As it turned out, when the pace of the game was controlled by Liverpool, the Inter players were never able to adapt.

After the first ten minutes of attacking, after being hit by Yang Yang with a sharp counterattack, the players of Inter Milan were full of fear of Liverpool's attack, and could no longer be as bold as they were at the beginning.

Liverpool, on the other hand, steadily pressed the overall formation up.

Sitting in the back and pressing forward in formation, this is what Liverpool has always been best at.

Crouch and Kuyt also returned to the forward line, while Yang Yang returned to his accustomed left flank.

This is also Benitez's pre-match arrangement, and he hopes to use Yang Yang to suppress McConn.

Liverpool's strongest weapon suppresses Inter Milan's strongest attacking point, and Benitez's strategy is also very targeted.

If McCone chooses to attack forward, then Liverpool will have more opportunities on the left side, and if McCone does not press, Inter Milan will lack wings, the attacking threat will be greatly reduced, Liverpool will be easier to defend, and left wing-back Aurelio can be more involved in attacking.

The two centre-backs maintained a high-pitched defensive strategy, with two midfielders working together to protect them, making it difficult for Inter's two centre-forwards and Stankovic to find space between Liverpool's two lines in central midfield.

If there is no space, there will be no short pass penetration, and without short pass penetration, there will only be long pass.

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Yang Yang didn't know that Bergomi was complaining about Inter Milan's excessive long passes during the commentary, he just clearly realized that the team's tactics were working, and Benitez's masterful tactics could be said to be invincible in the Champions League.

Especially in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, his tactical pertinence is too strong.

This is not the feeling of Yang Yang alone, but the feeling of everyone in the Liverpool dressing room.

So, when the team pressed forward steadily, stabilized the situation, controlled the tempo and let Inter play very differently, because they are not used to playing in this rhythm, especially long balls.

Yang Yang and Liverpool's players did not hesitate too much, and they implemented the team's tactics according to Benitez's arrangement.

Benitez gave Yang Yang the task of cruising on the left side, waiting for opportunities to find opportunities.

And because of the overall formation, the two full-backs, especially the left wing-back Aurelio, will be closer to the front, and he will be able to rush to the front faster the moment he switches from defense to attack.

In the 28th minute, Liverpool's attack on the right failed to threaten and passed to Crouch, who took the ball and knocked it back.

Steven Gerrard split the ball up the left and Aurelio slid down the left flank to get on the ball and take it forward.

Yang Yang spotted the opportunity, quickly leaned towards the middle, and let the side out.

When he saw this scene, Mai Kong had mixed feelings in his heart.

When he was at Ajax, he and Yang Yang often played such a cooperation, one set of edges and one inside cut, and this set of offensive play of the two always made the opponent tired to deal with.

It's just that now, Yang Yang's partner has been replaced by Aurelio, although Aurelio's speed is a little slower, but it is still quite threatening, and Inter Milan's right side does not have an attacker like Yang Yang.

The thought flashed through McConn's mind, but he made a quick decision.

Since Yang Yang is right in the middle of the defense zone of McConn, Cordoba and Zanetti, the closest McConn chose to grab Aurelio and left Yang Yang to Zanetti and Cordoba.

There was no accident, as soon as McCone grabbed it, Auurelio quickly split the ball and passed it to Yang Yang.

Yang Yang stopped the ball on the left side of the front of the penalty area and faced Cordoba and Zanetti directly, he looked like he was going to continue to play one-on-two, directly attacking, but this time the two veterans were obviously prepared, as if facing a big enemy.

Suddenly, Yang Yang started and dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left side, obviously trying to use his speed to force Cordoba to pass, but Cordoba was not slow, and quickly turned around to follow.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yang suddenly made an emergency stop and made a gesture to buckle inward.

Cordoba was taken aback, and quickly stopped, for fear that he would be thrown away by Yang Yang by accident, just like Materazzi just now.

As soon as he stopped, Yang Yang suddenly deducted the ball again, kicked forward with his left foot, and rushed to the bottom line with a sharp acceleration.

The Inter Milan central defender is not tall, short, but very flexible, fast, and very focused, at this time he is also engrossed in defense, Yang Yang's continuous speed change, he is also following the continuous speed change, and Yang Yang has not been thrown away half a step at all.

Yang Yang originally wanted to use his speed to force a gap, even if he didn't have a direct chance to kick, he could cross to the middle and back point, because he saw that Crouch and Kuyt had already come up.

What I didn't expect was that Córdoba's defense turned out to be so clingy.

In the end, there was really no way, Yang Yang could only hurriedly cross with his feet, but the ball hit Cordoba's outstretched leg, bounced off the bottom line, and turned into a corner kick opportunity for Liverpool.

Yang Yang also rushed out of the stadium and almost hit the billboard on the sidelines.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered a sentence, among the defenders that Ronaldo evaluated the most, Córdoba ranked first.

Yang Yang smiled bitterly and walked back, he felt that he was really in trouble today.

It's not particularly good in itself, but the most important thing is Cordoba's defense, which is really sticky, which is terrible.

He really rarely encountered this kind of central defender who is not tall, but his speed and explosiveness are so fast, especially when he changed speed and direction twice in a row just now, but he couldn't shake him off, which is really helpless.

But just when Yang Yang turned around and walked back angrily, he found that Inter Milan's central defender Cordoba was still lying in front of the bottom line of the penalty area, looking very painful.

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"It's dangerous!"

"When Córdoba tried his best to make the final blocking, he really did his best, and he blocked Yang Yang's attack, but it seems that he himself has been affected by some and has fallen to the ground."

The Norwegian referee signaled Inter Milan's team doctor to hurry in.

"So far in this game, Córdoba has performed quite well, but he is thirty-one years old, when he defended Yang Yang just now, he continued to change speed and direction, and he kept it all right, but the last block seemed to have strained his leg."

"Quite possibly." Bergomi is obviously also worried, "At the end of the year, he is thirty-one years old, and he can't compare with a young player like Yang Yang, and Córdoba is really too hard, so far this season, he has played almost all the games." ”

"Yang Yang's personal ability is indeed quite outstanding." Rossi said, "That continuous change of speed just now reminds me of Ronaldo in his prime, and if I'm not mistaken, it doesn't seem to be the first time that Yang Yang has injured a defender. ”

"Yes." Vialli echoed, "In my impression, he has twice injured defenders, and the opponents are Real Madrid, and it is really troublesome to defend his type of players, Yang Yang, Robben, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, their type of players are very difficult to defend." ”

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Yang Yang walked back to the court apologetically, standing on the periphery of the Inter Milan players, looking at Cordoba who fell to the ground, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart, which had nothing to do with him, because he had no physical contact with Cordoba at all.

But in the end, Córdoba was still injured while defending him.

Inter's team doctor quickly lifted Córdoba off the pitch, apparently this time with a bad injury.

Mai Kong walked over and patted Yang Yang on the shoulder with a wry smile.

He knew Yang Yang very well, and looking at his worried appearance, he knew that Yang Yang was concerned about Córdoba.

But that's the way it is in professional football, injuries are commonplace, and Córdoba has always played hard.

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Inter Milan were quick to replace Cordoba with Zivu.

Obviously, the Inter centre-back is seriously injured.

But the football game still has to go on.

Although Yang Yang was somewhat guilty, he didn't have any questions to ask himself.

After Zivu came on, Materazzi was moved to the right and took Córdoba's place.

While Yang Yang was looking at Materazzi, the Italian centre-back was also looking at him.

For Materazzi, Yang Yang really doesn't have any special feelings, but because of the World Cup final, Zidane is on top of Materazzi, so Yang Yang doesn't have much of a good impression of Materazzi, because he has a very good relationship with Zidane, and he is an offensive player, and what he doesn't like the most is the small actions and saliva of defensive players.

Materazzi was clearly not in good form in this game, as he suffered a serious injury in the summer of this year, and he rested for seven months, and his form has not been ideal since his return.

But Inter Milan's centre-backs have one characteristic, and that is that they are not very good at height.

Crouch is over two metres tall, not to mention Córdoba, with Burdisso, Zivu and Samuel all clearly unable to stop the England tallman, with only Materazzi having such height and fitness.

Materazzi is tall and strong, but speed and turning are his weaknesses, and he is a left-footed player.

After seeing Inter Milan's adjustment, Benitez on the sidelines also immediately made arrangements, signaling Yang Yang to use more speed to impact Materazzi's side, and also let Aurelio step forward to help Yang Yang.

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After the adjustment, Liverpool's overall advantage quickly paid off.

Yang Yang started to get frequent opportunities on the left side.

In the 42nd minute of the first half, Crouch's header was ferried to the left, and Yang Yang and Materazzi fought for the second point at the same time, but Yang Yang was faster and poked the ball forward first.

But when Yang Yang was about to rush forward, suddenly the jersey behind him was pulled hard, and the whole person lost his balance and fell to the ground.

The Norwegian referee quickly blew the whistle and raised a sign to signal a yellow card.

Materazzi chattered and complained to the referee, obviously saying that he did not pull the other party, and that Yang Yang slipped and fell, but the referee did not accept his explanation.

"Materazzi should still have to restrain his movements now."

"Liverpool are now very clear that they want to play Yang Yang, and Mancini should make some adjustments."

"Yang Yang will become more and more threatening on this side."

"There should be five or six minutes left in the first half, including stoppage time, and Inter Milan still have to hold on."