Chapter 346: Speak with your feet

After escaping from death from the away game, the form of Inter Milan players has been almost completely inspired. In the next second leg of the Italian Cup quarterfinals, Inter Milan relied on a goal from Dalma to defeat Lazio 1-0 at home and successfully entered the semi-finals of the Italian Cup.

In this game, Cooper hid many players, Tiger and Vieri were both sitting on the bench, and Colady and Martins partnered with the forward line. Although the striker performed mediocrely, Inter Milan's defense line withstood the opponent's counterattack and won the game.

After a week of rest, Inter Milan began to attack strongly in the league. Facing the weaker Empoli, Vieri shone on the court. With the help of Tiger who pushed the forward line, Vieri scored a hat-trick in the second half and ranked first in the scorer list with sixteen goals. Inter Milan's hoarding on the forward line played a role at this time. Although Ronaldo Recoba and Caron were injured and unable to play, the forward line combination formed by Tiger and Vieri still made all teams frightened. After Tiger pushed the forward line, Cooper began to use Dalma and Emre more in the midfield, and Concesan and Okan also got more opportunities to play.

In the 19th round, Inter Milan won again. He also scored in the second half. Vieri scored his seventeenth league goal of the season. Turkey, who finally got a chance to play, secured the victory before the end of the game. After this game, Inter Milan scored 53 points, leading second place AC Milan 11 points, leading Juventus 13 points, and leading Lazio with 15 points!

Generally speaking, in a thirty-four round of the league in Serie A, if the points can exceed 70, it will be basically the score to win the championship. Only Juventus is more unlucky. In the two years Ancelotti led them, their points exceeded 70, but they were overwhelmed by the better Lazio and Roma. At other times, there were many cases where the Serie A championship scored only more than 60 points...

In other words, if Inter Milan can get twenty points in the remaining 15 rounds of the league, they will basically be able to win the league championship. This does not seem difficult for Inter Milan today. If they focus on rushing in the league, then there will be no team that can stop them from moving forward!

However, the charm of football is at this point - when Inter Milan has established enough advantages in the league, there will always be other things to stop them from moving forward - with such a big advantage in the league, and the Champions League and the Italian Cup can continue to move forward, it is impossible for Inter Milan to give up the other two competitions to concentrate on ensuring the league championship, although they think this league champion is about to go crazy...

In the third-line battle, it is the second half of the season again. Inter Milan players will definitely not be able to perform at the top level in every game like in the first half of the season. The last three games have proved this. Inter Milan actually drew quite lucky in the game against Perugia. Although Perugia's two goals in the first half had certain problems, the collective state of Inter Milan's offensive players in the frontcourt were also a factor. Although they equalized the score under Tiger's explosion and unreasonable breakthrough in the second half, the players' state reached a very dangerous level. Although they won the next two league games, the goals all appeared in the second half, which indirectly shows that Inter Milan is now fighting completely by will.

The next game is the semi-finals of the Italian Cup.

The four teams entering the semi-finals, except Inter Milan, the remaining three teams are AC Milan, Roma and Perugia. Inter Milan did not meet the city's opponent AC Milan in the semi-finals, nor did they meet Perugia who had just almost beaten them in the league. Their opponent is Roma. Inter Milan will first face Roma at home, and the second round will only start in April. That is to say, after playing this game, Inter Milan does not need to worry about the Italian Cup for a long time...

It has entered the semi-finals. No matter how little the Italian Cup is not valued, it is also a very good honor. You should know that Inter Milan has not been able to win any formal competition honors for a long time. The recent champion of the regular competition is the League Cup in the 1997-98 season, the Italian Cup... No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still flesh.

Roma would also think this way, so the one who appeared at Meacha Stadium was basically Roma's main lineup - goalkeeper Pelizoli, three defenders Panucci, Delas and Samuel, midfielder Tomasi and Emerson were paired with double midfielders, both wings were Cafo and Candela, Toti broke through, and the forwards were Casano and Delvicio.

Cooper naturally did not want to show weakness in front of Capello. He also sent the strongest main lineup on hand. Recoba returned from injury and served as the left forward. Tiger continued to partner with Vieri as a striker. Before Ronaldo recovered from injury, Cooper was unwilling to weaken the strength of the forward. At the same time, Tiger's comprehensiveness also allowed him to send two defensive midfielders in the midfield. Dibiagio was injured, and Zanetti and Almeida were partnered with the midfield. Concesan was sent on the right, and Zanetti, Cordoba, Matrazi and Koko, goalkeeper Toldo was still on the defense.

He has already competed in the league once before, and he is also aware of both sides. Capello is still the sexiest tactics in Rome. Although Inter Milan's defense has made great progress under Cooper's training, the superstars are all concentrated in the frontcourt and have weakened their defense unconsciously. The strongest of both sides is their offensive line. The offensive line composed of Toti, Casano and Delvicio is not much worse than the tridents of Tiger, Recoba and Vieri!

So from the beginning of the game, the two sides launched a fierce attack, trying to show their momentum at the beginning of the game - Roma has nothing to be afraid of, they are away games, and at the same time, their results in the league are average, even the Italian Cup is what they pursue. Inter Milan has maintained a complete victory record this season at the Meazza Stadium, making it even more impossible to have any fear of their opponents!

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Casano got the ball in the midfield. The bad guy had a verbal battle before the start of the game, saying that Tiger was definitely not as good as these players from Roma: "Don't talk about Totti, he can't even compare to me!" Although this is obviously arrogant, because neither Totti nor Casano's performance this season can be compared with Tiger, but in Italy, such remarks are quite marketable. After all, they are Italian players, and Tiger is just a British player...

However, what made Casano feel a little boring was that Tiger did not respond to his words at all. When the reporter asked Tiger, Tiger just smiled and left, just like seeing a naughty child playing naughty in front of him...

So Casano needs to prove on the court that he was not talking casually. After controlling the ball under his feet, the bad boy controlled the ball with his beautiful feet. Facing Almeida who rushed to defend himself, he first made a fake move to break through from the side, then quickly dunked the ball back, and then broke through from the other side!

Almeida was caught off guard and was broken through by Casano. Toti immediately retreated and responded. Casano passed the ball to Toti during the run. Toti stopped the ball at his feet, as if he was waiting for Casano to break into the penalty area and cooperated with him with a two-by-one match, and then suddenly kicked the ball and hung it directly into the penalty area!

Delvicio, who was inserted in the back row, beat Cordoba and headed the ball!

Toldo made a wonderful save, holding the ball out of the baseline with one hand and a corner kick.

The exclaims of Inter Milan fans came from the stands, and then they breathed a sigh of relief together...

"Don't let those Romans be so arrogant... prepare to fight back." Vieri shook his head and said to Tiger.

Tiger shrugged: "Wait in front, I will pass the ball to you."

After saying that, Tiger ran back and looked at Tiger's back, Vieri laughed.

Toti's corner kick was taken by Matrazi in front of Delas and pushed the ball out. The ball flew to the sideline. Recoba, who was retreating, stretched out the ball and stopped the ball before the ball was qualifying, and then he planned to turn around and start breaking along the sideline.

Kafu retreated quickly. Recoba was an agile player, but his absolute speed was not very fast. After realizing that Kafu had quickly returned to defense, Recoba immediately passed the ball to the retreating Tiger.

Tiger turned around to catch the ball, and Emerson came up. At last year's World Cup, Emerson lost his chance to participate in the World Cup due to his injury before the start of the World Cup. So far, many Brazilian fans believe that if Emerson was there, perhaps Brazil would not lose to England. This is an excellent midfielder who can expand the control area to the opponent's penalty area!

However, Tiger soon proved that even if Emerson was not injured, it would not affect the outcome of the battle between Brazil and England.

He did not use any fake moves to get rid of Emerson. For Brazilian players like Emerson, they are familiar with all kinds of breakthrough skills and will not easily eat the opponent's movements. If you want to get rid of the opponent, you can only use your best part to bully the opponent's weaker one - that is speed!

After making a bicycle move, while Emerson was waiting for Tiger's next pass, Tiger forced the ball forward and then accelerated the breakthrough!

On the court, sometimes you need not only skills, but also courage!

Tiger's movements were quite fast. Although Emerson's reaction was not slow, when he reacted, Tiger had already rushed past him and then accelerated to get rid of it!

Throwing Emerson behind, Tiger began to dribble forward, and Tomasi quickly rushed over. Facing the Italian national team's midfielder, Tiger did not get involved with the opponent. After playing a beautiful two-for-one with Recoba, Tiger got rid of Tomasi.

The two midfielders were removed, and at this time, Roma's thick three central defenders showed their advantages. Except for Delas still following Vieri, Panucci and Samuel had rushed towards Tiger at the same time.

The advantage of three central defenders and double midfielders is that the defense in the middle is that it is quite layered and will not be easily removed. After Zacheroni led Udinese to set off a whirlwind in Serie A, in the words of a famous CCTV commentator, it is "suddenly a spring breeze, and three defenders are popular in Serie A". The two Milanese heroes and Fiorentina have adopted the tactics of three defenders, but this formation also has a natural disadvantage, that is, the defense of the two wings is destined to be weak, and the requirements for full-backs are too high. If Capello had two outstanding wing players, Cafo and Candela, he would not have dared to use this tactic.

This is also the reason why Serie A teams have gradually abandoned this tactic. Even if the strength of the wing players is excellent, there are times when they cannot take care of them. Even Robert Carlos claims to be able to pick up a side by one, in Real Madrid, the left side where he is the only one guarding will often become a place where the opponent can use...

Now, Candela has not been able to return to defense in time.

Compared with Lizarazu, the main left-back of the French national team, although Candela is also a very excellent wing player, there are still some gaps, which is why he is always a substitute in the French national team, while Lizarazu is always the main player.

Reversely spike, Tiger seemed to have sent himself into a dead end while protecting the ball. Behind him are two Roma defenders pressing, Emerson and Thomassi are already quickly returning to defense...

However, at this time, Tiger slightly sided his body, then raised his foot and sent the ball directly to the right!

From there, the Hossan, who was inserted at high speed, immediately received the ball without defense, and then after dribbling forward a few steps, he surpassed Roma's back line on the parallel line!

While Kong Sesan stepped forward, Vieri quickly turned around and rushed into the penalty area. Although Delas, who was nearly two meters tall, was not much worse than Vieri in fighting for the header, his sensitivity was worse than the boss...

Seeing that Vieri had already stepped forward and got rid of the opponent's defense, Concesan immediately quickly passed the ball horizontally into the penalty area. Vieri, who followed, pushed the ball directly into the penalty area without anyone defending, and Pellizoli fell to his knees!

If Vieri can't make a shot in this situation, it can only be said that he has been in vain for more than ten years...

A huge whistling sounded in the stands, and Vieri rushed to the bottom of the North Stand, put his hands next to his ears, and listened to the cheers coming from the stands.

After all this, Vieri put down his hand and turned around to hug Tiger and Conseisan, who assisted him.

In the 19th minute, Inter Milan led 1-0 at home.

Roma launched a counterattack, they didn't care much about losing the ball - they had conceded a lot of goals this season, but they also scored a lot of goals. Strong offensive ability is the foundation for Roma's foothold.

The midfielder is organized by Totti and Emerson, the impact of Cafu and Candela on both wings, and the connection between Delvicio and Casano on the front line. Roma's offense is not much inferior to Inter Milan.

Before the end of the first half, Roma's offense also gained benefits. Toti passed a pass that was almost exactly the same as Tiger's previous pass. After receiving the ball, Kafu got rid of Koko's defense and broke into the penalty area, then passed the back point. The unguarded Casano easily headed the ball in the small penalty area and equalized the score.

After the second half, Tiger began to appear more in the midfield. With Tiger missing, Inter Milan's midfield was at a disadvantage in the opponent's midfield. After all, although Recoba's organizational ability is not bad, he was going to fight against Totti and Emerson. Concesan is a pure winger, and Almeida and Zanetti are also better at defense, which directly led to Roma's attacks in the first half than Inter Milan.

After Tiger returned to the midfield in the second half, Inter Milan's midfield immediately became completely new. If Tiger's defenders were able to encircle Tiger with the midfielder in the position of the second striker, then Tiger, who returned to the midfield, would become more flexible and more difficult to contain!

He was not just organizing in the middle, but constantly changing positions with Recoba and even Concesan. When Tiger launched an attack on the wing, the Roma side of the full-back had to return more to prevent Tiger's attack, and even the midfield had to shift to that side to participate in the defense!

In this case, Tiger often quickly uses long passes to allow other teammates to participate in the attack. Vieri was nailed to Roma's penalty area like a nail, posing a huge threat to the opponent.

After the midfield advantage gradually lost, Roma's second goal was lost - this goal was a bit unfair because their defense did not reveal too many flaws. However, Tiger suddenly fired a long-range shot 30 meters away from the goal. The ball flew into the penalty area quickly, and then hit the inner post and bounced into the goal. Two to one, Inter Milan took the lead again!

Roma, who was lagging behind again, was actually not in a bad situation. After all, this was just the first round of the game. However, after they launched a counterattack, Inter Milan began to use defensive counterattacks to deal with them. Although Capello continuously deployed troops, he still could not tear open the defense line of Inter Milan, which began to retreat to defend.

Inter Milan's quick counterattack in the 78th minute made Roma swallow the third bitter fruit. Tiger received the ball in the backcourt and made a straight pass. Vieri once again made a pass. After Comsesan broke through on the side, he broke into the penalty area with a single shot. He calmly shot and scored in the goalkeeper, Inter Milan established the victory.

When Cooper replaced Tiger with Dalma, a banner was posted in the stands of Meacha Stadium: "Casano, who is the best player in Serie A?" Tiger raised his hands and smiled and signaled that he didn't need to say anything else at all, and his performance on the field would be more convincing...

On the football field, you always speak with your feet than with your mouth.
Chapter completed!