Chapter 548: Accidental Breakdown
When Dick and Mourinho met in the tunnel, both sides were stunned at the same time.
Although the time for the two teams to enter the stadium is about the same, the opportunity for the two coaches to meet at the player tunnel is not too big, because half an hour before the start of the game, the head coach can appear in the coach's box, some head coaches are used to waiting in the locker room until the game is about to start before coming out, and some head coaches are used to coming out a little earlier, and the intersection of the player tunnel is such a short distance, and the probability of meeting is not particularly large.
At this time, Dick and Mourinho happened to meet at the intersection......
"What a coincidence, Mr. Mourinho......" Dick raised his hand to greet Mourinho, and Mourinho laughed: "It's a coincidence, Mr. Dick." ”
After two sentences, the two sides fell silent at the same time - at the moment of the big game, although these two are very eloquent managers, but at this time they can't find anything to say, after a few seconds of silence, both sides at the same time found that it is not a good idea to remain silent like this, Mourinho stretched out his hand and signaled to let Dick go first, Dick nodded, and unceremoniously took the lead to the exit, while Mourinho followed silently.
"Oh, Dick and Mourinho walked out of the tunnel and it was time for them to meet...... I wonder what kind of sparks will be struck by this meeting? Did the two sides have a verbal argument or a live PK directly in the player tunnel? It's something you're looking forward to seeing...... But looking at their appearance is very neat, not like a real PK, next, let's see what kind of sparks their players will make on the field! ”
Amid the teasing of the not-so-serious commentator, the two managers returned to their positions, while the fans in the stands began to cheer and wait for the players from both sides to appear.
In this game, Mourinho sent a 4132 formation, the goalkeeper was Cech, and the right-back position, he sent Las Diarra, the Frenchman was originally a midfielder, but because of his more comprehensive characteristics, coupled with Chelsea's many injuries this season, he was more placed in the right-back position - left foot to right-back, which is also a rare example......
Left-back Ashley Cole, centre-back is a partnership between John Terry and Carvalho, in midfield, Claude Makelele is at the back, Essien, Lampard and Ballack form a strong midfield, and up front with Adriano and Drogba - Shepchenko is on the bench, Shepchenko has not been in good form since the start of the season, and there seems to be no sign of improvement, although Mourinho has given him a lot of opportunities, he has not shown his form at AC Milan. Adriano didn't start out in good form, but he has recently begun to gradually regain his form, scoring five goals in his last seven league games and forming a strong forward line with Didier Drogba, which has made him Mourinho's second choice up front.
Joe Cole and Wright Phillips are on the bench, Arjen Robben and Duff are out injured, and Chelsea's horrific winger group from last season is now almost completely paralyzed – which is a good thing in a way, as Mourinho doesn't have to worry about who to play and who not to play......
Inter Milan also sent a four-four-two, but unlike Chelsea, their formation is strictly a four-three-one-two - goalkeeper Cesar, defenders McConn, Zanetti, Cannavaro and Materazzi, midfielders Mascherano, Sneijder and Yaya Toure are behind, Figo is alone and Ibrahimovic and Toney are partners in attack.
With a similar formation, a similar type of player – two high strikers, four running midfielders, and a defensive line with strong assist capabilities on one side, such a confrontation is bound to be extremely fierce from the start.
In fact, from the very beginning of the game, both sides were running back and forth in midfield, Inter Milan quickly passed through the midfield, and Chelsea began to block Inter's passes.
Although Chelsea's midfield tackles are quite ferocious, Inter Milan's attack this season is not just able to score so many goals, Figo quickly passed the ball to Sneijder, and then cut forward, Sneijder's beautiful through pass to Figo, Figo ran and passed the ball to Ibrahimovic before Makelele came up to press, Ibrahimovic stopped the ball and turned around, and suddenly shot from a distance before Diarra pressed up!
It was a shot from 28 yards out that whizzed into the box and when Cech struggled to make a save, he found himself a little way out......
The next moment, the ball grazed the crossbar and the Chelsea fans in the stands booed, while Ibrahimovic shook his head, and he felt good about the long-range shot just now, but it was a little bit higher......
Dick gave a thumbs up off the field, he won't criticize Ibrahimovic for no reason, this attack just now, Ibrahimovic has a chance to shoot, shooting and passing can't be said to be the wrong choice, he naturally won't have any criticism of this, he will only criticize the goal when it is obviously not very likely, and there is a passing route when he barely shoots, even if such a shot is scored, it is purely a dribble, so it will be criticized by him.
After a shot like this from Inter Milan in the opening minute, the Chelsea players quickly launched a counterattack - they are also the top teams in Europe, and they are naturally unwilling to be led by Inter Milan in their own home stadium.
Petr Cech took the ball and the ball flew up front, Drogba jumped in the centre circle and headed it down, Ballack took the ball and passed it to Frank Lampard before he stepped forward himself, at which point the Inter defenders began to flood back to stop the Chelsea counter-attack.
Frank Lampard passed the ball to Ballack, who did not slow down the pace of attack, but directly passed the ball to Adriano, who took the ball and began to force an acceleration of the ball in front of his former teammate Mascherano who came over to defend him!
The lethality of Adriano's dribbling ball, Inter Milan's defenders naturally know very well, not only Mascherano is defending him, Cannavaro also moved his position forward to form a pinch, but Adriano did not continue to take it, but after a sharp stop and turn, he passed the ball back to Ballack's feet again, and Ballack quickly split the side and passed diagonally!
The ball flew diagonally down the left and Ashley Cole stepped in – Inter Milan and Chelsea both had a wing-back with great attacking quality and they were right in the match – depending on who blew whom, or if they blew each other up in the game.
Cole accelerated past McCann's defense, and then passed the ball to the middle, Materazzi and Drogba were entangled, but Drogba's power was terrible in his opinion, the two collided together, Materazzi's forward momentum was blocked, Drogba rushed to the point where the ball landed, but Materazzi's collision was not without effect, Drogba's follow-up was a little slow and failed to touch the ball, the ball flew six meters in front of the Inter Milan goal, and was cleared by Zanetti's quick big foot who returned to the defense.
'Chelsea's attack came close to scoring as well...... Although the defensive ability of both sides is not bad, it is still relatively difficult to defend, Drogba and Toney are both that kind of power center, such a center is difficult to defend, plus Adriano's breakthrough and Ibrahimovic's organization, both sides have an extremely strong forward partner! In such a situation, it may depend on who can score first to have a little more advantage! However, looking at the current situation, it seems that there will be a lot of goals in this game, because for both sides, it seems that it is easier to score goals than not to concede, even if they have good defenders, it is difficult to resist the opponent's attack! ”
To put it bluntly, Inter Milan and Chelsea both have strong forwards, even if their defense is also excellent, it is difficult to resist the attack of the opposing striker, Materazzi is still a little difficult to keep an eye on Drogba, Cannavaro is also a little difficult to resist against Adriano, Chelsea, Carvalho and Terry want to block Ibrahimovic and Toney's attack is also very difficult, Ibrahimovic's running range and Toney's ability to grab points are difficult for them to control, and the two sides can be entangled in the midfield, However, at this time, both sides are more directly over-creating opportunities for the front.
Ballack received the ball in the middle and tried to pass straight to Ade in front of him, but Cannavaro cut it off with a beautiful tackle around the front defence.
Ibrahimovic scored two corners on two consecutive breaks, but Chelsea's ability to defend high balls was quite good, Figo's two corners failed to create any threat, and Toney once grabbed the first spot, but was unable to top the ball under Ballack's close defence, and the ball went over the crossbar.
After a back-and-forth entanglement, Chelsea almost scored in the 10th minute, when Didier Drogba took the ball and was blocked by Materazzi and the ball fell behind Adriano, who suddenly turned and volleyed into the crossbar after stopping the ball, hitting the crossbar and bounced off the line!
"It's dangerous! Adriano's long-range shot was too sudden, but it was a little bit high, and he felt sorry for himself...... Recently he has started to get better, which does not bode well for Inter! This shot almost went on goal......"
The Chelsea fans let out a sigh but they quickly picked themselves up, and if they were just a little bit short of it, wouldn't they be going to score next?
But after five minutes, they really started sighing!
Inter Milan launched a counterattack without saying a word, Sneijder won the ball in the midfield and passed to Yaya Toure, Yaya Toure took the ball forward, and when Essien pounced on him, he passed the ball to Ibrahimovic in front, Ibrahimovic stopped the ball and turned around, quickly flicked back and forth at his feet, dodged Makelele who came up to press, and then suddenly passed the ball diagonally.
It was McCone who stepped in on the right, and before Ashley Cole could come to defend him, he took a step forward and then suddenly got up and shot from distance!
This long-range shot was a full 28 meters away from the goal, and I couldn't see anything when I just flew up, but before flying into the penalty area, there was a big arc change, and it flew directly diagonally to the far corner of the goal!
Cech judged the arc of the ball's flight, but his jump was a step slower, and despite stretching his arms in the air, he still couldn't touch the ball!
When the ball plunged into the corner of the goal, the whole stadium resounded with the cheers of more than 1,000 Inter Milan fans who came from afar!
In the case that the scene did not dominate, Inter Milan unexpectedly took the lead in scoring!