Chapter 668: Battle for the Top of the List (1)

Seeing that Inter's opening strategy has been successful, but in the 24th minute, the tenacious Palermo equalized, and Mikoli, who had played for Juventus, rushed to the penalty area and sent a straight stopper, Uruguayan striker Cavani stopped the ball between the two defenders, and shot with his right foot into the near corner from 15 meters away from the goal, Cesar couldn't save! 1-1, Palermo equalised for Cavani's 10th league goal. I saw Cavani running and celebrating after the goal, with long hair fluttering, quite like a group of classical South American strikers such as Batistuta, Caniggia, Francescoli, etc., and the entire home stadium of Palermo was also crazy about it.

Since then, the two sides have fought against each other, although Inter Milan, who is fighting on the third line, has an advantage in star strength, but the physical reserves are far inferior to the Palermo team, and the two sides have an advantage in the offensive battle

In the 30th minute, Nocerino shot wide from distance. Two minutes later, Pastore fired a shot from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball was collected by Cesar. In the 34th minute, Sneijder crossed from the right, McCone inserted a header and hit the goal slightly wide, and 1 minute later, Hansen's angry shot from the arc of the penalty area was deflected. In the 40th minute, Mikoli's low shot from the arc of the penalty area went wide. At half-time, the two teams were tied 1-1.

In the second half, Mourinho still chose to protect Han Sen, after all, in the Champions League, the match with Drogba was particularly impressive and chilling. Motta and Pandev came on to replace Thornton and Hansen, and Zanetti switched to left-back, and the team changed to 433.

Although Hansen was replaced, in the 74th minute, Inter had a chance to kill, and Sneijder took a corner. Samuel heads in from the penalty spot and the ball flies off the left post! Since then, although both Inter and Palermo have put on a desperate posture. However, neither had a chance to score, and the game ended in a 1-1 draw. After the draw between the two sides, Inter Milan has only won one game in the last seven league rounds, only one point ahead of second-place Milan, and may be overtaken by AC Milan in the next round.

And Inter's attitude towards the season has been revealed, that is, desperate to make way for winning the Champions League. Especially now that we are in the Devil's schedule again, after the game against Palermo, and in midweek against Livorno. And the weekend is the league title rival Roma, after playing Roma, the Champions League against CSKA in midweek! A hard battle after a hard battle.

The only positive thing about the midweek league has been since November 1947. Livorno have never beaten Inter. Because Inter are in the devil's schedule. So Mourinho made a bold rotation of the team. Sneijder was absent with a minor injury, with Milito on the bench and Lucio and Samuel on the bench. Up front, Quaresma, Samuel Eto'o and Pandev started together. At the back, Cordoba partnered Materazzi and returned to play for the first time since a broken skull. And although Han Sen is the starter, anyone with a discerning eye can see it. If nothing else, Inter is well equipped with a back waist. In the 60th minute or so, Han Sen will be replaced!

Although Livorno had no psychological and strength advantage against Inter, Inter did not take the lead until the 34th minute, after Sneijder's absence, Hansen stepped forward to take the position of the front midfield, he passed diagonally in the middle, Eto'o stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area and shook off the defense, after the right foot rubbed into the far corner, the ball hung directly into the upper right corner of the goal, Inter Milan took the lead 1-0, this is Eto'o's 9th league goal this season, and it is also Hansen's 9th league assist!

In the 41st minute, Pandev crossed from the right, and Eto'o's inverted hook shot near the penalty spot broke through Rubinho's ten fingers again! 2-0, Inter extended the score advantage, and Eto'o's league goals increased to 10! At half-time, Inter led 2-0 into the break.

In the second half, Yibian fought again, in the 62nd minute, Inter Milan went to the next city, Han Sen pulled to the right side, cut straight with his left foot, McCone burst into the right side of the penalty area, shot with his right foot from a small angle, and the ball went in! 3-0, Inter sealed the win! Han Sen brushed the league assist to the 10th in this season, which also allowed him to once again achieve 10+ goals and assists after breaking last season's goal record!

Then, as everyone had guessed, Mourinho replaced Cambiasso with Mariga and Muntari for Hansen, and Inter began to slow down the tempo and control the game. Although Han Sen had many highlights in this game, the applause of Meazza in this game did not belong to Han Sen, not because Han Sen's performance was not good enough, but because there were too many moments worthy of applause.

In the 77th minute, Samuel replaced Zivo, and the crowd collectively stood up and applauded the Romanian, because Zivo's return to the field after overcoming the pain of a broken skull and psychological torture was a remarkable thing in itself. In the 88th minute, the news that AC Milan was behind Parma came from the venue, and the fans in Meazza were even more cheering! One in and one out, it is equivalent to once again opening up the gap of two wins with Milan's points! At the last moment, both sides had no intention of fighting, Inter won all three points 3-0, and entered the top battle of the weekend with a leading attitude, because Roma has quietly caught up with AC Milan, only 4 points behind Inter Milan in second place in the standings!

In the first half of the league, Inter Milan only drew 1-1 at home to Roma, and Hansen assisted Samuel Eto'o to score a goal! In addition, the midweek is the Champions League quarterfinals knockout match against CSKA Moscow, what is the attitude of Inter Milan, which is not only concerned by fans, but even within the team, there are doubts, Mourinho's maverick is not a day or two, often at the beginning of the game or in the middle of the game, make some adjustments that no one can imagine, which is surprising.

However, Mourinho fielded the strongest lineup, returning to Sneijder, Milito, Lucio, Samuel who were rested in the 4312 weeks, and Stankovic also returned from suspension. Zanetti made a cameo appearance at left-back. They are goalkeeper No. 12 Cesar, defender No. 3 McConn, No. 6 Lucio, No. 25 Summerel, No. 4 Zanetti, and midfielders: No. 13 Hansen, No. 19 Cambiaso, No. 5 Stankovic, forward No. 10 Sneijder, forward No. 9 Eto'o, and No. 22 Milito.

On the Roma side, Totti returned from injury as a substitute, Perrotta replaced Tadei, and put on a 4231 formation, goalkeeper No. 27 Sergio, defenders No. 77 Cassetti, No. 29 Burdisso, No. 4 Juan, No. 17 Riese, No. 7 Pizarro at the back, No. 16 De Rossi, attacking midfielders: No. 94 Menes, No. 20 Perrotta, No. 9 Vucinic, and forward No. 30 Toney.

Inter Milan, who are playing away, kick off first. After the start of the battle, the two sides fought against each other at a very fast pace. The more they played to the end of the season, the end of the strong crossbow, when everyone was physically exhausted, Inter Milan played faster than the original rhythm, this is the time when Mourinho made the players sometimes unable to figure it out, including top players like Han Sen, are a little unable to adapt well to Mourinho's current almost crazy requirements! For Han Sen, this kind of kicking method of directly transitioning without waiting for the ball to land and stabilize is not what he is good at.

Roma took the lead in the 7th minute, Vucinic burst into the right and changed the line, and the ball slid past the far corner from a tight angle. In the 12th minute, Roma crossed from the right, Lucio cleared not far away, and Riser shot high from the edge of the penalty area. In the 17th minute, Roma took the lead in scoring, Pizarro took a free kick from 35 meters away into the penalty area, Burdisso shot with little power at the back point, but Cesar appeared to get out of his hand, Samuel failed to clear in time, and De Rossi made up the ball into the empty goal 2 meters in front of the goal! 1-0, Roma take the lead! After the goal, De Rossi took off the shin guard and kissed the photo of his daughter on it.

De Rossi is the opponent of Han Sen in this game, and De Rossi's shining is naturally reflected in Han Sen's inaction! His success in the Champions League contrasts sharply with his inaction in the league.

"What if handsome's attention is still not fully in the game?" Mourinho turned his head and asked the assistant coach next to him, Giuseppe? Baresi.

I saw Baresi shake his head calmly: "The question of motivation, the league championship seems to be far less attractive to handsome than the Champions League now, and how can you put 100% motivation into every game with the core of a team, an absolute main player, and a winner of the World Footballer of the Year?" ”

Mourinho stroked his hair: "You're right, I should have done something crazy!" (To be continued......)