1186 Play to the limit
Inter Milan was very uncomfortable with the tactical strategy adopted by Liverpool in the final.
The back line could not ignore the offensive threat brought by Torres, so he did not dare to act rashly.
It is difficult for the midfielder to defend Gerald, Alonso and Qin Xiong to attack, especially when it is difficult for the offensive players in the frontcourt to be of much help to the defense.
Who depends?
Sneid Etoo or Milito?
In the 14th minute of the game, Sneider once again controlled the ball in the middle of the frontcourt. This time he tried to find Milito to cooperate. After dodging Gerald's press, he immediately sent the ball to Milito in front.
But during the rolling process of football, Liverpool's defense immediately took action.
Mascherano and Lucas quickly double-teamed. Mascherano entangled Milito, and Lucas went to intercept the ball. The two cooperated very well, perfectly nipping Inter Milan's attack when signs appeared.
Liverpool can be said to be a midfielder today, with the core of offense and defense in the midfield, and the offense and defense transition was very smooth.
Lucas passed the ball first to a very safe wing.
Aurelio ran up from the left to pick up the ball, and then passed the ball after Qin Xiong ran out of the free time.
Qin Xiong first advanced along the wing road towards the forward dribbling, and Alonso, in the middle of the midfield, stepped forward to run.
When Sanetti and Macon formed a double-team against Qin Xiong's side, Qin Xiong suddenly passed the ball back. Aurelio did not withdraw from behind his side. He received Qin Xiong's pass and then passed the ball diagonally to the middle of the frontcourt.
Alonso made a pass before Cambiaso pressed and made a diagonal pass!
Qin Xiong was running diagonally behind Zanetti, and in front of him was central defender Samuel.
At this time, Amuel made a decision.
He must go forward to press and stop Qin Xiong from controlling the ball, otherwise it will make Qin Xiong's threat rise sharply.
Just before he fought with Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong took the lead in touching the ball. He kicked the ball with one foot and gently knocked the ball with his right foot. The football changed the rolling trajectory. He rolled from Samuel to the empty area behind him!
Samuel immediately braked and turned around and chased after him. He saw Torres seized this fleeting opportunity and slanted behind him. When Lucio and Macon were about to double-team him, goalkeeper Cesar also decisively abandoned the goal and went out.
The moment Torres caught up with the football, he shot the ball with his left foot and shot the far corner of the goal!
Cesar reached out to block it, which was completely subconscious, but his palm failed to touch the football.
At this moment, the hearts of Inter Milan fans in the Bernabeu stands were in their throats. They only felt relieved after seeing the football in the far corner of the goal being shot by Torres, who flew out of the baseline with relief.
Torres shook his head in disbelief when he saw his shot slip by.
I feel that all I lack is a little luck!
"Liverpool almost reached its first goal in the final! Torres responded to Qin Xiong's straight pass and kept shooting directly at the far corner of the goal. Cesar failed to touch the football. When everyone thought that the ball would rewrite the score, they didn't expect that Torres's shot and goal difference was a slight difference! It was really only a little bit away!"
Mourinho was frightened when he watched on the sidelines, but he would not write a trace of tension on his face.
Liverpool’s tactic today is to make Inter Milan very uncomfortable and extremely uncomfortable!
The defensive gap caused by Samuel stepped forward to steal only appeared in a short period of time, but this gap was quickly grasped by Torres!
The threat of Torres can contain Inter Milan's entire defense line!
Koeman's trick caught Mourinho off guard!
Give full play to the advantages of the team’s stars!
Inter Milan was originally very strong on the right side of the attack, and they had Maicon, who could attack the world's number one right back!
But today he met Qin Xiong, who is also the world's number one among the stars in the comprehensive evaluation!
If Maicon could replace Qin Xiong one-on-one, it was commonly known as a pair. Then Inter Milan would certainly be willing to do this deal!
But Qin Xiong is an offensive player, and Maikon is a defensive player. Defense itself is inherently more passive than offense!
Maikong could not replace Qin Xiong at all. Instead, he had to stay in his own defense zone to defend well and not give Qin Xiong any chance.
Otherwise, if he is not in his defense zone and Qin Xiong makes trouble in this area, it will be difficult for Sanetti to withstand it!
Without the support of the right-hand offense, Inter Milan's originally envisioned defensive counterattack was again under the focus of Liverpool.
From the 15th minute of the game, Mourinho knew that this game would be extremely difficult. It should be the most difficult game he has ever coached Inter Milan.
Even though Inter Milan had lost games before, Inter Milan at that time was not as good as Inter Milan under his current leadership, in terms of technical, tactical, team configuration and cooperation in all aspects.
But even Inter Milan did not even have a decent shot 20 minutes before the game started today!
They focused their main energy on defense, but they could not fight back, and they had to withstand Liverpool's unscrupulous long-range bombing, which made Inter Milan more passive in terms of mental pressure.
In the 21st minute of the game, Gerald responded to Alonso's cross from the right side of the frontcourt and suddenly took a long shot!
After flying into the penalty area, the football was blocked by Lucio. After the football was refracted, it still flew towards the goal, and finally deviated about half a meter from the left post and flew out of the baseline.
Inter Milan escaped in a thrilling way.
Three minutes later, Qin Xiong took the ball from the left side of the frontcourt and attracted several Inter Milan defensive players and kicked the ball back, shook it out of the pass and then accurately delivered the ball to Alonso's feet.
Alonso kicked the ball thirty yards away from the goal!
This time the football hit the goal range and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
Cesar made a wonderful pass and blocked the ball in the penalty area, and Lucio directly cleared the ball with his feet.
Lucas boldly stepped forward and headed the ball to the right when the football flew into the midfield area.
Johnson stepped forward and kicked the ball directly to the right side of the frontcourt.
Geraldra stopped the ball from the side and turned around, and when Ziwo came up to press, he made a cross from the side 45 degrees.
He consciously passed the ball behind the Inter Milan defender. Because he had just passed a defense, the Inter Milan defender was redeploying the defense line. The defenders subconsciously walked forward, and Gerald's cross was around them.
Torres quickly inserted behind Lucio to grab the point. Gerald's pass was urgent and fast. Torres flew out and wanted to shoot. He knew that if he could shoot the ball towards the goal, the ball would basically go in!
Because Cesar had just made a save and had not yet gained a foothold.
Chapter completed!