Chapter 386: Crazy Attack
The morale-boosting Hoffenheim attacked Inter Milan at the start of the second half and threatened much more than in the first half.
In the 49th minute, Lu Wenbin finally completed his most threatening shot since the start of the final.
He broke through Zanetti outside the penalty zone and attracted the siege of Cambiasso and Lucio, and distributed the ball to Ibisevic in the middle in time, turning the attention of the Inter defence to Ibisevic.
Then Lu Wenbin ran without the ball and changed direction to shake off Cambiaso and Lucio to enter the forbidden area, and Ibisevic passed the ball to his running route without stopping, and completed a just right match with Lu Wenbin to hit the wall.
Although Ibisevic's passing skills are not as good as Eduardo's, the long-term tacit understanding allowed him to pass a good ball in the short pass that hit the wall with this foot.
After Ibisevic's pass came, without waiting for another centre-back Samuel to make up for it, Lu Wenbin, who was running, volleyed the ball into the penalty area without stopping, and the ball went straight to the bottom corner of the near goal.
It's a pity that Inter goalkeeper Cesar reacted too quickly, and fell down almost the moment Lu Wenbin shot the goal, and then used his palm to pull Lu Wenbin's shot straight into the dead corner out of the bottom line.
Cesar made a world-class save to keep Lu Wenbin's shot in vain.
Hoffenheim also failed to grab the first point in the next corner and was cleared by the Inter defender out of the forbidden zone.
However, just four minutes into the second half, Lu Wenbin got such a threatening shot from the range of the goal frame, which gave hope to the whole Hoffenheim team.
Everyone's morale is even higher, and they are running, attacking, and defending more desperately, vowing to turn defeat into victory and create a miracle for the hillbilly to reverse the giants.
Inter's defence is indeed experienced and there are few holes for Hoffenheim to exploit.
But Hoffenheim is the attacking side after all, occupying the initiative, and when they speed up the rhythm of passing and cutting, the veterans of the Inter Milan defense who are passively defending are gradually unable to keep up.
Of course, it's only the beginning of the second half, and Inter Milan, who had been preparing for this game long before the end of the league, has not yet crossed the physical level, and Hoffenheim has not yet formed too big and too frequent threats.
But Mourinho has already seen what Hoffenheim are trying to bring down his team's fitness.
He told defenders such as Materazzi on the bench to start warming up slowly on the sidelines and being ready to play at any time.
Ralph naturally did not dare to fall behind, so the players off the field began to warm up, and they were also ready to change at any time.
Inter's veterans may be dragged down after increasing the tempo of passing and cutting, but Hoffenheim's own players may not be much better, so they must prepare early.
Fortunately, Hoffenheim's players are all young and naturally more physically strong than Inter Milan, there is no doubt about it.
This is also where Ralph has high hopes that he may complete the comeback in the second half.
The Hoffenheim players on the field did not care about the battle of wits of the two managers, they only focused on attacking desperately on the field.
Hoffenheim, who has been playing offensive football for a long time and has a tacit understanding of the main lineup, launched a crazy attack, and the offensive is still very fierce, and even giants like Inter Milan can't resist it.
Hoffenheim would not have won the minor treble last season without enough attacking power, and this season they will win the double and reach the Champions League final.
In the 55th minute, Lu Wenbin broke through Cambiaso and Ziwu on the side one after another, and made a cross feint to attract Lucio's up and grab him, and then used a smash to pass him into the forbidden area.
Suddenly, Lu Wenbin, who entered the forbidden area, attracted the attention of goalkeeper Cesar, Samuel and Zanetti, and almost blocked the possibility of Lu Wenbin's small-angle shot.
Lu Wenbin did not force the goal, but passed back to the penalty spot in the big forbidden area.
Eduardo, who was inserted in the back row, and Cambiaso, who was back on the back, rushed to the ball at the same time, and Eduardo was the first to touch the ball and shoot, but Cambiaso's side slide tackle also appeared in front of Eduardo's feet almost at the same time.
Eduardo's kick hit Cambiaso's calf and flew high over the crossbar for Hoffenheim to win a corner.
After Eduardo sent a corner, Lu Wenbin grabbed the first point, broke free from Lucio and Cambiaso's pull and mark in the forbidden area, jumped high and shook his head to attack the goal.
The ball hit the frame of the goal, but the angle was too square, and Cesar was held directly in his arms, causing a sigh from the Hoffenheim fans and commentators in the stands.
Although there was no goal, Hoffenheim's ferocious attack in the second half gave the fans hope and made the Inter fans nervous.
All of a sudden, there was a rumor in front of Inter Milan's goal, and it looked crumbling.
Mourinho couldn't stand it.
Although in the semi-finals, he withstood Barcelona's attack by swinging the bus defense and eliminated Barcelona to advance to the final, but in the face of Hoffenheim's attack, he was not sure to rely on defense to hold a two-goal lead to win the championship.
Because there is such a bug-like existence as Lu Wenbin in the Hoffenheim team, it is more terrifying than Messi, who is known as Maradona's successor.
Therefore, Mourinho shouted from the sidelines for the players to counter-attack, and could not be pressed by Hoffenheim like this.
If Inter can score one more goal, it will almost kill the game.
However, Mourinho's shouting did not work.
It's not that the players don't know how to counter-attack, it's that they're really weak.
The average age of the entire Inter Milan team is indeed much older than Hoffenheim.
When Hoffenheim everyone picked up the tempo of the passing and cutting runs, Inter Milan was powerless to fight back, although they did not collapse.
Occasionally, once or twice the counterattack after getting the ball, it was also destroyed by the desperate defense of Suculini, Jankel, Nilsson and others.
After 15 minutes of the second half, Inter did not have a single counter-attack shot on goal. Hoffenheim's offensive, on the other hand, was wave after wave.
All the Hoffenheim players know that it's too late if they don't work hard.
Therefore, even if you are tired to death, you will not hesitate to do it. Anyway, this is the last game of the season, and even if you run to cramps and leave the game, it will not affect the next game.
The constant passing runs and frantic attacks finally made it work for Hoffenheim in the 67th minute.
Generally speaking, when the game reaches 75 minutes, the fitness of the players on the field will come to a watershed moment.
But Hoffenheim's attacking tempo in the second half was too fast, and Inter's average age was too great. Therefore, before the 75th minute, Inter Milan had a problem with the fitness of the defenders. (Ask for a commuter pass)