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Sheffield Wednesday had a chance to extend the lead when Franck Ribery's cross from the left was met by Luka Modric who chested the ball and turned to shoot but the ball was saved by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar.
Inter Milan were nearly 10 minutes behind before Mancini made a change, replacing the physically exhausted veteran Figo with Grosso, but Grosso has been in poor form this season and has lost his magic since he shone in the world in 2006, and his presence has not helped Inter Milan in any way.
In the 77th minute, Toure hit the crossbar with a long-range shot from 35 yards out. In the 80th minute, Titov passed the ball from the side, but Bent, who grabbed the ball in the middle, headed the ball away. Sheffield Wednesday have been on the offensive for a while, threatening Cesar's guard on several occasions.
Seeing that the adjustment was ineffective, Mancini replaced the inactive Cruz with Solari in an attempt to fight for control of the midfield. The adjustment worked, and Inter Milan began to stabilize the situation and launched an attack. But it's already the 80th minute, and it's too late to make adjustments, and Mancini's on-the-spot adjustments are still so slow.
In the 90th minute, substitute Solari almost broke through the goal of Abondancheri with a long-range shot, but fortunately he reacted quickly, and the ball was saved again after getting out of his hands, holding the ball under him, so that the Inter Milan players who followed up and tried to make up the shot were in vain.
In the final moments, Ibrahimovic had another good chance to get past a defender and miss the goal again when he was met by the goalkeeper and the ball went over the crossbar. This is also the epitome of Ibrahimovic's whole game, wanting to cooperate with his teammates, the connection was cut off, he wanted to do it himself, and his not superb shooting skills made him miss the goal repeatedly.
In this way, Sheffield Wednesday defeated the mighty Inter Milan in a crucial game, and they finished second in the group with six points from the first four group rounds, while Inter Milan with three points were at the bottom, and Sporting Lisbon, who drew with Bayern Munich in this round, moved to third place with four points.
In the next away game against Manchester United, Lee Seung-peak sent a substitute, on the one hand, because of physical problems, the Champions Cup match with Inter Milan consumed too much physical strength, and Manchester United ushered in a recovery this season, and is now at the top of the league table, overpowering the powerful Chelsea, Ronaldo has a feeling of enlightenment, even if Sheffield Wednesday does his best, he is not sure. What's more, after the game against Manchester United, there are still 2 games to play in the next week, so instead of wasting energy in this game, otherwise concentrate on winning an easier opponent.
Sheffield Wednesday unsurprisingly lost 2-0 at Manchester United, but then won two straight games 2-1, one at home to relegation rivals Fulham in the league and one in the cup against Championship side Chesterfield. Then Sheffield Wednesday had a full week of rest, and it was finally time for the tired players to rest on multiple fronts.
Sheffield Wednesday were even stronger after a rebound, winning 3-1 at promoted Watford before drawing away at Bayern Munich in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage. Bayern, who have already qualified in advance, did not put too much thought into this game, the two sides tacitly played a 0:0 draw, although Inter Milan won 1-0 at home to Sporting Lisbon in this round, but they can still only be in 3rd place with 6 points, 1 point behind Sheffield Wednesday with 7 points, and Sporting Lisbon with 4 points also retains the hope of qualifying. As for Bayern, with 11 points, they have already confirmed the top spot in the group, which is the only good news for Inter Milan, as long as Sheffield Wednesday cannot win the next round, and they can beat Bayern Munich away to the desireless, they can still qualify for the second place in the group. But Li Chengfeng won't let them get their wish, they have already reached this level, and it would be too unpromising if they didn't want to qualify.
In the next four league games, Sheffield Wednesday have won three and drawn one, the draw is away to Liverpool, this round of unbeaten unbeaten has consolidated their third place in the league, and also allowed Sheffield Wednesday to welcome the final round of the Champions League group stage away to Sporting Lisbon.
Sheffield Wednesday was the main player in this game, and he decided to use his attack to win the opponent and qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League. Sporting Lisbon thinks the same way, and they must win Sheffield Wednesday to have any chance of staying in Europe, whether in the Champions League or in the Europa League.
Sheffield Wednesday was the first to score in the game, and Sporting Lisbon did not expect Sheffield Wednesday, who had always been defending and counterattacking, to take the initiative to attack and was caught off guard. Sheffield Wednesday took the lead in the opening seven minutes when Toney latched on to Franck Ribery's pass and turned and fired home with a fierce shot. In the 16th minute, Franck Ribery cut inside and struck straight at the goalkeeper to make it 2-0, and Sheffield Wednesday saw the hope of qualifying from the group.
On the other side, the score was still 0:0, but Mancini, who received the news that Sheffield Wednesday was leading by two goals, was in a panic, and if Sheffield Wednesday wins, even if Inter Milan wins Bayern by 10 goals, they will still not be able to qualify from the group.
Sporting Lisbon pulled a goal back in the 31st minute and the two sides went into the break with a 2-1 scoreline. The two away goals put Lee's heart down a lot, at least the Europa League qualification is difficult to lose, unless Sporting Lisbon scores three more goals in the second half, otherwise with the win-loss relationship between the two sides, Sheffield Wednesday is still in front of Sporting Lisbon. But who wants to play in the Champions League? At halftime, Lee Seung-peak specially emphasized that he must not relax, thinking about the process of Sheffield Wednesday's Europa League victory last season, which was the result of a step-by-step Jedi reversal, "You don't want this kind of thing to happen to you, do you? Then you have to fight hard and never give up until the end of the game. ”
However, there was silence in the dressing room of Inter Milan, who already knew the result of Sheffield Wednesday's 2-1 lead over Sporting Lisbon, which made it a little difficult for them to accept, could it be that the mighty Inter Milan were about to go out of the Champions League group stage?
At this time, someone should have stepped up and boosted their morale, but no, even their manager didn't know what to do. Therefore, it makes sense to say that there is a soldier and a nest of bears, and Mancini's weak character has also created a weak Inter Milan, and they just can't get tough at critical moments.
In this way, Inter Milan wasted fifteen minutes of rest in vain, and it was not until the end that Mancini did not painfully ask the players on the pitch to try to win this game, "No matter what the result of the other field is, we must at least win this game, what if the opponent misses?" ”
This kind of motivation is really Mancini, the players of Inter Milan did not feel the effect of the increase in combat power at all, and stepped onto the field of play with a preoccupied look, waiting for the final verdict.
How can such an Inter Milan resist Bayern? In the 58th minute, Schweinsteiger burst into the Inter Milan penalty area and was knocked down by Summerel, and if it wasn't for the referee's refusal to award a penalty, Inter would have fallen behind.
Mancini's calls from the sidelines failed to wake up the fighting spirit of the players on the pitch, and they finally received their punishment. Mackay, who missed two good chances to score, finally took the lead for Bayern Munich in the 62nd minute, McCone was cut off on the right side, Bayern Munich quickly organized a counterattack, Mackay lightly unloaded Salihamidzic's accurate half-high cross, and calmly volleyed with his left foot into the net on the right side of Toldo's dead corner under the pressure of Andreoli, 1-0!
Bayern Munich took the lead and sent Inter Milan into the abyss, and no matter what the outcome of Sheffield Wednesday's match against Sporting Lisbon is, there is no hope for Inter.
Bayern Munich's morale was boosted by the goal goal, and after that, he used active fighting and abundant physical strength to keep Inter firmly suppressed, and Mancini, who had been unable to attack for a long time, finally sent Recoba to play a three-striker lineup, but the players' mental pressure made them still suppressed by Bayern.
In the 74th minute, Otter's long-range shot went over the crossbar and shocked Toldo into a cold sweat. In the 80th minute, Schweinsteiger took a corner kick and was cleared by the Inter players, and in the 86th minute, Pizarro suddenly fired a long-range shot while dribbling the ball, and the ball grazed the crossbar. In the face of Bayern's offensive, Inter Milan, who had no intention of fighting, had no power to fight back.
In this way, Bayern Munich defeated Inter Milan 1-0 at home and advanced as the top of Group B. Sheffield Wednesday also won 3-1 away at Sporting Lisbon to finish second in the group. Inter Milan can only settle for third place in the group and go to the Europa League.
At the end of the match, a clash broke out, and the mentally unbalanced Burdisso and Pizarro clashed, first with a verbal altercation, then pushing each other, and then even starting to move, if it wasn't for their teammates pulling them apart, the football stadium would have turned into a boxing ring.
At the post-match press conference, the mentally broken Mancini also shocked to announce that he would not renew his contract and leave the team at the end of the season, which made the whole incident continue to ferment, and also made Inter Milan's president Moratti very angry, and he had the idea of replacing Mancini.
Mancini's contract expires in the summer of 2007, but his renewal with Inter Milan has gone into question. Originally, according to the convention, Inter Milan should have renewed Mancini's contract a year in advance, but at that time, Inter Milan's president Facchetti died unexpectedly, and the renewal was temporarily shelved. When Moratti returned to the position of Inter Milan president and was ready to restart contract renewal negotiations, Inter Milan did not perform well in the Champions League group stage, and Moratti suspended the contract renewal and wanted to observe Mancini's performance before making a decision.
In the real world, Mancini rebounded strongly after two consecutive defeats in the Champions League group stage, and finally won a new contract with a record 17 consecutive wins in the league.
But in this world, Roberto Mancini's Inter Milan were sniped by Lee Seung-feng's Sheffield Wednesday side in the Champions League group stage, replacing him as second in the group. In the last round of the group stage, Inter Milan challenged Bayern, the first place in the group, and Mancini, who was out of balance, made a coma and lost 0:1 to Bayern away. In the end, Inter Milan finished third in the group, narrowly retaining qualification for the Europa League.
Such a result is unacceptable to Moratti, not to mention the conflict that broke out after the game and Mancini's resignation at the press conference, which made Inter Milan lose and lose, and now it is just when Mancini's contract expires, since he is not willing to stay, it is better to change to a better manager.