Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Chapter 311 Being tall is amazing!

Both teams are top-notch teams, and the stars in the teams have been working together for a long time. They have a good understanding of each other and can often play eye-catching cooperation on the court.

Even though they used a three-defensive-midfielder formation, they still couldn't completely stifle Real Madrid's passing and coordination in the midfield.

The situation was similar on Real Madrid's side. Although they arranged someone to mark Lin Feng, they were still unable to stop Lin Feng's frequent threatening passes from the attacking midfielder position.

The fans of both teams in the stands were extremely nervous. The pace of the game was very fast, and the transitions between offense and defense were extremely fast.

The ball might have been in Real Madrid's half a few seconds ago, but in the blink of an eye, Real Madrid's attack advanced to the front of Inter Milan's penalty area.

The situation is similar in reverse. As long as there is a slight mistake in Real Madrid's coordination in the frontcourt, Inter Milan has the ability to send the ball to the feet of their own striker in the opponent's penalty area within a few seconds.

As both teams had a large number of players in the midfield, their attacks were consciously bypassing the midfield and looking for breakthroughs from the flanks.

When Beckham was there, Real Madrid could use Beckham's long passes to launch attacks directly from their own backcourt.

But now the right side lacks such a person, so Real Madrid has to rely on wing players to dribble the ball and launch attacks.

But in the absence of Robinho, the newly-come-on Higuain was unable to break through Inter Milan's defense with his personal ability.

Although the little smoker tried hard to break through on the right side, the opponent he faced was too strong.

In this game, Inter Milan's three defensive midfielders were Vieira, Cambiasso and Zanetti.

After the opening, Zanetti has been using his excellent defensive awareness and man-marking ability to limit Real Madrid's attack from the flanks.

The fledgling young player was tightly guarded by Inter Milan's left-back Grosso and his compatriot Zanetti, and he didn't get any chance at all.

If the right road doesn’t work, try the left road!

In the 10th minute, Guti showed his style as a top passer. After getting rid of the opponent on the left side of the midfield, he observed for a moment, raised his foot and sent a long-distance pass of more than 40 meters. The football crossed the two lines of defense of Inter Milan and accurately delivered the ball to the feet of the Lord of the Rings Raul.

Real Madrid's first generation CR7 Raul received the ball and rushed forward. After passing Cambiasso on his side, he took advantage of the opportunity when Maicon assisted and had no time to get into position, and Raul strode towards the penalty area with the ball.

Maicon couldn't come back, and the defensive midfielder was eaten alive by the opponent, so Samuel was forced to step forward to intercept.

When Raul saw Samuel move, he immediately passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area to find his teammate Van Nistelrooy.

Materazzi saw through the opponent's intention and blocked Van Nistelrooy's shooting angle at the first moment, denying him the chance to shoot.

At the same time, other Inter Milan defenders were also rushing towards the penalty area to cut off Van Nistelrooy's passing line and lock his space for movement.

Van Nistelrooy is worthy of being the king of the small penalty area. In this situation, he was able to protect the ball and pass it out.

He staggered to protect the ball and then passed it behind him with the outside of his right foot.

Raul, who came from the left, received the pass from his teammate, but because the position where he received the ball was too close to the goalkeeper, Cesar risked injury and fell to the ground and destroyed the ball with his fist when Raul dribbled the ball.

Raul failed to brake in time and collided with Inter Milan's goalkeeper, and both fell in the small penalty area.

Today the goddess of luck seemed to be on Real Madrid's side. The ball blocked by Cesar fell right in front of Guti outside the penalty area.

Guti didn't say a word and kicked the ball towards the goal.

Cesar, who had not yet had time to get up from the ground, was helpless against Guti's shot.

The ball hit the goal post and went into the net, Real Madrid led 1-0!

After scoring the goal, Guti ran all over the field excitedly, and his teammates were equally excited and chased him madly behind him.

The stands of the Bernabeu were completely ignited by this goal, and tens of thousands of fans cheered deafeningly.

At this moment, Real Madrid fans all over the world were celebrating this goal.

Looking at the opponents celebrating wildly, everyone in Inter Milan felt helpless.

There was an element of luck in losing the ball, but it was also due to their own poor defense.

Due to his overly aggressive attacking efforts, Maicon often does not have time to return to defense.

It might be okay to play like this in Serie A because other teams are not strong enough to exploit this flaw, but it won't work in the Champions League.

The strong teams here are fully capable of seizing this fleeting opportunity.

Mancini also realized this, so he started thinking about how to solve this problem.

Maicon has strong offensive ability, which is a good thing. If his offensive attributes are stifled for the sake of defense, his strength will become mediocre. In this case, it would be better to let Zanetti continue to play as his right back!

Since it is impossible to actively stifle Maicon's offensive attributes, is there any other way to remedy the situation?
Mancini couldn't think of any particularly good solution for a moment. He was a coach who played as a striker and was good at coaching offense, but he didn't have much experience in defense. Although he had been trying hard to learn and imitate the defensive tactics of other famous coaches in recent years, he was still far from reaching the level of a top defensive master.

Inter Milan is a team that has seen a lot of things. Just losing a goal is not enough to defeat them.

Real Madrid was also well aware of the opponent's strength. After scoring the goal, they decided to quit and immediately retreated their formation to prevent Inter Milan's counterattack.

After Real Madrid cleaned out a large number of players from the Galacticos, although the star power has faded a lot, at least the top-heavy problem that had been plaguing the team has been solved.

When they lowered their posture and started to play squat defense seriously, Inter Milan really didn't have many offensive methods.

From the eleventh minute, Inter Milan took the initiative on the field, with more ball possession, more passes and more dangerous attacks than Real Madrid.

But it is very difficult to break through the opponent's gate!

This was partly due to the outstanding performance of Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas, who saved many of Inter Milan's shots.

On the other hand, it is also due to Real Madrid's successful defense. They must have studied the personal characteristics of the two forwards Torres and Crespo in advance and developed highly targeted defensive strategies for them.

Torres has strong explosive power, fast speed, and is good at eating up defenders. So we should arrange another person in front of the defender to assist in defense and protection so that Torres' advantages cannot be brought into play.

Crespo is good at scrambling for the ball and has excellent shooting skills, but his individual combat ability is not strong and he needs to rely on the support of his teammates, so we limit him and don't give him opportunities to get the ball.

After dealing with Inter Milan's two forwards, Real Madrid cannot sit back and relax, because Inter Milan's offensive system is multi-faceted.

In addition to the two forwards in the penalty area, Figo on the wing and Lin Feng in the midfield all have strong scoring abilities.

However, Figo is old after all, and his condition has declined a lot compared to his peak period in Real Madrid.

In addition, Real Madrid is very familiar with Figo's characteristics and strengths. Under the control of the three defensive midfielders in the midfield and Real Madrid's special care for him, Figo was silenced.

Therefore, the only threat facing Real Madrid now is Lin Feng!
Capello was very troubled by Lin Feng. When he was in Serie A, he couldn't find a particularly good way to deal with this guy.

Compared to last season, Lin Feng now has more game experience and a more mature mentality. Coupled with the continuous growth of his personal strength, he is more difficult to deal with than last year. Real Madrid tried many tricks, but none of them achieved very good results.

On the contrary, several players received yellow cards because of their excessive movements in defense.

In the 23rd minute, Lin Feng's breakthrough in the frontcourt caused Gago to foul, and Inter Milan won a free kick on the right side.

Gago, who committed the foul, apologized to Lin Feng shyly and reached out to pull him up from the ground in a friendly manner.

The outside world is full of expectations for this young talent who joined Real Madrid with the halo of Redondo II for a transfer fee of 2000 million euros.

As both are outstanding players of the younger generation and are midfielders, it is inevitable that Lin Feng will be compared with Gago by the outside world.

Lin Feng felt very sympathetic towards this tragic player whose career was ruined by injuries.

Although professional players are inevitably affected by injuries, it is rare in football for someone like Gago to have been injured almost throughout his career. He has suffered serious injuries such as Achilles tendon rupture three times, and other major and minor injuries dozens of times.

What impressed Lin Feng the most about him was not his extremely handsome face, nor his long flowing hair that resembled Redondo's temperament.

But in a World Cup qualifier, Gago, who returned to the Argentina national team roster after two years due to injury, had to receive treatment on the sidelines because of a torn cruciate ligament just four minutes after coming on as a substitute at the end of the game.

Although the team doctor repeatedly suggested that he should leave the court to rest, he still insisted on returning to the court.

Lin Feng had never suffered such a serious injury, so he couldn't understand how painful a torn cruciate ligament was.

But in order to continue the game, Gago ignored his own health and the pain of injury, and still persisted.

Lin Feng was moved by this persistence and love for football.

So when facing the hand that Gago extended, Lin Feng also returned a kind smile and silently sent his blessings in his heart:

I hope he can suffer less from injuries in this life!

Sympathy is sympathy, but Lin Feng has no intention of showing mercy.

The position of this free kick is very good, you can try to kick it directly.

Casillas was obviously aware of the danger. Seeing Lin Feng standing in front of the ball, he quickly called on his teammates to form a human wall.

Not long ago, Lin Feng scored a free kick in the match against Chelsea, so Real Madrid naturally did not dare to carry any responsibility.

However, to their surprise, Lin Feng did not choose to shoot directly this time.

The free kick he took was passed diagonally to the back post, and Materazzi overpowered Real Madrid's central defender Elguera and headed the ball into the far corner from 6 meters in front of the goal!

The score became 1:1!

Inter Milan equalized the score in just over ten minutes and also got the away goal they had always dreamed of.

The Bernabeu stands fell silent in an instant, as if the mute button had been pressed.

The Real Madrid fans who were cheering and singing before stopped involuntarily at this moment.

Their good mood disappeared in an instant. Although the score was a draw, it was actually in favor of the visiting team because the opponent's goal was more valuable!
A smile doesn't disappear, it just moves from one place to another.

While Real Madrid fans were silent, Inter Milan fans were overjoyed!

Just now they were still worried that the team would lose the ball so early and whether they would lose the game badly.

Now that I saw the team equalize so quickly, I felt relieved.

Materazzi, who scored the goal, was equally excited. He subconsciously reached out to lift his jersey while running, and only seemed to realize what he was doing when he was halfway through taking it off.

Materazzi was shocked when he reacted. He turned around and glanced in the direction of the coaching bench, and saw Mancini's gloomy face.

If he had really taken off his clothes to celebrate just now, Mancini would have been furious.

You are not a striker, why are you learning to take off your clothes to celebrate? Don’t you know that you will get a yellow card for doing so?
As a central defender, you have a yellow card. Are you afraid that the opponent will not target you?
Fortunately, Materazzi reacted quickly and almost made a big mistake.

"Haha, why are you only halfway through taking off your clothes? Go on, why don't you take them off?"

Teammates came up from all directions, high-fiving and hugging Materazzi while teasing him.

"Hey, who said I was going to take off my clothes to celebrate? I was feeling hot at the time, so I lifted up my jersey to let my body breathe and cool down!"

Materazzi refused to admit that he wanted to take off his clothes to celebrate, even when facing the head coach during the half-time break, he said the same thing.

My teammates immediately booed, are you taking us for idiots?

"Although your action of taking off your clothes halfway was embarrassing, your header just now was really cool!"

This is the truth. When we saw Materazzi's jumping action just now, everyone subconsciously thought that he was going to do a header. Even the Real Madrid goalkeeper was prepared for this.

However, what no one expected was that Materazzi actually performed a trick in the air.

This powerful ability to stay in the air and the core strength of the waist and abdomen are truly enviable.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Real Madrid's central defender was a bit too short today.

Not to mention Cannavaro who is only 1.75 meters tall, the other defender Elguera is only 1.84 meters tall.

In front of Materazzi, who was 1.93 meters tall, these two men were half a head shorter and could not suppress him at all.

It was precisely because of seeing Materazzi's huge advantage in the penalty area that Lin Feng chose to give up his direct shot and instead lift the ball into the penalty area to assist him.

If Real Madrid does not make any substitutions in the second half, then this tactic can probably be tried again.

Although Materazzi is a defender, he is a defender with a knife.

He scored 9 goals for Inter Milan last season, ranking among the top five in the team's goal ranking.

Most of these nine goals were scored with the head, which is a bit similar to Real Madrid defender Ramos. Both of them are known for their heading ability.

In this game, the average altitude of Real Madrid's defense line was generally not high. Even the goalkeeper Casillas was a bit short and his aerial ability was not strong enough.

This gives Materazzi ample room to move around. As long as his teammates pass the ball well, he can really serve as Inter Milan's key man and lead the team to victory.

(End of this chapter)