Both sides took a shot from the beginning, which made the rest of the game more positive.
In the seventh minute, Makinwa received a pass from his teammate in the penalty area and immediately turned around and shot. Chiellini's timely interference allowed Makinwa's shot to go directly over the crossbar.
In the tenth minute, Sneijder passed the ball in the middle. After receiving the ball, Perrotta passed the ball across to Adriano. Adriano once again passed the ball directly into the penalty area. Tony still managed to shoot despite Barzagli's defense.
The ball was pounced by the opponent's goalkeeper and then quickly pressed under him.
Dick frowned. He had already discovered the offensive problems of this formation. Sneijder's performance was not bad. He was able to distribute the ball in time in the midfield. However, after arriving in the frontcourt, Inter Milan was
There are still some obstacles in passing, and sometimes offensive opportunities are fleeting. A second of delay may cause the opportunity to disappear, not to mention Palermo's current defense is quite strong.
More importantly, the two sides pressed very fiercely in the midfield, and the referee's penalty seemed a bit loose. This naturally caused Inter Milan to suffer a bit. For a strong team, if a weak team presses too fiercely, they will have nothing to lose.
Doubts will lead to losses, not to mention that in the case of several similar collisions, the penalties were slightly unfavorable to Inter Milan...
After such a back and forth, Palermo was not an easy team to deal with, so Inter Milan naturally seemed to have a difficult time playing, not to mention it was the opponent's home court.
"Are you starting to take action now? But the damn Italian referees are really good at blowing whistles. It's not obvious. It's just a slight inclination. It may not seem like much in a single game. It accumulates over the entire season.
That's a huge advantage..." Dick thought, rubbing his chin.
All kinds of penalties that may or may not be imposed, all the disadvantages belong to you, and all the benefits belong to the opponent - from a single penalty point of view, they all make sense, but if accumulated over the entire season, it will not be the same.
You can experience it with two points!
Italian referees are already very proficient in this aspect, almost comparable to their club's level of accounting fraud.
When the game reached the 20th minute, Karachovo broke through outside the penalty area. Chiellini's inconspicuous action was ruled a foul. Palermo won a direct free kick 20 meters away from the goal.
Collini took the penalty, and the Italian veteran took a wonderful free kick. The ball went around the wall and hit the dead corner of the goal. Although Cesar made a save, he still couldn't stop the ball from entering the net!
When the ball flew into the goal, all the Palermo fans gave out huge cheers. They tied in the last round, and this round can lead the Inter Milan, which was unbeatable last season, at home. Then
What a brilliant thing it will be!
What's more, although Inter Milan lost the European Super Cup and the unbeaten record in official games, for them, they still remained unbeaten in the league - unbeaten in a single season last season and unbeaten in the previous season.
With the victory in the last two rounds, plus the victory in the first round of this season, they have maintained a 41-game unbeaten streak in the league, and are only 17 games away from AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten streak. If they are in this season
At that time, they stopped Inter Milan's unbeaten record, which was also a huge honor - just like the 1-0 victory in Parma that ended AC Milan's unbeaten record, people talked about it.
Parma goes down in the history of Italian football!
But now, they are really ahead of Inter Milan. This is not an illusion, this is history waving to them.
This made the Palermo players become more excited. After the restart, they launched a more aggressive press, hoping to make the Inter Milan players start to panic, and then they took the opportunity to take the lead again!
This kind of pressing still had some effect on Inter Milan. They began to pass more back and forth to avoid the opponent's pressing, and the defense began to be pushed further back, so the offensive threat would naturally be reduced.
"Inter Milan was suppressed by Palermo at home!" the commentator broadcasting the game began to exclaim.
The players of Inter Milan were frustrated. The opponent's movements were all a bit too big, but the referee often ignored them. Just now, Chiellini made a similar move and was given a foul in a crucial place, resulting in losing the first place.
A goal—how can we score if this continues?
At this time, Sneijder's role began to show - Inter Milan's offensive line was suppressed, and Sneijder began to actively retreat. Dick also noticed this, and after affirming Sneijder's approach,
He began to make gestures on the sidelines, asking Stankovic to come more to the center, pressing Collini and giving Sneijder more protection.
This approach made Inter Milan's organization begin to become smoother. In the organization at the back, Sneijder got more protection - with Zanetti behind him and Stankovic in front of him.
Sweeping, this allows him to better sort out the midfield. Although he is not a master of rhythm control like Pirlo and Xavi, he can stabilize the team's rhythm through passing. After doing so, he was previously
Inter Milan, which Palermo pressed a bit too hard, could finally attack stably.
Dick nodded slightly. He didn't have the idea that "Palermo is so difficult to play, so it's even harder to play other teams in the Champions League." Palermo's own strength is not bad, and there are
With the referee bonus, Inter Milan has rotated several young players, and their strength has also declined to a certain extent. In fact, this situation may not be a benefit. If they can always play in such a situation, Inter Milan's players will be better in the league.
It will also be more consistent with the state in the Champions League.
"Want to use the referee to stop our progress? Then let us regard this as a test." Dick thought in his heart.
Since Moggi wants to be crazy at the end, let him become even crazier. Failure to win two games in the league will not affect Inter Milan's final results. If he is targeted by the referee in such a situation,
If Inter Milan can still lead Juventus, how crazy will Moggi be?
After thinking of this, Dick smiled slightly.
After such an organization, Inter Milan gradually started its own attack. In the 31st minute, Inter Milan's attack finally had its effect. After Sneijder got the ball in his own half, he suddenly turned around and sent a beautiful long shot.
After passing the ball, Tony took off from the front of the penalty area and ferry the ball down. Adriano took a step forward after receiving the ball, and then just entered the penalty area and shot hard with his left foot. The ball flew into Palermo like a cannonball.
the door!
"See, you bastards, we can still score goals!"
When Dick waved his fist, Adriano was already roaring in the field, and then jumped up with Tony, and the two collided hard in the air!
Dick nodded, this kind of attack is also what he hopes to see - in the Champions League, Inter Milan may often encounter the situation of being suppressed in the midfield. At this time, Sneijder's kind of attack in the backcourt
The organization and long passing ability will play a very good role, which is why Dick wants to introduce him. Last season, Inter Milan rarely encountered players who could suppress them in the midfield in domestic and international competitions.
, when facing AC Milan and Juventus, he also paid more attention to defense. This resulted in two draws with AC Milan last season based on defense, and the victory against Juventus in the away game.
In this game, Dick pushed the defensive counterattack to the limit. In that game, Inter Milan's ball possession rate was only about 30%, but in the end they won 3-0 - that victory was considered a victory.
An atypical victory.
In the next game, Inter Milan began to play more cautiously, using passes in the midfield to find opportunities. The two forwards kept running in the frontcourt to create gaps. Palermo's performance in this game was also quite good.
Not bad, the whole game was played with a lot of running, and this kind of game was enough to put huge pressure on Inter Milan.
And they were also lucky. Shortly after the start of the second half, after Cesar saved Zaccardo's shot from the bottom line, Colini took a corner kick, and central defender Tellizzi overwhelmed Cordoba with a header.
Goal, the ball hits the net again!
Ten minutes later, Inter Milan also relied on a corner kick to equalize the score. Perrotta's breakthrough created a corner kick. Sneijder took the corner kick. Toni overpowered Tellizzi, who had just scored with a header, in the middle and rushed towards the top of the ball. The ball also entered the net.
!
After two to two, the two sides began to play more open. In the 71st minute, Santana faced Arbeloa's defense and then made a pass. Materazzi made a mistake and failed to block it.
After catching the opponent's cross, Makinwa's header from behind was not in the right position, but the ball somehow bypassed Cesar who had blocked the previous point and flew into the back of the goal.
When they fell behind again, Dick replaced Zanetti with Cruz and changed into three forwards to launch a forced attack. Palermo, which had the advantage based on the previous consumption of a lot of physical strength, also began to decline in physical fitness at this time.
They began to retreat on defense, trying to maintain the victory. However, at this time, the magical substitute Cruz still showed his magic. In the 86th minute, Stankovic passed the ball in the middle and passed a
Remembering a beautiful diagonal pass, Adriano succeeded in countering offside. After breaking into the penalty area, he passed the ball in front of the goal. Cruz fell to the ground before the opponent's defender and shot the ball. The ball hit the net three times!
Three to three ties!
Inter Milan began to exert their advantage in the last few minutes and suppressed Palermo's crazy attack. However, their luck began to decline at this time. Cruz had a good opportunity, his
The shot hit the crossbar and bounced out of the bottom line, and Tony's breakthrough in the penalty area was brought down by the opponent's defender and ignored by the referee. The final score was three to three, and Inter Milan maintained its undefeated away game.
Results, however, there is no reason for Inter Milan to be satisfied with this draw...
"I'm very satisfied with the performance of the players, but not satisfied with some other things. Palermo's performance was very good, but we suffered a lot of hidden losses in the game. I don't want to be suspended, so I don't want to say something
I would say, however, at the last moment of the game we missed a penalty kick, a penalty kick that should have existed. This lesson will make us perform better in the next game. We must be stronger so that we can win the game.
Survive the harsh environment," Dick said at the post-match press conference.
