Chapter 515: The Foundling's Announcement
This draw made Juventus fans very disappointed, and when there were seven rounds left in the league, they were reversed by Inter Milan - once leading by five points, they were chased to only one point, then they were chased to four points, then they were chased to only one point, and after leading three points again, they were chased to only one point, and finally at this time, they were reversed by Inter Milan!
This is what Juventus fears the most, and when this happens, it starts to put tremendous pressure on Juventus!
With this pressure in mind, Juventus travelled to challenge Arsenal away – their game was played a day earlier than Inter's game, and at the Emirates Stadium, Juventus swallowed the bitter pill, and Vieira, who returned to the Emirates Stadium, was unable to save Juventus, and his Juventus midfielder was suppressed by Cesc Fabregas's Arsenal midfield, and two goals from Cesc Fabregas and Thierry Henry gave Arsenal a home win over Juventus – such a score does not prove that Juventus must not have a chance to advance. But it also made Juventus' home game a week later more difficult!
"In Europe, without the care of the referee, Juventus is revealed!"
Such words are coming up more and more in people's discussions, which also increases the pressure on Juventus even more. [No pop-ups. Dick remained silent on this, what he had to do now was to play in the Champions Cup the next day, but he didn't have the energy to pay attention to Juventus - and he knew that he was very good at pulling hatred, and if he said anything at this time, it might cause Juventus to hate the same enemy, in that case, it would not be good......
On this day, Inter Milan and A Milan attacked at the same time, Inter Milan played at home first, and A Milan went away to challenge Lyon first - the quarter-finals were because Milan both won the group and could only postpone one the game, and now there is no time to postpone, UEFA naturally needs to think more properly in this regard.
Villarreal have been low-key since they arrived in Milan, and they are ambitious, but Inter's quality has kept them low-key, and for Villarreal's manager, Manuel Pellegrini, this is also an opportunity to prove himself.
"To reach the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup, we have made history. Inter Milan are a great team, Chelsea and Real Madrid have lost to them in quick succession, and they are one of the strongest teams in Europe. Even though the chances of winning are not very high, we have to find a way to go further, because every step we take is making history. Manuel Pellegrini said in an interview.
His words seemed very low-key, and this low-key made reporters and fans feel normal, after all, the gap between Villarreal and Inter Milan is there, and in this case, there may be only Dick who dares not to be low-key......
"Want to set off smoke bombs? I'm not that gullible to it. ”
Dick said this to himself, and then began to lay out the gist of the game.
Inter Milan were not able to play with their full squad in this game – captain Zanetti received a yellow card in the last game, which led to his suspension for this game – a rare occurrence for Zanetti, who was forced to receive a yellow card in the last game because Real Madrid were too aggressive.
This gives Dick a bit of a headache, although Inter Milan can now play a lot of left-back players, Aberoa and Chiellini can play well in this position, but Dick wants to transform Chiellini, will not let him return to the left-back position, such a back-and-forth swing is easy to make the player confused, so the choice is only one Abeloa.
But the good thing is that although Arbeloa is not very good now, he is stable enough, in this position, Inter Milan needs a more stable player, Dick changed Zanetti from his most accustomed right-back to left-back, what is to ask for Zanetti's stability, in the previous season when Dick took over, Zanetti almost gave up his assist ability, appeared as a pure defensive player - but this is not without rewards, Inter Milan's purely defensive defense began to become more solid, last season's Inter Milan's results were largely due to their defense began to become more solid, although there were more goals than in the Cooper era, but the kind of defense in the Cooper era was brought at the expense of the offense, and now Dick's Inter Milan has been completely released while the defense is solid, far from the same.
'Villarreal's midfield is Riquelme at the heart of his midfield, and his organisation and breakthrough have been the biggest factors in Villarreal's transformation in the past two seasons, but our attention cannot be limited to him. Thorin, who is at the heart of Villarreal, was also the source of Villarreal's attack when he hit the left. Ivan, your task will be heavy in this game, and Thorin's impact and forward insertion on the flanks will require you to control him. ”
"At the same time, we also need to pay attention to their two strikers, Forlan and Jose Mari, both of whom are quite well-rounded strikers, so that they will work well with Riquelme and be careful with their movements, Villarreal can have such results, not because they only have one Riquelme, but because they have a group of good players, and we are playing at home first, if we are not careful, we will probably be passive in both legs...... Of course, with our quality, Villarreal is not a real threat to us, but this is only the quarter-finals, and if we run into trouble here, it will have a very big impact on our overall plans. ”
Dick's words reminded the players that if Dick said "if we don't pay attention to it, we will be eliminated by Villarreal", then the players will probably feel unimpressed, after all, whether it is the performance in the league or the Champions Cup this season, Villarreal is not at all on the same level as Inter Milan, but Dick said that if you don't pay attention, it will affect the whole game plan - in this way, the players will naturally listen more to it.
"Defensively, we have to pay attention to these four people, Villarreal's attack is mainly caused by these four people, the others are more in defence...... I don't need to say much about that, but we always create chances by showing our attacking ability. Senna, the midfielder, should pay attention, he is inconspicuous on the field, but his role is great, a typical interception-type midfielder, you have to be careful when you organize offensive passes in the frontcourt, bypass his defense, and directly create pressure on their defense, understand? We can concede goals in this game, but we have to score more goals and establish a bigger advantage at home! The Love Song Stadium is not a very easy court to conquer, and although we are not afraid, there is no need to waste too much physical energy...... Take them out at home! ”
In the case of the poor performance of Juventus in the Champions Cup, Dick naturally hopes that his team can perform better and put more pressure on Juventus again, so in addition to winning this game, he must also try to create more advantages in order to have a positive impact on the league.
Inter fans continued to be extremely enthusiastic about the game, with more than 60,000 Inter fans pouring into the Meazza Stadium with what they wanted to see was a big win.
Dick was still the usual four-four-two this season in this game, except for captain Zanetti was absent, the other main players were all on the field, goalkeeper Cesar, defenders Córdoba, Materazzi, Cannavaro and Abeloa who replaced Zanetti, midfielders Mascherano, Sneijder, Perrotta and Figo, and the forward partners were Adriano and Toney.
Villarreal also sent all their main players, goalkeeper Vieira, defenders Gonzano, Arzo, Penta and Peña, midfielder Senna as a central midfielder, Riquelme in front, Sorin on the left, Calleja on the right, and Forlan and Josemari in the attack.
"The game is about to start...... Villarreal are the dark horses in this season's Champions Cup, reaching the quarter-finals in their first Champions League game, which is something that will be difficult to achieve. Dick is probably not too familiar with this team, at the time of his departure from Atletico Madrid, Villarreal was only a promoted and mid-table team in La Liga, after a few seasons of operation, after bringing in Riquelme, Thorin, Forlan and many other outstanding players, their performance in the Champions League this season surprised everyone! It's just that they are facing a behemoth like Inter Milan, and we can't be too strict with them, and how to show their characteristics and show their abilities when facing Inter Milan seems to be their more realistic goal......"
For the prediction of this game, almost everyone is one-sided that Inter Milan has an absolute advantage, but in the case that everyone did not expect, after the start of the game, Villarreal launched a ferocious attack!
These important players of Villarreal basically belong to the existence abandoned by the giants - Riquelme, who came with the halo of Maradona's successor, but was abandoned in Barcelona, Fran, who joined Manchester United, failed to show his ability and was sold, Sorin, who traveled to the big 6 giants in Europe, and finally could only come to such a small team, Jose Mari, who appeared as a young genius, and finally could only commit to such a weak team...... They are all excellent players, but they are not welcomed for various reasons, and then they came to Villarreal, this group of abandoned babies, coupled with Senna and others who have been unknown, form the current Villarreal, the more they face a strong team, the more they can have a better swing!
Immediately after kick-off, Villarreal attacked, which made the Inter players seem a little unprepared - few teams have attacked Inter Milan so resolutely from the beginning, and in the face of Villarreal, Inter Milan's players were indeed a little underestimated - after the quick pass, Riquelme took the ball in the middle, Mascherano and Sneijder pounced on him, Riquelme did not dribble the ball, but picked the ball to the left at the first time, and Abeloa was ready to clear, But Jose Mari intercepted the ball in front of him, and immediately shot vigorously, Cesar saved, Forlan fell to the ground in front of Materazzi and Cannavaro for the first time, and hit the ball into the door of Inter Milan!
Less than a minute into the game, Inter Milan fell behind at home!
The foundlings proved to everyone with their opening performance that they are not here to go through the motions, but to declare their existence!