Chapter 791: Champions League Final, Don't Cry, I'll Avenge You (Ask for a Monthly Pass)
In the terrifying Camp Nou, in front of Barcelona, which was attacking like a tide and looking at death, Inter Milan, which led 3:1 in the first leg, fell into "darkness"; Mota went down in red, which made the 10-man Inter more determined to defend it; When Barcelona scored a goal, the Nerazzurri were almost plunged into terrible darkness in the last ten minutes. But Inter Milan walked out of the darkness with steely defense and will, and still advanced after losing 0:1; And they also saw the dawn, reaching the Champions League final for the first time in 38 years.
0:1, Inter lost and advanced, the whole game only needs to be described in two words - defense, the content is as follows:
■ Inter's starting changeover
In this game, there was a change in Inter's starters, in the early hours of yesterday morning, striker Pandev strained his thigh muscles, and the temporary lack was not striker Balotelli, but the defensive all-rounder Zivo, and Inter's formation also changed from 433 to 4312.
■ Possession is one-sided
Within 20 minutes of the opening kick-off, Barcelona laid siege to Inter, with the home team having an astonishing 90 per cent possession. Technical statistics after the game showed that Barcelona had 86.4% possession of the ball.
■ Inter Milan changed the formation in advance
In the 28th minute, Motta was sent off for elbowing Sergio Busquets' chin, which forced the Nerazzurri, who were already struggling to organise an attack, into defensive mode.
■ Inter Milan has no striker
Inter, with 10 men, two strikers, Milito and Samuel Eto'o, also withdrew to the wings to intercept, becoming two defensive wing-backs. Instead of being the most prominent player in the middle, Sneijder's main task is to counter-attack in the first line.
■ Barcelona is attacking frantically
After the start of the second half, Guardiola used up three substitutions in succession, especially in the 64th minute Bojan replaced Ibrahimovic, so that Barcelona's forward line lost the only high point, completely changed to ground penetration and pressing, and central defender Pique and others also boldly crossed the middle line.
■The back waist is up, and the front waist is down
In the 67th minute, Mourinho replaced Sneijder, who came on with an injury, with Muntari, and Inter's most prominent point was replaced, and the forward midfielder became a midfielder.
■ Defender up, striker down
Mourinho then replaced striker Milito with defender Córdoba, and Inter's only player who competed for a high ball up front was replaced, and 10 players were completely confined to their own 30-metre zone.
■The deadlock is broken, and the time of life and death comes
Barcelona, who had been unable to attack for a long time, scored through central defender Gerard Pique, but slow motion showed that Pique was suspected of offside. 1:0, at this time, as long as Barcelona scores one more goal, it can achieve a reversal, otherwise, Inter will still advance.
■ Survive the last 10 minutes
In the 86th minute, Inter's last so-called striker Samuel Eto'o was replaced by Mariga, and if you look at the positional function alone, in the end, Inter Milan had 6 defenders (counting Zivo), 3 midfielders, and a rare 6300 formation. In the first minute of stoppage time, Samuel cleared the ball and hit Toure's body and refracted back into the penalty area, Bojan scored with a shot, but Toure was ruled handball first, and the goal was invalidated. With four minutes of stoppage time, Inter managed to hold until the end. Reporter Ding Xiaoya
The chairman is crazy
Mu Shuai let me relive the memories of the big country era
Despite a narrow defeat by one goal away, Inter still eliminated the defending champions with an aggregate score of 3:2, reaching the Champions League final for the first time since 1972, and Massimo Moratti will also appear in the stands of the Champions League final for the first time as the team's president.
"I'm so happy," Moratti said after the game, "that we played against the defending world champions with 10 men, and it was on their pitch. Our players have played with great personalities, both individually and as a team. I couldn't be happier to be in the finals. ”
When talking about the Inter era, Moratti praised Mourinho in particular: "That team won the Champions League and we still have to go to Madrid for the final. Jose Mourinho is like Herrera, both of them work very hard, they have great charisma and great courage. Thank you Jose Mourinho, he made me relive the memories of my time when I was younger. ”
The manager is crazy
Jose Mourinho did not let go of Camp Nou
At the final whistle, an agitated Mourinho burst into his familiar Camp Nou stadium and raised his arms into the visiting fans' stands, his over-the-top celebration annoying Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdés, who rushed up to try to keep Mourinho out, but the Portuguese ignored it. In the end, Inter Milan's assistant coach and Toldo stepped forward to pull away the Barcelona goalkeeper, and Mourinho stood for a long time as if there was no one around, and raised his arms to greet the 5,000 Inter fans!
After the game, Mourinho shook out the inside story of the Inter Milan team being harassed by the local police and fireworks outside the hotel until 4am on the first night of the club, and he also criticized Barcelona for "lacking the spirit of fair play": "I don't want to judge the referee for Motta's red card, Busquets's downfall is too exaggerated." "Unrelenting, the true character of the madman is once again vividly expressed. Except for the signature, the manuscripts in this group are all synthetic
Italian madness
Epic Inter received epic accolades
Inter Milan reach the Champions League final. After the game, the Italian media did not hesitate to praise the Nerazzurri. ■ "Milan Sport" "Heroic Inter Milan enters the Champions League final"
What can you do when you're in trouble, you're under siege, you're even redcarded? In the face of many obstacles, Inter Milan made it to the final heroically on behalf of the Italians in a game that endured hardship. ■ Torino Sport "Epic Inter"
It was the most beautiful defeat of Inter's era in Massimo Moratti's era, turning a 38-year-old dream of the fans into a reality. Although the game was not played pretty, Mourinho used his defense to produce another masterpiece. ■ La Repubblica "Mourinho——— New Herrera"
Jose Mourinho has built the spirit of Inter and a powerful tactical system. In front of them, the diabolical referee, the 100,000 fanatical fans at Camp Nou, and the possession of Messi and his teammates have all become insignificant. ■ "Slow Motion" gave the entire Inter team a perfect score of 10 points
From art to will
If you're a Chinese Milan fan, you're happy yesterday with just 20 years since Italian football appeared on the Chinese screen, and this is the first time you've seen the Nerazzurri reach the Champions League final.
The first leg of the Champions League semi-finals defeated the strongest player in today's football with a 3-1 reversal at home——— Barcelona, because it coincided with China's mourning day, was not broadcast by the Chinese media, and in the eyes of many Chinese fans, it may be the most important game for Inter Milan that they missed. And when the blue-black diehards stayed up all night in front of the TV in the early hours of yesterday morning with the mood of witnessing history, what was presented to them was definitely an 80-minute ordeal and the last 10 minutes of torment. If the 3:1 in the first game brought the world the ultimate tactical success, that game can be called a masterpiece of art made by Mourinho; So yesterday's 0:1 of 10 to 11 has no art and excitement at all, it is completely a tidal attack on the Great Wall composed of his own flesh and blood, and slashing the opponent. Inter had only one shot on goal in the whole game, which was ridiculously off; Inter could barely dribble to the opposition half; The game later became a thorough half-time offensive and defensive exercise, with Barcelona's attacks being stopped again and again, and Inter Milan did their best to stop the opponent's attack and then "kicked" the ball back to the opponent, shouting "come again" at them.
Inter survived 90 minutes, and the fans survived 90 minutes, and these 90 minutes were not enjoyable, they were all torment. After such a baptism, Inter's temperament has been tempered like never before, and Inter's Chinese fans are lucky enough, although they missed the first 3:1 "art appreciation", but they are fortunate to experience the 0:1 "will grinding" of this game. Yang Hai