Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

The Sky Sports commentators were stunned by the goal.

"How dare he!?"

The corner kick area is on the same line as the goal line, which is an absolute zero shooting angle.

It is much more difficult to shoot the ball into the goal from a corner kick than from a normal free kick.

Because of this, it is rare to see anyone score directly from a corner kick in a game, and even fewer people make such an attempt.

"I never expected to see such an incredible goal in such an important occasion as the Champions League semi-final!"

"Yes, this young midfielder from Inter Milan can always give us some surprises in set pieces!"

"Liverpool are in a very bad situation now. They are already two goals behind before the end of the first half. It will be very difficult for them to equalize the score!"

It’s not that the Sky Sports hosts don’t want to support the Premier League team, it’s just that they can’t do so under the circumstances.

Liverpool's formation and tactics were all prepared for defense. Now that the defense has failed, it shows that their tactical intentions have failed.

Moreover, after using up two substitutions, it was difficult to make adjustments during the half-time break.

Unless there is a miracle similar to the one in Istanbul, there is no way Liverpool will be able to escape from the Meazza unscathed.

"Maybe Benítez needs to think about the next round of games in advance!"

"Yes, Liverpool is at a huge disadvantage. They should be more pragmatic in the second half and not think about equalizing or even reversing the score. Scoring one goal will be a success!"

Losing away from home is not unacceptable, but we cannot lose too much, and we must score away goals.

Otherwise, it will be difficult for Liverpool to play even if they return to their home ground in the second round.

A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

Liverpool players left the stadium in a hurry. The score in the first half was obviously beyond their expectations.

So it can be predicted that coach Benítez will definitely criticize them severely.

Indeed, the Spaniard returned to the locker room with a grim face, closed the door and began to criticize the players' performance in the first half one by one, especially 'praising' several players on the left wing.

Liverpool players were so embarrassed by his criticism that even his fellow countryman Xabi Alonso could not escape his criticism:

"Xavi, you played too lazily in the first half. If you had run more, you wouldn't have been entangled by the opponent's number eight!"

Alonso thought that the other party would criticize his poor performance, which was a fact and he couldn't refute it.

But the opponent thought he was playing lazily, which made him unhappy:

"Boss, don't underestimate Lin. That guy is very difficult to deal with. My space for movement is completely blocked by him and his teammates. Even if I take the initiative to retreat to the back line, it is difficult to get rid of his entanglement. In fact, the deeper I retreat, the more dangerous it is!"

Inter Milan played very aggressively in the first half. Since Liverpool's attack could hardly threaten Inter Milan's goal, they were able to devote a large number of troops to the frontcourt to carry out a pressing attack.

Alonso is the core of Liverpool's organization, so he was naturally targeted by Inter Milan.

Unfortunately, he is relatively slow and lacks explosive power. He plays football with his brain and needs a safe space to handle the ball.

But the other party clearly did not give him such an opportunity, which led to his performance being below expectations.

"That's enough. Are you the coach or am I the coach? If you are not satisfied with my tactics, don't play in the second half!"

Benister is not a good-tempered person. On the contrary, he is an iron-fisted coach who seeks absolute control over the team.

When he encounters a player who goes against him, even if the opponent is a top star in the team like Cristiano Ronaldo, he will still be abandoned by him.

Alonso wanted to say something, but was stopped by Gerrard's eyes.

The coach was obviously angry. Arguing with him at this time would not only be useless, but would make things worse.

The conflict between the player and the coach ended with Alonso giving in.

But this incident planted a thorn in Xabi Alonso's heart and caused a rift in the relationship between him and Benítez.

……

After the half-time break, players from both teams returned to the field.

Inter Milan did not make any adjustments to the team's lineup, and Liverpool, which had already used up two substitutions, could not make any adjustments even if they wanted to.

So after the start of the second half, both sides still played with the lineup in the last stage of the first half.

However, both teams made some adjustments in their tactical play.

Due to the forward pressure of the formation, Inter Milan had more people in the frontcourt, which made it difficult for Liverpool to gain possession of the ball even in their own half, and they were gradually being suppressed by their opponents.

As for Liverpool, they began to try to bypass Inter Milan's strong midfield. By having the wingers retreat to receive the ball, they looked for opportunities to attack Inter Milan's penalty area from the flanks or even the flanks.

The advantage of doing this is that there are more offensive options, whether it is to go to the wing or to the middle, leaving it to Gerrard to complete a long shot, or using Bellamy's speed to break through, they can all threaten Inter Milan's goal.

Because Benister lost his temper in the locker room, Liverpool players did not dare to go against his will, and after the start of the second half, they implemented Benister's tactics very seriously.

This tactic did create a few chances, one of which almost resulted in a goal.

This made Liverpool's coaching staff and fans think that they had found the right way to deal with Inter Milan and that the game could still be salvaged.

But this is only a "symptomatic" solution. On the surface, the attack on the flanks seemed to be effective and the team ended up in a draw with Inter Milan.

But in fact, Liverpool was forced to choose the wing after losing control of the midfield.

Compared to Inter Milan's continuous attacks from the center, the frequency and threat of their attacks on the flanks were far less than their opponents.

As long as the Reds cannot "cure the root cause" in the midfield and regain the initiative, the balance of victory or defeat in this game will continue to tilt towards Inter Milan.

As for the scene where the two teams seemed to be fighting back and forth and were evenly matched, it was just an illusion!

Mancini was not even willing to give the illusion of being evenly matched.

In the 66th minute, Inter Milan made its first personnel adjustment.

Veteran Figo was substituted with Stankovic.

This is a very clear signal that Inter Milan needs to further strengthen its control over the midfield.

After Stankovic came on the court, the person who harassed Xabi Alonso naturally became him, the new force, while Lin Feng was freed up to focus more on offense.

During this period, Lin Feng wasted a lot of energy on defense, which resulted in Inter Milan's two forwards Torres and Cruz not being as active as in the first half. But once Lin Feng was freed, the two immediately became full of energy again.

Xabi Alonso was already desperate. In the second half, he followed the coach's instructions and increased his running in an attempt to get rid of Lin Feng's entanglement.

But just as he expected, this move had no effect at all.

The other party is much younger than him, not only has more energy, but also better physical fitness.

After many entanglements and confrontations with the opponent, Alonso's physical strength declined very quickly and he gradually couldn't hold on, but the opponent was still like nothing happened. While completing the defense against him, he was able to distract himself and participate in the offense.

This made Alonso begin to doubt whether this guy was a human being. Otherwise, how could he have such abnormal physical fitness?

But after Stankovic, the little steel cannon, pestered him, Alonso started to think well of Lin Feng again.

At least his 'fan' didn't play tricks on him or commit fouls on purpose.

But Stankovic didn't care about that. Once he got entangled with the opponent, the opponent kept making various small moves and the number of fouls also increased sharply.

Alonso had been fighting with Lin Feng for a long time and his physical strength was already exhausted. Now he was entangled by a new force like Stankovic. He became completely invisible and there was no sound at all.

Alonso disappeared, and Liverpool's offensive banner fell entirely on Gerrard's shoulders.

The Red Army captain has really been both a father and a mother during this period. He has to participate in the offense and pass the ball to his teammates, and he also has to serve as the first line of defense and take on the task of interception when the opponent launches a counterattack.

But unfortunately, his teammate was in bad shape today. He passed the ball to Crouch, but Crouch headed the ball off target.

The ball was passed to Bellamy, but Bellamy did not shoot in time and instead shot the ball too far, and was finally driven to the baseline and completely lost his chance.

Seeing that both forwards were unreliable, Gerrard had to do it himself.

In the 75th minute, Gerrard got rid of Cambiasso in the middle and dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area.

He pretended to pass the ball to Crouch in the penalty area, but actually made a fake shot. After shaking off the defender with a sideways pass, he shot decisively.

This long shot was of very high quality and was also lucky enough not to be blocked by the defender.

But it still couldn't get past Inter Milan's goalkeeper Cesar. What's worse, after Gerrard completed the shot, he was knocked to the ground by Materazzi who didn't have time to brake.

Seeing Gerrard being knocked over, Liverpool fans screamed in surprise, and some people loudly scolded Materazzi for the foul, calling him a butcher.

Some people also felt sorry for their captain as he was really tired after playing this game.

Despite the efforts of Gerrard and other Liverpool players, they were unable to change the team's doomed fate.

In the 81st minute, Inter Milan played a wonderful combination in the frontcourt.

After many runs and passes, Liverpool's defense was thrown into chaos by Inter Milan.

The defensive players began to fail to keep up with the opponent's passing rhythm. Almost everyone subconsciously followed the ball and ignored marking the players.

Just when their attention was focused on Lin Feng and the ball at his feet, Torres had already run into an open space on the other side of the penalty area.

Despite the high-speed passing, cutting and running, Lin Feng was always paying attention to the positions of the players on both sides.

When he saw Torres running into the open space, he passed the ball almost immediately.

Torres had just run into position and before he had time to reach out for the ball, Lin Feng's ball had already been delivered to him.

Torres quickly shot the ball and scored again.

The score became 3:0, and there was no suspense in this game anymore.

After scoring the goal, Torres did not take off his clothes to celebrate excitedly as usual. Instead, he quickly ran to Lin Feng, knelt on one knee, put his left foot on his knee, and pretended to wipe his shoes.

“Haha, Torres should really thank Lin Feng. The kind of pass just now, I’m afraid only Lin Feng can make that kind of pass on Inter Milan’s side!”

The host couldn't help laughing after seeing this scene. In the last few games, Lin Feng has been providing assists to Torres crazily, many of which were nanny-level assists that were right at his fingertips.

With Lin Feng constantly feeding the ball, Torres has scored 9 goals in the last five games, including a hat trick and three braces.

His worth and fame also skyrocketed in just one month.

Now the whole of Europe has noticed this young, efficient and all-round striker, and the number of clubs interested in him has suddenly increased several times.

Especially top clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern, which lack forwards, have shown a strong interest in him and can't help but want to spend money to poach him from Serie A.

In this situation, let alone Torres, any other forward would probably be grateful to Lin Feng, this thick thigh!
Torres is extremely grateful at this moment, grateful that he made the right choice and joined Inter Milan.

After all, you won’t be able to meet teammates as outstanding as Lin Feng who can cooperate well with him if you go to other teams.

Perhaps they were too anxious and realized that if they didn't score another goal, the second round would be very dangerous.

In the final moments of the game, Liverpool went all out and tried their best to get an away goal.

However, Inter is not AC Milan, and not all efforts will be rewarded.

In the second minute of injury time, Crouch headed the ball wide again after receiving a corner kick from Alonso, and Liverpool missed their last chance to score.

In the end, thanks to Torres's double and Lin Feng's two assists and one goal, Inter Milan easily defeated Liverpool 3:0 at home.

This score has almost put Inter Milan half a foot into the final. As long as they don't suffer a defeat in the second leg like AC Milan did against Super Laco or against Liverpool in the Champions League final, they will definitely advance to the final.

Faced with such a huge advantage, Inter Milan players remained quite low-key and humble.

After the game, Mancini said in an interview with reporters:

"Liverpool is a great team. They have created miracles many times. We can never take such a team lightly. After all, leading by three goals is a very dangerous thing, especially when the opponent is Liverpool!"

Although no names were mentioned, all the reporters at the scene laughed.

Mancini did not mention AC Milan in any of his sentences, but there was a shadow of AC Milan in every sentence.

Mancini was not the only one who said this. When the reporter stopped Lin Feng in the mixed interview area, Lin Feng also said seriously:

“Liverpool are very strong, we played very hard in this game and won by luck.

The next game at the opponent's home ground will be even more difficult, and we must be prepared for a tough battle!"

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This game was hard played, but was the win a fluke?
Why do I feel like you guys unilaterally crushed Liverpool? (End of this chapter)