Chapter 1063 Tenth Crown (1)
At 7:45 on May 22, the final of the UEFA Champions League season 09 to 10 kicked off at the Bernabeu Stadium.
The finals are Real Madrid and Inter Milan.
One hour before the start of the game, the Bernabeu stadium, which can accommodate 94,000 people, was already full.
One has not won the Champions League again in 45 years, and the other is still missing the Champions League, and he is fighting at home. Both Real Madrid fans and Inter Milan fans are extremely eager for their team to win the Champions League championship.
Mourinho arranged a 4-3-3 formation for Inter Milan: 12-Cesar/13-Mecon, 6-Lucio, 25-Samuel, 26-Zivo/4-Saneti, 19-Cambiazso, 10-Sneider/27-Pandev, 22-Milito, 9-Etoo
Although this formation is the ultimate offensive formation for Barcelona, Mourinho is a "bus" in his hands. Only Sneider, Milito and Etoo are responsible for the attack, and the others are just fighting.
Pellegrini also lined up 433 formation, goalkeeper: Casillas; defenders: Ramos, Alviol, Gare, Marcelo; midfielder: Gago, Alonso, Kaka; forwards: Chen Yu, Higuain, Benzema
Pellegrini's lineup is different from the previous matches against strong teams, and emphasizes the offensive elements. The defensive midfielder only has Xavi, Alonso and Diyala, who were bought from Liverpool in winter, did not play, but came to Gago.
Pellegrini was not completely stimulated by Mourinho, but considered that Mourinho would definitely fight back. If Real Madrid also defended and counterattacked, then the game would not be possible. If it was a neutral field, considering the importance of the Champions League championship, Pellegrini would not mind playing defensive counterattacks. However, this was a game held at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid was under great pressure, and fans would probably not agree that Real Madrid and Inter Milan would play volleyball from the air in their own half. Therefore, Pellegrini had an attacking lineup, but Pellegrini was not stupid. She was in such a formation. When the game was really played, the players would not attack largely and give the space for counterattack to Inter Milan.
After a brief literary performance, the competition began.
Inter Milan kicked the ball first, just like Pellegrini predicted. After Inter Milan kicked off, only striker Milito broke out, and everyone else stayed in their half.
If Inter Milan doesn't attack, Real Madrid can only attack. There is nothing we can do about it. Pellegrini is still very thin compared to Mourinho. He can't learn Mourinho's psychological quality of being scolded even though he has been scolded. Inter Milan can't do it at half time, but he can't do it at half time.
There is no doubt that Real Madrid has the most attacking midfielders in the world, but Mourinho's team's defense is said to be stronger than the reinforced concrete of Serie A. After coaching Inter Milan, Mourinho's defensive thinking and Serie A players' defensive awareness and technology were combined very quickly. It was mature in less than half a season and showed extremely strong combat power. Even Barcelona, who had the strongest attack power, became the dead soul of Inter Milan.
Although Real Madrid has strong attack power, it is not as good as Barcelona. Facing Inter Milan, which has strong combat power and actively defends with a very layered sense of defense, it is difficult for them to threaten their opponent's penalty area by relying on the personal ability of superstars. Often when a threat is created, Inter Milan players will immediately foul, giving you a chance to free kick, and then use the impregnable defense to make your free kick return without success.
Real Madrid must invest more offensive forces if they want to score a goal, but Inter Milan's counterattack is too sharp. Each counterattack never passes more than five feet. Most of the time, it is two to three feet. Then the player and the ball penetrate into Real Madrid's 30-meter area like a sharp sword. Faced with such a counterattack, the defender and the midfielder were very guilty when assisting.
In the blink of an eye, the game had been played for 30 minutes, and the score was still zero to zero. Real Madrid shot five times and Inter Milan shot once, but Real Madrid shot once was not threatening once. Although Inter Milan's shot did not hit the goal directly, it was a mistake in the absence of defense.
Pellegrini couldn't help it, waved to Marcelo and Ramos, and made an upward pressing action.
Marcelo and Ramos have long been unable to hold back. Marcelo has always had a winger heart, and Ramos is the kind of player who likes to show off. Pellegrini did not allow assists in the first thirty minutes, and he went up several times. Now Pellegrini has lost his life, and the two of them can't wait to attack.
In the 35th minute of the game, Real Madrid launched a fast attack. Alonso in the middle made a cross and Ramos passed the penalty area diagonally. The ball was grabbed by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar, and then Cesar kicked off with a big kick.
Argentine striker Milito headed the ball to Sneijder immediately turned around and inserted it forward.
Sneijder saw that the distance between the two centre-backs on Real Madrid's defense was a bit big. He kept making a pass. Milito threw away three people in the middle and broke into the penalty area and calmly shot. Casillas failed to save and the ball rolled into the net. Inter Milan took the lead 1-0.
This rapid counterattack made Real Madrid foolishly.
The fans were silent, and the players looked at each other.
Three people, three passes, one shot, and one goal.
Many Real Madrid players have lost the ball before they can react from the goalkeeper's big kick.
Pellegrini's face turned red, it was like a slap in the face. He just asked the defender to assist. Inter Milan scored in just over five minutes. How should he play behind? Continue to attack? What if he is hit again? If he is hit and counterattacked again? No attack? Now the score is behind! Time stands on Inter Milan.
After hesitating for a moment, Pellegrini still insisted on the attack. Real Madrid had no way out and had to attack, even if Inter Milan's counterattack was terrible.
Inter Milan players were prepared for Real Madrid's fierce attack. Their layered and flexible defense made Real Madrid's tide-like offense futile, and every time they took the ball and counterattacked, Real Madrid was frightened.
In the last ten minutes of the first half, Real Madrid's fierce attack not only failed to break Inter Milan's goal, but also almost scored again by Inter Milan.
During the halftime break, conflicts arose in Real Madrid's locker room. Ramos said that Pellegrini was too timid and should attack boldly. What threat could this fear of one's heart pose to Inter Milan.
Albiol on the back line and goalkeeper Casillas said that Pellegrini was too risky and had to grind with Mourinho's team, and then let the superstars create opportunities to score goals. Real Madrid has many superstars and will definitely be able to grind Inter Milan.
Then the members were divided into three factions, one supported Ramos and the other supported Casillas. Newcomers like Chen Yu and Kaka remained neutral, but head coach Pellegrini did not have a supporter.
After a long quarrel, Pellegrini had to make a decision in the end. Pellegrini couldn't afford to offend both factions. They were Real Madrid's Spanish gang, so he had to take a mixed approach, attack first and strive to equalize the score. If he equalized the score, he would defend and counterattack and fight with Inter Milan.
Although Ramos and Casillas were not very satisfied, they had no better idea and could only accept Pellegrini's arrangement.
At the beginning of the second half, Real Madrid launched a fierce attack immediately, trying to attack Inter Milan off guard.
However, Inter Milan's players have excellent tactical awareness. They maintained a high level of attention from the beginning and did not give Real Madrid an opportunity to take advantage of.
However, Real Madrid is a superstar who has created some goals with all his strength.
In the 50th minute of the game, Benzema passed the ball with his heel, Kaka immediately made a pass, and Higuain's fall-down shot was blocked by Cesar with his legs.
In the 52nd minute, Chen Yu dribbled the ball horizontally and then shot from a long shot. The goalkeeper could not save it, but the ball was blocked by defender Somerer with his body to go out of the baseline.
Inter Milan played very hard. One minute after Real Madrid scored a climax of an offensive, Milito broke through from the left and passed back, and Pandev's shot was bravely lifted from the crossbar by Casillas.
Inter Milan's offense ended, and under Real Madrid's continued attack, the defensive formation began to become chaotic.
In the 60th minute, Higuain successfully made a steal in the penalty area and shot directly, but Xiguava hit the ball on the sideline.
In the 62nd minute, Chen Yu dribbled the ball from the right through Pandefu and Ziwo, and then passed the ball into the penalty area.
Chen Yu's cross was pushed to his companion by Samuel, causing chaos in front of the goal. In the melee, Benzema's shot was blocked by Cambiaso with his legs.
Just when Real Madrid players saw the dawn of equalization, Inter Milan launched another fatal counterattack.
In the 67th minute, Sneider interrupted the midfield and Gago's ball was passed directly by Etoo. Etoo passed the ball in the middle. Milito used the change of speed to scatter Van Boiten on the left. After tricking the opponent with fake moves, facing Casillas' attack, Milito calmly shot with his right foot, and the ball hit the lower right corner of the goal. Inter Milan expanded its lead 2-0. Milito scored twice and scored his sixth Champions League goal this season.
This goal is too fatal and has a big blow to morale. With Inter Milan's defense, there is still hope to score one goal. It is almost impossible to score two goals in less than thirty minutes, unless you have the luck of being against the will.
While Inter Milan players and fans were celebrating wildly, Real Madrid players and fans were stunned.
Among them, superstars like Chen Yu and Kaka feel helpless. Inter Milan's defense is too strong, and no one of them is sure to break through their multiple defenses.
Chapter completed!