Chapter 31: Fighting at Meazza (Part 2)
With the whistle of referee Komoto, the "Mörcha defense battle" officially kicked off.
Since the Italian Cup is a knockout match, Inter Milan must win more than two goals to ensure that they advance, so this is a game that does not require mobilization. Inter Milan's players do not have the usual warm-up at the beginning, nor do they have the so-called "test attack". They started a real battle as soon as they came out.
"Berti! Bertie's steal in the midfield! There was an open ground in front of him. Bertie's speed was very fast. Dibiagio appeared in front of him. Ruben Sosa on the right was asking for the ball..." The commentator Rao paused for a moment and suddenly increased the decibels of the commentary, "Oh, Bertie chose to shoot! He made a long shot from outside the 25-meter distance. The ball hit the crossbar and flew out of the goal. Tordo, who was 1.96 meters tall, did not react... Yes, this is the familiar Berti, the most leading midfielder in Inter Milan!"
After the opening, Inter Milan changed the iconic defensive counterattack tactics of Banoglina this season and chose Fiorentina's weak side defense line as a breakthrough for the offensive. Fiorentina's midfield cooperation also played well. The newly joined Djokaf and midfielder Effenberg and others showed good competitive state.
"Just fifteen minutes into the game, Djokaf had completed three extremely threatening crosses. It seems that this is a very targeted tactical arrangement for Fiorentina's head coach Ranieri. He wants to maximize the impact of Batistuta. Can Inter Milan's Batistini and Ferry withstand such offensive pressure? Well, according to the current situation, at least I am skeptical."
Perhaps it was because the players' competitive state was better, or perhaps it was because the tactical arrangement before the game was more right. Florence, who had no advantage in the away game, surpassed the home team and quickly occupied the initiative on the court, which made Inter Milan's head coach Bagnoli anxiously emerge from the coach's seat and stood on the sidelines to encourage his players to play more proactively.
Bagnoli, who has been poor in the team recently, often worried that his coaching position will not be guaranteed. After all, in the summer of 1991, the former Inter Milan coach, who is more famous than him, and the "gold medal coach" Trapatoni was dismissed here because of his poor results in leading the team.
At the beginning of this season, he was full of hope that the team's newly introduced "Ice Prince" Borgkamp could rush forward like his predecessor Van Basten, and Ruben Sousa, who is more suitable for second striker, to deliver ammunition from the back. Now, due to the intensification of the conflict between Borgkamp and Sousa, not only is the beautiful idea that was not realized, but once his team cannot perform in such a knockout match, he himself may be forced to roll the bed and go home at the end of the season.
It has to be said that the Italian has a good on-the-spot command ability. He soon discovered that the old central defender Ferry has become the biggest hidden danger in the team's defense under the continuous impact of Batistuta.
Look at the bench, there is no one to change. In desperation, Bagnoli replaced another central defender Batistini and Ferry with defense. However, this "demolition of the east and the west walls" practice has actually made Inzagi, a young forward who has a more erratic running position in the Fiorentine formation.
"Ferry, No. 2 Ferry! This meritorious defender of Inter Milan has undoubtedly become the most depressing player in this game. He has just gotten rid of the troubles brought by Batistuta and was transferred to the young player Philip Inzaghi, but he can't keep up with Inzaghi at all. It's so embarrassing. I think Ferry may be the first to consider the issue of retirement."
Fortunately, Ferry, who was playing football on the court, couldn't hear such a "tragic" explanation from Rao, otherwise he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood on the spot.
"Efenberg passed the ball... Djokav dribbled the ball to the side and made a cross... Batistuta hit the ball in front of Batistini, not attacking! It was a header! Oh! Inzaji broke through Ferry's defense again! He did not hesitate and rushed into the penalty area with the ball. Ferry was at least two meters away from him... Pasanin rushed back, and now he defended Inzaji head-on, Inzaji seemed to be going to break through the line... Oh! The two collided together, Inzaji flew out and fell into the penalty area. It looked really painful..."
The players on the court, the fans on the scene and the TV directors all immediately pointed their eyes at the referee on duty - the referee Komoto's whistle sounded without hesitation, and the standard gesture pointed at the 12 yards in front of the goal:
"Punishment!"
"Let's take a look at the slow motion replay. From this replay, you can clearly see that there is a very obvious pushing action in Paganin's hand, and he tripped Inzaji under his feet. Although Inzaji's distance from flying out is indeed a bit exaggerated, there is no problem with the penalty for this penalty..."
When Zhuang Mingge heard this, he couldn't help but sweat in his heart. Unexpectedly, Dainzaji had already started practicing the skill of "drying clothes for eighteen times" at this time.
Speaking of fake falls, many fans may think of the legendary Lamacia Film and Television Base. However, it has to be said that students who graduated from movie falls are not very good at fake falls because fans can see that they are fake falls. At the peak of that year, Da Inzaji did not dare to step on the penalty area at will, because even the referee watched the video several times and thought he was really falling...
"The referee Komoto stepped forward and gave Paganin the foul, a yellow card... So who will take the penalty kick? We know that countless stars have fallen in front of the penalty kick..."
When he heard Rao’s commentary just now, Zhuang Mingge sighed at his “eyes without eyes”: At first, he thought Rao was quite “cute”. During the commentary, he said a lot of “good things” in Florence, but in a blink of an eye, such a sentence “crow’s mouth” appeared.
The deafening cheers sounded from the more than 2,000 Fiorentine fans who followed the team in the stands, which was in sharp contrast with the fans who were trapped in a silence.
Zhuang Mingge quickly searched for the Fiorentine players on the field who might take the penalty kick: Batistuta, Effenberg...
When a thin and handsome player appeared at the penalty spot, Zhuang Mingge knew that he, who always claimed to be "predicting things like a god", had completely guessed wrong this time.
This is a player who is absolutely good at penalties, but now can he score the penalty for Fiorentina's first record?
Chapter completed!