The reason why a surprise player can become a surprise player is because of his surprise. Mourinho asked Thornton to serve as the left back just to deal with Manchester City's equally young Benzema. However, Dick had already guessed such an approach.
, the effect of the surprise weapon has been weakened to the limit.
Thornton comes on, and Zanetti pushes into the midfield, in order to freeze Manchester City's active Benzema on this side, and to deal with Manchester City's midfield core Deco through the defensive capabilities of Zanetti and Mascherano.
However, in this game, Dick did not send Deco, but asked Vidal to serve as the midfielder, forming an offensive and defensive midfielder with Yaya Toure and Parker. All three of them had a certain amount of distribution.
His ability, running and confrontation are both extremely good. At the same time, Ribery's breakthrough suppressed Maicon's assists. On the other side, Alves and Benzema's back-and-forth impact impacted the left guarded by the young Thornton.
Road, if only one person attacks this side, then Thornton can still hold on, but it was replaced by two people...
Zanetti was originally pushed into the midfield to protect Maicon's advance, but now he has to protect two people, and Mascherano and others are unable to do so under the impact of Manchester City's midfield.
Distracted, no matter how good Zanetti is, he cannot protect both sides at the same time!
Mourinho's tactics were completely suppressed by Dick's tactics!
This made the balance of advantage tip in favor of Manchester City from the very beginning of this game!
Under such circumstances, Cesar began to protect Manchester City's goal through his own saves, but Inter Milan's offense found it difficult to create too many opportunities under Manchester City's defense.
Ribery created a free kick in the first two minutes through his own breakthrough, and then his free kick went over the wall and was saved by Cesar.
In the fifth minute, Alves, who assisted, broke through from the wing under the cover of Benzema. Zanetti, who was filling in, flew and tackled the ball out of the baseline for a corner kick.
Inter Milan's defensive ability for high-altitude balls also appears to be slightly poor. Although Mourinho did not play Cordoba in order to increase the defensive ability of high-altitude balls in this game, he instead asked Chiellini and Chivo to partner as central defenders.
It seemed a bit worse. Vidal took a corner kick, and Torres, who stepped in, shook his head five meters in front of the goal!
Cesar made an extremely wonderful save. He immediately turned sideways and blocked the header with one palm. Maicon immediately made a big kick!
"Beautiful save! Cesar blocked Torres' close header! This save was really wonderful. Dick on the sidelines also looked a little stunned. It seems that he did not expect the Brazilian goalkeeper he trained.
Blocked Manchester City's goal in this game!"
Although Cesar was not trained by Dick, no one will forget that it was Dick who introduced Cesar and after a year of transition, decisively appointed Cesar as the main goalkeeper to replace the state.
Toldo, who has not declined significantly, has stabilized Inter Milan's door again! And now Cesar is the main goalkeeper of the Brazilian national team, the top goalkeeper in the world, it can be said that there is no Dick.
There would be no Cesar now!
Inter Milan quickly launched a counterattack. Maicon advanced and passed the ball to Mascherano. Mascherano knocked it to Sneijder. Sneijder sent a direct pass from the midfielder. Ibrahimovic passed the ball to Kompany.
Despite being defended, he still dribbled the ball into the penalty area and then shot. The ball was blocked by Hart who was well positioned.
The players who played a major role in this attack were all players introduced and reused by Dick when he was at Inter Milan. The Inter Milan fans who saw this scene had mixed emotions. If Dick was still here...
It’s just that they knew from the beginning that even if Dick achieved such outstanding results at Inter Milan, he would not continue to work at Inter Milan. In this era, there are no more head coaches who can continue to work at one club. Not much left, including players, and they now have a top manager!
Mourinho sat in his seat, frowning.
Inter Milan's offense just now was good, but it can almost be said to be a reflection of the individual abilities of several stars. On the whole, Inter Milan has fallen behind. Dick's extremely targeted tactical arrangements made Mourinho almost I suspect there is something wrong within the team, otherwise how could he make such targeted arrangements!
When Mourinho was confused, Manchester City's offense continued to suppress Inter Milan and constantly tested Inter Milan's defense with shots.
In the tenth minute, Ribery broke through from the wing and passed it to Vidal who followed up in the middle. Vidal shot from 25 meters away from the goal, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.
In the 13th minute, Benzema made a beautiful pass under the cover of Alves' advance. After passing Thornton, the Frenchman broke into the penalty area and then took a shot in the penalty area. Unfortunately, the shot missed Chiellini. Timely replacement and missed the near post.
In the 15th minute, Parker fell to the ground under Zanetti's defense. Manchester City got a free kick. Ribery took the free kick and hit it directly on the wall.
It wasn't until the 18th minute that Inter Milan had its second shot. Zanetti, who was advancing forward, shot from a long distance in front of the penalty area. Hart was in a good position to confiscate the ball.
This kind of attack did not reduce Manchester City's advantage. They still took the initiative in the next game, with a threatening shot almost every three or four minutes, which made the fans of Inter Milan watch. Extremely anxious.
This situation makes Inter Milan fans very helpless. Everyone sees Manchester City's advantage. If it weren't for the outstanding performance of Cesar and the defenders, then I'm afraid Manchester City would have scored long ago - Chivu is very brave. , however, his partnership with Chiellini also seems to have some overlap in characteristics. Both central defenders are brave and aggressive, but they are a little behind in filling up positions. This also gives Manchester City too many opportunities!
In the 28th minute, it was precisely because of a coordination error between Chivu and Chiellini that Vidal's pass passed through the middle of the two. Ribery, who inserted on the wing, received Vidal's pass. Ball, single shot!
Cesar's brave save saved this mistake. Ribery's shot first hit Cesar's stomach, then bounced in Cesar's face, and then flew out of the baseline for a corner kick.
This attack lasted until the ball finally flew out of the baseline, which made the Inter Milan fans breathe a sigh of relief. When Ribery formed a single goal, many of them had their hearts tightened at that moment - thank you Cesar, to their relief.
However, Cesar was able to block the first time, but not the second time. No matter how outstanding his performance was, there would always be times when he couldn't save the ball.
In the 38th minute, Torres, who was retreating with the ball, was brought down by Muntari. Manchester City won a direct free kick 23 meters away from the goal. Yaya Toure, Ribery and Benzema all stood in front of him.
In front of the ball, Ribery pushed the ball, Yaya Toure stepped on it, and Benzema followed up with a kick!
This long-range shot was very powerful. It flew over the edge of the wall and then flew directly to the near corner of the goal. Cesar jumped up hard and pounced on the ball in the air!
However, this pounce did not allow the ball to fly out of the baseline. The ball changed direction slightly, and then hit the inside of the near post heavily. Amidst the exclamations of the Inter Milan fans, the ball bounced into the goal!
Before the end of the first half, Manchester City did not let the advantage slip away from their hands. This deadlock-breaking goal gave Manchester City the advantage in the two rounds of the game!
Conceded a goal at home in the first round - this is not a good result, and Inter Milan's current offense relies too much on Ibrahimovic. Last season, Mancini used Ibrahimovic to death.
After reaching the league championship, Inter Milan's overall offense has declined a lot. It is quite difficult for Ibrahimovic alone to reverse the overall disadvantage!
Entering the locker room, Mourinho had some insights. It seems that if Inter Milan wants to reach the top again, it must rely on its overall strength, not just one Ibrahimovic...
Thinking of this, Mourinho also secretly criticized his predecessor Mancini. In fact, the first team left by Dick was quite perfect. However, he adopted the simplest tactics and established Ibrahimovic as the core.
Sneijder, who performed well in the first two seasons, can only be used as a support, which not only inflates Ibrahimovic's personal ambitions, but also makes Inter Milan suffer from Ibrahimovic dependence. Without Ibrahimovic, the game will be a mess, otherwise it will be a mess.
If Ibrahimovic was injured in the last few rounds of last season and Ibrahimovic was not injured, Inter Milan would have lost the league championship at the last moment!
After the halftime break, Manchester City's advantage was still obvious, although Mourinho replaced Thornton with Stankovic, allowing Zanetti to return to the left back position to stabilize the defense on this side, while using Cordo.
Ba replaced Chivu to ensure the stability of the defense. However, there were still not many changes in the offense.
Manchester City's offense still suppressed Inter Milan. Inter Milan's limited counterattacks also relied on Ibrahimovic's personal performance. On the defensive, Manchester City used Kompany, a tall and tough center, to target Ibrahimovic.
Others were responsible for the flanking attack, which suppressed Ibrahimovic's performance to the limit!
Dick is very familiar with Ibrahimovic and knows how to control the Swedish forward. In fact, Ibrahimovic is most threatening when he is in the penalty area, relying on his teammates to deliver the ball. When he is far away from the penalty area, his threat will be greatly reduced.
Very powerful.
Under such circumstances, Manchester City did not give Inter Milan any chance in the second half, and in the 89th minute, Manchester City's counterattack made Inter Milan swallow the bitter pill again!
Torres, who retreated to the backcourt, headed the ball forward. Benzema received the ball and passed the ball. Ribery stepped in and formed a one-man attack. Although Cordoba struggled to catch up, he still could not stop Ribery.
After receiving the ball, Ribery rushed to the penalty area. Cesar took a risk and tried to scoop the ball out. However, Ribery accelerated past him and headed straight for the empty goal!
When Ribery pushed the ball into the goal of Inter Milan, the entire Meazza stadium began to fall into silence. Being behind 0-2 at home was almost a death sentence for Inter Milan. Recalling that Dick won the Champions League for two consecutive years
The championship scene, and then thinking about the current situation, many Inter Milan fans feel a little lost...
Two to zero! Dick led Manchester City to defeat the old team Inter Milan with two goals in the away game, and has already entered the quarterfinals of the Champions League! For the strong teams in Europe that are aspiring to win the Champions League, Manchester City's performance is
