Gerard rushed to the corner of the field to celebrate after the goal. He roared to his heart's content and hugged every Red Army player who rushed up.
Qin Xiong hugged Gerard's head and shook it. The two men grinned as they faced each other, as if they had lost their composure when their dreams were about to come true.
The Red Army fans in the stands cheered wildly. The Red Army flag was waved back and forth in the Bernabéu stands.
The Inter Milan players were a little dejected on the field.
It was not that they did not work hard, but it seemed that Liverpool's strength was not something that could be contended with sweat.
They needed more talent!
Comain smiled on the sidelines and hugged Sammy Lee as they jumped and celebrated.
Today's game might not have been as exciting as the two teams, but it made Comain feel a sense of accomplishment.
Liverpool suppressed Inter Milan in the first half with their team advantage. In the second half, their ability to seize opportunities was slightly better. This was a team victory. It also made Inter Milan extremely passive in the technical and tactical confrontation.
Mourinho was very calm at this time, surprisingly and strangely calm.
Mourinho stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets. He was expressionless and did not look like he had given up.
No one knew what was going through his mind at this moment.
Unwilling?
Of course not!
Give up?
Absolutely impossible!
There was only one way he could think of: fight to the end!
He gestured to the substitutes' bench and the assistant manager immediately urged the players to get ready to play.
Mourinho was going all out!
He was going to use two substitutions at one time!
Pandev came on to replace Mota.
Stanković came on to replace Chivu!
Before the game started, the referee let Inter Milan complete the substitutions.
If the first substitution was to be expected, then the second substitution was insane!
"Mourinho replaced Chivu with Stanković! The center midfielder replaced the full back!
How will Inter Milan's formation change?
But no matter how they change, they are clearly weakening the defense to strengthen the offense!
There's nothing wrong with strengthening the offense. It can be done by reducing the number of defenders. Mourinho is indeed a madman, a madman! "
After completing these two substitutions, Mourinho still stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, as if there was a murderous aura around him.
He was going all out. Inter Milan was really going all out.
The courage and stubbornness in his bones made him unable to accept that today's match would continue in the same way as before.
Die a vexed death?
No!
Even if he had to die, he had to give up everything!
Even if everything Inter Milan owned was destroyed, even if their opponent crushed their bones and scattered their ashes, it was still better than losing the most important match in peace with pain!
Comain immediately focused his gaze on Inter Milan's half of the field. He wanted to gain insight into the tactical changes of Inter Milan's formation. His mind worked quickly.
After the substitution, Inter Milan was no longer in the 43-21 formation.
Instead, it became 352.
The three defenders were Zanetti, Samuel, and Lucio.
That's right, Zanetti returned to the defensive line.
The five midfielders were Maicon, Stankovic, Cambiasso, Snede, and Pandev.
The strikers were Eto 'o and Milito.
Of course, it could also be interpreted as the 3412 formation.
Snede was lying in ambush behind the two strikers.
Mourinho was really going to stake everything on this one throw!
If Comain had to say what he feared about Mourinho, it was that deep down in his heart, he was afraid of the crazy gene in Mourinho's bones!
If everything went according to expectations, Liverpool could wear out Inter Milan like a cornered beast. But when Mourinho did not play by the rules, Comain naturally had scruples.
Comain made a gesture of pressing down with both hands towards the field to let Liverpool stabilize the situation and do a good job of defending.
At this time, they could pull back a little.
After the game resumed, Inter Milan, who had strengthened the midfield, began to cause trouble for Liverpool with their crazy fighting spirit.
They formed an encirclement and suppression in the midfield with a greater number of players, which weakened Liverpool's long-held advantage in the midfield.
In the 65th minute of the game, Stankovic defeated Alonso in a confrontation. He cut off Alonso's pass and the ball that popped out of the two's control range was received by Pandev on the flank.
Pandev quickly pushed forward along the flank to attack and played a two-versus-one with Snede in front of the penalty area before going down to the byline. He then crossed the ball into the penalty area.
Snede also charged into the penalty area. After receiving the pass, he pretended to shoot and shook Carragher. Snede knocked the ball back to the outside and then diagonally passed the ball back.
Stankovic, who followed outside the penalty area, received the ball and blasted the goal!
Liverpool's defensive midfielders retreated into the penalty area because Inter Milan's offensive was extremely fast and fierce, which caught Liverpool a little off guard. After all, the opponent suddenly added a number of attacking players and broke through Liverpool's suppression in the midfield.
Because of this, when Liverpool's defensive players were filling in positions in the penalty area and blocking the two Inter Milan forwards, they were negligent in protecting the outside of the penalty area.
Fortunately, Stankovic's long shot was a little on target and was directly received by Reina.
But all the Red Army fans still broke out in a cold sweat for Liverpool.
Inter Milan suddenly played a period of time advantage during this period of the game.
They continued to scramble to intercept the ball in the midfield, obstructing Liverpool's offensive flow, and then quickly organized a rapid passing attack to bombard Liverpool's goal.
In the 69th minute of the game, Maicon received a pass from Snede at the bottom. He did not stop the ball and directly passed the ball. Eto 'o, who was in front, received the ball and shot, sweeping the ball towards the goal.
His position this time was very close to the goal. Reina did the job that a goalkeeper should do. He blocked the near corner of the goal and fell to the ground to block Eto 'o's shot.
Reina blocked the ball with his leg, but the ball was blocked in the penalty area.
In a moment of desperation, Scott kicked out of the encirclement, and the big foot turned into a rolling ball.
The football rolled out of the penalty area and fell at Snede's feet. Before Mascherano could intercept, Snede passed the ball diagonally to the middle of the penalty area.
Milito stopped the ball under Carragher's close pursuit, then leaned against Carragher and pretended to shoot!
Carragher could only raise his leg to block Milito, trying to obstruct his shooting path.
But no one thought that Milito was so daring and dared to fake a shot in the penalty area.
When his right foot landed, he hooked the ball diagonally and brushed past Carragher's side!
Before Johnson and Lucas came from the side and the back to disrupt, Milito used his left foot to push the ball to the bottom left corner of the goal!
Reina had just got up. At this time, even if he ran wildly, distant water could not put out a nearby fire. He could only watch the football roll into the goal!
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