Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

"Although this goal was a bit of luck, I have to say that Mascherano's heel pass was really beautiful!"

"Brother Xiao Ma, this pass is so imaginative!"

"Who said Liverpool doesn't have any midfielders? Isn't Marco the midfielder?"

"Come on Liverpool, let’s try to beat Inter Milan in one fell swoop!"

Liverpool's goal boosted the confidence of the Reds fans and rekindled their hope of defeating Inter Milan.

In fact, judging from the situation, Liverpool has not gained any advantage in the first half so far.

In the first 20 minutes of the first half, Liverpool's possession rate was only 41%, lagging Inter Milan by nearly 20 points.

Data such as dangerous attacks and number of shots also lag behind Inter Milan.

But the game is not about these data, but about goals.

Judging from the goals alone, Liverpool is clearly in the upper hand.

Moreover, under the stimulation of the goal, the morale of the entire Liverpool team was greatly improved, and their performance on the field became better and better.

In the 28th minute, Pennant played a wall pass with Gerrard in the frontcourt. Vieira was given a yellow card for blocking the foul and Liverpool got another free kick in the frontcourt.

Vieira's foul made Mancini frown on the sidelines. In just ten minutes, Inter Milan had received three yellow cards in a row.

Although according to the rules of the Champions League, these yellow cards will not be brought into the final.

But if these three players receive yellow cards again in the next game and their yellow cards turn into red cards, that would be bad.

You have to know that the red card will be carried into the finals!
Mancini didn't want any of these three to miss the final, so he could only shout at the players on the field, asking them to pay attention to the scale of their actions and try to avoid getting cards, especially Lin Feng, Cambiasso and Vieira.

Inter Milan's midfield is supported by these few people. Without any one of them, the strength of Inter Milan's midfield will be greatly reduced.

Without a strong midfield, Inter Milan will not be able to stand up straight and will probably lose to a strong opponent in the final.

Inter Milan's relative conservatism allowed Liverpool to be more unscrupulous in the game.

In the 34th minute, Gerrard made a long pass from the right, and Finnan on the wing received the ball and made a cross.

The ball was aimed at Crouch, but Crouch was entangled by Inter Milan's central defender Materazzi. In desperation, Crouch elbowed Materazzi.

Materazzi, who has rich performance experience, fell to the ground with a scream, covering his face and rolling back and forth.

This huge noise immediately attracted the attention of the entire audience, and the referee had to stop the game and run over to find out what was going on.

"What are you still looking at? This must be a red card!"

"What a waste of money referee! When the Inter Milan player committed a foul just now, he pulled out the card immediately. But now that the Liverpool player has committed a foul, he is hesitant and refuses to pull out the card!"

"Crouch's elbow strike was so obvious. If he still doesn't give me a card, then I'm just pretending!"

Inter Milan fans were outraged by this foul. From the fact that Gerrard escaped punishment at the beginning, to Inter Milan receiving cards one after another afterwards, the referee's double standards in law enforcement made them very unhappy.

Now that the evidence is before them, they want to see how the referee will protect Liverpool players.

"What red card? Do you know anything about football? That was just a reasonable physical confrontation!"

"Haha, Crouch's elbow only hit Materazzi accidentally, but Materazzi acted as if he was hit automatically. Who knows if he was acting?"

"That's right, this guy has a long history of bad deeds, and there's a strong suspicion that he's performing!"

"Based on what Materazzi did to Zidane in the World Cup, even if he was really elbowed, he deserved it!"

Liverpool fans tried their best to shirk responsibility and even began to criticize Materazzi's character.

Ever since Zidane's shocking collision at last year's World Cup, Materazzi has become completely famous, but it's all infamy.

In the football world, Materazzi's reputation is not only notorious, but also someone that everyone wants to hate.

But no matter how they denied it, in the face of solid evidence, the referee was ultimately unable to openly shield Liverpool's players, and Crouch, who committed the foul, was given a yellow card.

Mancini was relieved, but still looked very dissatisfied. He had a "friendly exchange" with the fourth official on the sidelines for a long time, and then returned to the coaching seat "indignantly".

Liverpool's offensive lasted for more than ten minutes, but they failed to seize the opportunity to expand the score.

In the 35th minute, Cambiasso sounded the clarion call for Inter Milan's counterattack with a long pass from the backcourt.

Lin Feng got the ball on the left, cut inside, got rid of the defender at the front of the penalty area, drew his bow and arrow, and prepared to shoot into the far corner.

Liverpool's central defender was fooled and rushed forward in a hurry.

However, just as the opponent pounced on him, Lin Feng suddenly changed his shot into a breakthrough.

With just two simple moves, he passed the ball past Carragher who was rushing towards him.

This was a very beautiful pass, but it caused an uproar at the scene.

In their view, their own defender was like an undercover agent, who rushed forward and did nothing before being passed by the opponent.

What's worse, he blocked Mascherano's pursuit, leaving him no time to brake and colliding heavily with him.

For a moment, there was chaos in Liverpool's penalty area, and Lin Feng, who had completed the pass, dribbled into the penalty area without hesitation.

Seeing this, Liverpool's other central defender had to give up his defense on Crespo and rushed towards Lin Feng. Even the goalkeeper's attention was drawn to the left by Lin Feng.

Crespo, who was freed, immediately reached out for the ball. Now he was in an open position, and as long as Lin Feng passed the ball to him, he could shoot immediately.

But Lin Feng did not pass the ball to him, but accelerated vertically, using his speed to pass Agger who was defending again, and formed a 1v1 with Liverpool goalkeeper Reina!
Facing Inter Milan's double attack, Liverpool goalkeeper Reina looked very conflicted.

On one side was Crespo who was unguarded in the middle, and on the other side was Lin Feng who had a one-on-one opportunity.

While hesitating, Reina subconsciously slowed down his speed and missed the opportunity to completely block Lin Feng's shooting angle.

It was his indecision that gave Lin Feng the opportunity to score.

Lin Feng still did not choose to pass the ball, but instead shot the ball towards the lower left corner of the goal, risking it being saved by the goalkeeper.

Crespo was so angry when he saw Lin Feng shooting that he almost burst into curse.

In his opinion, Lin Feng was simply committing a crime and wasting a great scoring opportunity!
However, reality soon slapped him in the face. Although Reina made a save in the first time, he still failed to save the ball before it crossed the goal line.

Lin Feng's risky shot was actually successful!
Crespo's eyes widened in disbelief. From his perspective, the ball would have been saved by the goalkeeper, so how did it go in?

Liverpool fans were also in an uproar. From their perspective, their left-back Riise had set an offside trap for Crespo. As long as Lin Feng passed the ball to Crespo, the linesman would immediately raise the flag and call him offside. In that case, Inter Milan's attack would come to an end.

But they never expected that Lin Feng actually saw through their plan. Not only did he not fall for it and pass the ball to Crespo who was in an offside position, but he also scored the goal with his own personal ability!
The thought of the opponent passing three of our defensive players in a row and finally scoring the goal made me feel happy.

Liverpool fans couldn't help but doubt themselves: Is their defense made of paper?
Otherwise, how could it be torn apart so easily?
After scoring the goal, Lin Feng excitedly ran to the sidelines and performed his signature celebration move amid the boos of countless Liverpool fans.

"He took on Liverpool's entire defense alone. Brother Lin is so powerful and majestic!"

"Some people said before that Lin Feng is not good at dribbling past opponents. Haha, I wonder what they will think after seeing this ball?"

"Haha, Liverpool fans are going crazy, tens of thousands of people are booing Lin Feng!"

"The louder the Anfield fans boo, the more it proves Lin Feng's strength and their fear of him!"

"That's right, the boos at Anfield are Lin Feng's medals of honor!"

"No matter how loud the boos are, they are nothing but impotent rage!"

"Lin Feng: I just like the way you can't stand me but can't get rid of me!"

Inter Milan and Lin Feng's fans felt relieved after seeing Lin Feng's goal.

The unfair treatment Inter Milan suffered in this game and the arrogance of the Red Army fans who attacked everywhere after Liverpool took the lead had already angered them.

Now that Inter Milan has equalized the score, they can finally vent their anger and naturally have to settle accounts with the opponent.

On the sidelines, Liverpool coach Benítez's face turned blue with anger.

He really feels really bad for someone who has failed to live up to his expectations!
So many people on our team couldn't stop one person from the other side, and even let them score such a demoralizing goal. Are these guys a bunch of good-for-nothings?

The Liverpool defenders, knowing they had made mistakes, lowered their heads one by one and did not dare to look at the head coach.

But at the same time, they felt a little aggrieved: Who knew that guy’s dribbling ability was so strong? No one told them before the game!
On the Inter Milan coaching bench, Mancini was grinning from ear to ear as if he had eaten honey.

"I said that Lin Feng's breakthrough ability would be of great use in the competition!"

When he first saw that Lin Feng possessed such extraordinary abilities, even he was shocked, let alone Benítez who was completely unaware of it?

Mancini believes that the old guy Benítez definitely did not take any precautions before the game!
"It's a pity that after this move is used, other teams will take precautions!"

The assistant coach shook his head: "There's no need to be so pessimistic. It's just one game, and not many problems can be reflected. Maybe other teams won't pay too much attention to it."

"But if the opponent in the final is AC Milan, it will be different!"

Mancini did not refute, because he also knew that the group that understood Lin Feng's strength best and attached the most importance to defending Lin Feng was AC Milan!

There is no way. AC Milan has suffered too much from Lin Feng in the past two years.

……

Inter Milan's quick equalizer obviously disrupted Liverpool's plans, causing Liverpool to fall into chaos for a short time.

Even though the current score is 1:1, it seems no different from before.

But in fact there is a big difference, because Lin Feng's goal was an away goal.

As the home and away rules have not been abolished in the Champions League, the value of away goals is higher than that of home goals.

So even though the total score did not seem to be widened, because of this away goal, Liverpool's disadvantage suddenly widened from three goals to four goals.

In the next fifty minutes or so, they had to score four goals in a row and ensure that Inter Milan did not continue to score in order to reverse Inter Milan and advance to the final.

To be honest, this is very difficult. Even if they are Liverpool, even now at Anfield, it is difficult for them to create such a miracle.

That's why so many Liverpool players felt desperate about the score.

But the Red Army’s resilience is not exaggerated. Even when they were in such a desperate situation, there were still many people who wanted to fight back.

For example, Gerrard, for example, Mascherano.

It’s a pity that their efforts could not prevent Liverpool from falling into a passive and unfavorable situation.

Lin Feng's goal boosted Inter Milan's morale, and Inter Milan took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on their opponents.

In the 38th minute, Lin Feng avoided Mascherano's tackle at the edge of the penalty area on the right. When he was about to dribble into the penalty area, Riise who returned to defense in time destroyed the ball.

Obviously, after suffering a loss, everyone in Liverpool became wary of Lin Feng's dribbling.

Whenever they see him dribbling through the penalty area, they will send multiple people to surround and suppress him at all costs.

In this way, even if Lin Feng passed the first person, it would be difficult for him to pass the second person, and he might even lose the ball.

Lin Feng naturally noticed the other party's intention, but this was exactly what he wanted.

He was worried that he couldn't mobilize the opponent's defense, but the opponent's targeting of him just gave him the opportunity to pass a threatening ball.

In the 40th minute, Lin Feng used the same trick again. Seeing this, the opponent quickly sent people to double-team him.

But this time, when the opponent pounced on him, Lin Feng did not continue to force his way into the penalty area. Instead, he pulled the ball, turned around, and knocked the ball back to his teammate who was following up in the middle.

Vieira came in from behind and took the ball and shot a powerful long shot from the top of the arc.

It's a pity that the angle was not controlled and the ball went over the crossbar.

But Vieira's unguarded shot from this position had already sounded the alarm for Liverpool's defense.

There was no other way, Liverpool could only send people to keep an eye on Vieira and not give him the chance to shoot from long range.

But Inter Milan has more than one player who can advance. After Vieira was watched, Lin Feng found another midfielder Cambiasso!
Since Lin Feng joined the team, Cambiasso has rarely participated in the offense.

But this doesn't mean that he won't attack!
After receiving the pass from Lin Feng, Cambiasso did not choose to shoot himself, but passed the ball directly into the penalty area and found his own striker Torres.

Seeing his teammate pass the ball to Torres, Crespo spread his hands aside:
Our positions are obviously similar, and my position is even better, so why don’t you pass the ball to me?
In fact, it wasn’t that his teammates were targeting him, but they just trusted Torres more because he was scoring goals continuously and was in hot form!
However, as Cambiasso was full of expectation, Torres kicked the ball away.

Cambiasso was stunned, as if he had turned into a stone statue.

My assist! ! (End of this chapter)