Chapter 438: Manchester United's King's Counterattack
On March 30, Milan reported that Inter Milan defeated Villarreal 2-1 at home in the first leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals, and Adriano turned and scored an equalizer in the 7th minute, and Inter coach Mancini was relieved. Ade has also scored five goals in the Champions League this season, equalling Inter Milan's 60s representative Mazzola's record of 16 goals in the Champions League. Inter fans are looking forward to the King's resurgence, but even more to Ade scoring is Mancini.
Mancini chose his language well in his press conference after the game, and as long as he won, Mancini definitely showed a masterful level, in stark contrast to the unscrupulous words that followed the loss. This time, Mancini did not praise Ade and Martins by name, but only praised the fighting spirit of the entire Inter team to equalize immediately after conceding a goal. When the reporter specifically mentioned the goals of Ade and Martins, Mancini replied, "Their goals are important, but more important is that our team won"
Ade thanked his team-mates after the game, "I haven't scored recently, but this difficult period is over and now I am eager to work harder and help the team with my goals. My team-mates have given me a lot of support this week and I want to repay them with more goals and you can see how united this strong Inter team is now. ”
Ade worked as hard in the game as he had in the last three days of training, and after Forlan gave Inter a stunning blow in the first minute, Inter did not panic, but immediately counterattacked, almost equalising in the second minute. Stankovic's through ball was met by Adriano from 14 yards out on the right side of the box, and the ball flew past goalkeeper Vieira, but Venta hooked the ball off the goal line. Five minutes later, Stankovic's cross from the right side of the penalty area was met by Pena, and Adriano stopped the ball from six yards out and turned around and swept a left-footed shot that went under goalkeeper Vieira and into the net!
After the goal, Ade celebrated wildly, pulling up his shirt and kissing the Inter logo, but his facial expression was extremely painful, and the Brazilian could finally vent his feelings after two weeks of suppression. At that moment, you don't even experience the joy of a star's goal, but rather the sadness and desolation erupt like a volcano.
Ade has scored 13 goals in the league and five in the Champions League so far this season, which is not a small number, but due to the uneven distribution of goals and the high expectations of clubs, media and fans, Ade will be questioned as long as he does not score. Ade's lack of ability to score in consecutive games is an indisputable fact, and the peak of the season was only in December, when he scored a goal against Rangers in the Champions League group stage on December 6, and scored in four consecutive league games in Serie A from the 14th round on December 2 to the 17th round on December 21, including two goals in the Milan derby on December 11. But apart from this golden December, Ade has not scored consecutive goals in any of the games.
Adriano did not score after breaking a 10-game goal drought against Samp on March 11, especially after Inter's 1-0 defeat at Parma in the 31st round of Serie A. Ade was once again questioned by the Italian media and fans. After that game, Mancini said at the press conference that "Ade may also be a substitute", and the next day's newspaper interpreted it as "Mancini wants to block Ade". Inter owner Moratti publicly expressed his support for Mancini's decision in the newspaper the next day, and for a while Ade suffered his third serious crisis of the season.
One goal changes everything.
After breaking through the Villarreal goal, Ade seemed to instantly regain his confidence, and then Ade became more and more courageous in the game, with Inter Milan shooting 17 times in the whole game, and Ade accounted for 9 of them. Especially in the last 15 minutes of the game, Ade showed his desire to score another goal, completing 4 shots in 15 minutes, but unfortunately he didn't take advantage of the opportunity. Ade had two free-kick chances, one over the wall and one high, but overall, the Inter Kings were at least 80 per cent recovered. After the game, Inter Milan's official website fan voting scoring system gave Ade 8 points, ranking third in the team, behind only the extremely impressive captain Zanetti and Stankovic with two assists. And the official UEFA website named Ade the best player of the match.
Ade scored another crucial goal for Inter to equalise six minutes after Villarreal's goal, and if he hadn't capitalised on his chances, the game would have been different. In fact, Ade has also scored at least three decisive goals in the league, but people are too demanding of the Inter king and ignore these key points. Inter beat Ascoli and Samp 1-0 thanks to Ade's goal, and of course the most important one was the first Milan derby of the season, when Adriano headed home in stoppage time.
The most important task for Ade now is to continue scoring against Messina in Serie A this Sunday and next Wednesday at Villarreal's Love Song Stadium. As long as there is a streak of goals, the media will say something else entirely. This is a special requirement for an Inter striker, because Adeben is a special superstar.