Chapter 516: Long Shot
Fan Shang originally meant that when several midfielders were passing the ball, Inter Milan could have even one back to lift up, and then reduce the defense in front of the penalty area and then go to the penalty area, but these two people just didn't move today, and Fan Shang had to adjust.
After thinking for less than ten seconds, Vincent beckoned to Albelda on the sidelines, and then whispered a few words to him, and Albelda began to convey Fanchan's meaning to the other players.
Fan Shang rarely does this kind of thing now, he usually says good gestures in advance, and he can understand it with a few gestures, but today Inter Milan is a little unexpectedly honest, and there are no prepared gestures before the game, and Fan Shang can only use the old way before.
Inter Milan fans don't feel anything, but if you put it in Bordeaux, this action of summoning players to talk on the sidelines is a god-like existence, and often the goal is not far away.
After Vincent's adjustment, Valencia's long-range shots were strengthened, and if you Emerson and Di Biagio didn't come out, then I would shoot from a distance outside of your defensive range, and it was a long-range shot from four players.
Leading the way was Albelda, who had to lead by example as captain, and in the 17th minute, he took the lead with his first long-range shot from around 20 meters in front of the penalty area, which was off the line but also the first shot from Valencia's long-range shot.
The position is also this position, about 35 meters from the goal, which is a bit far, but this is an unguarded area, which can be fully adjusted.
What if a defender rushes over, that's even better, where the defender rushes over, the ball goes somewhere, it's just empty.
However, looking at the appearance of Emerson and Di Biagio, the two are stubbornly guarding the position of ten meters in front of the penalty area, and they don't care about it from there, and they can't interfere in the penalty area.
This mentality forced out by Cooper has resulted in Valencia being able to shoot from a little further distance, and Toney can be comfortable against the two centre-backs in the box.
By the way, what about Inter's attack today? By the 20th minute of the game, Inter Milan had launched two counterattacks with long passes, and none of these two times had been successfully passed to the feet of the attacking players, both of which were destroyed by Valencia's defenders in advance.
Valencia is no more than Inter Milan have attack, and they now feel that unguarded long-range shots are okay anyway.
In the 19th minute, Belleron shot from a distance in the same area, but as a player with a not hard foot, Belleron did not hit the goal vigorously, but chose to shoot at the pursuing angle, but it was too far, and when the ball reached the goal, it had no strength and was easily held by Toldo.
It's okay, keep coming!
In the 20th minute, Baraja's long-range shot did not hit the woodwork.
In the 23rd minute, Lucio's sudden forward long-range shot hit Di Biagio's body and flew out of the bottom line.
In the 24th minute, after the corner kick was destroyed, Albelda grabbed the second point outside the penalty area, although he shot from a distance again, this time a little closer, within the range of the goal frame, but was beaten out of the penalty area by Toldo with both fists, and when Angulo shot again, it was already a little off.
In the 26th minute, Aimar took the ball in Valencia's long-range shooting area to adjust, just when everyone thought he was going to shoot from a distance, Aimar passed the ball into the penalty area, Toni jumped in front of the two central defenders, stopped the ball with his chest, and then turned and shot with inertia, but this time Gresco and Córdoba stood up very dead, Tony's shot hit Córdoba's leg and flew out of the bottom line.
In just ten minutes, Valencia pressed Inter Milan's defense almost breathlessly, the most aggrieved were Emerson and Di Biagio, the strength of the two had nowhere to vent, knowing that Valencia was going to shoot from a distance, but they just couldn't leave the position to block, knowing that Valencia was looking for Toney, but they were not good at entering the penalty area to help defend.
Cooper also saw this passive situation of Inter Milan, but his adjustment made Fan Shang's eyes shine, amazing, he really only wanted to defend and didn't want to attack.
Cooper sent two wing-backs to defend where Inter were going to shoot from distance, but is Camoranesi a defensive fodder? There is also a long name Fan Shang can't remember at all, Gu Gliming Pedro, and the two of them also delivered food to the Valencia players when they arrived in the middle.
Sure enough, the two of them estimated that their understanding of defense was to run with the ball, and there was no way to let Valencia's ball pass quickly, and the two of them could only be slipped, which did not affect Valencia's long-range shooting plan at all.
In the 30th minute, Aimar's long-range shot finally had some threat, this time his choice was the same as Belleron's, it was not the kind of powerful shot, or according to the angle, this time Aimar chose the upper left corner, the ball that seemed to fly out of the bottom line smashed on the crossbar of the goal, which made Toldo break out in a cold sweat.
In this way, Cooper is still determined to let the two midfielders stay in that position, and now Cooper thinks that he must train the defensive ability of the two full-backs.
If Vincent knew about Cooper's idea, he would definitely laugh off, and if it was Vincent, he would definitely use the two full-backs to play the ball to Vieri in the middle, after all, Valencia's real weakness now is the defense on both wings.
However, Inter Milan did not catch it, and Cooper's entire attention was focused on how to defend, and attacking was not something Cooper was thinking about now.
Unfortunately, with such concentration, Cooper still didn't expect that Inter Milan would concede a goal in the 35th minute.
In the 35th minute, Valencia's forward midfielder saw an opportunity to develop on the flank, thanks to the fact that Inter Milan's two full-backs were defending and coming in.
Belleron ran to the right and combined with Mendieta, and the two passed quite tacitly, and two passes allowed Mendieta to get an open cross on the wing.
Mendieta, of course, couldn't pass up the opportunity, making a slight adjustment and passing the ball with his right foot to the middle.
This time Mendieta's cross landed very well, just in the corner of the small penalty area, a position that allowed goalkeeper Toldo to come out and not out of place.
Toldo's choice this time was not out, he hoped that the two central defenders could clamp Toney, but how could Tony miss such a good cross, squeezed Gresco with his back, pushed him back, and then strode forward, came to the small penalty area earlier than Córdoba, and then ignored Cordoba and Gresco behind him, jumped up and headed the goal.