Chapter 126: The Great Harvest of Christmas

After the resumption of the game, Piacenza's team continued to attack.

Fortunately, Inter Milan has also seen strong winds and waves, and has not been intimidated by the momentum of the opponent......

However, as the atmosphere at Piacenza became more and more intense, the action of Piacenza players to play the ball also developed towards more and more fierce kicks.

The house leak was rainy, and Pirlo, the midfielder of Inter Milan and actually a young player, made a mistake.

He reached out and pulled down Piacenza midfielder Gauthieri.

Gordieri's free-kick went over the heads of the Wall of Inter Milan and unexpectedly hit the far corner.

This caught Toldo, who was standing in the near corner of the goal, off guard......

The score on the field became 2-1, and Piacenza overtook Inter Milan by one point.

Seeing that the atmosphere on the field was getting more and more tense, Yin Yang took the opportunity of the dead ball to call the team's captain Zanetti over and scolded: "You are an Inter Milan team, not a promoted horse in Serie A, let alone an amateur team!" What kind of football do you think you play? ”

Yin Yang's words were loud, and they didn't really need Zanetti to tell them, the players had already heard them.

In fact, the Inter Milan team, which has stabilized its mentality, is really not difficult to deal with Piacenza as a grassroots team.

In the 65th minute of the game, Inter Milan veteran Di Biagio crossed from the right, and the center-forward Vieri headed the ball wide, and Ronaldo scored with a header from close range.

It was a beautiful header relay and Ronaldo equalised the game.

Gradually, Piacenza team's physical decline gradually could not support the full-court style of play, and the rhythm of the game finally fell into the control of Inter Milan.

Although the Piacenza team's defense has some experience, the Inter Milan team also has a lot of means to break the dense defense!

In the 83rd minute of the game, Vieri received a pass from Ronaldo, and Vieri, who had his back to the goal, cleverly smoothed the ball with his right foot, leaned on substitute defender Martagliati and turned to shoot.

With a powerful left-footed shot, the ball went straight into the bottom left corner, scoring the winning goal for Inter Milan, and the score became 2-3.

This is Vieri's final appearance as the top scorer in Serie A before the Western New Year.

The referee on duty blew the whistle at the end of the game, and the score was still 2-3, and the Inter Milan team finally narrowly defeated Piacenza away.

After this round of matches, the first half of the 01/02 Serie A season came to an end, and the Serie A was suspended due to the Christmas break, ushering in a rare halftime break.

Although there is still one game left in the Serie A season, the Inter Milan team has surpassed the second place by nearly double digits in points, and has become the halfway champion of the Serie A season!

William Hill, a well-known British bookmaker, adjusted the odds of winning Serie A this season for the first time, and Inter Milan topped the list with odds of 11 to 13.

The reason why William Hill believes Inter Milan are the favourites to win the title is not only because Inter Milan striker Vieri and Ronaldo are increasingly showing strength, but also because they believe that Inter Milan have an excellent backline.

And William Hill also said that if Inter Milan continues this form after the New Year, then it will undoubtedly be Inter Milan who will win the championship in the end, and they may then close the market and no longer accept bets on Inter Milan to win the championship......

Not to be outdone, the Italian media launched the best team for the first half of Serie A for the first time after the 16th round of Serie A: 4-3-3!

In the goalkeeper position, the media chose the goalkeeper Toldo, who had the most consistent performance and made the fewest mistakes in the first half of the league.

Media explanation: In contrast, this season's Juventus goalkeeper Buffon, perhaps leaving the familiar Parma, without the help of the combination of Caravaro and Thuram, showed a little less stability, and lacked magical saves in the first half of the game, so the media gave the Serie A leader Door Saint Toldo!

At the back, Roma's Argentine Samuel and Lazio's captain Nesta occupy the two centre-back positions in the best team, and there should be no doubt that they are indeed the anchors of the two teams at the back.

However, Inter Milan's Materazzi and Stam were not selected, causing complaints from Nerazzuri.

The media explained: This is due to the fact that the three central defenders of the Inter Milan team rotate too many times and play too few games, and the weak team can highlight the strength of the team's defense......

In fact, Yin Yang understands that this is a media balance. After all, the media can't give all the positions to the Inter players, can they?

Sure enough, in the selection of right-back, the media chose Inter Milan captain Zanetti.

However, this choice was attacked by Roma fans.

In fact, in the eyes of Italian football practitioners, Zanetti's selection is not entirely due to Inter Milan's excellent record.

Media explanation: This season's Inter Milan captain Zanetti's defense is really solid, and Zanetti's assists are quite sharp, which is not much compared to Cafu last season. The most crucial thing is that Cafu this season, after winning the Serie A title in Roma, seems to have been a little distracted.

However, the choice of the left-back position surprised Yin Yang, but when you think about it, the media choice is not wrong.

In the Serie A season, the left-back seems to have become the "soft underbelly" of the Serie A teams.

The younger Maldini of the AC Milan team is old, injured and has made fewer appearances, and in the era of Coach Trim, AC Milan's left-back has always been dominated by Serginho, who is more of a central defender.

But in the central defender position, not to mention the selected Samuel and Nesta, it is the three central defenders of the Inter Milan team, which are all difficult to compare, right?

Similarly, Roma's Candela and Juventus' Pesoto have been underwhelming at left-back. In contrast, Grosso, who has been the main left-back player at left-back, has been performing conscientiously and playing normally. Especially in the Milan city derby, Grosso was particularly good.

In the end, the biggest winner in the left-back position in the best team of the first half of Serie A hyped by the Italian media was Grosso.

The selection of defenders in the first half of Serie A's best team is not very controversial, but the selection of defensive midfielders has left the Italian media with a headache.

Chievo's Collini, Roma's Assunsan, Inter Milan's Zanetti, Di Biagio and Juventus' Tazinatti all had the quality to compete for the spot, but the Italian media ultimately chose Collini.

Left wing-back on Seedorf. He has great physicality, skillful ball ability, and is the golden thread that connects Inter Milan in midfield.

Roma Prince Totti appeared in the best team in the midfield position, and this selection remains indisputable.

In the selection of the 4-3-3 formation forward line of the best team in the first half of Serie A, there is a lot of excitement.

Vieri of the Inter Milan team, the latecomer dominates the top scorer throne, and there is no problem in being selected.

Ronaldo, who scored two fewer goals than Vieri, was selected...... In fact, the momentum of the alien Gao Shan drumming fame made his selection no problem at all.

However, the media's third striker chose Parma's striker Di Vayo first, which immediately dissatisfied the fans and players.

First of all, the most popular this season, the 35-year-old veteran Hubnel in Piacenza who has been leading the fifteen rounds of Serie A, is not selected, which makes people unhappy.

The media explained that although Di Vaio and Hubnell both scored twelve Serie A goals, the media believed that Piacenza's attack basically revolved around Hubner, and that Hubnell's goal included three penalties......

At this time, AC Milan's nuclear warhead, Shepchenko, who has scored eleven goals this season, is of course not convinced. Ronaldo, who also scored eleven goals, why was he selected?

When congratulating all the players in the team on the New Year, Yin Yang patted Ronaldo on the shoulder and said: "Fatty, I have long said that you don't need to prove yourself with goals now......"

Before Yin Yang finished speaking, Ronaldo jumped up and said, "Don't say I'm fat!" Also, it's Christmas, it's time to pay it back! ”