Chapter 589: The Jewel of Kazan

As for whether Zhang Limin really held this National Day reception in advance because of Han Sen, but it is certain that this advance is just right, because on the second day of the reception, Han Sen and the entire Inter Milan team will go to Russia to play against the second opponent of the group stage, Kazan Rubin, after playing this game, Han Sen will return directly from Russia to participate in the 60th anniversary celebration. And because Xu Yun was pregnant, and it was impossible to watch the ceremony with Han Sen, she stayed in Italy with Han Sen's parents and waited for Han Sen to return.

Founded in 1958, FC Rubin Kazan is a Russian professional football club that participates in the Russian Premier League, but its actual location is in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan. In Russian, Π ΡƒΠ±ΠΈΠ½ means ruby, so the team is also called the Kazan Ruby Club. Before 2003, Rubin had never shown his face in the top flight of Soviet football. In 2003, the team was promoted to the Russian Premier League, where they finished third in their first season and qualified for the UEFA Cup. In the following 2004 season, the team failed to perform again, finishing 10th. In 2005, the team had a good record in Europe, reaching the last four of the UEFA Cup. By 2008, they had won seven in a row at the start of the season and won the Russian Premier League title three rounds ahead of schedule. With this, they also entered this season's Champions League!

Due to injuries and rotational rest, Inter Milan's lineup arrangement for this game has changed, and the 433 formation is still sent. Goalkeeper No. 12 Cesar, defenders No. 26 Zivo, No. 25 Samuel, No. 6 Lucio, No. 3 McConn, midfielders No. 4 Zanetti, No. 19 Cambiaso, No. 13 Hansen. Forwards No. 9 Eto'o, No. 45 Balotelli, No. 30 Roberto Mancini. Sneijder and Milito are both out injured, especially Milito, who has scored with Samuel Eto'o in recent times and has been incredibly efficient!

The formation of Kazan Rubin is 4411: goalkeeper No. 77 Ryzhkov, defenders No. 3 Ansaldi, No. 4 Navas, No. 76 Sharonov, No. 9 Salukvadze, midfielders No. 61 Gokdeniz, No. 7 Shemak, No. 16 Novoya, No. 15 Ryazantsev, and No. 10 A. Domingos in the front. Striker No. 11 Bukharov.

After the opening, the two teams fought to motivate each other, attacking and defending each other. As a result of the game. Jose Mourinho arranged for Samuel Eto'o to play as a central striker, Mancini Jr. and Balotelli as a winger, so the attack on the flanks is very important, and Hansen is the only player in this game. Took on a large number of side tasks. So, also got extra care from the opponent. To Han Sen's surprise, Kazan Rubin's scramble and intensity were very large, even rare in the past two seasons. The opponent's No. 7 Shemak and No. 16 Noboa, one in front and one behind him, closely defended himself, Han Sen touched the ball slightly, and the two either collided fiercely or tackled with their feet. It's scrambling.

It is important that the climate in Russia has already begun to cold in October. The climate has a little impact on the state of the players, even if Han Sen can overcome it tenaciously, it does not mean that all the players can overcome this difficulty!

In the 10th minute, No. 10 Dominguez of the Kazan Rubin team advanced all the way with the ball in the front, and was not afraid to face Lucio, bursting into the penalty area with the advantage of speed, shooting calmly, and the ball went into the net. Rubin Kazan leads Inter Milan 1-0. The first goal to concede made Inter Milan's midfield a little flustered, Han Sen was more forward in this game, Zanetti was more active on the side, Cambiaso in the middle had recovered from a long-term injury, and his state had not recovered, and he was alone in the midfield in the face of Kazan Rubin's crazy and powerful attack, a little irresistible.

In the 13th minute, Samuel received a yellow card for a foul for failing to defend, and the home team won a free kick on the left side of the field, and Dominguez hit the goal directly, and the ball was tipped over the crossbar by goalkeeper Cesar. In the 18th minute, Dominguez crossed from the right, and Navas nodded the ball in front of the goal, but the ball was slightly high, missing a good opportunity to extend the score.

In the past 10 minutes or so, Han Sen was basically under the opponent's high-pressure defense, and it was difficult to have a shining moment, but he did his best to drag down the opponent's offensive and defensive rhythm. If the previous European opponent Barcelona, like a huge tight net, let yourself only use superhuman speed and get rid of the net! So the current Kazan Rubin, where is the ruby, is 11 Siberian hungry wolves, in the middle, always beware of the opponent will jump out of a corner and bite himself, extremely embarrassed!

What kind of tactics should be used to deal with such wolves? This is the only problem that Han Sen is thinking about in the face of the opponent after the opening, but unfortunately Mourinho spends more time at this time, arranging and supervising the defense of the backfield, and has no time to estimate Han Sen's thinking.

At this time, Ziwo shouted on the left side, and sent a straight kick along the sideline, Han Sen immediately started at the same time as Xie Mark, who was marking himself, and chased the ball together, although Han Sen started a little slowly because of his lack of concentration, but Han Sen, who had a speed advantage, was still the last to come first, and rushed to the ball position, Xie Mark saw that Han Sen might throw himself away, gritted his teeth and swept the shovel, Han Sen saw Xie Mark's deadly shovel coming to his feet, he thought to himself, gave up touching the ball, jumped and jumped over Shemark, Let your opponent sweep the ball out of bounds. Although Han Sen admitted at the critical moment, although Xie Mark's dangerous actions did not achieve dangerous consequences, he was also verbally warned by the referee.

Although Han Sen didn't get the ball, but looking back at Xie Mark, who was blamed by the referee and panting, he suddenly thought that his advantage was still in speed and rhythm, so the trick to break through the wolves that he thought of before was: use speed to get rid of the wolves!

How to get rid of? Han Sen's heart suddenly lit up, the reason why he couldn't break through the encirclement now, because his position had always been under siege, so what would happen if he moved his position?

In the 21st minute, Samuel Eto'o found a good opportunity in a scuffle in the opponent's penalty area, hitting the goal from a small angle, the ball was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper, and Inter Milan won a corner. The corner kick went to the back post and Lucio pulled out his foot to shoot wildly, but the ball was deflected wide again.

After Kazan Rubin kicked the goal kick, Han Sen in the middle circle competed with Shemak and pushed the ball to the feet of Zanetti, as soon as he landed, Han Sen ran forward, shouting as he ran: "Boss, give it to me!" ”

Zanetti saw Han Sen's speed, so he directly stuffed the ball diagonally into the middle, and Han Sen had already thrown off Shemak to the middle and received the ball. And the other defender, Noboa, had been watching Han Sen's movement very carefully, and when he saw that Xie Mark was lost, he hurriedly stepped forward to block the road.

Han Sen didn't think about wasting time on Noboa at all, seeing the opponent step forward, the outside of his right foot flicked, the ball flew neatly to the right side, McConn saw that the opponent was open, a few strides forward, the opponent's left-back No. 3 Ansaldi was located between McCone and Little Mancini, between hesitation before and after, I don't know who is better to defend, McCone didn't wait for him to think clearly, directly broke through Ansaldi, a big foot cross!

And Noboa's sight was taken away by Han Sen's pass in an instant, and when he saw McConn's pass, he thought of Han Sen beside him, but in a blink of an eye, Han Sen had disappeared without a trace!

Where did Han Sen go? Where else can I go?

From the perspective of onlookers, after passing the ball to McConn, Han Sen did not stop his forward steps at all, on the contrary, the speed of forward was even faster, and he instantly bypassed the distracted Noboa, and made several big strides into the penalty area!

And Kazan Rubin's back line faced Inter's three forwards, originally too busy to take care of themselves, McCone also broke through a fullback, both backs have been thrown off by Han Sen, there was a serious leakage in the middle, when Han Sen ran to the center of the penalty area, it was when McConn's right cross arrived!

Han Sen, who is 1.86 meters tall, faced this incoming ball, there was no one around him to defend him, he pulled onions on dry land, jumped high, and easily pushed the ball in. 1-1, Inter equalized!

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It's been a long time since anyone has used the word "pulling onions on dry land", so it has the smell of life and earth! (To be continued......)