Seven Crowns

Chapter 467: Inter Milan’s Counterattack

Seeing Cambiasso return to the midfielder position, many Barcelona fans in the stands secretly screamed that it was not good.

The fans all saw that it was not good, and Barcelona coach Guardiola's face naturally became even more ugly.

Zanetti and Cambiasso are both world-renowned top midfielders, both in terms of experience and strength, are world-class.

It's hard to deal with one midfielder, let alone two.

With the addition of Lucio, Samuel, Maicon, and Nagatomo Yuto, Inter Milan's defensive strength has improved a lot compared to the previous 4132. It is not as simple as adding one more person.

The commentators on the commentary booth also praised Mourinho's tactical changes, saying that Mourinho's use of Cambiasso was simply wonderful.

Indeed, after Cambiasso retreated to the midfielder position, Inter Milan's defensive strength suddenly improved a lot.

Although this is the price of sacrificing a forward position, Inter Milan is now leading the score. They have the initiative and are eligible to play defensive counterattacks.

Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, had to attack aggressively.

Although Barcelona's pass control technology is unrivaled in the world, with the configuration of Inter Milan's double midfielders and the help of Lu Wenbin, Sneijder, and Stankovic who often return to defense, Barcelona has been unable to score goals.

Instead, Inter Milan used the conversion of the ball from time to time to launch a counterattack.

Not only the stealing of the ball, but also the goal kick that Inter Milan got after Barcelona shot, made Inter Milan counterattack more times than before.

In the 33rd minute, Lu Wenbin once made a cross from the bottom after a breakthrough from the side, and Eto'o grabbed the first point and shook his head to attack the goal.

It's a pity that Valdés performed exceptionally well in this attack, and even saved Eto'o's header from the penalty area line, making a great contribution.

In the 42nd minute, Lu Wenbin also won a free kick to the right of the front of the penalty area through his own breakthrough.

However, Lu Wenbin's free kick with his special skill hit the far post, bounced back to the penalty area and was cleared by Pique.

On the Barcelona side, although they tried their best to attack and wanted to equalize the score, they did not get too many good opportunities under the concerted efforts of the experienced Inter Milan defense generals.

The only attack that came close to breaking the goal,

It was Messi's shot after passing three people in a row. The ball went straight to the dead corner, but it was also saved by Cesar bravely to the bottom line.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 0-1. Inter Milan led Barcelona away.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

After failing to equalize the score in the first half, Barcelona naturally became more impatient in the second half.

If the game ends with this score, Barcelona will be eliminated.

Therefore, they had to invest more troops. Harvey, Busquets, Pedro in the midfield, and even Puyol and Alves on the back line often rushed to the front.

Barcelona's pass-and-control football must be played with enough people, and it cannot be done by one or two people like Inter Milan's counterattack.

As a result, Barcelona, ​​whose defensive numbers in the backcourt declined, naturally gave Inter Milan more opportunities to counterattack.

In the 57th minute, Lu Wenbin did not break through after getting the ball in midfield, but suddenly kicked through.

With full vision and passing ability, Lu Wenbin's through ball showed Harvey's artistic sense. The ball was almost passed through the only line between Busquets, Mascherano, Pique and others. However, he escaped everyone's interception and rolled to the front field.

Eto'o also used his speed to catch Lu Wenbin's through pass before Mascherano, forming a single-handedly, dribbling the ball towards the Barcelona penalty area.

It's a pity that Eto'o's speed dropped when he dribbled the ball, which was not as fast as Lu Wenbin's combined ball speed, and was chased by Mascherano.

Faced with the attacking Valdes, Eto'o was pushed from behind by Mascherano when he hit the goal.

Eto'o wasted Lu Wenbin's through ball and missed a chance to score.

However, even so, it still frightened the whole Barcelona team, and made them restrain themselves a little, not daring to press on the whole team so boldly.

However, as time passed and the end of the game was getting closer, Barcelona had to press up again as a whole and strengthen their offense.

Because they are behind in the score, they can't stop attacking because they are afraid of being counterattacked by Inter Milan, right?

Then simply surrender and admit defeat.

At their home court, at Camp Nou, it is naturally impossible for Barcelona to raise their hands and surrender.

They can only press up again and strengthen their offense.

In the 71st minute, Barcelona had a good chance to score.

Harvey's pass had already torn apart Inter Milan's defense. Behind Lucio and others, Villa received a pass from Iniesta at the corner of the small penalty area and kicked the goal.

As a result, the kick evaded Cesar's save, but hit the near post.

Not only that, after the ball bounced on the near-end goal post, it neither bounced off the baseline nor bounced back to the penalty area, but bounced to the far-end goal post.

The ball bounced again on the far post before it bounced into the small penalty area, and Samuel, who was driven back to the goal line, kicked it out of the sideline.

Barcelona and Villa were unlucky to hit the post twice in one shot, but failed to score, which made people want to go crazy.

As the time for the end of the game gets closer, Barcelona's overall formation is getting higher and higher, and there is more and more space in the backcourt.

Finally, in the 80th minute, Inter Milan got a good chance to counterattack.

Pedro's dribble was poked away from behind by Cambiasso and passed to Maicon.

After receiving the ball, Maicon quickly released the ball and passed it to Sneijder in the midfield, and then Sneijder passed it to Lu Wenbin who was running without the ball on the right.

After Lu Wenbin received the ball, only Alves was left in front of him: Barcelona's formation pressed forward and was counterattacked, and there were not enough defensive players in the backcourt.

Pique and Mascherano in the middle did not dare to move to the side, because Sneijder and Eto'o sprinted towards the penalty area in the middle after passing the ball, and they did not dare to let go of Sneijder and Eto'o Come to help Alves defend Lu Wenbin.

Naturally, Lu Wenbin would not let go of this opportunity.

Although Alves was very cautious while retreating and defending, how could his speed compare to that of Lu Wenbin?

Lu Wenbin passed the ball alone while running, ran out of the sideline and made a big circle around the court, and still caught the ball before Alves.

Then, Alves was stuck behind Lu Wenbin and couldn't touch the ball at all, and Lu Wenbin started to cut inside with the ball.

Pique had to give up Sneijder and move to Lu Wenbin's side, preparing to block Lu Wenbin's breakthrough and shot. (seeking a monthly ticket)

Ming Qiao said

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