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Chapter 191 Coppa Italia Semi-Finals

At the Pinettina training base, the aftertaste of winning the championship in advance has not dissipated, and Inter Milan has returned to normal training.

During the training break, David Thornton came over and elbowed Zhu Hantao who was thinking about something.

"Huh?" Zhu Hantao came back to his senses, "What's the matter David?"

"Zhu, do you think we still have a chance to advance in the Coppa Italia?" Thornton asked softly, covering his mouth.

"Why do you suddenly think of this, wait until tomorrow's game and play hard, just do your best."

"But we are three goals behind, at least we have to score three of them, and we have to prevent them from scoring at our home court. It's not easy."

Zhu Hantao shook his head with a smile, and then gave Thornton a shudder while he wasn't paying attention, "What's the use of thinking so much, it's better to wait until you're on the court and focus on it, and it will be useful to perform well."

"Just say it, why did you hit me?" David Thornton covered his head and ran away to find his little friend Balotelli.

Recently, the relationship between the two of them has heated up rapidly. It may be because they were both promoted from the youth team. They used to have a normal relationship, but now the two of them in the first team are very familiar with each other before and are close in age, so it is normal for them to get along well.

As for Zhu Hantao?Zhu Hantao is the main force, and his status is different from that of Balotelli and David Thornton. In addition, Zhu Hantao usually only focuses on football, and he is not interested in some things that the two children care about and like, so even though they are about the same age as them, he has not fully integrated into their small group.

Of course, the relationship between Zhu Hantao and Bashen is unshakable. Under his influence, Thornton and Balotelli often follow him to do some extra training after training.

And whenever Bashen and the others invited Zhu Hantao to hang out with them, Zhu Hantao would always politely refuse, and over time they no longer wanted to ask him to go out to play.

2009年4月23日，BJ时间4月24日凌晨2：45分，2008-09赛季意大利杯半决赛将上演第二回合的最后一场焦点战役，首回合0-3惨败的国际米兰将回到主场迎战桑普多利亚。

Since the Nerazzurri swallowed three goals in the first round, if they want to advance from the semi-finals to the final, this game must not only be won, but also a score of more than three to zero. This is not an easy task for Mourinho's team.

In order to attract more spectators and let more Nerazzurri come to Meazza to cheer for the team, the Inter Milan Club specially lowered the ticket price, and the children's and women's tickets are quite cheap.

Female fans often buy tickets at a much lower price than male fans, especially for games that are not very popular and may be dissatisfied, there may be extremely low ticket prices for women.

More than 4 fans came to Meazza tonight. This is only a domestic cup match in the middle of the week. It is quite good to have such an attendance rate, including thousands of children, and more than 4000 Sampdoria fans who followed the team's expedition to Milan.

Mourinho had no choice. If he wanted to advance, he had to score more goals. At home, Inter Milan put up a 4-3-3 offensive formation.

Before this game, Inter Milan's injuries made coach Mourinho feel a headache. In addition to the injured such as Figo, Samuel and Stankovic, Maicon and Muntari will also be absent due to injuries. This has brought a serious impact on Inter Milan's formation.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Zhu Hantao and Balotelli formed the front trident. Burdisso accidentally replaced Cambiasso and appeared in the midfielder position in the middle. On both sides of him were Maxwell and Vieira.

In other words, Inter Milan's formation for this game is goalkeeper Cesar, left back Thornton, central defender Cordoba and Materazzi, and right back Zanetti.

The three midfielders Vieira, Burdisso and Maxwell, the striker said before, Ibrahimovic, Zhu Hantao and Balotelli.

Sampdoria's wounded Raj and Stancovicius had just recovered from their injuries and came back before the start of the game. Samp coach Mazzarri still set up a 3-5-2 formation, and Lucchini replaced the suspended Gastaldero.

Goalkeeper Castellazi, back three Acardi, Lucchini and Campagnaro.

Five midfielders Raj, Palumbo, Samarco, Franceschini and Pieri.

Up front is Cassano and Pazzini partner.

The 0-3 defeat in the first round is undoubtedly a great shame for Inter Milan, which also puts their championship goal in jeopardy. Therefore, when this game returns to the home court, Inter Milan's soldiers are bound to go all out to complete the big reversal.

In this game, Mourinho is also looking forward to leading his team to stage a comeback.Before the game, Mourinho called on the players to show the courage to accomplish miracles. There are still variables in this game. Sampdoria, who are playing away, should not be underestimated, and they cannot be taken lightly.

Of course, the successful defense of the league ensures that they can go all out in this cup.

Before the start of the game, Sampdoria lined up to welcome the Serie A champion Inter Milan into the field. It can be seen that many Sampdoria players are reluctant, like a bad boy with a pockmarked face.

After the game started, Kamazi played very actively in the frontcourt.

After Cassano took the ball in the midfield, he turned back directly and wanted to pass the ball to his teammate. Materazzi's first defensive action of the game allowed the opponent to get a free kick.

Materazzi's repeated injuries this season have limited his opportunities to start.

In the opening 3 minutes, Cassano broke through with the ball on the left and sent a veiled oblique pass to the opponent's penalty area. Pacini lost the ball in the penalty area while fighting with the Inter Milan defender. He signaled the opponent for a handball. The referee Orsato did not interrupt the game.

The ball was passed to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and the Swede took the ball one-on-two. He was very confident in the opponent's penalty area and rushed in. He wanted to find Zhu Hantao, but the ball was passed too far, and the ball was intercepted by the opponent's goalkeeper Castellaci.
Today, Sampdoria put on a defensive position, even Cassano retreated to a deep position. Presumably they knew very well that as long as Inter Milan scored a few fewer goals, they would be able to successfully advance, and it would be unsafe to play against each other.

Inter Milan cut off the ball from Pacini, Balotelli sent a 45-degree diagonal pass on the right, the Sampdoria defender kicked the ball out of the danger zone, Inter Milan's penalty.

Thornton's strong hand throw the ball, the ball came to Maxwell's feet, and then he passed the ball forward to Vieira.

The ball was a bit far from the goal, about 38 meters.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic stood in front of the free kick, and he took the penalty. The Swede trotted two steps, vigorously pumped the ball and directly attacked the goal.

The ball was confiscated by Castellaci with a wonderful side throw to the left.

Samp immediately counterattacked, Cassano cleverly passed through the penalty area, Ka Mazi and his teammates played a wonderful forward pass and oblique cooperation, Pacini's left-footed push in the penalty area was blocked by goalkeeper Cesar with his foot, and the ball hit Burdisso's leg and almost refracted into his own goal.

Sampdoria's corner kick was cleared by Vieira in the penalty area. Today, the French midfielder has a large defensive range and he has taken on a heavy defensive task.

Palombo's powerful volley from 32 meters from the goal outside the penalty area slowed down after hitting Materazzi, and Cesar confiscated the ball.

Inter Milan and Sampdoria were attacking each other, and both sides had some chances. After 15 minutes of the game, Inter Milan didn't have much to do for the time being, because the opponent's defense line retreated so badly.

Samarco dribbled the ball on the right, trying to bully the young teenager Thornton, but Thornton was very solid in defense today. He was not at all affected by the opponent's shaking, and he grabbed the ball in time to intercept the ball.

Thornton passed the ball to Maxwell, the Brazilian passed the ball straight forward to Ibrahimovic, Da Bong first broke through to the edge of the Sampdoria penalty area, and then his pass was mistaken to give the opponent the ball.

Materazzi was inadvertently hit by Pazzini's elbow during the summit fight, and blood appeared on the left brow bone.

After leaving the field, he returned to the field after being treated by the team doctor on the sidelines. The Inter Milan supporters in the stands gave their own applause to the tough guy Materazzi.

Cordoba fouled Pacini behind the back and was shown a yellow card by the referee Orsato.

Not long after, Balotelli's low pass from the right was destroyed by Sampdoria defender Lucchini. Bashen took a corner kick from the right, and Materazzi's header was 9 meters away from the goal and missed the far post.

Then Pieri made a pass from the left, and Pacini headed in front of the goal to the scalp and missed the far post.

Inter Milan finally ushered in their first goal in the 27th minute. Samp was called offside, Cesar made a long free kick from the backcourt, and Ibrahimovic offloaded the ball to Zhu Hantao in front.

Zhu Hantao leaned on the defender in the penalty area and played back. Ibrahimovic volleyed with his right foot from 17 meters in front of the goal and hit the upper left corner. 1-0, Inter Milan tied the total score to 1-3.

Ibrahimovic, who opened the scoring first, did not celebrate too excitedly, but grabbed the ball from Sampdoria goalkeeper Castellazi and prepared to kick off quickly.

After 1 minute, Balotelli passed a free kick from the right to the penalty area. Ibrahimovic's header 10 meters in front of the goal caused Castellazi to drop, but his teammates did not seize the opportunity to make up the shot.

Vieira brought down Cassano, Ibrahimovic stepped forward to protest and applied for a yellow card.Cassano and Mourinho, who were waiting on the sideline to enter the field, chatted and laughed, not knowing what they were talking about.

Ibrahimovic almost scored twice in the 37th minute of the first half. Cassano's shot from the right close to the baseline was confiscated by Cesar. Inter Milan immediately countered.
Frustrated, the Swede came within a hair's breadth of scoring his second goal of the game.

In the 39th minute, Cassano made a vigorous oblique shot 27 meters away from the door on the right.

In stoppage time in the first half, Vieira was hooked by Palumbo and injured his ankle. He went to the sidelines for treatment. Balotelli made a long free kick from the right. Ibrahimovic's header 8 meters away from the goal missed the near post.

After that, Thornton was brought down, and Ibrahimovic took a free kick 21 meters in front of the goal and hit the wall.

In the 5th minute of stoppage time, the Inter Milan Trident played a wonderful cooperation. Ibrahimovic passed the left sideline and then made a direct pass. Balotelli then picked a pass to Ibrahimovic who inserted into the left side of the penalty area. Ibrahimovic stopped the ball and turned to the middle.

The Sampdoria goalkeeper was unresponsive, too late to save a header from such close range.

Inter Milan scored two goals in a row in the first half, tying the score to two to three in the two rounds, with a gap of one goal left.

After the intermission, Mourinho made a substitution adjustment here, and Chivu replaced Cordoba.

Two minutes into the second half, Balotelli fought for the top and won a free kick. Zhu Hantao took the penalty 2 meters in front of the goal and hit the wall without a curve.

In the 49th minute of the game, Thornton made a long pass from the backcourt, Balotelli stopped the ball in the chest and returned it, and Ibrahimovic volleyed with his right foot from the front of the penalty area over the crossbar.

It is expected to equalize the score, and the morale of Inter Milan, which is playing at home, is high. Relying on their superior player strength, they have launched wave after wave of offensives.

Crespo and Cambiasso played at the same time, replacing Balotelli and Vieira. Mourinho used up all the substitutions early.

In the 57th minute, Palumbo volleyed 27 meters in front of the goal and missed the right post.Then Cambiasso made a pass from the left, and Materazzi fell to the ground under Raj's close pressure, but his complaints were not answered.

Three minutes later, Acardi blocked Thornton who was stealing the ball and was warned by the referee with a yellow card.

Then Maxwell threw the ball into the sideline from the left, Ibrahimovic leaned on the defender to make a cross, and Crespo shot with his left foot 8 meters in front of the goal and missed the left post.

Cassano almost opened the score again. He broke through the defense of two people on the left side of the penalty area. A low shot from a small angle in the penalty area was blocked by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar.

After 1 minute, Palumbo fouled Cambiasso, and Ibrahimovic took a free kick 30 meters away from the door on the left and hit the wall.

Sampdoria also made substitutions at this time, and Mazari replaced Raj with Stankovicius.

Palombo took a corner kick from the left, Cesar hit the ball not far away, Campagnaro volleyed with his right foot 11 meters from the goal, and Maxwell pushed the ball over the goal line.

Cassano gestured to the fans of the team, resulting in a fierce verbal conflict with Cambiasso, and he was replaced by Delvecchio.

Zanetti prevented Franceschini from fighting back and was booked. Two minutes later, Chivu brought Pazzini down and also got a yellow card.

In the next twenty minutes or so, neither side was able to get any particularly good opportunities.

In the 82nd minute, Delvecchio's long-range shot was resolved by Cesar.

After another 3 minutes, Crespo and Cambiasso ferried consecutive headers in the penalty area. Ibrahimovic volleyed 16 meters in front of the goal and missed the right post.
Ibrahimovic hit the goal frame again in the 87th minute of the game. He took a tactical corner kick from the left. After receiving a pass from his teammate, the small-angle hanging goal was hit by a defender and bounced back into the field. Burdisso stabbed with his left foot 6 meters in front of the goal and was confiscated by Castellazi.

Pacini fouled Chivu and also got a yellow card.

In the 88th minute, Castellazi blocked the ball and Materazzi volleyed wide from 20 meters in front of the goal.

There is not much time left in the game, Inter Milan wants to score another goal to drag the game into overtime, and Sampdoria is united to defend the last few minutes.

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