Chapter 466: Away Goal (Asking for a Monthly Ticket)

After several days of targeted training, Inter Milan arrived in Spain two days early on May 2 to begin preparations.

On Barcelona's side, the previous domestic league also sent substitutes to play, and they were also conducting targeted training for Inter Milan.

Jose Mourinho is using Cambiaso's tackling ability to train new tactics, and Barcelona are also strengthening his passing training for Cambiaso's tackling ability.

Everyone believes that Mourinho, who tasted the sweetness of the last game, will definitely advance Cambiaso to the forward position again in the second leg, intercepting and tackling Barcelona's backfield with inverted possession.

Sure enough, in the starting list announced by Inter Milan on May 3, Cambiaso was prominently listed.

And Barcelona, except for Andres Iniesta, who was absent due to injury, the other players were all the main players in the first leg.

This is a life-and-death battle between the two sides.

Barcelona drew the first leg away and scored an away goal.

Barcelona only need a 0-0 draw in this game to advance through an away goal advantage.

Therefore, it is conceivable that Barcelona will still use an extreme possession defense style in this game to try to drag the 0-0 score until the end of the game.

Inter must attack from the first minute and try to score early.

As long as Inter Milan score and lead on aggregate, Barcelona will not be able to defend with possession.

They have to attack, so there will be more mistakes and more chances for Inter to attack.

At 20:45 on the evening of May 4, with the referee's whistle, the second leg of the 2010/2011 Champions League semi-finals Barcelona at home against Inter Milan officially began.

In the pre-match pick, Barcelona got the kick-off again.

Sure enough, after kick-off, Barcelona passed all the way back and handed the ball to the feet of centre-back Gerard Pique, and Barcelona began their possession defense again.

Eto'o and Cambiaso quickly pounced, and Cambiaso used his abundant physical strength and superior positioning, interception, and tackling ability to counter-attack Barcelona's backfield.

However, Barcelona clearly trained with a target and were prepared for Cambiaso's take-up and were not caught off guard as they were in the first leg.

Barcelona increased the speed of passing, and the midfielders except Messi also retreated slightly to strengthen the response to the backfield.

And, when there is a good opportunity, Barcelona is not completely defending, and will still use Xavi's passing and Messi's breakthrough ability to try to attack the goal.

If you can score more goals, it is obviously safer than a 1-1 scoreline.

On Inter Milan's side, after a few days of targeted training, Lu Wenbin, Sneijder, Stankovic, and even Zanetti and two full-backs have a lot more support for Cambiaso, and the tackle threat to Barcelona is also a little stronger than in the first leg.

Therefore, in the first 20 minutes, although Barcelona's possession rate was still as high as 70%, it was finally not as terrifying as the first leg.

On one occasion in the space of 20 minutes, Inter did break the ball up front through Cambiaso's aggressive counter-attack, but Samuel Eto'o fired wide of the target.

Barcelona won a free-kick, but Messi's free-kick went over the crossbar.

As the minutes ticked by, in the 24th minute, Cambiaso finally fell to the ground in advance to block Mascherano's pass to Puyol.

However, it was too late for him to get up and pass the ball, as Mascherano and Puyol had already rushed over and were already only two or three meters away from him.

As a result, Cambiaso, who fell to the ground, could only sweep the ball to Eto'o, who was closest to him.

However, Samuel Eto'o was flanked by Pique's close defence and was unable to turn and shoot.

At this time, Sneijder rushed towards the 'no-go' zone from the middle, shouting as he went: "Eto'o, this way! ”

Samuel Eto'o looked up and played Pique down the middle.

However, Sneijder is not unguarded, and he is surrounded by the famous Professor Busquetsb.

As soon as Sneijder lifted his foot to shoot, Busquets could block his shot if he fell to the ground.

Sneijder lifted his foot on the run, and Busquets took a step forward beside him and shoveled diagonally, throwing his body out and blocking the path of Sneijder's shot.

If Sneijder had actually hit the back of the net, the ball would have been cleared off Busquets.

However, Sneijder didn't really hit the back of the net.

His raised foot didn't touch the ball at all, and it slipped between his legs.

Following the direction of the ball's rolling, everyone saw Lu Wenbin rushing from the side.

"Danger!"

"Lou—"

"Shoot!"

Lu Wenbin used his off-ball run to the ball with precision and reached a tacit agreement with Sneijder.

Sneijder's leak and Lu Wenbin's run were just right, and Lu Wenbin didn't even stop the ball, and shot directly from the corner of the big forbidden zone.

Xavi and Pedro, who were struggling to catch up behind Lu Wenbin, couldn't even interfere, compared to Lu Wenbin, Xavi and Pedro's speed was too slow.

Lu Wenbin's undisturbed shot went around a far corner, although it was a non-stop shot, the angle was not so tricky, but Valdés was shaken by Sneijder in the middle and hurriedly pounced to the near end, at this time the center of gravity was opposite, and there was nothing that could be done about Lu Wenbin's shot to the far corner.

The ball slid into the back of the net in front of 100,000 people at Camp Nou.

The Italian commentator in the commentary seat let out a long shout: "Goooooooooooal......"

"The ball is in, the ball is in! Lou finally scored! ”

"Mourinho's tactics with Cambiaso up front worked!"

"Barcelona are behind on aggregate!"

Cambiaso's tackle, Eto'o's pass, and Sneijder's exquisite leak finally allowed Lu Wenbin to seize the opportunity and score the first goal of the two-legged game to overtake Inter Milan on aggregate.

Now, with Inter Milan leading 2-1 on aggregate and also scoring an away goal, the initiative is back on Inter's side.

Barcelona fans clutched their heads and sighed in pain.

Now, the situation has turned against Barcelona.

Trailing on aggregate, Barcelona had to attack. As for the offense, it is possible to be counterattacked by Inter Milan when the ball is broken, especially Lu Wenbin, who is fast and has a good dribble.

Whether it is Lu Wenbin's own breakthrough shot or Barcelona's foul by dribbling, Inter Milan is a greater threat than Barcelona.

However, they can't help it.

They had to attack.

Just when Barcelona were ready to use their skillful passing skills to play attacking football and return to their tradition after kick-off in the centre circle, Cambiaso, who was originally playing as a striker, did not rush forward like Eto'o, but acted as a midfielder with Zanetti, acting as a barrier in front of the back line.

Cambiaso has finally done his job: the midfielder!

Inter Milan changed the formation to 4231, returning to their familiar defensive counter-attacking formation, and because of the configuration of double midfielders, the defensive strength is stronger.

Jose Mourinho took all the circumstances into account, and Inter Milan scored first and led the aggregate score was naturally within his expected range.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Cambiaso retreated and returned to his central midfield position, partnering Zanetti in the back two! (Ask for a commuter pass)