Chapter 732: Turning Decay into Magic
After scoring a goal, Bayern became even more unstoppable and continued to launch a fierce attack on Inter Milan.
With the ball in Bayern's hands, Inter could not find an effective way to resist and could only adopt a defensive counterattack tactic, retreating to their own half, and even being frequently pressed into their own 30-meter area by Bayern.
Mancini kept signaling to the players to press forward on the sidelines, but it had little effect.
Occasionally, Inter Milan launched a counterattack once or twice. Under the pressure of Lucio and Pepe, Diego Milito could barely stand his ground, and Pandev could hardly even hold the ball. How could Inter Milan launch a counterattack?
After experiencing a low point at Real Madrid, Sneijder was sold to Inter Milan. He has performed very well in both Serie A and the Champions League this season and is the number one contributor to Inter Milan's advance to the semi-finals.
But tonight, when facing Bayern, Sneijder encountered Mascherano, the world's top defensive midfielder. The Dutch attacking midfielder had to surrender. He tried to break through several times, but was blocked by Mascherano and returned empty-handed again and again.
On the contrary, Bayern, with the ball in hand, kept passing the ball back and forth in Inter Milan's half, especially in the area from the center line to 30 meters, pulling Inter Milan's defense and patiently creating opportunities.
In the 19th minute, Su Dong suddenly retreated from the front, received Ribery's pass, passed the ball back to Modric, and turned around to sprint towards the penalty area.
The Croatian midfielder made a forward run from the middle and after receiving the pass from Su Dong, he kicked a high ball without stopping and sent it to the top of the arc.
Modric's kick was a little too high, causing it to fall slowly. When Su Dong sprinted forward, he actually went a little too far. However, at the top of the penalty area, Su Dong had an idea and immediately kicked the ball with his heel.
After touching the falling ball with his right heel, he lifted it into the penalty area.
Su Dong also quickly rushed into the penalty area. Before Samuel could kick the ball, he took advantage of his height and long legs and kicked the ball again, directly lifting the ball high again. He then rushed into the penalty area and blocked Samuel with his right shoulder.
At this time, Materazzi also rushed over and was about to kick the ball away.
After Su Dong caught sight of it out of the corner of his eye, he kicked the ball first and lifted it again in mid-air to his right front.
Su Dong dribbled the ball three times in a row, from his heel to his right foot and then to his left foot, making it difficult for the two Inter Milan defenders to touch the ball. After the ball landed, he used his body to force Samuel away, rushed to the right side of the penalty spot and stopped the ball.
Cesar had been keeping a close eye on Su Dong, and seeing him move the ball left and right, he couldn't make an accurate judgment for a while. But when he saw Su Dong squeeze Samuel and rush to the right side of the penalty spot, he knew that Su Dong was going to kick the ball, and he immediately left the goal and attacked.
Cesar is fast, but Sudong is faster.
After breaking through the defense of Inter Milan's two central defenders, Su Dong caught up with the ball and shot it directly with a small swing of his leg without waiting for the ball to land.
Although the pass was very small, Su Dong still managed to kick a powerful shot with his strength.
Su Dong's shot was obviously a little faster than Cesar expected. More importantly, he was on the right side of the penalty spot, but his shot was not directly towards the right side of the goal, but instead towards the left side of the goal.
This surprised Cesar, who was halfway through the attack, and by the time he reacted and wanted to save the ball, it was too late.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Su Dong scored again!!!!"
Before the goal whistle sounded, Su Dong had already rushed to the sidelines, running all the way, kissing the ring on his left hand, waving his fists vigorously, and venting his inner excitement.
“Two to zero!”
"Su Dong scored twice!"
"It was a very wonderful goal, a wonderful goal from Su Dong."
"Bayern's continuous back-passing and ball control finally created a loophole in Inter Milan's defense, but the most important thing about this goal was Su Dong's personal performance."
"Look at the slow-motion replay. Su Dong first retreated to receive Ribery's pass and then passed it back to Modric."
"Modric's lob pass was not ideal, as Su Dong had already gone too far. If it was any other player, they would have had no chance, but Su Dong is Su Dong. He used a very imaginative, almost genius heel to lob the ball in front of himself."
"We can see from this shot how exquisite Su Dong's lob was."
"But what was really moving was that Su Dong then picked up the ball continuously, avoiding the clearances of two Inter Milan central defenders, Samuel and Materazzi, and then used his body to squeeze Samuel away, forced his way through, rushed to the right side of the penalty spot, and then kicked the ball."
"The whole process of scoring a goal may sound long, but it actually happened in just a few seconds. The opponent didn't have any chance to react at all. Su Dong shot the ball into the goal from inside the penalty area."
"This is the strength of the world's top superstar!"
"Apart from a superstar of Su Dong's level, who else in the world of football can score such a goal?"
"He has this ability to turn a not very good opportunity, or even a non-opportunity, into a goal. It can be said that he turned decay into magic! And this is why many people are wondering, if Bayern leaves Su Dong, will they not score goals?"
“Here’s the reason!”
"Bayern's passers are so lucky. No matter whether the ball they pass is good or bad, Sudon can turn it into a goal or a threat. But if the same opportunity is replaced by Klose, Olic or Thomas Muller, it will be difficult to score a goal."
"That's why Bayern's goals dropped sharply when Su Dong didn't play."
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In the hotel in Barcelona, when the Barcelona players saw Su Dong score such an imaginative and almost genius goal, they all exclaimed in surprise.
As we all know, Barcelona has a group of short players with very delicate skills, such as Messi, Iniesta and Xavi.
It is not uncommon to see Su Dong dribbling past opponents continuously on Barcelona's training ground, but in real games, such scenes are rare, because the defensive pressure faced in the game is obviously greater, even much greater.
But it should be noted that the players who can do this in Barcelona are all short players.
With Su Dong's height, he was able to complete such a dribbling move, even in a high-intensity game like the Champions League semi-final. This is absolutely incredible.
"This kid always surprises us!" Puyol praised repeatedly.
Whether as teammates back then or as opponents now, Puyol has nothing but admiration for Su Dong.
Pique seemed to want to say a few words in dissatisfaction, but seeing the reactions of his teammates around him and realizing that he really had nothing to say, he could only open his mouth, say nothing, and endure it.
"Sudong is one of the most technically sophisticated players I have ever seen," Iniesta also praised.
Everyone nodded in appreciation. Who said it wasn't true?
Messi, who always appears as a little fan of Su Dong, didn't say a word this time and just stood up.
"Leo, where are you going?" Iniesta asked with concern.
Macy stopped and looked at his roommate, smiling slightly, "Go back to bed."
The Argentines' smiles look very complicated.
I guess at this moment, on the one hand, he was happy for his friend, but on the other hand, he was worried about himself.
To some extent, Messi really hopes that Inter Milan can beat Bayern unexpectedly, so that Barcelona will not face Su Dong in the final.
The whole world knows how terrifying Su Dong is! Inter Milan's Materazzi and Samuel can't defend him, but Barcelona's Puyol and Pique can? "You don't want to watch the game?" Iniesta asked, pointing to the live broadcast on TV.
Messi shook his head. "There's no need to look at it anymore."
Everyone was stunned at first, and then they all understood.
"It is not difficult to see from Su's performance and condition how good his condition is tonight. It is impossible for Inter Milan to beat Bayern like this." After saying that, Messi waved to his teammates and left.
Iniesta and other Barcelona players nodded secretly in their hearts, isn't it?
He scored twice in just 20 minutes. If Inter Milan didn't defend tightly, they might have been beaten by Bayern Munich at home and the battle would have ended in the first round.
Mancini's team is indeed a little weak in defense.
If we could have introduced Lucio last summer and used him to defend Su Dong, we would probably have some bargaining chips.
But now...
It is impossible to do this relying on the two veteran players Materazzi and Samuel!
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Mancini can think of the same problems that Messi and Barcelona players can think of.
But unlike Messi who could choose to leave early and conserve his energy for the Champions League semi-final tomorrow night, Mancini had to bite the bullet and continue to direct the game and finish it even though he knew it would be difficult for him to do so.
In competitive sports, the biggest taboo is not losing, or even being defeated miserably, but being a coward! Admitting to being a coward is the number one taboo in competitive sports. Whoever admits to being a coward will have his future ruined.
Why did Real Madrid fire Schuster? Wasn't it because he admitted defeat in front of Barcelona? In the same way, Mancini, who was a professional player, knows very well that you can lose the game, but you can't admit defeat.
No matter what, we must fight Bayern to the end! Therefore, Mancini decisively adjusted the team and chose to strengthen the defense, especially the three lines, and began to shrink.
Mancini still has some confidence in his team's defense.
If the Italian team really plays in a defensive posture, how could they be defeated so easily?
Do you really think Italy's defensive skills are made of paper?
Not to mention, when Mancini adjusted the team's tactics and when Inter Milan began to abandon the midfield and frontcourt and adopt a defensive contraction, Bayern's passing and control of the ball were given a lot of freedom, but it was difficult to find opportunities to pass the ball into Inter Milan's penalty area.
But Inter Milan also paid a heavy price for this, that is, they had to sacrifice the team's offense.
At the same time, they took the initiative to hand over the ball possession and the rhythm of the game to Bayern.
This made the game one-sided.
(End of this chapter)
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