Chapter 087 Starlight Alliance Lord [Passerby 957] 9/10
The second half of the game begins.
Li Ang sat on the coaching bench and observed the changes in his opponent.
Villarreal had no obvious changes from the first half, but when the game reached the fifty-fifth minute, Liang still saw some clues.
Forlan got the ball in the frontcourt, and the Uruguayan didn't rush to move the football away. Instead, he controlled the ball at his feet, and then became entangled with Modric.
As Fran fell to the ground in the struggle, referee Merkel's whistle sounded.
Modric fouled and Villarreal won a free kick in the frontcourt.
Riquelme's free kick went into the penalty area. Although Forlan successfully grabbed the ball due to Materazzi's pressure, the ball hit him high and to the side.
"This is Villarreal's first shot in today's game!" Ferrari said sarcastically, "In the fifty-sixth minute of the game, the visiting team finally got a shot!"
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Three minutes later, Senna picked up the ball in the midfield. The pass was a little slow, and Carlos fell to the ground and shoveled the ball.
Jose Mari went to grab the ball, but was hit by Zanetti and fell to the ground immediately.
Zanetti committed a collision foul and Villarreal received a set kick in the frontcourt.
This time, Fran failed to grab the spot and the football was pushed out of the bottom line by Samuel.
Villarreal gets a corner kick!
Riquelme fired a corner kick, but Alvarez's header had no power and was directly caught by Cesar.
Villarreal received their second shot of the game today!
Although these two shots did not pose any threat to Inter Milan, Li Ang was still alert.
Villarreal got three set-piece opportunities during this period, which was more than they got in the first half. In the entire first half, Villarreal only got two.
A set piece opportunity.
And compared with the first half of the game, Villarreal's players were like spaghetti, falling over at the first touch. This was obviously a deliberate pursuit of set-piece opportunities!
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Is Pellegrini trying to make a fuss about set pieces?!
Li Ang immediately saw Pellegrini's tactical intention. With the sports battle being firmly suppressed by Inter Milan, Villarreal wanted to deliberately look for opportunities to set the ball in the limited counterattack, because
They also realized that it would be difficult to threaten Inter Milan through counterattacks in the face of Inter Milan's rigorous and aggressive fighting, so they simply bet on set kicks!
They have Argentinian star Riquelme who has excellent footwork.
If the distance to the goal is relatively close and the shooting angle is good, Riquelme can seek to attack the goal directly. If it is difficult to shoot directly, Forlán, the Uruguayan center, can also use his ability to grab points!
More than that!
Li Ang glanced at the scoreboard, Inter Milan led 1-0!
The score of zero to one is not unacceptable for Pellegrini and Villarreal. Their current tactical intention is not to concede the ball, and at the same time try to take advantage of the set-piece opportunities they get, in case they can steal it.
The chicken succeeded once and equalized the score, so this score result is very good for Villarreal.
Cunning Chileans.
Li Ang glanced towards the visiting team's coaching bench.
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Then, Pellegrini's substitution also confirmed Li Ang's judgment.
At the 61st minute of the game, Villarreal requested a substitution, Hosco was replaced, and Darabona came on as a substitute.
Darabona has a long-range shot.
This just proves Villarreal's intention to make a fuss about set pieces and long-range shots.
Since Li Ang has seen through Pellegrini's tactical intentions, he naturally has a way to deal with it.
At a subsequent dead ball opportunity, Li Ang called Modric to the sidelines for a face-to-face discussion and passed his tactical adjustments to the entire team.
The first is to respond to Villarreal's desire to find set pieces. Set pieces can be given, but the location matters.
Li Ang asked the team to step up the pressure on Villarreal's ball-carrying players. Even if they give the opponent a chance to set the ball, it should be outside the top of the penalty area, preferably near the center circle.
The defensive chain of the Inter Milan team presses forward to 'defend the enemy outside the country'.
In addition, the team is required to strengthen the offensive rhythm and wear down the Villarreal people. In the first half of the game, the Villarreal people were dragged down by Inter Milan's fast pace and were only half breathed. Now after
During the fifteen minutes of the break, I took a breath. This is not going to work! Inter Milan must continue to accelerate and let the Villarreal people take their last breath away!
Then, what awaits the Villarreal people is that the goal is wide open!
A 1-0 lead is not safe, we must strive for more goals, and at the same time we must absolutely avoid conceding goals and not give the opponent a chance to score away goals!
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Pellegrini stood on the sidelines. Although Villarreal was still trailing 0-1, he was no longer panicking. During the halftime break, Pellegrini calmed down and analyzed, only to fall behind.
One ball is still acceptable.
And during the halftime break, he also said these words to the players. The main meaning is that if we can equalize the score today, one to one is a surprise. If we can't score, zero to one is acceptable. Let's still do it.
There is a second round, and we return to the home court to make a comeback.
Just as Li Ang guessed, what he is looking forward to now is not to lose the ball again, and at the same time see if he can use the opportunity of a set kick to sneak up on one.
Then, Pellegrini's expression changed. He noticed that Inter Milan's defense moved forward. They tried their best to prevent Villarreal's ball-taking players from moving forward far away from the penalty area. Once they found something was wrong,
Just make a decisive foul.
At the same time, Inter Milan speeded up again, which greatly increased the defensive pressure on Villarreal. In this case, it was difficult to have any good counterattack opportunities.
Was his tactics seen through by the Chinese?!
Pellegrini glanced at Li Ang, who had already sat back on the coaching bench with his legs crossed, looking confident.
This made Pellegrini's heart beat.
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At this moment, Senna had just picked up the ball at the top of the center circle, and Carlos came up. The two were entangled and fell to the ground at the same time.
Villarreal's players thought it was still their set kick, so they came up to prepare for a penalty kick. The referee blew his whistle repeatedly and pointed to Villarreal's half, which meant that this was Inter Milan's set kick.
This caused dissatisfaction among Villarreal players, who complained and protested to the referee.
However, there was physical confrontation and entanglement between the two people, and they fell to the ground at the same time. It was hard to tell who committed the foul. Inter Milan was playing at home, so even if the referee took a little care, it would be understandable. What's more, this situation had happened once before.
The referee called a foul on Inter Milan.
While the Villarreal players were still complaining, Carlos suddenly took a free kick, pressed the football to the ground, and then kicked it out.
The football fell to Modric's feet.
At this time, Villarreal's players panicked and organized their defense.
Senna pounced directly on Modric.
Facing Senna's tackle, Modric did not panic. He made a fake move to pass the ball. After deceiving Senna to fall to the ground and make a tackle, he pulled the football back, passed Senna, and chose to break through!
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Villarreal's defense was caught off guard by Inter Milan's quick start and was a little panicked. When they saw Modric dribbling the ball directly towards the center, two players immediately moved towards Modric.
Pounced over.
Modric calmly distributed the ball to the wing.
Aguero didn't catch the ball, and then people saw Ronaldo passing by quickly, catching up with the football, and then swiping the football, trying to break through to the center, attracting Alvarez to come over, and arcing the football with his right foot!
Middle!
Adriano followed up without stopping the ball. While running, he faced the falling football and drew an arc directly in the air!
A wonderful rainbow!
The football bypassed the hands of Villarreal goalkeeper Barbosa, hit the upper left corner of the goal, and rolled up the net high!
In the stands of the Meazza Stadium, countless fans jumped up from their seats and cheered with their arms raised high.
Adriano ran, kneeling on his knees, sliding on the turf, pointing his hands towards the night sky of Meazza!
Ronaldo rushed over, hugged his compatriot, and shouted in his ear: Well done!
More people came towards them like a tide...
In the stands of Meazza Stadium, excited fans lit fireworks and danced in their hands.
The stars are shining brightly in the night sky!
On the sidelines, their head coach Li Ang raised his right arm high...
PS: Alliance leader [Passenger 957] will update 9/10.
