Chapter 242: Italian National Derby (3)
At half-time, Roberto Mancini praised his team. After the praise, he himself fell into deep thought.
Now the team is actually playing three strikers, but since the team is ahead, it stands to reason that the defense should be strengthened.
Of course, it is also possible to return to Ricardo and Adrianodo, but the defensive level of these two is really not flattering.
After much consideration, Mancini still did not make a substitution, but just let Licardo drop back and play left wing-back, with Stankovic acting as a right midfielder.
At the start of the second half, Roberto Mancini was forced to use up a substitution. Favali was injured and Zemaria came off the bench at right-back, with captain Zanetti playing at left wing-back.
It seems that every time Zanetti gets to the left, nothing good happens.
In the 52nd minute, Zambrotta shifted a long pass on the left side, and after Camoranesi stopped the ball on his chest, he leaned on Davies, took a sideways step and turned around. Davis did not have the demeanor of the rampaging "wild boar" in the 98 World Cup, and was easily passed.
After Camoranesi formed a breakthrough, he quickly plugged his right foot, Nedved had already burst to the edge of the penalty area, took the ball and shot with his feet, the ball flew quickly towards the goal like a boring cannonball, but it was clearly off the target. However, by the odds of a miracle, Salayeta appeared on the trajectory of the ball, which refracted on Salayeta's leg, rubbed it on the turf and burrowed into the near corner of the goal, and Toldo's goal was lost.
"Salayeta goal! It was a passive goal, and Nedved's long-range shot hit his leg and flew into the back of the net. Juventus equalised! It was a balloon of luck, but the effort of Juventus cannot be ignored. ”
Being equalized by such a goal, Inter Milan were clearly unconvinced. They quickly stepped up their attacking efforts, with Ricardo returning to the left winger position and Stankovic returning to the middle.
In the 53rd minute, Cambiaso received a cross knock from Licardo in front of the goal and shot with his left foot, but the kick was too positive and the football was confiscated by Buffon.
In the 55th minute, Mihajlovic took a corner kick from the left side, and Córdoba nodded the ball in front of the goal, and the ball slid out of the goal.
In the 57th minute, Ricardo broke through and was brought down by Camoranesi, who was returning to the defense, and Camoranesi received a yellow card. Mihajlovic took the free-kick from 31 yards and his kick was tricky, but Buffon punched it out.
The successive attacks were fruitless, and Inter Milan, under the command of Mancini, continued to press aggressively, and the defense began to panic.
In the 64th minute, Juventus played to Inter Milan's goal through a series of combinations, and Ibrahimovic's low left-footed shot from 16 meters in front of the goal was confiscated by Toldo.
In the 65th minute, Thuram cleared the ball at the edge of his penalty area, and Ibrahimovic met on the right touchline of the front field, and he chose to knock back under the pressure of Córdoba. At this time, Inter Milan's defense was in disarray, three defenders gathered on the same side, Camoranesi saw the flaw, immediately after receiving the ball with his right foot diagonally to the middle, Salayeta successfully countered offside, broke into the penalty area with a single knife, and was tripped after deducting Toldo.
"Salayeta is single-handed! In desperation, Toldo chose to trip him up. Penalty, no doubt about it! The referee showed Toldo a yellow card. It's a mercy on the part of the men, and it's normal for this kind of ball to be given a red card. ”
Zlatan Ibrahimovic took the penalty. He confidently crossed his hips, glanced coldly at Toldo, and then fired a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net, and although Toldo was right, the ball went under his armpit. Juve came back from 2-1.
Inter Milan seem to have lost momentum. Mancini made the desperate choice at this point, replacing the underperforming Davies with Vieri and playing as a striker four.
Soon, he replaced Adriano with Recoba, so that Ricardo and Recoba were separated on the left and right, focusing on Ronaldo and Vieri.
Adriano looked unhappy when he was substituted, but Mancini didn't have time to calm his emotions.
In the 78th minute, the two substitutes played together, Recoba dribbled the ball more than 20 meters from the middle line, and cleverly picked up a left-footed pass to the left side under the opponent's blocking, Vieri rushed to the landing point of the football like a tank in the penalty area. He appeared to be blocked by Thuram, but he didn't make any adjustments, with a left-footed half-volley from 12 yards out, the ball playing fast and tricky into the far corner.
"Vieri goal! It was a super goal and Vieri showed his killer instinct to score this difficult goal! Inter Milan equalised and the score is now 2-2. ”
Mancini clenched his fist and his adventure was successful.
Capello shook his head. As soon as you fall behind, you will play 4 forwards...... Roberto Mancini is a coach who is really unskilled, but he's also lucky......
Inter Milan, who sacrificed the tactics of 4 forwards, has no way out, even if they want to defend, they can't defend, so they can only continue to attack and press the attack aggressively.
In the 81st minute, Recoba crossed diagonally from the right and Vieri's header from the corner of the six-yard box was confiscated by Buffon. In the 83rd minute, Ricardo fell to the ground in a scramble in the penalty area, and there was an uproar in the stands, but Inter failed to win a penalty. Ricardo didn't bother to argue with the referee, although he knew very well that Thuram had made a small move just now, but there was no need to waste time at this time. He quickly continued to get into the game.
Capello quickly replaced Camoranesi with Pexoto, removing an attacking player for a defensive one, as he wanted to hold on to a draw and maintain his lead over Inter Milan in the table.
However, a minute later, Inter Milan played a long ball from the back through Mihajlovic, Vieri split the ball in the middle and gave it to the left, Ricardo took the ball and made a momentum, and Ronaldo also started to run, diverting the attention of Cannavaro and Thuram.
Ricardo quickly smashed the ball past Zebina and was about to burst into the box, and as Cannavaro and Thuram had already been drawn away by Ronaldo, he would face goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. In a hurry, Zebina kicked Licardo from behind.
The foul was so obvious that referee Rodo Monti couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to favor Juventus, so he could only blow the whistle and give Zebina a yellow card.
Two yellows turned into one red, and Zebina was sent off!
There was a deafening boo from the stands, and Zebia walked off the pitch like a hero as he disrupted a high-threat attack. Capello patted him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort and encouragement.
Mihajlovic ran over and held the ball, ready to take the free-kick.
"I'll take this ball." Ronaldo walked over.
As the boss of the team, even if Mihajlovic is Mancini's descendant, he has to retreat. "OK, here you go." Mikhailovich stepped back.