Chapter 464: Cambiaso's Role (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

The well-known Cambiaso does not play his back after he comes on the field, and runs to the front court to partner with Lu Wenbin to play forward, what kind of routine is this?

After a moment of confusion, the Barcelona players were convinced that Mourinho must have been stunned and made a bad move.

The players of Inter Milan are also confused, not knowing what Cambiasso, who has never played as a striker, to run to the front to do.

Does Cambiaso have the talent to play as a striker? Does he have the ability to run off the ball with a needle? Does he have a super dribbling ability? Does he have a good shot?

Nothing!

Cambiasso is not at all a striker, this is a truth that ordinary fans know.

I don't know what Mourinho's intention was to replace Eto'o with Cambiasso as a striker?

Is it really mad that he played a stinky move?

The director kept switching the camera to Mourinho on the sidelines, indicating that Mourinho was the focus of the game during this time.

Only a very small number of people guessed the real purpose of Mourinho's substitution.

On the sidelines, the much-anticipated Mourinho had a calm face and did not say anything.

His heart is by no means so calm as it seems.

Replacing Cambiasso with Samuel Eto'o as a striker was his last substitution and the wildest gamble ever made.

Until his goal is achieved, everything is empty words, and everything depends on Cambiaso's performance.

Cambiasso did well and even helped Inter Milan score and equaliser, which was undoubtedly a resurrection substitution.

But if Cambiaso is out of position and performs poorly, as most people think, then Mourinho will surely become a sinner and a joke after the game.

After the game restarted a while, everyone saw the purpose of Mourinho's replacement for Cambiasso to play as a striker.

Cambiaso didn't come to play as a striker, he came on the pitch to play a tackle on Mourinho's orders.

Although Lu Wenbin is fast and has good physical fitness, he is naturally far worse than Cambiaso, a defender, in terms of interception and selection, prediction, and tackle.

Therefore, in the face of Barcelona's backcourt ball control and inverted feet, Lu Wenbin has not many options, he can only harass and it is difficult to break the ball.

But Cambiaso is different, his professional position is a midfielder, and he is absolutely the best in the world in terms of one-on-one defense, interception selection, anticipation, and tackles.

Moreover, Cambiaso's own fitness is very good, and when playing in the back, he can completely cover his own half, and sometimes he can even rush to the front to participate in the attack.

Now he has just been replaced, and he is more physically energetic, and he can run wildly after the ball and steal unscrupulously.

Coupled with the interference of Lu Wenbin, who is also full of energy, and the occasional grabbing of Sneijder, Coutinho, and Stankovic, everyone soon found that the situation was different.

In the 84th minute, under the interference of Lu Wenbin, Puyol had to pass the ball to Mascherano.

But before Mascherano could get the ball, he saw that Cambiasso was already rushing towards him: Cambiaso had anticipated Puyol's passing path under Lu Wenbin's interference.

Mascherano didn't dare to play tricks against tackle specialist Cambiaso at the back, so he quickly ran two steps, received the ball early, and then kicked it back to goalkeeper Valdés.

However, when he kicked the ball towards Valdés, he found that Cambiasso had already turned early and rushed towards Valdés.

On the other side, Sneijder and Stankovic also rushed to Pique and Alves respectively, and Valdés didn't even have a place to get the ball.

Under Cambiaso's aggressive pressure, Valdés didn't even dare to stand up for the ball, and finally met the ball and kicked it out.

The ball was then grabbed by Zanetti and headed to McConn: Barcelona lost possession.

This is rare.

In the past, although Lu Wenbin and Eto'o could sometimes force Barcelona to pass the ball forward, they rarely forced the opponent to clear the ball with a big foot.

Barcelona's ball-possession tactics are rarely big-footed, not to mention that they still want to use possession to defend in this game, so they won't throw away the ball at will.

Although Cambiasso did not directly grab the ball, forcing Valdés to open his foot and hand the ball to Inter Milan was enough to prove Cambiasso's role.

Only by getting the players will Inter have more attacking opportunities.

For a while, the exclamations of the commentators sounded in the commentary seat:

'Jose Mourinho made a brilliant substitution and Barcelona couldn't afford to delay time with ease at the back!'

"Great, Mourinho's gambling substitution has had a good effect. Taking advantage of Cambiaso's tackling ability to force Barcelona to fall easily at the back, Inter Milan regained some possession. ”

"It's a pity that time is running out, I wonder if Cambiaso can really help Inter Milan change the score?"

Lu Wenbin, Sneijder and others naturally felt the role of Cambiaso after he came on the field, and they immediately lifted their spirits and fully assisted Cambiaso to interfere with Barcelona's backfield control.

The Inter fans in the stands also saw the change in the situation, and immediately cheered for the team with all their might, hoping that Inter would score an equalizer and retain the hope of advancing to the second leg.

As the clock ticked by, Barcelona were still trying their best to stall for time with their possession defence, while Inter Milan were pressing and then counter-attacking as soon as they got the ball.

However, Lu Wenbin is naturally the target of Barcelona's focus.

Even if Inter grabbed the ball and handed it to Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin failed to make a breakthrough in a short period of time.

In the 88th minute, Lu Wenbin once won the ball and broke through the defense of Andres Iniesta and Mascherano, but was still swept away by a beautiful tackle by Pique on the edge of the forbidden area.

Seeing that the game is coming to an end, the pressing of Inter Milan players is getting more and more crazy, and there are more and more holes in the backfield.

In the 90th minute, Messi was almost beaten back, but fortunately, Cesar concentrated and saved Messi's shot in his arms.

However, Inter Milan no longer care whether they will be counter-attacked at the back, they only want to score.

Finally, in the 92nd minute, with a minute left to end the game, Cambiasso forced Pique to pass the ball without looking closely.

Pique passed the ball to full-back Alves, but Stankovic had already rushed over, and Alves did not dare to stop the ball, and quickly kicked the ball to Xavi who was a little forward.

As a result, Sneijder anticipated Alves' pass, rushed desperately, fell to the ground before Xavi received the ball, and passed the ball to Lu Wenbin in the middle.

Towards the end of the game, Barcelona lost possession of the ball, and the ball was about to fall to Lu Wenbin's feet. (Ask for a commuter pass)