Chapter 305 The Fifth Attacker
"CCTV, CCTV, you are watching a focus game in the first leg of the 2009-2010 European Champions League quarter-finals..." This time the commentator is Shen Fangjian, Fengyun Football Channel is more common to see lā
"First of all, let's take a look at the starting lineup of both sides, first look at Inter Milan. In this game, Lucio and Mota were suspended, and Mourinho sent four attackers, Sneider, Pandev, Milito and Etoo, to start at the same time, obviously wanting to win the first home game."
"The goalkeeper Cesar, the defense is Macon, Samuel, Matrazi and Zanetti. In the midfield, Cambiaso, Stankovi, and Sneider's partners, and on the front line, Pandev and Etoo are separated, with Diego Milito as the center."
"The hidden danger in Inter Milan's lineup today is that there is no striker on their bench who can enhance their attack power. Balotelli, a young player who just returned due to suspension, did not enter the roster of this game. Okay, let's look at Inter Milan's attack. Pandev's shot, this ball was too hasty..."
After Shen Fangjian first introduced Inter Milan's formation in detail, Inter Milan took the lead in attacking the Donetsk miners and completed his first shot after the opening.
Mourinho also felt quite regretful after the ball was squandered.
The situation on the spot returned to calm, and Shen Fangjian continued to introduce the starting lineup of the Donetsk Miners.
"In this game, Adriano did not start, Lucescu chose Agachova to serve as the team's single arrow. Judson did not start in the frontcourt, Xu Qi was in the middle, Douglas Costa on the left, and William on the right. It seems that the three forwards of the Donetsk Miners have undergone some changes in their positions. I wonder if these changes will play any new role in the attack later."
"The Donetsk Miners are still Fernandinho and Hubschmann as the midfielder, and the defense line is still a combination of Serner, Kuchel, Rakitsky and Rat. Goalkeeper Piatov."
"Our Chinese player Xu Qi is the team's midfielder this time. I hope he can continue his performance in this game." Shen Fangjian continued.
However, Inter Milan still started the game with the help of home court and seemed to want to score as soon as possible.
In the fifth minute, Sneider got the ball and he easily got rid of Hubuschmann, but Xu Qi returned to defend in time to try to cut Sneider's ball.
However, Sneider was extremely experienced at this time and gave Xu Qi a back, causing Xu Qi to push someone from behind.
Setting balls at thirty yards.
Sneider chose to shoot directly for this set piece, but the ball still bounced out of the baseline, and the ball was off the ball.
Then, after being oppressed for the past five minutes, Xu Qi began to sound the horn of the counterattack.
It was after Xu Qi's breakthrough in the middle that he gave Douglas Costa a side, and then Douglas Costa made a corner kick through a cross.
This time, Xu Qi came to take the penalty. The corner kick he drove was very fast and a little flat. After jumping over Matrazi's head, he found Gratsky. Unfortunately, Gratsky's header did not hit the front, and the ball missed the baseline.
As the game went on, Mourinho's Inter Milan began to voluntarily give up the midfield at home and played a defensive counterattack.
This also made Lucescu stunned for a moment. He did not expect that Inter Milan would actually give up the initiative at home.
However, he did not let the team push too much. He knew that when you pressed all the line against Inter Milan, the opponent would intercept the ball and even ruin the entire game.
Lucescu is not that conceited. He doesn't think the team can win by forcibly suppressing Inter Milan. Friendly matches may be possible, but this is a formal game, this is a knockout match in the Champions League, and the bottom line is not to lose the ball.
Although away goals are important, Lucescu did not deliberately pursue them.
Therefore, the attack in the frontcourt was basically handed over to the four-man team on the attack line, and the other players were not as strong as before.
At this time, these attackers of the Donetsk Miners need to create opportunities with their stronger personal abilities.
Soon, Xu Qi began to play a breakthrough in the middle. He staggered Matrazi at once, but Matrazi did not fall down. He directly flew Xu Qi from the back and knocked Xu Qi to the ground.
For this reason, Matrazi also received the first yellow card of the game.
Xu Qi lay on the ground with his legs in his arms for a long time, but he still left the team doctor for treatment.
When William's free kick was steadily carried by Cesar, Xu Qi also returned to the court. After being diagnosed by the team doctor, he was not seriously injured and could handle the next game.
A player like him who is very good at breaking through will basically be subject to flying tackles from his opponents in every game. Fortunately, Xu Qi has done a very good job in protecting himself and has not suffered too many injuries so far.
When he was in the Chinese Super League, he was injured for one or two months because of a foul by Zhou Ting.
However, after coming to Europe, he became more mature and understood how to better protect himself.
Cesar got the ball and immediately threw the ball with his hand to launch a quick counterattack.
After Sneid's transfer, the ball immediately came to Etoo's feet on the left.
As one of the best No. 9 players in football today, Etoo has extremely outstanding personal abilities and has super strong scoring ability. After getting the ball this time, he shook Serner away and got the opportunity and directly shot.
Fortunately, the shooting angle was not tricky, and Piatov also held the ball steadily.
This is precisely because Lucescu did not send all the players to attack, and Inter Milan's counterattack has not yet had any threat.
Moreover, Lucescu also planned to let William and Douglas Costado support the defense of the wing on the wing on the side, especially on the side of Macon.
Originally, Lucescu was arranged to William on this side, but after consideration, he decided to let Douglas Costa on this side. Douglas Costa was faster, which might be of some help to the defensive insertion.
William on the other side is actually under a lot of pressure. Although Zanetti can no longer travel back and forth in the front and back courts like before, there is also an Etoo who has strong individual combat capabilities on this side.
So William and Serner need to deal with it well.
The Donetsk Miners once again controlled the ball and attacked, and the four attackers in the frontcourt could not find any opportunity in the face of Inter Milan's strict defense.
Xu Qi took the ball from the right rib. Although he could shoot, he had no hope of scoring a goal in such a defense. At this time, he saw someone coming forward in the back row of the middle.
Fernandinho!
This is the fifth attacker of the Donetsk Miners.
Chapter completed!