Chapter 407: Rome of the Same Suffering
"Relying on a subtle assist from the wonder soldier Pandev before the final game, Inter Milan defeated promoted Palermo 2-1 with a difficult scoreline, won two consecutive league games, remained in second place in the league, and became one of the only two teams to maintain a complete victory after the start of the two rounds of the season, along with Juventus."
After the game, the media commented on the game, they felt that Inter Milan won this game very hard, although they won the game, but it was only a small victory, and they did not show any too strong fighting power on the field......
'I'm happy with the players' performance. Dick still said the same thing after the game.
In the third round in midweek, Inter Milan continued to walk on thin ice, this game Dick did not change at the back, Zanetti Cordoba, Nava Romatrazzi all four defenders played, the midfield was rotated Zanetti, so that Mascherano and Perrotta and Stankovic formed the midfield, and the forward line was still unchanged.
In this away game against Atalanta, Inter Milan still played on thin ice, in the 24th minute of the first half, the opposing striker Boudin took the lead for Atalanta to score the first goal, Stankovic equalized the score in the 54th minute, and in the 79th minute, Toney received a cross from Zanetti and scored with a header, but Atalanta stubbornly scored another goal in the 84th minute......
At this time, Cruise, who came on as a substitute for Adriano, showed his true colors as a super sub, and Semioli, who was also substituted, forced a breakthrough on the right side and crossed, Toney headed the ball in the middle, and Cruise headed the ball to the top, scoring a key winning goal for Inter Milan in the 87th minute!
"Inter Milan beat Atalanta thanks to a goal from super substitute Crews to make it three wins in a row......"
The media reports are starting to look weak, they really can't understand the three rounds of the league, you say Inter Milan played well, and conceded five goals in three games. You say they didn't play well, they also won three in a row and are at the top of the table with a clean record like Juventus......
Do you say it's better to praise him or criticize him? If you praise him, but Inter Milan wins every game and is terrifying, how can there be a bit of a giant? If you criticize him, Dick only needs to say lightly, "We are still in the run-in", then no one will have anything to say, after all, they are indeed in the run-in, and they have won three consecutive victories - what do you want?
So the media are quite depressed, so they can only briefly comment on the game of Inter Milan, and the fans of Inter Milan are slowly accepting this situation, no matter what, just win, it is good to win, saying that Cooper took office The season was also a start to all kinds of ugly, but it was the best start in history with seven wins and one draw, Dick can do this has proved that he is not worse than Cooper, not to mention that although these games are shocking to watch, they also play quite beautifully, and the goals are all wonderful.
However, in the following weekend's round of league games, all the reporters were in good spirits - Inter Milan drawn! They were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Parma, and Inter might have suffered a defeat at home had it not been for Dick's good adjustment in the second half, when substitute Martins unexpectedly scored twice in the box!
They will next travel to Slovenia to take on Maribor before returning to Italy to take on tough rivals Roma away...... Such a game is also very likely to be the beginning of a series of bad results for Inter Milan!
The only pity is that Juventus also drew this round, and they played 1-1 at home to Palermo, which also made Inter Milan's draw not so remarkable......
After playing the game against Parma, Dick went to Slovenia with a group of young players - Toldo, Zanetti, Cannavaro, Zanetti, Stankovic, Perrotta, Ade, Toney did not go, anyway, only eighteen people were needed, Dick simply brought a few youth team players, including Potenza and other young defenders - although he valued the League Cup, However, the 4-1 lead in the first leg allowed him to rest assured that the main players, who had just played three games in a week, could take a good rest.
So Slovenia is a typical Inter Milan bench - goalkeeper Cesar, defender Maggio on the right, Pascule on the left, central defenders Materazzi and Andreoli in pairs, Mascherano in midfielders, Semioli, Farinos and Di Natale in midfielders, Martins and Cruise in attack......
Relying on this lineup, Inter Milan drew 0-0 away from home and successfully entered the group stage of the League Cup.
The next league fixture against Roma is followed by a FIFA breakday and the draw for the UEFA Cup group will take place during that time, with Dick now focused on the next game against Roma.
Inter Milan is now ranked second in the league with ten points, the same point as Juventus, and Roma is more hard - Capello took away Zebina and Emerson after leaving, Samuel was poached by Real Madrid at a high price, and in the position of head coach, they are extremely chaotic, after Capello, Roma invited the powerful head coach Prandelli, but before the league started, Prandelli chose to leave because of his wife's illness, and then the old Sensi invited German coach Worrall, However, after Roma only won one win, one draw and two losses in the first four league games, and the ranking dropped to 10th, Worrall chose to resign at this time, and said that the chaos in the Roma team was beyond his imagination......
"It's a blank slate for me...... Dick teased before the game.
However, when it comes to form and performance, Inter Milan don't seem to be much better than Roma, who have only won one game, but they have scored a lot of goals, with a 2-2 draw and a 3-4 defeat, in which Montella scored a hat-trick but still couldn't prevent the team from losing 3-4......
Inter Milan, scored ten goals and conceded seven goals in four league games, Roma, scored seven goals and conceded nine goals in four league games.
Such a large number of goals scored and conceded a lot of goals is not something that a Serie A team can do at all, so who will win this game is really not easy to say.
For Del Neri, he was very unconvinced by Chievo's loss to Inter Milan in the first round, his team took the lead in the first half, if it weren't for the play of several stars in the second half, then Chievo would at least be able to draw with Inter Milan, now although the situation is more chaotic, but in terms of strength they are still a top team, despite the three main players, but they still took back Kufrey and Gigu, and introduced Auxerre's central defender Mexis and Parma's central defender Ferrari, on paper, the strength has not decreased much.
In his first game in charge of Roma, Del Neri fielded a four-three-one-two formation - goalkeeper Pellizzoli, right-back Panucci, left-back Kufre, central defender Mexes and Ferrari, three midfielders Mancini, De Rossi and Darkett, Totti stepped forward, and the forward partners were Montella and Cassano.
As a strong contender for the Serie A title in the past few seasons, Roma are still not bad.
Dick also sent the 4312 formation he started this season, goalkeeper Toldo, right-back Córdoba, left-back Zanetti, central defenders Materazzi and Cannavaro, midfielders Zanetti, Perrotta, Stankovic, Recoba forward, and the forward partners Adriano and Toney.
At the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, more than 60,000 Roma fans greeted Inter Milan with huge boos, and they really had a bad situation in the first few rounds, and at this time, they needed a beautiful victory to boost the morale of the team!
They didn't seem disappointed either, and after just nine minutes of intense play, Montella, who had been in good form lately, latched on to Mancini's cross from the right, chested off the ball and burst into the box, and before Cannavaro came to fill in, he lifted his foot to volley the ball into the near corner!
The goal was scored shortly after the break, which made the cheers over the Stadio Olimpico even more frenzied, and while a one-goal lead over Inter Milan was not a big deal, and the fragility of Roma's defence this year and the strength of Inter's attack made such a goal not necessarily make a difference.
However, in any case, it is quite a thing to be able to score so quickly.
Dick shook his head slightly, this lost goal is a problem with the coordination between the two central defenders, Materazzi and Cannavaro are both very good central defenders, but there are still a lot of problems with the coordination between these two people, Materazzi is now in a downturn, and if you want to use him, you have to suffer such consequences.
He knew that Materazzi and Cannavaro would be in shape, and as long as Cannavaro had a central defender behind him who could help him with peace of mind, he would immediately show his strength, and Materazzi ...... He is not young now, he was born in 1973 and is now thirty-one years old, but his physical fitness has not declined, coupled with the gradual recovery of experience, as long as the form is played, he will be able to make a leap immediately, at least two or three years of high-level performance is no problem.
Materazzi's performance in the first two years was not very good, and his appearance was also greatly affected, and there was once a news that he was going to be sold, which had a great impact on the state of a player, especially Materazzi, a player who is still playing amateur games in his twenties and has been killed all the way up from the grassroots, is more susceptible to this aspect.
So the centre-back pairing, unless someone is injured or suspended, he will keep them playing, there are not many substitutes at centre-back, and Córdoba is ready to fix at right-back at least this season, leaving plenty of space for Materazzi and Cannavaro.
Even if you concede a lot of goals, what does it matter? It's always going to get better......
In the following time, Roma continued to attack, Del Neri was originally a manager who likes to attack, and Roma's style has always been attack-oriented, when Capello led them, they all played the most pleasing attacking football in all Serie A - this is very directly related to the heritage of a team.
But then Inter Milan's defense gradually stabilized, the three midfielders began to intercept the opponent's attack in the midfield, Zanetti was sprinting back and forth at the edge of the penalty area to help defend - Inter Milan conceded a lot of goals, and his back is also a little to blame, he didn't play many games in the previous two seasons, and now he finally came to a manager who appreciates himself, if he doesn't perform better, maybe the young Argentine midfielder will seize his position......