Section 542 Morale Differential
Before the start of the game, Inter Milan also discussed Tottenham's tactics countless times. Attacking, defending, wanting to eat, changing tempo, attrition on both sides, space utilization, these have all been considered countless times by Inter. Before the game, the players of Inter Milan also thought the same as Li Bin, from the beginning of the game, they made up their minds to defend and counterattack, and relied on their physical strength to win this game.
But they didn't expect that before the game started, Tottenham's attack had already begun: generally speaking, if a team wants to improve its morale from the beginning of the game to the peak, it has to go through ten minutes of warm-up. But in this game, Tottenham Hotspur has already raised their morale to the peak without any warm-up.
They have Raul, this is the Bernabeu – I should have thought a long time ago that playing here and Tottenham would have the support that Inter Milan could not match. Manuel Pellegrini stood on the sidelines, also frustrated at his own miscalculations. And what annoyed him even more was that his poor calculation would bring a lot of trouble.
Before the game, Li Bin emphasized that the players must be their fans, but before the game started, this guy was originally setting up a set! Raul also cooperated with him to say that he supported Li Bin, this is a set together!
Having Raul wear an armband – the morale-boosting approach couldn't have been easier, but Manuel Pellegrini miscalculated.
Tottenham's captain's armband has always been messy, although the nominal captain and vice-captain are Ledley King and Jenas, but, because they have been absent from the field for a long time, more often than not, Tottenham has their academy player Bale with the armband. And when Bale is not there, Lennon is usually there, and when they are not there, it is usually Yaya Toure or Suarez with the armband. And Raul, as an outside player, is still a player on loan with an armband? It's incredible.
But now, people are discovering that there is nothing strange about it. After Suarez's suspension, Raul did everything to prove that he is a qualified captain, he carried Tottenham through the last period of the league, his dedication and diligence in a season, and the fans were very satisfied with his performance, and the players respected his dedication. The Tottenham players now have genuine respect for Raul, and there is nothing unacceptable about him wearing the armband.
And this move, for Real Madrid fans, has a very different meaning: for them, Tottenham may be an insignificant team, but Raul will always be their captain. In their opinion, less than a year after their captain arrived at Tottenham, he had already made the whole Tottenham Hotspur respect him, which made the players who had accumulated horses, how could they not be proud? Real Madrid fans are no longer watching a neutral game, and their support is no longer for the team that plays well, but for the team led by their captain.
This neutral ground, with the wearing of this armband, has become Tottenham's home turf. Even Tottenham's home stadium is unlikely to have such an atmosphere – Tottenham can't afford to get 70,000 people in the stadium!
"Tottenham set the whole stand on fire with a very simple move. The emotions of their fans are also starting to get excited, and this game will become very intense......"
Tottenham's players have lived up to the expectations of their fans. Being cheered on by 70,000 people is a treatment they have never received, which makes the players, at the beginning of the game, already quite crazy. There was no warm-up, no preparation, and the Tottenham players were also provoked at this time!
The game is very intense from the first minute, which naturally makes the game look good - without the previous process of testing each other and warming up, they can go to the knife faster and more directly, which naturally makes the game more intense.
Tottenham did the same, and as soon as the game began, the Spurs players launched an all-out onslaught. When Bale got his chance, it was just the third minute, and he was already attacking the back.
He's very fast, he's just starting and he's full of energy. McCone and Zanetti flanked him together, relying on their own speed, Bale had already thrown off McConn at the first time, and did not give him a chance to be close, but the short sale still narrowed the angle of his impact, he could only advance along the side, and Zanetti made up for it quite well behind McConn, and stretched out towards the ball with one foot, Bale wanted to dodge him, but he still grabbed Bale's clothes very well and kicked the ball out of bounds.
Inter Milan, who are not in the groove, will have a very difficult time intercepting Tottenham's attacks, and Li Bin has taken advantage of his advantages: his players are younger, they are easily affected by the crowd, and the cheers around them make the Tottenham players very relaxed and excited. Most of Inter Milan's players are old fritters. It's hard for them to get excited because of these simple things, which makes them slower to get into the groove, and now they can't get excited right away.
This gave Tottenham the upper hand - Li Bin knew that when these old guys calmed down a little and started to play seriously, it would be difficult for Tottenham to break down their defence, so what he wanted was to catch them off guard at the beginning of the game.
The Inter players have started to shrink their defence, but their contraction is not timely enough, and they are not used to it when they start working so quickly. The Inter Milan players who have not yet started the activity are still a little untimely enough to retreat, which makes Tottenham's attack quite smooth.
Soon another attack began. This time, Yaya Toure, who was originally behind the halfway line, received the ball from the back of the court with his back, and his right heel knocked the ball to his left back, and immediately easily unfolded Cambiaso standing next to him, and then he rolled over to the left to catch up, and at the moment before Melo touched the ball, he knocked the ball back in the opposite direction with his left foot, and then rushed up in stride.
He rushed past the midfield, but Melo was quick to follow. And in front of him, Zanetti had already stopped. Yaya Toure paused abruptly at his feet, and with a shaky shake created a gap between Zanetti and Melo, and then immediately made a pass that lifted the ball out between the two of them.
Obviously, Tottenham's players are quite emotional, and although Yaya Toure can usually make such a move, he will definitely not play like showing off like today.
In front of Yaya Toure, Raul received the ball with one kick. He took two lateral steps with the ball, trying to shake off an angle to hit the goal. But Materazzi, who was in front of him, did not give him this opportunity, he followed very closely and refused to let go at all. Raul first took a big step, and then suddenly flicked the ball behind him, trying to rely on such a move to lure the opponent to steal, but no matter what he did, Materazzi just followed and refused to get on his feet.
Is this bullying yourself that your explosive power is basically gone? Raul knew very well what his opponent was thinking, but he was really helpless. He knew that it was impossible for him to conjure explosive power, so no matter how he played, it would be difficult to break through the opponent.
This is Tottenham's biggest weakness, and it has been said countless times before the game. Raul himself is not surprised that his opponent would target him so much, who made him the weakest in this link.
However, no matter how weak he is, he can't be a burden on the team, and Tottenham's captain's armband is on his arm, so he can't be disgraced.
The right foot stepped on the ball, and the old man regained control of the ball, and then, in Materazzi's incredible gaze, he suddenly turned to the right with his right foot as the axis, and used it at this time!
Raul has enough explosiveness to be so good? Materazzi doesn't believe Raul can do it, but he knows that Raul is very smart in football, and he doesn't believe that Raul will do it without purpose. He took a step forward hoping to stop Raul's next move, and whatever it was, he had to stop it.
But Raul was also waiting for him to steal, and just as Raul had his back to Materazzi, he suddenly picked up the ball and picked it up on the right wing!
It was a pass, and Di Maria, who was on his right, had already rushed quickly at this point. The ball fell, Di Maria lifted his leg, first with a knee pad, then with a dip under his foot, and he unloaded the ball comfortably at his feet. And after unloading the ball, Di Maria almost didn't hesitate and immediately rushed with the ball!
He was already standing on the edge of the penalty area, and this impact was naturally towards the inside of the penalty area, Zivo was in front of him, watching him tightly, not giving him any space to break through, but Di Maria took the ball to the bottom line and chose to go down directly.
His right-footed pass doesn't work...... As soon as Zivo's thoughts swirled in his head, he had already seen him make a move. His right foot paused on the ground, and his whole body was like a javelin, slanted to the ground, and then, his left foot went around behind his right foot, and with a flower arrangement, he kicked the ball towards the middle!
"Di Maria's cross!"
Although I have long heard that Di Maria can always twist his body and make a lot of incredible movements when he plays, such an amazing action still surprised all the Inter Milan players.
Samuel grabbed Cavani's shirt and did his best to affect the height of his jump as he took off, and the ball flew over their heads. But on the left, Bale was already up to him, and he immediately swept the ball towards the far post!
If Henry was to kick the call, maybe Cesar really couldn't stop it. However, although Bale's shot was full of power, it was a little inferior in accuracy. Cesar fell to the ground in time and saved the ball out of the net!
This time Raul rushed up again, he controlled the ball at his feet, and Materazzi intercepted in front of him at this time, still not giving him any chance to get his feet. Raul retracted his leg and moved suddenly, as if he wanted to break through Materazzi's obstacle with explosive power, but Materazzi remained motionless this time, and he already knew very well that Raul was old.
Raul's feints didn't work, but when he retracted his leg, he slammed the ball backwards. Cavani, who had already run behind him, immediately changed direction after receiving Raul's pass, accelerated at his feet, quickly shook off Samuel, and then kicked the ball to the bottom left corner of the goal!
Cesar had already stood up because Bale had just shot into the bottom left corner, and he thought Cavani would change something. However, his judgment hurt him, he pounced in the wrong direction, and the ball flew straight into the goal!
“gooooal!!!! Cavani! Edinson Cavani!! In the ninth minute of the game, Edinson Cavani scored a goal! This is just the beginning, this is just the beginning!! Tottenham's attack was still sharp in the final, and this is just the beginning! ”