Chapter 13: Hope Remains
PS: Thank you for the monthly tickets voted by the book friends "Legendary Little People", "chen880103", "Lu Mang", "Yiqile", and "alaphforce", and continue to ask for subscriptions and recommended votes.
At this time, the Arsenal team finally had a player standing in front of the penalty spot, it turned out to be a young Xie Wenjun, which made Huang Jianxiang a little worried, "Shooting a penalty is a very psychological test, and it is generally for old players to play, Xiao Xie He is not yet twenty years old, and he is not as young and old as Gao Jun and is bold, I don't know if I can withstand such pressure."
Before the words fell, Xie Wenjun kicked the football, and he actually chose to round and volley vigorously! Huang Jianxiang, who didn't expect this at all, only felt that his hair stood on end for a moment, and only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the football rolling in the net, and scolded with a smile, "Xiao Xie is so bold, such an important penalty kick actually chose to kick it round, which scared me a lot, I was afraid that he would kick the ball away directly." ”
"In fact, his choice is still very smart, for an inexperienced young player, it is not easy to deceive the goalkeeper or predict the opponent's mind by feints, but it is more suitable to round the 'unreasonable' style of play of volleying. And there is no need to think about the goalkeeper's movements, as long as you shoot well, you will definitely score, such a simple idea can also greatly reduce Xiao Xie's psychological pressure. By the way, I heard that Xiao Xie has a very good relationship with Gao Jun, and when he was a child, he had a dormitory, and I don't know if Gao Jun taught him this trick", and the guest Zhang Lu analyzed a few words with a smile.
Maybe it's a bit of a "broken jar", after the Arsenal team expanded the score again, Huang Jianxiang's mentality calmed down a lot, and even joked with a casual smile, "I don't know what kind of mood Gao Jun is in now." ”
At this time, the Inter fans in the stands were deeply hit. There are even a very small number of guys with poor psychological endurance who have left the field early in disappointment. However, on the whole, the audience is still relatively high, and it can be seen that today's Inter Milan table is not very bad, it can only be said that it is not very lucky, not to mention that he hit the post twice, and the opponent scored 3 goals with a total of 5 shots. It's too lucky. And the opponent's good luck is his own bad luck, so no matter how you look at it, the international rice in this game is really a little bit back
However, even the sane fans who can understand that Inter Milan are not playing badly will inevitably be a little depressed after a series of blows, as can be seen from the much quieter cheers in the stands
However, the Inter Milan coach on the sidelines did not give up hope, and he blushed and loudly signaled the players on the field to step up the attack, completely ignoring the unfavorable situation of one player missing from his side. He is really a world-famous "madman" coach.
Mourinho's thinking is very clear, if this game is lost 1:3, then Inter Milan will have to win at least 4:2 in the second leg to advance, in the absence of captain Zanetti, it is really difficult to do, and if you can pull back a goal, 2:3 only lose one goal, the second leg win 4:3 or 2:0 can pass. With Mourinho's advantage of being good at defending and counter-attacking, there should still be some hope. Of course. It's a big disadvantage to have one less person on the pitch now, but now that there are no minutes left in the game, the Inter players will not be exhausted by running more for a long time, but the opponent may be psychologically lax, so no matter what, he has to give it a go!
After 1 minute. Mourinho used up the last substitution in his hand, and Balotelli, who has never been liked by him because of his poor training attitude, was sent on the field, this guy is really two, but in the current situation that can no longer be worse, maybe this brain circuit is different from the average person's second goods can make a miracle!
To the disappointment of Mourinho and Inter fans. Arsenal did not let up after leading by two goals and let Inter Milan take advantage of the hole, and seeing that the game had already entered extra time, Inter Milan still failed to get any good shots on goal. Although Adriano has a strong air command, when the Arsenal team retreated across the board and was able to pull out a number of people to cover the big black tower, Ade also seemed to be alone. What also left Mourinho speechless was that according to his request, Balotelli was supposed to help Adriano fight for air supremacy and create chaos in the Arsenal penalty area, but it was clear that he had caused more chaos for his own family
"I knew I shouldn't have pinned my hopes on him", Mourinho patted his forehead a little weakly, and began to think about what to do in the next game to recover such a big disadvantage. But at this moment, Balotelli's obviously somewhat random volley shot hit the Arsenal player and bounced off the bottom line, and Inter Milan got a valuable corner at the last minute! Everyone realised that this could be Inter's last chance in this game, and even their goalkeeper Cesar rushed to the front of the pitch to fight for the ball
Because of the fear that the referee who really pit Inter Milan in this game whistled prematurely to end the game, Sneijder hurriedly drove out the corner kick, but the footwork was not controlled well, the ball was a little floating, Mourinho on the sidelines suddenly felt cold after seeing it, this kind of high and floating ball is the easiest for defense, it seems that he really wants to find a way to achieve a big comeback away from home.
But at this time, an accident happened, due to Adriano's efforts, the three Arsenal players who were entangled with him did not touch the ball, and all four of them rose to the top. Seeing the ball fluttering to the back point, the goalkeeper of the Arsenal team wanted to attack, but felt that the corner kick fell a little outside, so he didn't dare to take the risk after all, who knew that when he hesitated slightly, he saw a black shadow suddenly jump out of the crowd!
"Oh! Oh! Gao Jun rushed to the top despite a qiē fish leap, and the ball went in! Inter Milan is alive again! They now only need a 2-0 win away from home to reach the semi-finals! It's almost a lore, it's a lore! The referee blows the whistle and the game is over! Gao Jun scored a golden goal in the last second of this game! Huang Jianxiang stood up all of a sudden, and explained loudly excitedly as if he was more than ten years younger.
Guest Zhang Lu was also full of praise for Gao Jun's "lore" that could not be regarded as a lore, "Gao Jun is really amazing, as long as the other party exposes a little gap, he will definitely be able to take advantage of the void, what is a shooter, this is a shooter!" ”
And after Huang Jianxiang came back to it a little, he couldn't help but say with some fear, "But Gao Jun was really risky just now, and he almost hit the doorpost, but fortunately there was no accident." However, like Gao Jun, who disregarded his own bravery for the sake of the team, even moved the fans more than so many goals before, did they hear it, the whole audience was chanting Gao Jun's name, and they were all conquered by this desperate fish leap! ”
It was not only the fans who were conquered, Mourinho, who rushed into the stadium to celebrate passionately with the players, also nervously looked at Gao Jun's hair after reacting, wanting to confirm whether he had been injured just now, if Mourinho used to praise Gao Jun as "the best striker in the world" and something like that, but now he has recognized from the bottom of his heart that Gao Jun is really the greatest star in the world today, because he not only has outstanding football awareness, technique and physical elements, It also has a calm mind and the resilience to never give up, and in a certain way, the latter is even more rare than the former
Regardless, Inter Milan lost the first leg at home, which put them in a very difficult situation, and in his post-match press conference, Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho made his attitude frank about the game, "basically satisfied with the process, basically not satisfied with the result. ”。
As for a question from a British reporter who was not very polite, "Inter Milan is invincible in Serie A, but today lost at home to Arsenal, which is currently second in the Premier League, does this mean that the level of Serie A is not as good as the Premier League?" Mourinho replied unceremoniously, "The reason why football can attract so many fans is that it is unpredictable, and the Greek national team has also won the European championship, does it mean that their strength is the first in Europe?" Arsenal win us once in a while, so there's nothing to make a fuss about, and there are two legs in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, so it seems too early to say that's too early to say'
However, Gao Jun's answer was more frank, and he did not shy away from showing that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was too familiar with him, and there were many of his former teammates in the opposing team, who were very familiar with their own characteristics, and they limited their play in the game very specifically, which was an important reason for his poor performance in this game. However, Gao Jun also confidently said that he will not fall twice in a pit and will definitely find a way to help his team qualify for the last four of the Champions League, although Arsenal now have the upper hand, but he insists that Inter Milan are better, even if the second leg is on the road, Gao Jun is confident that the team can achieve a big comeback
As the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals has become a do-or-die battle, Mourinho did not hesitate to hide most of his main players again in the 31st round of Serie A match against Palermo at home on April 11, and after winning this game 2-1 with the excellent performance of the substitutes, the Inter Milan stars who have adjusted to the best form flew to London with a desire to win, opening the curtain of the Champions League quarter-final life-and-death battle (to be continued......