Chapter 415: Gratitude
Adriano's performance in this attack was important, but not eye-catching, he was an important part of this attack, but not the only important factor - it meant that he was not out of the whole system, and his one, and the other tens, combined were greater than eleven, not less than eleven.
Dick was very happy about this situation, if he could continue like this, and then win some championships under his command, other Dick would not dare to say, but at least in the last few years, Adriano would not suddenly fall.
After conceding a goal, Cagliari at home was naturally not to be outdone, when Serie A was called the small World Cup, basically under the suppression of strong teams at the level of the Seven Sisters, the middle and lower teams wanted to gain a foothold in Serie A, they had to have some of their own unique skills, such as Cagliari, they were one of the teams that stayed in Serie A left over from that period, and naturally they would not be easily defeated by a goal.
Cagliari quickly launched a counterattack, Zola is no longer a simple striker or two striker, he has a large range of activities in the front court, although he can no longer hold the ball past a few people, but he only needs to take the ball, and then pass, and then run to control, can bring great benefits to Cagliari's attack.
In the face of Inter Milan, Zola's performance was also excellent, and Dick's pre-game words seemed to stimulate the veteran, in fact, Dick did not mean sarcasm, but his words in other people's ears seemed to imply that Zola was old......
"When I was a child, Zola was already the best player in the world" - doesn't that mean that Zola is now dying? So Zola decided to let this young coach, who is more than ten years younger than himself, know that even if Zola is old, he can't be easily underestimated by the other party!
Soon, Zola created a chance for Cagliari with a clever cross from the edge of the penalty area, he first shook off the chasing Zanetti by running, then received the ball at the edge of the penalty area, easily picked it up with his left foot, and the ball flew diagonally into the penalty area, and fell right in front of Langella, who was diagonally inserted into the box!
Materazzi, who had rushed to fill in the position, saw that Langela had taken advantage of the terrain and immediately took the risk of opting for a flying tackle - a half-to-half situation, if he could tackle the ball accurately, it would be a good defence, but if he tackled the opponent's foot......
Materazzi was unfortunate enough to tackle the opponent's foot, and Rangeira fell to the ground, and the referee's whistle immediately blew off, penalty!
This is the first penalty awarded to Inter Milan this season, and since that time, there has been no penalty awarded to any of the 20 Serie A teams – but Inter have not been awarded a single penalty in the league so far......
Dick shook his finger in protest, but his protest was directly ignored, Zola himself took the penalty, he calmly pushed the penalty into the lower right corner of the goal, although Toldo judged the right direction, but Zola's penalty was called the angle to the extreme, grazing the post and flying into the goal, Toldo could only cry in vain.
Materazzi stood cross-legged in the penalty area, he looked very depressed about the penalty, but Dick slapped hard off the field and stretched out his thumb to Materazzi from afar.
Although he gave the opponent a penalty, Dick did not blame Materazzi, in that case, he had done what he could do, even if it was that tackle, there was half of the defensive success rate, looking at the probability, his judgment was undoubtedly correct, and as a scavenger, Materazzi has done quite well.
As long as he continues like this, Materazzi will always get better and better, and when the time comes, he will become the most reliable combination in the Inter backline, although they are both in their early thirties, but they are all evergreens who can play until they are 37 or 8 years old, and there is absolutely no problem in maintaining the top form for the next three or four years.
After being equalized by Cagliari, Inter Milan began to continue to attack aggressively, trying to extend the lead before the end of the first half, while Cagliari launched a defense, hoping to withstand this wave of Inter Milan's attack, and then rely on the counterattack in the front court to try to gain an advantage - this is actually very effective to play, Zola's instigation and passing, there is a fast Esposito on the side, and there is a good technical speed in the middle, such a combination of frontcourt, playing counterattack is actually quite good- Cagliari scored fewer goals in the first few rounds because they were also facing middle and lower teams, so naturally they would not stupidly suppress the attack and then let the backfield expose a huge gap to be chased by Cagliari, and Inter Milan is ......
Inter Milan's attack was very strong, they created a lot of shooting opportunities in the following time, Toney turned and shot at the edge of the box was blocked, Adriano burst into the box and the shot was saved by the opposing goalkeeper, the four Inter Milan players in front played a delicate combination, and finally Stankovic's volley went over the crossbar and won three corners in a row......
Such an oppressive attack continued until the thirtieth minute, Cagliari's door was in jeopardy, and it seemed that it could be broken at any time, but they miraculously supported - in fact, every opponent of Inter Milan this season played very tenacious, making Dick the head coach of the team at the same time that Inter Milan ushered in a lot of benefits, but also began to make them the target of the public, and every manager who faced Inter Milan was unwilling to be restrained, Rather, they want to show their ability in front of this young, red-hot manager......
I have to say that Dick's achievements are enough to make 99% of the world's coaches jealous, and now that he has come to Serie A, then the head coach of Serie A still doesn't roll up his sleeves and go up to the group fight? Either way, beating Dick or drawing with Dick's team would make them more famous......
Even if they lose, they can still be unconvinced, saying that they are not leading a giant, they only lost one goal, and if I change the position of manager of Inter Milan, I will definitely be able to do better than Dick......
Dick actually knows in his heart that since you are famous, then when you enjoy fame, you will definitely cause a lot of trouble, Huo Yuanjia has to usher in more challenges when he becomes the first in Tianjin, and Dick has become the first head coach to lead different teams to win the Champions Cup for two consecutive years, so he will naturally be jealous of his peers, not to mention that Dick is still such a person who is easy to hate.
In this case, the players need to be more focused on the game, and then score goals through better cooperation, and it is precisely because of this pressure that the potential of the Inter Milan players is quickly squeezed out, which drives the whole team to leap!
Dick felt that his team would have no problem scoring if they were not too unlucky, but in the 33rd minute, Cagliari took the lead through a beautiful quick counter-attack!
After clearing the ball at the back, Zola picked up the ball over the top in the midfield, and Langera, who was inserted at high speed, got rid of Cannavaro and burst into the penalty area, and scored in the face of the attacking Toldo, and overtook the score!
The Cagliari fans shouted wildly, taking the lead in such a passive situation...... This is exactly the situation that Cagliari is most accustomed to! Even if you are beaten passively all over the field, even if the number of shots on goal is not a fraction of that of the opponent...... But so what? As long as we can win, then the opponent can only watch us take away the three points!
Dick stood up, then made a more resolute gesture to the room.
If he hadn't conceded this goal, Dick might have asked the players to recycle it and play again, but now that the opponent has been counterattacking for a long time, it is even more important to use the attack to prove that there is no problem with our attack!
Seeing his gesture, the Inter players quickly came out of the panic after conceding the goal, and immediately after the kick-off, they started attacking!
Sometimes between scoring and not scoring, there is a layer of paper!
If Inter Milan hadn't launched a quick counterattack after conceding the goal, maybe they would have gone into halftime with a trail, but under the command of Dick, they quickly launched a counterattack, which made Cagliari a little panicked, because they didn't expect Inter Milan's attack to come so fiercely, so quickly, so resolutely!
Perrotta cut the ball crosswise, and then handed the ball to Pandev who received in the middle, Cagliari's players strengthened the marking of the two strikers, but Pandev passed the ball diagonally to Zanetti who inserted it on the side, Zanetti received the ball and dribbled directly into the penalty area, and when the Cagliari defenders rushed up to defend in a panic, Zanetti had already raised his foot to pass the ball!
The ball slid past the goalkeeper and Stankovic, who followed up at the back post, volleyed straight into the back row, and the ball flew up and into the door of Cagliari!
Cagliari's lead, held only for a minute!
'Remember, we're going to keep attacking. Although Cagliari's defense in the first half was excellent and tenacious, they were on the verge of not being able to support it, otherwise they would not have conceded a goal immediately because of our immediate counter-attack! Keep attacking in the second half, with such a lot of pressure, we're going to break them down! ”
"And what about Zola?" Someone asked a question.
"Then it's up to Cristiano." Dick patted Zanetti on the shoulder, then said with a smile.
Zanetti looked at Dick gratefully, to say that the biggest change after Dick took office is Zanetti, although Dick also brought young Mascherano from Argentina, but in terms of employment, he completely trusts Zanetti, as long as he is not injured or sick, he is the main force, even if he makes some mistakes, he will not blame - you must know that this is the treatment he did not enjoy under Cooper in previous years, at first Cooper trusted Di Biagio more, and later Zanetti could not guarantee the main position, This made Zanetti start to miss the days when he played in Rome even more......
Now that Dick has given him that trust, Zanetti now has no other idea - to play well under Dick and try to win a few championships! You must know that although Zanetti is not young and has participated in the World Cup, he has not won any decent championships, and Zanetti also values this very much!
Zanetti decided to perform well in the second half and show Dick that he was not wrong about his leaning!