At the start of the second half, Nottingham Forest did shrink their defence. Inter Milan, on the other hand, took advantage of their kick-off advantage to launch a fierce attack on the heart of the Forest team.

Ibrahimovic had a stab shot from inside the box that bounced off the woodwork, sending the entire Forest squad into a cold sweat.

There was a rush of confusion in front of goal, with Rossi falling to the ground in the confusion and the ball being picked up by goalkeeper Akinfeev. The Inter Milan player immediately raised his hand to signal that the Nottingham Forest player had committed a foul, which should have been a penalty. The Nottingham Forest players also raised their hands to show their innocence.

The referee made his own judgment and he hooked his hand and motioned for Rossi to get up.

The Meazza stadium was deafened with boos because of this gesture of his own.

The Inter players did not protest much because it was not a foul...... They had just done that in the hope of giving the referee the wrong message and putting pressure on him to make a decision in their favour. I didn't expect the referee to be clear. In this case, there is no need to continue to entangle.

After the chaos of the first five or six minutes, the situation returned to balance.

Inter were the main attackers, but they did not dare to commit their full force and thus could not put maximum pressure on the Forest defence. Naturally, the Nottingham Forest will be able to hold it.

Nottingham Forest tightened their defence and were not too keen on attacking, giving Inter the chance to attack.

One side has to attack, and the other side has to defend. So the game is back in balance.

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Quaresma was more active than in the first half and he saw the expectation in Mourinho's words at half-time that this was an opportunity to be seized. He has a year and a half left on his contract with Inter Milan, and if he doesn't show any convincing performance, then leaving Meacha will only be an inevitable result when the time comes.

He frequently raised his hand on the field to ask for the ball.

Montolivo passes the ball to him, Leighton. Barnes leaned in immediately. Quaresma wasn't afraid to go one-on-one, even one-on-two, with Barnes behind him was the godly midfielder George who was blown by them. Wood.

He's going to get rid of Barnes first, and then face Wood and one-on-one with him. Prove that you have what it takes to stay in Meazza by playing the hottest midfielder in world football today.

It's a pity that Quaresma didn't meet the final boss George this time. Wood, he's hit a wall here at Barnes. He wanted to break through too much and forced himself into a dead end, delaying the plane, not to mention the football, and finally being stabbed out by Barnes.

Regardless, Quaresma used his superb skills to win a throw-in for Inter......

In the ensuing period, Quaresma insisted on going head-to-head with Barnes on the wing, much to Mourinho's displeasure. In the end, he couldn't help himself, standing on the sidelines shouting Quaresma's name, reminding him not to always wander around on the side.

Quaresma also spotted the problem – if he was always on the wing, he couldn't play with George. Wood met up because Wood also had to defend in the middle and couldn't run to the wings to be permanent.

Although the Portuguese winger prefers and is more accustomed to playing on the wings, he decided to move to the middle in order to prove to the manager that he is a good player who can come and play at a moment's notice.

The first time he came face to face with Wood, he shook a slit with a nice pedal bike and passed the ball out – a very clever thing to do, even though Quaresma didn't realise it at the time.

The Portuguese was encouraged by his first success in deceiving Wood's centre of gravity, and he decided to challenge the breakthrough directly next time.

The second time he switched to a feint, cutting in from the flanks at high speed, and then using the ankle change and subtle control of speed to get rid of the defenders. He managed to get rid of Barnes, but not Wood.

As Wood's powerful body leaned in, Quaresma suddenly felt the ball beneath his feet become uncontrollable.

A powerful force pressed against him, causing him to lose control of the ball at his feet, and the ball bouncing on the ground, he reached for the ball while leaning towards Wood. Does he want to fight with Wood? He failed.

Wood knocked Quaresma, who was dribbling laterally, into the head, and it wasn't a foul, just a reasonable charge.

Furious at the referee's decision, Quaresma fell to his knees and shook his fists hard. But no one paid any attention to him.

However, the Portuguese winger was in good form for the game, and on the third time he used a sudden change of direction to link up with his team-mates to flick past Wood.

Wood was shaken off his centre of gravity and Quaresma broke through with ease to pass the ball to Ibrahimovic. The Swedish striker shot again, this time held on to Akinfeev.

Goalkeeper Akinfeev was obviously a little unhappy with Wood letting the opponent break through, and he didn't rush out with the football in his arms, but asked loudly: "George, what's wrong with you?" ”

Wood waved his hand, looked at Quaresma, and didn't say anything.

This nimble kid is a little more difficult to deal with than he thought......

Two heads-up followed, with Quaresma defeated.

Mourinho watched from the sidelines for a moment and decided not to remain silent any longer.

He didn't want the team's offensive focus to shift to Quaresma, but not for the kid and George. Wood heads-up and play individual heroism to create the conditions. If he goes on like this, the team's offense will sooner or later leave him alone.

Taking advantage of a deadball, he called Quaresma near the touchline. "Ricardo, I let you be the main attacker, not to let you go head-to-head with the other party. Have you never played professional football? ”

Quaresma also felt that he had just behaved a little too much, and he lowered his head: "I know, coach ......"

"You and George. Wood heads-up, and you're on Tony. Don's When! Wood's one-on-one defense is very good, and if you keep playing like this, I can only consider replacing you, no matter how good you are! Mourinho is very serious with a straight face, he and Quaresma are both Portuguese, there is no problem with the language, and he can be sure that Quaresma will not be in a situation where he does not understand what he is saying and still goes his own way.

"If you understand, go back to the field!"

Mourinho pushed Quaresma back.

The ensuing race took some interesting turns. Quaresma is still Inter's main attacking force, but he is no longer obsessed with going head-to-head with Wood or Barnes, he will only choose to lead the breakthrough if the time is right, and more often than not, he will draw Wood over and pass the ball at his feet.

At this moment, Inter Milan's attack can be regarded as really alive.

Quaresma is no longer the end point of an attack, but more of a relay – the ball is at his feet, and he can choose whether to break through himself or pass to his teammates depending on the situation, which is obviously more enriching than having Quaresma bury himself in the face of Turwood.

Nottingham Forest are also more difficult to defend, previously they only had to defend Quaresma, now they need to guard all the Inter players, and no position can be left out or ......

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"Quaresma gets the ball again, will he choose to break or pass......"

As soon as the words fell, Quaresma chose to force a breakthrough. Barnes came up to shovel the ball out, but told him to go over it easily. This time he didn't choose to go to the middle and George. Wood hit hard, but picked up a soft persimmon that was easier to pinch.

Breaking through Barnes, he can cross and also be able to burst straight into the box. And once he gets into the box, then Nottingham Forest's goal is also dangerous.

George. Wood certainly wasn't going to let that happen, and he raced to stop Quaresma from breaking through while keeping an eye out for his outside instep shot.

Seeing Wood coming, Quaresma picked up his right foot. This time he wasn't going to shoot straight – he sent the ball to the edge of the box.

Cambiaso received the ball and Thiago hurriedly came up to fill in the position. Wood was also turning to catch up, Quaresma was no threat without the ball, and Barnes was in charge of the free return.

Thiago blocked Cambiaso's direct shot, but Cambiaso didn't say he wanted to shoot, and after a fake shot into the box, he flicked the ball into the weakest ribs of Nottingham Forest's defence.

Like a bullet train, McCone snapped in from the side and received a pass from Cambiaso.

Not a single Nottingham Forest player noticed his insertion, including George. Wood included. All of them were drawn defensive attention by the likes of Quaresma, Cambiasso, Ibrahimovic and others.

McConn meets the ball and volleys directly and vigorously!

The ball whistled like a cannonball through the wall of the penalty area and flew towards the far corner of the goal!

"McConn's long-range shot—"

The commentator stretched out the end note, accompanied by the cheers of the Inter fans.

Everyone is convinced that this goal will be scored!

But there was one man who did not believe.

Akinfeev took a step to the right and then took to the air, where he stretched out his body, stretched his arms and flew towards the football.

It was as if the Scud met the Patriot, and the football was intercepted in the air by that big hand.

The commentator's epilogue and the cheers of the international fans came to an abrupt end.

McCone let out a long sigh of unwillingness after seeing this scene.

Just as he looked up at the sky, Akinfeev, who had fallen to the ground, had already gotten up from the hand, and threw the football with his hands without thinking about anything - this was Nottingham Forest's chance to fight back!

The ball was tossed at Bentley's feet and he didn't turn and dribble forward. Because he knows that he has no speed advantage in the counterattack, if a person rushes to the front and can't find the passing point, he can only be cut off by the opponent, even if he protects the ball, he loses a chance to counterattack quickly.

The best way to do this is not to dribble the ball yourself, but to pass it.

To whom?

Most of the teammates are still defending in the backcourt, and there are no people who can be up front at this time. He looked up and glanced at the captain of the team.

Wood was going to help defend Cambiaso, but Cambiaso passed the ball to McCone and made him save. But that helped him – when Akinfeev pounced on the football, it was only George. Wood is facing the offensive direction and is in a sprint-and-run state......

He glanced back at Akinfeev and made the choice to continue running at the first moment.

As expected, Akinfeev thought of it with him - this was a great opportunity for Nottingham Forest to play a quick counter-attack!

Bendtner passed the football to the only Nottingham Forest player he saw running forward.

George. By the time Wood received the ball in the middle, he had left a number of Inter Milan and Nottingham Forest players behind, and now he is adjusting his direction and facing the door of Inter!

Cambiaso rushed up from diagonal back, and he was going to cut off the ball before Wood could get up to speed, and at worst he was going to get a tactical foul.

Wood walked the ball forward, and instead of tackling it, he got it to Wood's foot.

The man who was shoveled in the foot didn't seem to be George. Wood, he's just a stumbling side, keep the balance and keep accelerating!

"George. Wood dodged Cambiaso's back tackle with the ball! He's rushing forward! This is Nottingham Forest's best counter-attack! ”

The cheers of the Nottingham Forest fans increased suddenly.

"Stop him! He's only one man! Cambiaso, who had failed in the tackle, lay on the ground and screamed. He certainly knew what it meant to let Wood escape. But maybe it's not that bad, because Nottingham Forest only want to fight back quickly, so they have too many people at the moment who haven't come up to support, only George. If Wood had come to the front alone, he wouldn't have been able to do anything.

In the blink of an eye, Wood had dribbled through the halfway line.

Burdisso rushed up in a rage, and the moment he bumped into Wood, Wood threw the ball out. But Burdisso didn't care about such small things, his goal was Wood, not football.

Wood was knocked out of his orbit by Burdisso's full force, and deflected to the right. Did Burdisso succeed?

No!

Wood's direction as he swept the ball out was also to the right...... Burdisso's knock helped Wood and brought him closer to football. And what about Burdisso? The crash just now used all his strength and center of gravity to hit George. Wood, with the mentality that the jade is shattered, he also fell to the ground, but unfortunately George. Wood didn't lie on the ground with him.

In this game, Ziwu, who played at left-back, could not keep up with Wood who was running at full speed at all, and although the football was kicked to his side, he could only watch Wood's back speed through his defensive zone and turn into the penalty area.

Inter's last line of defence is made up of two men: Samuel and goalkeeper Cesar.

Samuel is smarter than Burdisso, he's not stupid enough to hit headon, he just gets stuck on the inside and pushes Wood to the wing, and as long as he gets to the side he wins.

Wood stepped into the box and Samuel kicked it up, but he didn't kick it, he just ran after Wood. He wasn't afraid that he didn't have a speed advantage, because Wood had already slowed down and couldn't get up in the box.

Wood was about to shoot, and Samuel leaned in, but didn't throw all his weight away. If Wood doesn't shoot again, he won't have a chance.

George. Wood decided to force a shot, Samuel and Cesar? Blasting them away!

This time Wood slammed his foot again, and Samuel continued to lean in to interfere. Wood shoots straight at goal!

The ball flew past Samuel with a whirl, sprinting into the near corner of the goal.

Cesar had sealed the angle, but the ball still found a gap and hit the near post......

With a crisp sound, the football seemed to hit the hearts of all Inter fans, causing their hearts to stop collectively.

The scene they were most afraid of seeing did not happen in the next second, the football hit the post and did not bounce into the goal, but bounced out in reverse!

"Shh

Cesar was lying on the ground, Samuel was lying on the ground, George. Wood was also lying on the ground. Is this the end of this offensive?

No way!

"Matthias. Fernandez! ”

The Chilean showed up in the box, and he had a Burdisso next to him, but now he didn't care so much, all he had in his eyes was the ball that popped out.

The leader seemed to be still roaring in his ear at this time: "Did you see that football?" It bounces in front of you, laughing at you for not being able to in, not being able to in, not being able to in! Even if it's an empty goal, you shoot - don't - go - go ——!! You coward who only knows how to cry with a headache when his first shot is blocked! ”

Burdisso tried to get the ball out first, but found himself immobilized after being held close by Fernandez – all in a position that stuck the Chilean.

The rest is easy.

Fernández picked up his right foot and faced Giulio as he got up from the ground. Cesar, slam the ball into the goal!

“goooooooal——！！”

Chileans have finally completed their self-redemption......

(To be continued)