Chapter 530: It's Easy
"We have a perfect first half, but I want to tell you that to get a perfect game, it's not enough to have a perfect first half, you have to have a perfect second half, two perfect halves combined, so that it can be a really perfect game! Now what we have to do is try to be perfect in the second half as well, and then go back to Milan with the greatest honour and receive everyone's cheers! ”
Dick returned to the dressing room and said something like this, and the Inter players waved their fists and shouted: "No problem, boss! ”
"Very well, now, I want you to forget the first half. [No pop-ups. Dick nodded: "We had a two-goal lead in the first half, which is indeed a big advantage, but although we didn't play the Champions Cup last season, we should have a lot of attention to the Champions Cup...... Can anyone tell me what happened in the Champions League final last season? ”
The players froze for a moment, then looked at each other - they were not fools, and immediately understood what Dick meant - after all, what happened in last season's Champions Cup final was only a short time ago, and that kind of thing was ...... It's also a scene that no one will easily forget!
"AC Milan lost the game with a three-goal lead in the final...... Boss, I think we've made it clear that the second half of the game will not disappoint you. As captain, Zanetti stood up and said to Dick.
Seeing the players nodding their heads, Dick laughed: "Okay, let's talk about what to do in the second half...... Although I have always disliked Barcelona and I have always despised them, the team that can make it to the final is not bad. Barcelona's attack was indeed the most spectacular in Europe in recent years, and we were the more efficient. After the start of the second half, the situation of two goals behind and the venue of the final, Barcelona will definitely give up any other ideas and focus on strengthening the attack! It's going to be dangerous and it's going to test us, so in the second half we have to strengthen our defense, but we can't give up attacking – let everyone see that Italy's counter-attack can do them four goals in '94 and 12 years from now, they can still do them! ”
"It's a counter-attack, but we can't give up on attack. In the first half, we were mainly attacking Luca and Luiz, and in the second half, our main attacking force was Wright! ”
Hearing Dick's words, Adriano raised his head suddenly, he had been waiting for this sentence for a long time!
Now he has scored nine goals in the Champions Cup, tied with AC Milan's Shepchenko, and AC Milan did not reach the final, Adriano is fully capable of occupying the top scorer position alone - this position is naturally better if he can occupy it alone, and is unwilling to share it with others, but before Dick arranged the focus of the attack was Figo and Toney, let him just be a front, Adriano has complaints of course is certain.
And now, he heard Dick's words, which made him immediately start to get excited!
In fact, Dick's arrangement is also for a reason, since Adriano wants to compete for the top scorer, then Barcelona will be very strict with him, because Inter Milan is likely to let him focus on attacking, and now such an arrangement, it really has a good effect, the first goal is like that, if it weren't for Adriano to attract Puyol to come forward to wrap up, Toney's shot in the penalty area may not be so easy!
And now, in the second half, Barcelona must attack fiercely, so that they don't care about marking Adriano, in the case of shrinking defense, Adriano, who has excellent dribbling ability and comprehensive skills, can of course become the main force of the attack!
However, there are a few words that must be explained to Adriano.
"Don't blindly dribble the ball, we may not have a lot of attackers, but there will still be a few of them. Small-scale coordination, using passes and runs to play fast breaks, get it? Wright, play your scoring ability and receiving ability, this season's Champions Cup top scorer must belong to you. ”
Adriano nodded heavily, he also firmly believed in this, now he has no shortage of collective honors, but in a competition like the Champions Cup, winning the top scorer is still an extremely attractive honor!
While Dick was confidently arranging the second half of the game, in the other locker room, Rijkaard had a very, very bad headache.
'Now we don't have anything to go back to, we didn't play badly in the first half but we weren't as efficient as Inter and that's why we're behind. Two balls is nothing for our offensive ability, but what we have to do is to give full play to our offensive ability! Let them know that even if Inter Milan is the most attacking team now, our offensive ability must not be worse than them! ”
Rijkaard shook his fist in the locker room, boosting morale: "Are you willing to lose to that guy?" I don't know how much he hates Barcelona, but from what I know about him, he will definitely criticize the whole of Barcelona football as worthless after winning the game! Ronaldo, do you think your performance will be worse than Adriano's? He didn't score in the first half. Samuel Eto'o, the opposing centre-forward Toney has scored, where is our centre-forward? ”
"I'll score in the second half!" Eto'o replied loudly, after joining Barcelona, Eto'o quickly became the top center forward in the entire La Liga and even the whole of Europe, of course, he was not willing to be idle in the Champions League final for 90 minutes without scoring!
Although Xiao Luo didn't speak, he lost the relaxed smile on his face.
Seeing the expressions of the players, Rijkaard was also relieved, now the players still have fighting spirit, and it is not in vain that they use provocative methods to make them have great passion for the second half!
What players are most afraid of is losing their fighting spirit and motivation, and a team without motivation will not achieve good results even if they pile up more stars.
"Good, now for everyone to see in the second half, all our attacking strength! Let everyone know that we will not lose in the Champions Cup final again like we did 12 years ago! ”
The break was always short, and after the managers of both sides had arranged it almost as the second half began.
The players on both sides began to walk out of the tunnel one by one, and although there was no shortage of teammates from the same national team, such as Ronaldo and Ade, Sneijder and Van Bommel, no one said a word to the opponent at this time.
"The second half is about to start...... Oh, Barcelona changed three people in one go! Rijkaard: This is about to be ruined! However, it is understandable that if they do not show their strongest attacking ability in the second half, then they are likely to be suffocated by Inter Milan in the second half...... While we've been debating whether Inter Milan will lift the trophy with a hearty win like their city rivals did 12 years ago, Dick's habit is that he might be able to win the trophy in the safest way possible, which is in keeping with Inter's tradition of winning the Champions League twice in their history by relying on excellent counter-attacks. ”
Belletti replaced Oleg and the young defender struggled in the first half, with Figo setting up the first goal from a cross from this flank, while Materazzi headed over his head for the second...... I don't know if such a substitution will be a blow to his mentality. Young attacking midfielder Andres Iniesta replaced Dutch defender Van Bommel, and now Barcelona's midfield is all attacking players, Van Bommel's performance is not bad, but Barcelona now needs to attack more. Swedish veteran Larsson replaced French winger Gyuli, who did not perform very well in the first half, and it seems that the injury that left him in the final two years ago also brought a shadow to him, Larsson's experience can help Barcelona, and his impact and scoring ability can also bring Barcelona stronger scoring opportunities...... Barcelona are now desperate to win this game by attacking! ”
"Compared with Barcelona's three-man substitution, Inter Milan is much more stable, Dick didn't make a substitution, will he still use attacking tactics in the second half? If the two sides attack each other, there will definitely be more goals and the scene will be more exciting! ”
Everyone was expecting a very good game, but Dick knew that if they just had to watch the game, they would probably be disappointed, because there might be a lot of goals in the second half, but it would not be too pretty.
Barcelona did go crazy attacking from the start, and now they are almost all attacking players on the pitch, and when the three midfielders attack, Marques will come to the midfield position as a defensive midfielder, leaving Puyol alone, which is already a complete attacking formation.
But Dick is not worried at all, Barcelona's attack will indeed be ferocious, but it is too early, there are still 45 minutes left in the second half, Barcelona has the ability to maintain such a suppressive attack until the end of the game? And with three substitutions at the same time, there is no room for adjustment, and Barcelona lack that kind of all-rounder on the field, even if they are lucky enough to equalize or even overtake the score? How do they defend next?
"It's a pity that Barcelona are strong but they lack a top manager, and if Jose Mourinho is in charge of this Barcelona team, then it's really interesting."
Dick thought in his heart, of course he knew that this was unlikely, although when Van Gaal was out of class and Barcelona fell into chaos, Mourinho, as an assistant coach, was a good successor, but for Barcelona, Mourinho was never his own person, otherwise Mourinho would not have left Barcelona in advance, because he saw this clearly, but what he didn't expect was that when he made a great name in Europe, Barcelona still gave up on him and chose Guardiola......
Sometimes Dick wondered what kind of team Barcelona would become if history changed and Mourinho took over from Louis van Gaal for Barcelona. That's a lot of room for imagination......
At the moment of the war, Dick could still think about these other problems, if Rijkaard knew, he would definitely scold Dick for disrespecting his opponent, right? It's just that when facing him, Dick feels that he is really relaxed.