The second half of the game began.
Li Ang sat in the technical area and observed the changes in the opponent.
Villarreal did not change significantly from the first half of the game. However, when the game reached the fifty-fifth minute, Li Ang still saw some clues.
Forlan took the ball in the front field. The Uruguayan was not in a hurry to transfer the football out. Instead, he controlled the football under his feet and then tangled with Modric.
As Forlan fell to the ground in the entanglement, the referee, Merkel, whistled.
Modric fouled and Villarreal was awarded a free kick in the front field.
Riquelme's free kick was driven into the penalty area. Although Forlan successfully grabbed the football under the pressure of Materazzi, the football was headed high and wide.
"This is Villarreal's first shot in today's game!" Ferrari said sarcastically, "The game has been going on for fifty-six minutes, and the away team finally has a shot!"
*****
Three minutes later, Senna took the ball in the midfield. The pass was a little slower and the football was tackled by Carlos.
Josemarie went to grab the ball and was bumped by Zanetti and immediately fell to the ground.
Zanetti fouled and Villarreal was awarded a set piece in the front field.
This time, Forlan was unable to grab the ball and the football was headed out of the end line by Samuels.
Villarreal was awarded a corner kick opportunity!
Riquelme kicked the corner kick and Álvarez's header was powerless and was directly hugged by César.
Villarreal received their second shot in today's game!
Although these two shots did not pose any threat to Inter Milan, Li Ang was still alert.
During this period of time, the Villarreal players were given three chance to take set pieces, which was more than they had been given in the first half of the game. In the entire first half of the game, Villarreal only had two chance to take set pieces.
And compared to the first half of the game, Villarreal's players were like spaghetti, falling at the first touch. This was clearly a deliberate pursuit of set piece opportunities!
*****
Is Pellegrini trying to make an issue out of a set piece?!
Li Ang immediately saw through Pellegrini's tactical intentions. In a situation where they were firmly suppressed by Inter Milan in the mobile battle, Villarreal wanted to deliberately look for opportunities for a set piece in the limited counterattack, because they also realized that it was difficult to threaten Inter Milan through counterattack in the face of Inter Milan's tight and aggressive fighting. So, they simply bet on a set piece!
They had Riquelme, the Argentinian star player with excellent footwork.
If he was close to the goal and had a good shooting angle, Riquelme could try to directly attack the goal. But if he couldn't directly shoot the goal, the Uruguayan center forward Fran's ability to steal points could be put to good use.
Not only that!
Li Ang glanced at the scoreboard. Inter Milan was leading 1-0!
A score of 0-1 was not unacceptable for Pellegrini and Villarreal. Their current tactical intention was not to concede the goal, and at the same time, to strive for opportunities to obtain set piece opportunities. If they could succeed in stealing the chicken once and equalize the score, then the result would be very good for Villarreal.
Cunning Chilean.
Li Ang glanced at the away team technical area.
*****
And then, Pellegrini's substitution confirmed Li Ang's judgment.
The game went on for 61 minutes, and Villarreal requested a substitution. Hosco was substituted, and Darabona came on as a substitute.
Darabona was good at long range shooting.
This confirmed Villarreal's intention to make an issue out of a set piece and long shot.
Since Li Ang saw through Pellegrini's tactical intentions, he naturally had a way to deal with it.
Then, during a dead ball opportunity, Li Ang called Modric to the sidelines to instruct him and passed on his tactical adjustments to the team.
The first was to deal with Villarreal's search for set pieces. The set pieces could be given, but the location.
Li Ang asked the team to strengthen their pressure on Villarreal's players with the ball. Even if they gave the opponent a set piece opportunity, it had to be outside the top of the penalty area arc, preferably near the center circle.
Inter Milan's defensive chain pressed forward, 'resisting the enemy outside the national gate.'
In addition, he asked the team to strengthen their offensive rhythm and drag down the Villarreal players. In the first half, the Villarreal players were dragged down by Inter Milan's fast pace. Now, after the fifteen-minute halftime break, they could catch their breath. This would not do! Inter Milan had to continue to accelerate and let the Villarreal players' last breath come to an end!
Then, what awaited the Villarreal players was a wide open goal!
A 1-0 lead was not safe. They had to strive for more goals, and at the same time, they had to absolutely avoid conceding the ball and not give the opponent a chance to score away goals!
*****
Pellegrini stood on the sidelines. Although Villarreal was still behind 1-0, he was no longer panicking. During the halftime break, Pellegrini calmed down and analyzed the situation. It was acceptable to only be behind by one goal.
During the halftime break, he also said these words to the players. The main meaning was that it was an unexpected surprise to be able to equalize the score today, 1-1. If they could not score, 0-1 was also acceptable. They still had the second leg and could make a comeback at home.
As Li Ang had guessed, what he was looking forward to now was not conceding the ball again. At the same time, he wanted to see if he could use the set piece opportunity to sneak an attack.
Then, Pellegrini's face changed. He noticed that Inter Milan's defensive line had moved forward. They did their best to stop the Villarreal players with the ball from moving forward far away from the penalty area. Once they found something wrong, they decisively fouled.
At the same time, Inter Milan sped up again, which greatly increased the defensive pressure on Villarreal. In this case, it was difficult to have any good opportunities to counterattack.
His tactics were seen through by the Chinese?!
Pellegrini glanced at Li Ang. The latter had already sat back in the technical area with his legs crossed. He looked confident.
This made Pellegrini's heart start to pound.
*****
At this time, Senna had just taken the ball at the top of the center arc when Carlos came up. The two men tangled together and fell to the ground at the same time.
The Villarreal players thought it was still their set piece and were about to go for the free kick. The referee whistled repeatedly and pointed to Villarreal's half of the field, meaning that it was Inter Milan's set piece.
This caused the Villarreal players to be dissatisfied. They complained and protested to the referee.
However, with the two men's physical confrontation and entanglement and falling to the ground at the same time, it was hard to say who had fouled. Inter Milan was playing at home. It was understandable even if the referee showed some consideration. Not to mention, there had been a similar situation before. The referee had whistled for a foul by Inter Milan.
Just as the Villarreal players were still complaining, Carlos suddenly quickly sent a free kick. He pressed the football to the ground and kicked it directly.
The football fell to Modric's feet.
The Villarreal players panicked and organized the defensive line at this time.
Senna pounced directly on Modric.
In the face of Senna's pounce, Modric did not panic. He made a feint to pass the ball. After Senna fell to the ground to tackle the ball, he pulled the football back, bypassed Senna, and chose to break through!
*****
Villarreal's defensive line was caught off guard by Inter Milan's quick play and was a little flustered. When they saw Modric dribbling the ball directly toward the middle, two players immediately pounced on Modric together.
However, Modric calmly diverted the football to the side.
Agüero did not receive the ball. Then people saw Ronaldo sweep past quickly and catch up with the football. Then he kicked the football and pretended to break through to the middle. After Álvarez came over, his right foot hooked the football in an arc!
The middle!
Adriano, who followed up, did not stop the ball. As he ran, he faced the falling football and directly pulled out an arc in the air!
A beautiful rainbow!
The football bypassed the hands of Villarreal's goalkeeper, Barbosa, and hit the top left corner of the goal, rolling up the net high!
In the stands of the Meazza Stadium, countless fans jumped from their seats and cheered with their arms raised high.
Adriano ran, kneeling on the ground and sliding on the turf. His hands pointed to the night sky of Meazza!
Ronaldo rushed all the way, hugged his compatriot, and shouted in his ear: Well done!
More and more people surged towards them like a tidal wave …
In the stands of the Meazza Stadium, the excited fans lit fireworks and danced in their hands.
In the night sky, the stars shone brightly!
On the sidelines, their manager, Li Ang, raised his right arm high …
PS: Chief [Passerby 957] Plus 910.
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