Chapter 171 Two draws: Juninho's free kick and Romario's oxtail "Another lore, the Nerazzurri are only 2 points behind the top of the table!" "After two rounds without a win, the defending champion may have collapsed!" "The lead has shrunk dramatically, and the suspense of the Serie A championship has arisen again!" "With the European war approaching, the Old Lady may give up the Champions League due to internal and external troubles!" After this round of the league ended, major media reported on the two games between Inter Milan and Juventus! Inter Milan's last-minute winning goal and Juventus' loss of both players and points on the road were talked about by the outside world. Before two rounds of games, the entire Serie A was worried that the loss of suspense over this year’s league championship would affect the Serie A football market. But after only two rounds of games, the suspense of Serie A has returned. After losing the previous away game, Juventus was tied by the opponent again in this round, and the main central defender Thuram was also sent off after receiving a red card while defending.
In two consecutive games, Juventus was defeated by the opponents in the last moments, and the two main central defenders also received red cards in turn. This is not just bad luck, this is extremely unlucky! But this is not the worst news. For Juventus, the worst news is that after three rounds, they will face the challenge of AC Milan. If the Old Lady loses this game, they will most likely be overtaken by Inter Milan and be forced to give up the top spot they have occupied for most of the season! With blockades in front and pursuers behind, one can imagine the pressure faced by Juventus players. On the other hand, after Inter Milan's 12-game winning streak was ended by Fiorentina, the team seemed to have unloaded a burden from their shoulders and went into battle lightly, and achieved good results. In the 27th round of the league, Inter Milan faced Udinese at home. The entire Inter Milan team was in great form. In the 17th minute of the first half, Cruz received an assist from Lin Feng and scored the first goal. In the 54th minute of the second half, Cruz was brought down by the goalkeeper when he had a one-on-one chance. The referee gave him a yellow card and a penalty. Cruz then scored the penalty he created. Inter Milan took a two-goal lead. In the 60th minute, Lin Feng was tripped by his opponent while dribbling the ball in front of the penalty area, and Inter Milan got an excellent free kick about 25 meters away from the goal. Lin Feng fired a powerful shot into the opponent's goal again, extending the score to 3:0. This score basically announced that the game had ended early. Mancini waved his hand and started making personnel adjustments in the 65th minute. Lin Feng and Figo were substituted one after another. In recent games, Lin Feng played almost the entire game, which was very exhausting and he needed more rest. As for Figo, he needs rest even more. Once people are over 30, they become easily fatigued, and their metabolism and recovery abilities cannot be compared with those of young men. The Champions League knockout round is about to start. Mancini now only hopes that the team's main players will not suffer large-scale injuries, otherwise they may not be able to cope with multi-line operations. Udinese is currently ranked 13th in the league and does not seem to be in the relegation zone, but in fact they are only 5 points ahead of the third-to-last team. Seeing that Inter Milan replaced two absolute main players, Udinese players had some ideas in their minds and launched a counterattack against Inter Milan in the final moments of the game. Although they also scored a goal from a free kick, it was of no avail as Inter Milan's defense was very solid and did not give the opponent too many chances. In the end, Inter Milan defeated Udinese 3:1 away from home without any bloodshed. After losing to Fiorentina, Inter Milan won three consecutive games again.
Immediately after the game, almost all Inter Milan players began to inquire about the result of another game. Currently they are only 2 points behind Juventus. If Juventus loses or draws in this game, Inter Milan is likely to overtake their opponents and top the Serie A table. But unfortunately, Lecce, the second-to-last team, did not cause much trouble to the leader. After trying their best to score a goal at Juventus' home court, they were defeated 1:3 by Juventus. To make matters worse, Lecce's own main defender was sent off with a red card, making the already poor family even worse off. There are still 11 rounds in the league, but they have only got 15 points, 4 points behind the bottom 8, and have basically secured a relegation spot. …… After the game with Udinese, Inter Milan didn't even have time to return to Milan and immediately took a chartered flight to the Netherlands. Three days later, they will face Ajax in the first leg away from home. On the plane, Lin Feng couldn't sleep, so he turned on the system with his mind. I took a look at my panel and found that the development progress of the Kaka template had reached 95%, and the activation progress of the second template had also reached 90%. I could activate the second template after completing one more system task. As for the number of draws, after the national team and club competitions, the number of draws had already accumulated to 7 times. But before the last game against Juventus, in order to win, Lin Feng used up two lottery opportunities. His last S-shaped free kick was an ability obtained after the fusion of the fragments of Juninho that he drew. Another draw resulted in Romario fragments, which surprised Lin Feng. He had always thought that he could only draw a midfielder, but he didn't expect to draw a player template for another position. Lin Feng didn’t plan to play as a striker for the time being, so Romario’s fragments were also merged with the main template, and finally he obtained Romario’s ox tail technique. Not bad, an additional dribbling method will be of great help to him in offense! Unfortunately, I still didn’t draw the remaining two fragments of Xiao Luo. It seems that I can only continue to accumulate times and exchange them in the system mall. …… Ajax is a very famous team, and their youth training was once the best in the whole of Europe, bar none. But after the Bosman Act was introduced, Ajax could not resist poaching from other wealthy giants, causing stars trained by its own youth training to leave one after another. Since then, the Eredivisie giant has gradually begun to decline. At this time, Ajax had become a second-rate team in Europe and was no longer as powerful as it once was. But a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Although Ajax cannot compare with other top giants, it is still a strong team in the Champions League. Anyone who dares to underestimate them will definitely pay the price. Inter Milan has not achieved any results for many years and is the most unworthy of its reputation among the top giants, so Mancini does not dare to underestimate them at all. Given that Inter Milan had just finished a league game and had to travel a long distance, the players had very little time to rest. Therefore, Mancini does not have high expectations for the first leg. He does not ask for a win away from home. A draw or even a small loss is acceptable as long as there is an away goal. However, even he has taken Ajax's quality very seriously. But when the game started, Mancini and his team were still stunned. After the opening, Ajax attacked at a very fast pace. In the 5th minute, Ajax launched a quick counterattack. Rosales passed the ball to the right, Trabelsi dribbled the ball over the top, and Rosenborg volleyed with his left foot from the back point, which was slightly off the near post, making Inter Milan break out in a cold sweat.
In the 11th minute, Rosales suddenly shot from the edge of the penalty area, but his low shot was saved by Toldo. Cesar was injured in the last game against Udinese and the team doctor predicts that he will miss one to two weeks of games. Veteran Toldo was appointed in a critical situation. He has not started for a long time, so it is a big question whether he can defend Inter Milan's goal, especially when the opponent's attack is so crazy. Facing the opponent's attack, Inter Milan did not fail to fight back. In the 13th minute, Inter Milan almost scored a goal thanks to the corner kick tactics designed by Lin Feng. But unfortunately, his luck was a little bit bad and Cruz's header hit the crossbar. Inter Milan's offensive threat did not scare Ajax, and they continued to firmly implement their offensive tactics. In the 16th minute, after Ajax's breakthrough in the middle was disrupted, Rosales chested the ball on the right side and made a cross. Samuel lost his balance when he turned around, and Huntelaar headed the ball into the lower right corner from 8 meters in front of the goal. The score became 1:0, and Ajax took the lead. "This ball was played beautifully, Rosales passed the ball beautifully, Huntelaar grabbed the ball beautifully, and headed it beautifully too!" Huntelaar recently joined Ajax at a record-breaking Eredivisie transfer fee. After joining Ajax, he immediately adapted to Ajax's tactical system and performed brilliantly in many games. Throughout the 05-06 season, Huntelaar scored a total of 54 goals for club and country, averaging more than one goal per game, with an extremely high goal efficiency. Born in 83, he is not yet 23 years old this year, but he is already the most anticipated and watched supernova in the whole of the Netherlands. Van Persie, who was the same age as him, was not as good as him at this time, and was not even on the same level! "Inter Milan is in trouble. Ajax is obviously playing the all-out attack and defense tactics that Dutch football is good at. Players can do the job of the position they are in, and Ajax's offense and defense rotate very quickly, which requires Inter Milan's players to increase their concentration when defending, otherwise it is easy to lose the target!" In the commentary booth, both commentators expressed their concerns about the game. Ajax was well-rested and created a youthful storm at home. Inter Milan, who came from afar, has just experienced the consumption of the league and is still in a low health state. The players' physical fitness is generally insufficient and they really cannot withstand the attack of their opponents. In this game, Inter Milan might suffer a crushing defeat! What you fear will come to you. Before Inter Milan could recover from the first goal conceded, the second one came soon. In the 20th minute, Emanuelsson's breakthrough on the left was blocked by Cordoba, but Cordoba's clearance hit Emanuelsson. Zanetti was forced to come over to assist in defense, but Emanuelsson took the lead and made a low pass to the middle. Rosales got ahead of Burdisso and pushed the ball into the near corner from 4 meters in front of the goal. The score became 2:0 and Ajax got off to a perfect start. So fast and so smooth! The opponent's attack was like a torrential rain, coming at us unreasonably. Any tiny gap in our defense line would be exploited by the opponent. The Inter Milan players on the field and the Inter Milan coaching staff off the field were all stunned. They had only one question in their minds: How could Ajax, which is so strong, fall to second place in the group? How terrifying would Arsenal be who were first in their group? At this moment, the entire Inter Milan team felt the gap in strength between them and the top teams. But this also aroused their ferocity: If they can't even beat Ajax, how are they going to compete with top teams like Arsenal and Barcelona in the future?
After Ajax scored two goals in a row, their morale was boosted and they began to press Inter Milan, as if they wanted to completely crush Inter Milan with their fierce and torrential attacks. But they seemed to be a little too proud of themselves and forgot that Inter is a team that is very good at counterattacks. In the 27th minute, Zanetti intercepted the ball in the backcourt and made a long run to pass the ball into the penalty area. Cruz's right-footed shot from 12 meters away from the goal on the right side was confiscated by the goalkeeper. In the 31st minute, Martins made a cross in a counterattack from the left, and Adriano volleyed from a small angle but missed. In the 33rd minute, Figo took a low corner kick from the right side to the edge of the penalty area. After receiving the ball, Lin Feng blocked the pressure from the Ajax midfielder. When the opponent's defender came forward to steal the ball, he used an extremely fast bull tail to dribble past the opponent, broke through the two defenders head-on and entered the penalty area. Facing the goalkeeper's block, Lin Feng calmly shot the ball into the far corner, changing the score to 2:1. Inter Milan scored a goal! "This is, a cow's tail?!" "Yes, it is really the ox's tail. I didn't expect Lin Feng to know this trick. I have never seen him use it before!" In the CCTV studio, the two commentators were startled by Lin Feng's bull tail. The two of them have watched quite a few of Lin Feng's games, but have almost never seen Lin Feng use this move on the court. "This bull tail was used very skillfully, and the opponent's defender was easily fooled!" "Lin Feng's moves are too fast and too continuous. It's hard to imagine that a big player who is nearly meters tall can perform such a continuous bull tail pass!" "Haha, what you said is true. Xiao Luo is not short at all. His bull tail is quite impressive!" If Niu Weiba had a rank, most people would be at the bronze level. It just turns the one movement of the cow's tail into two movements of outward and inward, which doesn't look coherent at all. But Ronaldinho and Romario's kicks were very consistent, as if the ball was stuck to their feet and would not lose contact with their insteps. And after completing the ox tail movement, they will not have any obvious pause. His body moves very naturally, allowing him to break through. He is not like other players who fool the defender and mess up their steps, and end up failing to pass the opponent. Lin Feng's bull tail was as good as that of Ronaldinho and others, so the opponent's defender was caught off guard and was hit directly. Lin Feng's action not only surprised the commentators, but even his teammates were surprised. "That move just now was very cool!" "When did you learn to use a cow's tail?" "This move is almost catching up with Xiao Luo and the others!" When teammates came over to celebrate the goal, they were all talking about Lin Feng's quick pass. We are at an age where we love to show off. Who doesn’t want to do some beautiful and cool dribbling on the court? I just can't do it! "A cow's tail? Doesn't this thing have legs?" Facing the discussion among his teammates, Ade expressed confidently. After the game resumed, he immediately demonstrated it to his teammates. The tone was very high, but the fall was also very bad. His bull tail didn't pass his opponent, but passed himself instead.
The ball is lost! (End of this chapter)