316 Putting to death and being reborn
It's been almost three years since he came to Milan, Yang Cheng likes this team very much, he likes the house on the shore of Lake Como, he likes the fans here, but he doesn't like football here!
In his previous life, he loved to watch Serie A, but now, he hates Serie A!
People who don't have Yang Cheng's experience won't understand this change of his, because he's tired, really tired.
From the moment he decided to accept Moratti's offer to take charge of Inter Milan, he was trying to do his best, and in his first season, he almost single-handedly held up Inter's banner to the outside world, daring to take the risk of directly challenging the Holy League and exposing their conspiracy to their face.
But he won, he and his Inter Milan won the league and got the position of the Serie A hegemon after a long absence!
He was a victor and a hero.
This made him feel that no matter how hard he was, it was worth it.
To be fair, after winning the championship, Moratti and Facchetti are also working hard to create a fair coaching environment for Inter Milan and Yang Cheng, so last season, the team could not win the championship, Yang Cheng does not blame anyone, he takes all the responsibility, but he uses a Champions League title to prove himself.
At the same time, he kept telling himself in his heart that I want to win more championships next season.
This season, as the league progressed, Inter Milan's performance was unexpected, even though Emerson was frequently injured, but the combination of Deco and Pirlo showed a strong attacking power, Inter Milan was almost invincible, and has remained unbeaten so far.
Although Yang Cheng didn't say it explicitly, he was still full of coveting Capello's 58-game unbeaten record, and Inter Milan did have such strength, but now, with this first half, all efforts have come to naught.
He hates the football environment because he thinks there are a lot of things here that are similar to the domestic football environment.
He wanted to get out of here as if he wanted to go abroad!
Pozzo is right, since I don't want to be in the same stream, then I'll get out of here!
The world is so big, there will definitely be no place for me.
In today's football, as long as Yang Cheng is willing, he will be able to find a new owner in the next moment!
Yang Cheng has always been a very reckless person, and when he gets bored, he wants to leave, but he is a very professional person, and he will talk to Moratti and them well.
"Chief, you...... Are you kidding? Baggio looked at Yang Cheng and asked with a smile of disbelief.
All the players were like Baggio, with disbelief on their faces.
For more than two years, they have become accustomed to fighting next to Yang Cheng, accustomed to always standing on the sidelines of a young Chinese, pointing fingers at them, shouting at them, directing them to defeat one opponent after another, and capture trophy after trophy.
They even wondered in their hearts, besides Yang Cheng, who else was qualified to lead this Inter Milan team?
"No, Robert, I'm not kidding!" Yang Cheng shook his head and was very resolute, "I decided!" ”
Everyone was looking forward to Yang Cheng's smile, but at this moment, what was ushered in was firm determination.
"For ...... Why? Baggio was incredulous.
"I hate it here!" Yang Cheng was blunt.
Everyone understood what he meant, including the foreign players, but the Italian players felt it more because they knew the country, the football and everything about it.
"It's been almost three years since I've been here, and I'm really tired!" Yang Cheng looked tired and kept rubbing his forehead.
Everyone suddenly found out at this time that they were only 29 years old, less than 30 years old, but their beloved head had already begun to gray hair, which was much older than the high-spirited Caesar who came to Serie A at the beginning of the year, or much more mature.
"Boss, we ...... We can't do without you! Nesta stood up and said in a panic.
"Yes, Chief, we can't live without you, you know!" Zanetti also said.
Ronaldo walked over, came to Yang Cheng, and said with a smile: "Boss, don't you want to see me appear in the entertainment section of the newspaper all day long?" You're gone, I'm going to be messed up! ”
After a pause, the Brazilian smiled bitterly: "Or, big deal, I promise, in the future, I will go to a nightclub once a month, or once every two months, you know, I like to play under you, no other coach can compare with you!" "Provided by Qihang Huolongjun,
Players, you and I persuade you word by word.
It took Yang Cheng almost three years to conquer the fans here and conquer these players, who are all used to playing under Yang Cheng's coaching.
Yes, they are professional players, and they all understand the truth of iron-clad battalion soldiers, but if they were given a choice, they would choose to continue to play under Yang Cheng instead of changing someone.
"Boss, I know you're disappointed with our performance in the first half, and so are we, but I can promise you, in the second half, we fought, we all fought with those bastards, we must win this game, we want to continue our unbeaten record."
Pirlo almost gritted his teeth and shouted, his eyes were red, and he couldn't say it, "You said that as long as we all support you, you will be able to win everything, do you want to break your word?" ”
Yang Cheng sat in place, raised his head, looked at this group of players, smiled slightly, stood up, didn't say anything, and walked out of the locker room directly, he didn't want to say anything, because he was afraid that he would not be able to help but be soft-hearted.
Watching Yang Cheng's back walk out of the locker room, the players looked at each other one by one.
"Is the boss really leaving?" Luca Toney asked incredulously. Everyone looked at Vanney, Nedved and others, they were all Yang Cheng's favorite generals, who had served under Yang Cheng for many years, and knew Yang Cheng's character very well.
Neither Ruud van Nistelrooy nor Nedved or others have expressed their opinions, but they are all well aware that Yang Cheng makes a decision that is usually difficult to change, and once he says that he hates Serie A and wants to leave, it is basically certain.
"it!" Ronaldo turned around and slammed his foot on the closet in the dressing room.
The other players also looked disappointed and angry.
If there were no consecutive misjudgments in the first half, Yang Cheng would not have been so disappointed and would not have wanted to leave Serie A!
"What to do, Robert?" Nesta looked at Baggio.
Immediately, everyone looked at him in unison.
At a time when Bergomi had faded out of the squad and gradually turned to logistics, Baggio became the oldest player in the team, and he was also a gold medal substitute for Inter Milan.
Just then, Paul Baier knocked on the door and walked in.
"Caesar confessed, in the second half we have to fight back, we have to continue to attack, even if the opponent has two penalties, we can't give up, we have to continue to chase, continue to catch up, continue to strive for goals, it is better to let all the fans around the world see how far they can fake!"
There is no doubt that Paul Beyer's paraphrase was not as sonorous as Yang Cheng's, but it quickly infected the players present.
"Yes, the boss is right, they can whistle black, they can manipulate the game, we can continue to score, keep scoring, they have the ability to award us dozens of penalties in a game and send all of us off!"
'As long as we still have enough people on the pitch, then we're going to keep trying to score goals, keep scoring goals!'
"It's better to show the whole world what kind of game it is!"
Baggio heard the shouts of his teammates and was immediately infected.
"That's right, as long as we keep winning, as long as we continue to be unbeaten, there's no reason for the boss to leave!"
Everyone immediately nodded in unison, with a resolute face.
Paul Beyer immediately adjusted the team's lineup according to Yang Cheng's request, and his first decision was to replace Zanetti, who was doing well, with Luca Toney, playing a three-striker strategy, and at the same time asking Zambrotta and Zanetti to press forward when they seized the opportunity.
Juventus's midfielders in this game are three back and one forward, Conte, Davies and Tacinati are behind, Mutu plays the forward position, Yang Cheng lets Zanetti and Zambrotta press forward, that is, to control the wing, and then play Juventus' back line through Luka Toney.
"It's obvious that the leader is going to attack!" Robert Baggio understands Yang Cheng's intentions.
Everyone understands this, and in the old Chinese saying, this is called putting all to death and then being born!
It can also be called a last stand!
"All of us must understand, especially the front-court players, that behind you, there are only Pirlo and Deco, and behind the two midfield teammates, only Nesta is left!" In other words, as long as Juventus counterattacks, they can basically face the defense line and the goal directly.
"The players up front have to be active behind us, we have to keep the defence at the front, the midfielders have to control the ball, we have to be patient, we have to keep the ball at our feet, we have to press Juventus in the half, so that we can avoid conceding again, and as long as the ball is always in the opponent's half, then the referee has nothing to play with, can they still award us a penalty?"
"We have one less person, but it doesn't matter, as long as we all run more than usual, and we use 10 people to do 11 people's tasks, then we are still Inter Milan and we can still win!"
Robert Baggio took the initiative to take on the role of analyzing Yang Cheng's tactics and assigning tasks.
Judging from Paul Byer's look, what Robert Baggio analyzed was indeed what Yang Cheng requested.
"Everybody......" At the end, Baggio made a mobilization, "The leader said that he wanted to leave us, but we can't do without the leader, we have to keep him, so in this game, we must not lose, we must not let the leader down, we must win!" ”
"Because only by winning can we be qualified to keep the leader, understand?"
"Understood!!" The players shouted in unison.
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Yang Cheng returned to the coach's seat early, and for the first time, he sat directly in the coach's seat.
He had never sat in before, so much so that the place that originally belonged to him had become the place where Tim Hank had placed his laptop, and suddenly seeing him sit in made Tim Hank feel a little puzzled.
But Yang Cheng didn't explain, and he didn't ask.
As the players from both teams returned to the pitch one after another, the Inter fans in the stands let out a thunderous cheer. Although the team is likely to lose and will have to accept one less player, they still give the team encouragement and support.
The players all swept to the sidelines, but what they saw was Yang Cheng sitting in the coach's box, and they were all a little surprised, because they had never seen the head sitting in the coach's box directing the game.
But soon, they all ignited a determination in their hearts that they wanted to win this game, if not for anything else, but for the leader!
When Lacalbuto blew the whistle for the start of the game, Inter Milan, who had one less man, uncharacteristically took the initiative to press the attack.
"It's too bold, Inter Milan not only replaced Luca Toney with one less man, but also continued their crazy attack, look at the momentum of the Inter Milan players on the field, Juventus had to retreat all the way!" Provided by Qihang Huolongjun
But is it useful to retreat?
In the 48th minute, Deco and Pirlo teamed up to flank the interference, and Nesta suddenly stepped up and successfully broke the ball from Mutu's feet and handed it directly to Pirlo, who passed it to Zambrotta on the left.
Zambrotta dribbled the ball at high speed, quickly advanced down the left flank to the heart of Juventus, and hoisted the ball into the Juventus penalty area with a cross.
Luca Toney used his body to block Thuram behind him, and the Frenchman dragged him desperately, but Luca Toney kept struggling, constantly squeezing the French, and when he saw the incoming ball, he suddenly took a step forward and jumped high.
Whether it's height or the timing of the jump, Thuram loses, and all he can do is interfere.
However, Luca Toney was clearly not ready to finish himself, he jumped as hard as he could, but he could only get to the ball and opted for a header.
The ball fluttered back and landed on the left side of the penalty area.
Nedved was already in the middle of the pitch and ran over as soon as he saw the ball fall to his left.
Juventus' right-back Pexoto rushed out, but Nedved stopped the ball with his nimble left foot and pulled it, transferred the ball to his right side, leaned on Pexoto with his body, supported it with his left foot, and picked it up with his right foot to volley vigorously.
On the left side of the penalty area, a volley with his right foot is very easy to handle, both in terms of angle and strength, especially for a long-range heavy gunner like Nedved, as long as it is adjusted well, it is simply a lethal weapon!
Van der Sar reacted and the Dutchman made an immediate save, but Nedved's shot came so suddenly and so quickly that before he could save, the ball had already slipped through the tip of his finger and into the net. ,“GOALLLLLLLLLLL!! ”
"A groundbreaking long-range shot, a heavy long-range shot from Czech ironman Nedved, finally pulled a goal back for Inter Milan, it was a very high-quality long-range shot, and at the beginning of the second half, Nedved's shot on goal pulled a goal back for Inter!"
'It was a very morale-boosting goal, especially after two penalties were awarded in the first half, and it was undoubtedly very encouraging for Inter to get a goal!'
"Obviously, the second half of Inter Milan is with the determination to die, Yang Cheng did not strengthen the defense, but continued to strengthen the attack, it is obvious that he wants to score, he must continue to score, and he must continue to attack actively!"
"He's finally paid off, 1:2, there's still hope for Inter!"
The on-site commentator was extremely excited, and even the referee couldn't stop this goal, because it came so suddenly, and it was almost impeccable, who would dare to say that this goal didn't count?
After Nedved scored, he reacted immediately and kept running towards the sidelines.
The Inter players followed closely behind, running wildly and in unison to the front of the home team's dugout.
Everyone looked at Yang Cheng, and Robert Baggio walked out.
"Don't go, Chief, we all want you to stay and continue to lead us forward!"
The fans in the stands were celebrating Nedved's goal, and no one knew what this strange goal celebration ceremony on the sidelines meant, and they all thought it was an interaction between Yang Cheng and the players.
Yang Cheng patted Baggio on the shoulder, walked out, waved his hand, and motioned for the players to continue to play football.
"The boss still hasn't agreed!" Nedved was a little disappointed.
"That's because we haven't won yet, we're going to keep scoring goals and keep winning!" Ronaldo shouted.
The Inter players shouted in unison, then turned and scattered, chilling Lacalbutto, who had come over to ask them to go back to the game.
Yang Cheng watched the performance of the players from the sidelines, watched them return to the court, and watched them run exhausted one by one.
Anyone has to admit that a game with one less player is very demanding on the players, which is why sending off a player is the harshest penalty on the football field.
But the players of Inter Milan obviously ignored these, even Ronaldo, actively participated in the pressing and defense of the front, and even frequently ran back to his own half to participate in the defense.
After the goal, the ball returned to Juventus' feet, but they were quickly pressed back into the half by Inter Milan, because every Inter Milan player was almost desperate to run, grab and fight.
Baggio is right, it doesn't matter if there is one less person, as long as 10 people unite and complete the tasks and missions of 11 people, then even if there are only 10 people, Inter Milan can still win.
Pirlo and Deco's possession advantage is fully reflected, and the two players form two triangles with Nedved in front and Nesta in the back, which cooperate with each other to pass each other, which looks rusty at all.
Although Nesta is a central defender, he has very good skills at his feet, his fundamentals are very solid, his ability to play the ball is very strong, and he can even kick a long ball similar to the likes of Andrea Pirlo from time to time.
It's as if this time, after intercepting the ball directly to Trezeguet, he took advantage of the situation and made a long pass.
In front, Ronaldo was like a sharp arrow, directly penetrating the entire Juventus defense.
At this moment, the fans of the entire Meazza stadium stood up in unison and chanted Ronaldo's name! )