Chapter 96 Breaking the rookie wall, fifth goal of the season! Seeing that the opponent was retreating on all fronts, they took a defensive counterattack stance. Fiorentina head coach Prandelli is disgusted! He looked at Mancini angrily, as if to say, this is your home court, why are you acting like a coward? Aren’t you afraid that the home fans will boo you? Mancini is really not afraid! Defensive counterattack is not about parking the bus. As long as there is a right opportunity, they will attack anyway. Besides, the team has already scored a goal, which is enough to explain to the fans. So he ignored Prandelli's glare and shouted in his heart: Come on, fuck me hard! …… Speaking of which, Mancini has a strong connection with Florence. After he retired, the first team he coached was Fiorentina. In 2001, in his first season as Fiorentina coach, Mancini led the team to win the Italian Cup. Although he led the team to relegation in the second season, it was not entirely his fault. After all, Fiorentina's own club was out of money, and sold off a large number of players, causing the team's strength to plummet. In the end, it declared bankruptcy due to its inability to pay the players' salaries, and was directly relegated three levels from the highest level Serie A to the Italian C2 League. It was quite good that Mancini was able to lead a group of unpaid players and persist for half a season before leading the team into a pit.
Prandelli had no choice but to let his team attack. But he was obviously also afraid of Inter Milan's counterattack threat, so he did not dare to let all the players press forward, and he also increased the defense on Inter Milan's frontcourt players to prevent them from finding opportunities to counterattack. Doing so can indeed prevent Inter Milan's counterattack, but the problem is, if you invest so much manpower in defense, how much manpower will be left for offense? Facing Inter Milan, which had tightened its defensive formation, Fiorentina's offensive battle was extremely difficult. Prandelli couldn't help but frowning as he watched: Why does it feel like Inter Milan’s defense has suddenly gotten better compared to before? He couldn't help but observe carefully for a while, and indeed found some clues. When Inter Milan was defending in the backcourt, the players always maintained a very compact formation, not giving Fiorentina players much space to break through. Not only that, Inter Milan's coordinated defense was excellent. When a player goes for the ball, nearby teammates will immediately fill in the position to avoid a gap behind him. If that were all, it would be fine, after all, these are entry-level defensive knowledge in football. What really shocked Prandelli was that Inter's defensive strategy would be adjusted according to the opponent's offensive method. Their defensive formation and players' positions seemed to be changing. These are not entry-level defensive tactics. They require a lot of effort so that players can understand their defensive concepts and execute them correctly on the court. This kid Mancini is really something, everyone underestimated him before! Prandelli looked at Mancini with some fear. He used to think that Mancini was only good at attacking, but he didn't expect that he could also defend. Inter Milan, which is strong in attack but weak in defense, still managed to finish third in the league last season. Inter Milan's offense and defense have become more balanced this season. I wonder how high Mancini will take them? Mancini had no idea what the opponent was thinking, but he couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw his team withstand the opponent's fierce attack. To be honest, he was actually very unsure. After all, Fiorentina is a strong team, much stronger than any team they have encountered before. Inter Milan failed to withstand Palermo's attack before, and this time they encountered the Fiorentina with stronger offensive capabilities, which made Mancini very worried that the team would be defeated by the opponent's attack. Fortunately, this situation has not occurred at the moment, and his team has withstood this round of fierce attack from the opponent.
As Fiorentina's offensive ended, the situation on the field became a bit awkward. Fiorentina couldn't break through Inter's defense, and Inter couldn't find a good opportunity to counterattack. Both sides fought cautiously, and it seemed that neither side could do anything to the other. The first half of the game ended quickly and the score was still 1:0. Since Martins scored that goal, neither side had a great chance to score. Prandelli was scratching his head. This wasn't going to work! The opponent is in the lead, and if Mancini is shameless enough, he really won't be able to do anything to the opponent. It seems that we have to continue to increase our troops and strengthen our attack! Looking at the opponent's attitude, Prandelli no longer expects to take away the victory from Inter Milan's home court. It’s good enough to get one point! The prerequisite for getting a point is that they have to equalize the score! Fortunately, they were only one goal behind, which meant they only needed to seize one chance and score a goal to complete the task. As long as he could score a goal, he would immediately let the players retreat and counterattack, letting Mancini feel what he was feeling at the moment and see if he would be disgusted to death! The tactical adjustment was completed and the two sides changed sides and continued the fight. As if to further strengthen the defense, Mancini also replaced Veron with Zanetti, who has stronger defensive capabilities. When Prandelli saw the opponent's substitution, he felt disgusted as if he had eaten a fly. Old man Mancini is determined to maintain the score of 1:0! Zanetti's appearance means it will be more difficult for Fiorentina to score goals! But it’s also a good thing, Zanetti’s offensive ability is not as strong as Veron’s. Although Veron was criticized by Manchester United as a fake, that was because he was not adapted to the style of the Premier League, not because he was incompetent. His long-range transfers and his flirtatious outside-of-the-foot long-range passes are very famous killer moves. In his early years at Lazio, Veron was an attacking midfielder who was as famous as Zidane. However, their development trajectories diverged greatly. After Zidane went to Real Madrid, his strength improved to a higher level and his playing style perfectly matched the Galacticos. After Veron transferred to Manchester United at a high price, he was unable to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League for a long time. Not only did he not improve, but his confidence was seriously dampened, and his strength declined instead of increased. But after returning to Serie A, Veron gradually regained his original form. In addition, Inter Milan has players like Adriano and Lin Feng who are extremely fast and good at charging. They can not only perfectly match his advantage of being good at passing through balls, but also greatly make up for his shortcomings of slow speed and lack of breakthrough ability. Thus, Perón gradually began to feel like he was living a second life. When Fiorentina was attacking before, there were two targets that they focused on defending in Inter Milan's midfield, one was Lin Feng and the other was Veron. With these two players closely guarded, it became basically difficult for Inter Milan's counterattack to pose a threat. And now, Veron has been substituted, which means that the defensive pressure on Fiorentina has been reduced by half. They can deploy more troops to attack! This is what Prandelli thought and did! He just waved his hand, and the Fiorentina players pressed forward across the board and began to increase intensity on Inter Milan. coming! Seeing that the opponent was finally willing to invest heavy troops to launch an attack, Mancini suddenly became energetic.
Now, we just have to wait for the opponent to make a mistake so that Inter Milan can seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack! Such an opportunity did not take too long. In the 70th minute, Fiorentina got consecutive corner kick opportunities. After seeing the chance to score, their defenders all ran into Inter Milan's penalty area to compete for the header. In the past few minutes, Fiorentina's attack was very fierce, creating a lot of danger in front of Inter Milan's goal. There were several times when they almost scored. If it weren't for Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar who relied on his outstanding performance to keep Inter Milan's goal intact, Prandelli's tactical goal would have been achieved. Although the ball did not go in, the Fiorentina players, who were playing better and better, were very optimistic. They felt that the opponent's defense was already shaky and it was only a matter of time before a goal was scored. So, they decided to achieve their goal in one battle and put almost all their troops into it! After seeing the position of the opponent's players, Lin Feng quietly took a few steps towards the opponent's last defender. Fiorentina took a corner kick and players from both sides in the penalty area jumped up one after another. In the end, it was a Fiorentina player who got the first spot. The football was headed towards Inter Milan's goal. On the sidelines, the substitutes in the Fiorentina coaching bench had raised their hands, ready to celebrate. However, on the flight trajectory of the football, a pair of big hands suddenly appeared and slapped the ball away. The short Zanetti relied on his excellent awareness and prediction to grab the ball and pushed it out of the penalty area with all his might. Almost all the players on the periphery were Fiorentina players. After seeing the ball being headed out, they rushed towards the football immediately, trying to control the ball and reorganize the attack. However, just as they rushed towards the football, a blue figure suddenly rushed out from the side, got the ball away at a faster speed before the Fiorentina players! The one who completed the steal was none other than Lin Feng who was lying in ambush here! After stealing the ball, he made a quick move, then started the crazy acceleration mode and sprinted madly. When the fans in the stands saw this scene, they cheered loudly and cheered for Lin Feng! "Go, Chinese boy!" "Crush them with your speed!" "Tremble, Florence!" "Hahaha, damn Viola, you think you can defend against our prince like this? Dream on!" In a residence somewhere in Milan, Kaka, who was watching the live broadcast of the game, couldn't help but clench his fists when he saw Lin Feng sprinting with the ball at high speed. This scene has been played out many times at the San Siro Stadium, except that it was not Lin Feng who performed this action, but himself. Although it was not himself who appeared on the court, Kaka still felt an irrepressible sense of excitement and nervousness. So, is this what it feels like to watch yourself sprinting with the ball from the perspective of a spectator? In a bar, the owner who was mixing cocktails forgot what he was doing and stared at the TV screen, afraid of missing any moment. The other people watching TV had almost the same reaction. They all stared with wide eyes at the Inter Milan player who was running with the ball on the TV screen. On the outskirts of the crowd, Margaret passed by, glanced at them without interest, and her eyes scanned the crowd, as if looking for new prey. Suddenly, the group of people gathered around the TV started shouting, the sound was so loud, as if a firecracker was set off right next to their ears at close range. Margaret was so frightened that she almost dropped the wine glass in her hand.
She looked up and saw that the man who had been running with the ball just now had run to the corner area and was doing his signature celebration move. "Tsk, this kind of ball is scored many times, what's the big deal!" Margaret made a hypocritical comment. She would never admit that the other party was actually a little bit powerful! After all, besides Kaka, she had only seen this kind of goal played by Lin Feng. …… At the Meazza Stadium, after Lin Feng scored a goal, he roared, venting all the frustration and anger that he had felt in his heart over the past few days. But in the country, there are people who are more excited than him! "The ball went in!!" "Pretty!" "Lin Feng scored the winning goal for Inter Milan with a signature long-distance run!" "After two games of goal drought, Lin Feng finally made a breakthrough!" In the CCTV studio, Huang Jianxiang was extremely excited and his palms were full of sweat! It seemed that when he was commentating on a game, he was more nervous than the people playing on the field. "Lin Feng used this goal to effectively respond to the outside world's doubts. This is Lin Feng's fifth goal in Serie A this season, which is the second-highest record for Chinese players in a single season in the top five leagues. The highest single-season goal record for a Chinese player in the top five leagues is 98 goals set by Yang Chen in the 99-8 season for the Bundesliga team Frankfurt. Lin Feng is only 4 goals away from breaking this record. Judging from his current performance, he is very likely to break this record this season!" The reason why Teacher Huang was so excited was because Lin Feng’s performance was so explosive. When Yang Chen first landed in the Bundesliga, he was already 24 years old and had entered his golden age. Lin Feng is only 17 years old this year and is far from reaching his peak. Moreover, Yang Chen's goal efficiency of 23 goals in 8 games was completely surpassed by Lin Feng's efficiency of 5 goals in 5 games. A younger player with a higher goal-scoring efficiency, his future ceiling will probably far exceed Yang Chen. With Yang Chen, a role model for Chinese players studying abroad, as a comparison, domestic fans can intuitively feel how terrifying Lin Feng is! "Lin Feng is awesome!" "Finally we scored a goal! It wasn't easy!" "Oh my god, this ball gave me goose bumps. I was afraid he would kick the ball off target!" "Those who looked down upon Lin Feng, come out and apologize!" "Haha, how could they possibly come out to fight against the odds at this time? They must have already hidden themselves away, preparing to pounce on Lin Feng the next time he is in a low state!" “So Lin Feng must always stay in good shape, slap these people hard in the face, and not give them any chance to jump in the face!” After seeing Lin Feng's goal, domestic fans all breathed a sigh of relief. The big stone in my heart finally fell to the ground!
When the outside world was hyping that Lin Feng had encountered the rookie wall, they were indeed a little shaken in their hearts. I was afraid that Lin Feng would never recover from the blow just like what the media reported. Fortunately, Lin Feng used practical actions to prove to the outside world that the so-called rookie wall does not exist at all! (End of this chapter)