When Rijkaard saw Li Ang shrink the defensive line, he knew that he was going to defend and counterattack. However, Inter Milan could shrink back, but Rijkaard's Barcelona must attack. They still needed to score at least two more goals to pull both sides back to the same starting line. The only way was to attack.
Rijkaard saw very clearly that there was an obvious problem for Inter Milan: Inter Milan's "abandon the center and go to the flanks" style of play made it easy for them to lose the dominance of the midfield. Without the initiative in the midfield, the wingers naturally needed to constantly "go up and down." In the first half, there were many situations where Mai Kong plugged in at high speed, lost the ball halfway, and had to retreat at high speed again. If this happened repeatedly, the Brazilian's stamina would naturally not be able to withstand it. This meant that Barcelona's opportunity to counterattack would appear.
Now, Rijkaard was waiting for this opportunity to come!
Soon, the opportunity that Rijkaard was looking forward to came. Barcelona lost the ball in the attack, and Inter Milan counterattacked. However, their counterattack was intercepted midway, and it became Barcelona's opportunity to counterattack!
Mai Kong had just run halfway forward and had to retreat at high speed. But he retreated a little slower, and Zambrotta found the space behind him to attack. Then, Harvey sent a precise straight ball, and Messi beautifully rubbed the ball with the inside of his foot and sent the football into the penalty area. Eto 'o rushed to break the goal, and César pounced on the ball, but he could not touch the football!!!
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“Goooooaaaaal！”
"Eto 'o! Beautiful header! Beautiful attack! Three to two, Barcelona has overtaken the score, and the total score is only one goal behind! "
"Barcelona! Barcelona! Barcelona! "Catalonia's commentator was excited," The great Barça! We only need one goal to tie the score now! "
Li Ang shook his head. He was also very clear about the hidden danger of the team giving up the middle and going to the flanks. It was the gap after the full backs went up to assist. He did not think that Rijkaard could not see this. Li Ang only hoped that the team could score again and be one step ahead of Barcelona. Now it seemed that they were still a little unlucky. The interception in the middle was actually due to an accident. Yayaturay himself slipped, but for some reason, he stretched his leg to block Inter Milan's pass, which led to Barcelona's sudden attack and goal goal.
In the stands of the Meazza Stadium, the Barcelona fans were excited. They roared in celebration and even provoked the Inter Milan fans. Obviously, the situation of only being one goal behind made Barcelona very excited. They felt that their team's morale was high and there was hope for a comeback.
But their cheers only lasted for three minutes. In the seventy-second minute of the game, Mata used his personal skills to face the pincer attack of Barcelona's two defenders in the front field alone. He clicked and pulled left, dodged and moved, and was about to break through. Marcos saw that the situation was not good and decisively reached out to pull Mata down. The referee awarded the Inter Milan Team a direct free kick in the front field.
Adriano and Mata both stood in front of the ball. The two of them covered their mouths and seemed to be discussing how to take the free kick.
"This ball is about twenty-five or twenty-six meters away from the goal. It can be shot directly or passed. However, with Mata and Adriano's footwork, the possibility of a direct shot is higher!"
Barcelona lined up a seven-man human wall. Obviously, they were very afraid of the free kick. Mata's exquisite footwork and Adriano's powerful shot were both well-known.
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Toni Kroes and Montari squeezed through the human wall and stood at the near corner of the goal. It looked like the player who would take the free kick would shoot the ball from this angle towards the goal.
Therefore, Barcelona's human wall desperately leaned towards the near corner, trying to squeeze the two Inter Milan Team players out.
After the referee whistled, Mata began to run. It looked like he was going to take the free kick. At the same time, Kroes and Montari withdrew as expected. The space they left behind was instantly filled by Barcelona's human wall …
However, people then saw Mata run past the football. Adriano, who was standing in place, lifted his left foot. Without any run-up, he directly swung his thigh, twitched his calf muscles, and suddenly exerted his strength. He did a powerful low shot on the spot!
The football skimmed past the bottom of the human wall that jumped up and stuck close to the turf!
This was clearly one of the free kick tactics that had been practiced many times before the game.
Barcelona's goalkeeper, Valdés, was deceived by his own human wall and Inter Milan Team's tactics. When Adriano kicked the free kick, he was still moving towards the near corner, ready to pounce on Mata's shot. When the football skimmed past the bottom of the human wall and stuck close to the turf, Valdés was shocked. However, he was powerless. It was too late to retract his center of gravity. He could only watch the football stick close to the turf and enter the net!!!
*****
“Goooooaaaaal！”
"Adriano! Adriano! Adriano! "
"3: 3!!! The game has been going on for more than seventy minutes, and both sides have scored a total of six goals! What an exciting game!!! "
"Inter Milan equalized the score! Adriano scored a direct free kick! Inter Milan played defensive counterattack in the second half of the game. The game was not as good as the first half, but they still relied on a set piece opportunity to score! 3: 3! The total score is 7: 5! A total of twelve goals have been scored in the two rounds so far! What a terrifying goal score!!! "
The Barcelona fans in the stands, who were singing and dancing just now, were silenced. The entire stadium was filled with the excited cheers of the home team, Inter Milan.
"3: 3! The total score is 7: 5! Inter Milan is still leading by two goals. If Barcelona wants to turn the tables, they still need to score two more goals! "
Li Ang smiled and applauded in the technical area. He was cheering for the performance of his players. The combination of Adriano and Mata's free kick had been practiced many times during training. Now, the players' hard work and sweat had paid off.
Rijkaard's face was grim. There were still twenty minutes left in the game, including the injury stoppage time. Barcelona had to score two goals, which was a very difficult task. The only good news was that Barcelona now had three away goals. If they scored two more goals, their away goals would exceed Inter Milan's. This also meant that Barcelona could score two more goals to equalize the total score and advance smoothly with the away goals scored. Therefore, the most important thing for Barcelona now was to score another goal as soon as possible to equalize the total score to 6: 7. Then, they had to seize every opportunity to score the seventh goal!
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