When Drogba headed the ball into the gate guarded by Cesar, the entire Stamford Bridge stadium turned into a boiling crater. All Chelsea fans were shouting crazily, fully displaying the characteristics of Premier League fans.
What are the characteristics of Premier League fans? Crazy and fearless, especially when their team is leading. If Inter Milan's previous goal gave them a bad premonition, then this previous emotion has made them even more crazy and fearless now. Excited, as if they were ashamed of their previous thoughts, they decided to use their own shouts to make the team feel their loyalty even more!
"One more goal! One more goal!" Countless Chelsea fans shouted crazily. They scored two goals in a row, allowing them to see the infinite possibility of entering the semi-finals. Now they are leading, then leading by two goals, leading by three goals Until they beat Inter Milan to pieces at home, then entered the semi-finals with their heads held high, entered the finals, and finally won the championship!
However, to neutral commentators, although Chelsea seems to have a great advantage now, what is it actually like? Two to one at home, this is not a particularly good advantage. If this score is maintained until the end, it will not be an unacceptable result for Inter Milan.
And from the perspective of the scoring process, strictly speaking, Chelsea's two goals did not break down Inter Milan's defense, but they were caused by two accidents. In the process of Chelsea scoring these two goals, In the middle, Inter Milan also has a good chance of scoring again. If the struggle continues like this, it is still unclear who will win.
Of course, taking the lead when falling behind will greatly improve Chelsea's morale, and if Inter Milan fails to adjust its mentality in time, it is very likely that Chelsea will directly seize the opportunity to defeat them.
However, the current Inter Milan is not that fragile and sensitive team. Although they have been smooth sailing since the beginning of this season, they have not suffered setbacks. Today's situation is not enough to cause Inter Milan to have any panic. .
Now, Dick made timely adjustments. Figo, whose physical fitness had declined significantly, was replaced by Perrotta. In addition to strengthening the midfielder's running ability, such a substitution also It also strengthened the forward penetration ability of the midfielder. At the same time, with Figo's dismissal, Inter Milan's frontcourt offense will be more concentrated at Ibrahimovic's feet, which is also the best moment to display his characteristics.
"Stay steady and don't be disrupted by their offense." Mourinho gave such instructions. He was much calmer than the fans in the stands. Facing opponents like Inter Milan, especially facing Di. It is unrealistic to beat an opponent like Ke to death with a stick. Even if they are only one goal ahead entering the second round, it will be beneficial to Chelsea. As long as they can win at home, the rest will be easy.
Both head coaches are very cautious, and neither intends to kill their opponents at once. In addition to calculating strength, a game of this level no longer only depends on the performance on the field. It also counts strength, weather, mentality, and tactics. No details can be missed.
Mourinho can accept the result of going to the away game with a one-goal lead, and Dick is not unacceptable, but now if he can score another goal, even if it is a draw, it is acceptable.
After getting a draw with a goal, Inter Milan will be more confident after returning to the home court. If it is a small loss with a goal, then it will be Chelsea who takes the initiative at Meazza, not only In the real situation, it also includes the mentality of the players on both sides.
When the game reaches this point, mentality is also a very important factor.
The game began to reach a deadlock again. Although Chelsea's conservatism made many fans a little dissatisfied, because of Mourinho's excellent record in the previous two seasons, they chose to believe in their head coach, but Mourinho would not He was booed by the fans, but he couldn't bear the thought that other people would be dissatisfied with him
This person is Chelsea¡¯s owner Abramovich.
When he fell behind at the beginning, Abramovich seemed annoyed because Mourinho seemed to be becoming more and more disobedient this season - or perhaps Abramovich did not realize that he began to get more involved in the team at the beginning of this season. Go, and this is something Mourinho can't bear, let alone Mourinho can't bear it, it's Dick who can't bear it even more. He, like Mourinho, wants to take everything Things are in your own hands, and you can make the entire team improve through your own control, and you don't want anyone to dictate to you.
Mourinho began to encounter such a situation in his third season, and Dick is actually very likely to encounter such a situation, especially when Facchetti passed away and Moratti became the team president again., however, after the end of last season, the conversation between Dick and Moratti dispelled such hidden dangers - Dick made it clear that he would not coach Inter Milan for too long, and he would leave a brilliant record. After leaving, he has no intention of making himself a benchmark for Inter Milan - this is what Moratti cares about. He does not care about money, but what he cares about is the status of himself and the Moratti family in Inter Milan.
Mourinho has shown that he can stay at Chelsea forever like Ferguson, but Abramovich is not Edwards or Gretz. He has a political purpose in taking charge of Chelsea. His own reputation continues to be exposed, and he is better than the team. Winning is more important, and in this regard, Dick has an advantage over Mourinho.
Just like now, the overall strength of Chelsea and Inter Milan is almost the same. Chelsea is even better because they are richer and more willing to spend money. But what about Inter Milan? Moratti is still generous now, but his financial resources have begun to decline. It will no longer be the case that Lippi directly spent more than 100 million in the transfer market the year he took over, tens of millions per season. His investment has reached his limit, so Dick often has to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall in order to maintain the team's combat effectiveness and desire for glory.
However, in the preparations before this game, Inter Milan was ahead, and even if they lost this game, Dick would not be under any pressure. However, if Chelsea were in the lead and got a draw because of their conservativeness, The pressure on Mourinho will become very great. This is not pressure from the fans, but pressure directly from the management.
So Dick was not in a hurry and watched the players on the field tangled together. He was very calm. He didn't even stand up. Instead, he sat on the coach's bench with his legs crossed carelessly and looked at the field happily. game on.
"Dick is very relaxedI don't know if he is really relaxed or pretending to be relaxed, but in this situation, his attitude can make his players more relaxed. This is very important, When they were leading and were overtaken by someone else, the pressure on the players was actually very high. However, Dick took a relaxed attitude at this time, allowing the players to deeply understand that Inter Milan's current situation was not It¡¯s not bad, it¡¯s actually pretty good. With this mentality, the players can naturally perform better.¡±
In fact, this is indeed the case. Under Dick's relaxed performance, Inter Milan's players began to become more calm. They kept passing the ball to Ibrahimovic from the backcourt, and then roared and ran around him. came to respond, and Ibrahimovic was completely relaxed. He showed off his abilities in the frontcourt. With his height, strength and skills, even if he faced the strangulation of Chelsea's steel defense, he would not be too much. Under pressure, he kept controlling the ball, and then kept passing the ball out to create opportunities. His casual playing style also began to create more pressure on Chelsea's defense.
It is not easy to keep an eye on Ibrahimovic, because his movement is very erratic and his personal ability to hold the ball is very strong. More importantly, his teammates can always pass the ball to him, and he also He can always find a passing route, and the players on the field continue to form small triangles one after another, creating huge lethality through passing.
Chelsea defenders, who were made miserable by Ibrahimovic, began to focus on marking Ibrahimovic, but they ignored two people.
Toni has been fighting with the opponent's central defender in the penalty area, which has greatly reduced the physical fitness of the opponent's two central defenders. The real core of Inter Milan's midfield organization is Sneijder, who did not choke Sneijder's passing route. Even if Ibrahimovic is targeted to death, it won't be of much use.
Before Mourinho could see this, Inter Milan launched a very beautiful attack.
Yaya Toure passed the ball to Sneijder. Sneijder passed it to Perrotta. Then he passed forward and received Perrotta's pass. Ibrahimovic ran to get the ball. Chelsea's defenders began to concentrate. For Ibrahimovic, however, when the Chelsea defenders began to focus their attention, Sneijder flicked his ankle and passed the ball directly to Toni on the edge of the penalty area!
Tony took the ball and then passed it to Perrotta who quietly stepped in from the wing. Perrotta caught the ball and Tony turned and rushed into the penalty area. This once again drew the attention of Chelsea's two central defenders. However, at this time , the ignored Ibrahimovic has quietly entered the penalty area, Perrotta also passed the ball diagonally, and stuffed the ball directly to Ibrahimovic's feet!
Ibrahimovic stopped the ball in the penalty area, then turned around. Before Essien returned to defend, he raised his right foot and shot hard in the penalty area!
The ball flew directly to the ground and into the near corner of the goal! Faced with such a shot that was very close, powerful and had a tricky angle, no matter how quick Cech's reaction was, he still couldn't make a save!
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Two draws! Inter Milan equalized the score in the away game and scored two very important away goals!
The moment Ibrahimovic scored, Mourinho kicked over a mineral water bottle. He had already noticed this, but he was still a step slower! This kind of attack is really depressing
And when Ibrahimovic scored, the face of Abramovich in the box began to darken, and the joyful expression when Chelsea took the lead was gone
Chelsea, problems began to arise. This problem was something they already had, but it was Dick who made this problem become more serious