Chapter 759 What to do with Mancini
"The defense of these guys is really good... But you didn't notice that our offense seemed more drastic this time? You know, we should be better at hitting the ground..."
After twenty-five minutes, Mallorca, who was originally a fierce attack, suddenly changed his attacking method. They began to attack more on the ground, rarely passing high-altitude balls, but letting the ball roll back and forth on the lawn...
This sudden change in offensive style immediately made Inter Milan's defense line unstable!
Before, Matrazi and Cordoba performed very well. Although they were in good condition, Mallorca was more of a reason for attacking from the front. They were quite good at fighting this kind of attack, but next, they had to face the offensive method that they were not good at...
If Mallorca used a frontal attack to attack Inter Milan's defense at the beginning, then at this time, they began to fight guerrilla warfare - basically not confronting Inter Milan's defense, but relying on their excellent skills and skillful cooperation to launch an attack. When Inter Milan players began to defend, they would immediately use passes to launch an attack from another convenient way. At the same time, the players in the frontcourt kept running back and forth, using speed and dexterity to find loopholes in Inter Milan's defense, making Inter Milan's defenders unable to deploy man-to-peer defense at all, and could only use regional defense to deal with Mallorca's attack...
Mallorca's running in the frontcourt is not a simple way to switch positions. The six people in the midfield can constantly change positions frequently, which puts Inter Milan's defenders in a very embarrassing state. The tall Matrazi may face Iniesta, who has just passed 1.7 meters, while Cordoba may face Barack's top and sprint...
Such an offense immediately made Inter Milan's defense line at a loss. Although they were still defending tenaciously, this kind of defense was awkward, and it was really not the defensive method they were good at...
In the 27th minute, after a series of back and forth passes, Kaka cleverly missed the ball to Barack who was inserted. Barack made a beautiful long-range shot from the front of the penalty area. Cesar reached out his hand in a thrilling manner and saved the ball in the middle!
In the 31st minute, Kaka's breakthrough in the middle attracted Inter Milan's defense line to defend, and then beautifully divided the ball to the right. Iniesta's ball arrived and made an accurate pass as soon as possible. Torres, who inserted it, headed the ball in front of Cordoba, and the ball slightly missed the near post. This shot felt similar to the previous shot of Crespo's goal, but it was slightly off...
Just when Inter Milan players began to be glad that the goal was not scored, Mallorca once again passed a series of breakthroughs in the frontcourt. Silva replaced the ball into the middle and inserted it to dodge Cambiaso's defense. Cambiaso stretched out his foot to trip Silva, and Mallorca won a direct free kick 26 meters away in the frontcourt!
Kaka and Barak stood in front of the ball at the same time. Inter Milan lined up a six-person wall to defend the free kick. Kaka assisted and then took a kick under Barak's cover!
The ball drew an arc in the air, flew over the head of the Inter Milan player who jumped up hard, and then quickly fell. Before Cesar rushed over, he drilled into the goal!
Wonderful direct free kick!
After scoring the goal, Kaka ran around the stadium with his arms open. The Inter Milan fans were silent. The passiveness in the scene just now was lost because of a free kick, which was neither reasonable nor reasonable.
Jose waved his fists off the court. Of course, he knew what shortcomings Cesar now are - a year or two later Cesar is indeed a top world-class goalkeeper, and his instantaneous reaction ability is no worse than Casillas. However, Cesar now still has his obvious flaws. High balls and free kick defense are his shortcomings. Before the start of this game, Kaka specially practiced free kicks, and it was through this beautiful free kick that equalized the score for Mallorca!
The forced breakthrough after Mallorca's sudden reinforcement of the middle lane was largely for creating a free kick. Now Jose's plan has been successful. They equalized the score and won a valuable away goal - now the one who is in trouble will be Mancini!
Mancini sat on the sidelines, thinking carefully about what went wrong with his tactics.
At the beginning, he scored a goal through counterattacks, and the start was very good. Then he used defensive counterattacks to wipe out Mallorca's offense. This corresponding tactic is not wrong. However, Inter Milan fell into a huge passiveness. The defense was forced by Mallorca with a powerful attack, and he failed to achieve any effect in counterattacks...
Mallorca's defense is very targeted. Two midfielders take turns defending Figo, Alonso relies on running, Barack relies on strength, and Ibrahimovic always has Matthias following him. Although Ibrahimovic can keep throwing him away, Matthias can immediately rely on his own running to force him up. Inter Milan's long pass cannot pass over Matthias' header - in terms of heading, Matthias is still stronger than Ibrahimovic, and Alonso and Barack's rotation defense also makes it difficult for Figo to get the chance to get the ball, and instead consumes a lot of physical strength in the running...
"Damn!" Mancini cursed in his heart, because he found that when he was facing this situation, he couldn't find a good way. If it was time to fight hard, it would be much better to say. At worst, he could send Ad or Cruise to increase the high point in the frontcourt and a ball point, and keep pushing high to break the situation. But now it's just the first round of the game, and it's still at his home court...
Originally, Mancini didn't care much about playing at home first, but now he feels that this kind of schedule is really bad for Inter Milan, and Mallorca seems to be good at using this schedule. They play easily away - it's ironic to say that Inter Milan, as a traditional giant, has not had the experience of the Champions League knockout stage as well as the emerging power Mallorca - it's ironic to say, but this is a fact.
After equalizing the score, Jose became quiet. Anyway, he now has a away goal, so there is nothing to worry about. Even if Inter Milan scores another goal in the first half, it will not change the reality that Mallorca has the advantage. What's more, with Mallorca's offensive and defensive ability, Inter Milan may not be able to do this.
After conceding the ball, Inter Milan, who re-teleced the ball, launched an attack, but it was difficult for them to organize the ball to a place where they could launch a smooth attack. In the end, they could only rely on two sides to create opportunities. Inter Milan was originally very good at this style of play because they had a large group of high centers, but Mallorca was not afraid of this style of play at all. Matthias and Pepe, two tall and strong jumping men, began to become extremely eye-catching, pushing Inter Milan's crosses out of Mallorca's penalty area one by one...
This also caused Mallorca to cut off the good cross from both wings, especially the dangerous figure Figo was stared at. Without a good cross, Matthias and Pepe would naturally be more eye-catching.
When the whistle at the end of the first half sounded, Jose stood up with a smile, and then he glanced at Mancini - Mancini. What do you do next? If I were you, there would be no good way to do this situation...
Chapter completed!