Chapter 31: The Battle of Meacha (Part II)

With the whistle of referee Comoto, this "Meazza Battle" officially kicked off.

Since the format of the Coppa Italia is a knockout round, Inter Milan must win by more than two goals to ensure their own progress, so this is a game that does not require mobilization, Inter Milan's players do not have the usual warm-up at the beginning, and there is no so-called "tentative attack", and they start a real battle as soon as they come up.

"Bertie! Berti steals in midfield! In front of him was an open field, Berti was very fast, Di Biagio appeared in front of him, Ruben Sousa on the right was asking for the ball......" Commentator Rao paused, suddenly raising the decibel of the commentary, "Oh, Berti chose to shoot!" He fired a long-range shot from 25 yards away, the ball grazed the crossbar and flew out of the goal, but the 1.96m-tall Toldo did not react...... Yes, this is the Berti we are familiar with, the most leading midfielder in the Inter Milan team! ”

After the opening, Inter Milan changed the signature defensive counterattack tactics of Banoglina this season, and chose Fiorentina's weaker side defense as the breakthrough point of attack, and Fiorentina's central cooperation also played well, and the new signing Djokaeff and midfielder Effenberg and others have shown good competitive state.

"Just fifteen minutes into the game, Djokaef had already completed three dangerous crosses, and it seemed that this was a very targeted tactical arrangement of Fiorentina manager Ranieri, who wanted to maximize the impact of Batistuta, will Inter Milan's Batistini and Ferry be able to withstand such attacking pressure? Well, given the current situation, at least I'm skeptical. ”

Maybe it's because the players' competitive state is better, or maybe it's because the tactical arrangement before the game is more right, playing away, Fiorentina, who has no geographical advantage, overwhelmed the home team and quickly occupied the initiative on the field, which made Inter Milan coach Bagnoli get out of the coach's seat a little anxiously, and stood on the sidelines to encourage his players to play more actively.

Bagnoli, who has led the team to poor results recently, is often worried that his position is not guaranteed, after all, in the summer of 91, the former Inter Milan coach and "gold medal coach" Trapattoni, who is more famous than him, was dismissed here because of the poor results of leading the team.

At the start of the season, he was full of hope that the team's new "Ice Prince" Bergkamp would be able to rush forward like his predecessor Van Basten, and Ruben Sousa, who was more suited to play as a second striker, would deliver ammunition from behind. Now, due to the intensification of the conflict between Bergkamp and Sousa, not only will the previous beautiful vision not be realized, but if his team cannot perform in such a knockout game, he himself may be forced to roll up at the end of the season.

I have to say that the Italian's on-the-spot command ability is still very good, and he soon discovered that the aging central defender Ferry has become the biggest hidden danger in the team's defense under the constant impact of Batistuta.

Seeing that there was really no one to replace on the bench, Bagnoli in a hurry brought the stronger and more physical two central defenders Battistini and Ferry to change the defense. However, this approach of "tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall" has instead made Inzaghi, a young striker in the Fiorentina team who is more erratic in his position.

"Ferry, number 2 Ferry! The Inter Milan meritorious defender has undoubtedly become the most depressed player of the game so far, just getting rid of the troubles caused by Batistuta, he has been transferred to keep up with the young player Philippe Inzaghi, he can't keep up with Inzaghi at all, it's really embarrassing, I think the old Ferry should probably think about retirement. ”

Fortunately, Ferry, who was playing on the field, couldn't hear Rao's "pathetic" explanation, otherwise, he would be so angry that he vomited blood on the spot.

"Effenberg passes...... Djokaeff dribbled the ball to the wing and crossed...... Batistuta grabbed the ball in front of Batistini, not the goal! It's a header ferry! Oh! Inzaghi broke through Ferry's defense again! He didn't hesitate and rushed straight into the box with the ball, Ferry was at least two metres away from him...... Pasanen rushed back and now it was up to him to defend Inzaghi, who seemed to be about to break through the line...... Oh! The two collided and Inzaghi flew out and fell inside the penalty area, looking really painful......"

The players on the field, the fans and the TV director all immediately turned their attention to the referee on duty - the referee Comoto's whistle sounded without hesitation, and the standard gesture pointed to the goal 12 yards in front of the goal:

"Penalty!"

"Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay, from this footage replay, you can clearly see that Paganin's hand has an obvious pushing action, and he also tripped Inzaghi at his feet, although the distance Inzaghi flew out is indeed a little exaggerated, but the penalty is no problem......"

When Zhuang Mingge heard this, he couldn't help but sweat in his heart, but he didn't expect that Da Inzaghi had already begun to practice the kung fu of "Eighteen Dips in Clothes" at this time.

Speaking of fake falls, many fans may think of the legendary La Masia Film and Television Base, but I have to say that the students who graduated from La Shadow are very poor at faking falls, because fans can see that they are faking falls; At the peak of his prime, no defender dared to kick his feet at will in the penalty area, because even the referee watched the video several times and felt that he really fell......

"Referee Comoto stepped forward and gave Paganin, who had committed a foul, a yellow card...... So who will take the penalty? We know that countless stars have fallen in front of penalties......"

Hearing Rao's explanation just now, Zhuang Mingge sighed that he had "eyes but no beads": at first, he thought that this Rao was quite "cute", and he said a lot of "good things" about Florence during the commentary, but in a blink of an eye, such a "crow's mouth" came out.

The deafening cheers of the more than 2,000 Fiorentina fans who had accompanied the team in the stands stood in stark contrast to the silence of the Inter Milan fans.

Zhuang Mingge quickly searched for the Fiorentina players on the field who could take the penalty: Batistuta, Effenberg......

When a small, handsome player appeared at the penalty spot, Zhuang Mingge knew that he had always prided himself as "like a god", but this time he was completely wrong.

This is a player who is absolutely good at taking penalties, but can he open the scoring for Fiorentina and score this penalty now?

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