When the ball flew into the blind corner of the goal, Maicon was stunned for a moment, and then a burst of ecstasy appeared on his face - he only saw that this shot was going well, so he gave it a try.
This distance and this angle are not particularly suitable for shooting. After all, it is a little deflected and the flight time in the air is also a bit long, which can give the goalkeeper enough chance to react.
However, the goal finally went in - Stankovic had previously scored a long shot in the league with a similar distance and position. The same was true for this shot. The arc of the ball flying in the air was very strange. First it flew in a straight line.
Toward the near corner, after flying half the distance, because Maicon's powerful shot was not in a particularly positive position, the force began to decrease, and the ball itself began to rotate strongly. This rotation caused the ball to fly in the air.
There was a deviation in the arc, and a strong line change began to occur, flying directly into the blind spot of the goal!
For such a weird arc shot, even though Cech is now one of the top goalkeepers in the world, he can't react in any way!
Hugging his teammates who rushed towards him, Maicon struggled and waved his fist, but was knocked to the ground by his teammates. The Chelsea fans in the stands were silent. Although they still had some advantages in the scene, they were beaten by the international
Milan took the lead, which gave them some bad thoughts...
After Mourinho took over, Chelsea has performed at the top level in the domestic league. The absolute advantage of winning the championship for two consecutive years proves their strength. However, their performance in the Champions League proves one point.
No matter how good the team is, if you want to win the Champions League, you need luck. In the 2005 season, they went all the way, but lost to Liverpool, who eventually won the championship. Last season, they lost consecutively to the champions and runners-up Inter Milan and Barcelona.
In these games, their performance was not worse than that of their opponents, but they failed to reach the top due to various reasons. In addition to this situation, they were scored by Inter Milan even though their performance was not bad.
Factors that can't help but make Chelsea fans feel desperate...
Such a goal boosted the morale of Inter Milan. Although Chelsea began to launch a fierce counterattack after the restart, Inter Milan used excellent defense to clamp down. Instead, they continued to use counterattacks to threaten Chelsea.
door.
When Inter Milan defends with all their strength, their defense is also quite strong - this has long been the consensus of everyone. Although Maicon has become the main force this season, if they retract their defense, their defense will still be
Extremely powerful, especially in this game, Dick sent three players with excellent running and defensive abilities in the midfield. Mascherano and Yaya Toure took turns to fill in on the right, allowing Mai
Kong can also play a pretty good role defensively.
Although Chelsea also has a powerful double-arrow forward, the cooperation between Adriano and Drogba has not become particularly good. For Drogba, he is used to passing the ball to him from both wings and having players behind him.
Teammates stepped in, and for Adelaide, in the two years he was at Inter Milan, he always cooperated with a striker like Toni who was at the forefront. Cooperation with Drogba still needs time to adapt.
Before the start of this season, Chelsea's forward combination changed several times. Adriano and Shevchenko took turns in poor condition, which also affected his running-in. Although Adriano's condition has gradually recovered recently, he still lacks
Some experience playing with Drogba.
Under such circumstances, Chelsea's offense naturally seems a bit rough and lacks details. Their midfield does not lack heavy gunners, but it lacks an organizational core. Ballack has just arrived, Lampard mostly shoots forward, Essien
What Makelele is good at is running, and Makelele is good at interception. There is naturally a big gap between him and Inter Milan in terms of organization.
So during the ensuing siege, Chelsea not only failed to get any good shooting opportunities, but Inter Milan continuously seized the opportunities to launch counterattacks.
In the 21st minute, Zanetti made an assist and then passed in from the wing and was cleared by the Chelsea defender. Figo's long shot from outside the penalty area was saved by Cech.
In the 25th minute, Inter Milan took a tactical corner kick. Figo's pass was cleared out of the penalty area by Terry. Maicon, who followed, received the ball outside the penalty area and shot again from a long distance. However, this shot did not have the same luck as before.
Cech flew under him.
Mourinho nodded slightly. There was still no big problem with his team's defense. At least in this situation, the defenders and Cech were trustworthy.
The problem now... is just offense. Inter Milan's defense is so tough. They may be able to rely on such tough defense to maintain the one-goal lead until the end. Although Dick has always emphasized offense and using offense to win, Atletico Madrid
Both Dortmund and Inter Milan have been built by him into teams that score a lot of goals. However, in fact, at their core, he is the same as Mourinho. He also pays attention to defense-when he was at Atletico Madrid, he spent
The two largest signings were spent on the defense. The two transfers of Thuram and Stam both set records for the transfer value of defenders. Dortmund sold many people, but never had any.
After selling their three outstanding central defenders, Warnes, Metzelder and Ismail, Inter Milan retained a large number of main players in the defense, and at the same time continued to buy defenders to strengthen defense... In ordinary games,
He will use offense to please the fans, but in important games he never minds using defense to best win the victory.
Mourinho knows this clearly. He knows that Dick is the same as him at heart. If he were in Dick's shoes now, he wouldn't mind taking away a game from the away game with his beautiful defense.
Victory and a goal difference, then it seems that we should adjust our offense now.
He turned to look at the players on the bench. Chelsea had the best bench thickness, and there were also many top attackers on the bench - Shevchenko, Joe Cole, Kalou... However, Mourinho
At this time, Austria couldn't think of any substitutions to use to increase the offensive ability on the field.
After taking a glance, Mourinho turned around and decided not to change for now - his approach made many players on the bench feel gloomy, the most typical one being Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shepp
Cenko.
Mourinho chose to believe in the players on the field, especially his favorite Drogba and the newly joined Adriano. Both of them are very capable players and they both use their personal abilities to
In terms of the ability to score goals, since the team is at par with Inter Milan offensively, it might not be a bad idea to ensure that the team does not concede goals through solid defense and then pin the hope of scoring goals on these two top forwards.
way of doing.
Mourinho is not incapable of making other adjustments, but at this time, any adjustment may cause losses to the team. The two sides are currently in a stalemate. In a stalemate, rash adjustments will be
Give others opportunities, Mourinho knows this very well.
Since Inter Milan took the lead with Maicon's kick without much chance, wouldn't anyone at Chelsea step up and equalize the score with a kick as well? The number of Chelsea's top players is not even comparable.
Inter Milan less!
His waiting was sufficiently rewarded in the following time.
After the two sides struggled for more than ten minutes, Adriano, who won the Champions League top scorer at Inter Milan last season, showed his value and proved that Chelsea spent a super high price of 60 million euros to buy him.
It was definitely a good deal!
Essien started attacking along the right. After receiving a pass from teammate Diarra behind him, he took off and passed the ball into the penalty area. Drogba and Materazzi jumped to compete for the top, but Materazzi barely grabbed it.
At the first landing point, he pushed the ball out of the penalty area. Adriano, who was outside the penalty area, strode towards the landing point of the ball. Then, before Inter Milan's Cannavaro came up to block it with his body, he suddenly swung his left foot.
Stop the ball and volley directly!
The ball drew a white light in the air, and before Cesar could save it, it flew into the gate of Inter Milan!
"The goal was scored! Adriano scored a world-beating kick! Chelsea equalized the score! He did not celebrate, but such a goal gave Chelsea hope again... But Inter Milan seemed very calm,
It's understandable when you think about it. After all, the score is just a draw now. They got an away goal. The current situation is also very beneficial to them... Will the next game be more exciting? Let's wait and see!
"
After Adriano's goal, Inter Milan launched several counterattacks, but failed to gain anything in the face of Chelsea's equally excellent defense. Adriano's goal itself came at the end of the first half.
At that time, after several attacks, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game.
"Don't be affected by the goal conceded in the first half... continue to struggle with them, and their flaws will become bigger and bigger. Chelsea's lineup lacks wing attack, so their two full-backs will move forward.
More forward and more often, and we can use the depth of the field more on these two sides... Luca, continue to fight against their two central defenders, when their defense starts to feel tired, this is our opportunity
."
During the halftime break, Dick was not moved at all, but continued to emphasize a few words. Although Tony had few chances in the first half, he was constantly fighting against the opponent's two central defenders.
One is to consume the opponent's physical energy, and the other is to create opportunities for Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic also seemed a bit silent in the first half, but most of his attention was attracted by Tony. Ibrahimovic was also accumulating his own strength.
However, less than ten minutes into the second half, Chelsea completed the lead over Inter Milan through an unexpected attack.
Ashley Cole intercepted Cesar's goal kick in the backcourt and passed it straight to the frontcourt. Cannavaro made a mistake in the interception. Drogba rushed into the penalty area and calmly headed the ball in the face of Cesar's attack.
In the far corner, the ball flew directly into the goal behind Cesar!
Chelsea overtook the score! Another opportunity that was not a chance! Chelsea's luck... seems to have begun to recover, or it seems that Inter Milan's good luck has begun to end...
