This was the 29th round of Serie A in midweek, when Inter Milan challenged Genoa away from home. Everyone saw it from the beginning.
At that time, during an attack by the home team, midfielder Juric passed the ball into the penalty area. Forward Scurry knocked back. Argentinian forward Figueroa stopped the ball, turned around, and volleyed a shot that missed the far post.
This made Mancini furious on the sidelines and kept scolding the players.
"Inter Milan's head coach seemed very irritable, and the fourth official on the sidelines had to remind him to control his emotions."
"This is mainly because, in another Serie A highlight match this afternoon, Naples played at home and defeated Fiorentina 2-0. The whole game was smooth and there were no near misses."
"This has led to Inter Milan's current situation being quite unfavorable. They must win Genoa before they can continue to catch up with Naples."
"But after Inter Milan kicked off, they still played a little too hastily."
Inter Milan got two good opportunities in a row.
Once, Suazo made a low pass, but Ibrahimovic failed to follow up in time and was destroyed by the opponent's goalkeeper.
Another time, Suazo broke through the middle and scored the ball. Ibrahimovic's long shot hit high and wide.
The Swedish center's impatience is evident.
And this sentiment is obviously not limited to Sweden Tower alone, but to the entire Inter Milan team.
In the 16th minute, Genoa launched a quick counterattack. After Juric's shot was blocked by Cesar, former AC Milan forward Borriello opened the scoring for Genoa with a wonderful upside-down golden hook.
This goal completely ignited the explosive barrel on the court.
Subsequently, the actions of both parties became more and more intense.
The referee Rocky failed to control the situation well, which ultimately led to both sides losing control.
In the 28th minute, Cambiaso sent a direct pass to instigate a counterattack. Suazo understood the situation and countered offside. After receiving the ball, he scored a single goal and equalized the score for Inter Milan.
But just two minutes later, Portuguese midfielder Pele elbowed his opponent and received a yellow card.
Genoa launched a crazy counterattack against Inter Milan, which put huge pressure on the team's defense.
Four minutes after the first yellow card, it was Portugal midfielder Pele who made too many moves while defending Genoa's outstanding Juric. The referee showed him a second yellow card and was sent off with a direct red card.
This made Mancini even more angry and cursed on the sidelines, and he was also shown a yellow card.
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After changing sides in the second half, Genoa replaced another forward and continued to strengthen their attack.
Relying on their numerical advantage, the home team launched a siege against Inter Milan.
Mancini made several substitutions in an effort to stabilize the situation, but Inter Milan's players became more impatient and passive on the scene, and had to take a defensive stance.
Even in the end, Mancini was very brave and replaced Cruz, wanting to risk his life with Genoa.
But still to no avail.
In the end, Inter Milan drew with Genoa 1-1 away from home.
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After the game, Mancini publicly criticized referee Rocchi at the press conference, believing that he was a referee who had problems with Inter Milan, and listed Rocchi's grievances with Inter Milan.
For example, against Sampdoria, Materazzi and Vieira received yellow cards for their first foul.
"Everyone can see that his enforcement standards for us are different from other teams!"
Mancini's subtext is obvious, Inter Milan suffered a loss.
What's interesting is that before the end of Genoa's game, some Genoa fans even held a banner.
"League champion? Game over!"
This is mocking Inter Milan, thinking that they have lost the league championship.
Naples won, Inter Milan tied, and Naples officially leads the Serie A standings with a two-point advantage.
Mancini refuted such claims in his post-match press conference.
"The championship game is over?" Mancini sneered, "This is the most ignorant joke I have ever heard. There are still nine rounds left in the league. We are only two points behind for now, and there is still a chance for everything."
Mancini said that the most important thing for Inter Milan now is to regain confidence, stabilize the players' emotions, and quietly train and prepare for games.
"I believe that we can win all the games, and Naples will definitely make mistakes. We will quickly shorten the gap and then overtake!" Mancini said loudly.
Inter Milan does have such strength.
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After the game, Sky TV specially recorded a Serie A program, and the commentator said during the game that Mancini's remarks were simply untenable.
"Is this a red card thing?"
"No, obviously not!"
"This is a dream Inter Milan team with many stars, but in Genoa, they are trying their best to defend like an amateur team from the countryside."
"The red card occurred in the 40th minute, but in the whole game, Inter Milan only had four shots, one shot on target, and scored one goal, while Genoa had 21 shots in the game, six shots on target, and the ball possession rate was
Up to 67 percent."
"I believe that rational people can read the truth from this data."
In addition to Sky TV, many Italian media have also joined forces to attack.
Since the last time Gao Shen listed the linkage between running distance, ball possession rate and passing success rate, the Italian media has also begun to pay attention to these three data, especially when analyzing the game. Guchi
In this game, Inter Milan's passing success rate was only 69.7%.
A little bit closer, less than 70%.
The ball possession rate is 33%.
What data is this?
The level of Serie A relegation teams!
The lineup arranged by Mancini for this game is not weak, with Zanetti, Cambiasso and Pele, among whom Pele is a Portuguese rookie midfielder who has high hopes from many people.
In front are Solari, Suazo and Ibrahimovic.
No matter how you look at it, this should not result in such bad data.
The red card definitely has an impact, but is it such a big impact?
"It turns out that before the red card occurred, Inter Milan was already at a comprehensive disadvantage. Suazo's goal was the only time they threatened Genoa's goal in the first half. What else can this mean?"
The media obviously did not agree with Mancini's words and thought it was more of a quibble.
The real fact is that under Mancini, Inter Milan played disorganized, without any creativity or aggression.
"Gao Shen is absolutely right, this Inter Milan team is lost!"
Faced with a flood of criticism from the outside world, Inter Milan officials did not intervene.
Gazzetta dello Sport revealed that Inter Milan's management was very disappointed with the draw and had already begun preparations for Mancini's aftermath.
At the same time, it was revealed that Mancini had another conflict with Ibrahimovic during training.
Because the latter's goal was not only surpassed by Borriello, but also by Naples center Cavani.
"The Swedish center believes that this is all Mancini's problem!"
For this reason, the day before the game against Juventus, Mancini refused to attend the pre-match press conference, and assistant coach Mihajlovic attended instead.
Although Inter Milan officials did not give a clear statement, the media revealed that this is because the Inter Milan management is worried that Mancini, who is angry and anxious, will say more inappropriate things in front of the media, causing trouble for himself and the team.
More trouble.
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"The next step is to look at Ranieri!"
After watching the report of Inter Milan's pre-match press conference, Gao Shen felt light all over.
Mancini did not hold a press conference, which in itself is the best proof.
At this time, it is often more important to give confidence and confidence to the outside world and to the players to stabilize.
But Mancini himself seemed to be a little out of control.
"It is understandable that he is such an arrogant person. He has never taken us seriously before. The five-to-zero battle completely defeated him. Now you have revealed his secrets so directly.
How can he bear the scar?" Carlo smiled bitterly.
Gao Shen is now becoming more and more skilled at psychological warfare.
This proactive attack was timed just right, not only causing a critical hit to the opponent, but also causing subsequent sustained bleeding damage.
Mancini is in pain and cannot speak out now, because everything he says is wrong and will be constantly amplified and amplified by the media, but he has to say it.
Just like today's press conference, he didn't come out to speak and asked his assistant to come out. This in itself was a very damaging thing to the team's confidence. It let everyone know that Inter Milan was in a downturn and chaos.
The key is that Gao Shen's previous critical hit was too brutal and his timing was too good.
Of course, as the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs. It was because Inter Milan had too many internal problems that Gao Shen seized such an opportunity.
Let me ask, if Mancini is well-supported in the locker room, will Gao Shen's trick still work?
In other words, if Mancini used this trick on Gao Shen in turn, would it work?
"To be honest, do you think Ranieri can handle it?" Carlo asked with concern.
After two years of cooperation, he is now more and more convinced of Gao Shen, and has even become more and more accustomed to the role of assistant.
"It's hard to say." Gao Shen shook his head.
This is actually the helplessness of psychological warfare.
The most effective way is of course to directly attack the opponent on the court, and psychological warfare is only an auxiliary method.
"Ranieri is still too conservative. Now is the critical moment for the fourth place. He may not dare to take risks."
Gao Shen was also very helpless about this. He couldn't tell Ranieri step by step that you should attack quickly.
"If Inter Milan wins Juventus in turn, the situation will be different." Gao Shen smiled.
In fact, he quite enjoyed this feeling.
The future is full of unknowns and unpredictability.
"In addition, we should also pay attention to our own locker room. These little monkeys have been a little too excited in the past two days and started jumping." Gao Shen reminded Carlo to pay attention.
No one should take an arrogant young person lightly.
Young people just like to dance and surf.
But at this critical moment, this is a big no-no.
Naples has not really taken the lead yet and must stabilize the situation no matter what.
