The match between Manchester United and Lazio inspired Mourinho, who incorporated Ferguson's tactics into his own defensive tactics.
Of course, this Manchester United is definitely not a copycat of Mad Dog tactics, but the Manchester United from the first round.
At that time, Manchester United was different from other teams. They did not use high defense to block Lazio. Instead, they formed multiple lines of defense in their own half, forcing Lazio to slow down layer by layer, and finally stopped them completely.
According to Lazio's characteristics, Lazio who cannot run is much less of a threat.
So when the game started, Lazio quickly discovered what their opponents were going to do.
In the backcourt, Lazio's players can hit the ball at will, even if they keep kicking for ten minutes, preventing the opponent from even touching the ball. But as long as Lazio crosses the center line, they will encounter the tenacity of Inter Milan.
resistance.
The advantage of Inter Milan's doing this is that they will not disperse their forces when defending. They can concentrate their forces on the main battlefield to contain Lazio's advance.
Like other teams, they always try to use high defense to intercept Lazio, trying to use counterattacks, sieges and other methods in the frontcourt to force Lazio to be unable to send the football to the frontcourt.
This trick may be useful against teams that generally pay attention to ground coordination, but they have forgotten that Lazio not only has control and ground coordination, they also have speed!
Their overall advancement speed is very fast!
Defending high is equivalent to leaving a huge gap behind you, and then telling Lazio: "You pass the ball directly behind us! Make sure you hit it accurately every time!"
In fact, this is also the case. When encountering teams that defend them at a high position, Lazio will frequently use direct passes to hit them behind.
The effect is very good.
No one in Lazio's squad is very fast in absolute terms, but when combined with their tactics, the speed becomes very fast.
Inter Milan's defense in this game did not give Lazio any space behind them, preventing them from passing those threatening through passes and the ball coming from behind.
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When the game starts, as Chang Sheng said, Inter Milan will strive to score first, so they will launch an attack at the beginning of the game.
At this time, most teams will ask their team to defend firmly, try not to concede a goal, and survive this period before trying to score a goal.
But Chang Sheng doesn't do that.
He wants to do the opposite.
As he said to his players before the game, if Inter Milan plans to score first and launch a fierce offensive at the beginning of the game, this will be an excellent opportunity for Lazio!
Because it is conceivable that for most of the game, Inter Milan will shrink its defense in order not to concede the ball.
So there are very few times when they can press out and attack.
At the beginning of the game, it was definitely a good opportunity for Lazio. Inter Milan pressed forward to attack, and there was more space behind them.
Of course, there is a certain risk in Lazio's pressure to attack Inter Milan, but Chang Sheng believes that this risk is worth taking in order to win.
Moreover, Inter Milan certainly did not expect that Lazio would use their attack to counterattack them...
Generally speaking, teams will choose to recycle their defense when facing an opponent playing like this.
But Chang Sheng only thinks about attacking.
This is truly treating offense as defense.
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So when Inter Milan attacked at the beginning of the game, they were surprised to find that Lazio on the opposite side did the same!
Just when they thought they would besiege Lazio, Lazio threatened their goal with the same sharp attack...
One moment, Cambiaso had just completed a shooting attack, and the next moment it was Cavani's turn to header.
Mourinho stood on the sidelines, watching the game in the stadium solemnly.
I asked the team to attack aggressively, thinking that Lazio would definitely shrink their defense. During the opening period, Lazio could not threaten their goal.
Who would have expected the result...
Lazio, in turn, took advantage of the space left behind by their attack!
Mourinho is very conflicted now. Should he interrupt this offensive plan and let the players retreat to defend without giving Lazio the slightest chance?
Let’s just keep persisting and strive to score a goal ahead of Lazio within the first ten minutes.
As long as Inter Milan can lead Lazio, no matter how many goals it leads, Mourinho is confident that he can maintain this goal lead at home.
He already had an idea by studying the video of the first leg between Manchester United and Lazio.
But if you don't score and just shrink your defense... wouldn't that play into Lazio's hands? In the standings, Lazio is the leader, and they are three points ahead of Inter Milan. If neither side scores a goal in this game, it will be a defeat.
After a 0:0 tie, Lazio is still three points ahead of Inter Milan. This is the result Lazio wants to see, but it is not what Inter Milan wants!
In other words, Mourinho will not accept any other result in this game except winning.
Mourinho thought about it and decided to take a gamble.
No recycling for now, try to score first.
He wanted to see whether his team would score first or Lazio.
He believed that after continuous battles, the entire Lazio team was exhausted. In such a high-intensity game, both in terms of state, performance, and psychology, they were not as good as his own team.
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Mourinho guessed correctly, Lazio's entire team is very tired now, and their state is ups and downs.
They can't even guarantee to be in good form throughout this game.
But because of this, the time at the beginning of the game is particularly precious to them.
Because their physical fitness cannot guarantee a high-intensity fight throughout the game.
If you get into a tug-of-war with Inter Milan, you will definitely be the unlucky one in the end.
Chang Sheng knew this very well and allowed Lazio to attack Inter Milan at the beginning of the game.
Of course, if it was Lazio before, I am afraid that Inter Milan would be pushed back soon, and it would become a situation where Lazio besieged Inter Milan.
But now, due to the impact of state and physical fitness, Lazio cannot completely suppress Inter Milan. This actually gives Inter Milan hope and makes Inter Milan mistakenly think that they can attack Lazio, so they will not retract their defense for a while.
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Wasn’t Mourinho deceived?
Of course, this situation cannot continue forever, so it is not Inter Milan who must score first, but Lazio...
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Inter Milan's attack broke into Lazio's penalty area. Ibrahimovic originally planned to take a shot, but Jose Passarella blocked it with his foot. The two sides exchanged a kick and the football bounced away.
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Chiellini kicked the ball away before Cambiaso came up to take the shot.
The football fell to midfield, and Cavani pushed the ball to Candreva with his head.
Lazio launched another attack.
After receiving the ball, Candreva did not continue to dribble the ball or anything, but directly sent the football to the wing.
On the right wing, the young Azpilicueta jumped in at high speed and participated in the attack.
He received a pass from Candreva. This time he did not pass the ball, but continued to dribble!
"Lazio's counterattack!"
the narrator shouted.
Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, suddenly smelled an uneasy smell in the air, and he became a little anxious.
He shouted towards the court: "Get back to defense quickly——!"
Azpilicueta dribbling the ball forward does not violate Lazio's tactical discipline, because there is no enemy in front of him, so why should he not dribble the ball?
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Inter Milan's left back Maxwell quickly rushed forward and intercepted Azpilicueta inside.
Azpilicueta saw this and stopped dribbling.
But he didn't pass back or cross either.
He sent a through ball directly!
The football bypassed Maxwell and passed to the ribs of the penalty area!
Cazorla jumped in at high speed from there, and with Samuel's close guard, he rushed towards the football!
In fact, Cazorla is already very tired. In the Lazio formation, it is not just Gotze who is tired, many people are tired.
After all, Gotze did not play in the last game against Bayern Munich. He played on the bench for 90 minutes and got a chance to rest.
And Cazorla didn't have any chance to rest.
As a swingman in the forward and midfield, his role is particularly important when the team is short of manpower. He needs to play multiple positions. As a result, he plays almost every game without any time to rest.
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If someone is needed in the midfield, he goes to the midfield. If he is needed on the front line, he goes to the front line.
There was no chance to rest at all, so Cazorla was also very tired.
But Cazorla knew that now was not the time to shout thunder.
In the Champions League, Lazio will most likely be eliminated.
If the league allows Inter Milan to reverse course after leading for most of the season...that is absolutely unacceptable!
So Cazorla has been gritting his teeth and persisting.
Including this attack.
In order to avoid Maxwell's interception, Azpilicueta passed the football deeper.
In order to catch up with the ball, Cazorla must sprint with all his strength.
This makes him feel even more tired...
But this is a good opportunity, and you must not give it up just because you can’t run!
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Samuel has been stuck on the inside of Cazorla. On the one hand, he naturally does not allow Cazorla to cut inside, and on the other hand, he does not allow Cazorla to shoot directly.
This angle is not too far away, Cazorla has the ability to shoot and the possibility of scoring goals.
In order to avoid being scored by the opponent here, Samuel will definitely not relax.
But what he didn't expect was that Cazorla never thought about shooting!
Cazorla is very aware of his physical ability. He has already struggled to catch up with the ball. Under such circumstances, it is simply difficult for him to make a shot that requires high accuracy. He cannot guarantee the final result of the football.
Will fly into the goal...
Such a good offensive opportunity would be absolutely unforgivable if he missed it because of himself!
So Cazorla didn't shoot, but used all his strength to cross!
Of course, before making the cross, he made a fake shot. Samuel stretched out his leg, and a gap appeared.
Cazorla's cross ball went under Samuel's crotch!
"Cazorla...crosses the goal!!"
Amid the commentator's exclamations, Cavani slapped his horse and killed him.
Then a flying shovel came in and shoveled Cazorla's cross into the goal!
The shouts at Meazza suddenly stopped.
Inter Milan, who wanted to score first, conceded the goal first! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
