Amidst the laughter of his teammates, Mancini asked with concern: "Is the second half okay?"
Wang Ai felt it, and he knew that the exhausted muscles were rapidly absorbing energy from the small amount of fat. It would be very difficult for him to recreate the miracle of the first half.
And if you perform like that twice in one game, the Romans will go crazy. Of course, if it's a national event, they won't be able to control that much.
So he nodded and said: "It feels okay, but I will pass the ball more in the second half."
After switching venues in the second half, Wang Ai indeed increased the frequency of passing as he said. Unfortunately, under the almost hateful eyes of the Roma players, Wang Ai not only failed to score a goal, but also did not receive an assist. However, his presence suppressed the Roma team's counterattack.
The score remained 1:0 until he was replaced in the 70th minute.
After Wang Ai enjoyed a round of applause from the audience, the Roma team finally let go and Totti recovered a goal. After the two sides tied, fierce collisions occurred everywhere, and there was not a single yellow card in the entire first half.
The situation was broken. At the critical moment, Maxwell was injured and came off the field. Mancini had no substitutions in his hands and had to let his disciples play more with less. Fortunately, a few minutes later, Crespo's charge forced the opponent to foul.
When yellow changes to red, the two sides resume playing 10-man against 10-man.
At the critical moment, captain Zanetti stood up. He grabbed the opponent's clearance ball in front of the goal, took a decisive shot 20 meters away from the goal, and hit the long shot, thus ultimately ensuring that the International team won the opponent 2:1 at home.
After this battle, Inter Milan's position at the top of Serie A became even more unshakable, leading the second-placed Roma team by 14 points, giving Mancini more power to deal with other games and greater power to control the locker room.
.
When the final whistle sounded, the audience burst into applause to express their appreciation for the hard-working international team stars. Wang Ai just turned to leave, but was stopped by captain Zanetti who walked to the sidelines. He had to put on his coat and walk among his teammates to the stands together.
Indicate.
This is not over yet. Wang Ai originally planned to go directly to the locker room to pick up his bag and wait for the dismissal to go home and take a bath, but Zanetti forced him to go to the press conference. This is what Mancini meant:
You have scored such a goal that will go down in history and will be spread all over the world tomorrow. If you don't go to the press conference, you will cause trouble for everyone.
Reporters will block the base gate tomorrow!
At the press conference, the coaches and captains of both hosts and guests gave Wang Ai praise. Totti was in a bad mood after losing, but he was also very graceful. Zanetti, on the other hand, was much more open-minded and faced the reporters' comments.
Teammate" request, he said bluntly: "This is an unforgettable moment in my career. I think I will never forget this goal even after I retire. In the 1986 World Cup, I was still a 13-year-old boy, Diego
His goal was something I will never forget, and then I followed his footsteps to Serie A and joined the Argentine national team. I didn’t expect that 22 years later, I would be able to see another Diego with my own eyes, and he would still be my teammate, and even more so.
The wonderful thing is that I assisted him in scoring this goal, even though I didn’t take much credit.”
After Zanetti's self-deprecating praise, the reporters simultaneously turned their attention to Wang Ai, who was sitting at the edge. Wang Ai adjusted the microphone and said in Italian: "Thank you to the two coaches and the two coaches.
The captain praised me. First of all, I want to say that I have full respect for the Roma team and Captain Totti. This is a very strong opponent. At that time, we were at the stage where we were suppressed by our opponents, and our forward Hernan also
I retreated to the midfield to resist Roma's attack. So when I got the ball, I could only try to attack on my own. Fortunately, I succeeded in the end. That's the process."
"Do you have any intention of paying tribute to Diego?" a reporter asked first.
"I think every player wants to be Maradona on the court." Wang Ai said with a smile: "It's just that there may not be a chance. It requires a series of coincidences and a lot of luck. Diego created that goal
At that time, the captain was already 13 years old, but at that time, my parents had just gotten married. Therefore, I didn’t have the same surging emotions as the captain. I also watched the video of the goal, but I didn’t think much about it at the time. The powerful opponent simply couldn’t
You won’t give me time to think about it.”
"Will you open champagne tonight to celebrate?" another reporter asked loudly.
"Well, probably not. I was exhausted today and wanted to go home and take a bath. I was about to leave, but the captain pulled me here."
"Some people say that after you arrived at Milan, you had conflicts with your teammates because of your highest salary. Can you confirm it?"
Wang Ai shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, absolutely not, I promise you. I have never heard, seen, or felt that any teammate rejected me because of this, absolutely not. On the contrary, I feel that everyone is very friendly. I
Let me tell you a detail. When I went to Milan this summer to wait for the final signing, the person who picked me up was captain Zanetti."
The reporters were still raising their hands and asking questions that were still inseparable from the goal. Wang Ai had to knock on the microphone: "I'm in a hurry to go home and take a bath, so I don't want to say too much. Let me just say the last thing."
.”
The two head coaches, the two captains, and the press officer of the international team also realized that it was too long, especially the two guests.
"I know how you will report it tomorrow and how other newspapers will report it. Well, I admit that my goal is interesting to watch. But I would like to remind everyone that I am not the biggest contributor to the victory of the game. Captain Zanetti is.
Yes. Don’t forget, it was the first half when I scored the goal, and after captain Totti tied the score in the second half, we had no substitutions and one less person. Everyone, including me, was very tired.
Under the circumstances, it was the captain who stood up and overtook the score. It was this goal that helped us win. He is 35 years old and is still a defender. His goal is more important to our team than my goal.
Importantly, my goal was assisted by him, he is the director of this victory, he is the best in the game, even if my goal is very good-looking."
After finishing this long paragraph, Wang Ai stood up and bowed to the reporters and stopped answering other questions. The coaches and captains of both sides also stood up respectively. Spalletti and Totti also extended their hands to Wang Ai respectively.
Ai shook hands with them and said goodbye as a junior.
On the way back to the locker room, Zanetti put his arm around Wang Ai's shoulders: "Is my goal really that important?"
Wang Ai looked at Zanetti seriously: "You are the captain! Not only is your goal very important, you are also a great captain who is kind, friendly, generous, and willing to help his teammates. For example, if I owe some money, can you
