"Dejan Stankovic. Compared to the first half of the game, he seems to have changed! He has broken the deadlock for Inter Milan! "Ferrari shouted.
After that, Li Ang immediately replaced Stankovic with Marchisio.
The Inter Milan fans applauded in the stands!
This was the effect of a goal!
If Stankovic had been replaced earlier, the Serbian would have been greeted with disgruntled boos. Now, it was applause and cheers.
Some observant people noticed that after being replaced, Stankovic took the initiative to hug Li Ang. After the two sides exchanged a few words, the Serbian walked to the substitutes' bench with a smile on his face.
"Although we don't know what happened, it is clear that during halftime, Manager Li Ang communicated with Stankovic. Perhaps this has something to do with the goal."
The camera was aimed at Li Ang. The China coach had a slightly proud smile on his face.
Li Ang did not choose to replace Stankovic because he realized that it was difficult to let Stankovic play as a technical attacking midfielder. At this time, he chose to try another method.
In addition to the organizational attacking midfielder and the attacking midfielder, there was another type of attacking midfielder in the football world known as the "defensive attacking midfielder." Most of these attacking midfielders did not have outstanding organizational skills or outstanding individual attacking power, but they ran actively, covered a wide area, and defended very hard. This type of attacking midfielder could help the team launch a pressing attack in the front field, force the opponent to make mistakes in the backfield, and find or create opportunities through unremitting running.
It was obvious that with Stankovic's characteristics, playing as a defensive attacking midfielder was more suitable. If he could not play with his skills, then he would be a blue-collar attacking midfielder.
Facts proved that his adjustments were correct.
He chose to continue to trust Stankovic and did not replace him when his performance was terrible. Instead, he made the correct adjustments according to the player's characteristics and only replaced him after Stankovic scored. This made the player feel grateful. This was a coach who knew how to protect and respect his players!
Li Ang's tactical adjustments for Stankovic also showed his outstanding commanding ability. This also allowed the Serbian player to see the coach's outstanding coaching standards.
Through this game, Stankovic felt Li Ang's trust and respect for him. Although this fierce player who valued relationships did not respect and trust Li Ang, his impression of Li Ang was much better. This was a good basis for cooperation.
*****
In this warm-up game, Li Ang's goal was to observe the players' conditions.
Therefore, he continued to make substitutions.
Li Ang replaced Adriano with Ronaldo at the 80th minute of the game.
The stands were filled with thunderous cheers. Whether it was the Inter Milan fans or the Brescia fans, they all welcomed Ronaldo's return with warm applause. This was the return of the "Alien" to the Italian arena after three years after his transfer to Real Madrid in 2002!
Li Ang did not leave much time for Ronaldo. He had treated Ronaldo a few days ago with acupuncture. The main purpose was to adjust Ronaldo's body that had deteriorated due to his indulgent nightlife.
In addition, Li Ang did not use the "Magical Hands" skill on Ronaldo. After all, if he used the skill so early, it would be too illogical for Ronaldo to recover all of a sudden.
Moreover, Li Ang wanted to leave a suspense and give the Italian football world and the football world a surprise.
In the ten minutes of playing time, Ronaldo's performance could only be described as average. However, at the last moment of the game, Modric sent a through ball and Mata broke into the penalty area and was knocked down.
Inter Milan was awarded a penalty kick.
Everyone gave the penalty kick to Ronaldo. The "Alien" ran up and scored the penalty kick in one move!
Although it was only a penalty kick, the goal still blew up the Mario Rigamonti Stadium in Brescia.
For Ronaldo and his fans, after three years, the goal that he scored while wearing the Inter Milan number nine shirt meant too much, too much.
*****
In the end, Inter Milan defeated Brescia 2-0 in the away game.
After the game, the media focused all their attention on Ronaldo's first game and goal since his return.
On the contrary, they did not pay much attention to Inter Milan's mediocre performance today.
Seeing that Ronaldo attracted the media's attention, Li Ang was happy to do so. Although he did not care about the criticism, it was always better to be quiet without flies to disturb him.
In this game, the team's shortcoming in the attacking midfielder position attracted Li Ang's attention.
Although Stankovic was adjusted by Li Ang to play as a "defensive attacking midfielder," it was only a stopgap measure after all. The team needed a technical attacking midfielder who could liven up the front field.
Marchisio played as an attacking midfielder in the Juventus youth team, but Marchisio was still too young and far from Li Ang's requirements.
Li Ang had to seriously consider looking for an attacking midfielder in the transfer market.
At this time, the tug-of-war between Inter Milan and the Argentinian Independiente club over the transfer of the seventeen-year-old Agüero finally came to an end.
After Inter Milan made it clear that they would not increase the price, and Agüero also found the club and expressed his desire to go to Inter Milan, both sides finally took a step back and reached a consensus.
On August 2, 2005, Inter Milan's official website announced: We are pleased to announce that the team and the Argentinian club have reached an agreement on the transfer of Argentinian striker Sergio Agüero. Inter Milan has paid 16 million euros to acquire this talented striker.
Inter Milan's deal shocked the Italian football world.
Even though there had been reports and rumors that Inter Milan was looking to buy the seventeen-year-old Argentinian player, Sergio Agüero.
However, due to Argentina's exorbitant demand for independence, it had already scared away a few European powerhouses. Therefore, many media outlets believed that Inter Milan would be like the other powerhouses and return in defeat in the face of Argentina's greed.
Who would have thought that the deal would actually be completed? Moreover, it was a 'sky-high' transfer fee of 16 million euros.
For a moment, the Italian media and the European media were also turbulent. They were all discussing whether it was reliable for Inter Milan to spend 16 million euros to bring in a seventeen-year-old player who had yet to play in a European League match.
Li Ang was too lazy to pay attention to the media. Don't look at how these people were making a ruckus now. When Agüero performed well, these same people would jump out to lick his boots, praise his good eye, and praise Agüero's genius performance.
Agüero was successfully in place. He was now very satisfied with the team's forward line.
Ronaldo, Adriano, Agüero, Cruise, and Borriello. Even with Li Ang's picky eyes, the configuration of these five forwards was unprecedentedly strong.
Now, they only lacked an attacking midfielder. Inter Milan's summer signing could be completed perfectly.
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