Chapter 139: Dick's Angry Scolding
However, no matter how strong the defense is, there will always be loopholes under the opponent's extremely fierce attack - Inter Milan's defense is based on shrinking defense, which will certainly make the back line have enough manpower, but it is also easy to make the opponent's attack more unscrupulous!
Although they stubbornly held out for 40 minutes, Atletico Madrid's top scorer Jadel seized a precious opportunity after 43 minutes.
Vicente's forced breakthrough on the left side created a corner, Belleron stood at the corner kick point, and Jardel was naturally the target of the opponent's defense, but his height made only one person in the Inter Milan backline able to keep an eye on him, that is, former French national team captain Blanco, but in the previous confrontation, although Blanco successfully stared at Jardel, it also made his physical fitness and confrontation ability decline rapidly.
It is precisely because of this that Belleron's corner kick is obvious to go directly to Jardel!
Jadel and Blanco rushed to the landing point at the same time, but Jadel relied on his own strength to seize the advantageous position of the front point, facing the falling ball, and jumped high!
Blanco jumped up, but he was powerless to stop Jardel from completing the steps of his header - the ball pushed by Jardel flew quickly to the front of the goal, and Frey made a save, but he was still one step away from being able to touch the ball!
When the net was violently shaken by the ball pushed by Jardel, the Atletico fans in the stands began to let out loud cheers - they had been waiting for this opportunity for 43 minutes!
Dick on the sidelines also breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he scored before the end of the first half, otherwise it would be very demoralizing if such a fierce attack failed to score - Jadel is still very powerful, although there has been no goal in two rounds of league games, but in this game he found the feeling of scoring again!
Such a goalscorer who can score goals is indeed quite important for the whole team.
Atletico's players are also celebrating wildly, knowing that as long as they take the lead, there will be no big problems in the future, Inter will be forced to attack in the second half, and they will be able to score more chances.
All the Atletico players have overlooked one point, although it is now forty-three minutes, but the first half is not over, Inter Milan is not without chances, although they were tired of defending before, but the two top strikers have not consumed anything, they are also waiting for their chance......
Dick ignored the psychological changes of the players, he still underestimated Inter Milan a little - this is also a kind of disadvantage brought by later memories, because he knew that Inter Milan was very hard this season, so he subconsciously underestimated them, but forgot that Inter Milan is also a top giant, and they still have a few dangerous stars in their team.
For example, Vieri, and for example...... Recoba.
After the restart, Inter Milan started to kick back and forth in midfield, while Atletico's players started to press in midfield, and they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to score another goal, so that their advantage in the second half would become even bigger - after finally scoring, they began to feel that it would be less difficult to score another goal.
The Atletico players pressed fiercely, making Inter Milan's passing look a little difficult, which made their pressing start to press even more, and before they knew it, they left a huge gap in the backfield......
Baraja's flying tackle nearly cut off Farinos' pass, and just when he was a little regretful, Seedorf received the ball in a more dangerous place......
Thuram was still vigilant enough, and when he observed that Seedorf was able to deliver a beautiful through ball and Recoba had already started to cut forward, Thuram, who knew that he could not directly stop the completion of the attack, decisively commanded the back line to cut forward for offside, but at this time, the young Marchena made a mistake, and his press seemed a little slower......
Seedorf's through ball went over the Atletico backline and Recoba was duly plugged in!
Thuram raised his hand to signal that Recoba was offside, but when he saw the linesman who was running forward with Recoba instead of raising the flag, and Marchena, who was slightly behind, he knew that there was some danger here!
Thuram began to defend quickly, but after all, it was a step slower, and Recoba's speed was also quite fast, he quickly received Seedorf's pass, and then began to go straight in!
For a striker like Recoba, who is very technically good, such a single knife is relatively simple - he did not give Thuram a chance to catch up with him, and Recoba, who quickly dribbled into the penalty area, faced the onrushing Molina, and a clever pick, the ball flew over Molina's head, and then flew into the Atletico goal!
In first-half stoppage time, Inter Milan quickly equalized through a beautiful counterattack!
The excitement of Atletico fans lasted only three minutes!
When Recoba started running inside the stadium, the whole Calderón stadium fell silent, and only the cheers of more than 1,000 Inter Milan fans who came from afar - they still equalized in such a passive situation in the first half, which made all Inter fans feel extremely happy!
"What the hell!"
Dick waved his hand violently, annoyed by the loss.
He didn't blame Marchena, after all, to use such a young player, you have to bear such a price, and what annoyed him was the timing of the goal - it was so frustrating to lose a goal just after taking the lead!
When the Atletico players were ready to kick off, Dick was the first to leave the dugout, but walked into the tunnel first.
Before the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Dick left early! It seems that he is very, very annoyed...... This also seems to be a normal thing, after all, the goal that Atletico conceded makes people feel too depressed...... Dick is someone who doesn't mind expressing his annoyance, doesn't know what he's going to do in the dressing room, and growls at the players like Alex Ferguson? Unfortunately, we don't know what it's like in the Atletico dressing room......"
In the joke of the commentator, as soon as Atletico kicked off, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and Inter Milan's goal should have happened in stoppage time, and it was a strange thing not to end it immediately.
This time, instead of being a little scared to go into the dressing room as they were last time, the Atletico players asked Torres to explore the way, because they were also annoyed by the ball, and even if Dick yelled at them, they felt that it was the right thing to do......
At the same time, they also had a bit of a fluke - maybe Dick didn't get angry at all, as he did last time, but thought ahead about the second half......
Unfortunately, they guessed wrong.
After entering the locker room, Dick's face was so gloomy that the temperature in the dressing room seemed to drop by several degrees, and seeing Dick's face, the Atletico players knew that they had guessed wrong, and they walked into the dressing room one by one, and then prepared for the baptism of the storm.
Sure enough, Dick's roar was remembered in the locker room as Torres, the last to come in closed the door with a backhand.
"Hell! It's disgusting to concede a goal like that! We attacked for 43 minutes and managed to score, but because of a momentary negligence, the opponent wiped out all our efforts! I absolutely can't stand this kind of bastard thing! Do you understand? Absolutely, absolutely unbearable! Yes, we failed to create an offside position, which was Carlos' mistake, but before that? How did we make it easy for Seedorf to get the ball in that place? And how did he easily send such a deadly straight stopper? It's just a goal! Are you starting to flutter? You know, we're just in the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup! Four, five, six, or seven fucking steps away from the championship! We have only just ranked first in the La Liga standings, and we haven't won the championship yet! Are you starting to be proud? Beginning to look down on your opponents? Do you think you're already some kind of deserving player? Come on, tell us about your proud club achievements! Is it the round of 16 in the UEFA Cup, or the 13th in La Liga? What the fuck is there to be proud of? We look down on Inter? They are one of the three strongest teams in Italy! One of the teams with the most UEFA Cup titles! We have a team with less than double figures in the league and the best result in the League Cup is the top four, so what right do we have to look down on others? I said after the winter break that we're not a very strong team, we're a great team, but compared to most of the big clubs, we're not strong enough to be able to form a suppressive situation! We have to do our best every game to be able to smile even better at the end of the season! You've done a good job before, especially in the last round of the league, and you were very focused from start to finish, which makes me happy and I feel like we've got something this season. But...... You've just been at the top of the standings and you're in this situation, and you're very disappointed, very, very disappointed. ”
Dick's tirade gave the Atletico players a look of shame on their faces - they were indeed a little fluttery, although they maintained their excellent form and consistent attacking ability when they were not ahead, but after taking the lead, as if all the tasks had been completed, they forgot that the game was not over, the first half of the game was not over, at least the whistle had not sounded!
"Now that you know what's wrong with that, I won't say anything more...... Finish them off with offense in the second half! In the first half, our attack was not without effect, at least their backline has been dragged by us, as long as they attack, they will definitely be able to have a good effect, understand! ”
Dick knew that scolding would only demoralize the players, so he stopped his mouth in time, then slowed down and began to explain the tactics: "Their centre-backs have done their best to deal with Jardel, we need to make use of two more flanks. What we need on that side of Zanetti is containment, and that side ...... Belen, Mauro, you have to increase the number of attacks in the second half, play on their left side, make their gaps on this side even more...... Their defensive moves are not small, you have to understand that this is our home stadium, let them foul more! This will also allow you to accumulate the advantage of the second round...... Treat two games as if they were one, get it? ”