Chapter 9 The great four-peat
Chapter 9: The Great Four Consecutive Championships
The first half of the game lasted for more than half an hour, and the score was still 2:0, Inter Milan led the lead. As the leading side, Inter Milan obviously played very easily. After winning all the games for four consecutive years, Inter Milan's players now have that temperament and mentality. When they lead, they can definitely control the game in their own hands.
After experiencing two goals, Barcelona finally adjusted their mindset and no longer seemed a little arrogant like before. The facts were already in front of them. Even if they rushed out of many tests in the previous game, they were still so pale and powerless when facing the powerful Inter Milan.
The title of invincibility is not so simple. Since Inter Milan has been called the most powerful club in the world today, since they can maintain a complete victory record in four years, since they can always beat one opponent after another, and since they can defeat Barcelona in the Champions League final last season, it means that they definitely have the kind of superior strength, which is not something that Barcelona can easily surpass.
Barcelona, who had calmed down, also began to attack and defend rationally. They no longer immersed in the mad attack, but instead adjusted their mentality and used their good fighting style to deal with Inter Milan.
Inter Milan is also happy. Barcelona has many loopholes in its attacking state, but it also poses a certain threat to Inter Milan's defense. Now that the opponent has slowed down, the pressure on Inter Milan has been much lower. With a 2:0 lead, Inter Milan is still very relaxed.
However, although Barcelona's attack method reduces the pressure on Inter Milan's defense, it actually plays a role. It may be because Inter Milan's defense line seems a little contemptuous of the opponent's attack power because of the weakening of the opponent's attack power. It may be because Barcelona's good luck can find opportunities in this situation. In short, Barcelona's efforts were finally rewarded.
In the 33rd minute, Zanbrotta suddenly inserted from the backcourt, then after throwing away Kili, he dribbled into Inter Milan's defensive position. Then he passed the ball to Deco.
Deco didn't control the ball much, so he passed the ball to Xavi's feet. Such a pass is fatal to Inter Milan, because Xavi's pass is very piercing.
Xavi did not disappoint Barcelona fans. After almost all, he didn't even look at the ball, so he sent it out and handed it to Ibrahimovic's feet in front.
At this time, Ibrahimovic was just between Inter Milan's midfielder and central defender, which was a vacuum area, allowing Inter Milan's defense to reach him. Under such circumstances, Ibrahimovic's opportunity naturally came easily.
Ibrahimovic was familiar with Inter Milan's re-defense characteristics, so he accurately grasped this opportunity. He took advantage of the opportunity that Inter Milan's defenders were a little distracted and got this very good opportunity in one fell swoop. After getting the ball, he immediately took off his feet and shot straight from a long shot without any hesitation!
The ball was very tricky, which made Cesar, who reacted very quickly, was helpless. His outstretched arm could not reach the ball at all, allowing Ibrahimovic's shot to easily cross his fingers and flew into the net.
1:2! Barcelona finally narrowed the score to only one goal away when nearly ten minutes left in the first half. Such a gap also allowed Barcelona players and fans to see a glimmer of hope.
"Good job, Zlatan! We still have hope! We will definitely win!"
Barcelona players surrounded Ibrahimovic excitedly. Although Ibrahimovic did not make any celebration, it did not affect Barcelona players. This goal was too critical for them. If they could not score between the end of the half, they would probably lose confidence in the second half, and then lose their combat effectiveness and be easily massacred by Inter Milan - just like last year.
"Don't be too happy too early! We are still one point behind now! And the opponent is Stephen and Inter Milan!"
Ibrahimovic was very calm. He knew very well how powerful his old club was and how powerful his friend was. Especially when he threw the ball into Inter Milan's goal, the fighting spirit of Inter Milan players would be stimulated. In the next period of time, Barcelona's defense would probably have to withstand a very big test.
Ibrahimovic was not wrong at all. His goal had already changed the state of Inter Milan players. Inter Milan might have been a little lazy before, but when his old friend scored the goal, they could not be so lazy anymore.
"I have to give Zlatan some color, otherwise the boy's tail would not be raised to the sky!"
As the old captain of Inter Milan, Zanetti saw this very clearly. He knew that if he did not stop it in time, Barcelona's condition would follow because of Ibrahimovic's rise, which would not be good news for Inter Milan.
"Yes, this kid is crazy. If he finds his feelings, we will be the one who suffers!"
Li Yun knows Ibrahimovic very well. Although Ibrahimovic is a little low now, if Ibrahimovic continues in this state, Inter Milan will really have to bear too much pressure.
Therefore, there is only one way, that is, at this time, launch a powerful counterattack immediately, extinguish Barcelona's momentum, affect Ibrahimovic's attacking ability, and then enter the midfield with a larger score, allowing the Barcelona players to give up completely.
So, the key issue is to score goals!
Li Yun didn't have to worry about scoring the goal at all. Barcelona's defense was not ordinary. With their paper-like defense line, it was simply a joke to stop his attack.
And he also proved this with facts. In the face of his powerful attack, Barcelona's defense was useless!
Not long after the re-telection, Maicon rushed up to assist again. This time, after he encountered trouble in dribbling and broke through, he immediately transferred the ball to Li Yun and did not choose to continue his strong attack.
His approach is very correct. After receiving Macon's pass, Li Yun immediately dribbled the ball and broke through Sylvigno, and then cut another cross, leaving Deco behind.
The two moves were very fast and concise, which made Barcelona players not react at all. When they saw that Li Yun had already broken through to the position close to the penalty area, it was too late to intercept it.
Puyol was also desperate at this time. He knew that even if he fought for a red card to knock down Li Yun, it would be useless. The final match of last season had already explained everything. In terms of free kicks, Li Yun could play as a penalty kick!
Therefore, all he could do was to keep retreating, trying to use this method to delay time, so that his teammates could return to defense and fill up positions in time, and deal with Li Yun together.
But it was obvious that his method was very clumsy, because Li Yun would not give him such a chance at all. Just when he was still retreating, Li Yun had already knocked out the ball and used Puyor's body to block Valdes's sight.
Although it was only a little bit blocking, and it was only a momentary thing, it was enough to affect Valdes' judgment. In addition, Li Yun's shot was a strange gliding impulse shot, making Valdes save it, which was also very difficult.
There was no suspense. The ball was around Valdes' finger, then rubbed the blind spot of the goal and flew into the net, leaving Barcelona's goalkeeper with no way, and could only look at the ball and sigh.
3:1! Just 4 minutes after Barcelona narrowed the score, Li Yun immediately returned to the color and used such a straightforward goal to widen the gap in the score to two goals again. Such a score also brought Barcelona into a very passive situation again.
And the matter is not over yet. If the first half was just ended with such a score, then Barcelona players and fans would still naively think that they would still have a chance. But in fact, Inter Milan is unwilling to let their opponents have such ideas. Before the end of the first half, they used facts to tell their opponents how big the gap was!
In the 44th minute, after the fourth official on the sidelines raised the sign of stoppage time for two minutes, Inter Milan suddenly exerted its strength!
Cesar drove the ball, and the ball was near the midfield and was earned by Li Yun's header and fell to Henry's feet. After Henry received the ball, he did not attack by himself, but passed the ball to Ade.
Although Ade is a shooter, don't forget that he is a Brazilian! He also has the very strong dribbling ability of the Brazilian. Although he cannot compare with a dribbling genius like Ronaldo and Robinho, it is enough to pass some people who are not very good at defense.
For example, Xavi, for example, Iniesta. These two people cannot be called excellent in terms of physical and defensive abilities, and they can only be counted barely. Therefore, when facing Adriano, who has good dribbling ability and is extremely strong in physical strength, they can only be abused.
After easily dislodging the ball through these two people, Ade found that Li Yun had already rushed up from behind, so he immediately handed the ball to Li Yun.
Ade and Li Yun have been cooperating for three and a half years, and they have a very tacit understanding between each other. After Ade passed the ball to Li Yun, Inter Milan's main center hurriedly continued to rush forward, directly passing by Toulam's side, and then formed a defensive vacancy.
Just when he started, Li Yun had already seen this opportunity and immediately sent a timely direct pass, allowing Ade to successfully receive the ball after rushing past Toulam.
At this time, Ade had already rushed through all the Barcelona defenders and directly faced goalkeeper Valdes. Such a one-on-one opportunity was too easy for Ade. He didn't even have to make any adjustments. He directly shot at the goal behind Valdes, which allowed the ball to fly over Valdes very easily and then crashed into the net!
4:1! Before the end of the first half, Inter Milan used their simple and fierce offensive to make Barcelona's goal fall for the fourth time, and such a score basically made Barcelona lose all hope.
"Damn it, it's like this again!"
Rijkaard on the sidelines was very upset. Although he led the team to the Champions League final twice in these two seasons, he unfortunately encountered Inter Milan, which was at its peak. Even though his team looked very powerful, it was still much worse than Inter Milan, and it was not the same order of magnitude at all.
Moreover, no matter which duel it is, the result is the same. Barcelona will be defeated by their opponents. It has become inevitable that the big score will be behind. Even if there is a goal, it will be impossible to cover up Barcelona's dilemma.
The Barcelona players were also silent. The real confidence before the game was completely gone. At this time, they just wanted to return to the locker room as soon as possible to adjust, stabilize their emotions, and listen to how the coach arranged the second half. As for the remaining two minutes before the end of the game, they had been directly ignored.
But there was one person who didn't think so. This person was Ibrahimovic. Although he felt a little desperate, he was not as desperate as his teammates, so desperate that he didn't even want time. In his opinion, although the time was short, it could still play a role. If you were lucky, you could still make a difference!
This idea made Ibrahimovic make an astonishing move after re-teleblowing. He actually dribbled the ball and directly rushed to Inter Milan's middle defense! Although there was no Li Yun there, Essin was not a vegetarian. How could Ibrahimovic kill him so simply?
However, Ibrahimovic really killed him. He used a beautiful crotch-passing man to dodge Essin, and then before the defense in front came up, he took the lead and kicked the ball out from a very far position.
Of course, Ibrahimovic would not have to kill, but his long shot is also powerful, his feet are very hard, the speed of the ball is also very fast, and the angle is extremely tricky. He also hit his signature fallen leaf ball, which is almost comparable to Li Yun's impulse shot.
Such a ball, and Cesar's attention was not particularly focused, when he let the ball fly to the goal, the Inter Milan goalkeeper who stood in front was not enough, and watched the ball fly over his fingertips, and then flew into the net against the crossbar.
2:4! A dramatic scene appeared within a few minutes before the end of the half. First, Ade's goal widened the gap to three, but just when people thought that the half-time score was like this, Ibrahimovic chased the score back with an incredible goal. Although this goal did not reduce Barcelona's disadvantage much, it still boosted Barcelona's morale and gave them some confidence to compete with Inter Milan in the second half.
At the end of the half, both sides entered their respective locker rooms with a score of 4:2 to prepare for the second half. Ibrahimovic's goal once again gave the game a little suspense, allowing Barcelona fans not to leave the court early and could persist in watching the second half.
In the second half, Barcelona fought to the death. In the 55th minute, they replaced Messi and Ronaldo, trying to use a better breakthrough to tear off Inter Milan's defense.
Such an attempt also achieved results. In the 61st minute, Messi passed Kili and Henry on the right, and then before Zanetti came to press, he passed the ball to Etoo who was circumventing, and the latter scored from a small angle, which made Barcelona score three goals.
But the score difference did not narrow because before that, Inter Milan had already scored their fifth goal, and the 5:3 score also allowed the score difference to remain on two goals, and it could not be smaller.
Inter Milan's fifth goal was also scored by Li Yun. His free kick was once again in Barcelona's game. A beautiful back-pull knife shot opened Valdes's ten fingers again, and also made Barcelona's goal fall for the fifth time.
Messi's performance seemed to stimulate Li Yun. In this Argentine boy who would set off a storm in the future in the world, Li Yun has always wanted to compete with him head-on. Now, the opportunity has come. Although he is still a relatively young Messi, Li Yun is still very interested.
In the 73rd minute, Messi made a comeback, trying to dribble the ball over Inter Milan's players again. His previous few strokes were also very smooth, and he passed Figo and Matrazi in succession, but immediately, he tasted what Stephen Lee's defense is!
With a fierce new powerful tackle, Li Yun cut the ball off and let the thin Messi fly into the sky. At this time, Messi finally realized that the legendary world football king's defensive ability is really not a big deal. Even if Messi suffered a big loss, he would not foul.
However, even if I know this now, it is obviously a bit late. Li Yun had already defeated Messi head-on and immediately dribbled the ball and launched a counterattack.
There is no suspense about this kind of counterattack. After several passes, Li Yun passed several opponents in succession and then made a relaxed push shot, which made Valdes surrender.
The 6:3 score completely cut off Barcelona's hope. With less than 20 minutes left in the game, such a score has already confirmed Inter Milan's victory.
The final score was 6:3. Inter Milan still won the battle again after a year, blocking the Big Ear Cup again!
Chapter completed!