Chapter 537: The First Goal of the New Tactic
For a person like Dick, it is a terrible thing not to pursue a goal, although there are many people whose character is content with the status quo, and Dick was also a part of such a person before he was reborn, but after being reborn, because of the biggest goal, Dick has never lost the pursuit of honor, although his current achievements are enough to make him live a very prosperous life, even if he retires now, his achievements are enough to become a monument in the eyes of everyone, However, there is still an infinite desire for honor.
In Atletico Madrid, his departure was a last resort, in Dortmund, his departure was because Dortmund was trapped in financial reasons and could not reach a peak, before Dortmund weakened, leading the team to win a Champions Cup and two leagues again reached his limit, and in Inter Milan, now Inter Milan still has strong strength and financial support, even if it achieved such excellent results last season, it is far from reaching the peak, the honor of the treble, even Dick will be excited, And now that there are such good conditions, it really seems a pity not to win a triple crown.
So Inter Milan is now starting the run-in again, Dick believes that when the season is over, as long as the next successor head coach does not fool around, there is no problem in maintaining the peak state for three or four years, and his current goal is to let Inter Milan reach a peak in the run-in process - even if it is the peak of Inter Milan, but as the head coach of Inter Milan, such a result is also a peak of Dick.
After a long wait, Inter Milan ushered in the first game of the new season, and after a FIFA match day, many of Inter Milan's international players participated in the national team's matches, so in this game, Dick also made some minor adjustments.
Goalkeeper Cesar, right-back McConn, left-back Zanetti, and central defenders were replaced by a combination of Materazzi and Córdoba, and Cannavaro was put on the bench by Dick because he played two more games in the national team and his fitness was a little out of shape.
In the midfield, because Mascherano played two full games for the Argentine national team, and because of the long flight from Europe to South America, Dick also put him on the bench, and let Zanetti, who had a lot less appearances last season, start - unlike history, Zanetti originally went to Juventus on a free transfer to join his mentor Capello in Rome because he couldn't see any hope of playing in Inter Milan, but the phonegate incident broke out and Capello left, Zanetti can only play Serie B because he has signed a contract with Juventus in advance, and at this time, although Zanetti's appearances last season have also been affected, he also has a lot of opportunities to play, whether it is the league or the Champions Cup, the number of appearances is not small, which makes Zanetti also feel that it is very good to stay in Inter Milan, plus the pleasant experience of the first two seasons under Dick, so Zanetti renewed his contract with Inter Milan a year ago, and naturally will not go to Juventus.
Zanetti is not young now, but he still has his place at Inter.
Zanetti was partnered by Sneijder, who was young and played two international games but was not affected too much, while Yaya Toure was the other player, and Dick hid Figo and Perrotta in this game, instead fielding a more dynamic midfielder in midfield - which could better play Ibrahimovic's ability.
Another player in the midfield is Stankovic, his running ability is stronger, but also has a good scoring ability, Inter Milan's current tactics emphasize the forward insertion, so the player with strong forward ability is naturally more favored, this is a normal thing, and Inter Milan's midfielders are very strong forward ability, like Perrotta, Sneijder, Yaya Toure......
The partner of the front line is completely different from last season, Ibrahimovic started, Tony rotated because of physical problems, and the striker at the top became Di Natale, last season's performance of Di Natale was not bad, although he did not play much, but he showed a strong scoring ability, although last season in the league Toni and Adriano The combined goals of the forward partner exceeded 50, but Inter Milan scored 126 goals last season! There are so many goals, in addition to scoring a lot of goals in the midfield, and Inter Milan's substitute strikers always score goals, which is also a big reason.
Such a set of lineups has changed a lot compared to last season, four or five positions have been changed, although it is not certain, but it is also a big change, such a lineup, can it play any role in the opening game?
You must know that the opponent of Inter Milan in this game, but Fiorentina, the actual fourth place last season - originally as the defending champion, Inter Milan is unlikely to meet a strong team in the first round, generally either promoted or midstream team, but after the penalty of the phone gate, Fiorentina was deducted points, and the final ranking is the ranking of the Serie A relegation team, which naturally met with Inter Milan......
Although Fiorentina was deprived of the qualification to participate in European competitions, but because there was no relegation, they also retained most of the main force, plus from Juventus poached Romanian striker Mutu, their offensive ability has been greatly enhanced, originally Fiorentina relied on the attack to gain a foothold in Serie A, their performance last season was a bit like Inter Milan when Dick was in charge, scoring a lot of goals, conceding a lot of goals, and relying on goals to grab points more than their opponents.
Facing such an opponent in the first game, Dick also sent such a main lineup that has changed a lot from last season, especially in the midfield, not only a few people have changed, but even the formation has also changed - last season, Inter Milan's midfield was a shallow four-four-two, Sneijder and Mascherano were slightly further back, and then the wings were more attack-oriented, and now? Zanetti, Sneijder and Yaya Toure are all players who focus more on the middle, and the only attacking midfielder, Stankovic, is also able to play in the middle, which is a big change from last season.
With such doubts in mind, Inter fans began to watch the game on TV – the game was played at Fiorentina's home stadium, which was a reason why Inter Milan were not favored.
This season, with some strong teams being hit, Inter Milan is the deserved favorite, but if a team has too much advantage, it is not good news for Serie A, after all, a league needs to have more suspense. So the Italian Football Federation is now also putting a lot of effort on the schedule, as the defending champion, Inter Milan's schedule from the beginning seems very difficult, the first game against Fiorentina, the next is Sampdoria, Roma, Chievo, Cagliari, Udinese and AC Milan and other tough opponents, almost the team that has the ability to cause more trouble to Inter Milan are arranged in the first ten rounds, such a bad schedule, it is likely to make Inter Milan at the beginning of the season a lot behind.
Dick didn't care about this, although such a schedule may put the team under more pressure at the beginning, but if they get a good result at the beginning, then no one will be able to stop them - this is what Inter Milan has done in history, although they had some trouble at the beginning, but they still won a lot of games, and after beating AC Milan, no one could stop them, and they increased their winning streak to seventeen games in one fell swoop. If it weren't for Udinese's hard bones blocking the way, God knows how long Inter Milan would be able to win in a row.
"What Mancini can do, can't I? No kidding. Dick thought to himself.
Amidst the shouts of the fans at the Frankie Stadium, this season's Serie A opener began.
From the beginning of the game, the two sides launched a scramble in the midfield, Fiorentina is an attack-oriented team, and Inter Milan is also the same, such two teams play each other, so the confrontation in the midfield is a must, whoever can occupy the initiative in the midfield can occupy the initiative of the whole game.
Inter Milan's midfielder seems to have strong running ability, but the offensive ability is a little lacking, but after the start of the game, everyone found that the current Inter Milan midfielder, although the control ability is a little worse than before, but after the front field has a player like Ibrahimovic, such a midfielder can bring more unexpected results!
Last season, Inter Milan's speed in the counterattack was not very fast, although Dick has been emphasizing the kind of ground rapid counterattack, the cooperation between two or three people in the front, but it has not reached the point of perfection, the first is that Inter Milan does not have too fast players in the frontcourt, and the second is because when Inter Milan is counterattacking, often the initiator of the front court attack Figo is slow, and his kind of fine organization is more slow, It also slowed down Inter Milan's attack to a great extent.
Now, it's different.
As soon as Fiorentina's attack ended, Inter Milan launched a counterattack, Sneijder passed the ball to the front as soon as he got the ball, Ibrahimovic took the ball and attacked forward, and when he got the ball, Di Natale in front of him, Stankovic behind him, Yaya Toure and McCone on the side, all rushed up!
In the thirteenth minute, Sneijder's midfield was handed over to Ibrahimovic at the top of the arc of the center circle, and when Ibrahimovic got the ball, the Inter Milan players had already begun to run, including Sneijder, who had just sent a pass, relying on his physical advantage, Ibrahimovic controlled the ball in the midfield after receiving the ball, and then quickly distributed the ball to McConn on the right side, and he also accelerated forward.
McConn dribbled along the wing, which was always empty, and after reaching close to 30 metres, he did not continue to force his way down, but passed the ball to Ibrahimovic, who had already run to the top of the box.
Ibrahimovic controlled the ball, faced Dainelli, who came up to defend, drew a half-circle on the ball with his right foot, and then suddenly passed the ball to Sneijder who was inserting at high speed on the left without warning!
The ball flew diagonally into the penalty area, Sneijder took the opportunity to enter the penalty area, and in the face of the attacking Frei, he immediately kicked and shot into the far corner!
The ball flew quickly into the far corner of the goal, and despite Frey's save, the ball flew past his hand and into the goal!
1 to 0! It was Inter's first league goal with a new tactic!