Mancini was indeed going crazy off the court, but there was really nothing he could do. Seeing Yi Zhe kneeling on the sidelines in front of the cheers of the audience, he felt that he was really insulted. The Inter Milan team he once ruled was
What defense? But now…
All the media are questioning their performance in leading the team, but is Inter Milan still the same Nerazzurri team it once was?
He was holding back his anger, but he could only stand up. His responsibility as the head coach made him shout loudly to the players: "Well done! Andre, keep it up, this is just an accident!"
He shouted at the backbone of the defense, Ranocchia. Who would have thought that this player who Yizhe was teasing and joking about would actually be the captain of Inter Milan...
However, the effect of him wearing the captain's armband was not as good as that of Yi Zhe, the youngest person on the field. He ran over and shouted to his teammates: "Press up! Guys, look, they are vulnerable!"
Then he raised his eyebrows at De Bruyne: "Kevin, look, I said, a goal doesn't have to be close to the goal."
De Bruyne was stunned for two seconds, his face darkened, and he finally thought about it: "Yi, you are saying that I am not as good as you and I can't score goals, right?"
"That's what you said, Kevin. Are you still worried about not having a chance now?"
Wolfsburg pursued the victory and pushed their formation into the frontcourt. Yi Zhe relied on his personal ability to open up space from the front of the opponent's chain defense. After gaining the score advantage, he took more initiative.
Especially at home, Inter Milan quickly felt what real oppression was.
Gary Medel tried his best to prevent De Bruyne from dribbling the ball forward, but as soon as he turned his head, Naldo came directly from the front and intercepted the ball in the arc of the center circle.
Heijin also clenched his fists on the sidelines and competed for pressure. This is the way of Wolfsburg!
Although Perisic broke into the penalty area and missed the goal with a low shot and missed the offensive launched by the high position, the offense and defense had changed in a short period of time.
The center back rushed up to occupy the space. Yi Zhe could only guide the ball to the wing through short passes. After pulling back and forth, he found space behind Inter Milan left back D'Ambrosio. On this side, Xu Er
Le's strength and speed can be used as a breaking point to suppress this Inter Milan full-back with strong assist ability.
Several waves of offensive attacks came forward, and after twenty minutes of the game, the field had completely turned into an offensive and defensive drill for Wolfsburg players. Mancini originally arranged a 4-3-3 formation, but the league had given up and was competing for European qualifications.
It's all hopeless, and the only salvation is the Europa League.
But soon he began to go crazy. The Bundesliga leader in front of him even gave him a sense of oppression against Bayern. It was a problem to play the ball in his own half, and Hernanes, the frontcourt playmaker, could only
As a spectator, there was almost no presence in the 20-minute game except for a long shot, not to mention the front three of Palacio, Shaqiri and Incardi.
He observed Wolfsburg's constantly changing and moving formation on the field. Even if Yi Zhe pressed into the frontcourt, he could complete the best connection with the team's overall formation, even on the defensive end. He made multiple lateral moves to make accurate predictions.
Determine your side’s route for the ball.
"Does he have the eyes of God?"
Mancini was muttering on the sidelines. His evaluation of Yi Zhe before the game was just a tactic, and it turned into reality before his eyes...
Inter Milan players also tried to use long passes to create threats, but no one in the front three was an aerial expert. Instead, they gave Wolfsburg captain Benario a chance to show his stability, and then he drove back to the half court with a big kick, and again
It's a wave of suppression.
Wolfsburg didn't play too much in this kind of suppression game. De Bruyne took the ball near the penalty area and directly kicked the goal and flew out of the post. The space left by the two central defenders of Inter Milan was fully utilized.
Mancini's eyes jumped when he saw it, and his players immediately chose a position to press forward without any problem, but...
Facing the defense of Thornton and Ranocchia, Yi Zhe changed directions twice in succession, and then passed the ball to De Bruyne through the gap. Ding Ding continued to pass the ball forward with a slight tap, and then saw Yi Zhe
Zhe and Thornton were fighting hand to hand at close range.
This is not a confrontation of the same level. At least it seems that if Thornton is considered a heavyweight in the boxing match, Yi Zhe's body is at best a lightweight. But the fact is that Thornton is squeezing with all his strength with his well-developed upper limbs.
Yi Zhe still stumbled out and stretched his legs forward with his toes to send a pass, successfully avoiding Juan's sliding tackle.
Bendtner quickly rushed out from the front, and the originally chaotic situation was instantly cleared of confusion.
"Nick—Nick—"
Bendtner volleyed directly towards the ball, targeting Carrizo, who was only half as fast as his attack speed, and sent the ball directly into the goal.
At twenty-six minutes, Wolfsburg led 2:0.
The Milan TV commentator leaned back and let out a breath: "A bad game! Maybe Mancini should trust Samir Handanovic more in this level of confrontation."
Slovenian goalkeeper Handanovic on the bench is now Inter Milan's real goalkeeper, but Mancini did not give a reason for the sudden rotation of goalkeepers in this important game.
He frowned, seeing the team's defense being torn apart time and time again, and the chaos in front of the goal. Even the purest attacker like Palacio slowly began to retreat to the half court to take on defensive tasks.
"What the hell!"
He went directly to the bench and called up Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic.
There are not many substitutions and formation changes in the first half, even less for Italian coaches, but it is obvious that Mancini has felt a sense of crisis.
"Mateo! Go past their half and pass the ball to our forward!"
Kovacic came on to replace Gary Medel, and it wasn't until Inter Milan changed their formation on the field that everyone discovered what kind of big move Mancini had used.
There is only one Guarin left in the midfield as the backstop, and he is also a character with nearly full offensive attributes.
"Mancini's actions are really fast. Being behind by two goals in the first half of the two rounds is not the end of the world, but is he playing this game as a Champions League final?"
Yi Zhe reacted immediately when he saw the opponent's change of formation. Even if the system was not online, after watching the coaching mode so many times, he could probably understand it, just like many hardcore players of championship managers on the Internet.
He often gives advice on the formation of the national football coach...
But his teammates obviously hadn't reacted yet. Gustavo was directly passed through the defense by three consecutive passes. Yi Zhe was still in the frontcourt and couldn't catch up at all.
Inter Milan launched a counterattack. Palacio made a high-speed attack at the front of the left penalty area and passed the ball. Mauro Incardi flew into the gap between the two Wolfsburg central defenders and rushed directly to the goal.
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After two minutes, Inter Milan rewritten the score to 1:2 and scored an away goal.
Mancini hugged the assistant coach fiercely on the sidelines. Just now, he really felt that the team was like a caged animal, completely surrounded by a pack of wolves, but now it seems that he made the right bet and has hope of breaking out of the cage.
