Chapter 20: My Name Is Balotelli
After Descartes scored that jaw-dropping goal, a panic suddenly surged in the hearts of Inter Milan's young players, is it really possible to lose this game?
You must know that with the strength of the Inter junior team, they currently maintain a record of 16 wins and 1 draw in the regional league, and the only draw was against AC Milan's iron bucket team in Vesmara.
The oldest of these players is striker Altafino, who was born in '87, and the youngest is also their top scorer, Balotelli, who is the same age as Descartes.
They have always been regarded as the best players in their age group, not even losing to La Masia and Tokomster (Ajax Academy), so they have always been used to playing with the wind and rarely encountered such adversity that they could not catch up with even if they tried their best.
So most of them are starting to waver about the outcome of this game.
But at this moment, a young black player stepped up to save Inter Milan, and only 3 minutes after kick-off, he told all the players on the pitch with a brutal solo breakthrough: This game is not over!
This player is Inter Milan's number one striker this season, the future "Ba God" Balotelli.
In fact, the last time the two sides met, Balotelli declared his presence with a brilliant long-range shot from outside the box. However, all the focus was on Descartes' brilliant assist and subsequent red card, with few mentioning Balotelli.
Therefore, the "Ba God" is also full of resentment about this.
Everyone is a ten-year-old teenager, and I'm still at the top of the shooter list, why is it that the whole world seems to talk about this sick guy, but no one notices him? Am I really not as good as Balotby?
Even if he is not very old at this time, but the surname of "Ba Shen" has already begun to appear, he will never allow another teenager of the same age to ride on his head, he must use his performance to let the world know that I, Balotelli, is the best player on the planet, no matter in the future or now, I am not an anemic guy can compare!
So in this game, Balotelli also held his strength and wanted to compete with Descartes.
Unfortunately, according to the usual practice, Descartes will not appear in the first half for 45 minutes, so Balotelli also secretly reserved some strength, ready to make Descartes look good after he came on the court.
That's why he wasn't active in the first half except for that assist.
He's going to save his energy and fight Descartes in the second half!
However, things changed a little quickly to Balotelli's surprise, and after the start of the second half, not only did he not get any decent chances, but Descartes put on two wonderful performances in his own team's backcourt to help Pavia Juniors take the lead.
How could Balotelli, who was very angry, accept such an ending?
So when his friends were feeling frustrated and desperate, he suddenly burst into a fiery little universe, and single-handedly almost cut through the entire defense of the Pavia Junior Team, scoring a goal that was also unstoppable.
Once the ball had been scored, Balotelli raced into the net to scoop it out and trotted all the way back to midfield. As he passed by Descartes, he said to Descartes with a fierce face: "Remember, boy, my name is Balotelli!" ”
Descartes was slightly stunned by his greeting, he didn't know that his performance had inspired Balotelli to fight, but seeing that it was obviously a "black and hard" again, he still smiled and responded to Balotelli: "I'll remember you, stupid big man, by the way, tell your teammates, I'll kick his balls soon, let him wait a minute." ”
Unaware of the "little secret" between Descartes and Bumsson, Balotelli paused for a moment, then turned his head and put the ball on the halfway line, urging the Pavia Juniors to serve quickly.
Descartes wanted to win, and Balotelli wanted to win.
Seeing Balotelli's performance, Mr. Miriavaka on the sidelines nodded with satisfaction, for this subordinate disciple, Mr. Miriavaka actually has a feeling of love and hate.
Balotelli's talent is undeniable, as he has taken away the position of Altafino's number one striker since his arrival at Inter Milan, and he has scored 27 goals so far in the league this season, an average of almost 1.5 per game, which is a terrifying goalscoring efficiency, accounting for more than a third of Inter's league goals.
It stands to reason that such a player is definitely a treasure in the hearts of any coach and will surely become the hope of the club's focus.
However, Balotelli's brain also seemed to be short-circuited occasionally.
Absent from training, brawls on the field, often distracted, unruly, and for some reason only at the age of ten, Balotelli already has a lot of bad habits that only Chengren has.
Maybe it has a lot to do with his family. It is said that Balotelli was abandoned by his biological parents when he was 3 years old and has been adopted by a white family, and it is understandable that he has some resentment towards this society.
But this kind of performance made Mr. Miriavaka really not know what to say to Balotelli. In terms of talent, he is definitely the "star of hope" in Italy's future, but when it comes to his surname, he is definitely not a peaceful master.
Mr. Miriavaka has always believed that how far Balotelli can go will be determined by his surname.
Just when he saw Balotelli's listless appearance in the first half, Mr. Miriavaka's heart was still full of anger, and he even moved the idea of replacing Balotelli, but after the start of the second half, he found that Balotelli suddenly cheered up, so he gave up.
He didn't know what Balotelli was thinking, and Balotelli probably would have secretly rejoiced afterwards that if Mr. Miriavaka had really replaced him in the first half, his plan would have become a laughing stock.
But now everything is back to normal.
Pavia has Descartes, Inter has Balotelli, and there are key figures on both sides who can decide the outcome of the game, and the next 20 minutes will be a battle of the real strength of the two teams.
Mr. Miriavaka is obviously very confident in Inter's strength. This season's league standings speak for themselves, so far, Inter Milan have not lost a single game, and their arch-rivals AC Milan have also been trampled under their feet, you know, Milan has now lost three games, one to Inter and two to Pavia, and they have basically lost hope of winning the title.
Milan is out, so who should be the winner?
There is no doubt that it is Inter Milan led by himself. Inter Milan have only drawn one game by AC Milan in Wismara so far, and won all the other games, even if they lose this game against Pavia, there is no suspense in the remaining three games, it can be said that Pavia has helped Inter Milan to reach the top of the league this season in advance.
So Mr. Miriavaka is very calm, the outcome of this game has nothing to do with the overall situation, they are just fighting for one breath.
As Balotelli thought, Inter's teenagers are recognized as "the pride of the sky", and no one will be convinced by a little guy like Descartes. Descartes' affair has been in full swing in all the media, and it is said that 17 of the 18 Serie A clubs have sent him invitations, and the media have simply hyped him into one of Italy's brightest stars.
How can Inter's young players not be envious and jealous of such a situation? You know, in the first half of the season, they beat the Pavia Junior Team with a score of 3:1, and they also made Descartes hate being sent off!
What makes sense for a loser to enjoy such accolades, while their group of winners can only be obscure and become supporting roles?
So Inter's young players actually played with a kind of emotion in this game.
Unexpectedly, Descartes only needed 20 minutes to give them a slap in the face, and finally made them understand why he is the "superstar" who has been hotly praised by the media recently, and he is just a "youth player" of Sbalboro Road.
Such a blow almost caused Inter's teenagers to lose confidence, but fortunately Balotelli stepped up in time.
His goal not only allowed Inter to equalize the score as quickly as possible, but also rekindled the fighting spirit in the hearts of the Inter players.
And what about "genius"? We have eleven "geniuses", can't we fight you?
When the game resumed, the Pavia junior team quickly felt the fighting spirit of the Inter players.
They were more aggressive than before, and their attacks were more decisive, and at one point they were pressed back into the back line of the penalty area, and even forced near the midfield line, while their players took turns to plug in, running and cooperating at all costs.
Compared to the Inter Milan team in the first half and the first 20 minutes of the second half, the current Inter can almost be described as a "makeover".
Their attacking performance was fluid, relying on the active running of their players, and they even bombarded the Pavia penalty area at one point, and if it weren't for the desperate resistance of the backline led by Acerbi, Inter seemed likely to score at least five goals in ten minutes.
The Pavia Junior defences felt suffocated after just ten minutes of the game, and even their goalkeeper began to gasp for air, not only physically, but also psychologically.
This situation made Descartes anxious, but in the face of the Inter players who took medicine, he had no better way to solve it for a while, because he was just an offensive player, and the ball was basically flying near his team's penalty area, and he could not directly withdraw to the penalty area to assist his teammates in defending, because in that case, Pavia would really lose the last bit of containment in the front court, and the Inter defenders could also insert assists unscrupulously.
Time stood still, and the resistance continued until 13 minutes after Balotelli's goal, when the Pavia Juniors goal was finally conceded.
Again, Balotelli, this time with a cross from near the baseline, jumped high, at least a head above the two young players defending him, and then slammed the ball into Pavia's goal with his own shiny little head.
3:2!
Once again, Inter took the lead.
It was really a game of ups and downs, and the explosion of two "talented players" allowed fans to enjoy a wonderful game that was not lost in senior football.
With less than ten minutes left in the game, Inter or Pavia, the time has come to really test the two football teams.
After scoring the second goal, Balotelli deliberately walked past Descartes this time, then raised his head and gave him a defiant look.
Is this a silent war letter? Descartes' eyes narrowed, and a light began to flow through them.
Balotelli? Interesting.