Chapter 468: An Unexpected Appearance
'We were two goals down in the first half...... That's not too bad a thing. Against a team like Inter Milan, you can't defend alone, what we need is to attack, play more fluidly, be more aggressive, and play what we do best, understand! The strikers pull the side, and Francisco you go up and let their defense lose its center of gravity...... They have a lot of space at the back, and we can boldly pass through the middle of the field! Don't worry about the success rate, such an attack, one success can have enough gains! They are very good on the wings, they are a little bit worse in the middle, and that's where we can take advantage of it, be bold and attack, don't worry about anything, we have nothing to lose and most importantly, we have to get back to what we used to be and become the wolves that scared everyone! ”
After returning to the locker room, Spalletti began to boost the morale of the players, after all, he had lost four games in a row, and now he was two goals behind, which made Rome almost lose confidence in winning, and at this time, what Spalletti needed to do was to restore the confidence of the Roma players, it doesn't matter if they lose, the most feared thing is that even their confidence will be lost!
From this point of view, Spalletti knows the Roma team very well and knows that Roma can do without anything else, but this crazy momentum must not be removed!
Under the leadership of Capello, Roma won a Serie A championship and a Serie A runner-up, and met Real Madrid almost every year in the Champions Cup, but they were never afraid, Lazio at the peak was also beaten by them in the Rome derby a four-to-one, such a Roma, although the honor is not very much, but it has always been a headache for other teams!
However, after last season's toss-up, Roma can be said to be seriously injured, and what Spalletti needs to do now is to regain Roma's self-confidence, so that they can gradually return to their previous rhythm.
In the dressing room at Inter Milan, however, it was more relaxed.
The two-goal lead in the first half made them almost say that they had won the Italian Super Cup, and beating Roma four times last season also made them feel that Roma would not be their opponents.
Now, all they have to do is wait forty-five minutes to lift another trophy!
"Don't be careless, understand? Maybe you don't believe what I'm saying now, but in the next few years, Roma will be a big opponent for us, they didn't play well in the first half, because their manager has not been able to reflect all his coaching ideas, maybe they won't be our opponents in this game, but in the future, they will be very strong, so don't be careless in the second half, continue to attack in the first half, don't give them any chance! It's not enough to win this game, we need to see how our summer training camp goes, in the first half I saw a lot of things I wanted to see, in the second half I needed to see more. ”
After Dick said this, the players of Inter Milan nodded their heads - the result of this game is not particularly important, the most important thing is to let Dick observe the players' performance in the official game and their adaptation to the current tactics, which Dick has emphasized before the game starts, so it is not so abrupt.
In fact, for Dick, he also thinks that this game was won, although he values Spalletti and Roma very much, but he also knows that after a team changes a new manager, even if the tactics of this manager are completely in line with their characteristics, it is not immediately reflected, historically this season Roma played poorly at the beginning, Spalletti also took a long time to put Roma on track, and that wave of eleven consecutive wins also appeared in the middle and late stages of the season, even so, They only finished in fifth place – before the phonegate points, of course.
So for this opponent, now Dick wants to say that he attaches importance to it, and if he wants to say that he does not pay attention to it, he does not pay attention to it......
It's just that after the start of the second half, Roma, who began to attack frantically, surprised him.
"Did it boost the morale of the players so quickly? This manager and this team are really in tune......" Dick thought thoughtfully.
However, despite the overwhelming Roma attack, Dick is not worried that his team will lose this game - it is still the same reason, morale-boosting and talking can only allow the team to play as it should, and it is unlikely to give the players a bonus in form - after all, this is not a blessing and a sacrificial hymn, Spalletti's biggest problem is that there is not enough time, and the current configuration of Roma is not particularly suitable for playing his kind of strikerless tactics later.
There are strikers, there are traces to follow, Rounda and Montella two strikers will always become the last link in the scoring, and among these two forwards, Rounda is a new striker, and the strength can only be regarded as ordinary, Montella was in good form last season, but a striker like him must have the full support of the midfield, as long as you pay attention to this, you will not give him too many opportunities!
So Dick continued to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and watched, isn't it just an attack? Compared to the attack, our offensive ability is not afraid of anyone, even if you score one or two, we have the ability to score more goals!
However, in the following time, Dick's brows gradually tightened - Roma's attack has changed significantly compared to the first half, the two forwards began to pull the side constantly, and on top of the middle was the original attacking midfielder, captain Totti!
"Isn't this Nima the one they didn't have a striker in the future?" Dick thought to himself.
In the 50th minute, Rounda broke through with the ball on the left flank, suddenly changed the line and flashed a shot gap, and then got up to shoot, the ball was slightly over the crossbar.
In the 53rd minute, Sneijder fired high from 28 yards out.
In the 55th minute, Adriano counterattacked while dribbling the ball, and seeing that the opponent's goalkeeper was standing a little forward, he suddenly got up and shot from 40 meters away, but it was slightly higher, causing the fans in the stands to sigh.
In the 56th minute, Roma counterattacked, Totti received the ball and suddenly pulled the ball with his foot to dodge the returning Mascherano, and then pushed the far corner from the penalty area, Cesar pounced on the ball and got rid of it, Montella followed up with a follow-up shot, but Cannavaro returned in time to clear the ball first.
In the 57th minute, Pizarro crossed diagonally to the left side of the penalty area in the middle, and Totti, who was suddenly inserted, shook his head in front of Córdoba at the back point, and the ball hit the near post and popped off the bottom line!
Roma's attack began to become more and more violent, and Dick also frowned - he was not afraid of the opponent's attack, but the few attacks of Inter Milan just now seemed a little hasty, and the two long-range shots could be played more securely, attacking so quickly, it was easier to create opportunities for the opponent to attack, and the opponent began to continue to play direct passes in the middle, which also made Inter Milan's defense have to start retreating, and the control of the midfield was not as perfect as in the first half.
In the 61st minute, Materazzi fought with Totti at the back, both fell to the ground at the same time, Totti quickly stood up, but Materazzi fell down with his left leg, although he limped off the field and returned to the field after receiving treatment, but Materazzi seemed to be unable to hold on anymore......
Last season, Inter Milan's backline was largely injury-free, but Materazzi was injured in the first game of the season...... That's not a good idea.
Dick now has two options, the first is to let Córdoba go to the middle, and then switch to Maggio or Arbeloa, and the second option is to let the one between Chiellini and Andreoli take Materazzi's place - Dick will definitely choose the second situation, because Cannavaro is not tall, plus a Córdoba, so that the opponent's altitude advantage is obvious......
After thinking about it, Dick called Chiellini from the bench.
'Gio, ready to play at centre-back...... Don't worry too much, got it? Be bold to defend, pay attention to your position, don't have the task of marking, and if any player comes to infringe on you, take him down for me! ”
Chiellini nodded, although Dick had told him in the pre-season training camp that he would switch to central defender for the new season and had received quite a bit of training, but he was still a little nervous at this time - because he had always been a full-back, defending in the middle, which was still a very new thing for him.
After a brief warm-up, Chiellini stood on the sidelines and Materazzi slowly walked off the pitch before hugging Chiellini.
"Don't worry, anyone comes, just go and kill them!" Materazzi whispered something in Chiellini's ear as they hugged him, then patted him on the back before walking off the pitch.
During the pre-season training camp, Dick told him that this kid could very well become your successor, and give him a good guide - so Materazzi is the first person in the Inter Milan team to get acquainted with Chiellini.
"Rest well, I'm going to see how far this kid can go." Dick said to Materazzi with a smile.
Materazzi nodded: "His style is more suitable...... However, the sense of position is not something that can be trained in a day or two. ”
"To develop a good centre-back, it's normal to sacrifice a little something." Dick smiled slightly.
"Materazzi is out...... It should have been injured during the scramble just now, after all, he is not young, and it was not Andreoli who came on as a substitute, but Chiellini, who was brought back from Fiorentina this season! What does that mean, he's the main left-back at Fiorentina...... However, it is understandable that he went on the field to play left-back, Zanetti returned to his old right-back position, and Cordoba went to play central defender, so it is still a complete backline, but will it cause chaos if all three people change positions in one breath? ”
A minute later.
"Ah...... Chiellini seems to have really appeared in the central defender position! Could this be Dick's transformation of him? Transforming a full-back who performed well last season into a centre-back...... But thinking about it, it seems to make some sense, Chiellini's height of 1.86 meters is still too tall to play fullback, and it is better to play central defender, and he is still young, and there is room for transformation, let's take a look at Chiellini's new position, what kind of good performance can he have! ”
In fact, even Dick didn't expect Chiellini to have any good performance, after all, a good central defender can't be played in a day, so, in the next game, the battle belonging to Cesar began.