Chapter 512: Figo's Counterattack
"Vulnerable? No, Real Madrid still have the power to resist. In the cheers of thousands of fans who supported Inter Milan and Dick, Dick did not show too much excitement, although the two-goal lead away from home is a very, very big advantage, but such an early lead is not necessarily a good thing, Real Madrid will abandon all concerns in the future, and Carlo may also treat this game with a dead net.
Sure enough, while the players at Inter Milan were celebrating wildly, Carlo used up two substitutions in a row!
After using up one substitution due to Woodgate's injury, these are the last two substitutions for Real Madrid, and to be able to make such a decision at this time, Carlo is not as incompetent as later generations assessed.
Baptista came on the field and replaced Gravison, who was driven crazy by the players of Inter Milan, and the captain Raul, who was sitting on the bench because he had just recovered from injury, replaced Robinho, who was not active in running, and the timing and choice of such two substitutions were quite good.
Gravison is now mentally unbalanced on the field, if Baptista replaces him, the task of organizing behind will be handed over to Guti, although his defensive ability is average, but there are more Baptista in the midfield, and his running ability and offensive and defensive ability have also been greatly increased, as for Robinho, when he needs to work hard now, a young man who is lazy on the field and is unwilling to run is too pitiful, in order not to affect the morale of his teammates, he can only choose to replace him at this time.
Robinho was reluctant to go off the pitch, he felt that it was time for him to play but was substituted, the manager was unfair to him, and Graveson went off the pitch in frustration, the game was so bad that he didn't know what he was playing......
Gravisen's poor form was due to Inter's deliberately targeted pressing, while Robinho ...... It's really his own problem......
But in any case, after these two discordant factors are down, Real Madrid's own has finally become a whole, they have no distractions at this time, the first leg at home two goals behind, this is already the time to work hard, no longer desperate, with two goals behind the situation to go away, that is basically a dead end!
Real Madrid, who unified their thinking, began to play a strong offensive ability in the next game, and in front of Inter Milan, who opened up a defensive position, they bravely continued to attack!
Guti organized at the back, Beckham and Baptista supported the midfield with running, Zidane controlled the rhythm in the front, plus the forward insertion of two full-backs and Raul Ronaldo's interspersed runs in the penalty area, Real Madrid showed their strongest attacking ability and began to attack the Inter Milan defence!
Despite conceding a lot of goals last season, Inter have done a lot better defensively this season and improved their defending while maintaining their attacking firepower – which is almost a miracle!
And when they go all out to defend, their defensive ability will not be worse than any team, the backline composed of the four elders is already quite tacit, plus four midfielders who can run and defend with kinetic energy, such a defensive formation, any top team will be head-to-head!
But Real Madrid deserves to be Real Madrid, although they are no longer at the peak of the era, but their attack is still extremely strong!
Beckham's cross, Ronaldo's on, Raul's spot-on, Baptista's forward...... Coupled with Zinedine Zidane and Guti's threading the needle, they are constantly creating opportunities!
Inter Milan resisted for a full twenty minutes, and they did not have no chance to counterattack in these twenty minutes, but unfortunately Adriano's volley in the box and Stankovic's wonderful long-range shot were saved by Casillas, and the Real Madrid goalkeeper maintained the last trace of real Madrid's spark, and finally in the 70th minute, Robert Carlos forced a breakthrough of Córdoba's defense with speed on the wing, and Raul still hooked the ball in the box under the pressure of Cannavaro and crossed again. Ronaldo, who followed up, got rid of Materazzi's marking and stabbed the net from five meters in front of the goal!
Real Madrid pulled a point back!
The cheers in the stands were like a landslide tsunami, and Raul rushed into the goal to pick up the ball, and then ran back to his own half side with Ronaldo!
Dick's brows furrowed, at this time Real Madrid's momentum has been fully up, if you continue to defend, it is very likely that the good situation will be buried like this!
"Luis, get ready to play!" Dick turned his head and called out to Figo, who had been warming up for a while, and then said in Figo's ear: "After you get on the field, your task is to attack...... Hold the ball and make up for our strengths, get it? ”
Figo nodded vigorously, he has been looking forward to this moment for a long time, the team was on defense before, Dick naturally will not easily change people to break the balance, and this time is the time for him to play a role!
When Figo stood on the sidelines and waited to play, the Real Madrid fans booed, they had a honeymoon period, but later, after Figo's poor performance, Real Madrid fans had already booed him many times, even if he was wearing Inter Milan's No. 7 shirt this time, Real Madrid fans still had to boo him!
Figo gave a blank hug to Stankovic, who had run off the field, and then ran onto the court.
The Santiago Bernabéu – It's a pitch he knows well, he came to the Bernabeu at least once a season when he was at Barcelona, and after his move to Real Madrid, he played on the pitch for five years!
"Figo is going to play...... This is the first time he has faced Real Madrid since his move to Inter Milan! I have to say, this is a very much anticipated meeting! It's not in garbage time now, and although there are only 20 minutes left, the whole situation has started to get more complicated after Real Madrid pulled a point back, can he help Inter Milan to win? Let's wait and see! ”
Figo came on and stood in the right midfield position he was most familiar with, and of course his position was very alive on the pitch, not only on the right, but also on the left and in the middle of the pitch.
After he came on, Perrotta's position dropped back a bit, freeing up Sneijder and allowing the two to combine in midfield, which was an important piece to change the situation on the pitch of Inter Milan.
Dick's substitution, can be described as immediate, after Figo came on the field, Inter Milan's midfield control ability immediately increased, if before Inter Milan relied on a lot of running and pressing to take the advantage, then now they rely on technology, Figo continued to catch the ball, keep passing, slowing down the pace at the same time, but also let Inter Milan gradually press up.
In the face of such an attack, Real Madrid has a bit of a headache, regardless of pressing and pressing the attack? Then the flaws in the backfield will be very big, whether it is Adriano or Toney, as long as they seize the opportunity to score another goal, Real Madrid will be finished. Don't press on the offense and continue to entangle? If the score of 1-2 is maintained until the end, it is not a good effect to go to Meaza with such a score......
And Carlo has nothing to do at this time, his three substitutions have been used up, although he has recovered a point, but he has also lost the possibility of continuing to adjust, thinking of this, Carlo is a little resentful of Woodgate's incompetence - if you didn't leave the game so quickly, would we be so passive now?
At this point, he can only pray that the players can perform more strongly, not concede goals, and preferably score a few more ......
But Carlo seems to be a little too greedy.
After Inter Milan formed a stalemate, their frontcourt firepower began to exert its power, Adriano's personal breakthrough can create a lot of chances, and Toni can also involve a large part of the defensive force - now they dare not let go of Tony, with Figo's crossing ability, it is likely to make Toni a final word!
The game went on in the eighty-third minute - Adriano forced a breakthrough and Samuel was forced to bring him down, a free kick.
Twenty-six metres from goal, Figo stood in front of the ball – in the Italian derby, his free-kick hit the post and gave Inter the chance to strike a late game, and this time ......
Another perfect curling kick! The ball went straight over the head of the wall, then drew a wonderful arc in the air and flew past Casillas' hand and into the goal!
"The ball is in! The ball is in! Luis Figo! Brilliant curling ball! Three to one! Inter Milan once again extended their lead to two goals! Real madrid...... It's really going to be over now! Although it is still the first game, although there are still away games, but with Inter Milan's current form, they are back at home with three away goals and two goal difference, Real Madrid wants to create a miracle, it is too difficult! ”
A smile appeared on Figo's face as he looked at his teammates who were rushing towards him, and he opened his arms and hugged his teammates tightly.
Although he did not come to Inter Milan for the highest transfer fee, although he was thirty-two years old when he came, but at Inter Milan, he felt the greatest respect, Dick would use him to let him play his top form in more games, the management respected him, whether it was Moratti or Facchetti were very good to him, the fans liked him, every time he played well on the field, he would be rewarded with applause, even if there was a mistake, they seemed so tolerant!
Let's put an end to the past with a goal like this - but if I meet Barcelona next, I will treat them with the heart of a Real Madridian!
Dick and Marriner high-fived each other, then burst out laughing.
"Okay, we've won this knockout round! Although Real Madrid still has good strength, they also have a lot of problems! At home, as long as we don't have any problems ourselves, we will definitely win! ”
Marriner nodded in the same way, Real Madrid is now having its own problems, they are sick, and they are not lightly ill, plus such a huge advantage in the away game, with Inter Milan's current state, if they can't eliminate Real Madrid, it would be a strange thing, which also means that Inter Milan can basically think about the quarterfinals now - of course, who will meet in the quarterfinals, no one knows, it seems early to think about it now.
Dick quickly used up the remaining two substitutions, Yaya Toure replaced Sneijder, Sneijder had just returned from injury and could not be too tired, and the remaining substitution was given to Chiellini, he came on to replace Materazzi, Materazzi was also very difficult to mark Ronaldo and Raul in this game, let Chiellini play, in the case of starting to return to the defense and strengthen the control of the midfield, he will not be under too much pressure.