Chapter 253: A Group Fight Is Going to Be Staged!
In the home team's dressing room.
The Roma players all kept their heads down, not daring to look Drinel in the eye because they felt that the first half was not done well and everyone was a little impulsive.
Drinel looked at them as well.
The old man's scrutinizing gaze was still a little majestic, and just when everyone thought that Drinel was going to be angry, the old man suddenly smiled and said, "We did a good job in the first half. ”
Everyone looked up strangely.
Drinel continued, "I did a lot of work and gave a lot of explanations before the game, and you didn't get it done in the game, but it's not your fault, no one expected the other side to play so hard. If it's a league game, I'd like you to make them look as good as the fans want them to be. ”
'But it's a Champions League game, the result is all that matters, it's the first leg, it's our home stadium and no matter how we play, we have to guarantee the result, which is to have a goal advantage.'
"So...... In the second half, you still have to fight more fiercely defensively, and you have to be more rational on offense, and I hope you can do that. ”
"As long as the defense provokes them and allows them to continue playing like this, that's our chance!"
After Drinel finished speaking, he looked at the players, and the players suddenly felt ridiculous...... They originally thought that Drinel would be furious, although the little old man usually has a good temper, but if he doesn't do what his tactics ask, he will still lose his temper, and now ...... He actually asked the backcourt defense to continue those plays, while the frontcourt ......
This old man is insidious enough!
Many people secretly said in their hearts that if their offense can play more rationally, and the opponent loses his mind, it will naturally be their chance, and this kind of play may be more effective than good tactics.
But will it succeed?
Will Inter Milan's group be tricked? Nobody knows.
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The Inter dressing room was a different scene, with every player discussing the first half. They don't feel that they have done a bad job, but they feel that they have avenged the manager.
But Mancini didn't look good when he walked into the dressing room.
In fact, Mancini also wants to 'take revenge', but it is not for the game itself, but only for Zhang Tiehan, as long as Zhang Tiehan can be prevented. Watching him and the team winning the game is a success in itself, not going to the field to fight or something.
He didn't expect people to do that.
But the players obviously played so rough for themselves, and he couldn't say anything, especially in the middle of the game, when the anger of both teams was out, and the roughness couldn't be stopped.
When he walked into the locker room, he still stressed the need to be sensible.
"We have a strength advantage. As long as we look at the opponent's number 13 and play together to attack, we have a chance to score. In this game, our goal is to score a minimum goal, and as long as there is an away goal, the next leg will be much better. Mancini said.
The Inter Milan player nodded understandingly.
They thought about it and thought about it in the first half, but they didn't have any good chances in the first half, and it wasn't a game at all. It's just a hard hit, and it's cool to do that. But it is not beneficial for the game itself, not to mention, they have received three yellow cards, even if they eliminate Roma, it will have an impact on the future Champions League.
"We're going to play smarter. If the opponent continues to play like this, pay attention to creating a free kick in front of the court. Second Half ......" Mancini glanced at the crowd. Pointing to Mihajnovic, "Sinissa, you play!" ”
"Okay, Coach."
A tall player with long hair and a head stood up and said, it was Mihainovic. Others heard that Mihainovich was going to play. They all understood Mancini's tactics.
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The turmoil in the former Yugoslavia has produced a number of football rangers, of which Mihajnovic is one of them. Like any other good centre-back in the world, he has excellent tackling and confrontation skills, and has excellent anticipation skills, and Mihajnovic is famous for his free-kick skills in addition to his defensive ability.
His footballing talent and innate leadership qualities led him to a long-term role at the heart of the Yugoslav national team and club defence, leading Lazio to the 1999/2000 Serie A title.
A lot of people take free-kicks, but Mihajnovic is the player who scores the most goals from direct free-kicks in Serie A!
On 13 December 1998, Lazio scored three direct free-kicks in a 5-2 Sampdoria match, scoring an unprecedented hat-trick of free-kicks, a record that has not been broken to this day.
In the former Yugoslavia national team, his free-kicks were often the final blow when the team couldn't open the game. Because of this, Mihajnovic is an irreplaceable and important figure in the former Yugoslav national team. However, due to the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, they were unable to show their talent at the World Cup, and Mihajnovic also lost the opportunity to show his unrivalled free-kick skills in front of the world.
Mihajnovic's free-kicks are the first in continental football, the Apennines record for direct set-pieces, and his left-footed outside volley is Mihajnovic's specialty, with a direct free-kick from 40 yards out of goal being flawless.
In this regard, Zhang Tiehan can only be ashamed of himself, a direct free kick of 40 meters, his strength is enough, but Mihainovic can kick out the angle, can kick the arc and spin, that kind of technology is absolutely the top in the world.
However, since joining Inter Milan last summer, Mihajnovic has not played much, he is 35 years old after all, a 35-year-old veteran has declined in fitness and form, but Mihajnovic still made thirteen appearances this season and scored three goals for Inter Milan, two of which were free-kicks, and the table is okay.
Mancini's purpose in bringing Mihajnovic on the pitch can be imagined, which is to take advantage of Roma's foul and create more free-kick opportunities, at which point Mihajnovic is likely to score.
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At the start of the second half, seeing Inter Milan bring on Mihajnovic, everyone in Roma knew what Mancini was going to do.
Inter Milan wants to play sensibly, Drinel also asks the players to be sensible, and the fierceness at the back is only more fierce, to provoke Inter Milan, but if Inter Milan is given a free kick opportunity, let them score.
Everyone knows how to fight.
After the start of the second half, when Inter Milan attacked, Roma's defense was still very fierce, they were like they hadn't gone through halftime, and every action was gritting their teeth, and Inter Milan was difficult to keep sane under such a defense.
However, their attacking players were still trying to create free-kick opportunities.
But Roma players are not stupid, the opponent sends a free kick general, naturally if you make a free kick, in a sensitive position, or even near the penalty area, they will not take the initiative to foul, that is to eat cards and penalties, it is too dangerous, but on the periphery, such as near the midfield, the Roma player will move big when defending, which makes Inter Milan think about keeping sanity, and the player who does not care about the opponent is very aggrieved.
As the game progressed slowly, they soon became irrational as well.
You come with a kick, I come with a kick, you come with a small action, I come with a small action, the game quickly returned to the rhythm of the first half, the referee thought that he could be easier, but soon as the game returned to the original rhythm, his work became heavy again, during which Inter Milan also got two good free kick opportunities, but the free kick is not a good one, even if it is Mihainovic, the probability of scoring is actually not large, at least he failed to grasp these two opportunities.
What the Inter players didn't notice was that Roma's attack was actually playing sanely.
Another Roman attack.
Totti was intercepted in the middle, and the opponent directly kicked the ball fiercely, but Totti and the opponent were on the opposite foot, and the football was squeezed to the side, Totti hurriedly ran two steps to catch up, and passed the ball to the side, handed it to Montella, Montella did not collide with the defender after the ball, but passed directly to Cassano, Cassano quickly passed back, the two of them were two-one, so that Montella shook off the defender lightly, and went straight to the front with the ball.
Arriving in the corner of the box, the defenders behind him were already glued, and Montella suddenly slowed down and glanced at the middle of the field and passed the ball directly with his feet.
At the same time, Zhang Tiehan suddenly rushed into the penalty area, and Cordoba who was defending him next to him had no time to react and could only chase after him, watching Zhang Tiehan jump up and head the goal, and then goalkeeper Cesar did not save the ball in time, and the football flew into the net from his hand.
“Goal! Goal! ”
Zhang Tiehan jumped up from the grass laughing, and kept waving his arms vigorously to celebrate the goal, and the Stadio Olimpico in Rome also fell into a frenzy.
But at the same time, Córdoba was protesting to the referee, "That's an offside position!" ”
The referee asked the linesman with headphones, and the linesman signaled that there was no offside at all, but Cordoba insisted that it was offside, "It's an offside!" Offside! Don't you see? It's offside! ”
Cassano, who was running over to celebrate the goal with Zhang Tiehan, muttered, "The referee said that if you are not offside, you will not be offside, and you will blame the referee for your defensive mistakes?" It's funny! ”
Cordoba was furious when he heard this, and couldn't help but step forward and push Cassano.
Cassano immediately fought back, kicking Cordoba on the thigh, but he didn't measure the difference between the two figures and height, Cordoba kicked Cassano on the grass again, and the two really started to move, at this time other people also came around, Inter Milan and Rome pushed each other on both sides, Zhang Tiehan helped Cassano up, and he was also very annoyed when he saw the big footprints on his clothes, regardless of whether there was a problem with the penalty just now, Cassano was bullied.
Zhang Tiehan glanced at the referee, who was talking to Mihajnovic, so he squeezed between the two teams and stepped forward to kick Cordoba in the abdomen, and Cordoba was kicked and fell to the ground.
The other Inter Milan players were pushing each other with the Roma players, and when they saw Cordoba fall, they realized that their side had suffered a loss, and it was Zhang Tiehan who did it!
They were immediately furious, too!
Seeing that the two sides are about to stage a group fight...... (To be continued......)