Inter Milan's forward push showed their ability to counterattack quickly, and soon, they also showed their ability to play positional warfare.
After this attack, Inter Milan quickly launched another attack. Stankovic gave the ball to Adriano in the midfield. Adriano took the ball and forced it into the penalty area, and then planned to pass it crosswise to the opponent.
Toni and Chievo defender Danner intercepted the ball midway, which aroused applause from the Chievo fans in the stands.
"Well, this kid is quite obedient." Dick thought as he rubbed his chin off the court. Adriano has shown his ability to dribble the ball these few times, but he also does a very good job in passing.
At least he can think about passing the ball to his teammates - at least at this time, he is not arrogant enough to think that he can solve all problems by himself.
Offensively, Inter Milan gradually picked up, but defensively, Inter Milan was still under a lot of pressure. Luciano continued to break through from the right, putting a lot of pressure on Pasquale. In the tenth
In the second minute, his breakthrough from the wing forced Pasquale to foul and received a yellow card.
"Simone, remember to help defend more!" Dick frowned and shouted to the court.
Perrotta nodded and began to help Pasquale defend more. Inter Milan, which seemed relatively passive, scored its first goal in Serie A this season through a beautiful attack in the 15th minute.
ball!
Recoba, who seemed relatively quiet after the opening, suddenly broke out. After retreating to the center, he received a direct pass from Perrotta, then turned around and got rid of the opponent's midfielder Baronio. Chievo's other players
When the player wanted to come up to defend him, he raised his foot and sent a long diagonal pass.
The running of Adriano and Toni attracted the attention of other Chievo defenders. Stankovic quietly inserted from the right and then received Recoba's pass!
He unloaded Recoba's long pass with his chest in the penalty area, and then Stankovic jumped in front of the attacking Fontana and shot directly with his left foot. The ball passed Fontana and then flew into Fontana.
The goal behind you!
Recoba's assist and Stankovic's goal gave Inter Milan a one-goal lead in the away game!
"A very beautiful goal! But from this goal, what we see is more of a performance between a few stars. Is this the only result that Dick leads the team? That is too disappointing.
A little..." a commentator said this.
Although this goal is very beautiful, it does look like a flash of inspiration from Recoba and Stankovic. Such goals have appeared more often in the past Inter Milan games, and this is exactly what was called
The criticism is that they always buy superstars and always want them to play an important role. However, superstars are not a panacea. When they do not perform well in some important games, Inter Milan's results will be greatly affected.
Dick waved his fist off the court. It was a good thing to take the lead. Dick was not the kind of rigid head coach. He paid attention to the overall situation, but he did not limit the individual performance of the players.
However, for many people who looked at Dick's arrival at Inter Milan with colored glasses, what happened next in the first half made them very happy - after losing the goal, Chievo launched a wave of offensive, while Inter Milan
They recovered slightly and waited for opportunities to counterattack, but their cooperation in the frontcourt was not very skillful and they missed several opportunities.
Adriano's direct pass once created a single opportunity for Toni. However, Toni's shot was a little slower. The ball was held in the arms of Fontana who was attacking. Toni separated the side and Perrotta's long shot was blocked.
Bottom line, Adriano's header was seven meters in front of the goal. Before the end of the first half, Tony missed a close header opportunity in front of the goal. His header shot was incredibly high...
While Inter Milan continued to waste opportunities, Chievo showed skillful cooperation. In the 30th minute, Cannavaro went up and Luciano unloaded the ball on his chest in the penalty area and then shot directly to equalize the score for Chievo.
In seven minutes, Franceschini split the Inter Milan defense with a straight ball from the middle. Pellisier broke into the penalty area and shot to go ahead...
"Inter Milan had a good start and was overtaken by Chievo! To be fair, such a score is not fair. They created more opportunities than Chievo, but they wasted a lot of opportunities... They are considered to be replacements.
Vieri's Toni performed poorly in the first half. He missed two excellent opportunities, including a single and a close header. Dick made a mistake on him! After all, he was already 26 years old.
He is old and there is no room for improvement, but Dick wants to replace Vieri with him... I have to say, he takes it for granted!"
"Inter Milan's lagging behind in the first half was also related to some problems with their central defender combination...The first goal conceded was Cannavaro's header, and the second goal conceded was Cannavaro and Matera.
There was a problem between Qi and Qi. There was a gap between the two, and Pelissier easily broke through! The problem that Cooper didn't solve, Dick still didn't solve. Now Cordoba is suspended. Wait until Cole
After Doba is suspended, how is he going to arrange these three central defenders? Let Cannavaro serve as a substitute? Members of the national team and superstars with an annual salary of 5 million will serve as substitutes. Inter Milan is too luxurious..."
Commentators from all walks of life were complaining about Inter Milan's performance in the first half, and the lagging score in the first half did make Inter Milan look ordinary. Inter Milan fans were a little disappointed - they actually saw that they were lagging behind. Wasn't it Di?
Will you be able to win continuously once you get there...
Dick looked calm. He did not rush back to the locker room. Instead, he high-fived the players one by one as they came off the court. He did not follow the last player until he came off the court and walked to the tunnel.
"The guy who pretends to be calm..." Many people are thinking in their hearts.
"Okay, guys, we were behind in the first half, don't think about this kind of thing anymore... Of course, Fabio, Marco, remember you are partners in the defense, pay attention to coordination and complementing each other.
, I don’t need to say more, Fabio pounces and Marco is responsible for filling in. This is a cooperation we have done many times in training. I hope there will be no such low-level mistakes in the future, do you understand?"
Cannavaro and Materazzi nodded dejectedly at the same time. Their performance in the first half was actually not bad. Materazzi blocked Chievo's goals twice in front of the goal, while Cannavaro had three beautiful goals.
steals, but defenders are like this. If they perform poorly once, all their top performances will be wiped out.
"We did not perform worse than Chievo in the first half, and their running also consumed a lot of physical energy. The advantage in the second half will definitely be ours. Now we have to pay attention to some details in the offense. Alvaro, first half
Your performance is good, but you have to pay attention to the timing of passing the ball. You don't need to complete that sharp direct pass or long pass every time. It is also very necessary to mobilize the entire team's offense by dividing the ball."
Recoba nodded somewhat blankly, and Dick sighed inwardly. It is really difficult to position a player like Recoba. If he has no physical problems and plays around him, the results will definitely be good. However,
But it's not enough to satisfy the giants, and if he is only allowed to be a part of the team, his cooperation in this area seems to be poor, which results in the so-called that he has never been able to fully display his abilities——
Later people commented that Recoba "never reached the heights he deserved", which is actually such a paradox.
However, Recoba's performance today was still good, and we can look forward to his performance in the second half.
"Rete, continue to use your characteristics in the second half, pull out, break through, and then distribute the ball, so that you will have more space. If you have the opportunity, shoot from long range. I want to see how good your long shot is!"
"
Adriano nodded and said confidently: "Boss, just watch the second half!"
As for the three midfielders, Dick has nothing to say. Their performance in the first half fully met Dick's requirements. They showed a high level on both ends of the offense and defense, and there is still one Tony left...
Tony was a little frustrated. He had never played in Serie A before, but he had never played for a giant like Inter Milan. He was really nervous in the first half. Forget it that one-on-one goal, that header from four meters in front of the goal.
...But he can score goals with just one click. He has scored many goals like this, but he actually got nervous in this situation...
Tony knows the cruelty of playing in a wealthy club. He has played with Baggio. For Baggio, a veteran who has gone through many hardships, the process of playing in a wealthy club is a mixed blessing. He also understands the cruelty of playing in a wealthy club.
He told Tony that his performance in the first half was so average, maybe Dick would replace him in the second half...
Just as he was thinking this anxiously, Dick came to him.
"Luka, don't be nervous. Although Serie A is higher than Serie B, don't forget how terrible your scoring rate is in Serie B... just treat them as Serie B's opponents! Chievo was just like that in the past few years.
At the level of Serie B, remember the tasks I assigned you before the game, do you understand?"
Tony raised his head - Dick didn't want to replace him, but encouraged him, which made his worries disappear: "No problem, boss, I will perform better in the second half!"
"That's it, don't think too much!" Dick patted Tony on the shoulder, then clapped his hands: "Get ready to go out, guys, it's just a ball behind... I'm going to watch you in the opening game
Just equalize the score and then we return to Milan with a victory!"
Dick waved his hand, and the Inter Milan players walked out of the locker room in disbelief. From now on, except for a few sentences, Dick was just talking. Can this really win the game?
…
Three minutes into the second half, everyone shut their mouths...
Only three minutes into the second half, Recoba took the ball in the midfield and passed it to Perrotta. Perrotta passed it diagonally to Adriano who had pulled out of the penalty area. Adriano began to dribble the ball forward. When he dribbled the ball
, Perrotta, who was passing the ball, began to break through the penalty area in a diagonal direction, while Tony pulled out of the penalty area to meet at the penalty area line. This kind of running distracted the attention of Chievo's defense, and Adriano did not
Forcibly dribbling the ball, he raised his foot and passed the ball to Tony who was responding at the front of the penalty area. Then he moved forward. Tony controlled the ball under his feet, used his body to withstand Mandelin who was constantly interfering behind him, and then raised his foot to pass the ball to Tony.
The ball was passed back.
Adriano followed up and faced Tony's return ball, raised his foot and took a long shot from outside the penalty area!
The ball flew to the far corner of the goal like a cannonball. Even though Fontana stretched out his arms, he could only watch the ball quickly fly past his hands and plunge into the far corner of the goal!
Three minutes into the second half, Inter Milan equalized the score!
