The moment the football flew into Inter Milan's goal, the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium was instantly silent!
Where did the promised revenge go?
Everything was going according to plan. Inter Milan suppressed Liverpool's frenzied attacks. How did Liverpool break through so easily in the blink of an eye?
Qin Xiong stood in place after the goal and looked around the stadium with a proud look on his face.
Inter Milan, you must have made a mistake!
What the hell are you thinking?
Have you really let the anger of revenge get to your head?
Torres is injured, Carragher is injured, Aurelio is injured, Mascherano is not in good form, blah blah blah …
Is this enough for you to look down on Liverpool?
Did everyone forget about it?
The real king of Liverpool!
It's me!
With me around, the Red Army will not fall!
Half a year ago, Mourinho did not dare to let Inter Milan, who were at their peak, attack Liverpool. Don't look at the fact that today was a home game. What confidence did Inter Milan have to attack Liverpool?
"Wow! Liverpool penetrated Inter Milan's goal with a quick attack!
Alonso's precise long pass over the top from more than forty yards was used as an assist. Qin Xiong did not stop the ball after he was offside. He directly headed the ball into Inter Milan's goal!
Inter Milan paid the price for their formation to press forward. It was simply the worst thing that could happen to Liverpool to be able to fight back.
Barcelona and Real Madrid were defeated by Liverpool's counterattacks last season. Will Inter Milan repeat the same mistake today? "
Benítez did not look good on the sidelines, while Comain looked calm and composed.
In fact, Comain would be happy to see Inter Milan go on a frenzied attack.
Let Liverpool play positional warfare and counterattack. Obviously, the latter was easier. They had both speed and organizational efficiency. Wouldn't counterattacks be more accurate?
He did not know what was wrong with Inter Milan today.
Perhaps the loss of the Champions League title had become a lingering nightmare for them. When they had the chance to cut Liverpool into pieces, they naturally would not be merciful.
Unfortunately, one had to measure one's strength in reality.
After the game restarted, Inter Milan's offense continued.
In the 27th minute of the match, Eto 'o cut into the empty space on the right side of the penalty area. Mota's diagonal long pass found the African Cheetah. Unfortunately, the angle of Eto' o's shot was a little small. In the end, Reina directly hugged the ball in his arms.
Four minutes later, Liverpool launched a quick attack in the front field. Qin Xiong attracted the defensive attention of Zanetti, Maicon, Cambiasso and others during his solo dash. He then transferred the ball to Gerard in the middle.
Gerard sent out a wonderful pass. Raúl turned around and rushed past Lucio's defensive area. He had already formed a one-man battle.
When César rushed out of the penalty area to defend, Raúl's push shot hit the goalpost, and then Chivu's big kick came to the rescue!
Although Liverpool's attacks were not as frequent as Inter Milan's, every attack seemed to be able to take away Inter Milan's life!
In the 36th minute of the game, Milito created a chance for Snede to shoot a long shot in front of the penalty area. Mascherano was bypassed by Snede's fake shot in the defense. Then Snede's curveball hit the post in the far corner of the goal and bounced out!
The Inter Milan fans in the Meazza stands were going crazy.
For some reason, they felt that even God did not favor the Nerazzurri in today's game.
Liverpool's offense became more and more steady. They were completely in the game.
In the 39th minute of the game, a flaw appeared in Inter Milan's defense on the right flank when Insua boldly came up with an assist.
When Zanetti went to press Insua, Maicon was worried that Qin Xiong would plug into his defensive area and did not dare to leave his position easily. Qin Xiong cut across the middle of the front field. When Insua passed the ball to Qin Xiong's feet, Cambiasso came up to press for the ball.
Qin Xiong's feet easily kicked the ball in the direction of Gerard, then turned and rushed past Cambiasso to go straight up.
Gerard quickly passed the ball before Mota got close and again passed the ball to Qin Xiong's feet.
At this time, Qin Xiong, Raúl, and Kuyt had already forced their way to Inter Milan's defensive line.
In front of Samuel, Qin Xiong passed the ball to Kuyt's feet on the right flank in front of the penalty area.
After Kuyt stopped the ball, he observed Raúl's diagonal insertion behind Lucio. He decisively sent a straight ball.
Raúl charged into the right area of the penalty area and formed a one-on-one ball, but the opportunity diagonally to the goal was not particularly good.
César rushed to the near post at full speed. Raúl was not greedy. After calmly observing, he kicked the ball back at his feet. Lucio, who had returned to defend against the sliding tackle, failed to defend!
Raúl then passed the ball to the far point in front of the goal.
Neither Samuel nor César could touch the football.
When Maicon rushed to the rescue at full speed, someone was one step faster than him and slid the ball into the goal!
After the football rolled into the goal, the man stood up and smiled while panting.
"Qin Xiong scored a brace! He helped Liverpool to a 2: 0 lead over Inter Milan in the away game!
Inter Milan's tactical setup today is absolutely wrong. It has nothing to do with the players' individual play. When they gave Liverpool more space to plug in, Raúl, Qin Xiong, and even every attacking player on Liverpool were able to play passes and cuts with their teammates, creating huge flaws in Inter Milan's defense!
Benítez's ambition to beat Liverpool at home is understandable, but how can they achieve it?
They're facing the defending Champions League champions! "
Inter Milan's players showed stubbornness. They did have a belly full of anger to take revenge on Liverpool, but now the reality was that Liverpool had come to their doorstep to show off!
Perhaps, as the fans in the stands thought, Inter Milan had a vengeful heart, but they really did not have the strength to take revenge!
The Red Army fans were naturally overjoyed. They did not care about Inter Milan's hatred. It was enough to make people happy to see their superstars shine in Meazza.
Comain clapped his hands on the sidelines and felt a sense of relief.
Originally, if Inter Milan could have calmed down a little, they might have really put Liverpool in a tough fight.
But if they had followed Inter Milan's play in the first half, Liverpool really had nothing to worry about.
Opportunities could definitely be created. It was just a matter of whether they could grasp them.
Benítez felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over him. He was instantly chilled from head to toe. As a master tactician, he suddenly woke up.
It could not be said that Inter Milan's tactics in the first half were absolutely wrong. It could only be said that Inter Milan had wrongly estimated the decline in fighting power that Liverpool had suffered in the recent past.
With the loss of a few generals and the team's long journey, it was not enough for Inter Milan to bombard without any worries.
Benítez needed to reformulate his tactics at halftime to face the game.
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