then waited for the opportunity to find a flaw.
Mazzarri sighed, it seems that this is not the player's self-adjustment but Dick's tactical adjustment at halftime, which seems conservative, but to a great extent extinguishes the possibility of Reggina winning!
Mazzari knows that it is probably impossible to win this game, it can only depend on luck, and what he has to do now is to save at least one point.
Coaching in a relegation team like Reggina, Mazzari knows very well that it is best not to be reckless, if you can't get three points, it is good to get a point, and if you can get a point, the opponent will have two points less, which is much better than not getting a point at all.
However, what Mazari didn't expect was that even if it was a point, he wouldn't be able to keep it.
After moving back and forth through the midfield, Inter Milan soon began to create more chances on the wings, and although they did not have a serious wide attacker, Perrotta and Stankovic were both players who could play the wings, and with Zanetti starting to get forward and assist, they quickly dominated the flanks - as Reggina did not have any serious wide defenders on the field......
In the 55th minute, 10 minutes after the start of the second half, Adriano received a pass from Pandev in the middle, and when he saw two players pressing towards him, he did not choose to force the ball himself, but passed the ball back to Pandev's feet again.
At the same time as receiving the ball, Pandev was already ready to pass the route, after receiving Adriano's pass, he took advantage of the situation and dunked diagonally, and then raised his foot to distribute the ball to the relatively weak right side!
Stankovic, who was inserted, stopped the ball with his right foot, looked up to observe the situation in the penalty area, and then decisively crossed with his right foot!
Stankovic's crosses were also quite good, and the ball arced in the air, bypassing the defenders at the front post and flying to the middle!
As soon as Mazzari saw the timing of Tony's jump in the middle, he closed his eyes: "It's over......"
Sure enough, after Toney suppressed the opponent's central defender, he shook his head and pushed Stankovic's cross hard, and the ball quickly flew into the door of Regina!
Ten minutes into the second half, Inter scored his thirteenth league goal of the season with a header from a cross from the side after a back and forth pass!
If Reggina had a glimmer of hope of an equaliser after that goal, an incident twelve minutes later put down their hopes of picking up points.
In the 67th minute, Koluch brought down Pandev, who had the ball, behind the midfield, and received a second yellow card.
In the 76th minute, Zanetti, who inserted the assist, handed the ball to Pandev, who took advantage of the situation, and Adriano picked up his left foot to bombard the goal, and blasted the ball into it from 25 meters away from the gate!
Mazzari shook his head helplessly, replaced the main striker Bonazzoli, and announced that he would abandon the game.
Dick also began to regroup, with Di Natale and Cruise coming on to replace Pandev and Tony, while Mascherano replaced Zanetti to prevent him from being injured due to too much physical exertion.
As a super sub, Cruise seized the opportunity, and five minutes after coming on as a substitute, he smashed Stankovic's corner into the door of Reggina with a corner kick, 3-0, and Inter Milan won a complete away game!
"Congratulations on your victory."
After the match, Mazari came over to shake Dick's hand, and there was no unconvinced expression on his face: "You didn't give me any chance...... I thought there would be more chances in the second half. ”
"I have also led the weak team, in such a situation, it is often the opportunity for the weak team to score points, how can I not guard against it?" Dick laughed: "What's more, in Serie A, there is no team to deal with, if I don't pay more attention, I'm afraid we would have lost our unbeaten record long ago......"