"Lazio made a quick counterattack, Stankovic got the ball on the left and quickly dribbled the ball. Cordoba came over to defend, but Stankovic made a direct cross and the ball reached the front point of the penalty area..."

Lazio was suppressed by Inter Milan's mid-front venue throughout the game. The on-site commentator saw that they finally made a counterattack and immediately screamed excitedly.

"...It's the front point, my god, Stankovic passed the ball to the front point, and Vieri inserted it in the back row..." At this time, the commentator's voice became louder, "...Head the ball!!"

All the Lazio fans at the scene were immediately in an uproar, and many of them couldn't help but stand away from their seats.

"Oh, Buffon's world-class fly-off save was blocked from the baseline, Lazio's corner kick!"

There was a clear sigh of disappointment in the audience.

Neither side scored a goal at present. Inter Milan took the initiative to attack, Lazio defended and counterattacked, and both sides were creating opportunities.

"Lazio's several counterattacks have created threats. Mancini's tactics are very clear, which is to firmly play Vieri, the frontcourt high point, and then use the interlude and running and cooperation of other players to pull Inter Milan's defense line to create one-on-one opportunities for Vieri to be with Chiellini."

"The unlucky Chiellini, when he was the one who should have stood up to save the team, he was blocked behind him by Vieri. It seemed that he was a little devil who was completely panicked by Vieri. Did he not know at all that he should have stood up and stood in front of Vieri?"

The on-site commentator was always suspicious of Yang Cheng's move to appoint Chiellini to start, because no one would believe that he could do it with an 18-year-old boy to defend the experienced Vieri.

Not only others doubt it, but even many people in Inter Milan have doubts.

In the modern football system, defense is the foundation of all football tactics. Without solid and stable defense, any tactics will be difficult to develop, and even the team's offense will be affected, because you have to worry about whether you will lose another goal behind you anytime and anywhere.

This is the case in Inter Milan today!

Chiellini is a newcomer who cannot give people a sense of security.

"Geggio, what's wrong with you?" Buffon climbed up from the ground, still a little shocked. "Will you just run with Vieri? Or do you not be able to defend him at all?"

Nesta saw that Buffon was angry. Chiellini's several mistakes caused great trouble to the Italian goalkeeper, so it was understandable that Buffon was a little emotional, and at this time he should come out to persuade him.

"I'm fine, Alessandro, I just want him to be sober, don't be confused!" Buffon walked back to the front of the goal line, preparing to deal with Lazio's corner kick.

Nesta came to Chiellini and looked at the young teammate. Although he didn't understand why the leader valued him so much, he felt that he needed to talk to him.

"you……"

Nesta was about to speak, but Chiellini spoke earlier than him.

"I will definitely not admit defeat!"

Chiellini's words made everything Nesta wanted to say were swallowed back into his stomach. He looked at Chiellini, nodded, turned around and went back.

The Italian guy came directly to the front point. When Vieri saw that he was coming to guard him again, he immediately made a face.

"Wow, little kid, didn't cry? Or do you want to give up?"

Chiellini ignored the bastard's sarcasm, and stood beside Vieri, looking up at the front.

"Whether you are a central defender or a full-timer, you don't have the potential to be the main player of the first team!" The former head coach of Livorno, Osvaldo Yaconi, once commented on him like this.

At that time, Chiellini kept telling himself in his mind that one day, he must let this damn bastard see clearly how wrong and stupid his judgment was.

The way to make Osvaldo Yaconi regret and shame is to achieve results on the football field and use iron scores to prove that he can play in the professional league and do a good job.

This idea became even more obvious after he came to Inter Milan. His only idea now was to enter the first team in Inter Milan, play results, and then let Osvaldo Yaconi see his outstanding performance on TV, which made him feel ashamed.

Could this hope be collapsed in Vieri's hands like this?

Chiellini was not convinced. He remembered that Hemingway once said in [The Old Man and the Sea] that people are not born to be defeated. People can be destroyed, but they cannot be defeated!

There is also a line in the movie [Trumen’s World]. If you want to stop me, there is only one way to kill me!

This Italian guy is still studying. He is about to take the college entrance exam and continue his studies. So he understands the meaning of these two sentences very well. He likes these two sentences very much and uses them to regulate himself and encourage himself.

"What? Judging from your appearance, I seem to want to kill someone!" Vieri smiled, but his body was squeezing Chiellini. He had already made a tacit understanding with Lopez, and the header would come directly to his head.

Chiellini carried him desperately, gritting his teeth, preventing his legs from moving half a step.

In Vieri's opinion, this little devil is quite interesting, but the ginger is still so spicy.

Lopez's ball was quickly released, but just as he came out, Chiellini suddenly took a step forward, and Vieri suddenly lost his balance and staggered out.

Then he saw Chiellini jumping high, almost exerting all his strength towards Lopez's corner kick, and shook his head to the left.

The ball hit his head, and he directly pushed out of the dangerous area, out of the penalty area, and landed far away.

Inter Milan's counterattack had already flowed out like a tide. Emerson got the ball and handed it to Pirlo. The Italian directly sent the ball to the place where it should go with a big foot.

Ronaldo directly exploded at his highest speed, and neither Mihailovic nor Favalli could stop him, so he could only watch the Brazilians leave.

Raising his foot, unloading the ball, facing Peruzi, the fake move swiftly, the Italian immediately fell to the ground, but Ronaldo dribbled the ball directly over the opponent, gently, without any pressure, sent the ball into the unguarded goal.

At this time, Argentine full-back Solin returned to his penalty area, and his expression looked more like he was coming to pick up the ball.

Inter Milan fans who followed Inter Milan to the away game suddenly burst into thunderous cheers. They were all excitedly celebrating Ronaldo's goal and Inter Milan's goal.

Chiellini saw Ronaldo score in the distance, and he immediately made a celebration with excitement, turned around, and happened to see Vieri, and immediately smiled, "I am not like some stupid ass, I just rely on my body blindly. I use my brain, I will definitely defeat you, mother-in-law guy!"

He pointed directly at Vieri, "You're finished, Vieri!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

This is the first time Vieri has been challenged by pointing at his nose like this, especially when the other party was still an 18-year-old kid. He felt that he was humiliated because his pride made him feel that if he couldn't kill this bastard, how could he kill Inter Milan?

"Good job, Georgio, that's it!" Nesta walked over with a smile and patted Chiellini on the shoulder.

Buffon, who had scolded him just now, also came over and slammed him, "Use your brain to kill him!"

Chiellini smiled slightly and nodded.

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The ball was reopened, and Lazio immediately made a snatch.

Soon, Lopez got the ball in Inter Milan's hinterland. Facing Emerson's defense, the Argentine cleverly got rid of it, and passed the ball diagonally to the penalty area. Vieri stabbed out from the diagonally. After getting the ball, he wanted to break Chiellini and wade into the penalty area. Who knew that as soon as he entered the penalty area, he fell to the ground.

Chiellini immediately raised his hands high, looked at the referee, and signaled that he had not committed a foul.

Vieri got up from the ground as soon as possible and yelled at Chiellini, "Damn it, stinky brat, pull my jersey!"

When the referee came over, Vieri even roared, "This bastard should be awarded a penalty for pulling my jersey."

But it was obvious that the referee smiled slightly, shook his head, signaling the game to continue, and did not whistle to interrupt the game.

Vieri was so angry that he spat, looking at Chiellini, a little angry, "Boy, you wait!"

"I'll wait for you!" Chiellini pushed back without giving in.

Less than 5 minutes later, Stankovic made a diagonal pass from the left, and Vieri rushed into the penalty area. Chiellini chased him tightly. Because his body was suppressed by Vieri, Chiellini was unable to perform in speed, so the two could only advance in unison.

But the Italians knew Vieri's advantages very well, so this time, he directly pushed Vieri with his left shoulder, not allowing him to continue to aim at the goal, and ran him again and again.

Because his body was pushed tightly by Chiellini, Vieri never found the rhythm and pace of shooting. When he finally found the opportunity to kick, Nesta rushed out of the diagonal thorn and forced his shot to block his shot from the baseline.

"Good job, Georgio!" Nesta praised with a smile.

Buffon, who came from the left, also gave a thumbs up immediately. Chiellini's performance was indeed getting better and better. Although he was still not as good as Vieri, at least he could be able to stubborn the other party.

Vieri gasped. He felt that the boy was a little difficult, so he glared at him angrily, preparing for the corner kick.

This time the corner kick was still against Vieri, but Chiellini seized the position earlier this time. Even though he was constantly under Vieri's impact, he did not give in at all. He jumped high when the ball came and cleared the ball again.

Yang Cheng in the distance couldn't help but smile with a gratitude when he saw Chiellini's performance.

"How is it?" Yang Cheng asked his assistant with a smile.

Benitez and Paul Bayer looked at each other and laughed.

"Although there are still a lot of shortcomings, it is undeniable that he did a pretty good job!" Benitez rarely praised people, and people who can be praised by him are basically very good.

It's not that Chiellini's effect is very good when she defends Vieri, because Vieri still gets the opportunity, just like this time, when he headed the ball in the penalty area, Chiellini did not defend it, and it was Buffon who got the ball in time to barely resolve a crisis.

But judging from his interference with Vieri, his performance was much better than the opening session.

"Continue this for the time being?" asked Paul Bayer.

Yang Cheng nodded naturally, "Do you want me to replace him when he performs well?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

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The young player Chiellini's mission is to entangle Vieri. Yang Cheng never expects him to completely defeat the Apennine tanks. To put it bluntly, they are not opponents at the same level, and it is impossible for him to let Chiellini do this.

Even to some extent, Ferrari can only entangle Vieri. Although he will complete more than Chiellini, he will definitely not be able to freeze Vieri, because Vieri's comprehensiveness and his excellent physical fitness are all nightmares for all defenders. Perhaps Lucio and Nesta can really freeze him in Inter Milan.

You can imagine that Drogba later crushed almost all the defense lines in the world, and you can imagine the power of Vieri at this moment.

Judging from the entire first half, Chiellini completed it very well. He basically did all the tasks given to him by Yang Cheng, and met Yang Cheng's psychological expectations. It was not good, but it was not bad. With the support of Nesta and Cordoba, Inter Milan's defense line has stabilized.

Once the defense line is stable, the organization of the midfield and the offense in the frontcourt will show their power. After all, if a person's punch is powerful, he must stand firm first.

Once the opportunity is created in the midfield and frontcourt and brings trouble to Lazio, the pressure on the defense will be relaxed.

Vieri is not the kind of player who will run to the midfield to participate in defense. He is Lazio's offensive core, so he stays in front. But when Lazio is suppressed by Inter Milan, he will have fewer opportunities, and Chiellini will feel that the burden on his shoulders will also be lighter.

In this way, Inter Milan returned to the halftime break with a score of 0:1!

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To be continued...