Ace Young Marshal

256 Sudden Attack
Obviously, defensive counterattack is the overall tactic of the two teams, but they are completely different in their respective paths.

Inter Milan try their best to play the characteristics of their own players to support the threat of attack, so it can be seen that Sneijder is the core of the frontcourt, and other players perform their own duties. The defense is aimed at the threat of Monaco. Perhaps in Mourinho's view, although Monaco's offensive players have characteristics, they have not yet reached the level of Messi or Ronaldo. They need to press or multi-person defense at all times.

There is actually nothing wrong with this. After all, Gareth Bell, who has the most speed advantage, will not be very effective in multiplayer defense. Instead, he may use his speed to get rid of his running position because of a loss of position. It is better to compress Space, containing the inside line, can make him a threat, but reduce his threat level!
On the other hand, Monaco is going the other way. Judging from the fact that the midfield press frequently transfers the ball to Pandev, and then concentrates on Pandev to suppress it, Monaco has a significant "layout" in the early stages of the game.

If you can't form an advantage through the overall front, then you have to create it bit by bit!
In the 18th minute of the game, when Inter Milan was attacking in the frontcourt, Sneijder encountered another frontal interception by two midfielders of Monaco. Seeing Matic's pressing, at this time Zanetti hit the ball across the right. In his opinion, he has contained Matic for Pandev. Pandev only needs to face Moro, so there should be no big problem.

But he was wrong!

Before Pandev touched the ball, he was pressed by Morrow. Although it is difficult to say that Morrow is an absolute star in the big scene, there is such a ruthlessness in his bones that Situ Yunbing appreciates, otherwise he would not repeat it again and again. Rushing to the front to defend Situ Yunbing, who trained him, his style on and off the court is exactly the same.

When Monaco gained an advantage in defending Pandev before, Moro's state soared significantly, which is the enhancement of the players' confidence in the game!

Pandev, on the other hand, was just the opposite. He failed to achieve a passing result for several consecutive cooperations or shots, and was even given a chance to counterattack by being intercepted once. His confidence was disturbed, and his mentality was not as stable and strong as that of Moro.

As soon as Pandev took possession of the ball, Morrow stole the ball like a wolf, almost throwing Pandev to the ground!
When Pandev was protecting the ball again and wanted to regain control of the ball, Morrow seized his position and took the initiative to fight physically, causing Pandev to lose his balance and fall to the ground. He immediately complained to the referee Weber, but the referee Weber shook his head at him and followed up with the international Milan ran to the backcourt, because Monaco's fast break came to the fore after 3 seconds!
Situ Yunbing saw Pandev fell to the ground in embarrassment on the sidelines. His eyes suddenly became sharp, and he gestured to the midfielders. Nkuru, Perez, and Matic moved forward slightly!
The back line is tightened, and Modesto's position is also pressed forward!

Monaco has already played a point of Inter Milan's weakness in the midfield, and now it is necessary to maximize the advantage of this point!
Gareth Bell quickly hit the ball across the middle of the penalty area after receiving a pass from the side of the front field. Suarez pulled out of the penalty area to respond. At this time, Cambiasso returned to the defense to intercept, and Suarez returned the ball obliquely. Knocked to the left side of the penalty area.

Maicon guarded the outside line to mark Gareth Bell, but Morrow, who was assisted, did not go back. He turned to the inside track to meet Suarez's pass. Cambiasso immediately moved to block Morrow's shooting angle, but Morrow knocked the ball across to the right.

I saw Perez rushing up quickly. Although Sneijder retreated, he was still two meters away from Perez.

The barrier function in front of Inter Milan's penalty area has disappeared, and Monaco's counterattack is absolutely fast, accurate and ruthless!
Zanetti also just came back!
But it has been unable to interfere with Perez.

At this time, Perez calmly passed the ball straight into the right side of the penalty area.

Suarez took advantage of the movement to take advantage of the ball to unload his strength. During his breakthrough, he faked his body, trying to deceive Samuel's center of gravity, but Samuel remained motionless, and Suarez gave Samuel the fake shake. El has a chance to steal the ball, and Samuel is as hard as a rock and unshakable.

When Suarez realized that Samuel took the opportunity to steal the ball in turn, his rhythm was out of order, and he broke through and changed direction to protect the ball, but Samuel still stretched out his legs first and poked the ball out, Suarez was very helpless You can only turn around and fight back.

The good thing is that Monaco did have the whole team participate in the defense.

And the football that Samuel poked out rolled to the front of Chivu. When Suarez rushed towards him, Chivu just couldn't find a suitable pass point, because passing the ball to the middle of the backcourt might be caught by Suarez. Si broke his leg, and Chivu obviously didn't dare to take the risk of knocking the ball back to the defender.

So when Chivu cleared the ball with a big foot, the football flew to the left of the center of the front field.

Eto'o was ready to respond, but Modesto rushed up from behind and took off to force him to head the ball to the front.

After Witsel took possession of the ball, he continued to attack. Although Inter Milan's defense line seemed to have been adjusted and returned, Witsel's overhead cross from the right side of the front field also surprised the Inter Milan's back line!
Gareth Bale made a strong inside cut into the left rib area of ​​​​the penalty area, and Witsel's over-the-top diagonal pass was for him!

But Brazilian veteran Lucio took a few steps back and took off with a header to clear the siege. Although Gareth Bale was in place, he didn't take off.

The football that was cleared by the header flew to the front of Zanetti, Zanetti turned around and was about to control the ball, but Morrow cut across from the side and took the ball away first!
At this moment, not only the audience, but even the generals of Inter Milan felt the ferocious momentum of Monaco's counter-attack and fast-break wave after wave!

Mourinho looked cold and his brain was spinning rapidly. The source of Monaco's strength was Pandev. One more person came out during the attack!
The whole world saw Moro unscrupulously ran wild in Inter Milan's half!

When Morrow hit the ball in the middle, Zanetti and Cambiasso were driven to flank him.

Although Inter Milan's defense is complete, it has lost its ability to think. It completely follows instinct, where the ball is, and the attention is there, and it actively steals the ball.

But Morrow passed the ball obliquely to the left of the penalty area before the formation of a pinch between the two!

At this time, Zanetti turned around and chased back, only to find Kong Wu's powerful Matic rushing past him. After stopping the ball, he took the ball and adjusted it horizontally, and then blasted a strong shot with his right foot!
The football goes straight to the upper right corner of the goal!
The Monaco fans in the Bernabeu stands are all excited. They have witnessed Matic's long-range achievements many times in the past year and a half!
Although other people also have the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps, Matic is the most efficient in scoring goals with long-range shots according to statistics!

Because he doesn't kick easily and doesn't shoot as many times as a striker, his conversion rate of long-range shots is actually the highest!

Even Situ Yunbing is full of infinite expectations for this ball!

Monaco did not create a decent threat before, but the threat formed by the sudden attack was enough to deal a fatal blow to the opponent!
I saw that the football blasted by Matic flew to the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball. Although it was not an absolute dead end, it definitely had a high probability of scoring.

At the critical moment, Cesar spread his wings like a long eagle, and partly touched the football with his left finger, causing the football to change slightly and then go above the crossbar!
Matic let out a long breath, with an expression of extreme unwillingness.

The generals of Inter Milan looked a little nervous, they all knew that they had just escaped!
"Cesar! Cesar's world class save saves Matic's long shot!
Before we saw that Inter Milan took the initiative on the field and constantly attacked Monaco's goal, but Monaco was not willing to be passively beaten. After a wave of counter-attacks and fast breaks, they worked hard to create opportunities. Marty Qi's long-range goal is only one finger away from Cesar! "

When Monaco was about to take a corner kick, Situ Yunbing gestured on the sidelines to reset Monaco's formation.

It is impossible for Monaco to continue to suppress counterattacks in such a way to form a threat. Inter Milan players will retreat to improve the defensive efficiency of the defense line when they come to their senses, and then concentrate on their counterattacks. The risks will grow.

It is difficult to form an advantage in a long period of time in this game, and Monaco's chances only exist in a short period of "sudden attack".

It is not a big problem to retreat and continue to "layout" according to the previous thinking. At least it will be good for Monaco as a whole to completely suppress Pandev first.

In this overall confrontation between Situ Yunbing and Mourinho, the focus of the struggle must be on the local and details!

Mourinho thought for a moment on the sidelines and then he called Pandev to his face when the football went out of the touchline after Inter Milan successfully defended against Monaco's corner kick.

He did not deliberately encourage Pandev to fight toughly or beat him up. That was the most superficial adjustment, because he understood Pandev. On the spiritual level, Pandev can be said to be difficult to compete with Sneijder, Zanetti, and Milli. Putting these players on a par, when he's not playing well, it doesn't matter how much chicken soup you give him, it won't make him recover, it won't make him fight high and put on a good performance, if it works , then the job of the head coach is actually simple, just thinking about how to make chicken soup for the players every day.

On the contrary, Mourinho still wants Pandev to play a tactical role. He may not perform well, but his tactical role can serve the team.

After Pandev returned to the field, he obviously pressed forward, and he went directly to the right winger position almost parallel to Milito!

In this way, even if Monaco's left back Moro wins the partial confrontation with Pandev, the Inter Milan midfielder will not be caught off guard, and there is still enough time to return to defense or defend on the spot.

At the same time, Mourinho gestured to the backcourt players, and Inter Milan quickly adjusted!
All the reporters in the media are paying close attention to the adjustment between Situ Yunbing and Mourinho. They expect that today's battle will surpass the 2003 Champions League final, even though the 2003 Champions League final was a goalless battle. But in European football, the evaluation is very high, because from the beginning to the end of that game, the two teams confront each other like a game of chess. Those who watch the excitement will be disappointed, but those who watch the content will be intoxicated.

(End of this chapter)