Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Chapter 344: Two great strikers explode against each other!

"Torres has been in really good form in the last few games. Inter Milan has really found a treasure!"

"Yes, Torres has scored more than 20 goals in the league and Champions League this season. With such efficiency and his age, Inter Milan's million is well worth it!"

At the beginning of the season, when Inter Milan let go of Adriano because of conflicts between players and coaching staff, the outside world was generally worried that Inter Milan's forward line would be weakened.

For this purpose, Inter Milan specially loaned the Argentine striker Crespo from Chelsea to ensure that when the team's new players perform poorly, there is someone to provide a backup for the team.

But Torres' performance really exceeded the expectations of the outside world. Even Inter Milan did not expect that he could integrate so quickly and achieve such exaggerated data in his first season.

And as he becomes more familiar with his teammates, their cooperation on the court is getting better and better.

His performance on the field and his goal efficiency are still improving.

This made the Inter Milan fans, who were originally very worried, feel relieved.

Ade is good, but they already have Torres.

In terms of strength, Torres is not inferior to Ade at all, and he doesn't have so much negative news off the court.

Compared with Brazilians, Spaniards are obviously more self-disciplined and their appearance is more popular with fans.

Because of the presence of two handsome boys, Lin Feng and Torres, Inter Milan has even attracted many female fans this season.

This is a rare thing at Inter Milan. After all, compared with the AC Milan team next door, Inter Milan has always been beaten in terms of appearance.

Losing the ball too early dealt a big blow to Roma's morale, especially after they had just suffered a disastrous defeat in the Champions League. Roma players couldn't help but worry whether this game would also turn into a major rout?

However, Roma has played against Inter Milan many times and are very familiar with each other. Instead, they are not so afraid of Inter Milan, a team that is as strong as Liverpool or even stronger.

After falling behind, Roma bravely chose to continue attacking.
In the 24th minute, Roma launched a counterattack after intercepting the ball in the midfield, causing Inter Milan to foul.

De Rossi's free kick was sent into the penalty area but was blocked by Materazzi.

After Materazzi's return, he supported the defensive height in Inter Milan's penalty area, allowing Inter Milan's defense line to be at ease when facing high balls.

Seeing that this tactic did not work, Roma changed its strategy and began to try to use short passes to penetrate Inter Milan's defense.

In the 28th minute, Inter Milan's former player Pizarro took the ball and passed several players. He made a straight pass near the penalty area line and handed the ball to Totti who was ambushing on the right side of the penalty area.

After receiving the ball, Totti cut sideways, adjusted the angle, and shot a powerful shot into the far corner.

The ball was hit quickly and accurately. It passed between two Inter Milan defenders and went straight to the blind corner of the far goal.

Faced with this kind of shot, most goalkeepers can only watch in despair.

But Cesar is not an ordinary goalkeeper. He has excellent reaction speed and outstanding goal-line skills. The moment he saw Totti's move, he accurately predicted the direction of the opponent's shot, and moved quickly to save the ball before it crossed the goal line.

There was a burst of exclamations from the stands behind the goal, some of them were shocked by Totti's shot, and some were amazed at Cesar's incredible block.

"Saint Cesar!"

“It’s amazing!”

"He was able to save this ball, it's way off the mark!"

Totti also thought it was outrageous. He felt that the quality of his play was quite high.

At the moment he completed the shot, he even felt that the ball was in his head.

But I didn't expect the opponent's goalkeeper to react so quickly that he could even save the ball aimed at the blind corner. It was incredible.

"Julio, well done!"

"This ball is amazing, how did you do it?"

The Inter Milan players on the field were also shocked and ran over to high-five and hug Cesar.

In fact, it is not just goals that can boost morale. A great save by the goalkeeper can also have the same effect.

If there are more such wonderful saves, it will greatly boost the confidence of the players on the back line, making them more calm and confident when defending.

Perhaps because they were scared by Materazzi's consecutive headers, Roma did not choose to send the corner kick directly into the penalty area, but instead took a tactical corner kick, hoping to pull the ball a little more and use the change in rhythm to find an opportunity.

However, Inter Milan did not give any loopholes at all. Instead, Roma's own pulling mistakes allowed Inter Milan to grab the ball.

After getting the ball, Inter Milan quickly launched a counterattack. Lin Feng ran with the ball all the way until he reached the front of Roma's penalty area where he was intercepted.

Seeing that Lin Feng had slowed down and his teammates had returned one after another, the Roma defenders breathed a sigh of relief.

However, just when they were careless, Lin Feng suddenly kicked the ball forward.

Torres, who was walking back, suddenly started, successfully got out of the offside trap and received the pass from Lin Feng in the penalty area.

Facing the attack of the Roma goalkeeper, Torres dribbled past the goalkeeper and then relied on his excellent physical confrontation ability to get rid of the goalkeeper, caught up with the ball on the left side of the small penalty area, and shot from a small angle to score.

The score became 2:0, with Torres scoring two goals in 10 minutes.

"Torres!"

"Torres!"

"Torres!"

Tens of thousands of fans at the scene began to shout Torres' name. The extremely excited Spaniard ran to the north stand and saluted the tens of thousands of Nerazzurri fans in the stands.

Torres' actions made the fans at the scene even more excited, and even the volume of their voices rose several octaves.

"What did we say just now? Torres's condition has been visibly good recently.

In the last game against Manchester United, he also scored twice. In the last five games, Torres has scored 7 goals. If he continues to maintain his current growth rate, it will not be long before he grows into a world-class striker! "

Seeing Torres' outstanding performance, not only Inter Milan fans were grinning from ear to ear, but Spanish coach Aragones, who had been paying attention to Torres' performance, was also equally excited.

In the last World Cup, he boldly used newcomer Torres and ignored veteran players like Raul.

It would be understandable if the results were good, but Spain fell in the round of 16.

This has caused him to receive a lot of criticism from media reporters and fans in Spain.

Many Spaniards think that Torres is too immature and not as experienced as Raul.

In addition, Raul is not too old and is now in the golden period of his career.

There is no reason to leave such an excellent striker unused and choose a newcomer instead.

The defeat in the World Cup and widespread opposition from the outside world put Aragones under tremendous pressure.

In this case, the better Torres performs on the field, the more confident he will be in fighting against the outside world's opposition. If Torres can win a Champions League with Inter Milan this year or next year, then he will continue to use Torres in next year's European Cup, and I believe there will be less resistance.

If they had lost the first goal, the Roma players were only worried about the possibility of a tragic defeat.

Now, as they quickly lost the second goal, this worry was gradually becoming a reality.

A mood of pessimism and even fear began to spread among the Roma players.

As the captain, Totti should step forward at this time and give confidence to his teammates.

But he did not do so. Instead, he was busy arguing and quarreling with Materazzi, his national team teammate, because of several physical confrontations during defense.

When even the Wolf King can't stand up, who can Roma rely on?

The desperate Roma fans subconsciously turned their attention to the team's other striker Adriano.

There were several times when Roma was at a disadvantage, and it was Ade who stepped forward.

Will a miracle happen this time?
Ade played very hard since the start of the game.

But the opponents were all his old teammates, who knew his playing habits very well and were very targeted in defense, so Ade didn't find many good opportunities.

It is worth mentioning that although Mancini does not like him, he still recognizes Ade's ability and even made tactical arrangements on how to limit Ade before the game.

To some extent, Inter Milan's targeting of former Inter Milan player Ade is even more restrictive than the restrictions on Totti!
However, if Ade really explodes, no one can help!

In the 36th minute, just as the first half was coming to an end.

De Rossi made a precise diagonal long pass from the backcourt, finding Ade who was active in the frontcourt.

Ade withstood Samuel's interference, headed the ball onto the grass, then shook off Samuel who was defending him, accelerated to catch up with the rolling football, and then ran with the ball all the way to Inter Milan's penalty area.

Seeing the scene of Ade sprinting with the ball, the fans in the stands were a little dazed for a moment.

This scene was played out many times at the Meazza Stadium when Ade was still at Inter Milan.

It’s a pity that this time he was no longer wearing Inter Milan’s blue and black jersey, but Roma’s red jersey.

Adriano's speed is one of his killer moves.

When he sprints at full speed, no one can stop him.

In the blink of an eye, Ade had already dribbled the ball to the front of Inter Milan's penalty area.

Cesar did not choose to stay on the goal line and wait for death, but took the initiative to block the opponent's shooting angle.

But Ade didn't give him any chance to get close. When he saw Cesar attacking, he immediately chose to shoot.

Cesar was shocked to see his opponent attacking so decisively, and hurriedly reached out to block it.

But it was too late, the ball passed by him and fell into the net with a swish.

The stands of the Meazza Stadium fell into an eerie silence. When the fans saw Ade score a goal, they didn't know how to react for a moment.

No one booed him, not only because he was once a member of this team, but also because he had never done anything to let the team down.

Like the fans, Ade's attitude is also very conflicted.

The moment he was kicked out of Inter Milan, he had hatred towards Inter Milan in his heart.

But as time went by, the hatred in his heart faded a lot.

Although Mancini is still unforgivable, at least the entire team is no longer implicated.

So when Roma players rushed over from all directions and wanted to celebrate with him, Ade pressed his hands down to indicate that he would not celebrate, and leaned over again to kiss the grass of the Meazza Stadium.

There was sporadic applause from the stands, with only a very small number of fans doing so at first.

But soon, the applauding crowd expanded rapidly until it covered the entire stadium.

The reporters and neutral fans who came to the scene all widened their eyes:
Tens of thousands of Inter Milan fans were actually applauding their opponent's goal.

If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, how many people would believe it was true?

"This scene is full of warmth. It is really surprising to see such a heartwarming scene in such a battle for the top spot!"

"No matter what the reason was for Ader to leave Inter Milan, I believe that after this game, both sides should be completely relieved!"

"I'm curious. Inter fans didn't boo Ade this time, and even applauded him, but what will they do if Ade scores again next time?"

“Haha, this is a really interesting question!”

The two commentators' jokes actually aroused the interest of the fans.

"I am an Inter Milan fan. If Ader scores another goal, I still won't boo him, but I certainly won't applaud him anymore, because after all, he scored against our goal!"

"Yes, although Ade has made many contributions to Inter Milan, he is now our opponent after all. How can we keep encouraging our opponents? If our players see this, they will be heartbroken!"

From the perspective of Inter Milan fans, many people do not want Ade to continue scoring goals.

If by chance he performs too well and really beats Inter Milan, it would be really painful.

……

Ade's goal helped Roma temporarily stabilize the situation and most of their worries disappeared.

But the situation of the game was still under Inter Milan's control. In the 42nd minute, Lin Feng dribbled the ball sideways. He looked up and observed the position of his teammates, and seemed to be preparing to pass the ball.

Even his teammates were fooled by his moves and they quickly ran away from the defenders and prepared to catch the ball.

However, just when everyone thought he was going to pass the ball, Lin Feng suddenly dribbled the ball and changed direction, dribbled past the defender, and kicked the ball angrily from 25 meters in front of the goal.

The angle of the ball was very tricky, which made the goalkeeper very uncomfortable. Unfortunately, the ball hit the crossbar and failed to score a goal. Otherwise, this ball would have been very likely to be selected as one of the top five goals of this round of Serie A.

Counting it up, this was Inter Milan's second shot hitting the crossbar in the first half!
This dull sound of iron striking is like a magic sound to Inter Milan's fans.

Some hot-tempered fans even started cursing:

"Is this still our home ground? Why does the door frame always betray us?"

If either of these two goal frames had gone in, the suspense of the game would have been killed.

It now seems that the outcome of the game will be revealed in the second half.

(End of this chapter)