144. Mancini panicked
At the end of the first half, Liverpool led Inter Milan 2-0 at their home stadium.
This seemed to be more than everyone expected, and before the game everyone thought that Inter Milan would be able to get out of Anfield, if not a big win over Liverpool. Because, Inter Milan's recent form has been very good, while Liverpool have been very bad.
During this period of time, Inter Milan has won consecutive league games, occupying the first place in the league, and even the second-place Roma team is far behind, almost winning the Serie A title this season. Such a powerful Inter Milan would be beaten like this by Liverpool, which no one expected.
And Liverpool's situation has been very bad recently, look at their recent results, even Barnsley from the bottom of the Championship can't win, how can they play against Inter Milan? But what happened at Anfield today took everyone by surprise.
The American boss of Liverpool in the VIP seat in the Anfield stadium did not expect Liverpool to burst out with such great energy in this game, at this time, watching Liverpool lead Inter Milan by two goals, he was in a very good mood.
At this time, he couldn't help but have more expectations for Benitez, is this guy really like the outside world says, this is a cup expert? Although Liverpool was eliminated from the FA Cup this season, Liverpool can continue in the League Cup and Champions League, and in the League Cup, Liverpool entered the final of Zuihou.
As soon as he thought of this, Liverpool's American boss had a little expectation of Benitez. If the Spaniard can win the Champions League this season, then let this guy stay next season, Liverpool's American boss thought.
The first half ended with an immediate halftime break. In the Liverpool dressing room, Benitez did not announce the start of the defense, Benitez wanted to surprise Inter Milan, and Liverpool continued to strengthen their attack in the second half.
Now that Liverpool are two goals ahead, most people's thinking is that Liverpool will choose to defend, after all, this is the right way to go. If it were Inter Milan who were now two goals ahead, they would have not hesitated to defend and counter-attack.
In the dressing room of Inter Milan, Inter Milan's head coach Mancini really thought this way at this time, he thought that Liverpool would definitely choose to defend and counterattack next, and he made corresponding arrangements to prevent Liverpool's counterattack from playing so easily.
Now that Inter Milan are two goals down, they have no choice but to attack. Of course, this is only the first leg, and if it ends with this scoreline, Inter Milan will not have a chance to return to their home stadium.
However, Inter Milan will certainly not admit defeat so easily, after all, their form is much stronger than Liverpool, and they certainly hope to get a good result away from home, so that their chances of promotion are greater when they return to home.
Fifteen minutes passed soon after the break, and players from both sides immediately returned to the pitch to prepare for the upcoming second half of the game.
At this time, the Inter fans can't wait, they can't wait, they want to see the equalizer as soon as possible, and they are convinced that Inter Milan can leave Anfield safely.
Players from both sides returned to the pitch and the second half began quickly, with the second half kicking off with the visitors, Inter Milan.
As soon as the game began, Inter Milan launched a ferocious attack. The Liverpool team recycled back, seeing the Liverpudlian people recycled, Mancini immediately nodded, he couldn't help but nod proudly, and said in his heart: "It seems that my conjecture is right, the Liverpudlian people really withdrew." ”
That's what the rest of Milanese think, and only Crespo on the bench scoffs at it that he won't believe the Liverpudlians will pass up the chance to beat the water dogs.
Yes, the Liverpudlians are certainly not going to do it back, they are just doing it now to create a false illusion that they are going to defend and counter-attack, so that the Inter attacking players will be more daring.
And at the beginning of the second half, it was Inter Milan's possession, and the Liverpudlians couldn't attack if they wanted to, so they put on a defensive posture to confuse Inter.
The Inter Milan players saw that the Liverpool players were as the manager expected, and they immediately plunged boldly into the attack and pressed boldly.
Just when Inter Milan pressed hard, almost the whole team pressed through the half, the Liverpudlian suddenly changed their strategy, collectively pressed forward and grabbed, frantically pressed the Inter Milan players, and put pressure on the Inter Milan players.
The players of Inter Milan obviously did not expect that the players of Liverpool would suddenly rush up, and they pressed forward collectively and grabbed wildly. Cambiaso, the Inter Milan player who had the ball, was so nervous that he immediately looked up for the spot.
However, at this time, all the Liverpool players pressed forward, as if they had seen every passing line of Cambiaso, which made Cambiaso unable to find the ball point, Cambiaso was very flustered at this time, and he immediately pulled the ball back and passed the football back.
Yes, at this time, Cambiaso only chose to pass back, and the Liverpudlians pressed it all, very pressing, and there was no ball point in front. Cambiaso immediately chose to pass back, but this guy didn't see the person clearly in a panic and passed back, and the liliang of the football return pass was obviously small.
At this moment, Qiu Ze shot forward like a cheetah that had found its prey, drifting past Cambiaso like the wind, and rushing towards the soccer ball that was slowly rolling towards Córdoba.
Suddenly, all the Inter Milaners were nervous, and Mancini on the sidelines was even more dumbfounded, as if he had seen a ghost. He really didn't expect Liverpool to dare to be so bold and risky under such circumstances.
It also announced that Mancini's half-time set-up was all scrapped, and this guy made a mistake, a big mistake. At this time, Mancini's brows were furrowed, and his heart was flustered, what should he do now?
Seeing Mancini's flustered appearance, Crespo on the bench laughed, and the expression on his face was very contemptuous, but he didn't give Mancini face at all. Of course, at this time, Mancini did not notice Crespo's face either.
At this time, he didn't have the leisure to pay attention to the expressions of the players on the bench, he was very anxious now, he was thinking about what Inter Milan should do next.
On the pitch, Córdoba could see that the ball was soft when Cambiaso played it, and he was about to step forward to catch the ball when he noticed a red shadow rushing out and chasing the football. Córdoba was shocked, he had already seen who that guy was!
Cordoba had suffered a loss from Qiu Ze, but he didn't know how fast Qiu Ze was, he put aside all his miscellaneous thoughts at the moment, and rushed desperately towards the football. At this time, there was a thought in his mind, that is, to destroy the football before Qiu Ze, and he would definitely not be able to let this guy get the football again.
Córdoba rushed to the football, and Qiu Ze also rushed to the football like lightning, and all the fans in the stadium held their breath and watched this scene closely, their hearts were looking forward to it, praying for the players of their team.
At this moment, Qiu Ze, who was running at high speed, suddenly stretched out a leg and stabbed between the legs of the football Córdoba.
"Qiu Ze! It was Qiu Ze who touched the football first! Opportunity! This is Liverpool's chance! Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson roared with excitement.
In the Anfield stadium, the Liverpool fans were even more excited, and they immediately jumped up and shouted Qiu Ze's name with great excitement to cheer for Qiu Ze. And the fans of Inter Milan changed color in unison, and their faces were full of horror.
Qiu Ze! It's Qiu Ze again! Qiu Ze grabbed the football first, and Córdoba's eyes widened and his heart was horrified. He immediately reached out to grab Qiu Ze, he couldn't let Qiu Ze pass by him, that would be too dangerous.
However, Qiu Ze seemed to have thought that Cordoba would foul, and after this guy poked the ball, he immediately changed direction to the side, and went around Cordoba in a semicircle past Córdoba.
Seeing that Qiu Ze was hiding from him, Cordoba didn't have any chance to foul at all, this guy was shocked in his heart, and quickly turned around and chased after Qiu Ze. However, Qiu Ze, who passed Córdoba, has already thrown off Córdoba's two more positions.
Fast! Qiu Ze's speed is simply too fast, Cordoba is beyond his reach!
Seeing Qiu Ze break through Cordoba again, the Liverpool fans at the scene were immediately excited, raising their hands and cheering, as if at this time, they had already scored their third goal. And the fans of Inter Milan changed color in unison, and their hearts were terrified.
Seeing Qiu Ze break through Cordoba again, Materazzi was shocked, and then pounced quickly, now that he is the only defender left in front of his goalkeeper, can he not go up?
However, Qiu Ze didn't give this guy a chance to go head-to-head at all, Qiu Ze directly used his perverted speed to change direction sharply, go around Materazzi, and kill Inter Milan's penalty area.
This made Materazzi angry, Qiu Ze was so unparticular that he went a long way to avoid him! Damn the guys!
Qiu Ze has absolute confidence in his speed to dare to do this, and if his speed is a little slower, even if he avoids Materazzi, he will let Córdoba and the rest of the Inter defenders get back into place.
However, Qiu Ze's speed is simply too demonic. After avoiding Materazzi, the Inter defenders didn't have time to come back, and the guy went straight into the Inter penalty area.
Seeing Qiu Ze face himself single-handedly again, Giulio 61 Cesar immediately pounced frantically and pounced on the football at Qiu Ze's feet.
However, at the moment when this guy pounced, Qiu Ze immediately got up and volleyed the football to the far corner of the Inter Milan goal.
The goal was very big, the ball speed was very fast, Giulio 61 Cesar didn't have any chances at all, and the football flew directly into Inter Milan's goal, 3-0.