The defensive tactics set by Mazzarri in the first half were quite outstanding. He did not arrange four or five defenders, but boldly used three central defenders and placed four central defenders with excellent defensive abilities in front of them.
In terms of defensive tactics, the biggest reason why Inter Milan's offense seemed invincible in the first half of the season is that they not only have a strong scoring ability in the penalty area, but offense outside the penalty area is the source of their offense.
Adriano often pulled into the midfield to dribble the ball and break through, which was an important scoring point for them to break the deadlock. In the two rounds of the league when Adriano did not play, Dick focused on the wing, and then used Tony
Domination in the penalty area to gain opportunities - this style of play is a non-mainstream style for Inter Milan this season. They rely more on the running and suppression of the midfield to create opportunities. Most of them
All the goals are opportunities created through midfield control and movement, especially the attack in the middle, which is the top priority.
Everyone knows that breaking the deadlock in the middle is the most difficult thing. The offensive threat in the middle is the greatest, but the defensive pressure faced is also the most difficult. No one thought that Inter Milan's offense actually starts from the middle -
- This is a bit incredible to think about, but it is a real thing, whether it is Adriano's attack after pulling out, or Pandev's threading in the middle, or even the two of Perrotta and Stankovic
Their midfield runs are more concentrated in the center rather than on the wings. Attacking from the wings is just one of their methods. When the opponent's attention begins to focus on the center, they start to attack from the wings.
Creating opportunities for Toni, in this style of play, the true intention of Inter Milan's offense began to be concealed.
But Mazzarri discovered this keenly, which made him boldly arrange four players with strong defensive abilities in the middle. The first is to allow Adriano to have more people to defend him when he retreats to get the ball.
One is to compete with Inter Milan's midfield running ability, and the last point is to reduce Pandev's chances of getting the ball, making it impossible for him to pass sharp direct passes without too much interference!
This tactical arrangement, from the first half, was very effective. Inter Milan's attack in the middle was under great pressure. Toni did not get many opportunities in the penalty area, and Pandev rarely had the opportunity to win the ball.
Adriano, who has the most balls, is always unable to perform even though he has the numerical advantage. This makes Mazzarri even more convinced that his tactics are absolutely effective!
What he didn't expect was that Inter Milan in the first half today was not Inter Milan under normal circumstances. Adriano, who was eager to prove his ability, took the ball too much. During the halftime break, Dick pointed out
After understanding this, Inter Milan's offense will return to its usual state in the second half, instead of letting Adriano fight with the ball alone.
The four defensive midfielders only make the midfielder thicker and make Inter Milan's offense less easy than usual, but it is not enough to make Inter Milan's offense completely helpless!
The smug Mazzarri will be hit hard by Inter Milan in the second half.
During the halftime break, Dick said a few words, which made Adriano calm down. The difficulties in the first half made him realize that he was not that good after all. He scored so many goals in the first half of the season.
, is it more because of operating in the tactical system arranged by Dick? But when I start to act recklessly, it suddenly becomes difficult to score goals!
Did it turn out that I was able to score so many goals in the first half of the season because of my boss’s tactical arrangements? Without that support, couldn’t I rely on my personal ability to score goals even when I faced the underdog Reggina?
Adriano, who was thinking this way, actually fell into a misunderstanding. He scored so many goals in the first half of the season, not only because of Dick's good tactical arrangements, but also because of his excellent own condition.
So many players in Inter Milan have scored goals, but he is still the one who scores the most goals. This is enough to prove his excellence. And in this game, he feels that the game seems to be difficult. There are many factors. First of all, he himself
His condition is not as good as in the first half of the season. He had a hard time losing weight some time ago. He didn't touch the ball much for a while, and he only had two or three days to practice with the club. Secondly, he was impatient and eager to use his personal performance to improve his performance.
The intention of bringing goals is too obvious. In the end, the tactics arranged by the opponent are aimed at him, so naturally it will be very difficult...
In this season that Dick knows, Adriano can be called Shaq O'Neal on the football field in the first half of the season. Before Mancini has adjusted Inter Milan's offensive tactics, the entire offense is playing like a team.
Under such chaotic circumstances, he relied almost entirely on his personal ability to score fourteen goals in sixteen rounds of the league. However, he stalled out after the winter break, playing fourteen times and scoring only two goals.
Of course, this is because Inter Milan's offense is gradually taking shape and starting to target the whole. It is also a reason why his style of play that emphasizes personal breakthroughs is easy to be targeted. In modern football where players' abilities are gradually approaching, relying on one person
Power goals have become increasingly unrealistic.
However, in this case, it is undoubtedly a good thing for Adriano to have such an idea, which makes him pay more attention to cooperation with his teammates and start to know how to do it on the court.
After such a change, Inter Milan immediately surprised Mazzarri after the start of the second half!
They did not launch a stormy attack. Instead, compared to the first half, the pace of the attack slowed down a lot. In the eyes of Reggina fans, this may be because Inter Milan was physically exhausted during the attack in the first half.
Big, now he has begun to be unable to support himself, but in Mazari's eyes, he would never think so.
Throughout the first half of the season, Inter Milan used stormy offensive tactics, especially the three players in their midfield who all ran quite long distances. They were able to run and rush, which made Inter Milan's midfielder this season full of strength.
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Although they were playing under the pressure of Reggina in the first half, because there was no sprint back and forth, is it possible that their physical fitness would have problems so quickly? Besides, the winter break has just been over a week, how could they be exhausted so quickly?
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This can only mean one thing, that is, the players of Inter Milan were not impatient, but began to face the game with a calmer mentality. After the fierce attack failed, they began to show their skills and control.
advantage, control the game on the field, first not give Regina too many opportunities to counterattack, and then wait for opportunities to find loopholes.
Mazzarri sighed. It seemed that this was not the players' self-adjustment but Dick's tactical adjustment during the halftime break. Such an adjustment seemed conservative, but it greatly suppressed Reggina's victory.
possibility!
Mazzarri knew that it was probably impossible to win this game. It only depended on luck. What he had to do now was to save at least one point.
Coaching in a relegation team like Reggina, Mazzarri clearly knows that it is best not to show off. If you can't get three points, it's good to get one point. If you can get one point, your opponent will lose two points.
, which is much better than not getting a point at all.
However, what Mazzarri did not expect was that he would not be able to save even one point.
After maneuvering back and forth through the midfield, Inter Milan soon began to create more opportunities on the wings. Although they did not have serious wing attackers, Perrotta and Stankovic were both capable.
With mid-level players on the wing, and Zanetti's frequent forward assists, they quickly took advantage on the wing - because Reggina didn't have any serious wing defenders on the field...
In the fifty-fifth minute, ten minutes after the start of the second half, Adriano received a pass from Pandev in the middle. Seeing two players approaching him, he did not choose to force the ball by himself, but took the ball again.
The message was passed back to Pandev's feet.
When Pandev received the ball, he had already prepared the passing route. After receiving Adriano's pass, he dunked diagonally, then raised his foot and distributed the ball to the relatively weak right wing!
Stankovic stopped the ball with his right foot, looked up and observed the situation in the penalty area, and then decisively made a pass with his right foot!
Stankovic's passing ability is also quite good. The ball draws an arc in the air, bypasses the defender defending at the front point, and flies to the center!
As soon as Mazzarri saw the opportunity for Tony to take off in the middle, he closed his eyes: "It's over..."
Sure enough, after Tony suppressed the opponent's central defender, he shook his head and pushed away Stankovic's cross, and the ball quickly flew into Reggina's door!
Ten minutes after the start of the second half, Inter Milan made a cross from the wing after a back-and-forth pass, and Toni scored with a header, scoring his thirteenth league goal of the season!
After this goal, if Reggina still had a glimmer of hope to equalize the score, then something happened twelve minutes later that completely dashed their hope of scoring points.
In the 67th minute, Colucci knocked down Pandev who was holding the ball behind the midfielder and received his second yellow card.
Reggina, with one less player, began to completely lose the initiative, and Adriano got more opportunities. In the 76th minute, Zanetti, who stepped in to assist, handed the ball to Pandev, and Pandev took advantage of the situation to return the ball.
, Adriano, who was following, swung his left foot and hit the door hard, blasting the ball in from 25 meters away from the door!
Mazzarri shook his head helplessly, replaced the main forward Bonazzoli, and announced that he would give up the game.
Dick also began to mobilize his troops. Di Natale and Cruz came on to replace Pandev and Tony. At the same time, Mascherano replaced Zanetti to prevent him from being injured due to excessive physical exertion.
As a super substitute, Cruz seized this opportunity. Five minutes after coming on as a substitute, with the help of a corner kick, he smashed Stankovic's corner kick into Reggina's door, three to three.
Zero, Inter Milan achieved a complete victory in the away game!
"Congratulations on your victory."
After the game, Mazzarri came over to shake hands with Dick, and there was no unconvincing expression on his face: "You didn't give me any chance...I thought there would be more chances in the second half."
"I have also led underdogs. Under such circumstances, it is often the underdog's opportunity to score points. How could I not guard against it?" Dick laughed: "What's more, in Serie A, no team is good.
If I didn’t pay more attention, I’m afraid we would have lost our undefeated record long ago..."
