Villarreal's players were panting.
The game had only been going on for thirty minutes, but they felt like they had been playing for at least an hour.
The score on the field was still zero to zero, but the game was not as silent as the score suggested.
The Meazza Stadium was filled with singing and cheers!
From the first minute of the game, Inter Milan was like a sports car with full horsepower, the engine roaring.
The game entered a fast pace from the beginning, which caught Villarreal off guard.
According to their thinking, shouldn't the two sides test each other at the beginning of the game? This was the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. Shouldn't the teams be more cautious?!
However, Inter Milan was not like that!
They were like beasts that had been starved for three days, opening their bloody mouths and continuously pressuring Villarreal, vowing to bite off a piece of meat!
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Senna, Hosco, and Sorin, the three midfielders of Villarreal, became the busiest people. The three of them were exhausted, trying to build the team's most important line of defense in the midfield to stop Inter Milan's attacks!
Their strong midfield was the guarantee of Villarreal's excellent performance this season!
However, Senna and the other players realized that they were having a hard time in this match. Mata, Agüero, Ronaldo, and Adriano took turns to attack them. They could only parry and had no power to fight back!
That's right, Agüero also started today!
Li Ang unexpectedly arranged for Agüero to play in the left winger position today, with Mata on the left and right, taking turns to attack Villarreal's two sides!
These two, plus Ronaldo and Adriano, made Inter Milan's four main attackers!
Li Ang asked the team to enter a fast pace from the beginning of the game, and the tactics of speeding up were fully implemented by the players.
Villarreal was' led astray 'by Inter Milan's pace from the beginning.
"Although there is no goal yet, this is Inter Milan's most beautiful thirty-minute game this season!" Ferrari shouted. "They are like beasts that never tire, constantly attacking and biting the Villarreal people!"
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The Villarreal CF manager, Pellegrini, shouted from the sidelines and directed the team.
He asked Villarreal to quickly hand the football over to Riquelme once they got the ball so that the Argentine could take the ball and control it to slow down the pace of the game!
Pellegrini saw through Li Ang's tactic. In fact, Li Ang's tactic was very straightforward and not difficult to guess. He wanted to use speed to wear down Villarreal!
Although he had seen through Li Ang's tactical intentions, it was very difficult to find a practical and effective solution!
The only way Pellegrini could think of now was to pin his hopes on Riquelme and let Villarreal's midfield core control the ball and try to slow down the pace of the game as much as possible!
Agüero took the ball on the right flank. He constantly stopped and accelerated, which made Villarreal's left back, Abarina, very uncomfortable.
Suddenly, Agüero pulled the ball horizontally and then rolled to the ground. The football was passed out from Abarina's feet.
Adriano held on to Gonzalo and squeezed the Argentine defender away. Then he forced a turn and directly shot a cold shot!
Villarreal's old captain, Alvarez, reacted half a beat slower. He stretched out his leg to block and only touched the football slightly. Instead, it caused the football to change direction and form a refraction!
Fortunately, Villarreal's goalkeeper, Barbosa, reacted quickly and single-handedly took the football out of the crossbar!
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Corner kick!
"This is Inter Milan's fifth corner kick since the start of the game!"
"This is Inter Milan's chance! Villarreal's ability to defend against high-altitude balls is slightly worse! "
The commentator also saw that Inter Milan's previous opportunities for place kicks were a mess in Villarreal's penalty area. This Spanish dark horse team was struggling when defending against high-altitude balls!
Mata stood at the corner kick point.
Samuels ran into the penalty area. Today's starting player, Materazzi, also ran into the penalty area. There was also Adriano. The three high points in Villarreal's penalty area brought great pressure to the Villarreal people!
Mata stood in front of the football and raised three fingers!
With the whistle from the referee, Merkel, Mata took the football into the penalty area.
At the same time, there was chaos in the penalty area as Materazzi and the others ran!
Adriano rushed to the front. He squeezed Gonzalo away and then headed the football!
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It was a header pass!
The football was headed to the middle by Adriano!
Villarreal's goalkeeper, Barbosa, took a risk to attack. He wanted to punch the football out with a single punch!
However, the goalkeeper's shortcoming of not being good at attacking was finally exposed. He swung his fist out but did not touch the football!
Samuels jumped up. He almost brushed past Barbosa's fist and brushed against the football!
Samuels brushed the football to the back!
Materazzi had already jumped up. What he had to do now was to get ahead of the Villarreal defenders and head the football into a small half of the empty goal!
Materazzi and Villarreal's old captain, Alvarez's heads collided in the air. The two men groaned at the same time.
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What a Materazzi!
The Italian defender did not even blink. It was as if his head was a rock. It was as if he had completely lost his pain nerves at the moment and could not feel pain at all!
Then, he shook his head hard!
After the football was hit hard by him, it almost brushed against the lower edge of the crossbar and flew into the net!
“Goooooaaaaal！”
"Materazzi! Materazzi! Inter Milan attacked for more than half an hour and finally knocked on Villarreal's goal! "
"One to zero! Inter Milan has taken the lead! "
After Materazzi headed the football into the goal, he rushed out of Villarreal's penalty area and ran all the way to the south stands of the Meazza stadium. He pounded his chest hard!
He roared to the sky!
"Oh my God!" Ferrari exclaimed!
At this time, people saw that half of Materazzi's face was covered in blood!
Blood slid down the Italian tough man's cheek!
Slide!
Drip!
Spots of blood began to appear on the turf!
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The Inter Milan fans in the stands were stunned at first. Then, everyone only felt the blood in their chests burning. Everyone only felt a voice in their hearts shouting!
Ahhhhh!
Materazzi did not seem to notice that he was bleeding. He lowered his head and kissed the team emblem on his jersey. Then, he suddenly shook his arms!
"Long live! Inter Milan! "
"Long live! Materazzi! "
The whole stadium seemed to explode!
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