Chapter 463: Crazy Substitution

Messi's goal made Barcelona fans celebrate wildly, and at the same time, it also made Barcelona players more confident to play possession and defense.

Before that, we have to look for space to attack and try to score away goals, both offensively and defensively.

Now not only do you have an away goal, but you also have the lead, so you just have to concentrate on defending.

In the next time, as long as the Barcelona players get the ball, it is basically a constant pass, pass, pass, anyway, try not to let the Inter players get the ball.

If no one goes up to press when two defenders pass the ball to each other, then they can pass back and forth seven or eight times in a row, regardless of the boos of the fans in the stands.

Even the attackers Messi, Villa, and goalkeeper ValdΓ©s have become transit stations for passing and receiving the ball, and they will not easily break through the shot or open the foot.

Because it's easy to lose possession of the ball when you break through or shoot or kick wide.

Barcelona's goal now is not to expand the score, but to control the ball at their feet and not give Lu Wenbin the opportunity to break through with the ball or create a free kick.

Inter Milan's possession increased after pressing in the second half, which allowed Barcelona to make more mistakes and concede goals, and Inter Milan's possession increased.

However, when Barcelona scored and began to use more extreme possession to stall for time, Barcelona's possession began to rise again, and Inter Milan's possession began to decline again.

In the 80th minute, Barcelona even had 80% possession, Inter Milan only 20%, and Barcelona had four times as much as Inter.

Such a comparison of possession rate is absolutely rare.

The Inter fans in the stands booed incessantly, but the Barcelona fans cheered, believing that Barcelona could not only keep a clean sheet against Lu Wenbin, but also take away a win away from home to lay a solid foundation for the second leg to qualify for the final.

As a proud madman, Mourinho naturally watched from the sidelines and gritted his teeth.

He has replaced Ziwu with Yuto Nagatomo and Coutinho for Biabiani, but the introduction of two new players has not changed the situation on the field.

Cambiaso, an all-round defender who is adept at intercepting and stealing the ball, also sat on the bench, but Mourinho did not want to replace Zanetti.

Although Zanetti is very old, as the captain, he is very disciplined and physically maintained, and with Mourinho usually paying attention to the rotation, Zanetti has no problem playing the whole game.

The question is that if you don't replace Zanetti, who will come down?

Only Lu Wenbin and Samuel Eto'o interfered with Barcelona's backline and had poor tackling ability.

Although Sneijder, Stankovic, Coutinho and others in the midfield go up from time to time to cooperate with Lu Wenbin and Eto'o to interfere with Barcelona's backfield, it is not the norm.

What's more, Sneijder, Stankovic, and Coutinho are not steal masters, and sometimes they will be easily broken by the opponent one-on-one.

As a result, Barcelona can easily control the ball and fall to the back of the pitch, and although it is not as comfortable as in the first half, it is not difficult either.

As for Lu Wenbin and Eto'o, Lu Wenbin is okay, although he has not made a few successful tackles, he has been running and interfering with Barcelona's backfield with full physical fitness.

However, Samuel Eto'o was already a little unable to run, walking in the front court, and the threat to Barca's back-to-back defense was greatly reduced.

Seeing this, Mourinho made a crazy decision: he called Cambiaso, who had been warming up, and after giving some orders, he asked the fourth official to play the sign of replacing No. 9 Eto'o with No. 19 Cambiaso.

Seeing that Inter Milan was going to make a substitution, the commentators were originally in high spirits, thinking that Mourinho was going to make the final substitution adjustment.

However, when they saw the number of the substitution, everyone's eyes were about to pop out.

"What? Mourinho replaced Samuel Eto'o with Cambiasso after falling behind, is this a reinforcement of the defence? ”

"I don't understand, Inter Milan is now behind the score, Mourinho at this time to remove a striker and add a midfielder, what does he want to do?"

"Is Mourinho going to keep the score 1-0 until the end with a double midfielder? It's crazy, I can't read it! ”

In everyone's puzzled eyes, Inter Milan completed the substitution, and then Cambiaso came on the field, but did not run to the back to stand on a line with Zanetti, but ran to the front court to stand on a line with Lu Wenbin.

Moreover, when the game restarted, it did not go back.

Cumbia came on and played not as a midfielder, but as a striker like Lu Wenbin: it was a crazy counter-substitution.

Everyone knows that Cambiasso is an excellent all-round midfielder, who can defend, can organize attacks, and it is not impossible to play two long-range shots, but there has never been a precedent for playing as a striker deep behind the enemy.

Mourinho's substitution caused an uproar among all the spectators and commentators.

The commentator and neutral commentator who supported Inter Milan widened his eyes and commented:

"Oh, my-god, Mourinho is crazy, he asked Cambiaso, who has never played as a striker, to replace Eto'o and go to play as a striker with Lu Wenbin!"

"Was Mourinho stunned by Messi's goal? If you want to change the striker, don't you still have Milito and Pandev on the Inter bench, how can you use Cambiaso to play the striker? ”

"I can't understand the substitution, the madman Mourinho is really incomprehensible!"

"I started to think that Mourinho was going to replace Cambiaso to play in the back, but I didn't expect Cambiaso to play forward after he came on the field, this is a position that Cambiaso has never played, and I can't understand it at all!"

"Mourinho is crazy, he doesn't want to win!"

In the confusion of Inter's fans, the commentators who supported Barcelona laughed.

"Haha, the madman Mourinho was also driven crazy by Barcelona and made such a substitution!"

"Inter Milan replaced striker Samuel Eto'o with a midfielder Cambiaso when the score was down, but Cambiaso came on not as a midfielder, but as a striker!"

'I think Mourinho must have made the wrong substitution, he probably wanted to replace Milito.

"Maybe Milito is hurt?"

"No, Milito shouldn't be injured, it's Mourinho who is injured! Brain hurt! ”

On the field, the players of Inter Milan and Barcelona were also confused by this substitution.

When they first saw Cambiasso replace Eto'o, Barcelona thought that Mourinho was going to raise his hands and surrender, strengthen his defense and avoid conceding more goals.

Many Inter players think the same way.

This is a normal understanding, although it is a bit aggrieved.

But after seeing Cambiaso on the field, he did not go to the backfield to be a midfielder with Zanetti, but partnered with Lu Wenbin as a striker, everyone was a little confused. (Ask for a commuter pass)